Indian Budget 2009 | Important Policies and Announcements

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HIGHLIGHTS Part 1

HIGHLIGHTS Part 2

Initiatives and Achievements

Revised estimates

Railway Budget 2009

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The Finance Minister outlines the focus areas for 2009-10 (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Rs. 1,86,000 Crore worth fiscal stimulus to counter global slow down. (PIB 6-7-2009 )

High GDP growth, inclusive development and improved delivery mechanism to be key challenges- Finance Minister (PIB 6-7-2009 )

In Agriculture credit flow of Rs. 3,25,000 crore targeted for the year 2009-10 (PIB 6-7-2009 )

DEBT – Payment Relief for farmers task force for Maharashtra (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Expert Group to advice on petroleum and diesel prices. (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Expansion of banking network in the country off-site ATMs without prior approval (PIB 6-7-2009 )

50 Per Cent of all rural women proposed to be enrolled in self help groups, corpus of Rashtriya Mahila Kosh to be raised to 500 crore in next five years (PIB 6-7-2009 )

ICDS to be extended to every child under six by March 2012 (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Plan Outlay for Ministry of Minority Affairs increased by 74 per cent (PIB 6-7-2009 )

New Project to enable job seekers to register on-line from anywhere to be launched (PIB 6-7-2009 )

All BPL families proposed to be brought under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (PIB 6-7-2009 )

One handloom mega cluster each for West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, one Powerloom mega cluster for Rajasthan announced (PIB 6-7-2009 )

National Action Plan on Climate Change: funds to be allocated for the eight National Missions (PIB 6-7-2009 )

‘Takeout financing’ scheme to be evolved by IIFCL (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Budgetary support stepped up for Road Transport and Highways (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Increased allocations for infrastructure development (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Allocation of Rs. 120 crore to UIDAI (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Additional amount of Rs. 430 crore to modernise police machinery in states (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Recommendations of Committee on one rank one pension for ex-servicemen accepted (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Plan Budget for Higher Education Increased by Rs. 2000 crore (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Outlays for Commonwealth Games stepped up to Rs. 3,472 crore (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Rs. 500 crore allocated for rehabilitation of internally displaced persons and reconstruction of northern and eastern areas of Sri Lanka (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Fringe Benefit Tax and Commodity Transaction tax to be abolished (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Adjustment assistance scheme to provide enhanced ECGC cover extended till March 2010 (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Interest Subvention of 2% extended till March 31, 2010 (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Extension of Stimulus Package for Print Media till 31st December 2009 (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Duties on life saving drugs reduced (PIB 6-7-2009 )

EPCs and FIEo exempted from Service Tax (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Capital expenditure on warehousing for agricultural produce, oil and gas pipeline on common carrier allowable as deduction (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Presumptive taxation to cover all small businesses of up to Rs. 40 lakh turnover (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Fiscal deficit projected at 6.8% of GDP; revenue deficit estimated would be 4.8 % in 2009-10 (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Gross budgetary support increased by Rs. 40,000 crore (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Income Tax exemption limit increased by Rs.15,000 for senior citizens and by Rs. 10,000 for others (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Income of NPS Trust to be exempt from income tax; also from DDT and STT (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Tax holiday for Oil and Gas blocks to be awarded under NELP-VIII (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Poor persons to have legal entitlement for food (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Pradhanmantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) launched (PIB 6-7-2009 )

Allocation for Bharat Nirman package of six schemes of rural development to step up by 45% (PIB 6-7-2009 )

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