AAP govt presents budget; education, health major focus

June 25, 2015 19:05

The Aam Aadmi Party government today presented a Rs 41,129 crore budget with a major focus on education, health and transport sectors besides allocating funds to provide free wi-fi facility in colleges and villages.

Presenting the budget, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said his government will put major focus on reforming tax collection system and asserted that it will develop Delhi as a world-class skill centre and medical hub. Calling it the country's first "Swaraj" Budget, he said government has decided brought down the Value Added Tax rates for certain items. Reaching out to the youth, he announced free wi-fi facility in all colleges as the AAP government's first budget saw a 106 per cent rise in allocation to education sector.

He said the Budget document was a milestone towards achieving the ideal of "Swaraj" and a development model that was driven from the bottom instead of a top-driven one as it was prepared by the public at the 'Mohalla Sabhas'.

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