In an announcement for the state govt workers who’ve been in search of fee of their arrears, finance minister Manpreet Badal mentioned a provision of Rs 9,000 crore has been made within the Finances for the sixth Punjab Pay Fee
Chandigarh: The Amarinder Singh-led authorities in Punjab on Monday introduced its final price range with a complete measurement of Rs 1,68,015 crore for 2021-22, making bulk of its provisions for agriculture, city growth, water assets, well being and different sectors.
Dedicating the state price range to the farmers who’re protesting in opposition to the Centre’s three farm legal guidelines, Finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal determined in opposition to levying any contemporary taxes within the state which is able to go to the Meeting polls early subsequent yr.
Saying the following part of the Congress-led authorities’s flagship programme ‘crop mortgage waiver scheme’, Badal introduced an allocation of Rs 1,712 crore by which Rs 1,186 crore of 1.13 lakh farmers and Rs 526 crore of landless farm employees shall be waived.
Already, the state authorities has given a debt reduction of Rs 4,624 crore to five.83 lakh small and marginal growers.
Amongst main Finances proposals, Badal introduced the implementation of the Sixth Pay Fee’s suggestions for the federal government workers from July and a Rs 3,780 crore scheme – ‘Kamyaab Kisan Khushaal Punjab’ for farmers.
The Finances additionally proposed one other dose of crop mortgage waiver, Rs 200 crore for crop diversification programme, doubling of old-age pension and elevating the quantity below the Ashirwad scheme and employment for youth.
With a speech laced with some couplets, Badal additionally introduced a free journey facility for girls within the state-owned enterprise buses in a please-all Finances.
In the course of the Finances speech, two Akali Dal legislators Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal and Dilraj Singh Bhundar staged a walkout from the Home for not proposing something for farmers who commit suicide.
After a while, AAP legislators additionally stormed into the properly of the Home and staged a walkout over the rising state debt.
In an announcement for the state authorities workers who’ve been in search of fee of their arrears, Badal mentioned a provision of Rs 9,000 crore has been made within the Finances for the sixth Punjab Pay Fee.
Anticipating the submission of the report of the Pay Fee quickly, Badal mentioned the suggestions of the pay panel shall be carried out from July 1 this yr.
“I additionally announce to pay the arrears, if any, in a staggered method of which the primary instalment shall be paid in October 2021 and the second instalment in January 2022”, mentioned Badal in his speech.
Stating that the well-being and prosperity of the farmers was the central theme of the Congress-led authorities, Badal introduced a brand new scheme ‘Kamyaab Kisan Khushaal Punjab’ value Rs 3,780 crore, aimed to enhance the revenue of farmers.
Below this scheme, some key initiatives are proposed like fixing the bottom worth for horticulture crops and fee of deficiency worth as compensation, two new schemes to mitigate the chance of producers, agricultural advertising innovation analysis and intelligence centre to help the farmers in fetching higher return by way of advertising intelligence reviews and so on, mentioned Badal.
With this scheme to be carried out within the subsequent three years, an outlay of Rs 1,104 crore has been proposed for 2021-22.
An quantity of Rs 7,180 crore was supplied in direction of free subsidy to farmers. The state authorities within the final 4 years had given free energy value Rs 23,851 crore, mentioned Badal.
The minister additionally introduced to boost old-age pension from Rs 750 per 30 days to Rs 1,500 per 30 days and improve the quantity below the Ashirwad scheme from Rs 21,000 to Rs 51,000 and shall be carried out from July.
Below the Ashirwad scheme, monetary help is supplied for the marriage of Scheduled Caste girls, daughters of widows of any caste and SC widows.
Each these had been a part of the ballot guarantees of Congress earlier than coming to energy in 2017.
Within the price range, Badal mentioned the state authorities supposed to recruit in opposition to one lakh vacancies in a phased method. The federal government will fill 48,989 posts within the first part and full the remaining recruitments as per accessible emptiness place throughout 2021-22, he said.
Up to now, the state authorities was capable of facilitate employment to 16.29 lakh youth until date and goals at facilitating employment to a different 10 lakh youth in subsequent yr for which the budgetary allocation of Rs 428 crore has been made, he mentioned.
To advertise the Punjabi language, Badal additionally proposed doubling award cash from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh for the Punjabi Sahit Ratan Award and from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh for the Shiromani Award given to numerous writers, poets, musicians, journalists, and so on.
As a tribute to freedom fighters, the FM additionally proposed growing the month-to-month pension from Rs 7,500 to Rs 9,400.
Giving a push to city growth, a hike of 68 per cent in allocation for city infrastructure at Rs 7,192 crore was made for the following fiscal.
A sum of Rs 3,822 crore has been put aside for strengthening the well being infrastructure, mentioned Badal including the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has solely underscored the significance of well being infrastructure and associated companies.
A 40 per cent improve within the allocation for water assets at Rs 3,214 crore has been made because the state authorities is dedicated to elevating the canal water facility.
Badal proposed a income deficit of Rs 8,622 crore and a fiscal deficit of Rs 24,240 crore for the following fiscal.
On excellent debt place, Badal mentioned the debt is prone to be Rs 2,73,703 crore by the tip of March 2022 as in opposition to Rs 252,880 crore for March 2021.
He mentioned he tried to restrict borrowings to the extent of 4 per cent of the gross state home product.
Badal slammed the Centre over the farm legal guidelines and mentioned he devoted this price range to the farmers of India and salute their inspirational battle that’s already on its approach to buying legendary standing.
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