‘High flight toward Viksit Bharat’: PM Modi hails Union Budget 2026 as ‘historic’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the Union Budget 2026 as “historic,” charting a roadmap for a Viksit Bharat by 2047 and boosting India’s reform journey. He also highlighted the “mother of all deals” with the EU, aimed at benefiting youth and MSMEs, and praised Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s record ninth consecutive budget presentation.