The green budget for the year 2026-27 was passed unanimously on the last day of the budget session of the Assembly. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and cabinet ministers enumerated its merits during the discussion on the budget. During this, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta made a sharp attack on the opposition and said that it seems that the Aam Aadmi Party has decided to stay on the streets. The people of Delhi will put them on permanent roads only next time.
The Green Budget was unanimously approved in the Assembly on Friday, the last day of the budget session. Although no major changes were made in the budget, the political atmosphere remained quite heated during the discussion. The Chief Minister said that Delhi will now move forward in a new direction, where every rupee will be accounted for and incomplete work will be completed. During the session, the Chief Minister appeared angry over the statements made regarding the cycle distribution scheme. He said that any objectionable comment about the daughters of Delhi will not be tolerated.
Absence of opposition became a big issue in the session
Aam Aadmi Party MLAs continued to stay away from the House, to which the ruling party reacted strongly. The Chief Minister said that only those whom the public elected to raise their voice are not coming to the House. It seems that the opposition has now decided to do street politics. The public will answer this in the elections.
Previous government left behind Rs 47,000 crore debt
Speaking on the financial situation, the Chief Minister made serious allegations against the previous government. He said that the previous government left a debt of about Rs 47,000 crore on Delhi, of which Rs 27,547 crore is still outstanding. Apart from this, many big projects were left incomplete, the responsibility of which now has to be borne by the present government. The liability was around Rs 3,700 crore in expressway projects, Rs 9,087 crore in metro-related projects, more than Rs 2,000 crore in hospital construction and Rs 1,031 crore in DMRC-PWD integrated projects. Many schools and hospitals remained incomplete for years, causing their costs to keep rising.
The Chief Minister said that his government has started the work of clearing these pending liabilities. Payments related to players, scholarships, EWS schemes and Kishori scheme have been made. Apart from this, tuition fees of Rs 114 crore of SC, ST and OBC students and liability of Rs 538 crore of Delhi government colleges have also been settled. Referring to a PWD project, he said Rs 250 crore was paid without any work being done, which shows serious irregularities.
Expressed concern over the condition of government institutions
The CM said that DTC is running at a loss of around Rs 99,000 crore, while Delhi Jal Board is running at a loss of Rs 91,000 crore. He described the billing system of the Water Board as a complete failure, due to which people got wrong and higher bills. Now CM Pragati Portal has been started, through which all the projects will be monitored and they will be completed within the stipulated time.
Emphasis on infrastructure and environment
CM said, steps like elevated road, metro extension, EV transition and charging infrastructure are being taken on Munak Canal at a cost of Rs 5000 crore. For the first time in the field of environment, 4200 hectares of ridge area has been declared forest and a target has been set to plant 35 lakh trees in the next four years. To strengthen health services, 4478 posts have been approved and 1194 nursing and paramedical staff have been appointed.
Announcement of prorogation, report will be sent to LG
Assembly Speaker Vijendra Gupta announced prorogation at the end of the session and said that its report would be sent to the Lieutenant Governor. This budget session lasted for a total of four days. Questions were continuously raised regarding the absence of the opposition in this session. MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party, which was in power for almost 11 years, stayed away from this important session, which was strongly criticized by the ruling party.