Following is the text of the speech of
the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley while presenting
the Budget of the Government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi
for the Year 2014-15 in Lok Sabha here today:
“Madam Speaker,
I rise to present the Budget of the
Government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi for the year
2014-15.
Hon’ble
Members of this August House are aware that President’s Rule was imposed in the
National Capital Territory of Delhi under Article 239 AB of the Constitution on
16th February, 2014. The Delhi Appropriation (Vote on Account)
Bill, 2014 to provide for the withdrawal of certain sums from and out of the
Consolidated Fund of the NCT of Delhi for their services for the period of
first six months of the financial year 2014-15 was passed by both the Houses of
the Parliament on 21st February, 2014.
The
President’s Rule in the NCT of Delhi continues, and therefore, the budget of
NCT of Delhi is required to be passed by the Parliament during the current
session.
Budget Estimates 2014-15
The
total Budget Estimate for the Government of NCT of Delhi for the year 2014-15
is Rs.36766 crore. It
includes Rs.19066 Crore
Non-Plan expenditure and Rs.17700 crore Plan
expenditure.
The
proposed total expenditure of Rs.36766 crore during the year 2014-15 will be financed
by Rs.31571 crore from
tax revenue, Rs.
1161.01
crore from non-tax revenue, Rs. 699.71 crore from capital receipt and Rs. 3672.09 crore
from Central Government as Grant-in-Aid.
The
non-plan expenditure mainly includes Rs. 2979 crore as devolution of taxes to
local bodies, Rs.
1401
crore as share of stamps & registration fees and motor vehicle tax to local
bodies,
Rs. 839
crore to the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to meet their operating deficit
and cost of concessional passes, Rs. 4956crore as payment of interest and
repayment of loan to the Govt. of India and Rs. 260 crore towards power subsidy to
consumers.
The
outstanding debt of Government of NCT of Delhi will be reduced from Rs. 32080.30 crore
as on 31st March 2014 to Rs. 30404 crore at the end of the current
financial year. The outstanding debt–GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio of
Government of NCT of Delhi is 7.93%, one of the lowest compared to other
states.
Health
Delhi
is emerging as a major health care hub in the country, with a robust urban
health care system and a vibrant private sector presence. Delhi Government has
developed an extensive public health infrastructure with 32 multi-specialty
hospitals and 6 super specialty hospitals, providing over 10,000 beds, and a
chain of 260 allopathic and 150 AYUSH dispensaries, managed by over 20,000
doctors and allied health workers.
Government
of NCT of Delhi is striving to enhance the number of hospitals beds; hospital
projects for Rs.940 crore are currently under execution which would provide
over 1400 additional beds. Through concerted efforts, over 900 doctors and 1100
nurses have been recruited for various health facilities in the past few
months.Two of the largest hospitals, Lok Nayak Hospital and Guru Teg Bahadur
Hospital, which together cater to about a third of the patient load of
hospitals of the Delhi Governmentare being transformed into model healthcare
centres and systems are being put in place for providing better quality
healthcare. A new medical college with 100 seats will be started at Rohini and
efforts will be made to ensure that the first batch of students areadmitted by
2015.
Considering
the paucity of good health facilities under Government sector in South Delhi
and the felt need of the area, Government propose to sanction one multi-speciality
hospital for South Delhi in the current year.
Government
has taken several patient-centric initiatives during the past few months for
patient care. Thirty dialysis units have been successfully commissioned under
public private partnership for providing free dialysis to poor patients
suffering from kidney failureand 50 more units will be added in the current year.
To provide prompt trauma care, 110 new ambulancesfitted with state-of-the-art
life support equipmentwill be inducted in the Centralised Accident and Trauma
Services (CATS) fleet.Online facility has also been launched for OPD (Out
Patient Department) registration. Issuing of free birth registration
certificate at the time of discharge of the mother and the newborn baby fromthe
Government hospitals has also been started.
Government
proposes to set up, one stop centres for crisis management and rehabilitation
of victims of sexual assault, in each district in government hospitals. Three
such centres at Deen Dayal Hospital, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital and Sanjay
Gandhi Memorial Hospital will become functional in the next three months ,where
the victims can be provided proper medical care along with legal and
psycho-social counseling and support in a secure, gender friendly
environment.Central Government has already committed its support to provide
these in this financial year.
