In photos: How the Budget Day unfolded

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget 2021 sprang a surprise by presenting a Keynesian route to extricate the economy which is already battered by the effects of the Coronavirus. The Budget—which was the first ever paperless one—was unanimously seen as a landmark one, and she ensured that healthcare and infrastructure remained at the core of it.

Fortune India's photo team was on ground chronicling the entire event as the finance minister made her way to Parliament carrying a made-in-India tablet which housed the Budget documents.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman seen holding the Budget folder before leaving the Ministry of Finance for Parliament in order to present the Union Budget 2021-22, on February 1, in New Delhi, India.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman seen holding the Budget folder (bahi khata), along with MoS Finance Anurag Singh Thakur and other senior officials, before leaving the Ministry of Finance for Parliament to present Union Budget 2021-22, on February 1, in New Delhi.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, MoS Finance Anurag Singh Thakur and senior officials of the finance ministry called on the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, before presenting the Union Budget 2021-22, on February 1.

The General Budget 2021-22 documents brought into the Parliament House premises undergoing security checks, in New Delhi on February 1.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and MoS Finance Anurag Singh Thakur arrive in Parliament House to present the General Budget 2021-22, in New Delhi on February 1.

Office workers walk past a digital screen showing finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivering the Budget speech in Parliament, at the BSE in Mumbai on February 1.

A pedestrian watches a digital screen relaying the Budget speech by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the facade of the BSE in Mumbai on February 1.

A pedestrian speaks on a mobile phone as he watches a digital screen relaying the Budget speech by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the facade of the BSE in Mumbai on February 1.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivering the statement after the Union Budget 2021-22, in New Delhi on February 1.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a post-Budget press conference, in New Delhi on February 1, in the presence of MoS Finance Anurag Singh Thakur and other officials.