Budget Highlights 2010-11

26th February 2010

Rural Development | Drinking Water | Agriculture Sector | Education | Women and Child | IT Sector | Health | Urban Development | Highways | Power | Textiles | Social Justice and Empowerment | Science and Technology | Biotechnology | Space | Sports | Fertilisers | Railways | Postal

Rural Development :

• Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: 40100 for providing 100 days of wage employment to each rural household opting for it. 

• Swaranjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana: 2984 for establishing micro-enterprises in rural areas through activity clusters and group approach. At least 50% of the Swarozgaries will be SCs/STs, 40% women and 3% disabled. This also includes Rs.100 crore for Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana, a Sub-Component of National Rural Livelihood Mission.

• Rural Housing: 10000 for providing assistance to rural BPL households for construction of houses (and upgradation of Kutcha houses) under Indira Awaas Yojana. 

• Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana: 12000 for providing connectivity to eligible unconnected rural habitations through good all-weather roads.

Drinking Water Supply :

• National Rural Drinking Water Programme: 9000 for National Rural Drinking Water Programme.

• Rural Sanitation: 1580 for Total Sanitation Campaign.

Land Resources :

• Integrated Watershed Management Programme: 2458 for Integrated Watershed Management Programme.

• National Land Records Modernization Programme: 200 for Land Records Modernization.

Agriculture and Cooperation :

• 1062 for National Horticulture Mission.

• 1350 for National Food Security Mission.

• 1000 for Macro Management in Agriculture.

• 1000 for Micro Irrigation.

• 950 for National Agricultural Insurance Scheme.

• 500 for Integrated Oilseeds, Oil Palm, Pulses & Maize Development.

Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries :

• 444 for Veterinary Services and Animal Health.

• 163 for Cattle Development.

• 96 for a Special package for farming population in 31 suicide prone districts.

Agricultural Research and Education :

• 2006 for Agricultural Research and Education, including Rs.200 crore for Climate Resilient Agriculture Initiative.

• 294 for World Bank Aided National Agricultural Innovation Project.

Environment and Forests:

• 1232 for Ecology & Environment and National River Conservation, including Rs.500 crore for National Ganga River Basin Authority.

• 968 for Forestry & Wildlife and National Afforestation & Eco-Development.

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises:

• 223 for Credit Support Programme to provide Guarantee cover to banks for extending loans to Small/Tiny units without collateral.

• 906 for Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme.

• 336 for Quality of Technology Support Institution and Programmes.

Consumer Affairs : 112 for Consumer Awareness/Consumer Protection.

School Education And Literacy :

• 15000 for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

• 9440 for National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools.

• 1700 for Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.

• 1385 for Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti.

• 1167 for Adult Education and Skill Development.

Higher Education :

• 4390 for University Grants Commission.

• 4706 for Technical Education.

• 900 for National Mission in Education through Information and Communication Technology.

Women and Child Development :

• 8700 for Integrated Child Development Services.

• 390 for Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana.

• 1000 for Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls.

Information Technology :

• 1030 for e-Governance programme.

• 700 for National Informatics Centre to improve infrastructure.

• 180 for Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) for undertaking R&D.

Telecommunications :

• 1500 for OFC based Network for Defence Services.

• 269 for C-DOT.

• 162 for Undersea Cabling between Mainland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Health :

• 15440 for National Rural Health Mission.

• 5560 for Health Sector.

Ayush :

• 107 for development of Ayurveda system.

• 52 for development of Homeopathy system.

• 44 for development of Unani system.

• 22 for development of Yoga and Naturopathy system.

• 232 for National Rural Health Mission.

Planning : 1900 for Unique ID Authority of India.

Information and Broadcasting : 319 for Commonwealth Games.

Urban Development :

• 995 for Equity Investment towards Infrastructure development of ‘Mass Rapid Transit System’.

• 200 for development of Satellite Cities/Counter Magnet Cities.

• 177 for Commonwealth Games.

Highways :

• 700 for development of National Highways under Border Roads Organisation.

