<span style="color: #222222;">The Lok Sabha today resumed discussion on the Union Budget 2019-20. Participating in the discussion, Virendra Singh Mast of BJP said, the budget focuses on the country's development and takes care of poor and farmers.<br />''<br />''He urged the members to come on the same page to address the issue of farmers faced in rural areas.<br />''<br />''Nama Nageshwar Rao of TRS said adequate provisions have not been made in the budget for the development of Southern States.<br />''<br />''Sunil Kumar Sonkar of BJP appreciated the budget saying that it takes care of every section of the society. Ram Chandra Paswan of LJP highlighted various schemes being implemented for the welfare of farmers and downtrodden.<br />''<br />''A Raja of DMK said, the budget speech does not disclose total revenue and total expenditure. He said, there are an economic slowdown and unemployment problem in the country.<br />''<br />''Sisir Adhikari of TMC opposed the proposal of disinvestment of forty-four PSUs and demanded the withdrawal of increased excise of duty on petrol and diesel.<br />''<br />''Col Rajyavardhan Rathore of BJP said that the budget is the foundation of robust development of the country and it lays a roadmap for New India. He said the country has now become the sixth largest economy in the world which was placed at the 11th position earlier.<br />''<br />''Mr Rathore said, the government has brought changes in the GST system to address the problems faced by traders.<br />''<br />''N K Premachandram of RSP  said that the macroeconomic terms, like the GDP, fiscal deficit and revenue deficit have not been mentioned in the Budget.<br />''<br />''Anubhav Mohanty of BJD demanded additional fund for Odisha to deal with natural calamities.<br />''<br />''Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka of Congress demands a special package for Odisha as the State faces natural calamities.<br />''<br />''Anupriya Patel of Apna Dal supported the budget saying that it focuses on villages, poor and farmers. Members from YSRCP, TDP, JD(U), CPI IUML and  AIMIM also participated in the discussion. The debate on the budget  is underway</span>