Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman holding the INTERIM UNION BUDGET 2024 #Economy #Policy

GST has enabled one nation, one market, one tax ~ Finance Minister #Policy

In the last 10 years, the government has assisted 25 crore people to come out of multidimensional poverty.

#Policy

Poor,Women,Youth AND Farmers are our four major priorities #Policy

Higher learning institutions build in last 10 Years

7 IITs
16 IIITs
7 IIMs
15 AIMS
390 Universities have been set up

#Education #Infra

For further growth of agriculture sector,The government to further promote public & private investment in post-harvest activities.

#Agriculture

PM Awas Yojana Rural close to achieving the target of 3 crore houses. 2 crore more houses will be taken up in the next 5 years to meet the requirement arising from increase in the number of families.

#Infra

The health cover under the Ayushman Bharat scheme will be extended to all ASHA and Anganwadi workers and helpers ~ Finance Minister

#Health

"The government plans to set up more medical colleges by utilising the existing hospital infrastructure under various departments.A committee for this purpose will be set up to examine the issues and make relevant recomendations."

Says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman #Health #Education

On the Capex front, the outlay for next year increased by 11.1% to Rs 11.11 Lakh Crore

FY25 CAPEX outlay at 3.4% of GDP

#Policy #Infrastructure

"For our tech-savvy youth, this will be a golden era. A corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore will be established with 50-year interest-free loan provided. It will be for long-term financing or re-financing with low or nil interest rates."

Says Finance Minister #Policy

A new scheme will be launched for strengthening deep-tech technologies for defence purposes and expediting self-reliance, says FM Sitharaman

#Defense #MakeinIndia

A strategy will be formulated to achieve Atmanirbharta for oilseeds like sesame, sunflower, mustard, and others, "comprehensive program to support dairy farmers will be formulated."

#Agriculture #Policy

To address fervour for domestic tourism, projects for port connectivity, tourism infra & amenities will be taken on our islands including Lakshadweep,"

says FM Sitharaman

#Tourism

Coal gasification and liquefaction with a capacity of 100 MT will be setup by 2030

#Energy

Using solar energy 1 crore households will be enabled to enjoy 300 units free electricity every month, says FM Sitharaman

#GreenEnergy

40,000 Railway Bogies will be converted to Vande Bharat standards #Railways

FISCAL DEFICIT - 5.1% estimated by Government

The Government aims to reduce it to below - 4.5% by FY 2025

#Economy

Government will support manufacturing and charging #Infra for the E-vehicle ecosystem.

"In the full budget in July, our Government will present a detailed roadmap for our pursuit of Viksit Bharat."

Says FM Nirmala Sitharaman #Policy

FDI inflow during 2014 to 2023 was Rs 596 billion US dollars.For sustained FDI, we are negotiating bilateral investment treaties with foreign partners," says FM.

#Investment