Delhi govt presents Rs 75,800 crore ‘Rozgar Budget’ for 2022-23

The annual budget also allocates R1,900 crore for construction of four new hospitals

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday presented the eighth Annual Budget with focus on employment. Calling it ‘Rozgar Budget’, Sisodia said that the Delhi government has come up with schemes that will provide jobs, food, and increased opportunities in business to those who have lost their livelihoods during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Stating that the budget wants to increase the employment rate in Delhi from 33 per cent to 45 per cent in the next 5 years, Sisodia said that at present, only 57 lakh citizens of the total population are employed. Delhi Government aims to increase it to 75 lakh by next year. “The economy of Delhi is slowly emerging from challenges amid the five waves of Covid-19 and due to this, the GSDP of Delhi at the current market prices, is likely to increase from Rs 7,85,342 crore in 2020-21 to Rs 9,23,967 crore in 2021-22, an increase of 17.65 per cent”, said Sisodia.

The Delhi government has proposed a budget estimate of Rs 75,800 crore for the year 2022-23, 9.86 per cent higher than the budget estimate of Rs 69,000 crore for the year 2021-22. Out of this, Rs 9,668 crore will be allocated towards the health sector. Sisodia said Rs 475 crore has been allocated for construction and development of Mohalla Clinics, polyclinics and Mahila Mohalla Clinics and a toll free helpline will be launched for the health card initiative, for which the government has sanctioned Rs 160 crore. Additionally, the government has also allocated Rs 1,900 crore to construct four new hospitals and redeveloping and upgrading existing hospitals in the city. He added that Rs 15 crore has been allocated to train and hire yoga teachers who will provide yoga training to the people of Delhi.

In its annual budget, the Delhi government has allocated Rs 800 crore for creating and providing jobs, an audit of which will also be undertaken for the first time, the Deputy Chief Minister informed. It has also earmarked Rs 100 crore for re-development of popular marketplaces.

‘Budget will generate employment’

Commenting on the annual budget, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the ‘Rozgar Budget’ will generate employment on large scale for the youth.  “People who lost their jobs during Covid are in trouble. Total 1.68 crore people are employable in Delhi, but only a third—33 per cent have jobs, we will take this number to 45 per cent in five years,” Kejriwal said, adding that every section has been taken care of in this budget. 

In the press briefing after the budget, Kejriwal said that by March 31, 2023, road, water, sewer and drainage work will be completed in all the kutcha colonies of Delhi, except for about 100 colonies. On BJP’s allegations on his statement on Kashmiri Pandits, Kejriwal said that since the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, the BJP has ruled for eight years at the Centre, but there has not been a single rehabilitation centre under their rule. “We demand to put the film on YouTube and the earned money should be spent on the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits.”

Rs 800cr
Amount alloted for creating and providing jobs

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