Rajasthan Budget 2023: The state assembly was left in disarray on Friday after opposition members created ruckus and ruckus as they alleged that CM Gehlot read out an old budget document in the House. The play had to be postponed for a while. As proceedings began for the second time, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot announced fancy schemes including free electricity to farmers, no new taxes, Rs 200 crore welfare fund and others. Here the major announcements of CM Gehlot have been mentioned.
free electricity to farmers
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday announced free electricity to over 11 lakh farmers consuming less than 2,000 units per month. In his budget speech for 2023-24, the Chief Minister said that uninterrupted power supply to agriculture is the priority of the state government. Gehlot said that farmers consuming up to 2,000 units per month would get free electricity from the financial year 2023-24.
He also announced the enactment of the Rajasthan Farmers’ Debt Relief Act to protect the land of small and marginal farmers from being auctioned.
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no new tax announced
No new tax has been announced in the state budget 2023-24. This is the last budget of the present government as assembly elections are due in the state later this year. Gehlot, who also holds the finance portfolio, said no new tax was imposed in the last four budgets as well and people were given relief. , relief and progress).
old pension scheme for employees
He also promised to provide benefits under the old pension scheme to the employees of various boards and corporations in the state. The chief minister had announced the revival of the old pension scheme for state government employees in his government’s budget last year. In the Rajasthan Budget 2023-24, Gehlot said that employees of boards, corporations, academies and universities will be given the benefit of the old pension scheme. He said that this would benefit more than one lakh employees.
Enactment of Gig Workers Welfare Act
Showing concern for gig workers, he announced the enactment of the Gig Workers Welfare Act, setting up of a board and a welfare fund of Rs 200 crore in his government’s 2023-24 budget. He said gig workers work with Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato, Amazon and other companies and their number is increasing. Gehlot said that the scope of gig economy is increasing and the number of gig workers in the state has increased to 3-4 lakhs, till now there was no social security system for them.
“To save them from harassment, I propose to bring the Gig Workers Welfare Act, under which a Gig Workers Welfare Fund will be set up with Rs 200 crore, along with the formation of a Gig Workers Welfare Board.” His budget speech.
inflation relief package
One of his biggest announcements of the day included an inflation relief package of Rs 19,000 crore in the state budget for 2023-24 to provide relief to the public from rising prices. The package includes free food packets every month to poor families, LPG cylinders for Rs 500 under the Ujjwala scheme and free electricity up to 100 units per month to domestic consumers.
Gehlot, who also holds the finance portfolio, announced an increase in the coverage amount per family from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 25 lakh in his ambitious Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana. I announce free ration to about one crore families coming under the purview of the National Food Security Act along with free packets of Chief Minister Annapurna food every month.
76 lakh families included in BPL
The Congress leader further said, “Around 76 lakh families covered under BPL and Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana will get LPG cylinders at Rs 500 from next year. Rs 1,500 crore will be spent on this.”
100 units of electricity free every month
“Domestic consumers will be given 100 units of electricity free per month under the Mukhyamantri Bijli Mufti Yojana. Last year the limit was 50 units,” he said. With this, more than 1.04 crore out of 1.19 crore families in the state will be able to get free household electricity. The state will have to bear a burden of Rs 7,000 crore on this.
Gehlot said that the state government aims to provide free electricity to domestic consumers consuming 300 units per month in a phased manner. The chief minister also announced enhancement of accident insurance coverage from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh under the Chiranjeevi scheme.
(With inputs from PTI)
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