The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal praised his Deputy Manish Sisodia for presenting ‘Rozgaar Budget 2023-23 which pushed for an employment boost and measures to fight inflation in the national Capital. Kejriwal said that their Government had presented a holistic plan to generate 20 lakhs employment opportunities in five years.
Kejriwal also said that the Delhi Government has managed to increase its budget by 2.5x since coming to power because of its commitment to honesty.
Sisodia, who is also Delhi’s Finance Minister, presented the budget in the Assembly on Saturday with an outlay of Rs 75,800 crore for the financial year 2022-23, focusing on creating 20 lakh jobs in five years by setting up an electronic city and promoting night economy, retail and wholesale markets in the national Capital. “Government’s free education, healthcare, water, power and bus travel for women are a huge relief during backbreaking inflation. Health is one such sector which can push people into poverty and people are forced to sell their assets if someone falls ill,” said Kejriwal.
“This budget will go on to bring relief from inflation and provide employment in Delhi. Homeless children and beggars are not voters so no government till date tried helping them but our Government will build a residential school at a cost of 10 crores to rehabilitate them,” said Kejriwal in his speech during the budget session.
“It takes immense courage to take a resolve to generate 20 lakhs jobs and this is no election promise. 1.68 crore people of Delhi are job qualified today but only one third of those have jobs. We must increase the number of our workforce from 33 to 45 per cent and employ 76 lakhs people in the mainstream,” said Kejriwal.
“Delhi has emerged as the startup capital and through our startup policy, the youth will develop new business and increase employment opportunities. Food truck policy will be brought in to promote Delhi as a one of a kind food hub. There are huge plans to establish film policy, cloud kitchen clusters, and electronic city to support employment generation,” said Kejriwal.
Addressing the press after the budget presentation, Kejriwal said that the leap in the budget over the seven years is a result of the arduous and honest hard work – where AAP put an end to corruption, unnecessary Government expenditures, fixed leakages in revenue sources and spending.
“Five traditional markets in Delhi have been identified which will be entirely revamped and renovated, following which we expect the businesses to flourish like never before in these areas. A Delhi Shopping Festival will be organised to draw attention and crowd to Delhi, with a spike in tourism contributing to Delhi’s economy,” said Kejriwal.
“Delhi’s wholesale markets will be revived in the State and in addition, a Delhi Wholesale Festival will also be organised. An announcement was made regarding the Dilli Bazaar Portal, which will serve as a one stop destination for buyers and sellers for all markets and shops throughout Delhi. This will avail the facility of buying and selling 24x7, with the added bonus of shopping from the comfort of one’s home,” said Kejriwal.
“In the health department, Delhi is the only state where regardless of economic background, free treatment is available for all patients. If one unfortunately falls prey to a more serious disease which costs some 20-40 lakhs, they can head to GTB Hospital or LNJP or GB Pant, or any of the major 38 Delhi’s government hospitals, the entire treatment will be provided for free,” said Kejriwal adding that the Delhi Government will bear all costs, without asking whether you are rich or poor, no BPL card is needed to be shown.