He said that an electronic city will be set up at Baprola to create 80,000 jobs by attracting big IT companies and added that a “food truck policy” will also be introduced under which local delicacies will be promoted.
New Delhi: With focus on employment generation, Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia on Saturday presented a Rs 75,800-crore Budget for the financial year 2022-23. Sisodia, while presenting the eighth Budget of the Aam Aadmi Party-led government at the Delhi assembly, termed it a ‘Rozgar Budget’.
He said, “The city government will spend Rs 4,500 crore in the next five years to generate 20 lakh jobs and Rs 800 crore will be set aside in the 2022-23 Budget for the purpose,” he said, adding, “Under its ‘Rozgar Budget’, the Kejriwal government will organise shopping festivals to promote retail and wholesale markets in the city, seeking to make these places attractive for tourists and create jobs to boost the economy. An amount of Rs 250 crore has been allocated for this in the 2022-23 Budget.”
“In the next one or two years, other state governments will also learn from this (Rozgar Budget) on how both government and private sectors can provide opportunities for the people. An artificial intelligence-based website and a mobile application — Rozgar Bazaar 2.0 — will be launched with an aim to provide at least one lakh jobs every year to the youngsters of Delhi, especially the women,” Sisodia said in his Budget speech.
GOVERNMENT to spend Rs 4,500 crore in the next five years to generate 20 lakh jobs and Rs 800 crore to be set aside for financial year 2022-23
ELECTRONIC city to be set up at Baprola to create 80,000 jobs by attracting big IT companies
EDUCATION sector gets Rs 16,278 crore, heath gets Rs 9,669 crore
RUPEES 1,900 crore proposed to upgrade state-run hospitals. Rs 475 crore set aside for Mohalla Clinics and polyclinics
INTRODUCTION of ‘Delhi Film Policy’ to promote the city as a national and international brand
He said that an electronic city will be set up at Baprola to create 80,000 jobs by attracting big IT companies and added that a “food truck policy” will also be introduced under which local delicacies will be promoted.
Sisodia said that a part of the Budget will go into building boarding schools for homeless children and a Science Museum at a city school. “The Delhi government schools have so far achieved the best results in the CBSE board examinations despite the Covid-19 pandemic and achieved about hundred per cent passing percentage (99.84 per cent), which was considered almost impossible,” Sisodia said.
“The classrooms of all the government schools in the national capital will be converted into digital classrooms in the next four years,” he added.
The Deputy Chief Minister further said, “Delhi Teachers’ University has also started its work and will provide B.Ed courses from the next session after obtaining necessary approval from the Government of India.”
Sisodia also said that Delhi’s economy is improving gradually. The Budget for the last financial year was Rs 69,000 crore which was almost 10 per cent lesser than the current Budget.
“In the previous Budgets, we had given focus to improve schools, made electricity available for all, lowered electricity bills and expanded the Metro network. We have also reduced the convenience fees so people can avoid making rounds of government offices,” Sisodia said.
In the 2022-23 Budget, the health sector has been allotted Rs 9,669 crore, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has set aside Rs 16,278 crore for education. “An amount of Rs 1,900 crore has been proposed to upgrade the state-run hospitals. An amount of Rs 475 crore has been set aside for mohalla clinics and polyclinics in the 2022-23 Budget,” added the Deputy CM.
He also said the focus should be on recovery of the economy post Covid-19. “Delhi’s economy is recovering gradually from the impact of Covid-19. The government has chalked out plans to provide jobs, food and increased opportunities in business to those who have lost their livelihoods during the Covid-19 pandemic. Sisodia also said that the new Budget will ensure 20 lakh new jobs in the next five years,” he said.
He informed that the per capita income of the city is 2.7 per cent higher than the national average. “Under the leadership of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, we are aiming to increase the percentage of the working population of Delhi from the current 33 per cent to 45 per cent in the next five years. Our government has chosen the following sectors as a priority to create new jobs — retail sector, food and beverages.”
