GUWAHATI: Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday offered a Rs 1,193.04-crore deficit price range for 2019-20, introducing a number of new schemes together with rice at Rs 1 in step with kilogram for the poor, 1 tola (10 gram) gold to the brides, amongst others.
The Minister additionally introduced waiver of hotel charges for students and a few social security schemes to hide the younger widows and 'divgyangs' and scholarship schemes for the upper education of girls from the minority communities.
The price range additionally introduced Affordable Nutrition & Nourishment Assistance (ANNA) Yojana beneath which the government plans to provide rice at an additional sponsored fee of Re 1 in step with kg as a substitute for the advantage of 53 lakh families.
Giving details of the Affordable Nutrition & Nourishment Assistance (ANNA) Yojana, Sarma stated the government will provide rice at a sponsored fee of Re 1 in step with kg as a substitute of the present Rs 3 in step with kg with the intention to additional beef up meals security for our other folks.
He stated that the scheme is predicted to profit 53 lakh families around the state and added the government will get started the pilot implementation of ANNA Yojana from March, 2019.
"I am happy to announce that we shall give 'one tola gold', costing around Rs 38,000 as on today, to brides belonging to all such communities of our state where it is customary to provide gold at the time of wedding," Sarma stated while presenting the price range.
The gold benefit will likely be extended to these brides who belong to families whose annually earning is not up to Rs 5 lakh.
"The government will provide free text books to students upto degree level (Arts, Science and Commerce) from the present level of Class XII," Sarma stated.
"A subsidy of Rs 700 per student per month to be paid for 10 months in a year, irrespective of their economic status, on the mess bills, for those students staying in the hostels of government, or provincialised colleges and universities," the minister stated, including the government can even provide battery operated 'e-bikes' to all woman scholars who safe 1st division or above in their upper secondary examinations.
"The government has decided to provide rice free of cost to 4 lakh families in the tea garden areas and 2 kg of sugar per month to the families of the tea garden workers," he stated, including that the government is launching a brand new scheme beneath which any girl, as much as the age of 45 years, who loses her husband, will obtain an amount of Rs 25,000 as 'Immediate Family Assistance'.
"In addition to the immediate assistance of Rs 25,000, for regular maintenance expenses, the widow will also be eligible for a monthly pension of Rs 250 until she attains the age of 60 years, post which, she will be moved to the old age pension scheme," stated Sarma.
He stated that the government has earmarked Rs 200 crore for scholarships to woman scholars of minority communities for upper education and introduced the government has made up our minds to determine a Development Corporation for the Indigenous Muslims which will absorb various programmes for their building.
The Minister additionally introduced waiver of hotel charges for students and a few social security schemes to hide the younger widows and 'divgyangs' and scholarship schemes for the upper education of girls from the minority communities.
The price range additionally introduced Affordable Nutrition & Nourishment Assistance (ANNA) Yojana beneath which the government plans to provide rice at an additional sponsored fee of Re 1 in step with kg as a substitute for the advantage of 53 lakh families.
Giving details of the Affordable Nutrition & Nourishment Assistance (ANNA) Yojana, Sarma stated the government will provide rice at a sponsored fee of Re 1 in step with kg as a substitute of the present Rs 3 in step with kg with the intention to additional beef up meals security for our other folks.
He stated that the scheme is predicted to profit 53 lakh families around the state and added the government will get started the pilot implementation of ANNA Yojana from March, 2019.
"I am happy to announce that we shall give 'one tola gold', costing around Rs 38,000 as on today, to brides belonging to all such communities of our state where it is customary to provide gold at the time of wedding," Sarma stated while presenting the price range.
The gold benefit will likely be extended to these brides who belong to families whose annually earning is not up to Rs 5 lakh.
"The government will provide free text books to students upto degree level (Arts, Science and Commerce) from the present level of Class XII," Sarma stated.
"A subsidy of Rs 700 per student per month to be paid for 10 months in a year, irrespective of their economic status, on the mess bills, for those students staying in the hostels of government, or provincialised colleges and universities," the minister stated, including the government can even provide battery operated 'e-bikes' to all woman scholars who safe 1st division or above in their upper secondary examinations.
"The government has decided to provide rice free of cost to 4 lakh families in the tea garden areas and 2 kg of sugar per month to the families of the tea garden workers," he stated, including that the government is launching a brand new scheme beneath which any girl, as much as the age of 45 years, who loses her husband, will obtain an amount of Rs 25,000 as 'Immediate Family Assistance'.
"In addition to the immediate assistance of Rs 25,000, for regular maintenance expenses, the widow will also be eligible for a monthly pension of Rs 250 until she attains the age of 60 years, post which, she will be moved to the old age pension scheme," stated Sarma.
He stated that the government has earmarked Rs 200 crore for scholarships to woman scholars of minority communities for upper education and introduced the government has made up our minds to determine a Development Corporation for the Indigenous Muslims which will absorb various programmes for their building.
Assam budget 2019-20: One-tala gold to brides, rice at Re 1/kg
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