The main impetus of the budget is to improve the growth rate and get it to 9 percent in the near term and to a double digit rate in the medium to longer term. The other two areas of focus are Infrastructure development especially in Rural India and Improving Governance by shoring up Systems and bringing stricter control on institutions. Key points of the budget: The government is very keen on ensuring that inflation is curbed and food security is ensured for all citizens. Food items: Since inefficient distribution has been found to be the culprit for the sky rocketing of food prices, the FM has proposed to focus on reducing Production and Distributions bottlenecks. Food, vegetables, Meat etc will show an easing of prices in the medium term future. Education: A higher allotment of funds in the form of over 24% hike as compared to last year for the Education Sector. Income tax: More modernization of the taxation system is being mooted. A new form called "SUGAM...