Highlights Of Budget 2017

• Double-digit inflation has been controlled

• Growth in many emerging economies expected to recover in 2017

• India is seen as an engine of global growth

•  Advantages of GST have been extensively discussed

• Demonetisation has potential to generate long-term benefits

• Aim to spend more in rural areas, infra, poverty alleviation

• Focus areas - farmers, rural employment and infra

• Target for agricultural credit set at Rs. 10 lakh crore

• Demonetisation impact will not spill into next year

•  Aim to bring 1 crore rural households out of poverty

• Coverage under crop insurance scheme to be increased to 40%

• Dairy processing infra fund to be set up for Rs. 2,000 crore

• Last year's MNREGA targets have been achieved

• We're committed to double farm income in 5 years' time

• Well on our way to achieving 100% rural electrification

• Rs. 48,000 cr for MNREGA, highest allocation ever

• In education, will undertake reforms in the UGC

• 100 India international Skill Centres to be established

• Propose national testing agency to conduct entrance exams

• Affordable Housing to now be given 'infrastructure' status

• Target elimination of tuberculosis by 2025

• Two new AIIMS to be set up in Jharkhand and Gujarat

• Keen to foster environment where labour rights are protected

• Women, child welfare allocation upped to Rs. 1,84,362 crore

• Allocation for Scheduled Castes raised to Rs. 55,393 crore

• Unmanned railway crossings to be eliminated by 2020

• Railway lines of 3,500 km to be commissioned in 2017-2018

• At least 25 stations to be redeveloped in 2017-18

• All railway coaches will have bio-toilets by 2019

• All service taxes for bookings via IRCTC to be withdrawn

• New Metro Rail policy to be framed

• Allocation for highways raised to Rs. 64,000 crore

• Airport Operation Management for tier-II airports via PPP

• 20,000 MW solar power capacity to be set up

• Strategic crude oil reserves to be set up in Odisha,Rajasthan

• FIPB to be abolished to ease foreign investment

• Rs. 10,000 crore for recapitalisation of banks