Annamalai. File
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The Union Budget 2024 is growth-oriented, welfare-centric and people-friendly. It strengthens the road map towards a Viksit Bharat by 2047, said BJP Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.
In a social media post on X (formerly Twitter), Mr. Annamalai said Budgetary announcements, including the Transit Oriented Development Plans in 14 large cities with a population above 30 lakh, one crore houses for the urban poor and middle-class under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana 2.0, would continue to exemplify the commitment of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in enhanced infrastructure development.
โThe unprecedented allocation of โน3 lakh crore for schemes benefitting women and girls personifies the NDA governmentโs pledge to empower women. The increase of MUDRA loans from โน10 lakh to โน20 lakh, the continuation of the credit support scheme to MSMEs, and investor-friendly reforms in the start-up sector to enable higher investment and job creation announced in the budget prove to be pivotal aspects to enhance the start-up ecosystem,โ he said.
He lauded several announcements in infrastructure, education, defence and agriculture sectors and extended wishes to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting a Union Budget for the consecutive seventh term.
