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Push for technology-driven AI-integrated structural reforms in budget: Jitendra Singh
Feb-03-2026

A day after the presentation of the Union Budget 2026-27, Union Minister Jitendra Singh has joined others in enumerating its benefits, while also addressing concerns regarding benefits for the middle class. According to him, the push has been given for technology-driven AI-integrated structural reforms in the Budget to shape India’s future and it lays down a forward-looking roadmap for the next quarter century.

Singh said the Budget may take time to be fully appreciated, but it reflects a clear, sequential vision where structural reforms are powered by cutting-edge technologies, and cutting-edge technologies are increasingly driven by AI. He said this makes the Budget inherently futuristic and places a responsibility on informed stakeholders, including the media, to communicate its long-term benefits to citizens.

He further stated that the Budget’s true impact lies in long-term relief from rising healthcare and living costs, rather than short-term income calculations. He said large-scale investment in biopharma, diagnostics, vaccines, and gene-based therapies would significantly reduce the financial burden on families dealing with chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and metabolic disorders.

Besides, Union Minister said that the Budget ensures inclusivity, with measures that directly benefit the poorest sections, including improved healthcare access, affordable medicines, district-level cancer care facilities, women-led entrepreneurship programmes, and livelihood generation through science-based interventions.

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