Gujarat Finance Minister Kanu Desai presented the state budget on Friday. This was the first budget of the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government headed by CM Bhupendra Patel, who assumed office in December last year. Gujarat FM presented a Rs 3.01 lakh crore budget for the state, which is 23.38 per cent higher than the previous year. No new taxes were levied on the citizens in this budget.
The government doubled the insurance coverage under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya-MA (PMJAY-MA) scheme to Rs 10 lakh from Rs 5 lakh, and announced two gas cylinders free per year to the Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries.
(With PTI inputs)