Calling the Union Budget as revolutionary, Chief Minister Raghubar Das today said that it will be beneficial for the overall development of people from all walks of life. Das congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for presenting India’s budget in real sense.
“I want to congratulate both PM Modi and FM Jaitly for presenting farmer’s budget, poor man’s budget and rural India’s budget for the nation. This is completely a development oriented budget where on the one side, there will be increase in the employment opportunities though infrastructural development while on the other side, it will fulfill the idea of welfare state in the social sector,” said the CM. The way separate funds have been kept aside for organic farming, irrigation, horticulture, MNREGA and Gram Panchayats, Country’s economy is bound to get a boost, he said.
According to CM, Union Government’s announcement of doubling the income of farmers by 2022 will create a balance between the rural and urban development. Giving 10 on 10 to the FM, Das said that the middle class will get benefitted indirectly as the rebate in house rent allowance has been increased from Rs 24,000 to Rs 60,000.
Reacting on the questioned rose by the media persons that there was nothing for Jharkhand in this budget; CM said that since the union budget is planned for the benefit of all the states, Jharkhand will also get benefitted through the agriculture budget of this Government.