NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant hails Union Budget 2018

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Thursday hailed the Union Budget 2018, saying that, "it is forward-looking budget in totality."

Speaking to ANI, Kant said the budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is transformational particularly for social and agriculture sector.

"It's very transformational budget particularly for social and agriculture sector. It's very forward looking budget in totality. Finance Minister put resources into hands of agriculture sector & MSMEs," he added.

He further said that Finance Minister has focused very strongly on education and health sectors as well.

On Thursday, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the fifth budget of the Narendra Modi led government. The Finance Minster tabled the Budget before the Parliament on Thursday.

FM Arun Jaitley addressed rural distress as widely expected. However, to salaried class disappointment, the Finance Minister announced no change in the tax slab. For Railways, the Finance Minister made it clear that the focus would be on security and upgradation first. He said, the stations with footfall of over 25,000 will get escalators and all the stations will get wi-fi services. 

For senior citizens, FM has announced benefits. Arun Jaitley also took care of women's employees and made several announcements benefiting them.