Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday presented the Union Budget for fiscal 2014-15 in the Lok Sabha.
The highlights are as follows:
Government to print currency notes with braille-like signs to help the blind
GST to be introduced soon; legislation process to be completed this year
Slum development to be included in CSR activities
Rs. 3600 crore for National Rural Drinking Water programme
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Rs.500 crore fund will be set up for price stabilization
15 model rural health research centers for rural health issues
New agriculture universities for Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan and horticulture universities for Haryana and Telangana
Rs.100 crore for Madarsa modernization
Rs. 4,000 crore for National Housing Bank for flow of cheap housing finance
12 more government medical colleges to be added
Four more AIIMS to be set up in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Vidharbha and Purvanchal - Rs 500 crore allocation.
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