Rajasthan Budget 2023 / Ashok Gehlot government will not bring the budget before the central government

Till now speculations were being made regarding the budget of Rajasthan that this time the budget will come soon, but looking at the preparations of the government, it seems that the budget will come only in February. The government is preparing to call the assembly session in the last week of January or the first week of February.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Dec 29, 2022, 12:02 AM
Rajasthan Budget 2023 : Till now speculations were being made regarding the budget of Rajasthan that this time the budget will come soon, but looking at the preparations of the government, it seems that the budget will come only in February. The government is preparing to call the assembly session in the last week of January or the first week of February.


The government wants that the budget of the central government should come first, only after that the budget of the state should be presented. Experts also believe that if the budget of the center comes earlier, then the state government gets an idea of the share amount to be received from the center. This makes it easier for the state to make the budget.


According to CMO sources, the state budget will come only after the central budget. Accordingly, preparations are going on in the Finance Department regarding the budget. This time the budget will be completely election budget. That is, the government will try to accommodate all the classes in the budget.


So that Congress gets benefit in the elections. Accordingly, provision will be made for new schemes and projects in the budget. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has so far held four and 11 departmental meetings of the Budget Advisory Committee regarding the preparations for the budget.


During the political crisis, the Chief Minister had indicated to bring the budget soon

On September 25, after the political crisis in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had indicated to bring an early budget in the state after a meeting called to review the current budget on October 5. He had said that the next budget would be dedicated to youth and students. After Gehlot's statement on the budget, speculations were being made that this time the budget would come sooner than the rest of the years.


Recently, Gehlot again gave a statement regarding the budget. During Bharat Jodo Yatra, during the meeting held at Malakheda, Alwar on December 19, he had announced a cylinder for Rs.500 and said that the budget would come next month. Since then the speculations had intensified that this time the budget could come in January.


Governor's seal on the end of the seventh session of the 15th Vidhansabha

The government had sent the file to the Raj Bhavan after passing the proposal for prorogation of the budget session of the 2022 assembly through circulation from the cabinet. Governor Kalraj Mishra has approved the prorogation of the session on Tuesday.


Now the government will send the file to the Raj Bhavan for calling a new session. Work on this is going on in the Law and Parliamentary Affairs Department. According to sources in the department, preparations are on to convene the budget session from the last week of January or the first week of February.


The Union budget was presented on February 1 and the state budget on February 23.

In 2022, the budget of the central government was presented on 1 February. The state government had called the assembly session on 9 February. After this, the state budget was presented in the assembly on 23 February. According to this, if the government calls the assembly session in the last week of January, then the budget can come in the first or second week of February after the budget of the Center.


Experts say- After the budget of the center, there is ease in making the budget of the state.

Regarding the budget, experts say that after the coming of the budget of the center, the budget of the state gets to know about the provision of the budget in the plans of the center and the share that the state gets on the basis of tax collection. Accordingly, it is easy to announce new provisions and new schemes in the state budget.


Nesar Ahmed, director of the Center for Budget Studies, says that when the budget of the center comes in front, then it is easy for the state to make its own budget. It is known from the budget of the center whether the tax collection of the center has increased or decreased.


If it has increased since last year, then the state's share will also increase. Budget increased or decreased in Centrally Sponsored Schemes. This issue also holds importance for the state budget as then the state also has to make provision for its share in these schemes in the same way.


In the schemes of the Central Government, the Central Government gives 100 percent share in any scheme. In some, 60 percent and in others, 40 percent money is received by the states from the center. If the central government increases or decreases something in these schemes, then it affects the budget of the state. By the way, it is not necessary that the state budget comes only after the central budget.


Because anyway the officers of the Finance Department of the State and the officers of the Finance Ministry of the Center remain connected with each other regarding the budget. There is no such rule that the state budget comes only after the Union budget. Still, after the budget of the center, the budget of the state comes, then according to the amount received from the center, there is a complete idea in making the budget.