Women, Youth and Poor: Prime Highlights of Budget'13

39. 500 crore allocated for promoting crop diversification

40. 200 crore allocated for promoting nutrient-rich crops

41. 50 crore allocated for farmer-producer organisations

42. National Livestock Mission to be launched with allocation of 307 crore

43. Hope parliament will pass food security bill; 10,000 crore allocated for initial expenditure on implementation

44. Human resource development ministry to get 65,867 crore

45. 13,250 crore allocated for midday meals scheme

46. 17,700 crore allocated for Integrated Child Development Scheme

47. Drinking water and sanitation ministry allocated 15,260 crore

48. Allocation of rural development ministry allocation raised by 46 percent to 80,294 crore; 33,000 crore for rural jobs scheme

49. Budget expenditure for 2013-14 at 16 lakh 65,297 crore; plan expenditure at 5 lakh 55,224 crore

50. 41,000 crore for Scheduled Caste plan

51. 110 crore for department of disabilities

52. 37,330 crore for health ministry

53. Average growth during UPA-1 was 8 percent; high growth not a novelty

54. Current account deficit a worry because of high oil and gold imports

55. Will need $75 billion to finance current account deficit

56. Need to encourage FDI in consonance with economic priorities

57. WPI inflation down to 7 percent; food inflation worrying

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