Union Budget pro-development, visionary: CM Mohan Charan Majhi
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi hailed the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday as pro-development and visionary.
In his reaction, the chief minister said Sitharaman has given due importance to four major sections of the society – poor, women, youth and farmers – whose progress has always been at the heart of the development agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Describing the budget as farsighted, Majhi said more emphasis has been laid on agricultural productivity, skill development and employment generation. Allocation of Rs 1.52 lakh crore to the agriculture sector will give boost to the sector and increase the income of the farmers, he said.
He said the Rs 3 lakh crore allocated for schemes related to women and girls will not only empower women but bring revolutionary changes in the lives of the women.
The other big announcement is constriction of three crore affordable houses under PMAY in both rural and urban areas.
Expressing his gratitude to the prime minister for introducing a new schemes called PM Janjati Unnat Gram Abhiyan for tribal majority areas and aspirational districts covering 5 crore tribal people in 63,000 villages of the country, Majhi said Odisha will immensely benefit from the scheme.
He said, the outlay of Rs 2 lakh crore for 4.1 crore youth over the next five years underscores the central government’s dedication to enhancing skilling and employment of youth. This will benefit the youth of the state, he added.
He further said that the capital expenditure of Rs 11.11 lakh crore will act as a multiplier effect on economy. The provision of Rs 1.5 lakh crore for long-term interest-free loans to states for infrastructure development is a welcome step and Odisha will get an additional amount of Rs 1,000 crore.
He said the special assistance for development of tourism sector will give new impetus to the development of the state under the Purvodaya scheme. This will bring more investment to the state and boost growth, he said.
