Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasized the government's top priority of meeting the needs and aspirations of four "major castes" – the poor, women, youth, and farmers – while presenting the interim budget for 2024-25. Sitharaman outlined the government's approach, aiming for all-round, all-pervasive, and all-inclusive development that covers people of all castes and at all levels.
She expressed the goal of making India 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047 and stressed the importance of improving people's capabilities and empowering them to achieve this objective. Sitharaman identified the four major castes as the poor, women, youth, and farmers, stating that their needs, aspirations, and welfare are the highest priority.
According to Sitharaman, social justice, which was once a political slogan, is now an effective and necessary governance model for the government. The saturation approach, covering all eligible individuals, is described as a comprehensive achievement of social justice, promoting transparency, reducing corruption, and preventing nepotism.
Sitharaman highlighted the fair distribution of resources and the government's focus on outcomes rather than outlays to address systemic inequalities in society. The government aims to achieve socio-economic transformation by ensuring equal access to opportunities for all, irrespective of their social standing.
(With Agency Inputs)
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