The Congress has claimed that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman included some of the ideas from its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha election in the Union Budget 2024.
According to the ‘Grand Old Party’ the ideas from the Congress manifesto ‘borrowed’ by the Union Budget 2024 include the apprenticeship program called ‘pehli naukri pakki’ (first job guaranteed).
It was referred to as a “copy and paste budget” by Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge, and party leader Jairam Ramesh charged Sitharaman with “taking a leaf” out of the Congress manifesto. Ramesh wrote on X, “The finance minister has taken a leaf out of the INC’s Nyay Patra 2024, with its internship programme clearly modelled on the INC’s proposed Apprenticeship Program that was called Pehli Naukri Pakki.”
Congress manifesto for Lok Sabha Election 2024
A “right to apprenticeship programme” known as “pehli naukri pakki” (first job guaranteed) was developed by the Congress. Every degree or diploma