PM's Dec 31 announcements to cost ₹3,500 crore to economy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's New Year-eve announcements, including schemes for rural housing, agriculture and for pregnant women, would cost the economy a total of over ₹3,500 crore annually, an SBI report said on Tuesday. The two housing schemes will cost ₹1,000 crore per year while the scheme for pregnant women will cost ₹1,200 crore to the government, the report added. 