Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying that India’s economic fundamentals are strong and the Budget addresses the needs of all sections of society.
“With due respect, I don’t know what course correction he (Gandhi) is referring to. Economy and its fundamentals are strong. Global uncertainty is facing many of our sectors for whom we have brought in so many different schemes for those small and medium enterprises, textiles, leather…for farmers and women entrepreneurs,” she said.
These are ways in which the government is reaching out to the common small people and making sure that they are receiving the benefit of various schemes, she said in customary post-Budget interaction with the media.
She was reacting to the Leader of the Opposition’s comment in a post on X, which said, “Youth without jobs. Falling manufacturing. Investors pulling out capital. Household savings plummeting. Farmers in distress. Looming global shocks – all​Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying that India’s economic fundamentals are strong and the Budget addresses the needs of all sections of society.
“With due respect, I don’t know what course correction he (Gandhi) is referring to. Economy and its fundamentals are strong. Global uncertainty is facing many of our sectors for whom we have brought in so many different schemes for those small and medium enterprises, textiles, leather…for farmers and women entrepreneurs,” she said.
These are ways in which the government is reaching out to the common small people and making sure that they are receiving the benefit of various schemes, she said in customary post-Budget interaction with the media.
She was reacting to the Leader of the Opposition’s comment in a post on X, which said, “Youth without jobs. Falling manufacturing. Investors pulling out capital. Household savings plummeting. Farmers in distress. Looming global shocks – all ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
