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ECONOMY | Budget Webinars

‘The Budget’

Turning Public Aspirations into Reality

The Budget webinars, play a crucial role in ensuring that the benefits of its potential reach
the citizens of the country, and that every single penny allocated in the Budget is channeled—
as swiftly as possible—to the specific purposes for which it was intended. With this aim,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the third Budget webinar on March 6, focusing on
‘Agriculture and Rural Transformation,’ and subsequently addressed the fourth webinar on
March 9, centered on the theme ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas—Fulfilling Aspirations of People

griculture stands as a strategic Key Highlights of PM Modi’s Address
pillar in India’s long-term de- at the Webinar on “Agriculture and
Avelopment journey, and guided
by this very philosophy, the Central Rural Transformation”
Government has been consistently l The Union Budget for this l Fisheries can emerge as a high-
strengthening the agricultural sector. financial year has provided a value, high-impact sector for
During the post-Budget webinar on new direction to agriculture rural prosperity and a key pillar
Agriculture and Rural Transforma- and rural transformation. for export growth.
tion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi l Key government initiatives l The government is developing
noted that the country is currently have reduced risks for digital public infrastructure for
achieving record levels of production farmers, providing them with agriculture through ‘Agri Stack’.
across a wide spectrum, ranging from fundamental economic security. l Technology yields results when
food grains and pulses to oilseeds. l Promoting high-value systems adopt it, institutions
However, now that the second quarter agriculture will transform integrate it, and entrepreneurs
innovate upon it.
the sector into a globally
of the 21st century has commenced, it competitive domain.
is equally imperative to infuse the ag- l Increased export-oriented l A massive campaign for
storage infrastructure is
ricultural sector with renewed energy. production will generate currently underway across
This year’s Budget features several employment in rural areas the country, with warehouses
new initiatives aimed at achieving pre- through processing and value being constructed in the
cisely this objective. addition. hundreds of thousands.
Fundamental sectors—such as

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