New Delhi For every rupee in Indian government coffer, about one-fourth will come from market borrowing in 2015-16, while 20 paise would be spent towards interest payment. The government's dependence on debt has remained unchanged at 24 paise in the coming year, reflecting tight situation on revenue collections despite projected better economic outlook. There has been no change in revenue mobilisation in terms of every rupee earned compared to the current f...Read More

Ahmedabad Reacting sharply to the state budget for 2015-16 presented in the Gujarat Assembly today, Gujarat Congress leaders criticised the budget provisions as misleading, deceptive and having no concrete plan to fulfil expectations of the people. Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Assembly Shankersinh Vaghela alleged that the BJP-led Gujarat government has failed to address crucial problems faced by people in its budget, such as affordable housing, improvements n...Read More

Gandhinagar, DeshGujarat Gujarat Chief Minister Smt Anandiben Patel welcomed Budget 2015-16 presented by Gujarat Finance Minister Shri Saurabhbhai Patel in Legislative Assembly today. She stated that the all-inclusive Budget will give momentum to State Government’s commitment towards sustainable development. The second consecutive budget under the leadership of CM Smt Patel has her imprint in the emphasis of the social sector and firm push for over-all development. Social ...Read More

Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat Presented here are highlights of Gujarat budget 2015-16 presented by Finance Minister Saurabh Patel in graphics. Read More

Gandhinagar, DeshGujarat Finance Minister Saurabh Patel today in his budget speech announced Rs. 468 crore four lane road connecting Vadodara and Ankleshwar to Statue of Unity, the tallest statue of the world featuring Sardar Patel which is proposed to be constructed in four years. For next fiscal, Finance Minister announced allocation of Rs. 50 crore for this project. Finance Minister also announced a proposal to construct a bridge connecting mainlan...Read More

Gandhinagar, DeshGujarat Here are some of the highlights of Finance Minister Saurabh Patel's budget allocations for Industries and Mines department. -Rs. 27 crore for development of infra in mining areas. -Rs. 28 crore for Geo-chemical mapping and for identification of mineral sites and their mapping. -Gujarat exploration project to explore minerals along with rare-earth and to undertake research. Provision Rs. 20 crore. -Rs. 10 crore for proposed regi...Read More

Gandhinagar, DeshGujarat In his budget speech today, Finance Minister Saurabh Patel announced Rs. 10,269.74 crore allocation for the Urban Development and Urban Housing department. Some of the eye-catching features of this allocations are listed out below: -Rs. 611 crore for initial phase of Ahmedabad Metro Rail project. -Rs. 200 crore for the projects of developing the unique identity of cities. -Rs. 150 crore for the works related to Smart City. -...Read More

Gandhinagar, DeshGujarat Gujarat government will set up The Institute of Chemical Safety. Finance Minister Saurabh Patel today in his budget speech made this announcement and allocated Rs. 2 crore. He said, "The chemical industry has developed remarkably in Gujarat. There is a provision of Rs. 2 crore to establish The Institute of Chemical Safety, which will be useful for the research and studies related to chemical industries. It will also contribute to ...Read More

Gandhinagar, DeshGujarat Gujarat government has planned to set-up an exclusive SRP(State Reserve Police) battalion for the protection of important public properties. This was announced by Finance Minister today in his budget speech. He also announced that it is planned to create a separate Women Police Band in the state. Proposing a provision of Rs. 4,305.91 crore under Plan and Non Plan for the Home Department for maintenance of Law and Order, he a...Read More

Gandhinagar, DeshGujarat Here is a document of Gujarat Finance Minister Saurabh Patel's budget speech for year 2015-16. © Copyright DeshGujarat. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of any DeshGujarat content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without their prior written consent. Read More