Addressing a press conference hare at Civil Secretariat on Monday Tripura CM Biplab Deb conveyed his thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman for the union budget 2021. ” During this Covid19 pandemic situation union budget 2021 is well timed budget and the budget will recover the economy. There is tax reforms including scrapping income tax for senior citizens under in the Union Budget 2021. Its also extended social security benefits to platform and gig workers. As part of a newly launched Aaatmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana, Sitharaman allotted Rs 35,000 crore for coronavirs vaccines in the country. A budget of 2 lakh crore was allocated for the healthcare sector.”
