Rajasthan Assembly passes 2022-23 budget
Jaipur Mar 21 PTI The Rajasthan legislative assembly on Monday passed the state budget by voice vote with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot making several announcements including discontinuation of 10 percent monthly deduction from the salaries of state government employees for the new pension scheme from April this year He also announced a policy regarding the opening of medical colleges in the private sector to provide more opportunities for medical studies in the state Now I declare to do away with the monthly deduction of 10 percent from the salary payable on April 1 2022 for the employees appointed on and after January 1 2004 Gehlot said He said the deduction made earlier from the salary will be given to the employees with interest payable on GPF at the time of their retirement The chief minister had announced the revival of the old pension scheme for the state government employees appointed on and after January 1 2004 in the state budget presented on February 23 On Monday Gehlot was replying to the debate on the Rajasthan Appropriation Bill Number 2 2022 and the Finance Bill 2022 in the House After his reply the bills were passed He said the government has presented the budget for the coming financial year with full commitment Gehlot whiling dismissed apprehensions raised by some members of the opposition regarding the budget announcements said I assure the members of the House that you should rest assured this budget has been presented with the commitment We will implement it The financial management in Rajasthan has been excellent during my governments tenure and we are confident that it will continue he said Attacking the BJP Gehlot said it has mastery over fabulous marketing even if they work less On the other hand we keep doing work and dont market it He said the opposition is deliberately raising accusations over budget implementation Why are you worrying We are in government If we are not able to implement budget announcements then we will get a bad name We have fabulous financial management and we will implement budget announcements on the ground and there is no need to doubt it We have already given 100 administrative approvals for the 100 announcements made in the budget Gehlot said He said after the Rajasthan government brought all its employees under the purview of the old pension scheme OPS Chhattisgarh has also announced it and many other states are also mulling the idea He said he has urged the prime minister to implement the old pension scheme so that the employees of the central government as well as All India Services along with the employees of state governments can get financial security guarantee after retirement Replying to the debate that the state is burdened with massive loans the chief minister said The state government cannot take loans without the approval of the Centre If the GSDP is high then more loans are sanctioned The governments take loans for developmental work A loan is taken if you have the capacity to repay it We have the capacity to repay the loan so we have taken it Among the major announcements that Gehlot made based on the suggestions received from legislators include Janta clinics which will run on government expenditure for which an amount of Rs 200 crore has been proposed In the next financial year also 100 new public clinics will be opened along with the previous Janta clinics that were started on PPP mode Besides Gehlot announced the formation of the Food Safety and Control Commissionerate to deal with adulteration upgradation of 500 government primary schools to upper primary and 250 upper primary to senior secondary providing self-defense training to 2lakh girls in government schools next year priority to winners in rural Olympics on contractual jobs in rural panchayat pension of Rs 20000 per month for sportspersons above 40 years of age formation of cadre of female sub-inspectors recruitment of 2000 additional Home Guard jawans and link command control center with panic button in bus taxi and other public transport PTI SDA AG AG AQS AQS
Jaipur Mar 21 PTI The Rajasthan legislative assembly on Monday passed the state budget by voice vote with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot making several announcements including discontinuation of 10 percent monthly deduction from the salaries of state government employees for the new pension scheme from April this year He also announced a policy regarding the opening of medical colleges in the private sector to provide more opportunities for medical studies in the state Now I declare to do away with the monthly deduction of 10 percent from the salary payable on April 1 2022 for the employees appointed on and after January 1 2004 Gehlot said He said the deduction made earlier from the salary will be given to the employees with interest payable on GPF at the time of their retirement The chief minister had announced the revival of the old pension scheme for the state government employees appointed on and after January 1 2004 in the state budget presented on February 23 On Monday Gehlot was replying to the debate on the Rajasthan Appropriation Bill Number 2 2022 and the Finance Bill 2022 in the House After his reply the bills were passed He said the government has presented the budget for the coming financial year with full commitment Gehlot whiling dismissed apprehensions raised by some members of the opposition regarding the budget announcements said I assure the members of the House that you should rest assured this budget has been presented with the commitment We will implement it The financial management in Rajasthan has been excellent during my governments tenure and we are confident that it will continue he said Attacking the BJP Gehlot said it has mastery over fabulous marketing even if they work less On the other hand we keep doing work and dont market it He said the opposition is deliberately raising accusations over budget implementation Why are you worrying We are in government If we are not able to implement budget announcements then we will get a bad name We have fabulous financial management and we will implement budget announcements on the ground and there is no need to doubt it We have already given 100 administrative approvals for the 100 announcements made in the budget Gehlot said He said after the Rajasthan government brought all its employees under the purview of the old pension scheme OPS Chhattisgarh has also announced it and many other states are also mulling the idea He said he has urged the prime minister to implement the old pension scheme so that the employees of the central government as well as All India Services along with the employees of state governments can get financial security guarantee after retirement Replying to the debate that the state is burdened with massive loans the chief minister said The state government cannot take loans without the approval of the Centre If the GSDP is high then more loans are sanctioned The governments take loans for developmental work A loan is taken if you have the capacity to repay it We have the capacity to repay the loan so we have taken it Among the major announcements that Gehlot made based on the suggestions received from legislators include Janta clinics which will run on government expenditure for which an amount of Rs 200 crore has been proposed In the next financial year also 100 new public clinics will be opened along with the previous Janta clinics that were started on PPP mode Besides Gehlot announced the formation of the Food Safety and Control Commissionerate to deal with adulteration upgradation of 500 government primary schools to upper primary and 250 upper primary to senior secondary providing self-defense training to 2lakh girls in government schools next year priority to winners in rural Olympics on contractual jobs in rural panchayat pension of Rs 20000 per month for sportspersons above 40 years of age formation of cadre of female sub-inspectors recruitment of 2000 additional Home Guard jawans and link command control center with panic button in bus taxi and other public transport PTI SDA AG AG AQS AQS
