Nirmala Sitharaman said the government's strives to provide necessary ecosystem to middle class Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said Budget 2022 is a "blueprint to steer economy from India@75 to India@100".
This budget continues to provide impetus for growth and hopes to lay the blueprint of India@100, the Finance Minister said.Ms Sitharaman said the government's focus since 2014 has been on the poor and marginalised and it strives to provide necessary ecosystem to the middle class.A day before the budget, the government's annual economic survey said India will lead the world in economic growth at 8-8.5 per cent and concluded that it has the headroom to do spend more.The budget comes days before elections in Uttar Pradesh and four other states, raising expectations of amped-up rural and agriculture spending.Asia's third-largest economy is estimated to expand 9.2 per cent in the financial year that ends in March, following a contraction of 7.3 per cent in the previous one, but the recovery is now seen tapering.