Industry hails budget, social sector finds it lacking
Jaipur, Feb. 12 -- While industry bodies expressed hope in the FY 2026-27 state budget with the provisions for infrastructure boost and logistics enhancements ; teachers, farmers, youth, and health experts said they were upset as it lacked announcements catering to their expectations.
"Rajasthan Budget 2026-27 reinforces the state's commitment towards investment-led growth and policy stability. The strong thrust on infrastructure, industrial corridors, logistics enhancement by allocation of Rs.400 crore, plug and play facilities for MSMEs at divisional headquarters, ICDs and urban development will significantly improve ease of doing business across districts," said the chairman of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Ashok Kajaria.
The co-chairperson of FICCI, Manish Gupta, also welcomed the clean energy and sustainability focus of the budget and said, "The Budget's push towards solar energy through allotment of Rs.2.900 crore for solar park development, green hydrogen, grid modernisation, energy storage and transmission infrastructure will accelerate the state's journey as a national clean energy powerhouse."
However, people from various social sectors seemed to be upset with the budget as it failed to fulfil many of their expectations. While the government employees demanded to implement the recommendation of the previous pay commission on pay disparity, the farmers expressed discontent over lack of implementation of what the government promised in the previous budget.
The general secretary of the Rajasthan School Teachers' Association, said, "We welcome the government's decision to set up an 8th pay commission. Instead of implementing the recommendation of the previous committee to address the existing pay disparity, forming a new committee is not a logical solution. No announcement was made in the budget for contractual labourers or Anganwadi employees. It would have been more fair if a decision had been taken on Rs.51,000 crore of employees who were hired before the implementation of OPS and a transparent transfer policy had been implemented."
President of Kisan Mahapanchayat, Rampal Jatt said, "The announcements made in last year's budget were not fulfilled and then a barrage of new announcements were made in this year's budget, which creates distrust among the public towards the government. To strengthen the marketing mechanism for the price of agricultural produce, in the budget 2025-26, the construction of Parbatsar in Didwana, Rupangarh in Ajmer, Banetha in Tonk, Bar Mandi in Jaitaran was announced. But no work has started yet."
The health activists, have meanwhile, slammed the government's silence on implementing the Right to Health act.
"... After recognising health as a legal right, the government's silence on its implementation raises serious questions about its priorities. It is important to note that even three years after the passage of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act, 2022, the rules under the Act have not yet been framed...," said Rajasthan Jana Swasthya Abhiyaan (JSA) in an official statement....
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