The Finance Minister also cornered the Congress on inflation
After this, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also cornered Congress on inflation. She said that inflation was at its peak during the UPA government. During the Global Finance Crisis in 2008, the UPA government had set a record of governments educated from Harvard and Oxford. Inflation was around 3% during Atal ji's time. Which increased to 8.1% during the UPA government. After that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said – Congress came and brought inflation.
Increase in ST budget
After this, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman refuted the allegations of giving less budget to SC-ST in the budget and said that Rs 119706 crore was allocated for ST in the budget of 2023-24, while Rs 124909 crore has been allocated in the budget of 2024-24. According to the data, there has been an increase of five crores in the budget. Similarly, Rs 238220 crore was allocated for women in the budget of 2023-24 and Rs 327158 crore has been allocated in the budget of 2024-25. That is, the budget has been increased by Rs 88938 crore.
Along with this, the Finance Minister talked about the withdrawal of money from SC-ST sub-fund in Karnataka and told MP Charanjit Singh Channi that you should ask your leader about the condition of SC in Karnataka, there is no need to ask here. All the leaders who question SC should immediately go to Karnataka and ask what is happening there? Scams are happening there and they are preaching to us.
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