Assams first woman finance minister AjantaNeog tabled a Rs 566.20-crore deficit budget in the assembly with a range of bold initiatives like financial help of Rs 1 lakh to each family that has lost their members to Covid-19 and smartphones to about eight lakh Class IX and X students of government schools to bridge thedigitaldivide created by the pandemic.
The financial assistance to Covid-hit families, which is the first-of-its-kind in the country, proves our firm resolve to be with our people during these difficult times. The scheme will immediately cost the exchequer around Rs 40 crore, Neog said.
The budget proposed to start the process of recruitment of one lakh educated youths of the state in the government sector.
The budget also proposed piped water supply schemes to cover all 805 tea gardens in the state within a year. This initiative will benefit more than 2,69,648 families. In due course, we will also provide piped gas supply to tea garden households, starting with the upper Assam districts first, Neog said.
Thestate governmentalso proposed to constitute an Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture commission under a scientist of international repute to focus on issues related to agriculture, animal husbandry and sector in Assam. She said the commission will study and suggest measures for achieving self-sufficiency in the field of agriculture, milk, egg and pork production, identify constraints and devise a roadmap to achieve the goals in five years.
The government also proposed to establish a state university in Karbi Anglong and establish new wildlife safari and rescue center at Silchar and Dibrugarh.