Government Looking At Sustained Economic Recovery: Nirmala Sitharaman

Government is aiming at a sustained economic recovery, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that government is aiming at a sustained economic recovery and the budgetary proposals on infrastructure building are an attempt to create a multiplier effect to propel growth.

Addressing industry representatives in Mumbai on the first day of her two-day visit to the city, the finance minister during a post-budget interaction said that the budget has been prepared at a time when the economy is coming out of the pandemic's impact.

“A sustained recovery is what we would want. The budget has growth revival as a priority along with messages for sustainability as a priority and on predictable tax regimen,” she said.