On 1st February 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first ever paper-less and digital Union Budget for the fiscal year 2021-22. This is the first time the budget documents were paperless since Independence. All members of Parliament received soft copies of the Union Budget.

We wanted to find out how Union Budgets have been presented so far. What were the financial priorities changed over the past 73 years? Suno India’s Research and Communications Officer, Kunika Balhotra spoke to Avani Kapur, a Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR). She is also the Director of the Accountability Initiative (AI). The focus of her work has been in building evidence for policy advocacy to strengthen transparency and accountability in public financial management for service delivery.

Additional Reading
Budget Document 2021
Accountability Initiative Budget Briefs

On 1st February 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first ever paper-less and digital Union Budget for the fiscal year 2021-22. This is the first time the budget documents were paperless since Independence. All members of Parliament received soft copies of the Union Budget.
We wanted to find out how Union Budgets have been presented so far. What were the financial priorities changed over the past 73 years? Suno India&rsquo;s Research and Communications Officer, Kunika Balhotra spoke to&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/avani_kapur" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/avani_kapur&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613193073127000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGWX3oVM09_LnhyyNAVWHUGCyWBKg">Avani Kapur,&nbsp;</a>a Fellow at the&nbsp;<a href="https://accountabilityindia.in/team/avani-kapur/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://accountabilityindia.in/team/avani-kapur/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613193073127000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEcSCCTeVWZgOOgDIWdhrASQ13O0g">Centre for Policy Research (CPR). She is also the&nbsp;</a>Director of the&nbsp;<a href="https://accountabilityindia.in/about-us/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://accountabilityindia.in/about-us/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613193073127000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHF3mFihkVW2KQKfMyBHQx2G37jSg">Accountability Initiative</a>&nbsp;(AI). The focus of her work has been in building evidence for policy advocacy to strengthen transparency and accountability in public financial management for service delivery.
Additional Reading <a href="https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/Key_to_Budget_Document_2021.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/Key_to_Budget_Document_2021.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613193073127000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGgYLd0rnz2x65B-ySyn58XyjI9bA">Budget Document 2021</a> <a href="https://accountabilityindia.in/budget-briefs/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://accountabilityindia.in/budget-briefs/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613193073127000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEL2m1_e8spIkuLCjh5Lp_bzm0y6g">Accountability Initiative Budget Briefs</a>

Every few months we read statistics related to the economy in the news. Whether it is about government claims of the economy growing, or job losses, industries suffering, the economy is on our minds 

But how much do we understand about it? What factors affect economic growth? And how are we affected by it? To understand how the larger principles of the Indian economy affects us, we at Suno India are bringing in a new series called Indian Economy Explained. 

In the “Indian Economy Explained” series host Kunika Balhotra will bring insightful discussions with reputed economists, researchers, professors and people working in the financial and developmental sector to understand broad principles about our economy and help contextualise the tumultuous times we live in.

Every few months we read statistics related to the economy in the news. Whether it is about government claims of the economy growing, or job losses, industries suffering, the economy is on our minds&nbsp;
But how much do we understand about it? What factors affect economic growth? And how are we affected by it? To understand how the larger principles of the Indian economy affects us, we at Suno India are bringing in a new series called Indian Economy Explained.&nbsp;
In the &ldquo;Indian Economy Explained&rdquo; series host Kunika Balhotra will bring insightful discussions with reputed economists, researchers, professors and people working in the financial and developmental sector to understand broad principles about our economy and help contextualise the tumultuous times we live in.

Indian Economy Explained

The economy of India is characterised as a middle income developing market economy. It is the world's sixth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP).  An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services by different agents. 

To understand all these aspects and the issues like GDP and economic slowdown, role of MSMEs, women participation in economy and many more tune into our latest series Indian Economy Explained.

This series features insightful discussions with reputed economists, researchers, professors and people working in the financial sector.

The economy of India is characterised as a middle income developing market economy. It is the world's sixth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP).&nbsp; An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services by different agents.&nbsp;
To understand all these aspects and the issues like GDP and economic slowdown, role of MSMEs, women participation in economy and many more tune into our latest series Indian Economy Explained.
This series features insightful discussions with reputed economists, researchers, professors and people working in the financial sector.

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