Chhattisgarh’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president Vishnudev Sai on Saturday termed the State Budget 2014-15 as ‘development oriented’.
“While there are projections on the country’s financial growth rate getting below 5 per cent, Chhattisgarh with better fiscal management practices, is expected to achieve the growth rate of over 7 per cent,” Sai said in his Budget reactions through a statement issued here on Saturday. He said that Chief Minister Raman Singh has also provided relief to the general public by not announcing any fresh taxes. Sai said that the Budget has set a milestone by proposing free education for women till the graduation level.
Meanwhile, terming the Rs 54,710 crore tax free Budget presented by Chief Minister Raman Singh as ‘revolutionary’, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) , the youth wing of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJYM) in a statement said it was as per the aspirations of the state people. Describing the impact it will have in the district of Durg, the state executive member of the BJYM Rajendra Padhy said Durg town is an educational hub and the region will benefit because of the allocation made in the budget for education sector.
He said the proposal to set up Prayas schools for the education of the children of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe, is a welcome step. Padhy said by fulfilling the long pending demand to set up a college at Khursipar following on the basis of the proposal of the education minister Prem Prakash Pandey, the government has provided a wonderful gift to the students of the region.
Padhy said he had proposed to the then minister Nankiram Kanwar to increase the capacity of the central jail at Durg.By proposing to enhance the capacity to four fold the government has taken steps to provide relief to the prisoners who live in this overcrowded jail. Similarly he said in the budget, provision has been made to create new job opportunities in the transport sector of Durg.
Padhy said the budget is also farmer and women centric and offers to improve the life of common men. Describing the decision of the government to offer interest free loan to farmers as historic, he said the move will help the farmers to improve their social economical status.