Rajya Sabha: The ruling party said the budget of developed India, the opposition accused of ignoring the common people.

New Delhi. Taking forward the discussion on the general budget for the financial year 2026-27 in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, the members of the ruling party called it the budget of developed India while the opposition accused it of ignoring the common people. Priyanka Chaturvedi of Shiv Sena (UBT) from Maharashtra said that the elderly have been ignored in the budget. It is estimated that in 2050, about 30 crore countrymen will be above 60 years of age. The concession given to them in rail fare was abolished during the Corona period, which has not been restored yet.

He demanded increasing the income tax exemption limit on medical expenses. Madan Rathore of BJP from Rajasthan said that at the time of United Progressive Alliance, foreign direct investment was 98 billion dollars, which has now increased to 165 billion dollars. India has become the second largest mobile manufacturer in the world. Nuclear power capacity increased from 4,780 MW to 8880 MW. The present government built new AIIMS, IIT and airports.

Highway construction increased from 12 km per day to 28 km per day. The government increased the minimum support prices of various crops. Congress’s G.C. from Karnataka. Chandrashekhar said that the agreement with America will harm Make India. He said that the effect of “Acche Din” and “Amrit Kaal” was that in the year 2014, Bharatiya Janata Party had Rs 295 crore in its account which has now increased to Rs 10,000 crore, a businessman whose net worth was Rs 44,000 crore has now reached Rs 12-13 lakh crore, but the income of farmers has not doubled yet.

Describing the budget as being in corporate interest, Shri Chandrashekhar said that India was respected in the world even before 2014, India was exporting even before 2014 and India’s IT sector was a global powerhouse even before 2014. Shambhu Sharan Patel of BJP from Bihar said that this budget is going to transform India from a developing country to a developed country by the year 2047. Today India has become the fourth largest economy in the world and in a few years it will become the third largest economy.

An allocation of Rs 3,200 crore has been made for the Makhana Board which will benefit farmers and laborers from Bihar. Hundred percent electrification has been achieved in the state. Work has been done to provide five new expressways and seven Vande Bharat Expresses. He said that Congress had given one AIIMS in 50 years. Vajpayee ji’s government gave seven AIIMS and Modi government increased it to 22. Mayank Kumar Nayak of BJP from Gujarat said that this budget has been presented to fulfill the dream of developed India. In the last 11 years, the government made plans to provide water, electricity, roads, health and education facilities to the villages.

In this budget, it has been ensured that the people of villages get employment under Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma Yojana and Vikas Bharat ‘Ji-Ram-Ji’ scheme. He said that the budget allocation for Gujarat has increased 30 times in 11 years. BJP’s Kesari Devsingh Jhala from Gujarat praised the budget and said that when the world’s economies are in crisis, India is hoisting its flag. When the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the whole world is between two-three percent, China is also growing at the rate of four-five percent, India is growing at the rate of more than seven percent.

Sandosh Kumar P. of the Communist Party of India from Kerala criticized the budget, saying that there is nothing in it for the common people. He said that nothing has been done for Kerala in the budget. If the central government earns Rs 100 from Kerala, then at least Rs 50 should be given back in the budget, but only Rs 25 is being returned to Kerala. He said that all states should be treated equally. BJP member from Uttar Pradesh Amar Pal Maurya described the budget of 2026-27 as the budget of Antyodaya and the budget of poor welfare.

She alleged that when the President was addressing the joint meeting of both the Houses, the opposition parties protested because she was a tribal woman from a poor family. BJP’s Seema Dwivedi from Uttar Pradesh described the budget as the foundation of a developed India of 2047 and said that the weavers and handicraftsmen of the villages will greatly benefit from the Mahatma Gandhi Gram Swaraj Yojana. He also demanded setting up of an Ayurvedic institute in Uttar Pradesh.

BJP’s Rajib Bhattacharjee from Tripura said that in the last 11 years, social security coverage increased from 19 percent to 64 percent. The government has worked to bring 25 crore people out of the poverty line. The education budget has been increased by 14 percent and the health budget by 10 percent. A provision of Rs 11,486 crore has been made to increase rail connectivity in the North-East.

Bansilal Gurjar of BJP from Madhya Pradesh said that this budget is a budget to empower the poor, youth, farmers and women. Farmers are on the first place in the agenda of Modi government. Farmers are being empowered through the schemes brought by the government in the last 11 years. During this period, the budget for agriculture has been increased eight times.