Union Budget 2023: Amrit Kaal's first budget to lay strong foundation for a developed India: PM Modi
Union Budget 2023: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the "first budget of Amrit Kaal" and said it would lay a strong foundation for building a developed India.
Prime Minister Narendra said the Union Budget 2023 gave priority to the deprived and would fulfill the dreams of aspirational society, farmers and middle class. "The first budget of Amrit Kaal will build a strong foundation for building a developed India. It gives priority to the deprived. This budget will fulfil the dreams of an aspirational society, including poor people, middle-class people, and farmers. I congratulate Nirmala Sitharaman and his team for this historic budget," PM Modi said in a televised address.
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Prime Minister Modi underlined the government's efforts to enhance the lives of women.
"The government has taken several steps to make the lives of women, in rural and urban areas, easy. Women's self-help groups will further enhance them. Special savings scheme will be started empowering women in households," the PM said.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023 in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. This was the third time in a row that the government presented the budget in a paperless form.
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- ANI
