Budget envisions self-reliance, will enhance India s self-confidence: PM Modi ANI | Updated: Feb 01, 2021 15:23 IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed the Union Budget 2021-22 and said it will enhance India s self-confidence amid the coronavirus pandemic while asserting that the budget envisions self-reliance. The Union Budget 2021-22 has been presented amid unprecedented circumstances.. Amid the situation created by COVID-19. Today s budget will enhance India s self-confidence and will instill self-confidence in the world. The budget has the vision of self-reliance and takes along every section of the society, PM Modi said after the Union Budget was tabled in the Parliament.
Budget will speed up the economy and financially empower every citizen of the country, he said.
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said the Union Budget will prove to be a milestone in upgrading India s economy and will ensure development of all sections of society. The General Budget is in accordance with the expectation of public welfare and Aatma Nirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India).The Budget has taken care of every class including farmers, middle class, poor, women, he said in a series of tweets in Hindi.
It will speed up the economy and financially empower every citizen of the country, he said.
Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister
In her speech, Sitharaman also proposed a gas pipeline project for J&K. Reacting to the announcement, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha lauded the Central Government for announcing the project. “I thank Prime Minister Narendra Modiji and Union Home Minister Amit Shahji for announcing a new gas pipeline project for the development of Jammu and Kashmir in Budget 2021. I congratulate Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamanji for an inclusive and growth-oriented historic budget for Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” Sinha wrote on social media handle Twitter.
As given the bifurcations of the proposed plan, Rs 279 Cr have been granted towards contribution to Union Territory And Disaster Response. For being a special category, Rs 20 Cr have been allocated to J&K, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The Industrial Development Scheme, 2017 for J&K UT and UT of Ladakh Rs 100 Cr has been earmarked.
LG Manoj Sinha lauded the Central Government for announcing gas pipeline project
LG Manoj Sinha lauded the Central Government for announcing gas pipeline project
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha lauded the Central Government for announcing the project.
“I thank Prime Minister Narendra Modiji and Union Home Minister Amit Shahji for announcing a new gas pipeline project for the development of Jammu and Kashmir in Budget 2021. I congratulate Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamanji for an inclusive and growth-oriented historic budget for Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” said Sinha on Twitter.
The key announcements in the Union Budget for the power infrastructure sector include the extension of Ujjwala Scheme to cover 1 crore more beneficiaries, the addition of 100 more districts in the next 3 years to the city gas distribution network and setting up of an independent Gas Transport System Operator.
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While announcing the Union Budget for 2021-22 on Monday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said a gas pipeline project will be taken to Jammu and Kashmir. However, a project on almost similar lines announced by the then Omar Abdullah-led National Conference and Congress government in 2011 couldn’t take off as the company, which was awarded the contract, backed off due to the difficult terrain and cost escalation.