: Chhattisgarh govt announces monthly allowance to unemployed #finance #StockMarketNEWS #Business Press Trust of India Raipur The Chhattisgarh government on Monday presented the annual budget

Posted in: #finance #StockMarketNEWS #Business

Chhattisgarh govt announces monthly allowance to unemployed #finance #StockMarketNEWS #Business
Press Trust of India

Raipur

The Chhattisgarh government on Monday presented the annual budget of `1,21,500 crore for the financial year 2023-24 and announced to give ` 2,500 monthly allowance to unemployed youth in the state.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who holds the Finance portfolio, also announced a hike in the monthly honorariums of anganwadi workers, home guards, village kotwarsand others.

The Congress government has tried to cater to youths, farmers, labourers, women and employees in the election year. The state will go to polls later this year.

On the urban transport front, the government has proposed a Lite metro project between Raipurand Durg.

“A new scheme to give allowance to the unemployed will be launched. Under the scheme, unemployed youth in the age group of 18 to 35 years who passed class 12, and with an annual family income of less than 2.50 lakh, will be given an allowance of `2,500 per month,” Baghel told the Assembly.

A provision of `250 crore has been made in the budget (for this purpose), he added.

The monthly honorarium of anganwadi workers and sahayika (assistants) will be increased from `6,500 to `10,000 and from `3,250 to `5,000, respectively, he said.

Similarly, mini-anganwadi workers will be given an honorarium of `7,500 instead of the existing `4,500, he said.

The CM also announced an increment in the honorarium given to village Kotwaras based on the size of the area wherethey serve.