The Chhattisgarh unit of BJP on Wednesday welcomed the State budget presented by Chief Minister Raman Singh and termed it a ‘common man’s’ budget.
The budget has increased expenditure on development by 21 per cent and it also aims at achieving 7.6 per cent GDP growth, said State BJP Chief Dharamlal Kaushik.
He outlined the fact that today Chhattisgarh is the State with least amount of debt and mentioned it as a matter of pride.
“We can say the State budget as all-inclusive,” he said. According to Kaushik, farmers in Chhattisgarh despite working in adverse conditions had won ‘Krishi Karman’ award.
The allocations for crop insurance of Rs200 crore, for irrigation Rs2574 crore, Rs47 crore for Kelo irrigation project, Rs169 for Arpa irrigation scheme, Rs21 crore for establishing 19 laboratories meant to examine agriculture lands, Rs150 crore for subsidy on seeds, Rs243 crore to provide power to about 23,000 irrigation pumps, subsidy on diesel pumps and several other provisions are worth lauding, he said.
Spokesperson Chhattisgarh BJP unit Sachchidanand Upasne said Chief Minister has also taken care of public health services in the budget.
Construction of new 100 bed hospitals in seven districts, expanding 100 more beds in district hospital Durg, a 100 bed new hospital at Jagdalpur with support of NMDC ltd, increasing the amount under Mukhya Mantri Swasthya Yojana from Rs30,000 to Rs50,000 additional assistance of Rs30,000 for people above 60 years and Rs70,000 assistance for journalists are worth appreciating, he said.