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Budget Rajasthan ka:75,000 government jobs for the youth

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18 Jul, 19 04:45
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Budget Rajasthan ka:75,000 government jobs for the youth

JAIPUR: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot, who also holds the finance portfolio, kept his focus on agriculture and the youth while presenting the budget for.CM Ashok Gehlot interacts with media persons after presenting the state budget, in Jaipur on Wednesday. 10 July 2019.

2019-20 in the state Assembly on Wednesday.

He changed names of three flagship schemes of the previous Vasundhara Raje government and attacked the BJP government for its poor financial management. Gehlot proposed a ₹1,000 crore fund for the welfare of farmers, called Krishan Kalyan Kosh (K-3) and 75,000 government jobs for the youth.

The finance minister did not make any change in the tax structure but provided relief of ₹301 crore by way of exemption on stamp duty and some waivers. Gehlot announced ₹1,000 crore for ‘ease of doing farming’ and said his government’s focus will be on ‘zero budget natural farming’. He proposed a pilot project in 36-gram panchayat of Banswara, Tonk and Sirohi districts at the cost of ₹10 crore to benefit 20,000 farmers under the program.

Proposing a new policy for promoting agriculture processing, trade, and export, Gehlot announced the construction of warehouses in 100 Gram Sewa Sahkari Samiti (GSS) and 20 KVSS, the tehsil-level cooperative societies. To address the problem of stray cattle, Gehlot proposed shelter for male cattle at each gram panchayat.

He said farmers will be provided solar pump sets in a phased manner under the Kusum Scheme. Gehlot proposed ₹5,200 crore for establishment of feeders for agriculture connections in the next four years.

Gehlot allocated ₹8,057.51 crore to agriculture and allied services, and ₹2,939.45 crore to irrigation and flood control in the modified budget. Gehlot slammed the Raje government for increasing the debt burden on the state and increasing revenue deficit. “In our earlier tenure, we had a revenue surplus in.2010-11 and the government continued to be in surplus until.2012-13. Because of the previous government’s irrational policies, there was a revenue deficit of ₹29,000 crore in 2018-19,” Gehlot said.



He said the total debt and other liabilities on the state at the end of March 2014 was ₹129,910 crore, which was 23.58% of the state’s GSDP. This was well within the 25% limit set by the FRBM Act, 2005, he added. According to the revised estimates of 2018-19, this has increased to ₹3,09,385 crore,33.47% of the GSDP.



In the modified budget of 2019-20, Gehlot estimated revenue receipts of ₹16400,463.42 lakh, and the revenue expenditure of ₹19101,960.84 crore for the year 2019-20, with a revenue deficit of ₹2701,497.42 lakh. Capital receipts are estimated at ₹6900,176.61 lakh, while capital expenditure including loan and advances is estimated at ₹4192,440.35 lakh.



The Gehlot government changed the names of three schemes in the budget. The Bhamashah scheme for one card, one identification will now be called the Rajasthan Jan Aadhar Yojna, the Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan for water conservation has been rechristened as Rajiv Gandhi Jal Sanchya Scheme and the Gramin Gaurav Path for rural roads will now be called Vikas Path.



For the youth, Gehlot announced Mukyamantri Yuva Rozgar Yojana under which loans up to ₹1 lakh will be provided to 100,000 youth for self-employment over next 5 years. This year, 25,000 youth will get these loans, he said.



The finance minister said recruitments of 75,000 government posts will be done this year. This includes 21,600 posts in the education, 15,000 in medical and 9,000 in energy departments. Gehlot proposed an outlay of ₹5 crore for sports coaches and said a pension scheme will soon be brought for financial assistance to players from the state who play at international level.

Gehlot also proposed Economic Transformation Council as the think tank for economic and financial reforms and set aside ₹20 crore for a center in Jaipur on the lines of New Delhi’s India International Centre.

Sr Journalist Dr. Munesh Arora hailed the budget for its focus on agriculture and for no new tax proposals but said the government needed to present a time-bound roadmap for bringing down expenditure. “The CM has dedicated the budget to agriculture, that is heartening but the government needs to focus on increasing productivity on every acre of cultivable land. In most schemes for farmers, small and marginal farmers get left out. Ease of doing farming may be an artistic catchword but farmers, especially small farmers, need improvement on the ground,” he said.

