The Finance
Minister has alloted Rs .538 corres in the present Budget to eastablish Post
Bank.
Rs. 25,000 cr to be
raised through tax free bonds
Rs 25,000 cr
to be raised through tax free bonds: Chidambaram"Doing business in India
must be seen as easy, friendly and mutually beneficial" - Second reference
to increasing FDI in India. Government seems to betting heavily on a large FDI
influx to help with the deficient
"We
will use innovative and new financial methods to increase investment in
infrastructure," says the Minister.
New steps
have been announced to increase availability and amount of debts available for
infrastructure projects.
The revised expenditure
target is Rs 14,30,825 crore or 96 per cent of Budget estimate for this fiscal.
In 2013—14, the budget estimate is Rs 16,65,297 crore.
Budget
expenditure is Rs 16,65,297 crore and Plan expenditure Rs 5,55, 322 crore: FM.
Plan
expenditure in 12th Five Year Plan revised to Rs 14,30,825 crore or 96 per cent
of budgeted expenditure
We have
brought down headline WPI inflation to 7 per cent and core inflation to 4.2 per
cent. Food inflation is worrying: FM.
24.3 % hike
in expenditure for health care both rural and urban health mission.
12.5 % hike
in Scheduled caste and Scheduled tribe sub-plans
Overarching
goal to create opportunities for youth to acquire skills for self-employment
All flagship
programmes adequately funded. Ministries must take it forward.
Average
economic growth rate in 11th Plan period is 8 per cent, highest ever in any
Plan period.
Battle
against inflation must be fought on all counts.
Foreign
investment is imperative
Current
account definict high due to dependence on oil , high gold imports
Need
$75billion to bridge CAD
Present
economic space is constrained by economic climate and tight monetary policy