Highlights of Arun Jaitley’s Budget
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* By 2022, every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal people will have ‘Ekalavya’ school at par with Navodaya Vidayalas: FM Jaitley.
Government to launch ‘Revitalising Infrastructure and Systems in Education by 2022: FM Jaitley
* Integrated B.Ed programme to be initiated for teachers, to improve quality of teachers.
* Technology will be the biggest driver in improving education.*
* We aim that by 2022, all poor people have a house to live in.
Government plans to construct 2 crores more toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission: Arun Jaitley
* Government proposes to increase the target of providing free LPG connections to 8 crore to poor women: FM Jaitley
Air Pollution in Delhi-NCR is a cause for concern, special scheme will be implemented to support governments of Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi-NCT to address it and subsidise machinery for management of crop residue: FM Jaitley
* Agri-Market Development Fund with a corpus of Rs 2000 crore to be set up for developing agricultural markets.
* Grameen Agricultural Market (GRAM) will provide farmers a means to sell directly to buyers.*
* The focus is on low-cost farming, higher MSP. Emphasis is on generating farm and non-farm employment for farmers.
* I am very happy to announce that minimum support price has been set at 1.5 times the production cost for Kharif crops: Jaitley*
* The government will ensure payment of full MSP even if farmers sell below MSP.
* The Minimum Support Price of all crops shall be increased to at least 1.5 times that of the production cost.*
* Budget 2018 will focus on agriculture and rural economy, health, infra, senior citizens, says Jaitley.
* Budget 2018 will work with states to provide more resources to improve quality of education, says Jaitley.*
* Indian economy is on course to achieve high growth of 8%. Economy to grow at 7.2-7.5% in second half of 2018-19: FM Jaitley.
India grew at an average of 7.5% in the first three years since 2014. It is now a $2.5 trillion economy: Jaitley.
* Indian economy has performed very well since our government took over in may 2014. It is now the seventh largest in the world, says finance minister Arun Jaitley.
