She said the budget had attempted to spare the common man from any additional burden.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the TMC government' maiden budget had attempted to spare the common man from any additional burden, notwithstanding the financial difficulties inherited from the previous Left Front government.
"The revenue earnings is Rs21,000 crore and the expenditure is Rs22,000 crore. This is the legacy from the previous Left Front government. We made the budget under this situation. We have tried not to put the burden on the common man," Banerjee said at a press conference after the Budget was presented in the assembly.
Asked how much would she give the budget out of a total of 10 marks, she said, "I will give it 100."
Banerjee, however, declined to elaborate how her government proposed to earn the revenues for the projects and programmes announced in the budget. "Why will I tell you how we will earn revenue? There are many options and we will have to nurture them," she said.
Stating that Finance Minister Amit Mitra had 'forgotten' to mention a number of programmes in the budget, Banerjee said the government proposed to introduce a group insurance scheme for the lawyers where it would pay the premium and all beneficiaries would be insured for a sum of Rs2 lakh.
Law school graduates enrolling for practice would be given a monthly stipend of Rs1,000 even one year after enrollment for practice, she said.
A housing board has been set up for personnel of the Kolkata Police and West Bengal Police and all officers and personnel of the police forces would be provided housing within the next four years, she said, adding model schools were also being set up for their children on lines with central schools.
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