Which of the following is India’s first Paperless Budget?

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SSC CGL 2021 Tier-I (Held On : 18 April 2022 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Union Budget 2021-22.

Key Points

On 1 February 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first paperless budget. This was done due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in India.
The Union Budget 2021 was presented in a digital format for the first time to promote the Government of India's (GoI) Digital India flagship programme.

Additional Information

The Union Budget of India also referred to as the Annual Financial Statement in Article 112 of the Constitution of India, is the annual budget of the Republic of India.
The Government presents it on the first day of February so that it could be materialized before the beginning of the new financial year in April.
Until 2016 it was presented on the last working day of February by the Finance Minister in Parliament.
The budget division of the department of economic affairs (DEA) in the finance ministry is the nodal body responsible for producing the budget.
It is presented by means of the Finance Bill and the Appropriation bill has to be passed by Lok Sabha before it can come into effect on 1 April, the start of India's financial year.
Since 1947, there have been a total of 73 annual budgets, 14 interim budgets, and four special budgets, or mini-budgets.