Education and agriculture sectors would get top priority in the coming Union Budget, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said. Education sector is being given importance as literacy alone could make India a super power, Chidambaram told a public meeting after distributing Congress membership cards to 2,000 people in his Lok Sabha constituency last night.
Assuring that the government would "take care of the farm sector," he asked farmers to "take care of the education" of their children. Pointing to the February 29 Union Budget, he said education and farm sectors are his top priorities.
The UPA Government in the last three years had allocated Rs 28,600 crore for the education sector lending, of which Rs 17,636 crore had already been distributed, he said. The amount was four times more than what was allocated during the BJP-led NDA regime, the Finance Minister said.
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Assuring that the government would "take care of the farm sector," he asked farmers to "take care of the education" of their children. Pointing to the February 29 Union Budget, he said education and farm sectors are his top priorities.
The UPA Government in the last three years had allocated Rs 28,600 crore for the education sector lending, of which Rs 17,636 crore had already been distributed, he said. The amount was four times more than what was allocated during the BJP-led NDA regime, the Finance Minister said.
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