MoS Finance, Anurag Thakur said, "Budget will be in accordance with people's expectations. Govt which functions on the mantra of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas' gave a new direction to India by announcing Aatmanirbhar package, protecting it from pandemic & bringing the economy back on track swiftly." The Union Budget papers will not be printed for the first time since Independence, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, the FM had ditched the leather briefcase for a traditional “bahi khaata” — or red, handmade ledger — saying that it was “high time we move on from the British hangover, to do something on our own”. During the early trade, the S&P BSE Sensex rose nearly 500 points to an intraday high of 46,777.56, while the Nifty 50 climbed as much as 139.2 points to 13,773.80. At 9:27 am, the Sensex was trading at 46,690.77, up 405.00 points (0.87 percent), while the Nifty was at 13,736.65, up 102.05 points (0.75 percent).