VIDEO OF SAURABH PATEL FINANCE MINISTER TALKS ON GUJARAT BUDGET
Article by Darshana Jamindar
Today, Saurabh Patel,Finance Minister of Gujarat presented Modified Budget estimates for the fiscal year 2014-15 in Gujarat Assembly during Budget Session. Budget was presented in presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and MLAs from ruling and opposition.
Facts and Figures of Gujarat state budget for year 2014-15
Sr Head Provision (Rs in crores)
No
1 Agriculture & Allied Activities 4358.20
2 Rural Development 2311.30
3 Special Area Programme 233.84
4 Irrigation and Flood Control 13035.32
5 Energy 5097.35
6 Industries & Mines 2223.42
7 Transportation 5638.00
8 Communication 761.58
9 Science and Technology 544.25
10 General Economic Services 2237.09
11 Social Services 34781.50
12 general Services 118.60
Total 71330.44
Other highlights of Gujarat state Budget:
- A scheme for godown in farms to be introduced
- Women administered milk producing cooperative groups to be doubled in a year. Govt incentive on land, loan, equipment etc
- Virtual classrooms and online education to be introduced in primary schools with focus on English and Maths
- World class knowledge hub to be set up in Padra near Vadodara, 8 new naval units to be launched for training of students
- Free medical treatment scheme for poor expanded to girls below 21 and middle class people with specific anual income bar
- Upgradation of Gujarat Cancer Institute with a centre in Rajkot. More beds to be added to UN Mehta Heart institute
- Anganwadi teachers, helpers to get specific pay hike every month
- Doodh Sanjeevani Yojana (free milk to students for nutrition push) expanded. It will now cover over 5 lakh students.
- 26 new Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) to be set up. Stipend of students to be doubled. Girls in ITIs to get bicycle.
- Bus concession to ITI students. Bankable loan to students to set up their own business. Tablets to ITI students.
- Overseas employment, career guidance centres to be set up. Employment exchange to be set up.
- Assistance for housing, hostel, education, free medical service, coaching etc to construction labourers
- Narmada river bridge next to Sardar bridge in Bharuch. Umargam-Sanjan bridge.
- Over 2,000 km long power lines to be laid out this year. Over one lakh new agri power connections on target.
- Gujarat Gas-GSPC merger this year. It will emerge as India’s largest gas distributing company.
- Commercial production of gas at KG basin soon.
- Rs. 150 crore for new LNG terminal at Mundra
- Rs. 100 crore Laghu Udhyog Protsahan Yojana announced
- Vacant plots of GIDC to be given to micro / small units with multi-storey buildings
- Number of announcements for push to micro / small industrial units
- Gujarta Budget: Salt workers to be given assistance for purchase of diesel engine
- Rs. 10 crore for Dholera airport.
- Rs. 50 crore convention center to be set up in Vadodara. Gujarat Desk to be set up abroad in specific countries.
- Allocation for tourists places at Gopnath, Dumas, Nargol,, Saputara, Chanod, Polo, Aajwa garden, Patan etc
- Allocation for Ankleshwar, Palitana, Morbi air strips. Rs. 1 crore allocated for Air show.
- 100 new Garvi Gurjari show rooms to be set up across India in 3 years. Online portal for handicraft selling.
- Plan for permanent solution of water problem in Lakhpat taluka of Kutch
- Rs. 250 crore for Ahmedabad Metro Project. Work on this project to kick off this year. Allocation for ring roads in cities.
- Rs 324 crore increase in Octroi grant in 10% to 25% range to municipalities and municipal corporations
- Rs. 10 crore allocation to install fencing and build underpass next to railway line that threatens lions in Amreli district
- First phase allocation of Rs. 10 crore to set up cultural centre dedicated to Gujarat
- Bhavnagar, Junagadh jails to be shifted from their current locations.
- Social media cell to be set up.
- MLAs to get Rs.1 crore grant for development of their constituency instead of Rs. 50 lakh (at present).
