As the debate over freebies heat up, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on August 13, 2022 said the aim of the Modi government is to empower everyone through saturation of the existing welfare schemes as every Indian citizen deserves access to basic facilities.
"Every Indian citizen deserves to have access to basic facilities without getting beholden to anybody. Our approach is one of empowerment through saturation of existing schemes rather than that of entitlement," she said at an event in Bengaluru.
Saturation of the welfare scheme means that all entitled beneficiaries get the facilities.
