No major announcements for women, farmers, youth

Unlike the last budget before the assembly polls and despite the promises in the Mahayuti manifesto for farmers, women and the youth, the first budget after the alliance's massive victory had no major announcements for these sections.

- Saurabha Kulshreshtha

MUMBAI: It offered, instead, artificial intelligence (AI) schemes for the agriculture sector and administrative assistance for women's self-help groups (SHGs) who wished to use the ₹1,500 per month received under the Ladki Bahin Yojana.