Haryana Budget 2020: Rs 19,343 Crore Allocated For Education, Sports And Culture, Health Sector Gets Rs 6,533 Crore
New Delhi | Jagran Business Desk: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who also holds the finance portfolio in the state, presented Rs 1.42 lakh crore budget for the financial year 2020-21 in the Haryana Legislative Assembly.
Khattar, who presented his maiden budget, said that the debt is set to increase to Rs 1.98 lakh crore in 2020-21 as against Rs 1.76 lakh crore in the previous fiscal. He further stated that the expenditure will increase to Rs 1,42,343 crore, a rise of 7.7 per cent. Revenue receipts are expected to increase by 15.96 per cent in 2020-21 to Rs 89,964 crore, he said.
Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar has had a pre-budget discussion with MLAs as Finance Minister. After the meeting, about 12 big suggestions came, out of which six suggestions can be included in the government's budget.
Haryana Budget 2020 Highlights:
The BJP-JJP alliance government in Haryana allocates Rs 6,294 crore to rural development and panchayat, while Rs 349 crore was given to industries and Rs 9,000 crore to pensions.
Haryana government allocates Rs 6,533 crore to health and medical education
Rs 19,343 crore allocated to education and sports and culture
The government has allocated Rs 5,474.25 crore to agriculture.
FM announces reduction in electricity fares for framers. The new rates will be Rs 4.75 per unit. Earlier farmers have to pay Rs 7.50 per unit.
Haryana Government will provide Isosorbide Dinitrate tablets, which are used to treat heart failures, free of cost at public places in the state.
The state's per capita income is projected to increase to Rs 1,80,026 crore in 2019-20 as compared to Rs 1,69,409 at constant prices in the year 2018-19, showing an increase of 6.3 per cent.
FM announces an increase of 28 per cent in state's budget for the education sector.
Digital libraries to be opened in rural areas of the state: Khattar
Haryana govt will open 116 new model schools. Govt also plans to open English medium schools in rural areas.
Government to open 550 new creches.
Govt announces Rs 50 crore annual grant for Haryana Gau Sewa Ayog
All the students in their final year of a degree course to get their passports free of cost.
This budget is aimed to achieve four goals; education, health, security and self-reliance: ML Khattar
ML Khattar says that this is the first budget in which the finance minister has not consulted MLAs before the presentation.
ML Khattar announced organic farming in 1 lakh acre of land
Khattar distributed tabs to every MLA present in the house.
Manohar Lal Khattar started his Budget speech in the Haryana Assembly
Manohar Lal Khattar reaches Vidhan Sabha with a tab in his hand to present the budget. Earlier suitcases were used to carry budget documents.
The discussion on the budget will take place on March 2 and the session will conclude on March 3.
The Budget session of the Haryana Assembly began on February 20.
The Chief Minister held pre-budget consultations with MLAs, seeking their suggestions on various issues related to agriculture, health, education, etc.
It will be the first time that Khattar will present the state budget. Captain Abhimanyu was the finance minister in the previous Khattar-led BJP government.
(With PTI Inputs)
