The Gujarat government on Friday presented a Rs 3.01 lakh crore Budget for the financial year 2023-24, up 23 percent as against last year. Gujarat Finance Minister Kanu Desai announced that over the next five years, the state would spend Rs 5 lakh crore for the development of infrastructural facilities. This is the state’s first budget following the December 2022 Assembly elections.Also read: Delhi: Man kills girlfriend, stores body in RefrigeratorThere will be no increase or introduction of new Taxes for this financial year, In a major relief for consumers, Piped Natural Gas PNG and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) are set to get cheaper in the state. The finance minister has slashed the Value Added Tax (VAT) on PNG and CNG to 5 percent from 15 percent. State’s finance minister has allotted Rs 500 crore for free refilling of free LPG cylinders twice a year 39 lakh families under Ujwala Yojana. Also, In the state budget for 2023-23, FM Desai has made a provision of Rs 200 cror

Today is the day when Gujarat’s annual budget is to be announced by State’s Finance minister, Gujarat finance minister Kanubhai Desai is presenting the state budget at Gujarat Assembly in Gandhinagar, and here are all the live updates to know: This is the first budget since the Assembly elections in which the BJP retained power with a thumping majority and chief minister Bhupendra Patel was elected for a second term. The Budget session of the Assembly started on Thursday (February 23) and end on March 29. The session is expected to be stormy as Opposition parties Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have said they will raise issues of public importance such as the leak of question papers of competitive recruitment exams, inflation, unemployment, and farmer woes, among others. Also read: Delhi: Man kills girlfriend, stores body in RefrigeratorFollowing is the list of all updates: Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet Train Project: A provision of ₹200 crore covers equity contributio

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No new taxes introduced by State’s Finance Minister

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