Maharashtra: New budget to assist women, youth and farmers, says CM Shinde
CM Eknath Shinde said that this budget is revolutionary which would make future of weaker sections, farmers and youth bright. Read further on Dynamite News:
Mumbai: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that this budget will aid Mahrashtra's empowering women, youth and farmers by including various schemes worth Rs 1 Lakh Crore on Saturday.
He said that this budget is revolutionary which would make future of underprivileged sections, farmers and youth bright.
Shinde stating that the budget was a resolve to give new direction to Maharashtra.
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Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar presented additional budget for the year 2024-25 in the State Assembly on Saturday.
The Finance Minister had presented interim budget in February. Stating that the budget has imperative provisions to help women, unemployed youth to make the self reliant
Chief Minister said that Chief minister Majhi Laadki Baheen scheme, free vocational education to girl students, Chief minister Annapoorna scheme which gives 3 cylinders per year to eligible families, project worth Rs. 15 thousand crores for providing free electricity to farmers during day time, Chief Minister Baliraja electricity concession scheme which provides free power to farmers using agricultural pumps, training to 50 thousand youth every year to convey government schemes to masses and resolve to remove poverty of the weaker sections of the society have made this budget special.
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He said that the provisions like free education to girl students for engineering, pharmacy, medical education along with degree and diploma courses along with Rs. 1500 per month to every woman prove that the government has expressed its responsibility towards women of the state.
Stating that the budget proves that it stands behind the farmers, Chief minister Shinde said that the issue of food-grain storage would be resolved through scheme like Godown per village.
He said that the lives of farmers would be transformed through various provisions in the budget which include financial assistance to cotton and soybean growers, special campaign to complete irrigation projects and solar pumps on demand.