-Pass through benefit for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs)
-For smart cities, minimum built up area and capital conditions for FDI reduced, respectively, to 20,000 sq m from 50,000 sq m and $5m from $10m, with a three-year post-completion lock-in.
-Minimum built up area & FDI eligibility criteria waived for projects which commit at least 30% of project cost for low-cost affordable housing
-R7,060 crore set aside for promoting smart cities
-Banks permitted to raise long-term funds for lending to infrastructure sector with minimum regulatory preemption such as CRR, SLR and PSL
-R37,880 crore investment in NHAI and state roads, of this R3,000 crore for the North East. NH construction target of 8,500 km to be achieved this year
-R500 crore for preparing projects to build expressways along industrial corridors
-R14,389 crore for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
R100-crore Viability Gap Funding for Lucknow, Ahmedabad Metro projects
-R11,635 crore for development of Outer Harbour Project phase-1 in Tuticorin. 16 ne-port projects to be awarded
-R4,200 crore to be spent over six years to develop Jal Marg Vikas between Allahabad and Haldia on the Ganga,
-Scheme for development of ne-airports in tier-I and tier-II will be launched for implementation through AAI or PPPs
-R25,000 crore for Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)
-Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana for feeder separation, with allocation of R500 crore
-To rene-infrastructure and facilities in at least 500 urban habitations through PPPs in 10 years. Provisions include safe drinking water, sewerage/waste management,and digital connectivity
-R5,000 crore to build scientific warehousing infrastructure
-R500 for 3P India, an institution to support mainstreaming of PPPs
-Additional 15,000 km of pipeline to be developed through PPP
-SEZs to be developed in Kandla and JNPT. Policy to promote ship building industry in the financial year
-R100 crore to explore Ultra-Modern Super Critical Coal Based Thermal Power Technology
-R500 crore for taking up Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and J&K (Ladakh)
-10-year tax holiday to undertakings which begin generation, distribution and transmission of power by 31.03.2017
–Income tax deduction on interest on home loan increased from
R1.5 lakh to R2 lakh