Describing the Union Budget for 2019-20 as the Budget forNew India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it has a roadmap totransform the agriculture sector of the country. `The Budget is one of hope andit is a budget that will boost India’s development in the 21st century,’ thePrime Minister said in his reaction. He said the Budget would strengthen theindustrial sector and further increase the participation of women.

`This Budget will simplify tax administration, moderniseinfrastructure and would quicken the pace of progress of middle class and speedup the development,’ he said. The Budget will give strength to the poor andalso act as an all encompassing step to empower poor, dalit, and farmers, Mr.Modi said. `The Budget will herald a new and better tomorrow for the youth ofthe country,’ he said.