Jaipur : Rajasthan Finance Minister Diya Kumari will present the first full budget of the Bhajanlal government inside the assembly shortly. This is the first time that a state budget is being presented before the central budget. That is why this budget will be in line with the vision of the Center, which will prepare a road map for PM Modi’s vision of ‘Developed India’. The biggest challenge before the Rajasthan government is to deal with the debt, as the state is in a huge debt of Rs 5.79 lakh crore, which is the highest for any state in the country. An investor summit is also expected to be held in Rajasthan in December, so the government can consider investment friendly policies in the budget.
All eyes will also be on whether the Bhajan Lal government discontinues some of the schemes started by the Gehlot government? Just like the free mobile scheme for women was discontinued earlier. However, based on the previous government’s focus on health, an increase in health insurance cover can be seen. On the other hand, the old pension scheme had also become a topic of political discussion. Now it will be interesting to see how the new government deals with the pension problem. Today is the first full budget of the new BJP government, which is expected to outline its vision for the state for the next five years.
CM Bhajanlal Sharma reached the assembly
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma has reached the Vidhan Sabha. At exactly 11 o’clock, Deputy CM and Finance Minister Diya Kumari will start reading the budget in the House. Rajasthan Deputy CM Premchand Bairwa says that this budget will be for developing Rajasthan by assimilating the vision of PM Modi and CM Bhajanlal Sharma. The budget will be for the development of Rajasthan. There will be something for every section in the budget.’ Rajasthan Deputy CM and Finance Minister Diya Kumari has reached the Vidhan Sabha. She is wearing a maroon colored lehariya saree, which is considered the identity of Rajasthan. She has a budget briefcase in her hands. She will start reading the budget after about half an hour.
Tikaram Julie said, ‘Our budget was a budget of relief and growth. In it, provisions were made for every sector including farmers, labourers, poor, youth, traders. Due to this, Rajasthan’s GDP remained second in the whole country. But Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma closed many of our schemes despite announcing that he would not close any scheme of the Congress government. This government has been avoiding answering OPS for the last 7 months. No work was done on 95 percent of the schemes of the previous budget. If the budget comes today keeping in mind the development of Rajasthan, we will be very happy.’ The budget estimate for commercial tax has been kept at 88300 crores, out of which 5678 crores have been received so far. The interim budget estimate for stamp registration has been kept at 11300 crores, out of which 662 crores have been received so far. Similarly, the budget estimate for revenue receipt from mining has been kept at 9500 crores, out of which 613 crores have been received so far.
Tax collection from liquor is estimated to be Rs 17,100 crore this year
In the first two months of the new financial year starting from April 2024, the government has spent about 41 thousand crores rupees. At the same time, the government has collected revenue of about 19 thousand crores including tax and non-tax. Of these, tax collection of about 17100 crores is estimated from liquor this year, out of which 1192 crores has been received by the government so far.
For the first time, the state budget was presented before the central budget
This is the first time that the state government will present its budget before the central budget is presented. Earlier in January, the Bhajan Lal government had presented its interim budget. There is little scope for change in the budget size presented in the interim budget. Because no change is being made in the revenue target in the full budget.
Copies of the budget reached the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Rajasthan’s Finance Minister Diya Kumari will present the first full budget of the Bhajanlal government in the assembly at 11 am today. For this, copies of the budget have reached the assembly at 9 am.
Statement of BJP state president before Rajasthan budget
Rajasthan BJP President C.P. Joshi said that the Bhajanlal Sharma government of the state will present a historic budget in the assembly on Wednesday. This will be a budget for the welfare of every section of the society including the villagers, poor, farmers, women, youth, Dalits, tribals of Rajasthan. BJP does what it says, whereas the previous Congress government only made promises and slogans to the people, but did not work on the ground.
Announcement on unemployment allowance is also possible in the budget
Bhajan Lal government of Rajasthan can focus on skill development in its first budget. Along with this, an announcement regarding giving unemployment allowance to the youth is also possible in the budget.
Will the scope of women reservation increase in recruitments?
After increasing the reservation for women in third grade teacher recruitment, now Bhajan Lal government can announce increasing the scope of women reservation in other recruitments as well through the budget. This will strengthen women empowerment.
Announcement of reduction in VAT on petrol and diesel is possible
Bhajan Lal government of Rajasthan can also announce reduction in VAT on petrol and diesel in its budget. This will provide great relief to the middle class people.
Vidhansabha will be live from 10 o’clock
Today Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha will be live from 10 am. At this time the process of arrival of leaders will start. At 11 am, Finance Minister Diya Kumari will present the budget, which can be around Rs 5 lakh crore. After the budget, the Finance Minister will hold a press conference, in which questions will be answered.
