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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot presents the 2021-22 State Budget. Here are a few salient features

Fiscal Indicators:

• Estimated revenue receipts Rs 1 lakh 84 thousand 330 crore 13 lakh.
• Estimated revenue expenditure Rs 2 lakh 8 thousand 80 crore 17 lakh.
• Estimated revenue deficit Rs 23 thousand 750 crore 4 lakh.
• Estimated fiscal deficit 147 thousand 652 crore 77 lakh which is 3.98 per cent of GSDP.
• First paperless budget in the State.

Corona management:

• Special COVID package.
• 2000 each to 33 lakh destitute families.
• Interest free loan up to Rs 50,000.
• Seed money to start-ups, five lakh each.

Medical and health :

• Rajasthan Model of Public Health (RMPH).
• Nursing colleges at 25 district headquarters.
• Construction of hospital buildings and increase in various facilities including beds.
• 30 new PHCs and upgrading of 50 PHCs to CHCs.
• Upgrading hospitals as district hospitals, 10 new trauma centres.
• New district hospitals at Kota with 150 beds.
• Increase of 1000 beds in different hospitals.
• 12,000 Health and Wellness Centres.
• New ICU and NICU at medical colleges and new ICU at district hospitals.
• Institute of Tropical Medicine and Virology and Institute of Cardiology at Jaipur.
• Increase of medical facilities at SMS Medical College, Jaipur.
• ‘Umaid Post Graduate Institute of Maternity and Neonatology and ‘Regional Cancer Institute’ at Jodhpur.

Road Safety:

• New Jeevan Rakshak Yojana.
• Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS)
• Primary Trauma Centre at 40 CHCs.
• Rs 100 cr for Dedicated Road Safety Fund.
• New DTO and Sub DTO offices.

Education:

• Smart TVs and set-top boxes in schools, Rs 82 cr.
• 1200 new English medium-Mahatma Gandhi Schools in next two years.
• Increase in infrastructure facilities in schools, Rs 1450 cr.
• Directorate of Peace and Non-Violence.
• Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Governance and Social Sciences-MGIGSS at Jaipur.
• Fintech Digital University at Jodhpur.
• Rajasthan Institute of Advanced Learning at Jaipur.
• New colleges including girls-Sanskrit colleges and new ITIs.
• Four new girls colleges in the name of Late MLAs Master Bhanwar Lai, Kailash Trivedi, Kiran Maheshwari and Gajendra Singh Shaktawat.
• Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Advance Technology (R-CAT) at Jaipur, Rs 200 Cr.
• Science and Space Clubs in 1500 government schools.

Youth and Employment:

• Internship of unemployed youth under Mukhyamantri yuva sambal yojana-2019, hike of Rs 1,000 in allowance.
• Constitution of Rajeev Gandhi Yuva Core, 2500 Rajeev Gandhi Yuva Mitra and 50000 Rajeev Gandhi Yuva Volunteers.
• Common Eligibility Test, one-time verification system.
• Free travel in Rajasthan Roadways for exams.
• Recruitment on more than 50,000 posts in next two years.
• Indoor stadium at Pratapgarh and Stadium at Rajasmand and Sirohi.
• Gram Panchayat, Block, District and State level Popular games tournaments, expenditure of Rs 30 cr.
• Two new residential sports schools at Jodhpur and Jaipur.
• New archery academy at Dungarpur and Handball academy at Jaisalmer.

Agriculture and Animal Husbandry:

• Agriculture Budget from next year.
• Minifood park in each district, Rs 200 Cr.
• Mega food park at Mathania-Jodhpur, Rs  100 Cr.
• 1000 Kisan Sewa Kendra, 1000 new posts of agriculture supervisors.
• Provision of more than Rs 16000 cr for agriculture electricity subsidy.
• New Agri-Discom.
• 50,000 solar pumps and 50,000 agriculture electricity connection to the farmers.
• Works of Rs 1000 cr at Krishi Upaj Mandis.
• Kisan Complex at Jodhpur, Rs 20 cr.
• Three new agriculture colleges at Dugarpur, Hindauli, Hanumangarh.

Industries:

• New MSME policy.
• Industrial areas at 64 sub divisions.
• Organising Rajasthan Investors Summit at Jaipur.
• Fintech Park (Financial Technology) at Jaipur.

Social Security:

• Announcement of Rajasthan Pattern.
• Rajasthan Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Development Law.
• Ambedkar DBT Voucher Scheme, 5000 Beneficiaries.
• Eight new ekalavya model residential schools.
• Construction of eight minority boys hostels.
• Construction of three minority girls residential schools.
• Minority boys hostels at Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota.
• SC, ST, OBC, Minority Development Funds, Rs 100 cr each.
• Increase in scholarship of special abled students.
• n2000 scooty for specially abled students and youths.

Infrastructure Development:

Roads — Urban Development:

• New State Road Policy 2021.
• Major repair works of three prominent roads in each district, Rs 1900 cr.
• Major repair works of roads in Nagar Nigam, Nagar Parishad and Nagar Palika areas.
• Development of 27 state highways, Rs 3880 cr.
• DPR of high level bridge in Kota district.
• Constitutional Club at Jaipur.
• Master Drainage System for Bharatpur, Rs 200 cr.

PHED-WRD:

• 12 new major drinking water projects under JJM, Rs 4700 cr.
• Starting of six new projects worth Rs 2285 cr under JJM.
• Drinking water connections to 20 lac households under JJM.
• DPR for 22 projects under JJM.
• Providing drinking water from Kumbharam lift, Rs 7700 cr.

Energy:

• Energy Policy 2021-2050
• Green Corridor of 6.3 Gigawatts by RRVPN.

Forest and Environment:

• Development of Keoladeo National Park as Wetland Birds Habitat Conservation Centre.
• Wildlife Management Training Centre at Talchapar Sanctuary, Churu.
• Kailash Sankhla Smriti Van at Jodhpur.

Tourism, Art and Culture :

• Provision of Rs 500 cr in Tourism Development Fund.
• Shekhawati Tourist Circuit.
• Godawad Tourist Circuit.
• Renovation of seven RTDC midways, Rs 10 cr.
• Religious Tourist Circuits, Rs 100 cr.