Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, while addressing a press conference organized in the press room of Vidhan Bhavan here after the budget meeting, has described the budget as stable and the most balanced budget. He said that the Maharashtra government has presented a budget of Rs 7 lakh thousand crores.

It is rich and all sections from employment have been taken care of in it and the Finance Minister has maintained the balance of the budget, Maharashtra’s pace in economy and industry has increased. Number one is that development work and road construction work have been done as per the plan by preparing a roadmap, in which repair and construction work of roads is going on from villages to highways, for which funds have been allocated. The central government had provided 13 lakh houses from 2016 to 2022 and now 20,000 houses have been provided. The price of the house is Rs 80 lakh. A subsidy of Rs 50,000 has been given for this. Under the Prime Minister’s Pradhan Mantri Solar Yojana, free electricity from solar energy will be provided to those who use electricity within 300 MW.

Attention has also been given to reducing the cost of agriculture by using AI, drones and biotech and a scheme has also been presented for this. Attention has also been given to providing employment opportunities. The establishment of a society is also underway to make better use of dear sister’s money. Ajit Pawar has presented a wonderful budget. The 11th budget has been presented by Ajit Pawar.

Finance Minister Ajit Pawar said that special attention has been given to all sections in the budget and the budget has been presented on the basis of development. Nagpur has become a steel hub. Rs 500 crore has been allocated for the construction of roads here. Funds have also been allocated for other facilities and infrastructure including airport, railway, metro, sea route and GT. Along with this, Maharashtra is within the debt limit and Maharashtra’s debt is 18.71% while its limit is 25%. Production in agriculture is disappointing. There has also been progress towards increasing it to 8.8%. Efforts have also been made to increase the income of farmers. The government has also allocated funds for other schemes including irrigation.

Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that the government has continued the Ladli Behan scheme. The opposition was only criticizing Ladli Behan, but these three brothers will continue Ladli Behan. Eknath Shinde responded to the opposition’s criticism in his own way and said that there is unity among the three of us and it will remain. He said that in the budget presented by our government today, the chair has definitely changed, but we are united. He said that this budget will take the state towards development and the state will benefit from this budget.(Edited)Restore original

Mumbai: Maharashtra’s budget is a budget of disappointment and frustration, this budget is the budget of contractors, this allegation has been made by former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.

He said that funds have been allocated in the budget for the benefit of Adani. When Adani’s company is the caretaker of the airport, then why will the government give it funds and why will the government do its work? The only thing said in the budget is that tomorrow the moon will rise and you will get Vitamin D. This is a budget of regret and disappointment.

This budget has been presented to fill the pockets of contractors. It has only talked about focusing on development works, but not a single new scheme has been presented in it. Many schemes in the budget are old and it is an imaginary budget. Only promises have been made in it and it has been said that the work will be completed tomorrow. Loan waiver was promised for farmers, but it has not been implemented yet.

Uddhav Thackeray said that this budget is about Ilham Abhas Yojana. Sugar mills are given assistance, but farmers’ dues are not paid. Why is the government not giving funds to BMC and BEST? This is a betrayal of the people. There is no proposal to control the price of essential commodities in this budget.

Mumbai: The minority Muslim community is deeply disappointed with the 2020-21 budget presented by the Mahagathbandhan government of the state on Monday, as not a single new announcement has been made for the minority community in it. Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh also said that the government is deliberately ignoring the pending demands by remaining silent.

Commenting on the budget, MLA Rais Shaikh said that only adequate funds have been provided for the Minority Research and Training Institute in the budget. MLA Shaikh said that there is no clarity on how much money will be made available and which schemes will be implemented. Apart from this, MLA Shaikh said that the budget does not include any other announcement or pending demand for Muslims.

The Mahagathbandhan government has ignored many important issues of the minority community. MLA Shaikh alleged that the Mahagathbandhan government has given a lot of emphasis to the demands of the minority community in the budget, such as funds for the Waqf Board, modernization of madrasas, socio-economic survey of the Muslim community, Muslim reservation, etc.

MLA Shaikh also said that although it has been announced to implement a scholarship scheme for foreign education for students of minority communities from 2024-25, it has not been discussed in detail in today’s budget.