- 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
Budget 08 At A Glance
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