Addressing media persons after presenting the budget, Gehlot said, “The government has made budget keeping with the promises made. We are committed to good governance. We will bring a law for accountability. In the budget, women, youth and farmers have been given priority.”

He said the government has also requested the officers to work with integrity. “The state’s bureaucracy, except a few officers, is better than other states. There are some (officers) who look at the watch at 5 pm...this is all in my knowledge,” the CM said.

He said Congress president Rahul Gandhi during elections had suggested that the party governments in states should function round the clock for people. “We are working in that manner and officers should also perform while considering themselves as trustee of the people,” he said. He said improving law and order in the state was on the priority of his government and he has given the DGP free hand.

“The police administration is asked not to listen to those who protect rapist or criminal or mafia,” he said, adding that, “If a public representative takes side or gives suggestions against something wrong or injustice, he should be considered irrespective of his political affiliation in order to ensure justice.”

Budget directionless: Kataria The opposition BJP on Wednesday slammed the modified budget 2019-20 presented by chief minister Ashok Gehlot as “directionless and misleading and did not have any roadmap for Rajasthan’s development”.

Leader of the Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria said, “It’s an empty budget. The money they have got from the center for central government schemes, they are showing as their own just for earning praise. Can they show any scheme that will be funded by the state or any source of revenue other than the funds got from the center? This document has been made artfully only to deceive the people.”

Kataria said Gehlot, who holds the finance portfolio, had announced relief of ₹300 crore in the budget but that was just an eyewash. He said instead of giving any relief, the government by increasing VAT had taken away ₹10,000 crore from the people.

“The government has just two days back increased VAT on petrol by ₹2.62 and on diesel by ₹2.60. So, they have already got additional income. This is the first time that while the assembly is underway, they have imposed taxes and today just to earn praise they are saying they have given relief of ₹300 crore,” said Kataria.

Reacting to Gehlot’s allegation of financial mismanagement by the BJP, Kataria said if there had been mismanagement then so much development work could not have taken place. Kataria said the Mewar region comprising the tribal areas had been ignored in the budget. “No new scheme has been announced for Mewar.”

Reacting over the budget, former chief minister and BJP national vice president Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday said the Congress government has endorsed the BJP government’s schemes as they have merely changed names of some earlier BJP schemes.

“The Congress government has done nothing more in the budget except to change names of our government schemes,” Raje said in a release.

UCCI Ex president Hansraj chaudhryCommenting on the state budget, said the new policies proposed include Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme 2019, Food Processing Policy, Solar and Wind Energy Policy, M-sand Policy, and Electric Vehicle Policy would create an enabling framework for the growth and development of the state.

“Development of integrated industrial infrastructure for petrochemical and downstream industries and separate authority for Special Investment Region (Jodhpur-pali-Marwar) to leverage Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor are other welcome steps, but on other hands, Mewar is ignored ” he added.

Laxmi Narayan Pandaya congress leader said that Mukyamantri Laghu Udyog Protsahan Yojana for interest subvention for loans up to ₹10 crore would help small industries, He said, “Heritage Walk, Vehicle Free Zone and Heritage Museum at Old Rajasthan Assembly Building would complement the recent inclusion of Jaipur as a heritage site by UNESCO.”He said, “The budget focuses on measures to increase transparency with a broad strategy to put in place the mechanisms and institutions for the future of the state economy.”

Raghuveer singh Meena CWC Member said that announcement for New Solar Policy and Wind Policy, Export Promotion Policy are a visionary step for the state economy. New Food Processing Policy for Rajasthan will definitely bring more investment and employment, he added.

He said, “CII has been demanding to give the benefit of state GST to new industries as was there during the VAT regime. Announcement of 100% GST redemption; 100% waiver in stamp duty, electricity duty will attract more industries to invest in Rajasthan.

Udaipur president Praveen Suthar of Federation of Rajasthan Trade and Industries (FORTI) said that the budget presented by the chief minister is a visionary which would boost business in the state.


 


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