RANCHI: The Hemant Soren government on Friday tabled the annual budget 2023-24 in the Jharkhand legislative assembly. State finance minister Rameshwar Oraon presented the budget.
The finance minister, in his speech, pegged the total budget size at Rs 1.16 lakh crore. For the financial year 2022-23, the state government had presented a budget of Rs 1.01 lakh crore.
“I lay on the table of the House a budget of Rs 1,16,418 crore for the financial year 2023-24,” finance minister Rameshwar Oraon said in the House.
Members of the opposition BJP and AJSU Party staged a walk-out of the assembly during the budget speech by the state finance minister.
He also announced that a programme with a cost of Rs 50 crore would be launched to encourage millet production in the state.
The budget will “meet aspirations of the poor, exploited, downtrodden people and bolster all-round development in the state”, he said.
The JMM-led coalition government has brought many innovative schemes that will pave the way for rapid economic growth in the state, the minister added.
(With inputs from PTI)
The finance minister, in his speech, pegged the total budget size at Rs 1.16 lakh crore. For the financial year 2022-23, the state government had presented a budget of Rs 1.01 lakh crore.
“I lay on the table of the House a budget of Rs 1,16,418 crore for the financial year 2023-24,” finance minister Rameshwar Oraon said in the House.
Members of the opposition BJP and AJSU Party staged a walk-out of the assembly during the budget speech by the state finance minister.
He also announced that a programme with a cost of Rs 50 crore would be launched to encourage millet production in the state.
The budget will “meet aspirations of the poor, exploited, downtrodden people and bolster all-round development in the state”, he said.
The JMM-led coalition government has brought many innovative schemes that will pave the way for rapid economic growth in the state, the minister added.
(With inputs from PTI)