Union Budget 2021: Download Govt Mobile App & Get Instant Updates

Finance Minister N Sitharaman has launched Union Budget Mobile App for India’s first ever paperless budget, scheduled to be presented on February 1, 2021. The mobile app can be downloaded from android as well iOS supported mobiles & devices. Using the app, the budget can be accessed by public. 

National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the guidance of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) has developed the Union Budget 2021 Mobile App.

To download Union Budget Mobile App, open Android play store/ iOS app store and search for Union Budget App or click on the following links.

Union Budget Android Download link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nic.unionbudget

Union Budget iOS Download link:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/union-budget-app/id1548425364

You can also watch live budget webcast here:
https://budgetlive.nic.in/

The link for budget app is also available on Union Budget Web Portal:
http://indiabudget.gov.in

The app will provide one point direct access to budget documents in public domain. The budget 2021 will be paperless. After the presentation, the budget speech and all the relevant documents will be available on the mobile app. Simply, the best form of digital convenience!

With Budget Mobile App you can access to 14 Union Budget documents:

1. Finance Minister’s Budget Speech
2. Annual Financial Statement (AFS)
3. Demands for Grants (DG)
4. Finance Bill
5. Statements mandated under the FRBM Act:
   i) Macro-Economic Framework Statement
   ii) Medium-term Fiscal Policy cum Fiscal Policy Strategy Statement
6. Expenditure Budget
7. Receipt Budget
8. Expenditure Profile
9. Budget at a Glance
10. Memorandum Explaining the Provisions in the Finance Bill
11. Output Outcome Monitoring Framework
12. Key Features of Budget
13. Key to Budget Documents
14. Implementation of Budget Announcements

All these 14 documents will be listed on the platform. You can use search tab to find the required document. A right arrow symbol will denote the sub documents. You can download the same by clicking on the “Complete Document” button.

The App is user-friendly and supports embedded features for downloading, printing, search, zoom in and out, bidirectional scrolling, table of contents and external links.

The app is available in English as well as Hindi and can be accessed on both Android and iOS platforms.

The app was launched on customary pre-budget Halwa Ceremony.