New Delhi: After 27 years, the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to present its budget in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. This is a moment of great joy for the people of Delhi, as 10,000 informed citizens from the city’s population of 2.5 crore have provided suggestions to the Delhi government for the budget, which will be the basis for its formulation. Chief Minister of Delhi, Rekha Gupta, announced that the budget session will commence on March 24th and run until March 28th. The budget presented during this time will be crafted based on the suggestions received from the public.
Chief Minister Gupta will present her first budget in the Assembly at 11 am on March 25th. She is also responsible for the Finance Department and will be presenting the first budget of the BJP government. She revealed that this year, the Delhi government will kick off the budget session in the Assembly with a Kheer ceremony. Kheer will be prepared at the Assembly premises on Monday morning at 9 am. The government has taken suggestions from various sectors in preparing the budget, and amidst all these, they will sweeten their mouths with Kheer.
दिल्लीवासियों के 10,000+ बहुमूल्य सुझावों ने ‘विकसित दिल्ली बजट 2025’ को और सशक्त बनाया है। यह बजट सिर्फ नीतियों का दस्तावेज़ नहीं, बल्कि आपकी आकांक्षाओं का प्रतिबिंब है। आइए, मिलकर एक आत्मनिर्भर व समृद्ध दिल्ली का निर्माण करें!
— Rekha Gupta (@gupta_rekha) March 22, 2025
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This will be the first time that such an event is being organized in the Delhi Legislative Assembly to start the budget session. However, in Parliament, when the Union Finance Minister presents the budget, a Halwa ceremony is organized, and the employees involved in budget preparation are treated with Halwa to sweeten their mouths.
The Chief Minister mentioned that email and WhatsApp numbers were released on March 3rd for suggestions on budget preparation. A total of 3,303 suggestions were received via email and around 6,000 through WhatsApp. Approximately 10,000 suggestions have been received so far. The budget session will begin on March 24th and is scheduled to run until March 28th, but it may be extended further. She stated that meetings have been held with every sector to gather suggestions for budget.
