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Budget Session-2026 | PARLIAMENT

VIKSIT BHARAT G RAM G: This new law will ensure
125 days of guaranteed employment in villages. At
the same time, it will ensure stopping corruption and
leakages. This will provide new momentum to rural
development.

OPERATION SINDOOR: The world has witnessed
the valour and prowess of the Indian Defence Forces
during Operation Sindoor. Using its own resources,
our country destroyed the base camps of terrorists.
The government sent a strong message that any
terrorist attack on India would be met with a firm and
decisive response. The suspension of the Indus Waters
Treaty was also part of the fight against terrorism.

END OF MAOISM: The challenge of Maoist terror has
been reduced to just eight districts from 126 districts.
Of these, only three are seriously affected. The day is
Self-Help Groups not far when Maoist terrorism will be completely erad-

The government has connected 10 crore icated from the country.
women with self-help groups. Today, the
number of women earning over ₹1 lakh SEMICONDUCTORS: Four semiconductor manufac-
annually (Lakhpati Didis) in the country has turing units have been approved in 2025. Ten such
crossed 2 crore. In the last year alone, more factories are expected to start operations in India in
than 60 lakh women have become Lakhpati
Didis. My government is soon going to the near future. India is taking concrete steps for na-
achieve the target of making a total of 3 crore no-chips manufacturing also.
women Lakhpati Didis.
MUDRA YOJANA: The scheme is promoting entrepre-
neurship and self-employment among the youth. In
this, more than ₹38 lakh crore has been disbursed to
PM JANMAN SCHEME: Under this scheme, more than small entrepreneurs so far. Over 12 crore loans have
20,000 villages of the most backward tribal communities been given to first-time self-employed individuals.
are being connected to development. Approximately
2.5 lakh houses for the poor in these villages have been STARTUP INDIA: The Startup India programme has
built through this scheme. completed 10 years. In these 10 years, India has
become the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem.
TRIBAL EDUCATION: Over the past 11 years, lakhs of A decade ago, there were fewer than 500 startups in
students of Scheduled Caste communities have been the country. Today, there are approximately 200,000
granted post-matric scholarships of over 42 thousand registered startups in India.
crore rupees. This has benefitted nearly five crore stu-
dents. The government has also established more than MOBILE NETWORK: In the past year, 4G and 5G
400 Eklavya Model Residential Schools in tribal areas. networks have been extended to every corner of the
country through more than one lakh mobile towers.
PM KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI: Under this scheme, more The expansion of Digital India has introduced India as
than ₹4 lakh crore has been directly transferred to the a major global hub of creative economy worth thou-
bank accounts of farmers. sands of crores. n

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