Gandhinagar, 1 March, 2012 A large delegation of people from the forest areas and semi-arid north Gujarat regions today thanked Chief Minister Narendra Modi him for announcing a fresh budget of Rs.40,000-crore for the Van Bandhu Yojna and abolishing the ‘dry zone’ criteria for drawing water for irrigation in 57 talukas. They met Mr. Modi at the Vidhan Sabha premises here under the aegis of Van Bandhu Samaj. The delegation was led by Forest Minister Mangubhai Patel, Mini...Read More

Budget for the year 2012 - 2013 Budget Speech Part - A English Version Gujarati Version Budget Speech Part - B English Version Gujarati Version Gandhinagar, 24 February, 2012 Presented above are the links that would take you to PDF copy of Gujarat Finance Minister Shri Vajubhai Vala's speech of state budget for fiscal year 2012-13. Speech is available in English and Gujarati both language in two parts. Read More

Gandhinagar, 24 February, 2012 Finance Minister Vajubhai Vala in his budget speech today announced Rs 500 crore as share capital for Ahmedabad - Gandhinagar Metro train project. He announced Rs 100 crore for Sardar Patel's tallest statue in the world, 'the statue of unity'. Vala announced 60 crore for new air strips at Ambaji, Palitana, Ankleshwar and Dwarka by the State Aviation Infrastructure Company and Rs 25 crore for Dholera international airport. He announced boost for ...Read More

Gandhinagar, 24 February, 2012 Finance Minister Vajubhai Vala in his budget speech today announced 50 new buildings for ITIs, new Gujarat Skill Development Institute as a University, autonomous infrastructure university, 15 new colleges, increase of 12780 seats in present ITIs, an Automobile Training Centre at Sanand and number of other initiatives for youths. Vala proposed scheme for an interest assistance of 6% on the loan of upto ` 50 lakhs to the M.B.B.S Doctors belon...Read More

Gandhinagar, 24 February, 2012 Reacting on Gujarat budget 2012-13 Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi in a talk said that the budget shows details of the path of achieving inclusive growth. "This budget shows that the state is heading to which direction. In last fifty years the size of planning was Rs 2,30,000 crore , while only in last five year the size was Rs 2,50,000 crore. Even a common person can understand theis leap jump of the state in the direction of deve...Read More

Gandhinagar, 24 February, 2012 As per the announcements made by Finance Minister Shri Vajubhai Vala in his today's budget speech, heart treatment in Gujarat will become cheaper. The tax on instruments used for heart treatment are made tax free. Gujarat Finance Minister Shri Vajubhai Vala in his budget speech today announced tax relief worth Rs 410 crore. Shri Vala in his budget speech said, "With a view to lessen the tax burden on the people of the State, including chil...Read More

Gandhinagar, 24 February, 2012 Gujarat's Surat, Vadodara and Bavala will have new RTO offices at a cost of Rs 13.86 crore. This was announced by Finance Minister Shri Vajubhai Vala today in his budget speech. Shri Vala announced purchase of 1600 new State Transport buses in fiscal year of 2012. He announced construction of Ahmedabda-Dholera express way at a cost of Rs 133 crore. "A provision of ` 133 crore has been made for the construction of 117 kilometers long Ahme...Read More

Gandhinagar, 24 February, 2012 Gujarat Finance Minister Shri Vajubhai Vala today in his budget speech announced a special women's economic zone in Sanand GIDC. Shri Vala announced new women ITIs and 41 new Naari adalats. Following are the announcement on Women and Child development in Shri Vala's own words: Nutrition  The campaign against malnutrition is mainly conducted through Anganwadi centres. Anganwadi centrers must be strengthened in many ways so as to in...Read More

Gandhinagar, 24 February, 2012 The government of Gujarat will clear all pending applications for new agriculture power connections in the state in next three years, said Finance Minister Shri Vajubhai Vala in his budget speech. Shri Vala announced Rs 1700 crore in next one year for completion of first phase of this target. The Finance Minister in his budget speech said that in Gujarat all previous governments gave 6 lakh agricultural power connections, while only Modi gov...Read More