Budget will boost India’s development in 21st century: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the Union Budget 2019-2020, as the budget for building New India and said it will boost India’s development in the 21st century.

In a statement after the presentation of the Annual Budget 2019-2020 by the Finance Minister in the Parliament, PM Modi said that budget will strengthen the poor and will create a better future for the youth of the country.

Highlighting the potential benefits of the budget, PM Modi said that the budget will accelerate the pace of development in the country and will greatly benefit the middle class.

“The budget will simplify the tax process and help in modernizing the infrastructure in the country.”, he added.

Modi said that the budget will strengthen the enterprises as well as the entrepreneurs and it will further increase the participation of women in the development of the country. The budget has a roadmap to transform the agriculture sector of India, Modi added.

He said that the Union Government has taken all round steps for the empowerment of poor, farmers, scheduled castes, oppressed and the underprivileged sections of the society and this empowerment would make them the powerhouse of the country in the coming five years.

The country will get the energy to fulfil the dream of a five trillion-dollar economy from these empowered sections, Modi added.