Delhi Budget 2025 Live Updates: CM Rekha Gupta directs removal of posters and hoardings from metro pillars

Delhi Budget 2025 Live: Want to ask BJP, what are you hiding?, says LoP Atishi

Delhi Assembly and former CM LoP Atishi says, " The budget session is to present budget and hold a discussion on budget but yesterday, when the list of business for today came, only one hour was allotted for discussion on budget...I want to ask BJP, what are you hiding? Why don't you want a discussion on budget?...This clearly shows there is something wrong. I have written to Speaker Vijender Gupta and demanded at least two days for discussions on budget..."

Delhi Budget 2025 Live: Delhi Assembly LoP Atishi writes to Speaker Vijender Gupta

Delhi Budget 2025 Live: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta orders removal of posters and hoardings from metro pillars

Delhi Budget 2025 Live: Nobody has the right to damage govt property, says CM Rekha Gupta

Delhi Budget 2025 Live: CM Rekha Gupta inaugurates developmental projects

Delhi Budget 2025 Live: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta visits Ward No. 57, Pitampura to inaugurate several projects

Delhi Budget 2025 Live Updates: The Delhi Assembly is set for key discussions today, including deliberations on the Annual Budget for 2025-26, a proposal to enhance MLA support staff, and a review of the CAG's Performance Audit Report on the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC).

Delhi Budget 2025 Live Updates: Rs 1 lakh crore budget with 31.6% increase over last year

The newly formed BJP government in Delhi unveiled an ambitious ?1 lakh crore budget for 2025-26, marking a 31.6% rise from the previous year’s ?76,000 crore outlay. With the backing of the Central government through grants and loans, the budget aims to double capital expenditure and fund several welfare schemes and infrastructure projects promised during the February assembly elections.

Delhi Budget 2025 Live Updates: Major allocations for education, transport, and health

The education sector received the largest share of Rs 19,291 crore, accounting for 19.3% of the total budget, up from Rs 16,396 crore in 2024-25. The transport sector, including roads and bridges, was allocated Rs 12,952 crore, a sharp increase from Rs 7,470 crore. Health services also saw a significant boost, with Rs 12,893 crore allocated, compared to Rs 8,685 crore in the previous year.

Delhi Budget 2025 Live Updates: Key schemes and social welfare initiatives

Chief minister Rekha Gupta, who also holds the finance portfolio, announced several welfare schemes:

• Mahila Samriddhi Yojana: Rs 5,100 crore set aside to provide Rs 2,500 monthly grants to economically weaker women aged above 18.
• Ayushman Bharat Scheme rollout to improve healthcare access.
• Increased pensions for senior citizens, widows, and destitute individuals.
• Construction of decentralized sewage treatment plants (STPs) to prevent polluted water from entering the Yamuna.

Delhi Budget 2025 Live Updates: Rs 9,000 crore for water and sanitation projects

The CM emphasized the government’s commitment to clean water access, allocating Rs 9,000 crore for water and sanitation infrastructure. She highlighted plans to bridge the gap between the current 1,290 MGD water demand and the 1,000 MGD installed capacity through upgraded facilities.

Delhi Budget 2025 Live Updates: Loans, grants, and tax revenue projections

To finance the budget, the Delhi government will:

• Take a Rs 15,000 crore loan from the Centre under the National Small Savings Fund.
• Receive Rs 12,096 crore in grants and aid under various Central schemes.
• Project a 17% increase in tax revenue, from Rs 58,750 crore in 2024-25 to Rs 68,700 crore in 2025-26.

Delhi Budget 2025 Live Updates: Focus on Yamuna cleaning and infrastructure development

Inspired by the Sabarmati riverfront project, the government allocated:

• Rs 500 crore for Yamuna cleaning, ensuring only treated water flows into the river through 40 decentralized STPs.
• Rs 500 crore for STP repairs and upgrades.
• Rs 250 crore for replacing old sewer lines.

Additionally, advanced machinery will be deployed to tackle waste and pollution.

Delhi Budget 2025 Live Updates: Key initiatives and governance plans

The budget announced several new initiatives, including:

• 100 Atal canteens with a Rs 100 crore allocation.
• An education hub in Narela and two new medical colleges.
• Free laptops for 1,200 Class 10 students.
• Welfare boards for gig workers and auto-taxi drivers.
• A pilot project to eliminate overhead electric wires.
• Smart cards to replace pink tickets in the free bus ride scheme for women to curb corruption.
• 50,000 new CCTV cameras and pink PCR units to enhance women’s safety.
• A chief minister Development Fund with Rs 1,400 crore for developmental projects.
• An integrated command and control centre for real-time monitoring of air and water quality, noise levels, and waste management.