Sitharaman said that GoI under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi Ji is taking every possible step to ensure that poorest of the poor can have access to banking facilities even in the remotest corner of the country.
In the Finance Minister‘s budget speech, the word ‘development‘ occurs 38 times, followed by ‘infrastructure‘ which occurs 28 times and ‘growth‘ which occurs 15 times. The message is unmistakable the government believes that development and growth are to be brought via the medium of investment in infrastructure. Infrastructure has been the focus of this budget, as it was in the last two years also
The Budget Estimates for the next fiscal show a total expenditure of Rs 39.45 lakh crore, while the total receipts other than borrowings, are estimated at Rs 22.84 lakh crore.
