The call of 2027 assembly elections has already started being heard in Uttarakhand. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will present the budget of Uttarakhand on March 11 and it will not be a normal budget. This is the last full budget of the Dhami government before the elections, so it is natural for there to be politics in every figure. The budget session will be held in the summer capital Gairsain (Bharadisain) from 9 to 13 March. The notification has been issued there.
Government’s preparation to increase the budget to Rs 1.20 lakh crore
Last year the budget size was Rs 1.01 lakh crore. This time the government is preparing to increase it to Rs 1.15 to 1.20 lakh crore. In which special attention is expected to be given to youth, women, tourism and infrastructure.
This time the government has slightly changed the way of making the budget. Chief Minister Dhami held ‘Budget Dialogue’ on February 7 in Banbasa, Champawat, in which farmers, industrialists, women self-help groups and experts came together on one platform. The purpose of this dialogue was that the budget should not only be made in the files, but the needs of the land should also be visible in it.
Old schemes will be examined under ‘Zero Based Budgeting’
The government has made it clear that under ‘Zero Based Budgeting’ no scheme will be included in the budget just because it is already running. Now the usefulness of every scheme will be checked. Accounts of past expenditure have been sought from the departments and third party audit is also being conducted. This year, for the first time, separate gender budget data will be prepared for women. Apart from this, separate details of expenditure on research and development have also been sought, this initiative is new in itself.
Preparation to corner the opposition government on issues like unemployment and migration.
Increasing the size of the budget is actually not as easy as it seems. A large part of the total budget is spent on salaries, pensions and loan repayment. last Budget Only about Rs 75 thousand crores were left for development works. In such a situation, maintaining the pace of development while keeping the deficit under control will be the real test for the government.
This time in the cold of Gairsain, political heat will definitely be seen, in which the opposition is fully prepared to corner the government on issues like unemployment, migration and law and order. This session of five days may be short, but the chessboard for the electoral battle of 2027 will begin to be laid from here.