Amrit Kaal’s First Budget Lays Foundation for Developed India: PM Modi

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 1st Feb. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the first budget of the “amrit kaal” lays the foundation for a developed India while also prioritizing deprived sections of society.

In his first reaction to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget, Modi stated that it will fulfill the dreams of the aspirational society, farmers, and the middle class.

The middle class is a big force to fulfil dreams of a prosperous and developed India and our government has taken many decisions to empower it, the prime minister said.

Touching on various aspects of the budget, he said success of digital payments has to be replicated in the agriculture sector and a scheme has been brought for laying down digital infrastructure for it. It will make cooperatives a pivot of development of the rural economy, he said.

“An unprecedented investment of Rs 10 lakh crore in infrastructure will give speed and new energy to development,” he said.