Delhi Budget 2021-22: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and State Finance Minister Manish Sisodia presented the Delhi Government’s Budget 2021 on 9 March. Finance Minister Sisodia, who is presenting the digital budget, said that the Delhi government has decided to put the people of Delhi in the corona vaccine free in government hospitals. He has presented a budget of Rs 69,000 crore for the financial year 2021-22. Sisodia has presented it as a ‘patriotic budget’.
50 crores for free corona vaccination
Delhi Finance Minister Manish Sisodia said in the budget speech that a budget of Rs 9,934 crore has been made for the health sector of Delhi for 2021-22. This is 14 percent of the total budget. The Delhi government has decided that the people of Delhi will be given Corona vaccine free of cost in government hospitals. For this, the government has allocated Rs 50 crore. Sisodia said that the number of daily vaccinations will also be increased to 60,000 soon. Right now, 45,000 vaccinations are taking place in Delhi every day.
Infrastructure proposal keeping in mind 2047
Sisodia, who holds the responsibility of Finance Minister in Delhi government, said, ‘I am proposing a budget of Rs 69,000 crore for 2021-22. This is more than double the budget amount of Rs 30,940 crore in 2014-15. The expenditure per Delhi government is expected to increase from Rs 19,218 in 2015-16 to Rs 33,173 this year.
He said, ‘By 2047, the population of Delhi is estimated to reach around 3 crores 28 lakhs. In 2047, we are going to lay the foundation of the infrastructure that will be needed for such a large population.
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Per capita income in Delhi as much as Singapore!
Sisodia said in the budget speech that our goal is that by 2047, the per capita income of a citizen of Delhi should be equal to the per capita income of a citizen sitting in Singapore.
He said that on the 75th year of independence, the Delhi government is going to start a patriotic curriculum to paint every child studying in their schools in the colour of patriotism. Under this, every day a class will be of patriotism.