Sitharaman carries 'Made in India' tablet to Parliament

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gestures as she leaves the Finance Ministry to present the annual budget. Credit: AFP Photo

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman read out the Union Budget 2021 speech in the Lok Sabha from a 'Made in India' tablet on February 1 instead of a conventional paper document.

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"For the first time, our budget is digitised. No more endless paper prints! The traditional ‘bahi khata’ gets replaced by a Made in India tab," Sitharaman said standing in the second row of the Treasury Benches.

This time, the Budget is a paperless document and it would be available to parliamentarians and the public online.

(With PTI inputs)