PAN must for all market transactions

       Dredgers to be exempt from import duty

       Duty on Drip Irrigation, Agricultural Sprinklers and Food processing machinery from 7.5% to 5%

       Duty on pet foods down from 30 to 20%

       Ad-valorem component on petrol and diesel down from 8% to 6%

       Threshold of tax-free income hiked by Rs 10,000

       Women assesses threshold hiked to Rs 1,45,000

       5 year tax holiday for 2,3 and 4 star hotels for Commonwealth Games in NCR Region

       MAT to be extended

       Direct Taxes: Dividend Distribution Tax to go up to 15%

       Fringe Benefit Tax to be extended to ESOPS

       Additional 1% CESS on all taxes for secondary education

       PAN must for all market transactions

       969cr for AIDS control

       Govt. to acquire RBI stake in SBI

       Govt confident on managing inflation

       Double allocation on education

       11th plan to focus on faster growth rate

       Govt committed to special panel set up for commodities mkt

       Agriculture to be top on the agenda of UPA govt

       New scholarship for 8th std students to arrest dropouts

       Health allocation up

       School education allocation up

       Farm credit growth satisfactory

       Savings rate estimated at 32.4 pc

       ICDS allocation hiked

       News scholarship scheme

       5 lakh more classrooms

       No forward contract in wheat, rice futures

       Rs 4,000 cr for rural roads

       Health spending to be hiked 22%

       Allocation to health hiked by 21.9% to Rs 15291cr

       PDS prices retained

       Average inflation seen between 5.2%-5.4%

       XI Plan target of 4% Growth in agri sector

       FM: Confident we can moderate present inflationary trend

       Inflation will be curbed: FM

       OMCs expect tax sops in the Budget

       Govt feels inflation heat

       FM may apply brakes on tax breaks

       Tourism Ministry awaits sops from the budget

       Population growth to slow down

       Employment growth decline reversed

       Industry logs impressive growth

       Mkt Cap/GDP ratio at 91.5%

       Task - Growth without high inflation

       No short-cuts to check inflation

       Slow progress on social front

       Plan to start 3 storey container trains

       Freight rates on diesel, petrol cut five per cent

       800 new wagons to be introduced

       500 kms of new rail lane envisaged

       Women & senior citizens to get priority lower birth

       Separate coaches for vendors

       Railways to setup call centres

       Tickets to be sold at petrol pumps, ATM centres

       6,000 automatic ticket vending machines in 2 years

       50% concession for UPSC examinees

       CCTVs in sensitive stations

       More Suburban train services for Mumbai

       Cushioned seats in unreserved compartments

       TTEs to be provided palm tops