Assam Assembly Budget Session to Resume Today
With the resumption of the Assam Assembly Budget Session from Wednesday
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: With the resumption of the Assam Assembly Budget Session from Wednesday, the Assam Budget 2020-21 will be passed in the House on August 6. Already, State Finance Minister Ajanta Neog presented the budget in the House on July 16. The budget session will end on August 13. It is to be noted that, the House will take a break of 30 minutes at 11 am on Wednesday to support pugilist Lovlina Borgohain in her semi-final bout at the Tokyo Olympics 2021.
Meanwhile, all arrangements have been made for the MLAs to watch Lovlina s match on the premises of the Assembly.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has claimed that the BJP-led Government in Dispur has been successful in fulfilling 80% promises made in the annual State budgets since 2016. He asserted that the trend would continue for the current budget tabled in the Assembly recently.
Participating in the general discussion of the Budget for the year 2021-22, the Chief Minister informed the Assembly on Tuesday that Assam is one of the few States in the country which has brought out ATRs (Action-Taken Reports) on Budget for the last five years.
Stating that the State has launched 59 flagship schemes from 2017 to 2021, he added that the execution is in full swing for all these schemes. The Chief Minister added, In 2017, the State s total revenue collection was just Rs 5,000 crore. The tax-collection figure touched Rs 10,939 crore in 2020. The State could collect excise revenue to the tune of Rs 2,200 crore in 2020.