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.
The central theme emerging from Chinese online discourse is that while Trump may now acknowledge China’s strength and treat it as an equal, this recognition is driven more by fear and strategic anxiety than by genuine intent for collaboration.
Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.
Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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