Purohit Ghate

Purohit Ghate presenting Animal Husbandry Budget | Budget Dialogues 2021

• We have very low resources and infrastructure for poultry farming in India.
• A major challenge for the government in the present state of the scenario is to control the widespread disease of bird flu in India.
• By 2025 we’re planning to develop vaccines to prevent our livestock from fatal diseases and illnesses.
• In our 2,932 crores estimated budget, we’re allotting a major portion to fisheries. This is because we have foreign exchange earnings from sea products.

Parimala Rao

Parimala Rao presenting Budget for Ministry of Fertilizers & Chemicals | Budget Dialogues 2021

• To ensure fertilizer’s availability in the covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Fertilizers and Chemicals closely monitored the production, movement, and availability of Fertilizers.
• Ministers had meetings with fertilizer companies to ensure an uninterrupted supply of fertilizers to the farmers during the Kharif season.
• The demand for chemicals, petrochemicals is expected to grow by 9% a year, and the size of the industry is also likely to grow by 2025.
• The government should encourage a balanced use of all types of fertilizers including the traditional organic and other varieties.

Ajinkya Metkar

Ajinkya Metkar presenting Budget for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | Budget Dialogues 2021

• As per the Manpower Talent Shortage Survey via OECD, India is listed second after Japan in the context of shortage of skilled employees.
• Lack of good infrastructure and facilities at educational institutions is a major problem in India.
• We need to focus on ‘Job Matching Skills’ and create a framework for institutionalizing skill development and vocational education within school ecosystems.
• Internship drives for students of different streams along with lifelong learning opportunities and quality education should be promoted.

Jyotsna Priyadarshini

Jyotsna Priyadarshini presenting Budget for Department of Science and Technology | Budget Dialogues 2021

• Some of the country’s major bottlenecks are Poverty, Corruption in the Bureaucracy, lack of professionalism in planning, and creating an innovative eco-system.
• During this pandemic, we not only realized the importance of scientific solutions for mankind but for our livelihood and development also.
• We need to trigger our youth to create new mechanisms by thinking out of the box technology solutions.
• We should popularize science and technology in young generations by promoting ‘Jai Vigyan’ and emphasizing on science education and researches.

Kartik Keshari

Kartik Keshari presenting Budget for Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports | Budget Dialogues 2021

• Covid-19 has affected the entire world including the sports sector and other sectors related to youth.
• Providing platforms to youth in these times of challenges should be a major priority for the government.
• The establishment of the Youth & Sports Coordination Commission is the need of the hour.
• Introduction of Major Dhyanchand Khel Protsahan Nidhi based on the PPP model would prove to be a great step.

Smit Khambolja

Smit Khambolja presenting Budget for Ministry of Food Processing Industries | Budget Dialogues 2021

• The transportation issue is a major challenge Food Processing Industries are facing in the current state of the affairs due to the post lockdown effects.
• Supply chain blockages and cold storage chain constraints are the other factors hindering the growth of this sector.
• Due to the covid-19 pandemic, the availability of raw materials has been reduced significantly.
• Safety measures of Human Resources from grass root levels along with food safety and hygiene management are required.

Shruti Pathak

Shruti Pathak presenting Budget for Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Food Distribution | Budget Dialogues 2021

• During the covid-19 pandemic, India had two biggest challenges to address: To prevent the spread of corona and to ensure that nobody dies of food scarcity due to lockdown.
• Optimal implementation of ration card schemes by the government mitigated the impact of the dire circumstances to an extent.
• Black-market has emerged as a huge stumbling block in front of the Consumer Affairs and Food Distribution Ministry.
• The ‘Jaago Grahak Jaago’ movement by the government needs to be emphasized to raise consumer awareness.

Shrirang Shivesh

Shrirang Shivesh presenting Budget for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | Budget Dialogues 2021

• The sports budget for the financial year 2019-20 was 2,776.92 crores and there was only a 50 crores increase in the financial year 2020-21.
• The critical challenges faced by the sports ministry are corruption and mismanagement of sports authorities.
• Lack of sports infrastructure for training and organizing games has adversely impacted sports participation and the quality of sportspersons.
• ‘Khelo India Program’ approved by the government in April 2016 has been a major success for Indian sports.

Amreesh Singh

Amreesh Singh presenting Budget for Ministry of Tribal Affairs | Budget Dialogues 2021

• The previous Budget for Tribal Affairs in the financial year 2019-20 was 7340.16 crore rupees which was increased to7411 crore rupees in the financial year 2020-21.
• There is a slight improvement in scholarships and central schemes & programs for the tribal people in the last few years.
• Land alienation, poverty, poor education infrastructure, and unemployment are some of the major critical challenges for the Ministry.
• The government should ensure that their schemes like PM Jan Dhan Yojna, Kaushal Vikas Yojna, and Eklavya School Program are reaching all the tribal areas.

Sukant Kumar

Sukant Kumar presenting Budget for Ministry of Minority Affairs | Budget Dialogues 2021

• In the budget for the Ministry of Minority Affairs, 4868.98 crore rupees were allocated in the financial year 2020-21 which was only an increase of about 228.99 crore rupees from the previous budget.
• Poor literacy rate and socio-economic condition of the minority communities is a big task ahead of the government.
• The government should take effective steps to administer the educational systems set up for the minorities.
• Unemployment is a prominent factor due to which minorities are still socially and economically backward. Hence, the government should focus on providing more employment opportunities.

Vishal Kumar

Vishal Kumar presenting budget for Ministry of Rural Development | Budget Dialogues 2021

• We should take timely actions for the development of our rural areas as Mahatma Gandhi has said “The soul of a village lives in its villages.”
• Fewer job opportunities, lack of quality education, migration of the natives, and shortage of electricity are some of the critical challenges ahead of the Rural Development Ministry.
• The government should also put a sight on the lack of systematic markets in rural areas and fewer revenue particulars.
• As a significant number of people from rural areas have lost their job in the pandemic, investing money in the ‘Revival Project’ would be a great step.

Balram Basak

Balram Basak presenting Budget for Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Budget Dialogues 2021

• The Budget for foreign affairs has reduced from 17,347.27 crore rupees in the financial year 2019-20 to 17,346.71 crore rupees in the financial year 2020-21.
• Although the government spends a huge capital of Budget on Foreign Affairs still there is negligence for countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.
• Being a close neighbour of India, the Ministry should try to maintain good relations with these countries.
• Also, the government should focus on resolving the border issues with the neighbouring countries for better trading relations.

Aditya Arajit Mohapatra

Aditya Arajit Mohapatra presenting Budget for Health Ministry | Budget Dialogues 2021

• 2020 was the most challenging year for the health ministry. Covid-19 has shown us the reality of our health infrastructure.
• During the pandemic, the insufficiency of doctors and hospitals surfaced as one of the major problems in our health sector.
• Due to the lack of facilities in medical institutions of India, most of the medical students choose to pursue their higher studies outside India.
• Developing a significant number of quarantine centres and test kits in a short span of time was a major success for the Health Ministry.

Vikas Singh Bungla

Vikas Singh Bungla presenting Budget for Environment Ministry | Budget Dialogues 2021

• ‘Control of Pollution’ allocation has increased exponentially from 2018-19 to 2020-21 while National River Conservation Programme allocation has been cut off completely.
• Improving the air quality alongside a proper action plan for water conservation, protecting wildlife, climate change, and waste management is required.
• Significant investment is needed for a transition to clean fuel and all industries should be made ZLD(Zero Liquid Discharge).
• The government should focus on rigorous campaigning to stop the use of new plastics and recycle the older ones to achieve plastic ban by 2022.