Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday presented the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Government’s maiden budget with main focus on education, health, and agriculture sectors. However, Punjab’s all 18-plus women have to wait, as of now, for Rs 1000 benefit.
Presenting a tax-free and “paperless” budget by making it available to all members via a mobile app, Cheema announced providing 300 units of free electricity to households from July 1, setting up of 117 Mohalla Clinics and upgrading 100 schools as ‘Schools of Eminence’ in the State among other proposals.
The Bhagwant Mann-led Government also announced setting up cyber-crime control units in all districts of the State while keeping its focus on health, education, agriculture, and police modernization.
