Gandhinagar: Deputy CM cum finance minister Nitin Patel today presented Vote-on-Account for the year 2019-20 with a revenue surplus of Rs 12,241.40 crore.

No new tax has been levied or any hike in existing tax was made in it.

The estimated revenue receipt is Rs 1,54,885 crore, while the estimate for revenue expenditure was Rs 1,45,022 crore. State tax revenue has been estimated at Rs 1,00,125 crore.

Patel said in his address in the house on the second day of the first session of it today said that Vote on Account proposal was for period of four months upto July 31, 2019 . A modified budget would be presented after the LS polls.

He said that Gujarat government’s own tax income has increased to Rs 71,549 crore in the year 2017-18 from Rs 64,443 crores. The GSDP at Rs 3.15 lakh crore during 2017-18, has also seen a growth of 14 per cent over previous year.

During the year 2017-18, the per capita income of the State at current prices stood at Rs 1,71,652, which is 12.6 per cent higher than previous year. The share of Gujarat’s industrial output in national output stood at 16.8 per cent.

In a pro-poor measure, the State government also announced a One-Time Waiver scheme for electricity bills. Patel said that the principal and interest and penalty amount of electricity bills of all eligible domestic power connections of Below Poverty Line (BPL) consumers in urban and rural areas will be waived. The total amount thus waived would be Rs 691 crore.

Patel said that the per capita annual power consumption of electricity in the State was 1,424 units in 2007-08, which increased to 2,007 units in 2017-18 much above the national average per capita annual power consumption is 1,149 units.

He informed that Gujarat’s agriculture production growth was 12.11 per cent, and it contributed 7.3 per cent in the country’s agriculture economy.

He said that in 4 decades between 1960-2001, 6.94 lakh agriculture power connections were given, while since 2001 after BJP’s coming to power, over 11 lakh agriculture power connections were given.

Patel also said that the government has declared 6,174 villages of 96 talukas as scarcity-hit. About 16.27 lakh farmers from these talukas have been paid Rs 1,557 crore as assistance. The government has introduced a special assistance package of Rs 2,285 crore for over 23 lakh farmers and cattle owners of 96 talukas of the state. As per the 19th Livestock Census, with rise of 15.36 per cent in livestock population, Gujarat ranks first in the country. In the past 15 years, the per capita availability of milk in the state improved by 243 grams per day and is now 564 grams per day, he said.

Talking about the Narmada Dam project, Patel stated that that out of the total length of 71,748 km of Sardar Sarovar canal network, 84 per cent or 60,427 km has been completed. And between 2001-2008, a total of Rs 51,786 crore was spent on the project, and a provision of Rs 6,945 crore has been made for the year 2019-20. Under this scheme, a total of 9,083 villages and 166 cities were supplied water.

He also announced that VAT subsidy on diesel for fishing boats will be increased from Rs 12 a litre to Rs 15. The much-awaited Ahmedabad Metro rail Phase-I will have a commercial run on a 6.5 km route by March 2019. For the year 2017-18, 311 million tonnes of goods were transported through various ports in Gujarat, which is 31 per cent of the total transportation in the country.

Reaffirming the State Government’s commitment to improve the well-being of all its citizens, he said that the resources have been judiciously allocated across various sectors to accelerate Gujarat’s development strides.
The interim budget size for the financial year 2019-20 is Rs 1,91,817 crore. The provision covers all standing charges and expenditure on continuous items but excludes new items which will be covered in the Modified Budget.

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Finance Minister of Gujarat Nitin Patel presenting Gujarat budget 2019 (vote on account) in the assembly.

– Rs. 500 crore revolving reserved fund for zero per cent loan to farmers.

– A total of Rs 620 crore disbursed to farmers till now under Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train in Gujarat.

– 5,000 hectare saline coastal padtar government land to be allotted to shrimp farming.

– Gujarat’s economy registered growth of 11.2 percent during 2017-18.

– Increase in VAT subsidy on per litre of diesel by Rs 3 for fishermen.

