Gandhinagar: The education department of Gujarat will disburse the first installment of the Namo Saraswati and Namo Lakshmi scholarship schemes on June 27. This decision was made in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, where it was decided to allocate the first installment of Rs 85 crore to students on June 27, coinciding with Shala Praveshotsav. The registration process for these scholarships will commence on Monday. The state government, in its budget for the fiscal year 202...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister today launched Namo Lakshmi and Namo Saraswati Vigyan Sadhna schemes of the State government. Under Namo Lakshmi scheme, Rs. 50,000 financial assistance will be given in the span of four years to girls studying in class 9 to class 12. Under Namo Saraswati Vigyan Scheme, Rs. 25,000 financial assistance will be given in two years span to science stream students (boys and girls) of class 11-12. Government, granted and private school students in class...Read More

Ahmedabad: Aiming to provide high-quality, future-oriented education to students of Gujarat various schemes in the education sector were announced in the state budget for the year 2024-25. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will inaugurate two such schemes, namely Namo Lakshmi Yojana and Namo Saraswati Vigyan Sadhana Yojana, estimated at ₹1500 crore, on March 9, to strengthen secondary and higher secondary education in the state. The launch event will take place at Gyanda Girls High School in Ahme...Read More

Gandhinagar: Sharing more details about the NaMo Lakshmi scheme announced by Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai, Finance Department official JP Gupta, in reply to media queries, said that it is the first government scheme covering teenage female groups. He said, 'There are many other schemes for other age group women, but no scheme for teenage group females. The government has selected this group for the NaMo Lakshmi scheme because if females at this age are not in good health, nutrition, and ed...Read More

Gandhinagar: Responding to the media's query on the public debt of Gujarat State, the Finance Department's top official, JP Gupta, said that Gujarat is very careful and pragmatic about its debt, and when compared to the GSDP-public debt ratio, Gujarat is in a better position than all other states barring Odisha. Gupta said, 'Gujarat's economy is Rs. 24 lakh crore this year. The Centre has prescribed that any state can take debt to the limit of 27 percent of its GSDP and not more than that. In...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government is set to develop Kori Creek and Chauhan Nala near SIR Creek, along the India-Pakistan border area of Kutch, as part of the Coastal Seema Darshan project. The state finance minister made this announcement during his budget speech for the year 2024-25 on Friday. Finance Minister Kanu Desai stated, "Inspired by the success of the ‘Nadabet Seema Darshan Project’, a provision of ₹40 crore out of the planned provision of ₹145 crore for the development of...Read More

Gandhinagar: The State Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai presented the state budget today, announcing significant initiatives to support the Surat Diamond Industry. Under the Industries and Mines department, a provision of ₹7 crore has been allocated for establishing a Center of Excellence to develop synthetic diamonds and provide facilities for Small and Medium Scale Industries. Given Surat's growing prominence as a major global hub for synthetic diamonds, the center is likely to be establis...Read More

Gandhinagar: The annual budget for the financial year 2024-25 was presented in the Gujarat Assembly today. Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai, in his budget speech, announced a total provision of ₹22,194 crore for the Agriculture, Farmers Welfare, and Cooperation Department. In a major announcement, two new Agricultural colleges will come up in Morbi and Kachchh, along with another agricultural engineering college at Khedbrahma. The government has also made allocations for the development of f...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has planned Rs. 10 crore LED statue of Goddess Amba at pilgrim town Ambaji in North Gujarat. As per the documents of the annual State budget for financial year 2024-25, "It is proposed for installation of LED Statue of “Maa Amba” at Ambaji. For this purpose, an amount of Rs.10.00 crore is required. Accordingly, it is proposed to provide an amount of Rs.10.00 crore." Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai presented his third budget today in the State asse...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has proposed to set up a Regional Digital Financial Services Security Lab at GIFT City, Gandhinagar for the Asia-Pacific region of the International Telecommunication Union. The budget presented today by Finance Minister Kanubhai Patel has made a provision of Rs. 2.24 crore for this purpose. The State government also plans to introduce the Gujarat IT/ITES Startup policy for 2024-29 for which Rs. 10 crore provision has been made in the State budget. The g...Read More