75 Highlights of Budget FY 2024-25 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman part 2

 

31. The country received its highest ever medal tally in Asian Games and Asian

Para Games in 2023

32. Chess prodigy and our No. 1 ranked player Praggnanandhaa put up a stiff

fight against world champion Magnus Carlsen in 2023, today, India has over 80

chess grandmasters compared to little over 20 in 2010

33. The earlier approach of tackling poverty resulted in very modest outcomes

When the poor became empowered partners in development process,

government's power to assist them increases manifold. In the last 10 years, the

government has assisted 25 crore people to get freedom from multidimensional

poverty

34. 2cr more houses will be built under PM Awas Yojana Gramin 1cr houses will

be taken to rooftop solar units to generate free electricity 35. Housing for Middle

Class, Govt will launch a new scheme to buy and build their own houses 36.

Making Triple Talaq illegal, one third women's reservation in Lok Sabha and state

assemblies, giving over 70% houses under PM Awas Yojana in rural areas to

women as sole or joint owners have enhanced their dignity 37. Empowerment of

Women through entrepreneurship, ease of living and dignity has gained

momentum in last 10 years

38. 30 crore MUDRA Yojana loans have been given to woman entrepreneurs

39. Female enrollment in higher education has gone up by 28% in 10 years

40. In STEM courses, girls and women constitute 43% of enrollment, one of the

highest in the world

41. All these are getting reflected in increasing participation of women in

workforce

42. Making Triple Talaq illegal, one third women's reservation in Lok Sabha and

state assemblies, giving over 70% houses under PM Awas Yojana in rural areas to

women as sole or joint owners have enhanced their dignity

43. Besides delivering on high growth, the government is equally focussed on a

more comprehensive GDP - I.e., Governance, Development and Performance

44. Ayushman Bharat scheme cover will be extended to all Asha, Anganwari

worker and helpers

45. To ensure housing for middle class, the government will launch a scheme for

middle classThis is to help them to buy or build their own houses for those living

in slums, chawls or rented houses, she added.

46. A committee to set up more medical colleges, free cervical Cancer vaccines

for girls from 9-14 years

47. Nano DAP on various crops will be expanded in all agro-climatic zones

48. GST has enabled One Nation One Market One Tax

49. GIFT IFSC and Unified Regulatory Authority IFSCA are creatin a robust

gateway for global capital and financial resources

50. Proactive inflation management has helped keep inflation within the policy

band

51. Matsya Sampada Yojana to be expanded to generate more employment,

increase earnings

52. Despite the challenges due to COVID, implementation of PM Awas Yojana

Rural continued and we are close to achieving the target of 3 crore houses. 2

crore more houses will be taken up in the next 5 years

53. India U.S. Europe sponsored Middle East- europe corridor: potential gateway

for world trade for 100s of years.

54. India assumed G20 Presidency during very difficult times, global economy was

going through high inflation, low growth, high interest rates, very high public

debt, low trade growth and climate changes