The social welfare focus was centred on the poor, youngsters, women and farmers in the finance minister's short speech. All eyes are, once again, on the details of implementation
Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman, in her interim Budget speech on February 1, announced a handful of social welfare schemes, centred around the government’s focus on “four major castes”, which is the poor, women, youngsters, and farmers. One of the announcements, which experts consider to be a huge step in the right direction, is the extension of health care cover under Ayushman Bharat to ASHA workers, anganwadi workers and other helpers.