Punjab Budget to be presented on Women's Day: Will Rs 1,000 promise be fulfilled?
India Today
This year, March 8 not only marks International Women's Day, but is also a Sunday. With the Vidhan Sabha meeting on such an unusual day of the week, the announcement has fuelled speculation that the upcoming Budget may include a major announcement for women.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has announced that his government will present its fifth Budget on March 8 in the state Legislative Assembly. The announcement was made during his visit to Gujarat alongside AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal.
Notably, March 8 not only marks International Women’s Day, but is also a Sunday this year. With the Vidhan Sabha meeting on such an unusual day of the week, the announcement has fuelled speculation that the upcoming Budget may include a major announcement for women, particularly regarding the ruling party's pending promise of Rs 1,000 per month to every woman in the state.
Addressing the media, Mann reiterated that the upcoming Budget would once again be a "pro-people" and citizen-centric document focused on the welfare of every section of society.
"The Punjab Government will present its fifth Budget in the month of March, and we will continue our tradition of presenting a pro-people budget aimed at the welfare of all. Our sole aim is to ensure the well-being of the common man, and we are making strenuous efforts to achieve this. The forthcoming Budget will again ensure immense benefit to the people of Punjab," he stated.
The assurance about a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 to every woman above 18 years of age in the state was first made in November 2021, ahead of the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections, during the 'Mission Punjab' rally in Moga.
Kejriwal had then declared that once the AAP government was formed, every woman would receive Rs 1,000 per month directly in her bank account.
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