Budget session: PM Modi says 2026 India a 'ray of hope' for the world

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Thursday highlighted India’s beardown maturation momentum, calling the commencement of the existent 4th “very positive” and describing a self-confident India arsenic “a ray of anticipation for the satellite today.

”Addressing the media up of the Budget Session 2026, PM Modi said India has emerged arsenic a centre of planetary attention, pointing to the India–European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed astatine the opening of the 4th arsenic a marker of aboriginal promise.“This 4th has begun connected a precise affirmative note. A self-confident India has go a ray of anticipation for the satellite today. It has besides go a centre of attraction. At the opening of this quarter, India and the European Union signed a Free Trade Agreement.

It is simply a reflection of however agleam the upcoming directions are, of however agleam the aboriginal of Indian younker is,” the Prime Minister said.FTA and India’s maturation pitchStressing the value of the India–EU FTA, PM Modi termed it “Free Trade for Ambitious India, for Aspirational Youth, and for Aatmanirbhar India.” He expressed assurance that Indian manufacturers would usage the statement to heighten their capabilities and competitiveness.

“This Free Trade for Ambitious India, Free Trade for Aspirational Youth, Free Trade for Aatmanirbhar India. I americium assured that, particularly the manufacturers of India, volition usage this accidental to heighten their capabilities. I americium precise assured that successful a mode this is simply a large measurement successful the absorption of confident, competitory and productive India,” helium said.Budget and betterment agendaThe Prime Minister said the upcoming Union Budget would bespeak the government’s reform-driven approach, highlighting its absorption connected “reform, execute and transform.”“It is earthy for the attraction of the state to beryllium towards the Budget. But the individuality of this Government has been reform, execute and transform. Now, we person swiftly taken disconnected connected 'Reform Express'. I explicit gratitude to each MPs for their affirmative contributions successful speeding up this 'Reform Express'. As a result, 'Reform Express' is gaining speed,” Modi said.PM Modi stressed that authorities decisions would proceed to beryllium human-centric, adjacent arsenic India embraces exertion to resoluteness long-pending issues and prosecute semipermanent solutions.“The state is coming retired of semipermanent pending problems and confidently walking the way of semipermanent solutions...In each our decisions, the advancement of the state is our goal. But each our decisions are human-centric, our relation and schemes are human-centric. We volition contention against technology, we volition accommodate to technology, we volition judge the capableness of technology. But with this, we volition not undermine human-centric system.

Understanding the value of sensitiviteness, successful concern with technology, we volition spell ahead.”Viksit Bharat and a historical BudgetReflecting connected the transition of one-fourth of the 21st century, the Prime Minister said the adjacent 25 years would beryllium important to achieving the extremity of Viksit Bharat by 2047. He besides hailed Nirmala Sitharaman, who is acceptable to contiguous the Budget.“1/4 of the 21st period has gone by. This is the opening of the adjacent quarter. To attain the extremity of Viksit Bharat 2047, the important signifier of these 25 years has begun. The archetypal Budget of this 2nd 4th of the period is astir to beryllium presented. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is the archetypal FM of the country, the archetypal pistillate FM of the state who is presenting the Budget successful the Parliament for the 9th consecutive time.

This is registered arsenic a arrogant infinitesimal successful the Parliamentary past of the country,” Modi said.