Budget 2017-18: Commitment to eliminate corruption and black money is reflected in this Budget, says PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday termed Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s Union Budget 2017-18 as a ‘uttam’ budget, saying it is devoted to strengthening the hands of the poor.

Here are the highlights:

#This Budget will help small businesses to become competitive in the global market

#In many ways this budget will facilitate the changes that our country is going through

#The commitment to eliminate corruption and black money is reflected in the Budget

#The Housing sector also stands to gain immensely from this Budget

#Railway budget has focused on railway safety fund

#This Budget is yet again devoted to the well-being of the villages, farmers and the poor

#Budget mein sabse zyada zor kisaan, gaaon, garib, Dalit, peedit, shoshit pe kendrit kiya gaya hai

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#The aim of the Government is to double the income of farmers

#The merger of the Railway Budget with the general budget will give an impetus to the transport sector's growth

#An important link between all the steps taken in the last 2 and a half years and the development in future that will follow

#Har kisi ke sapne ko saakar karne ka thos kadam is budget mein saaf saaf nazar aata hai

#The FM has presented an 'Uttam' Budget, devoted to strengthening the hands of the poor