Land, labour, liquidity & law will be our focus: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that this is the last installment of the 20 lakh crore relief package. This is the fifth press conference of the Finance Minister.

Public expenditure on the health sector will be increased. All districts will have an infectious disease block in their hospital. Public health labs will be set up at all block levels.

Budget estimate for MNREGA was Rs 61,000 crores. Additional amount of Rs 40,000 crore will be allocated for the same.

20 crore Jan Dhan account holding women got Rs 10,025 crores. 2.2 crore building and construction workers got Rs 3,950 crores.

6.81 crore people got free LPG cylinders and12 lakh EPFO holders got online withdrawal of advance, informed Finance Minister.

One-time transfer of Rs 2,000 has reached 8.19 crore farmers, total amount Rs 16,394 crore.

NSAP beneficiaries got Rs 1,405 crore in first installment & Rs 1,402 crore in second instalment, target of Rs 3,000 crore nearly achieved

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Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan package used technology to do direct benefit transfer to people.

We could do what we did because of the initiatives taken during the last few years: FM Sitharaman

Pulses were given 3 months in advance. I appreciate concerted efforts of Food Corporation of India, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India&states, giving pulses& grains in huge quantities, despite logistical challenges: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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