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Union budget

Sarbananda Sonowal hails Union Budget as development oriented\

| @indiablooms | Feb 02, 2021, at 01:44 am

Guwahati/UNI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday described the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as pragmatic, people-friendly and development-oriented.

The Chief Minister also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Finance Minister for making major allocation for improvement of road infrastructure and welfare of tea workers of the State.

He said the Budget proposals would reinvigorate human capital and innovation, besides giving a major push to health and well-being, physical and financial capital, infrastructure as well as inclusive development in the country.

Expressing satisfaction on the Union Budget 2021-22, the Chief Minister said since 2016, there has been a remarkable growth in the infrastructure of connectivity in Assam due to unprecedented synergy between the Central and State governments.

He thanked the union government for the allocation of Rs. 34,000 crore in the new Budget for construction of more than 1300 kms of national highways in Assam in the next three years.

He also said National Highway works to the tune of Rs. 19,000 crore which are currently in progress in Assam have already given a major boost to road connectivity in the State.

The Chief Minister also appreciated the new initiative proposed in the Budget for the welfare of tea workers, especially women and their children in Assam and West Bengal.

Sonowal said allocating Rs. 1000 crore for the tea workers will have long-term impact on the healthcare and overall development of the community.

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