Last Updated on 30/07/2024 by wccexam Desk
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman responded to the discussion on the budget in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The Finance Minister countered each and every attack of the opposition, from reducing the budget of SC-ST to neglecting all states except two and the allegations against Agniveer and industrialists. Describing the budget as the budget of developed India, Nirmala Sitharaman said that it is an inclusive budget. She also responded to the lack of ideas raised by Professor Saugata Roy during the discussion on the budget by mentioning that he did not study from Oxford or Harvard.
The Finance Minister said that Professor Saugata Roy raised many issues during the discussion on the budget. He said that Bengal gave us ‘Vande Mataram’ which we are happy to say even 10 times. The Finance Minister referred to the statement of Professor Roy in which he had said that I do not expect the Finance Minister to be like Manmohan Singh, he is neither a PhD from Oxford, nor has he taken a management degree from Harvard like Chidambaram. He is from our JNU but the problem is that there is a lack of new ideas. Countering this statement, the Finance Minister said that I do not want to be like Manmohan Singh.
The Finance Minister said that the Finance Minister of West Bengal has attended the GST Council meeting with us six times and has contributed well. She has also studied from Calcutta University. Doesn’t she have new ideas too? She further said that the Chief Minister of West Bengal has also studied from a college of Calcutta University. She is a fighter, I respect her completely. Doesn’t she have ideas too? Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Professor Saugata Roy also teaches in an Indian University or college, not in Harvard or Oxford.
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She said that there is more inequality in India in 2024 than in 1920. This statement cannot be trusted. Bengal travelled during the British period. We all have seen the pictures of the people of Bengal then. The Finance Minister said that the entire production of Bengal was sent for the war and the Bengal of that time was better than India of 2024 in terms of equality? What kind of shameful statement was this given in this House. She said that now I come to the economy of Bengal. At the time of independence, West Bengal had a 24 percent share in the total industrial production of the country.
The Finance Minister said that you would like to know today’s number, it is 3.5 percent. A downward trend is also seen in gross capital formation. In 2010, West Bengal’s capital formation rate was 6.7 percent. Today it is only 2.9 percent. She said that they are demanding a white paper. I will definitely give a white paper. This is Bengal’s performance on the economic front. The Finance Minister said that if we talk about total foreign investment, West Bengal is able to attract less than one percent investment. Opposition members created a ruckus over this. Speaker Om Birla said that if you ask questions, you will have to listen to the answer. You asked questions and the Finance Minister is answering.
The Finance Minister also cornered the opposition for their comments on industrialists
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that entrepreneurs are the builders of the country, but propaganda is being done against them. An image is being created that Indian institutions are not safe for foreign investment. We all have to fight this conspiracy together. The Finance Minister also read Pandit Nehru’s statement on reservation and reminded of the Kaka Kalelkar Commission report and the Mandal Commission report being ignored. Then the slogan was – Na jaat par na paat par, muhar lagegi haath par. There was no caste then, but today SC-ST OBC is being asked in the photo.