Affordable housing to be given infra status: Jaitley

February 01, 2017 11:49

Affordable housing to be given infra status, says Jaitley, and that he has hiked allocation for women skill development to Rs 1.84 lakh crore in FY18.

Mahila Shakti Kendras will aim for women's empowerment, and government will set up 100 India-international skill centres.

Mahila Shakti Kendras will be set up at village level, and an allocation of Rs 500 crore has been made.

Five special tourism zones to be set up in partnership with states.

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