Delhi govt presents Budget with ₹76,000 cr outlay; to give ₹1,000 per month to every woman
Delhi’s finance minister Atishi presented the FY25 Budget in the Assembly on Monday with an outlay of ₹76,000 crore, announcing the ‘Mukhyamamantri Mahila Samman Yojana’ under which women aged 18 and above will get ₹1,000 per month and asserted the government is inspired by the ideals of Ram Rajya.
In the Budget tabled in the State Assembly ahead of the general elections, she also announced that the Business Blasters scheme, which was now being implemented in schools, will now be implemented in universities and Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).
Last year, the government allocated ₹78,800 crore for the financial year 202324 and announced nine schemes as part of the G20 preparations.
BUDGET SPEECH
The Delhi government’s budget size for 202223 was ₹75,800 crore and ₹69,000 crore in the preceding year.
This was the first time that Atishi presented the budget after taking charge of the finance department last year.
In her Budget speech, she remembered Manish Sisodia, former education minister and Satyendar Jain, former health minister, for their roles in shaping the education and health models in the national capital.
‘RAY OF HOPE’
“This is a moment of pride that the Kejriwal government is presenting its tenth budget today. I am not just presenting the tenth budget but a picture of changing Delhi. Kejriwal came as a ray of hope. We are all inspired by Ram Rajya. We are working hard towards realising the dream of Ram Rajya,” she said.
She proposed an allocation of ₹16,396 crore for the education sector and highlighted the achievements of the AAP government in the field.
Under the education Budget, ₹100 crore has been allocated to the State Council of Educational Research and Training for training teachers and another ₹150 crore has been proposed for the construction of new schools and classrooms.
She proposed ₹45 crore for the maintenance of existing classrooms and ₹42 crore for Schools of Specialised Excellence in the 202425 fiscal.