Lakhpati Didi: "83 lakh SHGs with nine crore women are transforming rural socio-economic landscape with empowerment and self-reliance. Their success has assisted nearly 1 crore women to become lakhpati didi already. Buoyed by the success, it has been decided to enhance the target of lakhpati didi from 2 crore to 3 crore," says Union Finance Minister
"FDI is 'First Develop India'... FDI inflow during 2014 to 2023 was Rs 596 billion US dollars, marking a golden era. This was twice the FDI inflow between 2005 to 2014. For sustained FDI, we are negotiating bilateral investment treaties with foreign partners," adds Nirmala
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says, "In the full budget in July, our Government will present a detailed roadmap for our pursuit of Viksit Bharat."
Every year under PM Kisan Samman Yojana, Direct financial assistance is provided to 11.8 crore farmers, including marginal and small farmers Crop insurance is given to 4 crore farmers under PM Fasal Bima Yojana These are assisting farmers in producing food for the country and for the world: Finance Minister
"Railways: Three major Railway economic corridors programmes will be implemented. These are energy, mineral and cement corridor; port connectivity corridors and high traffic density corridors. The projects have been identified under the PM Gati Shakti for enabling multi-modal connectivity. They will improve logistics efficiency and reduce cost," says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
"To address fervour for domestic tourism, projects for port connectivity, tourism infra & amenities will be taken on our islands including Lakshadweep," says FM
Sitharaman says, "Many growth and development-enabling reforms are needed in the state for realising the vision of Viksit Bharat. A provision of Rs 75,000 crores as a 50-year interest-free loan is proposed this year to support those milestone-linked reforms by the state governments."
"India as a G20 host showed forward way and built consensus for solutions for problems being faced by the world:" FM
"Goods and Services Tax (GST) has enabled one nation, one market, one tax. Tax reforms have led to deepening and widening of tax base. Strengthening of the financial sector has helped in making savings, credit and investments more efficient," says Union Finance Minister
The outlay for infrastructure has been increased to Rs 11.11 lakh crores in FY25, says FM Sitharaman.