Rajasthan Budget 2022: All state govt employees appointed on or after 1 January 2004 entitled older version of pension scheme

Gehlot presented the Budget for the year 2022-23, with the main focus on employment and healthcare.

New Delhi: All Rajasthan Govt employees appointed on or after 1st January 2004 will be entitled to pension scheme like earlier (older version of the scheme) from next year onward, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday presenting the Budget for the year 2022-23 said.

Presenting the Budget in the Rajasthan Assembly, Gehlot announced the implementation of the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme. From next year, 100 days of employment will be available in urban areas on the lines of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for which a Rs 800 crore budget has been proposed. (Also read: Senior citizen can get Rs 1.11 lakh per year pension, check details of the scheme)

Under the state government's ambitious Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme launched last year, Gehlot announced an increase in health cover from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh per family in a year. He also announced that IPD and OPD services will be free-of-cost in state-run hospitals.

"Like always, we have taken care of every section of the society in the Budget. Management of the corona crisis in the state has been appreciated across the world.

"It is my privilege that I am presenting the first separate agriculture budget. It will set a new horizon in the agriculture sector in the state," Gehlot said.