New Delhi: The Union Budget 2021 was presented in paperless form for the first time, with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seen holding a 'Made in India' tablet in a red case instead of the conventional brown briefcase or 'bahi khata' as she posed for the media ahead of Parliament session.
The colonial legacy of carrying the Budget papers in briefcase was dropped last year by Nirmala Sitharaman when she, for the first time in the history of Independent India, carried the Budget in a "bahi khata", wrapped in a red-cloth.
