New Delhi:
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley left taxes unchanged while presenting Delhi's budget and proposed a Rs. 250 crore power subsidy for small consumers but reduced the central assistance to the national capital.
The budget for the National capital, which is currently under the president's rule, was presented in the Parliament.
The budget also proposed a new specialty hospital and 100 ambulances for accident victims along with while four new sewage treatment plants, 50 dialysis centres and Rs.2,400 crore for education.
The budget, which has a total outlay of Rs.36,776 crore, will give consumers in Delhi a subsidy of Rs. 0.80 to Rs. 1.20 per unit.
Jaitley said the city-state will also get community toilets for slum dwellers, more night shelters and low-floor buses.
"No new taxes have been levied in this budget," the finance minister said. Turning to specific proposals, he said: "Considering the increased number of accident and trauma cases, 110 mobile ambulances will be deployed."
In the interim budget presented by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the state was allotted an outlay of Rs.32,732 crore. The central assistance has been kept at Rs.349 crore, which is Rs.682 crore lower than the previous year's Rs.1,031 crore.
The finance minister's budget proposals on power subsidy come against the backdrop of a revision of tariff announced by the regulator the day before.
The budget for the National capital, which is currently under the president's rule, was presented in the Parliament.
The budget also proposed a new specialty hospital and 100 ambulances for accident victims along with while four new sewage treatment plants, 50 dialysis centres and Rs.2,400 crore for education.
The budget, which has a total outlay of Rs.36,776 crore, will give consumers in Delhi a subsidy of Rs. 0.80 to Rs. 1.20 per unit.
Jaitley said the city-state will also get community toilets for slum dwellers, more night shelters and low-floor buses.
"No new taxes have been levied in this budget," the finance minister said. Turning to specific proposals, he said: "Considering the increased number of accident and trauma cases, 110 mobile ambulances will be deployed."
In the interim budget presented by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the state was allotted an outlay of Rs.32,732 crore. The central assistance has been kept at Rs.349 crore, which is Rs.682 crore lower than the previous year's Rs.1,031 crore.
The finance minister's budget proposals on power subsidy come against the backdrop of a revision of tariff announced by the regulator the day before.
