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Speaking in the Lok Sabha, she said that the challenges of the pandemic did not deter the government from undertaking reforms for maintaining long term goals of the country. Reforms will lay the path for making India one of the top economies of the world, the Fm said in her reply to the Budget 2021-22 in the Lok Sabha.
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She also said that Budget was an instrument for promoting Atma Nirbhar Bharat when economies across the world had suffered due to Covid-19
Finance Minister states Union Budget 2021 was an attempt to provide a strong stimulus to deal with the current situation (PTI/Arun Sharma)
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that strong stimulus measures announced in her Budget 2021- 22 would not only provide quick short-term solutions but also ensure long-term and sustainable economic growth, helping the country remain one of the fastest-growing economies in the world.
She also said that the Budget was an instrument for promoting Atma Nirbhar Bharat when economies across the world had suffered due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “The post-pandemic economies have suffered all over the world and the Union Budget 2021 was an attempt to provide a “strong stimulus” to deal with this situation. In doing so,
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday attacked opposition parties for creating a 'false narrative' around her budget of being pro-rich, saying from free foodgrains, gas to building roads and houses have been for the poor.
Now, FM bats for wealth creators, tax-payers and honest citizens
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Nirmala Sitharaman says Budget aimed at making country self-reliant, provide growth stimulus; slams Opposition’s ‘false narratives’
Taking cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman too batted for empowering the entrepreneur more. Responding to the debate on Part A of the Budget in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, she. said the Budget is aimed at making the country self-reliant and providing stimulus for medium and long-term growth.
“Wealth creators, taxpayers and honest citizens will have to be respected and that certainly is in consistence with the policy of Jansangh and of BJP, all of which have maintained continuously that entrepreneurs in India have always shown their strength and achieved such glories, and we should respect them, rather than constrict them to all kinds of holding and regulations and providing of licence,” she said.