Chandigarh January 8: Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal said that in the general budget of the State for the year 2020-2021, focus would be given on education, health, security and self-reliance. In Haryana, the year 2020 has been declared as “Sushasan Sankalp Varsh” and under this, for the first time, Budget would be prepared and presented after discussing different topics with all the MLAs of the state for three days in the budget session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha.
Mr Manohar Lal said this while addressing the stakeholders related to service sector and real estate sector in the Pre-budget Consultation 2020-21in Gurugram today.
He said that Haryana would contribute to its fullest to achieve the Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi's vision of making the Indian economy five trillion dollars by 2024, for which growth needs to be increased in every sector. Keeping this in view, this time a pre-budget consultation meeting has been organized with five major stake holders related to the economy before the budget. Of these, a consultation meeting with the service sector and real estate sector has been organized in Gurugram. Similarly, discussions would also be held with the people associated with the Textile Sector in Panipat and Agriculture and Allied Services in Hisar.
He said that a good budget would be prepared by incorporating the suggestions of all the sectors and legislators. A good budget is the need of the hour and for this, CM (Common Man) to CM (Chief Minister) could also give their suggestions. He said that if this experiment is successful, it would be further expanded next time. The aim of the state government is to create more employment opportunities and faster development of infrastructural facilities, he added.
The Chief Minister patiently listened to the suggestions made by the service sector in the first session of Pre Budget Consultation and the representatives of real estate in the second session and assured that all their suggestions would be included in the budget for the progress of the state. While referring to Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway, he said that besides developing rail network with it, metro service in the state is being expanded and Hisar Airport is being developed. He asked the representatives of the service sector that competent youth be registered on the Saksham Yuva portal so as to provide them ample employment opportunities. Also, referring to the schemes to be implemented in future, he said that a land bank is also being developed through e-Bhoomi portal keeping in view the industrial and commercial requirements. The representatives of the service sector gave their suggestions for the upcoming budget to the Chief Minister and also presented a copy of their presentation.
Earlier, Additional Secretary Finance Mr T.V.S.N Prasad highlighted the importance of these pre-budget consultation meetings through a Presentation. Director, IIM Rohtak Professor Dheeraj Sharma, and former President of NASSCOM Mr R Chandra Shekhar gave presentation as subject experts. The meeting was attended by representatives from CII, FICCI, NASSCOM, NRAI, Truck and Transport Association, Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association, Health Care Services Sector, Hospitality, Logistics Service, Skill Development, PhD Chamber and National Stock Exchange.
Among those present on this occasion included MLA Gurugram Mr Sudhir Singla, MLA Pataudi Mr Satya Prakash Jarawta, MLA Badshahpur Mr Rakesh Daultabad, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr Rajesh Khullar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr V Umashankar, Director General Swarna Jayanti Haryana Institute of Fiscal Management Mr Vikas Gupta, Director General HIPA Gurugram Mr Surina Rajan and representatives of various institutions related to service sector.