Union Budget 2011 – Union Budget 2011 Highlights

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Today, Finance Minister - Pranab Mukherjee presented India's Union Budget 2011-12. There are highlights of Union Budget 2011:

Direct tax code from 1st April, 2012

Expected growth from 8.75% to 9.25% in FY12

Amendment in constitution for GST

Cash subsidy for Kerosene and LPG

Discussion on liberalize to FDI policy

RBI guidelines for banking license by year-end

FIIs allowed to invest in mutual fund schemes

Bill to RBI to grant more banking license

100 cr. equity funds for microfinance companies

Housing loan limit raised to 25 lac for priority sector lending

1% interest subvention on home loan upto 15 lac

Will move to direct tax subsidy for fertilizer and Kerosene

New companies' bill in current session of parliament

3000 cr. to NABARD for more credit flow

3% interest subsidy to farmers

24 new cold storage projects sanctioned

States must review APMC act

30,000 cr. tax-free infrastructure bonds for Rlys

Financial assistance for ongoing metro projects

5-fold strategy on black money

58,000 cr. allocation for Bharat Nirman schemes

24% increase in education outlay

Scholarship for needy SC/ST students of class 9/10

National knowledge network by March 2012

State innovation council to be setup

54 cr. each to AMU centers

Anganwari workers' salary ups from 1500 to 3000

21,000 cr. to Sarv Siksha Abhiyan

10,000 cr. to rural telephony

Education sectors allocated 52,000 cr. FY12

Reduction in exit age for BPL pension scheme

Special allocation for leaning up rivers other than Ganga

Integrated development schemes for Naxal areas

9 lac ex-gratia payment for disabled defense persona [...]

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