Union Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy, Raj Kumar Singh said, the new budget of the BJP led NDA government is welfare and development oriented one. Speaking at an interactive programme in Guwahati, Mr Singh said, the budget reflects the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Government as what it intends to do to make the economy of the country vibrant and resilient. He said, despite the coronavirus pandemic in the past two and a half years, the economy of the country is growing at a fast rate of 9.2 per cent of GDP and would reach the double digit figure soon.<br />''<br />''Coming down heavily on the Congress for terming the budget capitalist, the Union Minister questioned as to how the budget can be labelled capitalist when it has made huge provisions for infrastructure development, dwelling units for poor people, health insurance for poor and marginalised segments of society, electrification and piped water connections for poor rural households, cooking gas connections for poor people, creation of jobs through whopping investments in the public sector.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Mr Singh said, the BJP led NDA Government is wholly committed to sustainable development in Assam and the North East Region by making huge provisions in roads infrastructure, ropeway in inaccessible areas and other sectors to the tune of 2,800 crore rupees. He appreciated the Assam Power department for good progress on power front and appealed to all other states' CMs to follow Assam Government's initiative on power sector development.</span><br />