Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister, Nayab Saini, who also holds the portfolio of finance minister, on Monday presented his maiden budget of Rs 2,05 lakh crore for the financial year 2025-26 during the ongoing budget session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, which is 13.7% more than the 2024-25 budget.
Stating that no new taxes have been imposed, the chief minister said that as a result of the state government’s hard work over the past 10 years, the state’s GDP has grown at an average annual rate of 10.8%, and the per capita income has increased at an average annual rate of 9.1%.
He said that in the year 2014-15, the revenue deficit in Haryana’s budget was 1.90% of the then GDP and by the year 2024-25, the revenue deficit is projected to be 1.47% of GDP. Similarly, the revenue deficit as a percentage of the total budget is projected to decrease from 13.4% in 2014-15 to 9.9%.
TO PROVIDE Rs 2,100 MONTHLY TO WOMEN
Saini said that the state government has made a provision of Rs 5,000 crore for the implementation of the “Lado Laxmi Yojana” in the financial year 2025-26.
What we promised in our Sankalp Patra is the guarantee of prime minister Narendra Modi. Our objective is to ensure that every eligible poor woman receives the financial aid under this scheme. If required, we will increase the fund allocation for the scheme, he said.
GOVT EMPLOYEES TO GET UPS BENEFIT
Saini said that on the lines of the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) notified by the government of India on January 24, 2025, the employees of Haryana government will also be given the benefit of Unified Pension Scheme (UPS). This scheme will benefit approximately 2 lakh employees currently serving in the Haryana government.
EMPTY RHETORIC: HOODA
Meanwhile, senior Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said the budget presented by the BJP government is full of empty rhetoric and acrobatics of figures.
He said the government has cut the budget of all the departments providing essential services including agriculture, irrigation, education, health, energy, transport, public health, cooperation and home. Not only this, he said, this budget is silent on all the issues like BJP’s election promises, 2 lakh jobs, giving MSP to farmers, controlling inflation.
