The other pillars, he added, include focus on agriculture and rural areas with a view to doubling farm income by 2022.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 29, listed 'nine pillars' including tax reforms, promoting ease of doing business and ensuring fiscal discipline, that will transform India. Unveiling the Budget 2016-17, he said the pillars also include emphasis on governance reforms.
The other pillars, he added, include focus on agriculture and rural areas with a view to doubling farm income by 2022. Besides, he said, government will lay greater emphasis on social sectors, education and skill building and job creation for building a knowledge based and productive economy.
The government, Jaitley said, will also focus on infrastructure investment, financial sector reforms, fiscal discipline and tax reforms to reduce compliance burden.
( Source : PTI )
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