GUWAHATI: In a first for Assam, the budget shall be offered in the electronic format through finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday. This unique virtual budget can be the first one in the country to be drafted with electorate' participation and streamed on social media.
This is the BJP-led executive's 2nd budget.
"Andhra Pradesh was the first state to introduce e-budget, but it was limited to the legislators - who got the budget documents on tablets - and was not in the public domain. We are going beyond that. For the first time in the country, the proceedings of the budget presentation will go live on Twitter and Facebook," Sarma stated.
Andhra had moved to the virtual format in 2016.
Like legislators in Andhra Pradesh, Assam MLAs will even get the documents on a pill. Media shall be provided with the papers in an 8GB USB power. "For citizens who are on the move and may not have the time to watch the live-stream on TV or social media, the budget will be available on the Google app," Sarma stated.
To reach out to those that would not have access to virtual codecs, the finance department will bring out all the budget in newspapers tomorrow.
"We will have a budget that is citizen-centric. We had sought suggestions from the people and our team had visited 40 academic institutes and 17 districts. We have received about 1,000 suggestions and incorporated them in the budget as much as possible," Sarma stated.
The process for collection ideas, additionally a first, had been happening for the previous few months. Sarma stated maximum ideas revolved around urban issues - drainage, artificial floods and electrical energy - adopted through the education sector and environmental issues.
This yr's budget shall be in four portions - gender budgeting, kid budget, end result budget (evaluation of the progress in enforcing the previous budget's proposals) and a observation on considerable development targets - but even so the normal budget speech and budgetary documents of departments.
This is the BJP-led executive's 2nd budget.
"Andhra Pradesh was the first state to introduce e-budget, but it was limited to the legislators - who got the budget documents on tablets - and was not in the public domain. We are going beyond that. For the first time in the country, the proceedings of the budget presentation will go live on Twitter and Facebook," Sarma stated.
Andhra had moved to the virtual format in 2016.
Like legislators in Andhra Pradesh, Assam MLAs will even get the documents on a pill. Media shall be provided with the papers in an 8GB USB power. "For citizens who are on the move and may not have the time to watch the live-stream on TV or social media, the budget will be available on the Google app," Sarma stated.
To reach out to those that would not have access to virtual codecs, the finance department will bring out all the budget in newspapers tomorrow.
"We will have a budget that is citizen-centric. We had sought suggestions from the people and our team had visited 40 academic institutes and 17 districts. We have received about 1,000 suggestions and incorporated them in the budget as much as possible," Sarma stated.
The process for collection ideas, additionally a first, had been happening for the previous few months. Sarma stated maximum ideas revolved around urban issues - drainage, artificial floods and electrical energy - adopted through the education sector and environmental issues.
This yr's budget shall be in four portions - gender budgeting, kid budget, end result budget (evaluation of the progress in enforcing the previous budget's proposals) and a observation on considerable development targets - but even so the normal budget speech and budgetary documents of departments.
Assam budget goes digital, to be streamed on social media
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