Key Points of Interim Budget - Part 5 :

Finance Minister P.Chidambaram has mentioned the following points at the Parliament session :

1. Govt has succeeded in obtaining information in 67 cases of overseas accounts, finding out more

2. FM claims 140mn people out of poverty in two UPA regimes

3. I thank the PM for all the support I have received during my term as the FM

4. Neither populism, nor majoritism is a way for governance

5. Revenue deficit is estimated at 3%

6. Am emboldened by the progress made in the receipts and expenditures in 2013-14

7. Fiscal Deficit is estimated at 4.1%

8. Fiscal deficit will be contained at 4.6% of GDP

9. The Plan expenditure shall remain unchanged at Rs 5,55,322 crore

Following this, Finance Minister P.Chidambaram introduced the Finance Bill for the year 2014.