Highlights of Union Budget for 2009-10

NEW DELHI - Highlights of the union budget for the current fiscal presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha Monday:

- Tax department to work on early introduction of Saral 2 forms

- Stimulus for print media extended from June 13 to Dec 31

- Rs.1,000 crore to accelerate irrigation projects

- Agriculture development fund increased from Rs.2.87 lakh crore to Rs.3.25 lakh crore

- Market development assistance scheme for exporters increased by 148 percent to Rs.124 crore

- Pre-shipment interest subvention set at 2 percent for textile exporters

- Will make sufficient funds for infrastructure development

- Allocation for national highways development stepped up by 23 percent

- Allocation for urban poor schemes to be raised to Rs.39,730 crore in 2009-10

- LNG infrastructure to be expanded

- Allocation for Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission raised by 87 percent to Rs.12,887 crore

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