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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Budget 2016 is pro-village, poor and farmers with focus on bringing about qualitative change in the country and alleviate poverty through a slew of time-bound programmes. Commenting on the Budget 2016-17, he said special attention has been paid to agriculture, village infrastructure, healthcare, employment generation and Dalit entrepreneurship. Here are the top 10 highlights from his speech on Union Budget 2016, which was presented by FM Arun Jaitley today in Lok Sabha: (PTI)
1. Narendra Modi on Budget 2016: This Budget is pro-village, pro-poor, pro-farmer. The main focus is to bringing about qualitative change in the country. There will be a big change in the lives of common people. The Budget has laid a roadmap to alleviate poverty in a time-bound manner. (PTI) 
2. Narendra Modi on Budget 2016: Several steps have been taken for the farmers. The most important is Pradhan Mantri Krishi Yojana. Noting that electricity and roads are crucial for villages, the Prime Minister said by 2019, all villages of the country will be connected by roads, while all of them will be electrified by 2018. For MNREGA, there has been the biggest allocation. (PTI) -
The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana received a massive boost in FM Arun Jaitley's budgetary allocation for 2016-17 as he has earmarked as much as Rs 5,400 crore for the Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) ministry.(PTI)
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4. Narendra Modi on Budget 2016: Narendra Modi on Budget 2016: This budget has provisions for realising the dreams of the common man. There has been a lot of politics over the poor" and added it was time now for making efforts concentrating on uplifting them. (PTI)
5. Narendra Modi on Budget 2016: Use of 'chulha' or earthen stoves and firewood for cooking by the poor adversely affected the health of the women as "cooking (on 'chulha') for a day amounts to smoking 400 cigarettes per day. Crores of such people will benefit through the scheme for free LPG connections. It will not only be beneficial for their health but also save the environment. (PTI) -
6. Narendra Modi on Budget 2016: The budget also lays thrust on the national security by having provisions for boosting defence manufacturing and providing the armed forces with modern and potent equipment. The provision of Rs 2 lakh crore for infrastructure development will benefit the border areas of the country. (PTI)
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Underlining party's Hindutva credentials, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended Ganga aarti with pride and went to Pashupati Nath temple in Nepal to seek blessing. The party wants India to have top IT and MBA professionals, who also seek their "inspiration" from Swami Vivekananda, he said. (PTI)
8. Narendra Modi on Budget 2016: The government has taken several initiatives in the health field. We want to stand shoulder to shoulder with the people, particularly the poor, in times of illness. (PTI) -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in speech today has revealed that India is set for a quantum leap in infrastructure and concerted efforts are being made to bolster growth in highways, I-ways and Indian Railways too. Launching an ambitious Rs 50,800-crore Setu Bharatam project to ensure highways without railway crossings by 2019 and overhaul of 1,500 British-era bridges, the PM said his government is committed to speeding up all projects related to infrastructure. (PTI)
10. The government was also giving priority to primary education. A qualitative transformation of the education sector is what we are giving priority to. (PTI)
