Delhi Budget: Govt allocates Rs 3,106 cr for housing, urban development

The Delhi government today proposed Rs 3,106 crore for housing and urban development in its 2018-19 Budget.

The Budget was presented by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi Assembly.

According to the budget, the allocation for both housing and urban development is 6 per cent of the total budget of Rs 53,000 crore, which the AAP government projected as "green budget".

For the housing sector, the AAP government has set aside Rs 165.44 crore, as against Rs 271 crore in 2017-18.

However, government has increased fund for urban development with allocation of around Rs 2,782 crore, which was Rs 2,396 crore in the 2017-18 financial year.

With an increase of Rs 386 crore, it means the city administration will carry out more urban development works in comparison to last year.

For development works in unauthorised colonies, Rs 1,500 crore has also been earmarked.

Lauding the budget proposals, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal put emphasis on improving environment, health, education, water, sewer and road infrastructure in the city.

He said this is the first "green budget", under which 26 specific actionable points have been mentioned to reduce pollution levels in the national capital, and the government has also fixed a time-line for every project the progress of which will be reviewed by the chief secretary every week.