The Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly passed Rs56,683 crore budget for the financial year 2023-24.

Budget

The Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly passed Rs56,683 crore budget for the financial year 2023-24. Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu introduced the related Himachal Pradesh Appropriation Bill 2023 in the assembly, which was passed by voice note. With this, the state government has got the authorisation to withdraw funds from the consolidated fund for use during the financial year. A total of 1,500 diesel buses will be replaced at a cost of Rs1,000 crore. The growth of state's GDP has remained sluggish during 2022-23 and dropped to 6.4 percent as compared to 7.6 percent growth recorded in 2021-22. The state faces huge debt of Rs75,000 crore and other liabilities on account of payment of arrears of revised pay scales and DA amounting Rs11,000 crore. The chief minister also announced measures to improve healthcare facility in the state.


      The Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly passed Rs56,683 crore budget for the financial year 2023-24.

      Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu introduced the related Himachal Pradesh Appropriation Bill 2023 in the assembly, which was passed by voice note.

      With this, the state government has got the authorisation to withdraw funds from the consolidated fund for use during the financial year.

 

     


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