Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Amid opposition's uproar, Finance Minister Jagdish Devda has presented the state budget worth Rs 2,79,237 lakh crore for 2022-23. There is a fiscal deficit worth Rs 55111 crore.
Devda started his budget speech saying the aim of the budget is to make the Madhya Pradesh 'Atma-Nirbhar' state.
Highlights from budget:
1- No new tax has been imposed in this budget.
2- Fiscal deficit is 4.56 % of GDP.
3- Industrial parks will be set up at Bagrod and Berasia in Bhopal.
4. Burhanpur has become first district of the state where every house is getting tap-water facility.
5- Solar plants will be set up in Sagar, Shajapur, Ujjain.
6- One lakh metric tonnes of storage capacity will be developed for horticulture crops.
7- Door to door veterinary service will start in the state.
8- Chief Minister Fisheries Scheme will start and Rs 50 crore has been proposed for this.
9-13000 teachers will be appointed.
10- 11 new industrial areas will be developed. With this, more than 11 thousand employment opportunities will be developed.
11- A total of 217 Electronic Vehicle Charging Stations in Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur will be developed on Public Private Partnership model.
12- 22 new medical colleges in Sheopur, Rajgarh, Mandla, Seoni, Singrauli, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Damoh and other districts will be opened. 1215 seats for MBBS and Nursing courses will be increased.
13- Dearness Allowance will be increased from 20% to 31%. Around 5.5 lakh state government employees will benefit from this.
14- A total of 360 CM Rise schools will be opened in all districts of the state.
15- Rs 17,792 has been proposed for 'Child budget'.
16- Mukhyamantri Teerth Darshan Yojana will again be started.
17- 25000 crore subsidy for electricity consumers.
18- 31 lakh beneficiaries will be given the benefit of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. A provision of 10 thousand crores has been made.
19- A provision of 6300 crores has been proposed for Rural and Urban Jal Jeevan Mission.
20- A target has been set to increase the irrigation potential to 65 lakh hectares by the year 2025.
Opposition protest
The opposition Congress MLAs shouted slogans against BJP-led state government. They have been staging protest in front of well.
They claimed that the government has failed to provide jobs and stop cow slaughters. They accused state government of sending those farmers to jail, who fail to pay electricity.
Congress MLA Kamleshwar Patel said that government has failed to stop cow-slaughter, waiving farmers' loan and providing jobs to youths.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that opposition should stop creating ruckus and allowed citizens to hear the budget. "If you want to oppose the budget, you are free to do but do it after budget speech. Let the people listen to the budget."
Finance Minister performs Puja
Earlier, Devda performed puja at his residence before leaving for state assembly. A cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was held at State Assembly, in which budget speech was approved.
He said, "The budget of this year will be according to the expectations of the people."
For the first time, the state government is going to introduce a separate budget for children.
Separate budget for children
Governor Mangubhai Patel told the house, “The upcoming MP budget will also have a children's budget, which will be a first for the country.”
He said the gross state domestic product was expected to cross Rs 10 lakh crore this year, which would add a new chapter to the economy of MP.
A vast network of roads, with the best quality in the country, had been laid in MP under the Prime Minister Rural Roads scheme, while, as part of the vision of the prime minister to promote zero budget natural farming, a target area of 99,000 hectares has been planned for the year, he said.
He said 2.55 lakh heads of cattle were being taken care of in government and private shelters, while a target has been set for the next fiscal to provide shelter to 2.90 lakh bovines in 1,945 facilities.
