Assam poll : Gogoi presents Rs 33,687.43 cr interim budget
With of the assembly polls in the state hardly three months away, Gogoi, who also holds the Finance department, presented the six months interim budget.
“To defray obligatory and other necessary expenses, I seek vote on account on the demand for grants of an aggregate of Rs 33,687.43 crore from April 1, 2016 to September 30, 2016,” Gogoi said while presenting the interim budget.
Targeting the Modi government, the Assam CM said that Assam faced financial crisis after the Union government cut fund allocation in most of the central schemes.
“Assam has lost more than Rs 5000 crore from the central fund allocation during the 2015-16 financial year,” Gogoi said.
Looking forward to the next assembly polls, Gogoi announced several schemes for woman development, tea tribes and other community development, poor people development in the interim budget.
Gogoi proposed 50 per cent reservation for woman in all posts under the state government in the interim budget.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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