Highlights of union budget for 2009-10

July 6th, 2009 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS

Pranab Mukherjee New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Following are the highlights of the union budget for the current fiscal presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha Monday:
- Will allocate sufficient funds for infrastructure development

- Allocation for national highways development stepped up by 23 percent

- Allocation for schemes for the urban poor 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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