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Unless the private sector is energised enough, unless the private sector is facilitated enough, India is just losing a very big opportunity, said the Union Finance Minister

Sitharaman said that she has provided long-term certainty with short-term stimulus in her budget.

"Centre and states should work together for the nation's progress... The government has to respect and give due representation to the private sector for economic progress," Modi said.

It further said the Budget 2021-22 will create positive externalities for the private sector, and forecast slower fiscal consolidation in FY22 than the government projections.

The meeting will be held virtually for the first time due to COVID-19 protocol, sources said.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says government is keen to achieve long-term growth.

TRS floor leader in Lok Sabha Nageshwara Rao reiterates demand for sanction of national project status to Kaleshwaram

She said the Budget, which was presented in Parliament on February 1, has set the tone for greater play of the private sector, gave space for entrepreneurship

The RIDF, which was set up in 1995, is a dedicated fund to create social assets in rural India.

The projection is in line with the estimates in the Union Budget 2021-22 presented in Parliament earlier this week.

The six-member MPC headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has started its deliberations.

In the backdrop of the Covid pandemic, special allocation of funds to vaccine was appreciated by doctors.

Unveiling the Union Budget 2021-22, the Finance Minister said that a professionally managed DFI to be set up to provide, enable and catalyze infrastructure financing.

The 30-share BSE Sensex zoomed 2,314.84 points or 5 per cent to finish at 48,600.61.

"For accessible higher education in Ladakh. I propose to set up a central university in Leh," said Sitharaman while presenting the Budget in the Parliament.