RANCHI, Feb. 25 -- The Jharkhand government on Tuesday tabled Rs.1.58 lakh crore budget for the upcoming financial year 2026-27 in the Assembly, an increase of around nine per cent in the total annual outlay as compared to the current fiscal, with major focus on social sector, school education and rural development.

Some of the key new announcements include setting up a state university in Chatra district named after Babasaheb Ambedkar, opening 100 new CM Schools of Excellence, setting up test facilities at five medical colleges and 24 sadar hospitals for early cancer detection, opening of 750 Abua medical shops to provide medicines at affordable rates and providing AI training at six selected ITIs in the state.

Tabling his second conse...