Thumps desk 124 times during Sitharaman’s shortest-ever budget speech
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday described the Union Budget as the “first Budget of Amrit Kaal” (the 25-year period from 2022 till 2047, when the country will celebrate 100 years of Independence), which would lay a strong foundation for a developed India.
“The first Budget of Amrit Kaal will build a strong foundation for building a developed India. It gives priority to the deprived. This budget will fulfil the dreams of an aspirational society including poor people, middle-class people, and farmers. I congratulate Nirmala Sitharaman and her team for this historic Budget,” he said in a televised address after the Union Budget was presented.
Modi described the middle-class as a big force and said that the government has made many decisions to empower them.
PM thumps desk 124 times during Sitharaman’s shortest-ever budget speech
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday delivered her shortest-ever Budget speech of 86 minutes. This was her fifth budget speech.
Her budget speech in 2022 ended in about 92 minutes, while it was 110 minutes long in 2021.
Sitharaman broke all records in 2020, when she delivered the longest-ever budget speech of 160 minutes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thumped his desk 124 times during the budget speech on Wednesday.
He later said that the first budget of the “Amrit Kaal” provides the foundation to fulfil the resolve for a developed India.
“The first budget of Amrit Kaal will build a strong foundation for building a developed India. It gives priority to the deprived. This budget will fulfil the dreams of an aspirational society including poor people, middle-class people, and farmers. I congratulate Nirmala Sitharaman and his team for this historic budget,” he said in a televised address.
Prime Minister Modi described the middle class as a “big force”, and said that the government has taken many decisions to empower them.