Union Budget 2021-22 presented amid unprecedented circumstances: PM Narendra Modi
After Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented the Union Budget 2021-22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Budget has been presented amid unprecedented circumstances.
He said that "Union Budget 2021-22 shows India's confidence and will instill self-confidence in the world." "The Budget has the vision of self-reliance and features every section of the society," he said.
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PM Narendra Modi further said that "The Budget focuses on increasing farmers' income, several measures have been taken in this direction. Farmers will be able to get loans easily. Provisions have been made to strengthen APMC markets with the help of the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund."
"Many thought we will put the tax burden on the common man. However, we focused on a transparent Budget," he added.
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Even as he said that the government has taken the approach of widening new opportunities for growth, new openings for our youth, a new high to human resources, develop new regions for infrastructure, walking towards technology, and bring new reforms with this Budget.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Budget comes at a time when all of us decided to give impetus to the economy, and that impetus, we thought, would be qualitatively spent and give necessary demand push if we choose to spend big on infrastructure.
"If there are two important features of this Budget, it is that we chose to spend big on infrastructure which spans across roads, power generation, bridges, ports and so on," she added.
-PTC News
