PM: Budget a trailer, will guide India to prosperity

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the interim Budget is merely a “trailer” of what will guide India towards prosperity after the Lok Sabha polls, and described it as something that will benefit all sections of society.

In his remarks after the interim Budget was presented in Parliament, Modi said it empowers people and referred to a host of budgetary announcements and schemes to drive home his point.

More than 120 million farmers, 30 million middle class families and 300-400 million workers employed in the unorganised sector will benefit from the Budget, he said, adding that poverty has been falling at a record rate due to his government’s efforts.

This Budget will boost the efforts of 1.3 billion citizens in realising the goal of a “New India,” Modi said.

He said the development initiatives of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government have touched several lives which have been reflected in the budget proposals from farmer welfare to middle class, from income-tax relief to infrastructure, from manufacturing to MSME, from housing to healthcare and from the increased pace of development to the “New India”.

He expressed happiness over more people being removed from the shackles of poverty.

“Our neo-middle class is rising and so are their dreams... The interim Budget is a trailer for what will take India towards prosperity after the Lok Sabha polls,” he said in a