As
part of Government of NCT of Delhi‘s attempt to provide quality medical care to
the poor, vulnerable, over 10 lakh OPD (Out Patient Department) patients and
32,000 IPD (In Patient Department) patients from economically weaker sections
were provided free medical care in private hospitals of Delhi during the past
one year. To help them further, online facility has been launched to book beds
for eligible poor patients in such hospitals.
Keeping
in view the quantum of work load with existing Forensic Science Laboratory,the
Government of NCT of Delhi propose to set up three more Forensic Science
Laboratories for which land at Sheikh Sarai, Rohini and Village Sayurpur at a
cost of Rs. 11.25 crore has been purchased. Till the construction of buildings
is completed, one more regional Forensic Science Laboratory at Chanakya Puri will
be made functional in a rented accommodation during the current financial year.
I
propose a Plan Outlay of Rs. 2724 crore for the Health sectorduring 2014-15
which is approximately 16.3% of plan outlay (excluding CSS).
Education
The existing educational infrastructure
in the Capital requires additional support. The enrolment in Government schools
is increasing approximately at the rate of 1 lakh every year and Delhi needs
around 500 new schools, as per RTE norms .To meet this challenge, in the first
phase, construction work of 20 new schools will be started during the current
financial year .I propose to allot a sumof Rs. 350 crore for this purpose.
The Government is equally committed to
promote girls education. There are 380 Senior Secondary Schools exclusively for
girls in 68 Assembly Constituencies. In the remaining two Assembly
Constituencies also, Senior Secondary Schools exclusively for girls would be
opened to promote girls education.
Special emphasis is being given on
improving the sanitary conditions in Government schools. Necessary measures
will be taken to construct, repair and setup ensure fully functional and clean
toilets in all the schools in the current financial year.
Quality education depends on quality of
teaching. To enhance the quality of teaching, the Government of NCT of Delhi
will focuson training of teachers in course content, teaching skills and
creating better teaching environment in Government schools. In the current year,
training will be imparted to 20318 teachers through State Council of
Educational Research and Training (SCERT).
The students in the Government schools
of NCT of Delhi are being taught Urdu, Punjabi and Sanskrit as third language.
To promote these languages additional Urdu, Punjabi and Sanskrit teachers will
be provided.
The Government of NCT of Delhi is
committed to create quality infrastructure for higher and technical education.
Educated and skilled youth are the backbone of a vibrant economy. A Skill Development
Centre is proposed to be setup under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode
for which 37 acres of land has been acquired. This centre would train
approximately 15000 students per year in various trades based on the needs of
Industry.
Delhi
inhabits a lot of linguistic communities and has four Academies of Urdu,
Sindhi, Punjabi and Hindi. It is proposed to take up project based financial
support to these academies in the current financial year.
A new School of Planning, Architecture
and Design at a cost of Rs. 285 crore will be setup in East Delhi by Guru
Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.
The construction of new buildings for
Deen Dayal Upadhyay College at a cost of Rs.151 crore at Dwarka and Shaheed
Sukhdev College of Business Studies at Rohini at a cost of Rs. 132crore is in
progress. Further, Government of NCT of Delhi has acquired 51 acres of land at
a cost of Rs. 158crore for National Institute of Technology (NIT) Delhi at
Narela. Construction of the NIT, Delhi complex will be expedited.
I propose a Plan Outlay of Rs. 2482
crore for the Education sector during 2014-15 which is approximately 14.8% of
plan outlay (excluding CSS).
Social
Security & Welfare
Mahatma Gandhi said “Poverty is the
worst form of Violence” and “The measure of a country's greatness should
be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable population”. Government
is fully sensitive to the needs of the poor and the vulnerable. I therefore
propose a Plan Outlay of Rs. 1862 crore for the Social Security and Welfare
sector during 2014-15 which is approximately 11.1% of plan outlay (excluding
CSS).
