Finance minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget 2017-18 in the Lok Sabha

Union Budget 2017: Key Highlights

1. India stands out as a bright spot amid world economic gloom . 2. Our focus will be on energising youth to reap benefits of growth and employment.


Arun Jaitley presenting the Union Budget 2017-18 in Lok Sabha in New Delhi

5. India is seen as engine of global growth, have witnessed historic reform in last one year.
6. Demonetisation is a bold and decisive measure, for many decades tax evasion was a way of life for many.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during presentation of the Union Budget 2017-18 in Lok Sabha in New Delhi

9. The pace of remonetisation has picked up.
10. Effects of demonetisation not expected to spill over to next year.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tabling the Union Budget for 2017-18 in the Parliament in New Delhi

13. Our approach in preparing the Budget is to spend more on rural areas, infrastructure and poverty alleviation with fiscal prudence .