– In addition to routine allocation for water development Rs 329 cr proposed to repair check dams.

– ‘sex semen lab’ in Patan with an outlay of Rs 47.5 crore.

– New fishing dock in Valsad district.

– Daily allowance given to families of fishermen caught by Pakistan Marine Agency doubled to Rs 300.

– University for organic agriculture in Halol in Central Gujarat.

– Monthly widow pension increased by Rs 250 (Rs. 1250, up from Rs. 1200). widows to get pension irrespective of son’s age.

– Income threshold for availing Ma Scheme has been increased from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 4 lakh

– Insurance cover under Ma and Ma Vatsalya Yojana increased from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. Some 68 lakh beneficiary families to benefit.

– Narmada Canal development gets a routine allocation of Rs 6,945 crore.

– The monthly remuneration of Anganwadi workers has been increased from Rs 6,300 to Rs 7,200 per month.

– Rs. 250 crore outlay for Panam high level canal oriented water scheme for Panchmahal eastern areas.

– Eight new water desalination plants will be developed.

– Pension for senior citizens increased from Rs 500 per month to Rs 750 per month.

– Eight more Samras Hostels to be set up.

– 3.82 crore patients took benefit of OPD in govt hospitals, 43 lakh were indoor patients in govt hospitals across Gujarat.

– PM to inaugurate new Civil hospital medicity facility in Ahmedabad on March 4.

– 54 new flyovers in municipal corporations and 21 in municipalities proposed across Gujarat.

– Rs 500 cr infrastructure fund for newly added areas for municipal corporations and municipalities.

– 1 lakh vehicle train unit highways will have railway over bridges. Locations for 135 over bridge and 75 other bridge identified. Rs. 6,500 crore budget in upcoming time for this in order to ensure fatak-mukt Gujarat.

– 54 new flyovers in municipal corporations and 21 in municipalities proposed.

– Government announced to waive principal and interest and penalty on electricity bills of BPL families.

– Gujarat Government to spend Rs 20 crore to construct footpath along the 103km stretch from Ahmedabad to Shankeshwar for Jain monks.

– Renewable Energy generation capacity to be increased up to 19,700 MW by 2025 from the present capacity of 7,922 MW.

– Rs 2,275 crore allocated for PPP Project Development of deep-sea pipeline and ancillary infrastructure to release treated effluent water from chemical and textile industries of Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Jetpur.

– Gujarat govt to increase commission provided to fair price shop holders by Rs 23 per quintal.

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2019-2020 Budget documents

BudgetVote on Account for Estimate of the Government of Gujarat 2019-2020

–Supplementary Statement of Expenditure

–01 – Annual Financial Statement (Budget)

–02 – Receipt under Consolidated Fund & Transaction under Contingency Fund & Public Accounts,etc

–03 – Agriculture & Co-operation

–04 – Education

–05 – Energy & Petro-Chemicals

–06 – Finance

–07 – Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs

–08 – Forests & Environment

–09 – General Administration

–10 – Gujarat Legislature Secretariat

–11 – Health & Family Welfare

–12 – Home

–13 – Industries & Mines

–14 – Information & Broadcasting

–15 – Labour & Employment

–16 – Legal

–17 – Legislative & Parliamentary Affairs

–18-1 – Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply & Kalpsar – Part-I

–18-2 – Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply & Kalpsar -Part-II.pdf

–19 – Panchayat, Rural Housing & Rural Development–

-20 – Ports & Transport

–21 – Revenue

–22-1 – Roads & Buildings – Part-I

–22-2 – Roads & Buildings – Part-II

–23 – Science & Technology

–24-1 – Social Justice & Empowerment – Part-I–

24-2 – Social Justice & Empowerment – Part-II

–24-3 – Tribal Development – (Part-1) Volume-III

–24-4 – Tribal Development – (Part-4) Volume-IV

–25 – Sports, Youth & Cultural Activities

–26 – Urban Development & Urban Housing

–27 – Women & Child Development

–28 – Climate Change—

Budget in Brief

Budget Speech English – Gujarati

 

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