Balanced finances has accepted Rajasthan Govt proposals, says State CM; Opposition complains of neglect

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Saturday (February 1, 2025) mentioned the 2025-26 Union Price range had offered a correct steadiness of financial improvement, social inclusion and setting safety, whereas taking vital steps in the direction of realising the imaginative and prescient of a developed India. Mr. Sharma watched the stay telecast of the Price range at his official residence right here.

Nevertheless, the Opposition Congress criticised the Price range, saying it had uncared for key tasks within the State and ignored points reminiscent of water shortage, unemployment and the agrarian disaster. Pradesh Congress Committee president Govind Singh Dotasra mentioned Rajasthan had as soon as once more been discriminated in opposition to and it was not even talked about within the Price range.

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Mr. Sharma mentioned the Price range had laid the roadmap for a “balanced development”, whereas the center class had obtained a serious aid by means of earnings tax concessions. Farmers got financial assist and the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector had been strengthened by means of credit score increase, he mentioned.

“The Rajasthan government had submitted proposals for extending the duration of Jal Jeevan Mission, giving special assistance for power sector reforms and providing interest-free loan to the State for capital investment, which have been approved in the Union Budget,” Mr. Sharma mentioned.

PCC chief Mr. Dotasra slammed the Price range, calling it was “unfair to Rajasthan”. He mentioned no announcement was made to declare the Japanese Rajasthan Canal Mission (ERCP) a nationwide venture, and there was no point out of minimal assist costs (MSP) for the agricultural produce. He mentioned the Price range was primarily targeted on poll-bound States like Bihar and had ignored the problems of poverty and inflation.

Congress MLA and Chief of Opposition within the Meeting Tika Ram Jully mentioned the BJP authorities, which had promised to double the farmers’ earnings by 2022, had elevated the Kisan Credit score Card restrict to extend their debt burden. “Just as a budgetary announcement has been made to promote Makhana in Bihar, a similar announcement could have been made for procurement of Rajasthan’s major crop, millet, on MSP, which was not done,” Mr. Jully mentioned.