Ministers of the state cabinet have welcomed the state budget for the financial year 2017-18.
Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Minister Gaurishankar Bisen said that the Madhya Pradesh budget is a budget that gives pace to development along with farming. Bisen said that with adequate provision for separate schemes in agriculture sector, now farming will become easier for farmers. He said that the budget takes care of people from every category and every sector. He congratulated Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Finance Minister Jayant Malaiyya for presenting a ‘Good Budget, Everyones’s Budget (Achcha Budget, Sabka Budget).
Home and Transport Minister Bhupendra Singh said that the Madhya Pradesh budget is an amalgamation of the all round development of the state and people’s joy. Welfare of all categories has been taken care of in the budget. Solid efforts have been made to ensure that people’s daily life is peaceful and happy.
Singh said that a provision of nearly `6,000 under various heads has been made for improving the law and order system in the state. This is definitely encouraging. The budget strengthens Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s resolve for the all round development of the state. Provision of more than `33,000 crores has been made for the welfare of farmers. By stressing on the proper development of rural and urban areas, solid initiative has been taken to improve common man’s life.
State Minister (independent charge) for Cooperatives Vishwas Sarang said that the budget for the year 2017-18 was one that has come up to the people’s expectations. He said that while the results of the government’s public welfare schemes in the last ten years are visible in the budget, the stern resolve to bring Madhya Pradesh among the leading states of the country is also apparent. Sarang said that now no poor person will sleep hungry thanks to the Deendayal Rasoi Yojana. He congratulated Chief Minister for this historic decision. Sarang said that while the budget underlines the heights of development on the one hand, it also expresses its resolve to empower the social sector on the other hand.
Urban Development and Housing Minister Maya Singh termed the budget proposed for the year 2017-18 by Finance Minister Jayant Malaiyya is resolved to give prosperity to all and take away all sadness. She said that the budget has the resolve of ‘Sabke Saath Sabka Vikas’. She said that the budget embodies the thoughts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the dreams of Chief Minister Chouhan.
Maya Singh has said that the development rate of Madhya Pradesh is more than the national average is a big achievement. Singh termed as ‘historic’ the decision of pension facility to all widows except working widows and the provision of food to the poor for `5 through Deendayal Rasoi.