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[ad_1] Nirmala Sitharaman talked about the facilities the government wants to extend to the poor. (File) Washington: India's focus is going to be on skilling and digitisation so that there's greater ease of living, transparency and formalisation of the economy, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said, observing that the country is reaching near saturation in providing the basic facilities to the people. Speaking at a fireside chat at the Peterson Institute for International Economic think-tank on Monday, Nirmala Sitharaman said the approach of the government is to empower the poor people with at least the basic amenities. "We are reaching near saturation in providing the basic facilities in India," she said. She noted that the discussions earlier used to be on poverty alleviation. "Have we removed these many numbers of people from poverty and lifted them out," she said. Nirmala Sitharaman talked about the facilities the Indian government is w