We don't believe handholding people in a way which hampers their own decision making, Finance Minister #NirmalaSitharaman tells Sanjay Pugalia. #FMToNDTV
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00:00 You asked a question that despite having a comfortable level of fiscal discipline,
00:07 you did not go into populism.
00:10 As I told you earlier, when every scheme is prepared in the path of empowerment,
00:17 you try to reach people to the basic necessities.
00:23 After that, it is up to them to decide what they want to do for their family.
00:30 It is not that they should be hand-held in such a way that they do not have the strength to make decisions.
00:37 On top of that, they become dependent.
00:40 That is not empowerment.
00:42 We are people who walk on the path of empowerment and not on the path of entitlement.
00:48 That is why they are right.
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