Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said effort would be made to included maximum suggestions of the MLAs received during the 3-day Pre-Budget Consultations in the State Budget for year 2020-21 to be presented in the Budget Session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha commencing on Thursday.
Speaking in the valedictory session of 3-day Pre-Budget Consultations 2020-21 with MLAs in Panchkula, Khattar said work to prepare Budget would commence now and he has directed senior officers of Finance Department that viable suggestions received during the 3-day Pre-Budget Consultations with MLAs and in other meetings with different stakeholders held earlier should be adjusted in the Budget in consultation with Ministers and Administrative Secretaries concerned.
On the final day of the meeting, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa, Ministers and MLAs were present.
Khattar, however, added that suggestions would be included keeping in view the limitation of the Budget.
He said that Pre-Budget Consultations with MLAs is a first-of-its-kind initiative wherein the MLAs representing different constituencies participated in the discussions considering the whole State as a unit and gave their suggestions by rising above the party lines to prepare such a Budget that would fulfil the aspirations of people of the State.
Describing the consultation meeting as a “Session of Thoughts and Ideas”, Khattar said that it has provided a platform to the MLAs to express their suggestions on the budget of the State without any debate unlike the Vidhan Sabha where the public representatives raise issues concerning their constituencies only. He appreciated that besides new suggestions, they also suggested measures to increase the State revenue.
He said that the decision to organize this 3 -day consultation with MLAs was taken during the training programmes of MLAs held recently in Haryana Vidhan Sabha in which Speaker of Lok Sabha Mr Om Birla also delievered his address.
Earlier, Additional Chief Secretary Finance T.V.S.N Prasad said that a complete record of all the suggestions given by MLAs during the 3-day consultation would be maintained and effort would be made to include maximum suggestions in the State Budget for the year 2020-21.