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Govt preparing a budget 'as never before': Sitharaman
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SME Times News Bureau | 19 Dec, 2020
Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman on Friday said that the government is seeking growth-inducing
big ideas and inputs derived from introspection by industry, which
would be used for creating a 'budget as never before'.
Speaking
at the CII Partnership Summit 2020, Sitharaman said that the next Union
Budget will help India emerge as the engine for global growth and
economic resurgence.
The minister noted that health and
investment in health would be the top priority for the government in
near future. This would entail more funding not only for buildings and
infrastructure but also for creating capacities for front line workers
such as doctors, technology and skills for use of telemedicine, among
others.
The budget would take note of all the inputs received from the health sector to take this forward, she said.
She
further said that India was fortunate to have the facility and capacity
to not only produce the vaccine but also export the same for humanity's
sake. She invited private participation to help the health sector scale
up, by investing in medicinal R&D, biotech, and pharma R&D,
among others.
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