Following are the main highlights of Union Budget 2018.
- Main focus on Agriculture and rural economy
- Government launches world's largest health care programme. Aimed to cover 10 crore families with Rs 5 lakh cover per family for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation.
- Agriculture sector gets an allocation of Rs 14.34 lakh crore
- Rs 500 crore allocation made for Operation green to realise agriculture potential of the country.
- Will develop 22,000 gramin agri markets. Rs 1400 crore allocated for Food processing sector.
- Export of agri goods to be liberalised
- Kisan credit card scheme to be extended to fisheries, animal husbandry farmers
- Minimum Support Price to be 1.5x above the cost of produce.
- Allocation of Rs. 500 crore for agriculture logistics
- Huge outlay for education sector - one lakh crore over the next four years for revitalising educational infrastructure
