PM Modi at post-Budget webinar 'Time for India Inc to invest'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged the Indian industry to step up investment and innovation, saying the government has laid the groundwork through aggressive capital spending and by creating a conducive policy environment in successive Budgets, and that it is now time for the private sector to drive the next phase of globally competitive growth.

Addressing the first



post-Budget webinar on ‘Technology, Reforms and Finance for Viksit Bharat’, Modi said public capital expenditure has risen from Rs 2 lakh crore 11 years ago to over Rs 12 lakh crore in the Union Budget 2026-27, laying a strong foundation for expansion.

The higher allocation, he said, signals the private sector to invest with renewed vigour and leverage Budget announcements for 2026-27.