Advertisement
X

Budget 08 At A Glance

  • Complete loan waiver for farmers with 1-2 hectares of land
  • All other farmers to get 25 per cent waiver if 75 per cent dues paid
  • Rs 3,074 cr package to strengthen cooperative credit structure
  • Equity support and loans for Central PSEs
  • Rural Infrastructure Development Fund corpus raised to Rs 14,000 cr
  • NREGA to be extended to all 596 districts in the country
  • National programme for the elderly to be started with Rs 400 cr outlay
  • 16 central universities, 3 more IITs and 2 IIScs to be set up
  • Income tax slabs restructured; exemption limit raised to Rs 1.5 lakh
  • Smart card-based PDS disbursal in Haryana and UT of Chandigarh
  • Irrigation Water Resources Finance Corporation planned to push projects
  • Health insurance cover for unorganised sector to be launched on April 1
Show comments
Published At:
US