Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Shri Anurag Thakur held  10th and final  Pre-Budget Consultation meeting with the leading representatives from Health, Education and Rural Development Sectors here today, in connection with the forthcoming General Budget 2020-21.

The main areas of discussion by the representatives in the aforesaid meeting was related to improving efficiency in delivery of health services; devising innovative ways to reach primary health care facilities for marginalised sections; improving learning outcomes at primary level while also making secondary and higher-level education accessible and affordable; reforms related to pension and social protections especially for the weaker sections; focus of Government on public investment in social sector; gender equality with bottom’s up methodology; ways to boost economic and social infrastructure of rural sector and ways to eradicate unemployment and poverty through development of agriculture and allied sector as well as non-farm sector.