AAP presents Delhi Budget with eye on municipal polls

No new tax, rise in MCD funds, higher outlay for education

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi presented its third Budget on Wednesday with an eye on upcoming municipal elections. The state government did not introduce any tax for the third year in a row and reduced taxes on sanitary napkins, plywood, granite and other stones.

The Budget for 2017-18 is Rs 48,000 crore, 16.5 per cent higher than the revised estimate of Rs 41,200 crore for 2016-17. 

The state government followed the Union Budget by removing the Plan and non-Plan categories. 

Delhi Finance Minister Manish Sisodia said the gross state domestic product (GSDP) of Delhi was expected to rise 12.76 per