New Delhi, Jul 10: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's budget speech today started a buzz about a series of "100-crore schemes" announced by the new government.
For at least a dozen projects and schemes, Mr Jaitley said he was setting aside Rs. 100 crores. Within moments, 100 crore became a talking point on Twitter. There were comparisons to Bollywood blockbusters, for which the 100-crore mark is a measure of success.
"Word of the day: Rs. 100 crore," tweeted Ankur Mishra.
Another tweet quoted Arun Jaitley as saying: "And finally, I allocate 100 crores to manage all these countless 100 crore projects"
Here is a list of Mr Jaitley's 100 crore schemes:
. Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana [Tribal Development Scheme]
2. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana [Save the girl child, educate the girl child scheme]
3. Start Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme
4. Virtual Classrooms
5. Programme for Good Governance
6. Community Radio Scheme
7. Metro in Lucknow & Ahmedabad
9. Modernisation of Madrassas
10. Agricultural excellence institutions in Jharkhand and Assam
11. Agri Tech Infrastructure Fund
12. Soil Health Card for farmers
13. National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change
14. Kisan TV
15. National Industrial Corridor Authority
16. Ultra Modern Super Critical Coal Based Thermal Power Technology
17. 1 MW Solar Parks
18. National War Memorial
19. Technology Development Fund
20. National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive
21. Archaeological heritage site preservation
22. Detailed Project Reports on inter-linking rivers
23. Ghat development and beautification
24. Sports University in Manipur
25. Training for Asian and Commonwealth Games
26. Employment Centres
27. Young Leaders Programme
28. National Centre for Himalayan Studies
29. North East Organic Food fund
Following is a list of what will now become cheaper and what will be costlier:
Cheaper
* CRT television
* LED/LCD TVs especially below 19 inch
* Footwear priced between Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per pair
* Soaps
* E-book readers
* Desktop, laptops and tablets
* RO based water purifiers
* LED Lights, fixtures and lamps
* Pre forms of precious and semi-precious stones
* Sports gloves
* Branded petrol
* Matchbox
* Life micro insurance policies
* HIV/AIDS drugs and diagnostic kits
* DDT insecticides
Expensive
*Cigarettes
* Aerated drinks with sugar
* Pan masala
* Gutka and chewing tobacco
* Jarda scented tobacco
* Radio taxi
* Imported electronic products
* Portable X-ray machines
* Half cut/broken diamonds
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