OTHER KEY POINTS:
- Infrastructure spending- allocations for highways, urban renewal to rise sharply.
- Energy sector- to develop long distance natural gas pipelines for a national grid; to set up panel to review domestic fuel prices.
- Agriculture spending- to provide additional 10 billion rupees over interim budget for more irrigation; to offer direct subsidies to farmers.
- Government asset sales- aims to raise 11.2 bln rupees from stake sales, 350 billion rupees from 3G telecom spectrum auction.
- Growth- 2008/09 GDP growth seen at 6.7 pct; government aims to return economy to high growth path of 9 pct/yr at the earliest.
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