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Rs 63 crore for share capital for National Minorities Development Finance
Corporation following Sachar Committee recommendations.
• Allocation for SC/ST scholarships enhanced from Rs 440 crore to Rs.611 crore.
• Scholarships programme for minorities students to be of the order of Rs 72
crore for pre-metric, Rs 48 crore for graduate and postgraduate.
• Total Budget for the Northeastern region raised from Rs 12,041 crore to Rs
14,365 crore.
• New Industrial Policy for the northeastern region to be in place before March
31.
• Women's development allocation will be Rs.22,282 crore.
• Rs 7,000 crore allocation for better tax administration to be used for social
schemes.
• Rs 2,25,000 crore farm credit proposed in the new budget. A target of
additional 50 lakh farmers to be brought under farm credit.
• Farmers' credit likely to reach Rs.1,90,000 crore as against the targeted
Rs.1,75,000 crore during 2006-07.
• Special Purpose Tea Fund to rejuvenate tea production. (more) PTI ARC RKC
02281127 DEL Rs. 100 crore allocated for National Rainfed Area Authority.
• One hundred per cent subsidy for small farmers and 50 per cent for other
farmers for water recharging scheme.
• World Bank signed agreement for revival of 5,763 waterbodies in Tamil Nadu.
Loan component Rs 2,182 crore. To have a command area of four lakh hectares.
• Similar agreement with Andhra Pradesh in March for recharge of 2,000 bodies.
Command area 2.5 lakh hectares.
• National Agricultural Insurance Scheme to be continued for Kharif and Rabi
this year.
• Bonds worth Rs 5,000 crore to augment NABARD to be issued.
• Death and disability cover for rural landless families to be introduced, known
as 'Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana'.
• Allocation for schemes only for SCs and STs to be increased to Rs 3271 crore.
• Computerisation of PDS and integrated computerisation programme for FCI.
• Gross budgetary support in 2007-08 raised to Rs 2,05,100 crore from 1,72,728
crore in 2006-07. Of this, budgetary support to the Central plan will go up to
1,54,939 crore against 1,72,728 crore.
• Allocation for AIDS control programme to be raised to Rs 969 crore.
• School dropout rates high. To prevent dropout, a National Means-cum-Merit
scholarship to be implemented, with an allocation of Rs 6,000 per child.
• Rs 1290 crore to be provided for elimination of polio. Intensive coverage will
be undertaken in 20 districts in UP and 10 districts in Bihar. This will be
integrated into NRHM.
• Rs 800 crore for Sampoorna Gram Rozgar Yojana in districts not covered by
NREGA. Swarna Jayanti Swarozgar Yojana allocation increased from Rs 250 crore to
Rs 344 crore.
• National AIDS Control Programme to achieve zero level disease.
• Measures for significant improvement of health care in rural area.
• Allocation for ICDS programme to be increased from Rs 4087 crore to Rs 4761
crore.
• 130 more districts under NREGA. Additional allocation of Rs.12,000 crore for
it.
• Government concerned over inflation and would take all steps for moderating
it.
• Already a number of steps on fiscal, monetary and supply management side have
been taken.
• Annual target of 15 lakh houses under Bharat Nirmal Programme to be exceeded.
• Allocation for National Rural Health Mission stepped up from Rs 8207 crore to
Rs 9947 crore.
• 9.2 per cent GDP growth rate estimated in 2006-07.
• Average growth for last three years is 8.6 per cent.
• Saving rate of 32.4 per cent, investment rate of 33.8 per cent will continue.
• A number of proposals to perk up agriculture to be announced.
• Bank credit rate grew by 29 per cent during first ten months of 2006-07.
• Inflation during 2006-07 estimated at between 5.2 and 5.4 per cent against 4.4
per cent during the previous year.
• Fertilizer, farm and food subsidy to be overhauled
• Primary education outlay at Rs 10393 cr
• No new forward contract to be launched on wheat and rice from today.
• Abhijit Sen report on forward trading to be submitted in two months' time.
• Additional irrigation potential of 24 lakh hectares to be implemented,
including nine lakh hectares under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme.
• Economy in a stronger position than ever before.
• Villages have been covered under rural telephony and efforts to be made to
complete the target of covering 20,000 villages by 2006-07.
• Allocation on Healthcare to increase by 21.9 per cent
• Allocation for education to be enhanced by 34.2 per cent.
• Two lakh more teachers to be employed and five lakh more classrooms to be
constructed.
• Secondary education allowance to be increased from Rs 1,837 crore to Rs.3,794
crore.
• Government committed to fiscal reforms.
• Foreign exchange reserves stand at 180 billion dollars.
• Allocation under Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Mission stepped up from Rs 4680 crore
to Rs 5850 crore.
• Government concerned over inflation and would take all steps for moderating
it.
• Already a number of steps on fiscal, monetary and supply management side have
been taken.
• Annual target of 15 lakh houses under Bharat Nirmal Programme to be exceeded.
• Allocation for National Rural Health Mission stepped up from Rs 8207 crore to
Rs 9947 crore.
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