Key highlights from Interim Budget 2024

Fiscal deficit target for FY25 set at 5.1% of GDP

Total receipts projected at ₹30.80 lakh crore; expenditures at ₹47.66 lakh crore

Market borrowings set at ₹14.13 lakh crore

Infrastructure spending increased to ₹11.1 lakh crore

No changes to income tax rates

2 crore more houses to be taken up in next five years under PM Awas Yojana

Under PM Fasal BimaYojana, crop insurance is given to 4 crore farmers

1 crore households to obtain 300 units free electricity every month through rooftop solarization

Ayushman Bharat scheme to be extended to all ASHA workers, Anganwadi Workers and Helpers