New Delhi: Starting his budgetary speech in a poetic style, Finance minister Arun Jaitley presented the fourth union budget of Narendra Modi led NDA government in the Parliament at 1100 hours on Wednesday.

The Finance Minister stated, "Iss mod par na ghabra kar tham jaaiye aap, Jo baat nayi hai usay apnaaiye aap....Darte hain nayi raah pe kyun chalne se, Hum aage aage chalte hain aaiye aap".

This is the most awaited budget after the demonetisation decision of the Centre and passing of the GST bill in both the Parliament.

While expectations are to get relief from the taxation and implementation of GST, Newstrack.com brings you all that the government's pandora box will contain for you.

The Budget agenda:

• Transform, Energise and clean India.

Fiscal Deficit:

• Fiscal Deficit target for 2017-18 is 3.2 per cent.
• Total expenditure of budget 2017-18 has been placed at Rs 21.47 lakh crore.
• FRBM review committee recommended 3 per cent fiscal deficit for next 3 years

Total allocation to states and Union territories:

• Total resources being transferred to the states and union territories with legislature is Rs 4.11 lakh crore.
• Have increased allocation for scientific ministry to Rs 37,435 cr in 2017-18.

In next slide: Read what your budget contains....

The themes the budget focuses on:

Farmers' benefit...

• 9 Lakh allocated to 'Fasal Beema Yojna'.
• Agricultural credit target 10 lakhs.
• To consolidated fund.
• To double farmers income in five years.
• Dedicated micro-irrigation fund will be set up by NABARD to achieve goal of 'Per Drop More Crop'. Initial corpus will be Rs 5000 crore.
• Will set up a mini lab in krishi vigyan kendras.

Rural Sectors:

• To bring at least one crore rural population out of the BPL row by 2019.
• To provide at least 10 lakh ponds by March 2017.
• To provide 48,000 crore to MNREGA. Highest ever allocation.
• To provide at least one crore houses to homeless poor.
• 1,87,223 crores for rural education and agricultural facilities.
• 19,000 crore central assistance to Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna.
• Participation of women in MNREGA has increased to 55%.
• Open defecation free villages are now being given priority for pipe to water supply.

• 100 per cent village electrification will be achieved by May 1,2018.

Youth:

• As Swami Vivekananda said 'education which does not help the common mass of people to equip themselves is it worth of the name?'
• 3.5 Crore youth will be trained under Sankalp program launched by the government.
• Proposal for establishment of National Examination council.
• To expand Pradhan Mantri Skill development program in approximately 600 districts.
• Focus to be given to introduce a system of measuring annual learning Science for youth.

Girl child and women:

• Participation of women and in MNREGA has increased to 55 per cent.
• Safe drinking water to cover 28,000 arsenic and Fluoride affected habitations in the next four years.

Senior Citizens:

Taxation:

Income Tax:

• The net tax revenue grew by 17 per cent in 2015-16.
• zero per cent tax for people having annual income upto 3 lakh.
• To reduce the existing rate of taxation, for individuals who come under lower tax slab (3 lakh to 5 lakh slab), to 5 per cent from 10 per cent.
• Income tax for small companies with an annual turnover of 50 crore reduced by 5 per cent , now to pay 25 per cent.
• Surcharge of 10 per cent for those whose annual income is Rs 50 lakh to 1 crore.
• 15 per cent surcharge on incomes above Rs 1 crore to continue.

More tax reforms:

• GST Council finalised its recommendations. Implementation of GST likely to bring more taxes to Centre, States.
• Not to remove Minimum Alternative Tax in 2017-18, Propose to allow a carry forward of MAT for a period of 15 years as against 10 years now.
• Plan to extend basket of financial instruments to which the capital gains can be invested sans payment of tax.
• Capital gains tax to be exempted, for persons holding land from which land was pooled for creation of state capital of AP.
• Proposed to reduce basic customs duty on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from 5 per cent to 2.5 per cent in 2017-18.
• Government has accepted the Special Investigating Team (SIT) suggestion of no cash transaction above Rs 3 lakhs.

What is there in the budget docket?

• The budget docket contains 16 documents including the budget speech.
• Finance bill and Appropriation bill are also included in the docket.
• The Finance Bill includes proposed amendments to various tax laws.
• The appropriation bill is a consolidation of allocations to all ministries.
• The demand for grants are consolidated into the appropriation bill which are to be passed by the Parliament to allow withdrawal of funds.
• Finally the finance bill will be put to vote.

Four key points, the Budget focuses at:

• Public expenditure
• Private demand
• Exports
• Direct investments