Highlights of Chidambaram's interim budget

--Allocation of Rs. 81,024 crore made  towards child budget. 

--Budgetary support to railways has been increased from Rs. 26,000 crore, to Rs 29,000 crore. Railways need to mobilise resources through market borrowing and Private Public Partnership . 

--Defence Allocation  enhanced by ten  per cent. Allocation of Rs. 224,000 crore has been made as against Rs. 203,672 crore in the last Budget for defence.

--A modernization plan of  over Rs. 11,000 crore to strengthen the capacity of Central Armed Police Forces.  It will be utilized for providing state of the art equipment and technology for the Central Armed Police Forces.

--In the plan budget of 2014-15, an additional Central Assistance is proposed to be given to States/ UTs.

-- Plans for implementation of the Centrally Sponsored Plan Schemes (CSSs). It is now proposed to restrict them to 66 schemes from the 126 such schemes currently in vogue under 17 flagship programmes.