Ø In its
budget for 2016-17 presented in the Assembly on Tuesday, the Gujarat government
has focused on rural areas and social sectors in the backdrop of rural distress
that led to the ruling BJP’s drubbing in the district and block panchayat
elections held in November 2015. The annual plan size has been fixed at Rs. 85,557.78 crore out of which Rs. 40,285.52
crore has been allocated for social services such as primary health, education,
drinking water, housing, nutrition, employment, women and child development,
etc. Presenting the budget, Finance Minister Saurabh Patel stressed that Rs. 14,294.2 crore for irrigation and flood control. A total of Rs. 5,940.08 crore for agriculture have been allocated to create
irrigation potential in arid areas. Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has decided
to declare year 2016-17 as the year for youth development and the government
will recruit 66,000 youths for various categories of government jobs during the
year.
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