Rajasthan Budget 2024 Latest News Update: Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari, who holds the finance portfolio, presented the state budget 2024-25 in the assembly, with an outlay of Rs 4.95 lakh crore for FY25. She had presented a Vote on Account (Interim Budget) in the assembly on February 8, with an outlay of Rs 1.75 lakh crore for the first four months of the financial year 2024-25. In the Rajasthan elections held in December last year, the Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma-led BJP government came to power. Presenting the Budget on Wednesday, Kumari said that the state government is working on 10 resolutions with an aim to make the state a 350 USD billion economy.
Key takeaways from Rajasthan Budget 2024-25:
-In the full budget for the financial year 2024-25, the government has estimated a revenue receipt at Rs 2.64 lakh crore, revenue expenditure at Rs 2.90 lakh crore and revenue deficit at Rs 25,258 crore.
-The fiscal deficit is estimated at 3.93 per cent of the GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product).
-Rs 27,000 crore for the health sector
-Rs 15,000 crore for providing tap water to 25 lakh rural houses
-State budget has announced the construction of a bio/pink toilet complex for women in public places in all urban areas of the state in a phased manner.
-Distribution of free tablets with internet to meritorious school students.
-The minister also said that the state has taken steps to curb paper leak incidents, adding that action has been taken against the mafia and more than 100 arrests have been made.
-In the tourism sector, the minister proposed various works with an outlay of Rs 200 crore at 20 major tourist places, including Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur and Pushkar.
-Formation of the Rajasthan Heritage Conservation and Development Authority, works under the Jaipur Walled City heritage development plan at Rs 100 crore
-Building ‘Rajasthan Mandapam’– a mega convention-cum-exhibition centre in Jaipur
-Four lakh vacancies to be filled in five years; youth policy will be made.
-Boost to solar energy: Model Solar Village in every district; 2 MW Decentralized Solar Plant; all government offices to be connected to solar energy
-Electricity connections to be provided to two lakh eight thousand houses in the next two years; more than 25 lakh smart meters to be installed.
-Pink Toilets: 67 toilets will be built in the first phase at a cost of Rs 17 crore; Biopink toilets will be built for women in urban bodies
-500 roadways buses and 300 electric buses will be purchased; 800 buses will be taken on service model
-Under Lakhpati Didi Scheme, 15 lakh women will be brought into the category of Lakhpati Didi.
-Electricity connection to 2 lakh households
-Allocation of Rs 100 crore for a corridor at Khatu Shyam temple; formation of the Rajasthan Tourism Development Board
-Nine greenfield expressways of more than 2,750 kilometres will be constructed in the state in a phased manner and a detailed project report (DPR) will be prepared at a cost of Rs 30 crore for this year. The expressways will be Jaipur-Kishangarh-Ajmer-Jodhpur, Kotputli-Kishangarh, Jaipur-Bhilwara, Bikaner-Kotputli, Beawar-Bharatpur, Jalore-Jhalawar, Ajmer-Banswara, Jaipur-Phalodi and Shri Ganganagar-Kotputli