Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema on Monday presented the Aam Aadmi Party government’s first budget for the year 2022-23 with a total outlay of ₹1,55,860 crore.
The Finance Minister presented the State’s first paperless budget, a step expected to save ₹21 lakh per annum. The budget puts the current effective outstanding debt of Punjab at ₹2.63 Lakh crore. The budget proposals for the coming year focused on the education, health agriculture and police modernisation.
Mr. Cheema announced upgrading of 100 schools as ‘schools of eminence’, and setting up cyber-crime control units in all districts.