New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday described the Union Budget as “visionary” and said it will help make India the world’s leading economy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In a series of tweets in Hindi, Shah said that by increasing the size to Rs 39.45 lakh crore, the budget has shown that the Indian economy is growing rapidly even in the Corona era.
He said, “This budget brought by the Modi government is a visionary budget, which will prove to be a budget that will change the scale of India’s economy.”
With the hashtag ‘#AatmanirbharBharatKaBudget’, Shah said the budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will help make India the world’s leading economy under PM Modi by exploiting the opportunities created in the global economic world. covid 19 pandemic.
“This budget will make India self-reliant and lay the foundation for a new India of the 100th year of independence. I congratulate @narendramodi and @nsitharaman for this.”
The Home Minister said that reducing the fiscal deficit target from 6.9 per cent to 6.4 per cent is a big achievement, and through this India will be able to bring down the fiscal deficit below 4 per cent under the leadership of Narendra Modi.
Shah, who also holds the charge of the newly created cooperative ministry, said the prime minister has reduced the rate of alternate minimum tax (AMT) in the cooperative sector from 18.5 per cent to 15 per cent and surcharge from 12 per cent to seven per cent. The injustice being done to the cooperative sector for decades and bringing it at par with other sectors.
“It will serve to prove the resolve of prosperity with Modi’s cooperation,” he said.
Shah said that various efforts like zero budget farming, natural farming, river linking, one station-one product and farmer drones will give benefits to our farmer brothers as well as realize Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolve to make agriculture sector modern and self-reliant. important to do.
I congratulate Narendra Modi for increasing the capital investment by 35 per cent to Rs 7.5 lakh crore. Also increasing the amount given to the states from Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 1 lakh crore testifies to the efforts made by Modi ji to continuously strengthen the federal structure.
The Home Minister lauded the move to link all 1.5 lakh post offices with core banking to promote financial inclusion and said it would greatly benefit rural people and senior citizens.
Along with this, 75 digital banks will also be set up in 75 districts to promote digital payments.
Shah said that the development of the North-East region has always been the top priority of the Modi government.
“The announcement of ‘PM Development Initiative’ for the Northeast will go a long way in realizing PM Modi’s dream of a prosperous Northeast,” he said.