As a woman rose to present the state s budget, for the first time in the history of Assam, her first words were “I am presenting this budget with a mother’s compassion”. Amidst the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, when states across India are being forced to deal with economic and humanitarian crises, a good budget can do a lot to boost public morale and bring back hope. With not a single penny of new taxes levied and a perfect balance of measures to spur both investment and consumption-led growth in the state, Ajanta Neog, the first ever woman finance minister of Assam seems to have got it right. Many of the election manifesto promises found a place in the budget ranging from a flood free Assam, micro finance loan waiver and Arunodoy, providing employment of 100,000 youths across 48 departments within a year. Giving a new lease of life to Assam’s spectacular fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the finance minister also proposed setting up five new medical colleges and 1,0
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