Budget Session 2023: The budget session of Parliament began with the speech of President Draupadi Murmu. Addressing both the Houses on the first day of the Parliament session, praising the works of the Modi Government, the President enumerated the achievements of the works of the Government. The President said that this government has worked for every class without any discrimination. He said that the result of my government’s efforts in the last few years is that many basic facilities have either reached 100 per cent population or are very close to that target.
crack down on corruption
The President said that the government has a clear view that corruption is the biggest enemy of democracy and social justice. That’s why a continuous fight against corruption is going on for the past years. And the government has ensured that the honest will be respected in the system. He said that the Benami Property Act has been notified in the direction of creating an eco-system to create a corruption-free system. The Fugitive Economic Offenders Act has been passed to confiscate the property of criminals absconding from economic offences.
get refund soon
Earlier one had to wait a long time for tax refund. Today refund is received within a few days of filing ITR. Today, along with transparency, the dignity of taxpayers is also being ensured through GST.
Ayushman Bharat to save you from being poor
Ayushman Bharat Yojana has saved crores of poor people from becoming poorer and has saved them from spending Rs.80,000 crores. Under this scheme, free treatment facility has been provided for more than 50 crore countrymen.
Advantages of DBT
From removing fake beneficiaries from Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile to One Nation One Ration Card, we have made a huge permanent reform. Over the years, in the form of DBT, in the form of Digital India, the country has prepared a permanent and transparent system. The money of 300 schemes is directly reaching the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. So far, with transparency, more than Rs 27 lakh crore has been given to crores of people. Under Jal Jeevan Mission, about 11 crore families have been connected with piped water supply in three years. Poor families are getting maximum benefit from this.
Got the benefit of PM Garib Kalyan Yojana
My government’s effort is that no poor should sleep hungry. And has spent Rs 3.50 lakh crore to provide free food grains under the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana. The government has decided to run the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana further as per the new circumstances.
Rs 2.25 lakh given under PM Kisan Samman
In the priority of my government, there are 11 crore small farmers of the country. These small farmers, for decades, were deprived of the priority of the government. Now every kind of effort is being made to make them strong and prosperous. The President said that there are 11 small farmers in the country and under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, assistance of more than Rs 2.25 lakh has been given to small farmers. Among these beneficiaries, 3 crore women beneficiaries are women. These women have got Rs 54000 crore.