The children of incarcerated parents
face very difficult situations.Government proposes to provide financial support
to two children of such parents till they attain the age of 18 years or till
their parents are released whichever is earlier.
One of the most important concerns of
Delhi Police has been the safety and security of women. Several steps have been
taken to instill confidence in the minds of girls and women. These include setting
up of women helpline in each police station, increasing of women helpline
numbers, security audit of paying guest accommodation and girl hostels,
deployment of women police personnel in PCR (Police Control Room) vans at vulnerable
places and in areas prone to crime against women. During the current year 8124
girls have been imparted self defence training and 4925 police officials have
attended gender sensitization programme. Various initiatives have been taken to
expedite investigation of crimes against women. The process for recruitment of
155 women sub-inspectors and 1434 women constables is on and these women police
officials are expected to join Delhi Police in 2014-15.
In Delhi about 36 lakh people are
receiving benefits under National Food Security Act. Process for inclusion of
remaining eligible households is underway. All eligible beneficiaries will be
covered under Food Security Scheme in next few months. All the 2500 fair price
shops will be computerized and daily sale from these fair price shops will be
monitored online to ensure more transparent distribution of food grains to
eligible households. All the 300 vehicles deployed for transportation of food
articles from Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns to fair price shops will
be covered by a GPS – RFID (Global Positioning System – Radio Frequency
Identification) based vehicle tracking system.
Government of NCT of Delhi is providing
monthly pension of Rs.1000 to senior citizens of 60-69 years and Rs.1500 to 70
years and above. At present about 3.90 lakh senior citizens are being
benefitted. Keeping in view the number of aspirants, we propose to increase the
number of beneficiaries from 3.90 lakhto 4.30 lakh from this financial year. I
propose to increase plan outlay under Pension to Senior Citizens from Rs.538crore
in 2013-14 to Rs.600 crore in 2014-15.
There are about 906 mentally challenged
inmates of all age groups admitted against the intake capacity of 350 inmates
at Asha Kiran, a Delhi Government’s centre for their care and rehabilitation.
It is proposed to set up three more new homes for such challenged persons at
different locations in Delhi.
At present two working women hostels
constructed by the Government of NCT of Delhi at Rohini and Vishwas Nagar are
providing safe and comfortable hostel facilities to the working women. Keeping
in view the large number of needy women, it is proposed to setup six more such
working women hostels under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
Housing &
Urban Development
Providing shelters to shelterless
persons is one of the major concerns of the Government. At present 185 night
shelters are operational in Delhi. Land has been purchased for construction of
seven more night shelters. They will be constructed in the current financial
year. The requirement of different groups amongst homeless such as women,
children, drug-addicts etc. will also be taken care of. Our endeavour shall be
to ensure that all homeless have adequate shelter and basic facilities available
to them.
A large number of slum dwellers residing
in JhuggiJhopri (JJ) clusters do not have access to toilets. The lack of
toilets not only creates health problem but also raises concern about the
safety of women. The Government of NCT of Delhi will endeavour to provide
toilet facilities to all slum dwellers in Delhi in the current financial year.
I propose to increase the plan outlay for this purpose from Rs. 17 crore in
2013-14 to Rs. 35 crore in the current financial year.
Another major issue in the housing
sector is to make available adequate number of Economically Weaker Sections
(EWS) houses to check the problem of encroachment on public land and emergence
of unauthorized colonies. The Government of NCT of Delhi is constructing about
58064 EWS houses under JNNURM, out of which 14844 EWS houses have been
completed. Steps are being taken to complete the remaining EWS Houses.
Development of unauthorized colonies and
their regularization is one of the major challenges.Government of NCT of Delhi
will provide essential services in unauthorized colonies in a time bound manner.
Piped water supply system will be provided in 50 unauthorized colonies and
sewerage system will be laid in 95 unauthorized colonies and a Plan Outlay of Rs.
711 crore is allocated for providing essential services in unauthorized
colonies during the current financial year.
I propose a Plan Outlay of Rs. 2154
crore for the Housing & Urban Development Sector during 2014-15.
