Live updates and discussion on Budget 2019

India has emerged as a major space power. Time has come to harness our ability commercially :  #NirmalaSitharaman

Government keeps Gaon, Garib and Kisan at the centre of everything we do, of every programme : FM

By 2022, every single rural family except those who are unwilling to take the connection, will have an electricity and a clean cooking facility : FM 

In second phase of PMAY-Gramin, 1.95 crore houses to be provided to eligible beneficiaries, during 2019-20 to 2021-22; they will have amenities such as LPG, electricity and toilets : FM

Time for completion of houses under PMAY reduced from 314 days in 2015-16 to 114 days in 2017-18, enabling the scale of achievement in PMAY : FM 

Robust fisheries management framework to be set up under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sambada Yojana to address critical gaps in value chain: FM

All-weather road connectivity provided to more than 97% of eligible and feasible habitations, made possible by a high pace of road construction : FM

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana - Phase 3 envisaged to upgrade 1.25 lakh km of road length at an estimated cost of 80,250 crore rupees : FM

100 new clusters to be set up in 2019-20 under SFURTI, which will enable 50,000 artisans to join the economic value chain : FM

80 Livelihood business incubators and 20 technology business incubators to be set up in 2019-20 under ASPIRE to develop 75,000 skilled entrepreneurs in agro-rural industries : FM

Need to replicate #ZeroBudgetFarming, to go back to basics, which will help #DoublingFarmersIncome : FM

#SwachhBharatMission has touched the very conscious of the nation; Union FM Nirmala Sitharaman proposes to expand #SwachhBharat to undertake solid waste management in every village.

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Electronic Fundraising Platform, a social stock exchange, to be set up to list social enterprises and voluntary organizations working for social welfare objectives : FM

Under Pradhan Mantri Grameen Digital Saksharata Abhiyan, Bharat Net is targeting internet connectivity in local bodies in every panchayat in the country; this will be speeded under Universal Service Obligation Fund : FM 

Happy and satisfied to report that India will be made Open Defecation Free on October 2nd, 2019, as per the dream of PM Narendra Modi : FM

To mark this occasion, Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra to be inaugurated at Raj Ghat, on 2nd October, 2019; Gandhipedia too to be developed to spread positive Gandhian values : FM

Labour laws to be streamlined into four basic labour codes Says FM 

Multiple labour laws to be streamlined to into a set of four Labour Codes, to standardize registration and filing of returns and reduce disputes: FM 

400 crore rupees under head, World Class Institutions in 2019-20, more than 3 times the revised estimates of previous year; Study In India to be started to bring in foreign students into Indian higher education system : FM 

New National Educational Policy to be brought in to transform Indian educational system; major changes in higher as well as school system to be brought in : FM

#Budget2019 proposes to establish a National Research Foundation to fund, to coordinate and to promote research in the country.

National Research Foundation to be set up to strengthen overall research ecosystem in the country; funds available under all Ministries to be integrated with NRF : FM

Exclusive TV programme exclusively for startups to be started, channel will be designed and executed by startups themselves: FM

#StandupIndia will be continued for the entire period coinciding with the 15th Finance Commission, i.e. 2020 - 2025 : FM

Nari to Narayani': The government wishes to encourage and facilitate role of women : FM

To further encourage women entrepreneurship, Women SHG Interest Subvention Programme to be expanded to all districts in India : FM

Every verified woman SHG member having a Jan Dhan account, an overdraft of 5000 rupees will be allowed : FM

One woman in every SHG shall be made eligible for a loan of 1 lakh rupees under MUDRA scheme: FM

To popularize sports at all levels, National Sports Education Board for development of sports persons to be set up under Khelo India : FM 

Aadhaar card for NRIs with Indian passports to be issued after their arrival in India, without waiting for the mandatory 180 days : FM

The government aims to bring greater ease of living in the lives of its citizens: FM

Broadbased committee to evaluate and suggest actions for moving forward on gender analysis of budget to be formed: FM 

Mission for integrating traditional artisans and their creative products with global markets to be launched; patents and Geographical Indications to be obtained for them where necessary : FM

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