Maharashtra: Fadnavis presents Shinde govt's maiden Budget in Assembly
The Hindu
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds Finance and planning portfolio, presents massive budget of ₹5,47,450 crore for 2023-24 fiscal.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is also the state Finance Minister, on Thursday presented the Eknath Shinde-led government's first Budget for the year 2023-24 in the state Assembly.
Mr. Fadnavis read out the budgetary allocations in the Lower House of the state legislature at 2 p.m. He read out the budgetary provisions from an iPad instead of a conventional paper document.
During Mr. Fadnavis's tenure as the chief minister between 2014-19, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sudhir Mungantiwar was the finance minister.
The Shinde-led government, in which his faction of the Shiv Sena and the BJP share power, was formed in June 2022.
During the budget presentation, Mr. Fadnavis said the outlay for farmers has been increased by ₹6,900 crore and the coverage of the Mahatma Phule Jan Arogya scheme, a health insurance scheme of the government, has been raised from ₹1.5 lakh to ₹5 lakh.
State School Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar read out the budget proposals in the Legislative Council.
Mr. Fadnavis said that the first Budget of ‘Amritkal’ has ‘Panchamrut’ goal. Sustainable agriculture-prosperous farmers; Inclusive development of all sections of society including women, tribals, backward classes, OBCs; Infrastructure development through substantial capital investment; Employment generation: Competent, skilled, employable youth and Environment-friendly development.
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