Publish Date: | Wed, 09 Mar 2022 01:38 PM (IST)
Sunil Dahiya, Jabalpur. The general budget of the state, which is recovering from the Corona epidemic, was presented on Wednesday. Taking care of all sections, Finance Minister Jagdish Deora presented a balanced budget for the year 2022-23. In which importance was given to Mahakoshal and Vindhya including Sanskardhani Jabalpur. Along with this, the expectations being made from the budget also got wings. Due to which Mahakoshal and Vindhya will also be able to fly partially on the right. In the budget, it has been proposed to build the Narmada Pragati Path from Amarkantak, the birthplace of Mother Narmada to the last end, under the Atal Pragati Path, to develop the faith of the devotees towards Mother Narmada and to develop it as a tourist destination. It also includes Gwarighat, Lamhetaghat, Tilwaraghat of Jabalpur. Along with this, a lot has come out of the Finance Minister’s box for Mahakoshal Vindhya, which will decide a new direction of development.
A total provision of 48 thousand 800 crore is proposed to increase the budget estimate of capital expenditure for the year 2022-23 by about 21 percent again. Despite the second and third wave of COVID, the revised estimate for the financial year 2021-22 has increased by about eight thousand 829 crores from the previous year to reach 40 thousand 415 crores, which is a record.
E-Charging Station: Keeping in view the environment, provision has been made in the budget to develop 217 e-charging stations to promote non-fuel vehicles. Including Jabalpur. With the establishment of e-charging stations, not only will the number of e-rickshaws increase here, there will also be relief from the riots and pollution caused by auto rickshaws. Apart from this, people will also come forward to buy e-charging vehicle. Industrial Park-
The industrial park has also been included in the budget given to Mahakoshal. Provision has been made in the budget for the establishment of industrial parks at Narsinghpur and Lamtra in Katni. Apart from farming in rural areas, new employment opportunities will be created in industrial areas.
Irrigation: Apart from this, while encouraging irrigation, it has been said to start a project at Narsinghpur-Raisen at a cost of about eight thousand crores under Chinki Barrage Barrage Joint Multipurpose Project. In this, there is a provision to increase the irrigation capacity in two lakh 12 thousand hectares as well as to generate 50 MW of electricity.
Posted By: Ravindra Suhane