The budget was presented by Gujarat finance minister Kanubhai Desai
Gujarat finance minister Kanubhai Desai today presented a Rs 3.01 lakh crore budget for 2023-24 in the Assembly on the second day of the Budget Session.
Here are the 10 big announcements:
- Outlaying a budget of Rs 3,01,021.61 crore, Mr Desai announced that no new taxes will be imposed.
- Of the Rs 3.01 lakh crore, Rs 1.91 lakh crore has been allocated for "development expenditure" while Rs 1.04 lakh crore will be spent as "non-developmental expenditure".
- Insurance coverage under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya-MA (PMJAY-MA) scheme has been raised to Rs 10 lakh from Rs 5 lakh.
- Two cooking gas cylinders per year will be provided free of cost to the beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
- Five state highways with heavy traffic, including Rajkot-Bhavnagar highway, will be developed as high-speed corridors at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore.
- Sports complexes will be set up in each district of the state.
- Rs 1,066 crore will be spent on providing houses to around one lakh people under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).
- School vouchers of Rs 20,000 every year to meticulous students who have completed studies under the RTE scheme till the 8th standard.
- Rs 905 crore allocated for metro projects in Ahmedabad and Surat.
- Rs 5,950 crore for the development of the Sardar Sarovar Dam project built over River Narmada.
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