* Current account deficit down to $14.4 billion
- Rs.2.87 lakh crore for rural and urban local bodies
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Animal welfare programme, animal health card, e-marketing platform for connecting breeders
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100 percent village electrification to be achieved by May 1, 2018
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Appreciation for 75 lakh middle class and lower middle class families for willingly giving up LPG Subsidy
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Rs.19,000 crore allotted for PMGSY
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Rs.8.5 lakh crore of agricultural credit targetted in 2015-16; and Rs.9 lakh crore in 2016-17
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Rs.35,984 crore allocated for agriculture in 2016-17
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Five lakh acres to be brought under organic farming over three-year period
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MGNREGA to get Rs.38,500 crore
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Recapitalisation of banks during next fiscal
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Prudent fiscal policy needed, domestic demand should be raised, reforms need to be carried out
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Farm, rural sector, infra and social sector to get more funds
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Need to prioritise expenditure given recommendations of 7th Pay Commission and OROP implementation
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Nine pillars for reforming India, among them agriculture, social sector, education, infra, fiscal discipline, and tax reforms
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Presenting budget when global economy in a serious crisis
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Amidst global headwinds, the Indian economy has held its own
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Converted challenges we inherited into opportunities
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CPI inflation down to 5.4 percent from 9 percent-plus, bringing big relief to the public
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Forex reserves at highest-ever level
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