YOUTH PIN HIGH HOPES ON STATE BUDGET

First India Bureau

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is going to present the State Budget in the assembly on Friday at 11 am.

The budget this time will focus on the youth and nearly one lakh recruitments are expected to be announced in different departments.

The government is likely to bring a plan to give huge discounts and packages to start new businesses.

There is likely to be a lot of focus on social welfare schemes in the budget. Announcements of many direct benefit schemes for youth, farmers, employees, elderly and women are likely in the budget. In order to reduce the budget of kitchen, the CM has already announced giving gas cylinders for Rs 500 to eligible families under the Ujjwala scheme. There would also be an announcement of a plan to provide food kits to every family to give them relief from inflation.

A new law is likely to be announced in the budget to protect work-

New law likely to be announced to boost State’s gig economy and for the welfare of app-based workers

Accident insurance likely to be hiked under Chiranjeevi Scheme; bonus expected for dairy farmers

All Govt, private colleges to live stream State Budget

First India Bureau Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will present the State Budget 2023-24 in the assembly on Friday.

For the first time, the budget will be shown live in all government and private colleges of the state. The college education commissionerate issued an order on Wednesday directing all the government and private colleges of the state to show the budget live. The colleges have been asked to arrange a live telecast of the budget speech in auditoriums/ meeting halls so that a maximum number of students, teachers and heads of institutions can watch it. ers of app base platforms. New schemes may also be announced for the social security of such employees working in the gig economy. In a rally held in Alwar during Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi had asked to bring schemes for social security of the workers working in businesses like Ola,

The budget will be telecasted live on social media platforms.

Prior to this, programs like Mann Ki Baat and Pariksha Pe Charcha of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have also been telecasted live in schools and colleges.

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CM is likely to make an announcement for Metro Rail in Jodhpur, Kota and Jaipur may get the metro rail’s second phase from Sitapura to Ambabadi.

There is a possibility of announcement of zero bill on 30,000 liters of water for domestic consumers. There is no charge for water up to

15,000 litres, but at present Rs 49 is being charged as seepage charge and surcharge on it, now it is proposed to make it completely free. The CM is expected to announce the facility of work from home during periods for women government employees. For this, a change in the service rules may be an- nounced. The State Social Welfare Board had recently sent its proposal to the State Government. This announcement can be made to give a message to women employees in the election year.

Also, 50 per cent concession in fair in Rajasthan Roadways buses for female passengers is likely to be an - nounced. A new policy of water connection to religious places is also expected in the budget. There is a proposal to provide water to temples and other religious places on zero bill. The Water Supply Department had recently conducted a survey of religious places across the state. In the budget, the benefits of Old Pension Scheme can also be given to the employees of boards, corporations, universities and autonomous institutions run with government assistance.

The CM had announced to give OPS to government employees in the last budget.

Pension scheme for farmers may be expand- ed. The scheme is expected to be announced for all small farmers.

Indira Rasoi can be opened in areas dominated by daily wage workers and laborers. It can be opened in hospitals and areas with movement of people across the state. New districts are expected to be announced in the budget. In the last budget, the CM had announced the formation of a committee for the formation of new districts. The government formed a committee but the report is yet to come.

The government will make provision in the budget for new districts, new divisions and subdivisions. It is also possible that CM Gehlot may announce these in response to the debate on the Appropriation Bill, because the government has not yet received the report of the Committee.

A separate free hand budget would be given to the State assembly in the budget. The budget of the assembly can remain outside the purview of government audit.