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PM Modi Urges Stakeholders to Drive Reform Express to Grassroots

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a post-Budget webinar, urging all stakeholders to collectively ensure reforms reach the grassroots level to achieve the goal of a developed 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047. He highlighted the Union Budget's focus on technology-led governance, ease of doing business, and the need to use AI and Blockchain for transparency and accountability. The Prime Minister pointed to record government capital expenditure, which has grown from Rs 2 lakh crore to over Rs 12 lakh crore, as a clear signal for the private sector to invest with new energy. The webinar series aims to gather feedback for the outcome-oriented implementation of Budget announcements.

Key Points: PM Modi Calls for Collective Push on Reforms Post-Budget

  • Budget 2026-27 road map for Viksit Bharat
  • Stakeholders must ensure reforms reach grassroots
  • Record government capex signals private sector
  • Tech like AI and Blockchain for governance
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Ensure that Reform Express reaches grassroots level, PM Modi urges stakeholders

PM Modi urges stakeholders to ensure reforms reach grassroots, highlighting record govt capex and tech for Viksit Bharat by 2047 in post-Budget webinar.

"This is the time to ride the Reform Express with a focus on policy delivery excellence. - Prime Minister Narendra Modi"

New Delhi, Feb 27

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that this year's Union Budget lays the road map for a 'Viksit Bharat' - driven by technology, reforms and finance - and all the stakeholders need to collectively ensure that reforms reach the grassroots level.

Addressing a post-Budget webinar, PM Modi urged the stakeholders to transform reforms into solid results, suggesting to create a charter involving the government, industry, financial institutions and academia to achieve the goal of 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047.

"The Union Budget 2026-27 ensures ease of doing business, makes processes simpler, and calls for tech-led governance. This it the time to ride the Reform Express with a focus on policy delivery excellence," the Prime Minister told the virtual gathering.

"We need to use AI, Blockchain and data analytics for transparency, speed and accountability. We need to also focus on grievance redressal monitoring," said PM Modi.

Highlighting that the government capex has reached record levels in the last 10-11 years, PM Modi said the increased government spending is also a clear message for the private sector.

The Prime Minister stated that 11 years ago, the government capex was a mere Rs 2 lakh crore.

"Today, it has crossed Rs 12 lakh crore. At such a big scale, government spending is a clear message for the private sector. Industry and financial institutions should come forward with new energy," the Prime Minister said.

"We have kept our focus on strengthening infrastructure for the last 10 years - be it highways, railways, ports, digital networks, power systems - to create assets which will enhance productivity for several decades to come," PM Modi stressed.

"We should look for bond market reforms and mitigate risks to attract sustained foreign capital. We need to follow global best practices and boost market confidence," said PM Modi.

The webinar is the first in a series of post-Budget webinars being organised on key themes emerging from the Union Budget 2026-27.

These webinars aim to draw lessons from past experiences and obtain structured feedback from participants to strengthen and ensure outcome-oriented implementation of the Budget announcements for FY 2026-27, drawing upon the practical experience and insights of diverse stakeholders.

- IANS

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Priya S
Infrastructure development in the last decade is visible. The new highways and improved railways have cut my travel time to my hometown by half. If the same focus is now applied to governance reforms using technology, it will benefit the common man immensely. 🤞
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Rohit P
The capex increase from 2 to 12 lakh crore is impressive. But the real test is whether this spending creates quality jobs for our youth. Industry needs to step up now. "Viksit Bharat" needs employed and skilled citizens, not just roads and ports.
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Sarah B
As someone working in fintech, the mention of Blockchain and bond market reforms is very encouraging. India has the potential to be a global hub for digital finance. Streamlining regulations will attract the foreign investment needed for sustained growth.
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Meera T
All this talk of webinars and charters is good, but will it reach the small shopkeeper or farmer? The grievance redressal monitoring is crucial. Often, policies are great on paper but get stuck in babudom. Hope the "delivery excellence" focus is real.
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Karthik V
The vision for 2047 is ambitious. Using data analytics for transparency is a must to reduce corruption at lower levels. If a common app can track the status of all government applications and complaints, that alone would be a massive reform. Jai Hind!

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