The Maharashtra state government presented the state budget in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Then Finance Minister Ajit Pawar made several important announcements.
Assembly elections are coming up in Maharashtra state in a few months. While it is expected that some attractive announcements will be made in the budget keeping in mind the election, there are many announcements in this budget to make it come true.
In particular, there are some schemes under the schemes of the Tamil Nadu government. Chief Minister Stalin is strengthening the industrial sector to bring Tamil Nadu to a strong place economically and is thus attracting industrial investments by conducting investors’ conferences in the country and abroad. He has set a target to bring the economy of Tamil Nadu to the level of one trillion US dollars. Ajit Pawar, who presented the Maharashtra budget yesterday, also mentioned this as his target.
In order to recognize the work of women, the Tamil Nadu government is crediting the heads of households with Rs. 1,000 in their bank accounts every month. Eligibility criteria are set in the Artist Women’s Entitlement Scheme. Users are connected at specific intervals.
Following the same scheme of Tamil Nadu government, the state governments of Karnataka and Telangana are providing monthly entitlement amount to women under different names. 2000 rupees is given to women every month through this scheme called Gruha Lakshmi in Karnataka. 2500 rupees is given every month through this scheme called Maha Lakshmi in Telangana.
Finance Minister Ajit Pawar has said that this project is going to be implemented in Maharashtra as well. 1500 rupees will be given to women every month through this special scheme called Main Mantri Majhi Laduki Bahin Yojana. Eligible women between 21 years to 60 years can join this scheme. 46 thousand crore rupees has been allocated for this purpose this year. It has been reported that the scheme will come into effect from July.
The Congress party is ruling in both the states of Karnataka and Telangana. BJP’s coalition government is taking place in Maharashtra. The BJP, which has been criticizing many welfare programs of the Tamil Nadu government, is planning to implement the Women’s Entitlement Scheme in Maharashtra. There is a possibility that other states of the country will also implement this scheme compulsorily in the future. Similarly, the Pink Auto scheme announced by the Tamil Nadu government is also included in the Maharashtra budget.
