The AAP government on Thursday presented its Rs 53,000 crore budget for 2018-19 in the Assembly, which laid emphasis on environment, health, education and water.
The AAP government on Thursday presented its Rs 53,000 crore budget for 2018-19 in the Assembly, which laid emphasis on environment, health, education and water.
Presenting the budget Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said that the budget follows "trickle up" economics aiming to benefit poor and middle class people in Delhi.
"The budget estimates for 2018-19 are pegged at Rs 53,000 crore which is 19.45 per cent more than the revised budget estimates of Rs 44,370 crore for the previous financial year," Sisodia said.
This is the first "Green budget" of the government for effective containment of pollution in the city, the Deputy CM said in the budget session of the Assembly.
"We are going to thread 26 programmes and schemes of Transport, Power, Environment and PWD for devising a unified system of pollution control, bringing down levels of different pollutants," he said.
The government has also proposed to set aside Rs 1000 crore for repair and maintenance of smaller roads owned by the municipal corporations of the city, he said.
This year, New Delhi's Finance Minister Manish Sisodia also tabled the status report of the Outcome Budget 2017-2018 that he had presented last year.
The Aam Aadmi Party government scored 73% in its report card for itself, in the form of the status report of the Outcome Budget 2017-2018 that was presented in the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday.
However, some of the AAP government’s pet projects, including the Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics and model schools, were found to be off-track.
Presenting estimates for the 2018-19 fiscal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said this is the first 'Green budget' of the government aimed at effective containment of pollution in the city.
"We are going to thread 26 programmes and schemes of Transport, Power, Environment and PWD departments for devising a unified system of pollution control to bring down levels of different pollutants," he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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