LIVE: BJP respects Indian entrepreneurial, business, trade skills, says Sitharaman in LS

Sitharaman, while her reply to the Union Budget discussion in Rajya Sabha on Friday, slammed the Opposition and accused them of constantly alleging a false narrative that the government only worked for cronies and said several of the Centre`s schemes were for the poor.

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• Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 5:41 PM IST

  Lok Sabha adjourned till 4 pm on March 8.

• Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 11:07 AM IST

  There is mention about Defence getting no mention in speech, why hiding details about Defence?...Rs 1,16,931 cr Defence expenditure in 2013-14, this being so huge, unless we pair it down into 3 compartments, you aren't going to get a true picture-Revenue, Capital, Pension: FM Sitharaman in Lok Sabha (ANI)

• Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 10:44 AM IST

  In the Budget speech, I very clearly said, we're taking a holistic approach to health. It' addressing preventive health, it is addressing curative health, it is also addressing well-being. Otherwise, you are not going to get holistic health-related governance. I will firmly establish that in spite of bringing water and sanitation, the allocations to the core health has not come down. On the contrary, it has gone up: Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha

• Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 10:43 AM IST

  Stimulus plus reforms - an opportunity has been taken out of pandemic situation. A challenging situation like pandemic didn't deter Govt from taking up reforms that are going to be necessary for sustaining long term growth for this country: Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha

• Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 10:31 AM IST

  Respecting Indian entrepreneurial skills, Indian managerial skills, Indian trade skills, Indian business skills, Indian youth, Jana Sangh onwards, BJP has consistently believed in India. We didn't borrow something from somewhere and gave a hybrid: FM in Lok Sabha
  

• Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 10:28 AM IST

  This Budget draws from the experience of the PM when he was CM - on the ground in Gujarat, seen so many revivals happening at a time when the license quota raj was going away post-1991 & then based on that experience, commitment to reform was blended into this Budget: FM Nirmala Sitharaman 
  

• Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 9:47 AM IST

  In her reply to the budget discussion in Rajya Sabha on Friday, Nirmala Sitharaman slammed the Opposition and accused them of constantly alleging a false narrative that the government only worked for cronies and said several of the Centre`s schemes were for the poor.

  She reminded poeple of schemes like the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and the Pradhan Mantri Saubhagya Yojana. She also said the Union Budget 2021-22 is the instrument through which Aatmanirbhar Bharat is to be attained and asserted that the government is also looking at "long term sustainable growth". (ANI)