• 1750 for Special Accelerated Road Development Project in the North Eastern Region.

• 9472 for National Highway Authority of India.

• 230 for Inter-State and Economically Important Roads in different States and UTs.

• 4575 for Development of National Highways.

Power :

• 5500 for Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana.

• 3700 for Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme.

Textiles :

• 2400 for Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme.

• 400 for Integrated Textile Parks.

• 426 for Handlooms.

• 286 for Handicrafts.

• 320 for Sericulture.

Social Justice and Empowerment :

• 600 towards Special Central Assistance for Scheduled Castes Component Plan to benefit about 7.50 lakh beneficiaries.

• 1700 for Post Matric Scholarships for SC students to benefit about 44 lakh students.

• 350 for Post Matric Scholarship for OBC students to benefit about 30 lakh students.

Tribal Affairs : 558 for Post Matric Scholarships for Scheduled Tribes students.

Development of North Eastern Region :

• 60 for North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd.

• 68 for the Asian Development Bank assisted North East States Road Project.

Science and Technology :

• 570 for Multi-Disciplinary Research.

• 100 for National Mission on Nano-Science and Nano-Technology.

• 1335 as Assistance to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - National Laboratories.

Biotechnology : 

• 457 for Research & Development.

• 343 for Autonomous R & D Institutions.

• 125 for I&M Sector Programmes.

Space :

• 500 for PSLV & GSLV.

• 262 for Navigational Satellite System.

• 150 for Manned Mission Initiatives/Human Space Flight Programme. 

• 153 for Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark-III Development.

• 250 for Semi-cryogenic Engine Development.

• 100 for Indian Lunar Mission Chandrayan- 1&2. 

Civil Aviation : 1200 for National Aviation Company of India Limited.

Earth Sciences :

• 402 for improving weather and monsoon forecast.

• 79 Marine Research and Technology Development.

• 45 for promotion of climate change studies.

Sports :

• 1455 for development of Infrastructure, preparation of teams for holding Commonwealth Games, 2010. 

• 413 for Panchayat Yuva Krida aur Khel Abhiyan.

Culture :

• 121 for Archaeological Survey of India.

• 74 for activities in North-Eastern Region.

Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals : 213 for establishment of a Petrochemical Gas Cracker Project at Lepetkata, Dibrugarh (Assam).

Pharmaceuticals : 56 for establishment of 6 new National Institutes of Pharmaceuticals Education and Research.

Panchayati Raj :

• 50 for Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana.

• 24 for Mission Mode Project on e-Panchayats.

Heavy Industry : 232 for setting up of state of art automotive testing, validation and R&D infrastructure facilities.

Fertilisers :

• 125.14 lakh tonnes of Nitrogenous fertiliser production targeted.

• 48.68 lakh tonnes of Phosphatic fertiliser production targeted.

Coal and Lignite: 

• 572.37 million tonnes of domestic availability of Coal has been assessed.

• 24.14 million tonnes of lignite production targeted.

Steel :

• 15.45 million tonnes of saleable steel production by Steel Authority of India Ltd., and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd., targeted.

• 20 million tonnes of Iron Ore production by National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd., targeted.

Railways : 

• 18000 Rolling stock wagons; 480 locos; 4621 coaches to be added.

• 3500 kilometers of track renewal; 1000 route kilometers of electrification; 800 kilometers of gauge conversion.

• 1000 kilometers of new lines to be added; 700 kilometers doubling of lines targeted.

Postal : 

• 13420 Post Offices targeted for computerisation/ networking.

• 293 Computerisation of Administrative Offices.

• 150 Vehicles with GPS tracking facility to be provided.

• 500 Post Offices to be modernized under 'Project Arrow'.

New and Renewable Energy :

• 2972 MW Grid-Interactive Power Capacity addition targeted.

• 1500 remote villages/hamlets targeted for electricity/lighting facility through SPV/other RE systems 
  and devices, including DRPS.

Source: indiabudget.nic.in