Union Budget 2014: Key Highlights till now

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has presented the Union Budget 2014-15. Here are the highlights of important annoncement made by FM:

• To allocate Rs 150 crore to boost women's safety

• RBI will create framework for licences of small banks

• Govt to provide all households with banking facilities to empower the weaker sections.

• In order to complete gas grid, 15000km of additional pipeline to be developed through PPP mode

• Ultra modern power projects to be taken up in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Ladakh with Rs 500 crore

• New airports to be developed through PPP mode in tier-II and tier-III cities

• 6 more textile clusters to be set up

• Rs 100 crore set aside for Kisan Television to provide real time information on various farming and agriculture issues

• Govt to set up Industrial Smart Cities in 7 cities

• Govt will initiate scheme to provide a soil health card; Rs 100 cr set aside for this Rs 56 crore for soil testing labs across the country

• Govt to provide finance to 5 lakh landless farmers through NABARD

• Rs 100 crore for modernisation of madrasas

• Development of Metro rails in PPP mode; Rs 100 crore set aside for Metro scheme in Ahmedabad and Lucknow

• Rs 3600 crore set aside for National Rural Drinking Water

• The four new AIIMS will be in AP, West Bengal, Vidarbha and Purvanchal

• Meanwhile, the Sensex is down more than 150 points

• Jaitley announces 'Beti padhao, beti badhao yojana', sets aside Rs 100 crore for this

• Govt committed to providing 24/7 power supply to all homes