Construction of Amritsar-Jamnagar Expressway to start from April

Union Budget 2021: Today, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Union Budget for the year 2021.

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Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget stated that construction of the strategically important Amritsar-Jamnagar Expressway will commence in the financial year starting from April (2021-22).

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The 1,316 kilometer road between two major urban centres of the north and the west will connect three big refineries of Bathinda, Barmer (Pachpadra) and Jamnagar. It will also connect Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant (Bathinda) and Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant.

Sitharaman also stated the plans for augmenting road infrastructure in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal and Assam. Interestingly, assembly elections are also slated to take place in these states during 2021.

This year, it is the 3rd budget to be presented by Nirmala Sitharaman and 9th budget of the Modi government.

The budget was paperless as the Finance Ministry decided not to print the budget documents because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Union Finance Minister Sitharaman said that the preparation of the Budget 2021-22 was undertaken in circumstances like never before.

In Union Budget 2021, FM Sitharaman said the budget proposals rest on six pillars. These are Health and Well-Being, Physical and Financial capital and infrastructure, Inclusive Development for Aspirational India, Reinvigorating Human Capital, Innovation and R&D, and Minimum Government, and Maximum Governance.

-PTC News