Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: The general discussion and voting on the Budget for the National Capital Territory of Delhi is scheduled for Wednesday.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had earlier presented Delhi's Rs 36,776 crore budget for fiscal 2014-15 in parliament on July 18, proposing a new specialty hospital and 100 ambulances for accident victims, while keeping tax rates unchanged.
The budget also proposed Rs 260 crore power subsidy for small consumers, ranging from Rs.0.80-Rs.1.20 per unit, four new sewage treatment plants, 50 dialysis centres and Rs.2,400 crore for education.
Of the total outlay, the maximum amount - Rs.3,702 crore - was set aside for the transport sector which was followed by the allocation of Rs.2,724 crore for the health sector.
The task, normally carried out in the assembly, was taken up by the union finance minister as the state is under president's rule.
With agency inputs
