With all praise for the State Budget presented by the finance minister Indira Hridayesh, the Chief Minister Harish Rawat lauded it as futuristic. “She has taken pains to fine-tune the urban and the rural in a perfect balance. It is a pro-mass Budget. The Budget augurs well for all the sectors of the economy- agriculture, horticulture, sugarcane, cooperative, Panchayati and Irrigation. Earlier, the Budget was focused on infrastructure development, but this time, she has allocated around Rs 2400 crore to PWD and disaster management department,” he said.
linking it to women empowerment, CM said that the finance minister had allocated 200 acre land in SIDCUl for the women entrepreneurs. “If you go into the details of the Budget you would understand that it has given outline for overall development of the State,” he said.
Referring appreciatively to the green and blue (water cess) bonus, CM said they would now focus on water conservation.
“She has laid stress on skilling the people. Subsequently, the purchasing power of the rural populace would increase. Finally, it will give boost to the State’s economy. Besides, she has also taken care of who are known as Dai ma who helps in delivery in rural areas, Shagun (who sings pious song to celebrate the birth of a child and the young girls by promising them to sanitary napkins,” he said.