New Delhi:
The Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, in her first interview after presenting the 2025 Union budget, told NDTV that the Government has created a balance between the strengthening of the base of a ‘Viksit Bharat’ and that it also focuses on Key sectors such as health, nutrition and education through well -being schemes. .
While the budget has been largely welcome, some are concerned about certain well -being schemes. For example, an analysis of the rights of children and you (Cry) affirm that the proportion of expenses focused on children in the union budget increased only marginally, from 2.28 percent to 2.29 percent.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi Modi has been saying from the beginning, we must do something for honest taxpayers. This is what we have done. PM Modi has always recognized taxpayers,” Sithaman told the editor in chief of NDTV, Sanjay Pugalia . “We brought the Prime Minister’s internship program for young people. Together with this, we are developing centers to train for the AI sector. This is necessary to develop our economy.”
Mrs. Sitharaman defended Government’s emphasis on CAPEX, stating that infrastructure spending remains a priority. “From Covid-19, every year has seen a growth in capital spending. Beyond that, a 10% increase in Capex is nominal,” he told NDTV, adding that the government’s expenditure in Capex is expected to Be 4.3 percent of GDP this year, with an expected fiscal deficit 4.4 percent in next year.
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