The Education Department would get a 40.8 percent funding increase that would bring its budget to $102.8 billion.
Highlighting that the government targets to double the income of farmers in 5 years, he announced an allocation of Rs 35984 crore towards the farming sector.
According to the poll, the slowdown will be led by industries -- expected to grow by 1.3 percent as against 4 percent Q-o-Q -- on slower manufacturing.
Ajay Srivastava, CEO, Dimensions Consulting is concerned that the market is likely to fall post-budget.