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➢MSME enterprises are a major element for growth, says Jaitley. He also added
that mass formalisation of MSME sector is happening after demonetisation and
GST.
➢Govt will launch health scheme to cover 10 crore poor families, Arun Jaitley
says.
➢The Government is slowly but steadily progressing towards universal health
coverage: FM.
➢Government aims to bring 60 crore bank accounts under the Jan Dhan Yojana.
➢Eklavya schools to be started for Scheduled Tribe populations: Finance
Minister.
➢Rs 600 crore allocated to Tuberculosis patients undergoing treatment.
➢Govt will set up two new Schools of Planning and Architecture, says Finance
Minister Jaitley.
➢To tackle brain drain, Jaitley announces scheme to identify bright students
pursuing B-Tech in premiere engineering institutes, and providing them
higher-education opportunities in the IITs and IISc. These students will receive
handsome fellowships and will be expected to dedicate a few hours to teach in
higher education institutions weekly.
➢Arun Jaitley proposes a sum of Rs 500 crore for 'Operation Green' on the lines
of 'Operation Flood'.
➢Food processing sector is at an average of 8 per cent per annum.
➢We have been saying it for years that India is primarily an agricultural country:
Jaitley.
➢Arun Jaitley on Minimum Support Price of agricultural products: Only
increasing the MSP is not enough, the government will fix the MSP of
agricultural products at 1.5 times the market rate.
➢Our emphasis is on generating higher benefits and productive employment for
the farmers: Jaitley while addressing the agricultural sector in his Budget speech
2018.
➢Our government has worked sincerely, and without weighing the political
costs, hoping that benefits are delivered to people at their doorsteps. The Direct
Benefit Transfer system of India is a success story that is reiterated across the
world: Jaitley.
