 "Sitharaman, Finance Minister, Budget")
Sitharaman, Finance Minister, Budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that India is the fastest-growing economy in the world and has successfully overcome the lingering impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic due to the Narendra Modi government’s robust capital expenditure push.
Sitharaman made the remarks in the Parliament amid the ongoing discussion on Budget 2024. Hitting back at the Opposition bench in the Parliament, she refuted the charges that Budget 2024 was discriminatory and said that no sector had been allotted less compared to last year. “We are complying with the fiscal deficit trajectory and will bring it down to below 4.5 per cent by 2025-26…” she said.
“The Opposition brewing sense of fear,” said the Finance Minister. She also refuted the Opposition’s charge that its ally states were favoured in the Budget. “If a state is not named [in Budget speech], it doesn’t…