Uttarakhand Budget 2025: For the first time, a historic budget of Rs 1 lakh crore was presented in the assembly, CM Dhami said- “This is the decade of Uttarakhand”
Dhami government’s Finance Minister Prem Aggarwal presented the budget in the Assembly today. After the budget, CM Pushkar Dhami described this as PM Modi vision based budget and said that the government has also prepared an action plan to increase its income.
Chief Minister Shri Dhami, while talking to the media formally after the budget was presented in the Assembly, congratulated the Finance Minister and the entire team for presenting a historic budget in the silver jubilee year of Uttarakhand. He said that the budget presents the priorities and resolutions of the state government. Which presents the future plans of the government.
Chief Minister Dhami said that in the silver jubilee year of state formation, the size of the budget has crossed 01 lakh crore. This year’s budget has increased by 13 percent compared to the previous budget. This time the budget is 24 times more than the first budget of the state of Uttarakhand. The budget has been prepared keeping in mind ecology, economy, innovation, inclusive and sustainable development as well as technology and accountability. Many new aspects have been included in it like River Front Development Scheme, formation of Migrant Uttarakhand Council, operation of electric buses under Smart City, establishment of Sports University, formation of Home Guard Welfare Fund, establishment of Revolving Fund for the encouragement of police personnel.
Chief Minister Dhami said that this budget is based on the theme of (NaMo) i.e. innovation, self-reliant Uttarakhand, great heritage and vigorous human resources. He said that for the inclusive and holistic development of the state in the budget, (Gyan) i.e. poor welfare, youth, farmers and women welfare have been kept at the center. The state government has also laid special emphasis on financial management in this budget. He said that we will try to increase the income of the state from our resources. Special attention has also been given to the development of education, rural development, infrastructure, medicine, industry etc. sectors in the budget.
The Chief Minister said that this budget is in line with the basic mantra of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas. He said that the Prime Minister had said from Baba Kedarnath’s Dham that the third decade of this century will be the decade of Uttarakhand, with this aim in mind, efforts have been made in the budget to achieve this resolution, which will prove to be a milestone in the development of the state in the coming times. He said that this budget will fulfill the resolution of making an ideal Uttarakhand and bringing Uttarakhand in the category of leading states of the country.
Budget Features
- For the first time in the state of Uttarakhand, an income expenditure of more than one lakh crore rupees is being presented.
- A provision of ₹14763.13 crore is being made in the capital expenditure under infrastructure development. Which is the highest till date.
- Trout Promotion Scheme of Fisheries Department for rural employment- ₹146 crore
- For consultancy service for Haridwar Rishikesh development to UIIDB- ₹168.33 crore
- Startup Venture Fund- ₹20 crore
- Pravasi Uttarakhand Parishad- ₹1 crore
- River Front Development Project (Sharda Corridor)- ₹10 crore
- For operation of electric buses under Smart City- ₹6.5 crore
- Home Guard Welfare Fund Revolving Fund- ₹1 crore
- Revolving Fund to Silk Federation- ₹5 crore
