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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