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.
If we get this right, the citizen of 2047 will experience government as ambient and humane. Benefits arrive when needed without forms; grievances resolve in hours.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
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