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Growth rate needs to be high enough for benefits to percolate down: FM
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SME Times News Bureau | 03 Sep, 2016
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on
Friday said that for the benefits of growth to percolate down to the
last man, especially minorities, it is important that the growth rate is
high enough.
"While higher growth rate impacts all, by way of
offering economic opportunities, certain minorities have lagged behind
and those areas need to be addressed," Jaitley said at a conference here
on "Empowerment through Education - Taalim-o-Tarbiyat".
The
Finance Minister said the world is facing two kinds of challenges --
political and economic. He asserted that India is on a better wicket on
both the fronts.
Speaking about economic challenges, Jaitley
said amidst global slow down, the Indian economy has managed to register
seven to 7.5 per cent growth, which is commendable.
He called
upon the members of the minority community to empower themselves through
education, acquire skills and tap opportunities availing of benefits
like MUDRA Scheme and other programmes.
"Post-1991 economic
liberalisation, the acceleration of growth rate has led to substantial
reduction in poverty. All communities have shown reduction in poverty
levels, but it is uneven," he said.
"While poverty rate among
Muslim community has gone down from 52 per cent in 1991 to about 27 per
cent in 2011, some communities like Jains and Parsis have overcome the
challenge of poverty," he added.
Jaitley said education is the key to improve the conditions faster which would aid conversion of skills into opportunities.
He
said Madrassas are an important institution in imparting education for
children belonging to the Muslim community and complimented the efforts
of Zafar Sareshwala, Vice-Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu
University, for blending technology and traditional teachings.
"Barring
occasional skirmishes, often magnified by media, there are no major
incidents in our country. Our society continues to speak in one voice,"
he added.
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