India of 21st century needs post-harvest or food processing revolution and value addition amid increasing agriculture production. It would have been good for the country had this been done 2-3 decades back: PM Narendra Modi speaks on steps taken for agriculture in Budget 2021-22
In an Exclusive Interaction with India TV on special show Budget Sammelan 2021 Union Minister Smriti Irani slams Mamata Banerjee for making false allegations against the Modi government. Smriti Irani said 'I want to ask her if she was so worried the poor and aam aadmi, why West Bengal has not implemented Ayushman Bharat Scheme till now'.
Whatever happened in Delhi at Red Fort was definitely a political conspiracy. There are some anti-national elements that have infiltrated the farm protests. The farm protests have lost credibility after January 26 violence.
Air India is now on the verge of being sold due to massive debts, this is due to Congress party's wrong policies. They have ruined the economy: Nitin Gadkari.
In an Exclusive Interaction with India TV on special show Budget Sammelan 2021 Union Minister Smriti Irani slams opposition for trying to confuse people over the budget 2021. Smriti Irani said 'The Budget should not be seen from a narrow point of view. I am unable to understand why the Opposition is complaining when the Budget has not put any new burden on the aam aadmi'.
Congress is in opposition and it is every right to question government's policies, however, it should not play politics over issues concerning the common man and poor. The Farm Laws are not against the farmers, says Nitin Gadkari.
There was no big bang increase in the overall defence budget, but India did spend an additional unbudgeted Rs 20,776 crore on emergency arms procurements in the current fiscal in face of China's ongoing belligerence on the northern border, especially in Eastern Ladakh.
Sitharaman in her budget speech quoted Rabindranath Tagore “Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark” to say that the budget this time was prepared in circumstances like never before. Presenting the Union Budget 2021, Sitharaman said that in the history of independent India, only three times has the Union Budget followed a GDP. FM Sitharaman tabled the 15th Finance Commission report in Lok Sabha.
The good news is that tax slabs and tax rates stayed the same. There was also good news for senior citizens who only earn a pension and interest income. They will now be exempted from filing income tax returns.
Scrapping these vehicles will reduce population of old and defective vehicles, 25-30% reduction in vehicular air pollutants and improve road safety: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented the Union Budget 2021-2022 in the Parliament. Being the first budget of a new decade and also the one during the pandemic, the budget was focussed on boosting, encouraging India towards being Aatmanirbhar (Self-Reliant). The two main key segments where the government focussed its spending were infrastructure and health. Finance Minister said this year's budget was based on 6 pillars to ensure the overall development of the country.
In an exclusive talk with IndiaTV, BJP MP Smriri Irani said that, this budget has been presented in an extraordinary circumstances and amidst these circumstances, today's budget is going to show India's confidence.
This Budget comes at a time when all of us decided to give impetus to the economy & that impetus, we thought, would be qualitatively spent & 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. As a second feature, I tend to the need of the healthcare sector and even there, capacities for better health management had to be brought in in light of what we had gone through last year.
Government of India under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi is committed to working for the interest of farmers. Every year the focus is not only on increased budget allocation, but also the implementation of schemes: Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
The budget 2021 has been presented in an unprecedented situation. It is inclusive and is dedicated to the welfare of all people of India: BJP president JP Nadda
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2021-22 in Parliament. This year's Budget is unique as finance minister used a Made in India tablet to deliver a paperless Budget address, instead of a bahi khata, that she used last year.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2021-22 in Parliament. This year's Budget is unique as finance minister used a Made in India tablet to deliver a paperless Budget address, instead of a bahi khata, that she used last year.
This Budget comes at a time when all of us decided to give impetus to the economy & that impetus, we thought, would be qualitatively spent & give necessary demand push if we choose to spend big on infrastructure.
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 Agriculture Infrastructure Fund: PM Modi
FM spoke of 6 prominent pillars, with the topmost pillar being health & well being. Investment in health sector has risen 137% which is 2.47 times more than our last year's Budget estimates. This is an achievement in its own: Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan
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