Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said making an extensive social welfare system to focus on better education system and effective healthcare is one of the major priorities of the government.<br/><br/>He was speaking at the third Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the representatives of different Social Sector Groups in New Delhi today.<br/><br/>Mr Jaitley said as the allocation of resources to the social sector by the government is increasing with time, the need of the hour is to bring substantial changes in social sector through better policies and their timely implementation. The Minister further said that inclusive growth is high on the priority of the government.<br/> <br/>Most of the Social Sector representatives gave different suggestions to the Finance Minister for the forthcoming Union Budget. Major suggestions include increase in allocation to social sector schemes and mechanism to monitor proper implementation of such schemes. <br/><br/>It was suggested to monitor to ensure that the schools have access to safe drinking water and sanitation. It was also suggested that all the tobacco products be highly taxed primarily because of health concerns.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said making an extensive social welfare system to focus on better education system and effective healthcare is one of the major priorities of the government. <br/><br/>He was speaking at the third Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the representatives of different Social Sector Groups in New Delhi today.<br/><br/>Mr Jaitley said as the allocation of resources to the social sector by the government is increasing with time, the need of the hour is to bring substantial changes in social sector through better policies and their timely implementation. The Minister further said that inclusive growth is high on the priority of the government.<br/> <br/>Most of the Social Sector representatives gave different suggestions to the Finance Minister for the forthcoming Union Budget. Major suggestions include increase in allocation to social sector schemes and mechanism to monitor proper implementation of such schemes. It was suggested to monitor to ensure that the schools have access to safe drinking water and sanitation. It