The Budget session of Delhi Assembly begins on Tuesday, where Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will spell out the development roadmap for the AAP government with education, health and transport set to be the main focus.
Sisodia, who holds the finance portfolio, had recently said that 25 per cent of the total budget allocation would be set aside for education, by focusing on training programmes and physical infrastructure. In the 2015-16 budget, the government had allocated Rs 9,836 crore for the education sector out of which Rs 4,570 crore was given under the plan outlay, which was an increase of around 106 per cent. In the run up to the session, BJP’s Yashwant Sinha had addressed the city MLAs as part of an orientation programme following a request by Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel. In the budget to be presented on March 28, the AAP government is expected to provide funds at grassroots level to empower people to have a say in deciding civic projects in their areas. For the first time, the Delhi Assembly will provide live audio-visual feeds of proceedings in the House during the budget session.