Modi reacts: It's an 'Uttam' Budget

February 01, 2017 13:52

"Har kisi ke sapne ko saakar karne ka thos kadam is budget mein saaf saaf nazar aata hai," Prime Narendra Modi said soon after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget 2017 on Wednesday.

The FM has presented an 'Uttam' Budget, devoted to strengthening the hands of the poor, Modi said, terming it as an important link between all the steps taken in the last two and a half years and the development in future that will follow.

The merger of Railway Budget with the general budget will give an impetus to the transport sector's growth, he said, and the focus was on railway safety fund.

Saying the aim of his government was to double the income of farmers, Modi said, "Budget mein sabse zyada zor kisaan, gaaon, garib, Dalit, peedit, shoshit pe kendrit kiya gaya hai."

"This Budget is yet again devoted to the well-being of the villages, farmers and the poor,' he said, adding that the housing sector also stands to gain immensely.

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