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The Union Minister of Finance increased budget allocation for major sectors including agriculture, rural development, defence etc. While, the Planned Outlay for Department of Agriculture and Co-operation increased by 18 percent, the target for agricultural credit raised to 575000 crore rupees. Budget allocation for rural drinking water and sanitation hiked with 27 per cent. Flagship programmes like Right to Education-Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan received an increase of 21.7 per cent in…