In the session of Budget 2022, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman says the four government priorities for 2022 are:
- PM Gati Shakti
- Inclusive development
- Optimise productivity
- Financial investment
Meanwhile, the well-known Indian journalist Sucheta Dalal, who is known for her work on the 1992 securities scam, tweeted:
“Two years of the pandemic has exhausted the nation. But the budget relentlessly drones on about mega plans and projects which will quietly sink. Remember 100 smart cities? So much of multi-modal etc would have been a part of it if any city had come up in 7 years! #Budget2022”
She also added “The manner in which @nsitharaman ji mentions the super big allocation numbers — even the biggest loyalists have been deadened to throwing of numbers in 7 years no? remember Rs One Lakh Crore Infrastructure plan?”
A few months back, when the Indian stock market was recovering from the Pandemic situation and the famous stocks belonging to the Adani group were reaching new highs, business journalist Sucheta Dalal was blamed for a sharp drop in shares of the Adani group of companies for a tweet she sent implying a “scandal” involving possible rigging in favour of stock prices of a group of companies. In her tweet, Dalal didn’t name any companies.
