Union Budget 2021: Here's the Rabindranath Tagore quote that Nirmala Sitharaman used in her speech

Finance Minsiter Nirmala Sitharaman. Credit: AFP Photo

Nirmala Sitharaman at the start of her Budget speech quoted legendary poet Rabindranath Tagore. She quoted him emphasising India's continuing fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Here's the quote:

"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark." -Rabindranath Tagore

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the preparation of this year's Budget was under a circumstance like never before. She lauded the government's Covid-19 response and said, "The risk of not having a lockdown was a too big a risk".