Rajasthan Budget 2022: Health, Education, Employment In Special Focus
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Rajasthan Budget 2022: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot proposed a Rs 800 crore budget as part of their urban employment scheme, and noted that the state government will bear an expenditure of Rs 700 crore for their rural employment scheme.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday presented the Budget for the year 2022-23, with the main focus on sectors like health, education, infrastructure, social security and tourism.
Presenting the Budget in the Rajasthan Assembly, Mr Gehlot during the almost three-hour-long speech announced the launch of the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme with an aim to provide 100 days of employment in urban areas.
The Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme is in the lines of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), for which a Rs 800 crore budget has been proposed.
Another major announcement in the budget is to implement the old pension scheme from next year for all employees appointed on or after January 1, 2004.
