Gujarat allocates more budgetary resources for social sector: NITI

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 19 2018 | 5:25 PM IST

NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar said today that Gujarat had done well to allocate more budgetary resources for social sector schemes in 2018-19.

He further said that the state has been ranked fourth on the NITI Aayog's overall health index.

The chief of the government think-tank was in Ahmedabad yesterday where he spoke of Gujarat allocating more budgetary resources to different sectors including health and education.

"In my press conference in Gandhinagar on March 18, I had stated that Gujarat had done well to allocate more budgetary resources for 2018-19 for the social sectors.

"And that it has been ranked fourth in NITI Aayog's overall health index," Kumar said, adding that Gujarat has not lagged in health and education.

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First Published: Mar 19 2018 | 5:25 PM IST

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