India, Feb. 11 -- Budget 2026 is pragmatic, pro-people and balanced, and it was prepared with the objective of making the country developed by 2047, BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

Participating in the debate on the General Budget, Sarangi congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the "growth-oriented" Budget, which reflected the central government's "commitment, conviction and consistency" for the "welfare" of people and "overall growth" of the country.

She said India's economy has become the fourth-largest in the world, surpassing Japan, and is poised to become the third-largest, surpassing Germany.

"We are intending to be a Viksit Bharat by 2047 and for th...