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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot presents the 2021-22 State Budget. Here are a few salient features

Fiscal Indicators:

  • Estimated revenue receipts Rs 1 lakh 84 thousand 330 crore 13 lakh.
  • Estimated revenue expenditure Rs 2 lakh 8 thousand 80 crore 17 lakh.
  • Estimated revenue deficit Rs 23 thousand 750 crore 4 lakh.
  • Estimated fiscal deficit 147 thousand 652 crore 77 lakh which is 3.98 per cent of GSDP.
  • First paperless budget in the State.

Corona management:

  • Special COVID package.
  • 2000 each to 33 lakh destitute families.
  • Interest free loan up to Rs 50,000.
  • Seed money to start-ups, five lakh each.

Medical and health :

  • Rajasthan Model of Public Health (RMPH).
  • Nursing colleges at 25 district headquarters.
  • Construction of hospital buildings and increase in various facilities including beds.
  • 30 new PHCs and upgrading of 50 PHCs to CHCs.
  • Upgrading hospitals as district hospitals, 10 new trauma centres.
  • New district hospitals at Kota with 150 beds.
  • Increase of 1000 beds in different hospitals.
  • 12,000 Health and Wellness Centres.
  • New ICU and NICU at medical colleges and new ICU at district hospitals.
  • Institute of Tropical Medicine and Virology and Institute of Cardiology at Jaipur.
  • Increase of medical facilities at SMS Medical College, Jaipur.
  • ‘Umaid Post Graduate Institute of Maternity and Neonatology and ‘Regional Cancer Institute’ at Jodhpur.

Road Safety:

  • New Jeevan Rakshak Yojana.
  • Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS)
  • Primary Trauma Centre at 40 CHCs.
  • Rs 100 cr for Dedicated Road Safety Fund.
  • New DTO and Sub DTO offices.

Education:

  • Smart TVs and set-top boxes in schools, Rs 82 cr.
  • 1200 new English medium-Mahatma Gandhi Schools in next two years.
  • Increase in infrastructure facilities in schools, Rs 1450 cr.
  • Directorate of Peace and Non-Violence.
  • Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Governance and Social Sciences-MGIGSS at Jaipur.
  • Fintech Digital University at Jodhpur.
  • Rajasthan Institute of Advanced Learning at Jaipur.
  • New colleges including girls-Sanskrit colleges and new ITIs.
  • Four new girls colleges in the name of Late MLAs Master Bhanwar Lai, Kailash Trivedi, Kiran Maheshwari and Gajendra Singh Shaktawat.
  • Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Advance Technology (R-CAT) at Jaipur, Rs 200 Cr.
  • Science and Space Clubs in 1500 government schools.

Youth and Employment:

  • Internship of unemployed youth under Mukhyamantri yuva sambal yojana-2019, hike of Rs 1,000 in allowance.
  • Constitution of Rajeev Gandhi Yuva Core, 2500 Rajeev Gandhi Yuva Mitra and 50000 Rajeev Gandhi Yuva Volunteers.
  • Common Eligibility Test, one-time verification system.
  • Free travel in Rajasthan Roadways for exams.
  • Recruitment on more than 50,000 posts in next two years.
  • Indoor stadium at Pratapgarh and Stadium at Rajasmand and Sirohi.
  • Gram Panchayat, Block, District and State level Popular games tournaments, expenditure of Rs 30 cr.
  • Two new residential sports schools at Jodhpur and Jaipur.
  • New archery academy at Dungarpur and Handball academy at Jaisalmer.

Agriculture and Animal Husbandry:

  • Agriculture Budget from next year.
  • Minifood park in each district, Rs 200 Cr.
  • Mega food park at Mathania-Jodhpur, Rs  100 Cr.
  • 1000 Kisan Sewa Kendra, 1000 new posts of agriculture supervisors.
  • Provision of more than Rs 16000 cr for agriculture electricity subsidy.
  • New Agri-Discom.
  • 50,000 solar pumps and 50,000 agriculture electricity connection to the farmers.
  • Works of Rs 1000 cr at Krishi Upaj Mandis.
  • Kisan Complex at Jodhpur, Rs 20 cr.
  • Three new agriculture colleges at Dugarpur, Hindauli, Hanumangarh.

Industries:

  • New MSME policy.
  • Industrial areas at 64 sub divisions.
  • Organising Rajasthan Investors Summit at Jaipur.
  • Fintech Park (Financial Technology) at Jaipur.

Social Security:

  • Announcement of Rajasthan Pattern.
  • Rajasthan Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Development Law.
  • Ambedkar DBT Voucher Scheme, 5000 Beneficiaries.
  • Eight new ekalavya model residential schools.
  • Construction of eight minority boys hostels.
  • Construction of three minority girls residential schools.
  • Minority boys hostels at Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota.
  • SC, ST, OBC, Minority Development Funds, Rs 100 cr each.
  • Increase in scholarship of special abled students.
  • n2000 scooty for specially abled students and youths.

Infrastructure Development:

Roads — Urban Development:

  • New State Road Policy 2021.
  • Major repair works of three prominent roads in each district, Rs 1900 cr.
  • Major repair works of roads in Nagar Nigam, Nagar Parishad and Nagar Palika areas.
  • Development of 27 state highways, Rs 3880 cr.
  • DPR of high level bridge in Kota district.
  • Constitutional Club at Jaipur.
  • Master Drainage System for Bharatpur, Rs 200 cr.

PHED-WRD:

  • 12 new major drinking water projects under JJM, Rs 4700 cr.
  • Starting of six new projects worth Rs 2285 cr under JJM.
  • Drinking water connections to 20 lac households under JJM.
  • DPR for 22 projects under JJM.
  • Providing drinking water from Kumbharam lift, Rs 7700 cr.

Energy:

  • Energy Policy 2021-2050
  • Green Corridor of 6.3 Gigawatts by RRVPN.

Forest and Environment:

  • Development of Keoladeo National Park as Wetland Birds Habitat Conservation Centre.
  • Wildlife Management Training Centre at Talchapar Sanctuary, Churu.
  • Kailash Sankhla Smriti Van at Jodhpur.

Tourism, Art and Culture :

  • Provision of Rs 500 cr in Tourism Development Fund.
  • Shekhawati Tourist Circuit.
  • Godawad Tourist Circuit.
  • Renovation of seven RTDC midways, Rs 10 cr.
  • Religious Tourist Circuits, Rs 100 cr.