New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday appreciated the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and said it has established a strong base to fulfill the aspirations and resolutions of a developed country.

He said that this budget gives priority to the deprived and strives to fulfill the dreams of the aspirational society, the poor, villages and the middle class.

He congratulated the Finance Minister and her team for a historic Budget. The Prime Minister termed the traditional artisans like carpenters, lohar (ironsmiths) Sunar (goldsmiths), Kumhars (potters), sculptors and many others as the creator of the nation.

From women living in the cities to villages, employed to homemakers, the Prime Minister inf...