Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Addresses Industry Leaders: Highlights

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is addressing industry leaders in a post Union Budget 2016 discussion at Vigyan Bhawan. Below are the highlights:

• We were conscious of the global situation
• We spent the last one year steering the economy in difficult, challenging situation.
• The current year is a significant departure from the past, we collected more and spent more.
• Social security programmes are important; there has been an emphasis on infrastructure and rural sector
• Last year, whatever we allocated, we spent. This year if we spend it will be the highest ever spending