Budget Highlights

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Highlights of the Union Budget for 2018-19 presented in the Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Arun Jaitly on Thursday:

• India now a $2.5 trillion economy and firmly on path to achieve 8% plus growth soon

• Will focus on agriculture and rural economy, health, infra, senior citizens

• Hope to grow at 7.2 per cent-7.5 per cent in the second half of 2017-18

• Allocating natural resources in a more transparent manner, there is a premium on honesty now

• Government led by PM modi has implemented a series of fundamental structural reforms

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