Shadow of the mandate of June 4, avoiding big risks… 5 messages of the 11th budget of the Modi government

New Delhi: This was the 11th consecutive budget of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, which reflected the changed political situation due to the Lok Sabha results on June 4. It also showed the way for the economic direction of the Modi 3.0 government. Narendra Nath explains the five messages that emerged from this budget1- Return of the coalition era
For the first time, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman focused so much on two states in her budget. The way special facilities were given to two important allies of the central government – Andhra Pradesh led by Chandrababu Naidu of TDP and Bihar led by Nitish Kumar of JDU, was in a way a declaration of the return of coalition Dharma. Earlier, Narendra Modi's government had not felt such political pressure in the budget. But this budget gave a clear message that when the time comes, the allies will also pay the 'price' of their support in the government.

2- Shadow of the mandate of June 4
The budget also clearly showed that the mandate of the general elections held on June 4 is still on the government. This time the opposition parties had made employment a big issue. The data that came later also indicated that the young voters have shown displeasure with the BJP on this issue. The government paid attention to this in the budget and by keeping the youth and their employment in focus, gave the message that they are ready to learn from the political results. The indication is clear that in future politics, the focus of all political parties will increase further on the youth and the policies of the government will also revolve around them.

3- Listened to the poor, focused on villages
In the Lok Sabha elections, BJP got fewer votes from the poor population of rural areas than the last time. To regain their trust, the government has emphasized on rural areas in the budget. From agriculture to housing scheme or other subsidy schemes, villages were given priority in the budget. According to experts, the government has definitely avoided populist schemes in the budget, but has shown the intention to spend a large part of the budget there.

4- Dilemma seen towards the middle class
If there was one thing that was awaited the most in this first budget of the third term of the NDA government, then it was what is there for the middle class, will there be any tax relief? But like last time, this time too there was confusion about the middle class in this budget. This class did get partial relief on the tax front in the budget, but in the immediate reaction this class did not seem happy. In such a situation, efforts may be made to make them happy in the coming years. The government also gave the message that instead of giving direct benefits to the middle class, the focus will be on gathering better resources for them.