In the Lok Sabha, the Finance Minister sharply attacked the Opposition, saying this about the budget

New delhi date. 13 February 2021, Saturday

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman termed the Union Budget as a budget to make the country self-reliant. Opportunity was also sought in the budget amid the epidemic. Even in a challenge like the epidemic could not stop the government from taking steps on reform. If necessary for the long-term development of the country.

He said even the challenging status quo of the Koro epidemic could not shake the government in taking corrective steps. The reform drive aims to make India one of the largest economies in the world.

The Finance Minister said that this budget has been brought after discussions with many experts keeping in view the sluggishness in the economy and this budget has played a role in making India self-reliant. The second wave of Corona virus is still raging in some other countries but the way things have worked out here under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the way the situation has been dealt with is a result of the economy continuing to grow.

In the Lok Sabha, the finance minister targeted opposition parties without naming them. No cuts have been made in the Farmers' Honors Fund, he said. For farmers, crocodile tears do nothing.

He said that President Ramnath Kovinde also spoke about farmers, wealth creators in his address. How will the economy function without these entrepreneurs? The question that has been repeatedly asked is why the allocation for agriculture has been reduced in this budget? This has been misrepresented. You don't care about farmers? It has not been properly understood as Rs 1.15 lakh crore has been transferred to the bank accounts of 10.75 crore farmers since the inception of the PM Samman Yojana.

"Our assessment is that 65 lakh farmers in West Bengal could not be given money for the scheme as the list of these farmers did not come from the state government so we could not make full use of the budget allocation," he said.