Interim Budget 2024 Highlights

Himani Verma

Viksit Bharat

The government is to consider a 50-year interest-free loan of Rs 75,000 crore to support milestone-linked reforms by states.

Loan

Solar Energy

Rooftop “solarisation” (solar energy) will provide 300 units of free electricity to one crore households monthly.

Solarisation

Cervical Cancer

The government will encourage vaccination of girls aged 9-14 years to prevent cervical cancer. 

Cancer

Ayushman Bharat

The Pradhan Mantri Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) will cover all accredited ASHA and Anganwadi workers without additional budgetary support.

Health

PM Awas Yojana 

The government will build an additional 2 crore houses under the PM-Awas Yojana scheme in the next five years.

House

Tax Policy

The government leaves the tax policy unchanged, but it plans to write off tax demands up to Rs 25,000 in disputed cases pending since 2009.

Tax

Lakhpati Didi

Lakhpati Didi Yojana, which focuses on women's economic empowerment, will expand to 3 crore women.

Women

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