gujarat budget: Gujarat Budget 2024 Highlights: Girls to get Rs 10,000 per year till class 10th, Rs 25,000 till 12th; 8 cities get Municipal Corporation status

After the presentation of Union Budget 2024 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, it is now time for state budgets. The first to announce is Gujarat, which is presenting its budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 today. Gujarat Finance Minister Kanu Desai is presenting the budget for the next fiscal year today. He mentioned that the budget will reflect the vision of the state government for the upcoming year and provide a roadmap for the next 25 years, just before the budget presentation
Here are the key highlights of Gujarat Budget 2024:
Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: 319 new ambulances to be purchased to strengthen health services, Rs 76 crore allocated
➤Advanced 300-bed hospitals will be built in Ahmedabad and Surat
➤A hospital will be built near Bavla in Ahmedabad and Kamrej in Surat Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: Rs 20,100 crore for health and family welfare department
➤ Rs 20,100 crore given to Department of Health and Family Welfare
➤ Rs 2659 crore for the Department of Labor Skill Development and Employment
➤ Rs 4,374 crore for the Department of Tribal Development➤ Rs 6193 crore for the Department of Social Justice and EmpowermentGujarat Budget Highlights 2024: Rs 22,163 crore for road and building department
➤ Rs 8,423 crore for energy and petrochemicals
➤ Rs 21,696 crore for urban housing department
➤ Rs 12,138 crore for panchayat village housing and village development department
➤ Rs 767 crore for sports youth and cultural activities
➤ Rs 2711 crore for Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department
➤ Rs 6,885 crore for Women and Child Development Department

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: Rs 22,196 crore for Agriculture, Farmers and Cooperation Department
➤ Rs 2,421 crore for Science and Technology Department
➤ Rs 6242 crore for Water Supply
➤ Rs 11,535 crore for Water Resources Department
➤ Rs 3,858 crore for Ports and Weight Management

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: Rs 384 crore for I&B Department, Rs 10,378 crore for Home Department
➤ Rs 1,400 crore under PM Nutrition Scheme in Gujarat budget
➤ Rs 384 crore for Information and Broadcasting Department
➤ Rs 2,239 crore for General Administration Department
➤ Rs ,5195 crore for Revenue Department
➤ Rs ,2559 crore for Law Department
➤ Rs 10,378 crore for Home Department
➤ Rs 1163 crore for Climate Change Department
➤ Rs 2,586 crore for forest and environment department
➤ Rs 2,098 crore for tourism department
➤ Rs 9,220 crore for industries and mines department

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: Rs 55,000 crore for education department
➤ Rs 55,114 crore has been provided for the education department in the budget.
➤ 15,000 new rooms are being prepared in the primary schools of the state
➤ Construction of new 45,000 smart classrooms is in progress
➤ 2 lakh computers will be provided in 15,000 schools
➤ 162 new government secondary schools to be opened
➤ Rs 250 crore earmarked for Namo Saraswati Yojana to encourage students to study in science stream.
➤ Rs 3,000 crore provided for the Mission School of Excellence
➤ Rs 260 crore provided for transport assistance to 1 lakh students of class 9 to 12.

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: Rs 500 crore to PM Yashaswi Scholarship Scheme
➤ Rs 504 crore to be provided to 10 lakh students under PM Yashaswi Scholarship Scheme
➤ Rs 360 crore for scholarships to 40 lakh Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Caste students
➤ Rs 335 crore for one lakh students of Scheduled Caste hostels and ashramshalas
➤ Rs 84 crore to provide free bicycles to 1.5 lakh girls under the Saraswati Sadhana Yojana
➤ Rs 600 crore for educational loans to non-reserved classes.

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: Rs 6,200 for Department of Social Justice and Empowerment
➤ Rs 6193 crore provided for the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment
➤ Rs 1398 crore for annual pension to 11 lakh beneficiaries under the Economic Assistance Scheme
➤ Rs 74 crore for monthly financial assistance to destitute children under Foster Parents Scheme
➤ Rs 20 crore for inter-caste marriage assistance scheme.

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: 1100 Jan Rakshak Vehicles under Janrakshak Yojana
➤ 1100 Jan Rakshak vehicles to be provided under the Janrakshak Yojana scheme.

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: Eight cities get Municipal Corporation status
➤ These cities are Navsari, Gandhidham, Morbi, Vapi, Anand, Mehsana, Surendranagar, Wadwan

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: Namo Saraswati Yojana for promoting education in science stream courses
➤ Eligible poor and middle-class students studying in science stream of higher secondary schools will be assisted Rs 10,000 in class 11 and Rs 15,000 in Class 12. The number of students in the science stream is expected to increase from 2 lakh to 5 lakh annually in the next five years. This scheme will cost approximately Rs 400 crore next year.

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: Namo Shree Yojana for pregnant and lactating mothers
➤ An allocation of Rs 750 crore has been made for the scheme.

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: Girls from Class 9 to Class 10 to get monetary assistance under Namo Lakshmi Yojana
➤ The role of girls is important for a developed Gujarat 2047 vision, says Kanu Desai.
➤ “I announce “Namo Lakshmi Yojana” to promote their nutrition, health and education. About 10 lakh eligible girl students in government, aided and private secondary and higher secondary schools will be given an assistance of Rs 10,000 per annum for Class-9 and 10 and Rs 15,000 per annum for Class-11 and 12.

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: Rs 3.32 lakh crore Budget announced for FY25
FM presents Rs 3 lakh 32 thousand 465 crore budget for FY 25.

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: Namo Lakshmi Yojana for women
➤ Rs 1,250 crore allocated for this scheme
➤ 10 lakh female students to get benefit from this scheme.

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: After the Kutch earthquake, Modiji transformed the region to make it a prosperous region. He said that Prime Minister Modi has the tact of turning disaster into opportunity.

Gujarat Budget Highlights 2024: FM Kanu Desai said the growth rate of the state is 14.9 percent

The budget session will conclude on February 29. Veteran BJP leader and former finance minister Vajubhai Vala holds the record of presenting the budget a record 18 times. He presented the budget 18 times during Keshubhai Patel’s government from 1998 to 2001 and then during Narendra Modi’s government from 2002.

Yesterday, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel expressed that the national budget addresses the requirements of all segments of society. In contrast, the Congress party, in opposition, deemed the budget ineffective, citing its failure to provide relief from high taxes. CM Patel, in a post on X, remarked, “The interim budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is poised to fulfill the aspirations of millions of people in the country. It encompasses all the necessary elements to cater to every stratum of society.”

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