Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Saturday (February 1, 2025) mentioned the 2025-26 Union Finances had offered a correct stability of financial growth, social inclusion and setting safety, whereas taking vital steps in the direction of realising the imaginative and prescient of a developed India. Mr. Sharma watched the dwell telecast of the Finances at his official residence right here.
Nonetheless, the Opposition Congress criticised the Finances, saying it had uncared for key tasks within the State and ignored points equivalent to water shortage, unemployment and the agrarian disaster. Pradesh Congress Committee president Govind Singh Dotasra mentioned Rajasthan had as soon as once more been discriminated in opposition to and it was not even talked about within the Finances.
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Mr. Sharma mentioned the Finances had laid the roadmap for a “balanced development”, whereas the center class had acquired a significant reduction by way of earnings tax concessions. Farmers got financial assist and the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector had been strengthened by way of credit score enhance, he mentioned.
“The Rajasthan government had submitted proposals for extending the duration of Jal Jeevan Mission, giving special assistance for power sector reforms and providing interest-free loan to the State for capital investment, which have been approved in the Union Budget,” Mr. Sharma mentioned.
PCC chief Mr. Dotasra slammed the Finances, calling it was “unfair to Rajasthan”. He mentioned no announcement was made to declare the Japanese Rajasthan Canal Undertaking (ERCP) a nationwide challenge, and there was no point out of minimal assist costs (MSP) for the agricultural produce. He mentioned the Finances was primarily targeted on poll-bound States like Bihar and had ignored the problems of poverty and inflation.
Congress MLA and Chief of Opposition within the Meeting Tika Ram Jully mentioned the BJP authorities, which had promised to double the farmers’ earnings by 2022, had elevated the Kisan Credit score Card restrict to extend their debt burden. “Just as a budgetary announcement has been made to promote Makhana in Bihar, a similar announcement could have been made for procurement of Rajasthan’s major crop, millet, on MSP, which was not done,” Mr. Jully mentioned.
Printed – February 02, 2025 10:35 am IST
