Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said 25 crore people got freedom from multi-dimensional poverty in the last 10 years.
Published Feb 01, 2024 | 12:22 PM ⚊ Updated Feb 01, 2024 | 12:22 PM
Nirmala Sitharaman. (X)
The government is working to make India a developed country by 2047, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday, 1 February.
Presenting the interim Budget 2024-25, Sitharaman also said minimum support prices for “Annadata” (farmers) have been increased periodically and appropriately.
She asserted that for the government, social justice is an effective and necessary model.
The government is focusing on addressing systemic inequalities, she said, adding that the emphasis is on outcomes so that socio-economic transformation is achieved. “We focus on outcomes and not outlays,” Sitharaman said.
Poor, women, youth and farmers are four castes for the government, she added.
Sitharaman said that 25 crore people got freedom from multi-dimensional poverty in the last 10 years.
#Budget2024 : Finance Minister @nsitharaman said: “Garib Ka Kalyan Desh Ka Kalyan. We believe in empowering the poor. The early approach of tackling poverty through entitlements had resulted in very modest outcomes. When the poor become empowered partners in the development… pic.twitter.com/Qdhpby8wA7
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Earlier approach of tackling poverty through entitlement resulted in very modest outcomes, she said while presenting the interim Budget in the Lok Sabha.
There is transparency and assurance that benefits are transferred to all eligible citizens, Sitharaman said.
The National Education Policy is ushering in transformational reforms, she added.
The Finance Minister also said worries about food have been eliminated through free rations for 80 crore people in the country.
While presenting the interim Budget in the Lok Sabha, she said India was facing enormous challenges when the Modi government took office in 2014 and overcame those in the right earnest.
In November last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government would extend the free ration scheme for the impoverished population for five years.
Union Finance Minister @nsitharaman with Ministers of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and Dr Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, secretaries of the Ministry of Finance, and Chief Economic Adviser. pic.twitter.com/MVgUdl7Fc2
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