Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the first Union budget in the Amrit Kaal has established a strong base to fulfill the aspirations and resolutions of a developed India. In his address after the Union budget presentation in parliament today, Mr Modi said, this budget gives priority to the deprived and strives to fulfil the dreams of the aspirational society, poor, villages and the middle class. He congratulated Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her team for a historic Budget.
Prime Minister said, this budget will make cooperatives a fulcrum of the development of the rural economy. He said, the government has made the world’s largest food storage scheme in the cooperative sector. Mr Modi said, an ambitious scheme to form new primary co-operatives has also been announced in the budget. He said, this will expand the area of milk and fish production along with farming, farmers, animal husbandry and fishermen will get better prices for their produce. Emphasizing the need to replicate the success of digital payments in the agriculture sector, the Prime Minister said that this budget comes with a big plan for digital agriculture infrastructure.
