Current Affairs 2nd February 2017

NATIONAL:

Union budget 2017-18: All railway coaches to be equipped with bio-toilets by 2019
Tax for Income ranging Rs.3-5 lakh is halved to 5%
Senior citizens of the country to get Aadhaar-based smart health cards
All railway firms to be listed on stock exchange: Budget 2017
Over next 5 years rail safety fund of Rs.1 lakh crore to be created
1 crore houses to be build by government for homeless by 2019
Govt aims to achieve 100% rural electrification by May 2018: Budget
Fiscal Deficit target of 3.2% sets by Govt in 2017-18
Service charge on e-rail tickets booking through IRCTC withdrawn
Rs.4K cr alloted for youth training on Skill knowledge awareness
Allocation for infrastructure sector raised to Rs.3.96L cr by Govt
MGNREGA got highest allocation of fund of Rs.48,000cr for 2017-18
Defence Budget got hike by 10% to Rs.2,74,000 crore
To provide high-speed broadband at villages, govt allocates Rs.10,000 crore fund
Transactions through cash get limited to Rs.3 lakh : Govt
Water taxi services on Yamuna to start by June
Target for Agri loan to farmers set about Rs.10 lakh crore
Donations for political parties got limited to Rs.2,000 per donor in cash mode
Tax for firms with turnover of up to Rs.50 crore reduced to 25%
Two new AIIMS to be constructed in Jharkhand & Gujarat
NEET exam for medial seats in collages CBSE to conduct on 7th May this year
Basant Panchami bathing ceremony to take place today at sangam
India to participate in International Economic Forum at St. Petersburg as Guest of Honour
High-level consultations on counter-terrorism between India and Russia
31st Surajkund International Crafts Mela to start today
All India Radio launched special FM radio station at Sainagar Shirdi, Maharastra