State Budgets

Adityanath's budget to focus on BJP's 'Sankalp Patra' poll promises

We are proceeding ahead in accordance with the promises made in the BJP's Sankalp Patra for the 2022 U.P. polls: State finance minister

Budget dedicated to overall development of Uttar Pradesh: Adityanath

State Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said the budget would be for the welfare of the people and according to the BJP's 'Sankalp Patra'

UP budget to focus on infra, employment, youth and women: State FM

Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna on Thursday said that the state's budget for 2022-2023 would focus on infrastructure, employment generation, youth and women.Addressing the media, he said it's the first budget in the second innings of UP state government."We would try to fullfil our promises. The focus of this Budget is on the creation of infrastructure, generation of employment opportunities, youth and women. No new tax has been introduced," said Khanna.He also highlighted that "Our economic situation has been improving even during the pandemic."The first session of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly in Lucknow elected members was held on May 23.Earlier, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday had said that Uttar Pradesh budget for 2022-23 will be introduced on May 26.

Welfare schemes galore in Rajasthan's budget, but are they sustainable?

Like most other state budgets, Rajasthan's appears to have been crafted with one eye on the polls, while side-stepping on the issue of resources available to finance its programmes

Tamil Nadu Budget aims to cut revenue deficit by Rs 7,000 crore

Rs 2,531 crore for waiver of agricultural loans, Rs 1,000 crore for waiver of jewel loans and Rs 600 crore for waiving self-help group loans has been allotted

Budget: Tamil Nadu to close FY23 with Rs 6.3-trn debt, says state FM

Tamil Nadu is expected to end up with a total debt of Rs 653,348.73 crore by March 31, 2022, Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan said on Friday.

Assam FM presents deficit Budget, proposes green tax for old vehicles

Assam Finance Minister Ajanta Neog on Wednesday presented a Rs 2,83,494.64 crore tax-free Budget for FY 2022-23, in which he proposed to levy green tax on the use of old vehicles.

Congress will raise price rise and other issues in Assam assembly

Opposition leader in Assam Assembly Debabrata said that Cong has planned to raise various issues, such as law and order, price rise and border disputes, during budget session, starting on March 14

Boost to IT, industries, infra in Kerala during its first paperless budget

The Left government in Kerala on Friday presented a budget which made huge allocations to information technology, industries and infrastructure.

Maha FM presents revenue deficit budget; introduces GST amnesty scheme

Tabling the third budget of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in the Legislative Assembly, Pawar said a provision of Rs 1,50,000 crore has been made for the annual plan

WB govt presents Rs 3.21-trn FY23 budget; incentives for EVs, tea sector

Capital expenditure for the fiscal is estimated to be Rs 33,144 crore, and revenue expenditure is pegged at Rs 2,26,326 crore

Maharashtra Budget: 'Medicity' offering all treatments to come up near Pune

A sprawling 'Medicity' offering all kinds of treatments at one place will come up near Pune, Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar announced while presenting the state Budget on Friday.

Kerala govt sets aside Rs 10 crore to support Ukraine-repatriated students

The Kerala Government said it would provide necessary assistance to the state students repatriated from war-torn Ukraine to recover their lost certificates and valuables and continue their studies.

MP govt presents Rs 2.79-trn tax-free budget; focus on infra, child welfare

For the first time, the state government presented a 'child budget' as part of the annual financial plan, allocating Rs 57,800 crore for 220 schemes under 17 departments, including education

Haryana CM presents budget of Rs 177,256 cr, announces Sushma Swaraj Award

The budget outlay comprises 34.4 per cent as capital expenditure of Rs 61,057.36 crore, while 65.6 per cent as revenue expenditure of Rs 1,6,198.63 crore

Telangana government presents tax free budget for 2022-23

The budget proposed an outlay of Rs 17,700 crore for the state government's flagship Dalit welfare scheme 'Dalit Bandhu'

Karnataka Budget: CM proposes doing away with govt control over temples

In his maiden budget for 2022-23 presented on Friday, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai proposed for doing away with government control on temples in the state by giving autonomy to those coming under the purview of Endowment department. He had first indicated about bringing in a law aimed at 'freeing' Hindu temples from state control, while addressing the BJP state executive meeting in December last year. "There is a long pending demand to do away with the government control on the temples. By considering these demands of devotees, autonomy will be given to temples coming under the purview of the Endowment department. Necessary legal action will be taken to delegate the discretion of developmental works to the temples," Bommai said in his budget speech. A total of 34,563 temples in the state come under Muzrai (Endowment) department, and they have been categorised as grade A, B and C, based on their revenue generation. A total of 207 temples with annual revenue above Rs 25

No new tax in Himachal budget, age limit for old-age pension at 60 yrs

Presenting his fifth and the last budget of the current government, Thakur announced to decrease the age limit for availing such pension without any income limit from 70 years to 60 years

BJP govt to present last budget of poll-bound Gujarat on March 3

This will be the BJP government's last budget before the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in December

Helping poor people top priority of Jharkhand govt policies: Governor

In his address to the Assembly at the start of the Budget Session, the governor spoke of the initiatives to create jobs in rural areas, and augment health infrastructure to fight the Covid-19 pandemic