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


18. Education cess to continue at 3 percent

19. 11 lakh people have benefited from direct cash transfers; scheme to be rolled out across the country during UPA-2 term (May 2014)

20. Property transactions skewered; TDS of one percent where transaction exceeds 50 lakh

21. Tax on mutual fund redemptions reduced from .25 percent to .001 percent

22. Tax Administrative Reforms Commission to be set up

23. Cities to be encouraged to promote waste to energy projects

24. Low interest funds to be provided for promoting clean energy

25. 800 crore provided to promoting wind energy

26. Two new ports to be set up in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh to add 100 million tonnes handling capacity

27. Gas handling terminal at Dabhol in Maharashtra to be fully operational during 2013-14

28. State governments urged to sign restructuring plans with electricity discoms

29. Tax-free infrastructure bonds of 50,000 crore to be issued

30. Textile ministry allocated 50 crore for establishing apparel parks

31. Handloom sector allocated 96 crore to benefit 150,000 weavers

32. Infrastructure debt funds to be encouraged

33. Regulator to be appointed for road projects; 3,000 km of road projects to be awarded in first six months of 2013-14

34. Incentive allowance of 15 percent over and above permitted depreciation to those investing over 100 crore in infrastructure projects

35. Rajiv Gandhi Equity Scheme to be liberalised

36. Seven new cities identified along Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor

37. Preliminary work begun on Bangalore-Mumbai Industrial corridor

38. Foodgrain production during 2013-13 estimated at 250 million tones

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Source: IANS