Protesting farmers to block national state highways for 3 hours on February 6
In a press conference at the Singhu border, farmers unions seemed disgruntled by the government for ignoring them in the Union Budget speech. They accused the government of alleged harassment, as they said that water and power supplies to the protest sites had been curtailed
BusinessToday.In | February 2, 2021 | Updated 08:45 IST
Farmer unions have announced a nationwide chakka jam on February 6
Farmer unions have announced a nationwide chakka jam on February 6 against the internet ban on their agitation spots and alleged harassment by the authorities. Protesting farmers said they will block national and state highways between 12 PM to 3 PM on February 6, Saturday.
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Allocation for RIDF increased from ₹30,000 cr. to ₹40,000 cr. in Union Budget
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During the pre-budget consultations, Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam had called for an increase in the allocation for several schemes.
Allocation for RIDF increased from ₹30,000 cr. to ₹40,000 cr. in Union Budget
Tamil Nadu hopes to make much of the enhanced allocation of funds in the Union Budget under a couple of schemes in the agriculture and rural development sectors.
In her Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an increase in the allocation to the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) from ₹30,000 crore to ₹40,000 crore, besides doubling the corpus of the Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) to ₹10,000 crore.
1. Health and Wellbeing
There is substantial increase in investment in Health Infrastructure and the Budget outlay for Health and Wellbeing is Rs 2,23,846 crore in BE 2021-22 as against this year’s BE of Rs 94,452 crore, an increase of 137 percentage.
The Finance Minister announced that a new centrally sponsored scheme, PM AatmaNirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana, will be launched with an outlay of about Rs 64, 180 crore over 6 years. This will develop capacities of primary, secondary, and tertiary care Health Systems, strengthen existing national institutions, and create new institutions, to cater to detection and cure of new and emerging diseases. This will be in addition to the National Health Mission. The main interventions under the scheme are:
Hon’ble Speaker,
I present the Budget for the year 2021-2022.
1. Honourable Speaker, the preparation of this Budget was undertaken in circumstances like never before. We knew of calamities that have affected a country or a region within a country, but what we have endured with COVID-19 through 2020 is sui generis.
2. When I presented the Budget 2020-21, we could not have imagined that the global economy, already in throes of a slowdown, would be pushed into an unprecedented contraction.
3. We could not have also imagined then that our people as those in other countries would have to endure the loss of near and dear ones and suffer hardships brought about due to a health crisis.