NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a gathering in Sambalpur, Odisha, on Saturday. During his address, he highlighted that the focus of the Union government’s interim budget was on ‘empowering the poor’.
“The country’s new budget has come just two days ago. This budget further strengthens the policy following which 25 crore people of the country have come out of poverty in the last 10 years.The budget announcement is a guarantee of empowering the poor. Be it our youth, women, farmers, fishermen, this budget guarantees everyone’s development,” he said.
Addressing the development in Odisha, the Prime Minister said, “25 crore people of India have come out of poverty in last 10 years.”
PM Modi also outlaid the government’s vision to increase the affordability of electricity for the poor. “He said, Now our effort is that the electricity bill of the poor of the country also becomes zero and in this budget, rooftop solar power scheme has been announced for 1 crore families.” He also added, “In the last 10 years, we provided electricity even to those villages which were in darkness even after the independence of the country. We brought a new revolution of LED bulbs in the country so that the electricity bill of the poor can be reduced.
PM Modi during his visit to Odisha also inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for projects worth over Rs 68,000 crore. Besides inaugurating the 400-crore permanent campus of IIM, Sambalpur, Modi unveiled several infrastructure projects across various sectors such as power, roads and railways.
(With agency inputs)
“The country’s new budget has come just two days ago. This budget further strengthens the policy following which 25 crore people of the country have come out of poverty in the last 10 years.The budget announcement is a guarantee of empowering the poor. Be it our youth, women, farmers, fishermen, this budget guarantees everyone’s development,” he said.
Addressing the development in Odisha, the Prime Minister said, “25 crore people of India have come out of poverty in last 10 years.”
PM Modi also outlaid the government’s vision to increase the affordability of electricity for the poor. “He said, Now our effort is that the electricity bill of the poor of the country also becomes zero and in this budget, rooftop solar power scheme has been announced for 1 crore families.” He also added, “In the last 10 years, we provided electricity even to those villages which were in darkness even after the independence of the country. We brought a new revolution of LED bulbs in the country so that the electricity bill of the poor can be reduced.
PM Modi during his visit to Odisha also inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for projects worth over Rs 68,000 crore. Besides inaugurating the 400-crore permanent campus of IIM, Sambalpur, Modi unveiled several infrastructure projects across various sectors such as power, roads and railways.
(With agency inputs)
