The Union Budget is normally associated with huge sums and one expects to read and hear about lakhs of crores — not lakhs and crores — when it comes to allocation of funds for different schemes. But finance minister Arun Jaitley's Budget has been different. It seems Jaitley has a penchant for the Rs 100 crore figure. In his speech, the finance minister announced as many as 29 schemes which have been granted Rs 100 crore each.
Here is a list of Rs 100 crore schemes:
1. 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
Here is a list of Rs 100 crore schemes:
1. 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
