Delhi budget: Women of 18 and above to get Rs 1,000 a month

Delhi Finance Minister Atishi presented the state budget with total outlays of Rs 76,000 crore for the Financial Year 2024-25 with a focus on the ‘Ram Rajya theme and said that the Aam Aadmi Party-led- Delhi government have been trying day and night for nine years to realise this dream of Ram Rajya.

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Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government on Monday in its Budget announced another populist measure to transfer Rs 1,000 per month to every woman above 18 years of age under ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana for the financial year 2024-25.

“Today we are introducing a revolutionary programme ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana’ in which women above 18 years of age will be given 1000 rupees every month,” Delhi Finance Minister Atishi said.

Atishi presented the 10th budget of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s government at the Delhi Vidhan Sabha today.

“We all are inspired by Lord Ram. (Reading the verse of Ramcharit Manas) We have been trying day and night for nine years to realize this dream of Ram Rajya. We have tried to provide happiness and prosperity to everyone in the last nine years. There is a lot to be done for a Ram Rajya type of governance but a lot has to be done in the upcoming years. It has been said that everyone was happy and healthy in the reign of Lord Ram. Since coming to the Kejriwal government, we have tried to provide better treatment to everyone free of cost. Today, 81 thousands OPD patients get free treatment every day in our 38 hospitals. Today there are 13,800 beds, we can take care of one and a half times more patients,” said Delhi Finance Minister Atishi in the Assembly.