President Mukherjee’s addressed to joint session of parliament

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ President Pranab Mukherjee addressed a joint session of Parliament ahead of the budget session which began on Tuesday.This is a historic session heralding advancement of budget cycle and merger of general budget with rail budget for the first time.

* Resilience demonstrated by our countrymen particularly the poor, in the fight against black money and corruption, is remarkableAt the core of all my government policies, is the welfare of ‘gareeb’, ‘peedit’, ‘Dalit’, ‘vanchhit’.

* Government committed to growth, ‘sabka saath sabka vikaas’. Voluntary giving up of LPG subsidy has helped the poor.

* An unprecedented 26 crore plus Jan Dhan accounts have been opened for the unbanked.

* Close to 13 crore poor have been covered under various social security schemes.

* To take the banking system to the doorstep of the poor and the unbanked, the Indian Postal Payment Bank has been started.

* Over Rs 2 lakh crore has been provided through 5.6 crore loans sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.

* Under Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana, over Rs 16000 crore have been made available to SHGs in the current Financial Year.

* My government has taken many initiatives to improve the quality of life of the poor.

* My government is committed to provide shelter to every houseless poor household through the Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana.

* Swachh Bharat Abhiyan aims to ensure health and sanitation, particularly for the poor.

* The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana will make clean energy accessible to the poor.

* 37 percent of the Ujjwala beneficiaries belong to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe.

* Under Deen Dayal Upadhayay Gram Jyoti Yojana over 11,000 villages have been electrified in a record time.

* Mission Indradhanush commits to vaccinate “every child everywhere” against preventable diseases.