2.40 lakh crore has been provided for the Railways, which is the highest ever outlay and about nine times the outlay made in 2013-14. Outlay for PM Awas Yojana is being enhanced by 66% to over Rs.Centre to recruit 38,800 teachers and support staff for the 740 Eklavya Model Residential Schools, serving 3.5 lakh tribal students over the next three years.157 new nursing colleges to be established in co-location with the existing 157 medical colleges established since 2014.Atmanirbhar Clean Plant Program with an outlay of ₹2200 crore to be launched to boost availability of disease-free, quality planting material for high value horticultural crops.

Seven priorities of the budget ‘Saptarishi’ are inclusive development, reaching the last mile, infrastructure and investment, unleashing the potential, green growth, youth power and financial sector.Cash transfer of ₹2.2 lakh crore to over 11.4 crore farmers under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi.

Insurance cover for 44.6 crore persons under PM Suraksha Bima and PM Jeevan Jyoti Yojana.

220 crore covid vaccination of 102 crore persons.

9.6 crore LPG connections provided under Ujjwala.

11.7 crore household toilets constructed under Swachh Bharat Mission.

7,400 crore digital payments of ₹126 lakh crore has taken place through UPI in 2022.

EPFO membership has more than doubled to 27 crore.

Indian economy has increased in size from being 10th to 5th largest in the world in the past nine years.

Per capita income has more than doubled to ₹1.97 lakh in around nine years.

The highlights of the Budget are as follows: Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023-24 in Parliament today. The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt.

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