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Budget 2025: PM Modi Hails ‘People’s Budget,’ Highlights Boost for Manufacturing, Tourism, Jobs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the Union Budget as a "people's budget," emphasising its focus on boosting savings, investment, and growth while empowering citizens. He highlighted measures to strengthen manufacturing, enabling Indian products to compete globally. Welfare provisions for gig workers reaffirm the government’s commitment to labour dignity. PM Modi also underscored key reforms, including granting infrastructure status to shipbuilding to drive employment and self-reliance. Additionally, the budget prioritises tourism by developing hotels at 50 key destinations, classifying them as infrastructure to revitalise the hospitality sector and generate jobs. He called these steps transformative for India's economic future.

February 01, 2025 / 16:20 IST
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