Union Budget 2017-18 Summary

Budgeting is the process of estimating the availability of resources and then allocating them to various activities of an organization according to a pre-determined priority. Union Budget 2017-18 focuses on ‘Transforming India’ to have a significant impact on economy and lives of people. Focus is mainly on enhancing expenditure in priority areas of – farm and rural sector, social sector, infrastructure sector employment generation and recapitalisation of the banks. We have compiled the whole Union Budget 2017-18 in simple and lucid format to read and understand the section wise initiatives taken by the government. Budget Highlights 1. Introduction 2. Farmers & Agriculture 3. Rural Population 4. Youth (Education, Skills and Job Creation ) 5. Poor and the underprivileged 6. Measures for Promoting Affordable Housing and Real Estate Sector 7. Infrastructure 8. Financial Sector 9. Digital Economy & Promoting Digital Transactions 10. Public Service 11. Prudent Fiscal Management 12. Tax Proposals 13. Measures for Stimulating Growth 14. Transparency in Electoral Funding 15. Ease of Doing Business 16. RAPID 17. Criticisms 18. Annexure