Prime Minister Modi's reaction on the budget, said- 'The budget will give new strength to the youth and middle class'

PM Modi on Union Budget 2024 : Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the first budget of the third term of the Modi government today. She has presented the budget for the seventh consecutive time. After the budget, BJP leaders praised the first budget of Modi 3.0, while the opposition called the budget disappointing. Now Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also reacted to this.

The budget will take farmers and youth towards progress: Prime Minister

Prime Minister Modi expressed happiness over the provisions of the budget and said, 'This budget will take the country towards prosperity. All sections of the society have been taken care of in the budget. This is an empowering budget. The budget will take farmers and youth towards progress. 25 crore people have been lifted out of poverty in the last 10 years, which shows the economic progress made by the budget. This budget will provide many opportunities to the youth and new power to the middle class. This budget comes with strong schemes for the empowerment of tribal communities, Dalits and backward classes. This budget will help in ensuring the economic participation of women.'

'Employment and self-employment generation is the identity of our government'

He further said, 'This budget will provide a new path of progress to businessmen and medium enterprises. Manufacturing and infrastructure have also been promoted in the budget. This will accelerate economic growth and will also maintain the momentum. Creating employment and self-employment is the identity of our government and today's budget strengthens it.

'Youth should get first salary for their first job'

The Prime Minister said that in this budget, the government has announced incentives related to employment. Under this scheme, our government will give the first salary to the youth who get the first job in their life. Be it help for skill development and higher education or internship scheme for one crore youth… this will provide many opportunities to the youth and the poor. New doors of possibilities will open for them.

'Budget brings opportunities for startups, innovation ecosystem'

He said that together we will make India a global manufacturing hub. In this budget, new schemes have been announced to increase the ease of loans for small businesses. An important announcement has also been made to take the manufacturing and export ecosystem to every district. This budget has brought many new opportunities for startups and innovation ecosystem.