Union Budget 2019-20 reinvigorates sustainable and equitable growth, says Chief Statistician of India
Chief Statistician of India and Secretary, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation has lauded the ten point vision for the decade announced in the Union Budget 2019-20 encompassing all aspects of holistic development. The Budget provides the necessary inputs to realize the vision given in the Economic Survey and will boost investment. The Budget outlined several steps to attain $ 3 Trillion economy in the current year. The Budget is well structured and focuses on interventions in both rural and urban areas for a more inclusive growth. He added that creation of payment platform for MSMEs, the PM Karam Yogi Maan Dhan Scheme and the Interest Subvention Scheme will further boost the MSME sector, thereby creating more jobs and foster formalization of the economy.
He further mentioned that the Budget has also addressed the participation of women in the economy by moving the focus from women-centric-policy making to women-led initiatives recognizing their contribution in Nation building and extending the benefits to SHGs. This will simultaneously bring a better balance in gender disparity. He also added that the Government’s focus of developing infrastructure and its emphasis on education, agriculture and allied areas will facilitate India’s march towards a progressive sustainable economy. The digital push to the economy by way of leveraging technology will boost the availability of data as a public good to the people.
