'Budget 2026 roadmap for Vikshit Bharat': PM Modi highlights empowered feminine strength

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the Union Budget 2026-27 as historic and a roadmap for Viksit Bharat 2047. He highlighted its focus on cutting inflation and fiscal deficit, boosting MSMEs, the bio-pharma sector, and tourism, particularly in the Northeast. The budget is seen as a 'Yuva Shakti Budget' and a mission for an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'. He said this year's Budget has firm steps to promote tourism in the north-eastern region.