State BJP president Dharamlal Kaushik has termed the State Budget presented by Chief Minister Raman Singh in State Assembly on Friday as ‘growth oriented’. “The Budget is in accordance with the thinking of Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay and will strengthen every person in the society. The Budget has taken care of farmers, businessmen, youth, women and tribal people living in hinterlands of the State and ensured that they are not left behind,” Kaushik said in a press statement released on Friday.
The soul of India lives in villages and several provisions have been made in the State Budget for empowering farmers living in village. For achieving Make in India and skilled India goals, funds have been allocated for skill development, he said, adding, this is the first budget of India where separate allocations have been made for youths, farmers and schedule caste/schedule tribe.
State General Secretary Shivratan Sharma expressing contentment over budget said that this budget will provide new dimensions to rural development. “Micro Irrigation has been focussed in the budget for the welfare of farmers,” he pointed out. BJP State General Secretary Bhupendra Savanni and Krishna Kumar Rai while welcoming the budget said that for promoting education in the State, the budget has provisioned establishment of middle/higher secondary schools, ITI and Polytechnic colleges.