No state has been denied anything in the 2024 Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told NDTV Friday evening, responding to opposition criticism that her speech this week mentioned only two states – Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, both ruled by key BJP allies.

Nirmala Sitharaman presented her seventh consecutive Union Budget earlier this week, a new record. Today, the Finance Minister, in an exclusive interview to NDTV’s Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia, answers the questions that have been making the headlines since the budget was unveiled and more. 

Here are the top quotes from the interview: 

* This budget offers a comprehensive package for youth development

* Our intent is to indicate a soft-touch regulatory approach

* To reduce debt, burrowing is not a great way. Even if you are borrowing, increase assets. Debt should be reduced without affecting the growth

* States are receiving allocations as they have in the past. No state is being left behind

* We are focusing on technology and innovative town planning to make existing cities more livable and futuristic

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