SHIMLA: With an eye on the upcoming assembly elections, Himachal chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday presented a “please-all” Rs 51,365-crore budget with special focus on the youth, rural masses, representatives of panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) and urban local bodies (ULBs), and devoid of any new taxes. The CM announced an increase in honorarium of elected representatives of PRIs and ULBs, anganwari workers and Asha workers as well as creation of employment opportunities for 30,000 youths and 12,769 houses for the poor in 2022-23.
As the budget does not propose new taxes, the chief minister said that the government will ensure that adequate resources are arranged with effective tax compliance, cooperation of the Centre and better financial management.
