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highlights of union budget 2021

 UNION BUDGET 2021 From a common man perspective there was an expectation that there would be some sort of covid access or wealth tax or some provision that will transfer wealth from the individual's pocket to the government . In a major relief to all unlike previous budgets there was no major changes in tax this year. instead what we got was a budget built around health hope and growth . Health care and wellness Allocating 3.2 lakh 83 thousand crores this was an increase of 137 percent over last year and the money will be used to setup 30,000 rural and urban . health and wellness centres. In the 2,83,000 crores  35,000 crores has been allocated for vaccine (corona). by the way  finance minister gave  a commitment of providing additional funds if required. Growth  and investment : MANUFACTURING: Laid out proposals for creation of mega textiles parks over three years. INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE: One of the increase of FDI from the current 49% to 74% in insurance companies with some guar