Delhi Budget 2025 To Address Women Empowerment, Pollution, Waterlogging: CM Rekha Gupta
Delhi's 2025-26 budget emphasises women's empowerment, education, healthcare, infrastructure, and pollution control, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said.
New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) The BJP government's "Viksit Delhi Budget" for the 2025-26 fiscal will focus on economic empowerment of women, better education and health service, improved infrastructure, pollution and waterlogging woes, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday.
The budget session of the Delhi Assembly is scheduled to be held from March 24 to 28. The budget will be tabled on March 25.
Gupta said the Delhi government consulted various sections of the society, including professionals, for feedback to prepare the budget.
As many as 3,303 suggestions were received from stakeholders through email and 6,982 through WhatsApp, she said.
The chief minister informed reporters during a press conference that the budget session of the Delhi Assembly will begin on Monday with a "Kheer" ceremony.
The budget will focus on meeting the basic needs of the public and have provisions for employment generation, she said, adding the BJP government in Delhi will ensure the budget fulfils Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of a 'Viksit Delhi'.
Delhi Assembly to go paperless, signs agreement to implement NeVA platform
Moving towards paperless work, the Delhi Assembly on Saturday signed a tripartite agreement with the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and the Delhi government for implementation of the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA).
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in the presence of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta.
With this, Delhi Assembly has become the 28th legislature to adopt the NeVA platform, a statement from the Assembly Secretariat said.
The agreement was signed by Satya Prakash, Additional Secretary in Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Ranjeet Singh, Delhi Assembly Secretary, and Reetesh Singh, Principle Secretary (Law) in Delhi government.
The agreement signifies Delhi's commitment to a paperless and more transparent legislative system, the statement from Assembly Secretariat said.
The NeVA platform aims to bring greater efficiency, accessibility and sustainability to legislative procedures by digitising House business, and providing real-time access to documents, it said.
"By adopting NeVA, the Delhi Assembly will significantly reduce paper consumption, streamline work flows and empower MLAs with digital tools for better legislative performance," it said.
Rijiju expressed happiness over the agreement, saying it will ensure faster work at the Assembly.
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