TW Newsdesk, March 7: In the election year, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who is also holding the portfolio of Finance Minister presented a budget of Rs 1,21,500 crore for the fiscal year 2023-24 at Chhattisgarh State Legislative Assembly termed it ‘Bharose ka Budget’ (the Budget of trust).
Despite it being a deficit budget, without putting any additional tax burden on the state’s public, he declared that the state government is set to provide an unemployment allowance of Rs 2,500 monthly to the unemployed youth of age group 18-35 whose family income is just below Rs 2.5 lakh per annum. To execute the scheme, the government has created a fund of Rs 250 crores.
