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Interim Budget 2019 to be growth-oriented futuristic: Dharmendra Pradhan

We have fulfilled whatever we promised, he said

This Budget will be growth-oriented, futuristic: Dharmendra Pradhan
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Shine JacobJyoti Mukul
A prominent achievement the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is highlighting ahead of the Lok Sabha (LS) elections this year is Ujjwala, the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) programme for the poor. Days before this government’s last Budget is presented, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and Skill Development DHARMENDRA PRADHAN speaks to Shine Jacob and Jyoti Mukul about spearheading the programme, his unfinished task, political challenges, and Priyanka Gandhi’s entry into active politics. Edited excerpts:
 
What have been the major achievements of your tenure?
 
No economy in the world can work without giving priority to the energy sector.