BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

 Income tax rebate limit increased from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh under new tax regime

 Railways get Rs 2.4 lakh crore, which is the highest-ever allocation to it

 Agricultural credit target increased to Rs 20 lakh crore

 Mobility Infra — 50 additional airports, heliports

 50 destinations to be selected through challenge mode for tourism

 Mahila Samman Savings Certificate will be made available for two years, deposits of up to Rs 2 lakh at 7.5 per cent interest

 Senior Citizens' Savings Scheme deposit limit raised to Rs 30 lakh from Rs 15 lakh

 Allocation for PM Awas Yojna increased by 66 per cent to over Rs 79,000 crore

 Capital investment outlay to be raised by 33 per cent to Rs 10 lakh crore, which will be 3.3 per cent of GDP in fiscal 2024

 Effective capital expenditure of centre to be - Rs 13.7 lakh crore

 157 new nursing colleges in major locations

 Mission to eliminate sickle cell anaemia by 2047

 Tribals to get Rs 15,000 crore over next three years for safe housing, sanitation, drinking water, and electricity.

 All cities and towns will be enabled for 100 per cent transition of sewers and septic tanks.

 Eklavya Model Residential Schools - 38,800 teachers will be hired

 Three centres for excellence for AI (Artificial Intelligence) will be set up in top educational institutes

 Rs 2,516 crore for Computerization of 63,000 credit societies

 100 labs to develop apps using 5G services to be set up in engineering institutions

 Rs 35,000 crore for energy transition to net-zero emission goals

 Green Hydrogen Mission for reduced dependence on fossil fuel

 Battery energy storage systems of 4000 MWh will be supported

 39,000 compliances reduced for ease of doing business

 30 Skill India international centres to be set up

 Natural Farming - one crore farmers will get assistance

 Per capita income has more than doubled to Rs 1.97 lakh in around nine years.

 Indian economy has increased in size from being 10th to 5th largest in the world in the past nine years.

 EPFO membership has more than doubled to 27 crore.

Rupee comes from

 Income tax 15 per cent

 Union Excise duties 7 per cent

 Corporation Tax 15 per cent

 GST and other taxes 17 per cent

 Borrowing and other liabilities 34 per cent

 Non-tax receipt 6 per cent

 Non-debt capital receipt 2 per cent

 Customs 4 per cent

Rupee goes to

 Pension 4 per cent

 Other expenditure 8 per cent

 States' share of taxes and duties 18 per cent

 Finance Commission and other transfer 9 per cent

 Central sector scheme 17 per cent

 Interest payment 20 per cent

 Centrally-sponsored schemes 9 per cent

 Subsidies 7 per cent

 Defence 8 per cent

Costlier items

 Articles made from gold bars

 Cigarettes

 Imitation jewelries

 Silver dores and bars

 Electric kitchen chimneys

 Imported bicycle toys

 Imported electric vehicles

Cheaper items

 Mobile phone parts

 TV panel parts

 Machineries for lithium ion batteries

 Raw materials for electric vehicle industries

 Lab-grown diamonds

 Fish-lipid oil

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