Following the Union Budget 2022, Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 said that the Covid pandemic snatched away so many jobs across the world and the Atmanirbhar Bharat Package saved the jobs of a lot of people and it is not fair to say that the government didn't do anything. Addressing a press conference FM Sitharaman said, “We are taking several steps to tackle these (unemployment and inflation) issues. Our government didn't allow inflation to go double-digit. Yes, it breached the 6 per cent limit for a month but never crossed it. However, before 2014 it was always in the range of 10,11,12,13.” “Pandemic snatched away so many jobs across the world. Our Atmanirbhar Bharat Package saved the jobs of a lot of people. We are trying to help those who lost their jobs, through various schemes. I am denying but it is not fair to say that we didn't do anything,” she added.