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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