Amit Shah terms budget all-inclusive, a guide to self-reliant India

Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday termed the Budget 202122 a guide to selfreliant India and said it has strengthened Prime Minister Narendra Modis efforts towards doubling farmers income and making India the fastest growing economy in the worldIn a series of tweets in Hindi Shah lauded the budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and said the allinclusive budget was prepared under the guidance of the Prime Minister amidst the coronavirus pandemicThis will pave the way for a selfreliant India a USD 5 trillion economy and double the income of farmers he saidHe thanked the Prime Minister for earmarking Rs 35000 crore for vaccine against coronavirus saying Our sensitive Prime Minister narendramodi has announced Rs 35000 crore fund for vaccination against coronavirus This shows Modis resolve to make India coronavirus free I thank Modiji for thisShah said the Prime minister has been devoted to the welfare of farmers since day one and numerous efforts have been made to double their income Taking this goal forward he said the government is ensuring fixing the Minimum Support Price MSP at one and half times more than the cost which showed the commitment of the Modi governmentThe government has made a provision of Rs 165 lakh crore in this years budget to provide easy loan to the farmers of the countryAlso the microirrigation fund has been doubled and five agricultural hubs will be built in the country a move which will give boost to this sector he saidShah said that the procurement of paddy at MSP has been doubled this year benefiting 15 crore farmers of the country and this reflected the Prime Ministers devotion for the welfare of the farmers and commitment for the MSPIn his tweets with hashtag AatmanirbharBharatKaBudget Budget of a selfreliant India Shah also said that the budget 202122 will pave the way for a selfreliant IndiaThe home minister said the global economy is in a reset mode after the pandemic and this budget will help India to use this opportunity to emerge stronger in the global scenario and make it the fastest growing economy in the worldDuring the pandemic India has made a quantum leap in the health sector and the health infrastructure and services will reach every village under the lsquoPrime Minister Atma Nirbhar Swasthya Bharat Yojanarsquo announced Monday with an allocation of Rs 64180 crore Shah saidHe said Indian industry has also contributed significantly to achieve the goal of a selfreliant IndiaFor economic reforms Rs 55 lakh crore has been allocated which will give a boost to the industries Also for public sector banks it has been decided to give Rs 20000 crore he saidThe home minister said in Swachh Bharat Mission 20 Rs 141 lakh crore has been allocated and work will be started to bring Indian cities into the category of clean and developed cities in the worldIn addition the Jal Jeevan Mission Urban will be launched which will bring clean water to 286 crore homes in 4378 urban local bodies he saidShah said under the Prime Minister Ujjwala Yojana 1 crore additional women will be given gas connections The Prime Minister is constantly striving to provide clean air and water to every citizen and with these initiatives women empowerment will be strengthened and pollution reduced he saidHe said India cannot become a leading country without strong infrastructure and the Modi government has done amazing work in this fieldA sum of Rs 118 lakh crore has been allocated in the budget for this purpose with a special provision for road construction projects in Tamil Nadu Kerala West Bengal and Assam he saidThe home minister said Metro Light and Metro Neo schemes have been launched to increase the range of metro in big cities so that metro rail facility become available in small cities and residents of Tier1 and Tier2 cities could commute with convenienceIn this budget of selfreliant India an amount of Rs 18000 crore has been allocated for public bus transportation This will facilitate the travel of the countrymen increase the quality of public transport develop the automobile sector and will also create employmentrdquo he saidShah said for the betterment of education in Ladakh and the benefits of the local youth the Modi government has decided to set up a Central University in Leh This showed the Prime Ministers commitment for overall development of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever