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PARLIAMENT Motion of Thanks
ECONOMY AND INDUSTRY
TALKING ABOUT WOMEN
A new economy has always been
EMPOWERMENT AND expanding from time to time in our
UPLIFTMENT... STEPS FULL OF country.
Today, gig
IMMENSE POSSIBILITIES
Referring to the strong intentions of the economy
government towards economic and social is developing as an important area in big
empowerment of women, PM Modi said that in cities. It is estimated that today there are
the last 10 years, 10 crore women have joined about one crore gig workers in the country
self-help groups. These women are from and we are also working in that direction.
deprived families, from rural background. The
•n We have said in this budget that such gig workers
government has increased their assistance should get themselves registered on the e-shram
to Rs 20 lakh. Since I have portal. They will get an ID card after coming on the
STRONG
taken forward the Lakhpati e-shram portal, the benefit of Ayushman Yojana will
INTENTIONS
Didi scheme, about 1.25 crore also be given.
women have become Lakhpati Didis. A
•n There are immense employment opportunities in the
psychological change has come in the villages
MSME sector. These small industries are a symbol of
due to Drone Didi scheme. Mudra Yojana is also
self-reliant India. Our policy is clear, MSME should get
playing a very big role in empowering women seamless amenities and support.
power. Similarly, Stand Up India, whose aim was
to give a loan of Rs 1 crore without guarantee •n We are moving forward by giving strength to the entire
ecosystem of the manufacturing sector including
from the bank to any woman of any society
MSME. We are starting Mission Manufacturing.
including SC, ST community we have doubled it
this time in the budget. •n We have upgraded the criteria for improvement in
the MSME sector twice in the last 10 years. Loan was
given without any guarantee. We took steps towards
Figures presented tell the story of change
customized credit cards, credit guarantee coverage
for small industries.
PM Modi said that
out of the houses
given to 4 crore ON THE TOPIC OF MIDDLE CLASS...
families, about
Regarding the aspirations of the middle class of the
75% country, PM Modi said that today our middle class is full
of confidence. In the last 10
MENTION OF
ASPIRATIONS, TALK years, we have increased the
of the houses savings of the middle class
OF ACHIEVEMENTS
are such whose by reducing the income tax.
ownership rights are We want to increase the strength of the neo middle class.
given to women. A very large part of the tax has been reduced to zero in
this budget. In 2013, there was tax exemption on income
When a woman is forced to defecate in the
up to two lakhs, today we have exempted up to 12 lakhs.
open, such people cannot understand the pain
she goes through.
TALKING ABOUT YOUTH DREAMS…
We have overcome the
difficulties of our sisters and crore PM Modi said that the biggest role in building a Viksit
daughters by building more than toilets. Bharat is of the youth of the country who are currently in
schools and colleges. They are going
•n After 75 years of independence, more than JUSTICE WITH to be the biggest beneficiaries of a
16 crore houses in the country did not have HOPES
Viksit Bharat. They are our strength.
tap water connection. Our government
In the last 10 years, we have been working with a well
has worked to provide tap water to 12 crore
thought out strategy to strengthen this section. What
families in 5 years.
should be the education system of the 21st century, was
•n Muslim women were forced to live in difficulties, not even thought of earlier. After about three decades, we
we have abolished triple talaq and given have brought a new National Education Policy in which
rights and equality to Muslim daughters in PM SHRI schools are being built. The number of Eklavya
accordance with the spirit of the Constitution.
model schools for tribal children, increases to 470.
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