Highlights of Rail Budget

1. There is no Hike in the Passenger Fare.

2. Target of Eliminating all unmanned level crossing by 2020.

3. 17000 biotoilets and additional toilets in 475 stations will be made before the close of this financial year.

4. Mathura,Ajmer, Amritsar, Gaya, Nanded, Nashik, Puri, Tirupati, Varanasi, Nagapattinam and other pilgrim stations to be beautified.

5. WiFi will be installed at 100 Stations and will be installed on 400 more railway stations next year.

6. One can send message if the toilet is not clean and can request to clean the toilet.

7. All the major Railway Station will be Brought under CCTV surveillance in a phased manner.

8. Railway will increase lower berth Quota for Senior Citizens to 50%.

9. FM services will be started in Railways to provide entertainment to the passengers.

10. 33 per cent reservation to women in reserved quota in Railways will be introduced.

11. Cold Stores will be set near the vacant lands near warehousing Facilities.

12. Baby foods and Baby boards to be made for the travelling mothers.

13. New uniforms and training for porters. Coolies to rechristened as ‘Sahayaks’.

14. Cancellation Facility will be started through 139 Helpline number.

15. High speed passenger corridor from Ahmedabad to Mumbai.

Infrastructure

1. 27,000 crore to be spent on roadways.

2. 65 eligible habitats to be connected via 2.23 lakh kms of road. Current construction pace is 100 kms/day

3. Shops to be given option to remain open all seven days in a week across markets.

4. 55,000 crore for roads and highways. Total allocation for road construction, including PMGSY, – Rs 97,000 crore

5. India’s highest-ever production of motor vehicles was recorded in 2015.

6. Total outlay for infrastructure in Budget 2016 now stands at Rs. 2,21,246 crore

7. New greenfield ports to be developed on east and west coasts

8. Revival of underserved airports. Centre to Partner with States to revive small airports for regional connectivity

9. 100 per cent FDI in marketing of food products produced and marketed in India .

Skills and Job Creation

1. 1,700 crore for 1500 multi-skill development centres.

2. Scheme to get Rs.500 cr for promoting entrepreneurship among SC/ST

3. Entrepreneurship training to be provided across schools, colleges and massive online courses.

4. Objective to skill 1 crore youth in the next 3 years under the PM Kaushal Vikas Yojna-FM Jaitley

5. National Skill Development Mission has imparted training to 76 lakh youth. 1500 Multi-skill training institutes to be set up.

Education

1. 10 public and 10 private educational institutions to be made world-class.

2. Digital repository for all school leaving certificates and diplomas.

3. 1,000 crore are allocated for higher education financing.

4. 62 new navodaya vidyalayas to provide quality education

5. Digital literacy scheme to be launched to cover 6 crore additional rural households

Social Sector including Healthcare

1. 9,000 crore for Swachch Bharat Abhiyan.

2. National dialysis service programme under PPP model.

3. LPG connection for women members of rural homes.

4. Government to provide health insurance of upto Rs. 1 lakh per family.top up of Rs. 35,000 for people above 60 years. 3,000 stores to be opened for generic drugs.

Rural Sector

1. 5,542 villages have been electrified, more than the last three years combined.

2. 38,500 crore for MNREGA.Highest ever for the rural employment scheme.

3. 2.87 lakh crore for gram panchayats as per recommendation of 14th finance commission.

4. Total rural sector allocation Rs. 87,769 crore.

Two schemes for digital literacy for rural India to cover 6 crore households in the next three years.