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Chandigarh: Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday passed the budget proposals worth Rs 2,08,918 crore for the financial year 2024-25 in the Assembly without any amendments. There was a long discussion on the budget in the House on Wednesday. While the opposition party described giving Rs 1,000 to farmers, labourers, students and women in the budget and not increasing the old age pension as a betrayal to the public, the ruling party praised the budget and called it public friendly.
Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, while ending the budget debate, while replying to the points raised by the opponents, said that the budget proposal is not a game of numbers, but a clear amount has been given for each department and sector. Cheema said that the guarantee of giving Rs 1,000 to women will also be fulfilled soon, while School of Eminence, Mahulla Clinic, Punjab's first Liver Transplant Hospital in Mohali, Rs 1 crore and 300 units of free electricity will be given to the heirs of martyrs. of. Guarantee fulfilled. He said that Congress took a loan of Rs 4080 crore through Mandi Board and Rs 5450 crore through other development boards. Out of this, Rs 4400 was spent in waiving off the loans of farmers. Responding to the question of the Leader of Opposition, he said that the AAP government did not take loan by giving mortgage to any board or corporation. Cheema said that the Central Government has withheld about Rs 8,000 crore from Rural Development Fund and National Health Mission. The budget presented by Cheema was passed unanimously by the House today.
No budget provision for Malwa Canal: Waring
Taking part in the budget debate, Congress MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Waring said that the government has taken a loan of Rs 75 thousand crore in two years. It will reach Rs 90 thousand crore in the next financial year. He said that the new Malwa Canal has been mentioned in the budget, but no provision has been made for it.
Rs 1000 to women and no mention of OPS to employees: Ayali
Akali Dal MLA Manpreet Ayali described the budget as disappointing for every section of the society and said that no provision of Rs 1000 per month was made for women, no proposal was made to increase old age pension, no installment of DA was given. . Last time there was a provision of Rs 1000 crore for crop diversification, which was reduced to Rs 575 crore.
Laws made regarding pesticides and seed companies: Jakhar
Suspended Congress MLA Sandeep Jakhar said that the government should make a law against pesticide and seed companies as farmers are suffering losses due to fake seeds and fake pesticides. Last time Narma was attacked by pink insects. 80 percent of the agriculture budget depends on subsidies. 500 crores only for crop diversification. No budget has been allocated for the Malwa Canal. Nothing has been done in the budget to improve the old water works and sewage systems of the cities.
Why did the Center withhold 8000 crores, whose fault is it: Sharma
BJP MLA Ashwini Sharma said that the Finance Minister should tell the House whose fault is behind the eight thousand crore rupees withheld by the Centre. Was NOC given or what were the other reasons that the Center has withheld Rs 8000 crore of various schemes. He said that the Center has a pension scheme of Rs 3000 for farmers, for which only 13 thousand people from Punjab have applied, the government should encourage the farmers for this. He said that the state government is also not taking benefits of central schemes. MLA Sukhwinder Kumar Sukhi, BSP MLA Dr. Nachtra Pal also described the budget as negative.
