Delhi Budget 2022-2023: Manish Sisodia presents 'Rozgaar budget' for national capital

Manish Sisodia, the Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister of Delhi, will submit the annual budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 in the Delhi Assembly on Saturday. Further, Sisodia would propose the "The Delhi Appropriation Bill, 2022" in the legislature.

For the budget 2022-23, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP administration invited Delhi residents to participate in the budget-making process by sending recommendations to the Finance Department via its website. In Delhi, the AAP administration implemented participatory budgeting. The government received almost 5,000 proposals and a wide range of perspectives.

Here are the highlights: 

• Providing clean air & water for future generations is an integral part of the Delhi government's vision of 2047

• Delhi has become the first state in India to cross the 10% mark in EV sales, which is more than the share of electric vehicles in many developed countries like the UK, France & Singapore. 20,000 new jobs will be created in the next 5 years through EV policy. Delhi govt will launch more than 4,200 e-autos with 33% reservation for women drivers in the coming year.

• Our govt is introducing women-centric policies in the job sector. 25,000 new jobs will be created for women under the 'Smart Urban Farming' initiative.

• The Delhi govt plans to roll out 'Food Truck Policy' where trucks carrying food will be allowed to operate between 8pm and 2am. This will give a boost to Delhi's night economy as well as generate employment: Manish Sisodia

• Sisodia: Our 'Startup' Policy will remove all barriers that stand in the way of young entrepreneurs. There is a provision of Rs 50 crore in this year's budget for the implementation of the new startup policy. In our new start up policy, the Delhi government will set up an incubation center, organize conferences for marketing mentoring and investment. Further, the Delhi government will also get them connected with banks and investors for finance

• New electronic city to be set up in Delhi. "We intend to build electronic city to create jobs, we will also set up a 90-acre plug & play manufacturing centre to attract electronic companies to set up base in Delhi. Redevelopment of non-conforming industrial areas will be done to create 6 lakh new jobs," Sisodia said.

• Delhi to have its own International Film Festival, Delhi dy CM Manish Sisodia said in budget speech.

• Sisodia: "We have a target of expanding the working population in Delhi by creating 20 lakh jobs in the retail sector, food & beverage, logistics, travel & tourism, real estate & green energy."

• Rs 6,154 crore allocated to civic bodies in Delhi budget 2022-23

• "We are bringing a scheme for innovating Delhi's retail markets. We'll invite people from abroad and conduct a Delhi shopping festival. Further, to connect the shopkeepers with customers we will develop Delhi Bazaar portal," he added. He said, "We plan to redevelop & transform these iconic markets of Delhi into attractive tourist destinations. For this, we propose 100 crores in the budget. At least 1.5 lakh new job opportunities will be created in next 5 years from within just 5 markets."

• Delhi's share in country's GDP increased from 3.94 per cent in 2011-12 to 4.21 per cent in 2021-22

• Delhi has been a big center of wholesale trading in India. 60% of Delhi's business is done in wholesale. It is the trust established by the wholesale traders of Delhi that the AAP govt will officially carry forward & give a new identity to the wholesale markets: Sisodia

• He added: "To further the business of shopkeepers in Delhi and to give a boost to the retail market, the government is coming up with another scheme -- Delhi Bazaar. We will provide an online platform named Delhi Bazaar for our local merchants to come there and sell online."

• The Delhi govt plans to develop market in Gandhinagar as a 'Grand Garment Hub' in the field of readymade garments textile. This program is expected to create more than 40,000 new employment opportunities in the next 5 years. Delhi Bazar portal to connect shopkeepers to consumers. Asia's largest garment market in Gandhi Nagar to be developed as garment hub:

• In the previous seven years, more than 1.78 lakh young people have found work in Delhi, with 51,307 of them working for the government. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, the private sector in Delhi has created over 10 lakh employment.

• Manish Sisodia presents Rs 75,800 crore budget

• The budget aims to create 20 lakh new jobs in Delhi in the next five years

• The aim for this year's budget is to assist individuals in recovering from the negative effects of demonetisation, the COVID-19 outbreak, and GST: Manish Sisodia

• Sisodia: Today we are presenting 'Rozgaar Budget' which aims to accelerate economic welfare.

• Delhi Budget 2022
• Delhi Budget 2022-2023
• Manish Sisodia
• Arvind Kejriwal
• AAP