2023-24 Union Budget is a people friendly budget, will benefit all sections of society: Ravinder Raina

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 2: The 2023-24 Union Budget is a people-friendly budget, which will benefit all sections of society, said Ravinder Raina, President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Jammu & Kashmir.

“The first General Budget of India’s Amrit Kaal is a public welfare and pro poor Budget. It is Budget that will empower and uplift the lives of villagers, rural folks, Dalits, tribals, farmers, backward and oppressed classes, differently abled people and those who are economically backward.

It is a blueprint for India’s rapid growth and development which will ensure holistic progress of the country particularly rural development, agriculture development, labourers’ welfare, infrastructure development, digital infrastructure development, and development of Northeast and hilly regions of our country”, said Ravinder Raina.

Ravinder Raina said, “This General Budget of the Bharatiya Janata Party government presented under the leadership and guidance of our Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji is the Budget that will promote social justice, equality and provide equal opportunities to all sections of our society. This Budget will make India a “Super Economic Power”. This is a budget with emphasis on education of children, earning of the middle class and welfare of the elderly”.

“We thank and congratulate our Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji and Union Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman and her entire team for giving a Budget which touches the lives of every Indian, which takes care of welfare of all sections of our society”, said Ravinder Raina.

BJP President Ravinder Raina accompanied by former Minister Sat Sharma (CA), BJP Chief Spokesperson Adv. Sunil Sethi and Spokesperson Adv. Abhinav Sharma was addressing the media persons at party headquarter, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.

Welcoming the Union Budget presented for the year 2023, Ravinder Raina lauded the Modi government for taking care of every section of society.

“2023-24 Union Budget is a people friendly budget, which will benefit all sections of society. This budget expresses the very essence of BJP’s ideology of Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas”, said Ravinder Raina.

“By ending the old tax regime in this Budget our Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji has taken a historical step which is a big gift to the salaried class in the country. Now the salaried class will not have to give tax on income up to Rs 7 lakhs. Also, the tax slab has been reduced to Rs 5 lakhs. I thank our Hon’ble Prime Minister for taking this important decision for the middle class and salaried class”, said Ravinder Raina.

“The step to establish the National Digital Library for youth and children is a welcome step. In the next 3 years in 740 Eklavya Model schools 38,800 teachers and support staff will be appointed. I welcome this step”, said Ravinder Raina.

This budget has laid stress on the rural infrastructure development, with rural road connectivity. The budget also fulfils the aspirations of rural entrepreneurs, farmers and agriculturists. Raina said that tribal welfare has been specially kept in mind in this budget. In the General Budget the corpus for the PM Awas Yojana has also been increased to Rs 69,000 crores.

The Union budget focuses on development of 30 International Skill development institutes to promote youth entrepreneurship, while it also focuses on self-help groups. He said that CAPEX budget has been increased to boost jobs and recruitment opportunities for youth. This will also boost private sector investment. He said that the interests of small industries and small businesses are also taken care of.

Raina said,”157 new nursing colleges will be established in core locations A mission to eliminate sickle cell Anemia by 2047 will be launched entailing awareness creation & universal screening of 7 cr. people in affected tribal areas”.

He especially praised the Modi government for the defense budget getting a major boost. The General Budget has allocated Rs 2.40 lakh crore for the development and modernisation of the Indian railways. One of the major focuses of the General Budget 2023-24 is ‘Green Growth’. The Narendra Modi Government has allocated Rs 19,700 crore for the National Hydrogen Mission.

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