Budget highlights – 3

*Merger of Railway Budget with Budget 2017 a historic step

• Transform, Energize and Clean India - #TECIndia - our agenda for the next year

   

• Advancement of budget will enable all ministries, departments to operationalize all schemes right from beginning of next fiscal

• Demonetisation aims to create a new normal, where the GDP would be bigger, cleaner and real

• Effects of demonetisation not expected to spill over to next year

• Firmly believe that GST, Demonetisation, built on JAM, will have an epoch-making impact on the lives of our people

• Demonetisation aims to create a new normal, where the GDP would be bigger, cleaner and real

• Recalls #MahatmaGandhi's words: A right cause never fails

• 3 challenges in current global scenario:Monetary stance of US FED Reserve, Commodity prices specially crude oil & retreat from globalisation

• We have moved from a discretionary administration to a policy-based administration

• Expectations included burning issues like inflation and price rise, issue of corruption & crony capitalism

• Our government was elected amidst huge expectations of people, the underlying theme of expectations being good governance

• Hope to resolve all issues regarding GST via consultations

• We are moving from informal to formal economy & the Government is now seen as a trusted custodian of public money