Empowering the deprived a priority: PM Modi

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said empowering deprived sections was the government’s top priority. He hailed the Union Budget 2023-24 as pro-women, pro-crafts people and pro-underprivileged.

Addressing the Krishnaguru Eknaam Akhand Kirtan for World Peace, being held at Krishnaguru Sevashram at Barpeta, Assam, via video-conferencing today, the PM said the Union Budget had provisions to help women selfhelp groups become the strength of the Indian economy, apart from promoting the skills of artisans through a dedicated PM Vikas mission.

Speaking ahead of elections in Tripura (February 16) and Nagaland and Meghalaya (February 27), the PM assured that the Budget, through special measures to promote tourism, bamboo products of the Northeast, would immensely benefit women in Assam, Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya.

Krishnaguru Ishwar is the ninth descendant of Mahavaishnab Manohardeva, who was a follower of the Vaishnavite saint, Shri Shankardeva. Krishnaguru Eknaam Akhanda Kirtan for World Peace is a month-long kirtan organised every 12 years.