Assam to unveil its state budget for FY 2018-19 in digital format
Guwahati, Mar 12 (IBNS): While Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised on digital innovation and environmentally conscious infrastructure to make Digital India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Assam government will unveil the state budget for the financial year 2018-19 digitally.
Assam Finance minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma will be tabling the first electronic budget of Assam for the FY 2018-19 on Monday before the Assam assembly.
While addressing a press conference held at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati, the Assam Finance minister said Assam is the second state in the country to publish E-Budget.
“It will be available in Google Playstore as an App. People can download the budget from Google Playstore. It will also be published as a booklet in all leading Newspapers in the state,” Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The Assam Finance minister further said that it is for the first time in the state that the budget will be out in a public domain.
Himanta Biswa Sarma further said that the budget enabled tablets will be provided to each MLAs of Assam and the budget will be LIVE on social media.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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