The meeting was attended by Union Defense Chiefs Rajnath Singh; Home Minister Amit Shah; Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi; Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur; News agency ANI highlighted transportation company Nitin Gadkari and Le Arjun Ram Meghwal.
The previous day, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented to MPs the interim state budget for 2024-25, which, according to government authorities, focused on economic policies that promote growth, facilitate inclusive development, improve productivity and create opportunities. For multiple departments.
In this regard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted that the budget approved by the Union Cabinet aims to empower the youth, the poor, women and farmers and build the country's future.
Addressing the lawmakers, Sitharaman also announced that capital expenditure expenditure for the next fiscal year will be increased to 3.4 per cent of the GDP.
According to the minister, the interim budget contains a series of announcements and strategies indicating directions and methods to make India a developed country by 2047.
He touched on the approach taken by the government in the past ten years, which he said integrates programs such as housing, electricity, bank accounts and financial services for all.
He said the government would pay utmost attention to making the eastern region and its people a powerful engine for India's growth.
He stressed that through the project to install solar panels in homes, one million families will be able to obtain up to 300 units of free electricity every month.
Sitharaman explained that the government will form a high-level committee to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the challenges arising from rapid population growth and demographic changes, with the aim of providing recommendations to address these challenges comprehensively.
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