Students play the role of different politicians during the event
Jalandhar March 4 (Jaswinder Singh Azad)- Kanya Maha Vidyalaya (Autonomous) always works hard to enrich its students in academics as well as in their overall personality development. P. G. Department of Economics organized the “Mock Budget”on the basis of an interim budget presented by Government of India. The event commenced with the floral felicitation of Principal Prof. (Dr.) Atima Sharma Dwivedi. Enthusiastic participants played out the process of budget presentation with living up the various characters including the Finance Minister, Prime Minister and various other prominent leaders of the country in Parliament. Ms. Tanvi from B.A. semester VI played the role of finance minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman and presented the interim budget.
Among the major characters, Ms. Shruti from M.Com. (FYIP) Semester I played the role of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Kashish Verma of B.A. semester VI as Nitin Gadkari, Simarpreet as Mrs. Smriti Irani and Kashish as J.P. Nadda. All these politicians appreciated the budget presented by Nirmala Sitharaman. The students also presented the views of opposition parties, who considered the budget very disappointing and lacking vision as it ignored the problems of unemployment, poverty and inflation.
Simran played the role of a farmer
Opposition party’s views were presented by former finance minister P. Chidambaram and Shashi Tharoor which was played by Swati Choudhary and Kajal. Besides these characters, Simran played the role of a farmer, Gyan Kaur enacted the role of a housewife and Navreen & Athira presented the views of youth. The anchoring of the entire budget was well played by Ravneet Kaur from B.Sc. semester VI.
Principal Prof. Atima Sharma Dwivedi appreciated the enactment of the whole mock budget and lauded the efforts of students for its insightful analysis and articulate presentation. She averred that these kinds of activities make students better learners and boost their confidence.Madam Principal lauded the efforts of Mrs. Amarpreet Khurana, Head, PG Department of Economics and the whole faculty of the PG Department of Economics for successfully organizing the event.