Against expectations, Finance Minister Chidambaram proposed many sops, though limited
140 million people lifted out of poverty in UPA's 10 years
Loading, unloading, packaging and storing of rice exempted from service charges
Deviating from convention, Finance Minister Chidambaram proposes indirect tax measures
Deregulation of diesel price is one of UPA government's major achievements, says Chidambaram
Excise rate reduced for small cars and SUVs
A research funding organisation has been proposed. This will follow competitive screening process to choose projects
Rs 1,200 crore additional funds for the Northeast this year
ICDS restructuring will be rolled out in 200 more districts to cover the whole country
Chidambaram interrupted; chaos over Telangana as expected
Rs 1.15 lakh crore for food subsidies
Rs 7 lakh crore bank loans to famers; coming year it is expected to be Rs 8 lakh crore
Flagship programmes will get prominence: Rs 4,300 crore for tribal affairs ministry; Rs 7,000 crore for panchayat institutions; Rs 82,800 crore for ministry of rural development
Forest Rights Act mentioned as UPA's big achievement
Youth, tribal people and women corner maximum benefits in interim budget
Ministry of drinking water and sanitation allocated Rs 15,260 crore
10,080 MW power will be generated from seven nuclear plants in 12th Plan period
Ministry of drinking water and sanitation allocated Rs 15,260 crore
More than 570 million Aadhar cards issued. More than 5.4 million transactions made under 27 identified schemesunder Direct Benefit Transfer
Many space programmes and satellite missions planned in future
'Nirbhaya' fund is non-lapsable pool. This year again 1,000 crore allocated, same as last year
Forest Rights Act mentioned as UPA's big achievement
National agroforestry policy budget allocation is Rs 444.59 crore
Deregulation of diesel price is one of our big achievements, says Chidambaram
Environment, inter-generational equity are the two new terms the FM used to describe UPA's last decade of works
Six times more spending on rural roads during 2005-2014
100 million jobs from manufacturing in past one decade
Five times more spending on health. 10 years ago we spent Rs 7,248 crore on health; now the amount is Rs 36,322 crore
FM says investment projects got stuck due to 'logjam'. An obvious reference to environmental clearances
Food inflation is also largest in three years, 3.1% agricultural growth during 2005-2013
Agriculture: 263 million tonnes of foodgrain production. This is a new record, adds Chidambaram
Fiscal deficit at 4.96% of GDP during 2013-2014. Does this indicate reduced social spending?
Inequality is a challenge for all emerging economies, India is no exception, says finance minister
Despite global economy slowdown, we are growing, says Chidambaram
P Chidambaram begins presentationance Minister
P Chidambaram will shortly present the vote-on-account
In an election year, a government usually presents an interim budget for three to four months, which is also known as the vote-on-account. It leaves it to the next government to take important fiscal decisions
Given the economic slowdown, government may not declare major economic sops for tax payers
But with elections round the corner, the finance minister will present an assessment of its economic success of the past one decade
He will showcase the UPA's nearly Rs 12,00,000 crore social spending in the past decade. Expect creative data crunching to show big rise in socio-economic conditions of people, particularly the poor
The Finance Minister may increase allocation for health
Rural employment programme will get more funds; recently,tribal families have been promised 50 more days of work in a year under MGNREGA
Food subsidies will expectedly go up because of the rolling out of the National Right To Food Security law
Oil, fertiliser and food subsidies may be capped to two per cent of GDP
There are speculations about offer of a financial compensation package to Seemandhara after carving out of Telengana state from Andhra Pradesh