In her 138-minute speech, CM Rekha Gupta, who also holds the finance portfolio, said the budget was a 'historic' one, marking the end of corruption & inefficiency in Delhi's governance.
This Budget Session is significant, as it follows the recent 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, which saw the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) return to power after 27 years.
Before presentation of the Budget, the chief minister is set to visit the Hanuman Temple in Connaught Place after which she will head towards Delhi Secretariat for a Cabinet meeting.
Before the Budget was presented in Assembly, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said the work started by jailed ex-minister Manish Sisodia would be carried out with double speed.
Delhi govt's Budget for 2023-24, scheduled for Tuesday, has been put on hold with Kejriwal dispensation and Centre trading charges over allocations under various heads.
Allocation of Rs 800 cr for job generation in Delhi follows the success of party's employment plank in Punjab, which helped it realise that unemployment is a common worry across India.
Terming the 8th consecutive budget of the Aam Aadmi Party govt a "Rozgar Budget", Sisodia said the per capita income of Delhi is 2.7 per cent higher than the national average.
Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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