Chief Minister Rekha Gupta will table the Delhi Budget today. With the estimated outlay of over ₹80,000 crore, the budget is set to see several major announcements regarding Yamuna cleaning, power distribution among other things.
A day before, a ‘kheer ceremony’ was performed at the start of the budget session at Delhi Assembly. Reports suggest that the BJP government collected over 10,000 budget suggestions from general public.
The budget session of Delhi Assembly, which began yesterday, will see voting on the budget to take place on March 27.
Infrastructure, health and measures for improving air quality will be major points of Delhi Budget.
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Hours before presenting the Bharatiya Janata Party government's first budget in Delhi, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta paid obeisance at the Prachin Hanuman temple in Connaught Place along with her Cabinet colleagues and said the city will be witness to "Ram Rajya".
Speaking to reporters, Cabinet ministers Kapil Mishra and Manjinder Sirsa said the budget will be "historic". Some other ministers —Ashish Sood, Parvesh Verma, Pankaj Singh and Ravinder Indraj — also accompanied the chief minister during her temple visit.
"Bajrang Bali will do the best for Delhi. Delhi will develop, and Ram Rajya will come," CM Gupta said after the temple visit.
The BJP government will present its maiden budget in the Assembly after over 26 years, providing for funds to implement its promises such as Yamuna cleaning, infra development and strengthening basic facilities.
Last year, the Aam Aadmi Party government presented the Budget 2024-25 worth ₹76,000 crore that was raised to ₹77,000.
The Budget 2025-26 to be tabled in the Assembly is likely to cross the ₹80,000 crore mark, sources in the government said.
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