Assam budget 2021-22: Rs 1 lakh to the family of people who succumbed to Covid-19
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These were part of a Rs 566.20 crore deficit budget for 2021-22 tabled in the assembly on Friday by Ajanta Neog, Assam’s first female finance minister. She has earmarked Rs 7,500 crore towards waiving outstanding microfinance loans of up to Rs 12,000.
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Neog also announced road projects, elaborate schemes for the dairy sector and a programme to provide mobile devices to the students of class 10 and 12.
The Assam government on Friday promised to pay Rs 1 lakh to the family of people who succumbed to Covid-19 in the state as well as announced a relief package for pandemic-affected small traders and artisans.