Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish Sisodia presented the ‘Rozgar Budget’ in the assembly today for 2022-23. He presented ₹75,800 crore budget which is the eighth consecutive budget of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.
Sisodia said that the current 'Rozgar' budget is two and a half times bigger than the budget of 30,940 crores in 2014-15.
Sisodia called this year's budget 'Rozgar (employment) budget' to create 20 lakh jobs in the city in the next five years. “Through 'Rozgaar budget' we aim to generate 20 lakh more jobs in the next five years,” said Manish Sisodia.
“We have a target of expanding the working population in Delhi by creating 20 lakh jobs in the retail sector, food & beverage, logistics, travel & tourism, real estate & green energy,” he added.
"In the last seven years, the government has provided employment in schools, colleges, university and government departments, Sisodia said. About 25000 teachers were deployed on ad-hoc basis and 10 lakh people got jobs in private sectors after Covid," he further said.
Now I want to present the important section of our 'Rozgar Budget' containing 20 lakh new jobs. In this, I will put plans to take the economy of Delhi on the path of progress and generate lakhs of employment opportunities out of this progress.#DelhiBudget2022 pic.twitter.com/WTGrduYLkt
— Office Of Deputy CM of Delhi (@OfficeOfDyCM) March 26, 2022
The budget size for the financial year 2021-22 was Rs 69,000 crore. The budget size for 2022-23 is 9.86% higher than previous year.
Sisodia said the 2022-23 budget is a "Rozgar Budget". He also said the per capita income of Delhi is 2.7 per cent higher than the national average.
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