Terming the Union Budget 'pro-poor' and 'pro-farmer', BJP in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Om Prakash Mathur said that the budget will give new directions to the farm as well as industry sectors.
“This goes without saying that this is a most progressive budget which will give impetus to the economy. This is wholly dedicated to the farmers, poor and service class,” Mathur said in a statement issued in lucknow on Wednesday.
Mathur said that Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley has made a provision to give over Rs 3 lakh crore for development of villages. "Over a crore families would be empowered so that they can come out of the BPl bracket and around 50,000 villages will be poverty-free by 2019," he said.
“Not only villages, the government is working for women empowerment and over Rs 500 crore would be spent to start Mahila Kendra where schemes for uplift of women would be taken up,” Mathur said and added that Pradhan Mantri Skill Centres will be opened in all 600 districts which will ensure training for 5 lakh youth.