43% hike for skill development, 51% for agriculture

Giving priority to generation of employment in the state, the Haryana Government has increased the outlay for the Skill Development and Industrial Training Department in 2018-19 to Rs  657.94 crore, which is 43.43 per cent more than Rs 458.71 crore provided in 2017-18.

Presenting his Budget proposals in the State Assembly, Capt Abhimanyu said on the pattern of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana for skill development of the youth, “Haryana Skill Development Mission” has been launched with the target to impart training to 1.15 lakh youth during 2018-19.

He said that the Government plans to establish 20 Government industrial training institutes and upgrade 22 ITIs into model ITIs in next fiscal year.

Referring to Saksham Yuva Yojana, he informed the House that till end-February 2018, 29,123 post-graduates and 19,947 graduates were approved for registration under the scheme.

Out of them, in February, 2018, total 10,106 (post-graduate) and 4,877 (graduate) “Saksham Yuva” have been deployed for honorary work in different departments.

Apart from this, apprenticeship has been introduced in all Government and state public sector undertakings and it is hoped that the state will be able to engage 15,000 apprentices in government / semi Government establishments by June 2018, he added.

For the agriculture and allied activities, the Government proposed an increase of 51.22 percent in the outlay for agriculture and allied activities from Rs 2709.69 crore at revised estimates 2017-18 to Rs 4097.46 crore for 2018-19.

This included Rs 1838.49 cr for agriculture, Rs 913.43 cr for animal husbandry, Rs 834.91 cr for horticulture, Rs 427.17 cr for forests and Rs 83.46 cr for fisheries.

For education sector, the State Government has allocated Rs 13,978.22 crore for 2018-19 against the revised budget provision in 2017-18 of Rs  12,606.08 crore, showing an increase of 10.9 per cent.

“Since it is the quality of education that matters, the Government is focussing on providing employable and quality education to our youth to make them patriotic, healthy, skilled, and a national asset, said the Finance Minister.

Getting guided by the dictum that development of the State is incomplete without development of rural areas, the Finance Minister said that the Government  has proposed an outlay of Rs 4301.88 crore for 2018-19 for rural and community development and panchayats, which represents an increase of 24.65 per cent over Rs ,451.19 crore in 2017-18.

In Civil Aviation, allocation of Rs  201.27 crore is made in 2018-19, which is 610 percent increase over the revised estimates 2017-18 outlay of Rs  28.35 crore.

Considering the crucial role  industry plays in giving growth a leg-up, strengthening infrastructure and generating job opportunities, Capt Abhimanyu said that the Government has more than doubled the outlay for Industries and Minerals in his Budget for 2018-19.

An outlay of Rs 399.86 cr for Industries, Mines & Minerals, which is 111.44 percent higher than revised estimates 2017-18 of Rs 189.11 cr is proposed.

With infrastructure, especially roads and rail links, playing a crucial role in giving growth, development and industrialization a decisive push, the Government has proposed an outlay of Rs 3,169.70 crore for Public Works (Building and Roads) Department in 2018-19, as compared to Rs  3,084.89 crore (RE 2017-18), said he.

For Women and Child Development, an outlay of Rs 1,385.73 crore, 10.8 per cent higher than Rs  1,250.61 crore in RE 2017-18, has been earmarked. With the efforts of the present Government and successful implementation of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme, sex ratio (at birth) has improved significantly, reaching the level of 914 in 2017 as compared to only 830 in 2011, added the Finance Minister.