Water Supply
The treated and safe water supply
capacity could not be increased in Delhi since 2007, although the population has
been increasing each year. We have analyzed the total water scenario of Delhi
and decided to resolve the water problems by undertaking the following
programmes :-
o
We
will endeavour to ensure that the pucca parallel channel from Munak to
Haiderpuris made functional after resolving the issue with Haryana Government.
This will make available 80 MGD (Million Gallonsper Day) raw water for newly
constructed water treatment plants at Dwarka (40 MGD), Okhla (20 MGD) and
Bawana (20 MGD) for a population of about 35 lakhs living in South, South-West,
West and North-West parts of Delhi.
o
To
solve the long term water supply issues to the capital region, construction of
long pending Renuka Dam would be taken up on priority. While presenting the
Union Budget 2014-15 on July 10, 2014, I have proposed to provide aninitial sum
of Rs. 50 crore for this purpose.
o
In
addition to raw water resources to be made available, the present water
treatment, trunk, peripheral and distribution system will be improved. This programme
includes complete renovation and modernization of Chandrawal Water Treatment
Plant at a cost of Rs. 2018 crore and Wazirabad Water Treatment Plant at a cost
of Rs. 2243 crore under Externally Aided Project (EAP) to be partly funded by
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Asian Development Bank (ADB)
respectively.
o
To
provide drinking water facility at an affordable price in water deficient
areas, small sized decentralized drinking water Reverse Osmosis (RO) based
plants will be set up and drinking water will be made available through water
Automated Teller Machines (ATM). About 500 ATMs supported with ground water/tanker
services will be setup in 2014-15.
I
propose a Plan Outlay of Rs. 1249.20 crore for the Water Supply sector during
2014-15.
Sanitation&
Control of Pollution in Yamuna
I consider it imperative to ensure the
development of Yamuna and tackle the issue of its pollution. Sewerage Treatment
Plants (STP) at Pappan Kalan, Nilothi, Yamuna Vihar and Delhi Gate will be
commissioned by the end of this year. This will increase the sewerage treatment
capacityfrom the present level of 604 MGD to684 MGD.Old STP and their allied
infrastructure at Kondli, Rithala and Okhla shall be rehabilitated under Yamuna
Action Plan (YAP-III).
A 40 MGD STP is planned with technical
support of Singapore Government for achieving tertiary quality of treated
effluent. This treated effluent is proposed to be discharged into Yamuna river
at Palla, so as to have more raw water and lifted at Wazirabad Water Treatment
Plant (WTP) for treatment.
The laying of interceptor sewer along
with three major drains at a cost of Rs. 1976 crore will be completed in phases
by June, 2015. It will ensure that only treated waste water is discharged into
river Yamuna by each of the drain, thus improving the quality of water in river
Yamuna.
It is proposed to source National and
international technical expertise by Governmentof NCT of Delhi for ecological
rejuvenation of the Yamuna River. I also propose to take up beautification of
Riverbanks in Delhi.
I
propose a Plan Outlay of Rs. 750.80 crorefor the Sewerage Sector during
2014-15.
Transport
Road transport is still the preferred
mode of public transport in Delhi. However, out of a total fleet of about 5000
Buses, about 1300 are old standard buses with DTC fleet which need to be
replaced immediately.In order to provide better transport to the commuters
Tenders have been floated for procurement of 1380 semi-low floor buses for DTC.
To provide convenience to the commuters,
DTC will introduce an automated fare collection system through electronic
ticketing machines and card readers. This system will subsequently be
integrated with the fare collection system of Delhi Metro so that commuters may
conveniently use both mode of public transport in Delhi.
To make available more buses to the
commuters,private sector corporate operators will add 400 new Cluster
Busesmaking a fleet of about 1600 Cluster Buses during this financial year.
All Regional Offices of the Transport
Department are being renovated and modernized so as to provide convenient and
timely services to the citizens of Delhi visiting these offices.
The Inter State Bus Terminals (ISBT) at
Sarai Kale Khan and Anand Vihar are functioning without suitable
infrastructure. New Inter State Bus Terminals at these two sites will be
developed so that commuters can avail better services.
The work on construction of phase-II of
elevated corridor over Barapullah Nullah at a cost of Rs. 533 crore is in
progress. This elevated corridor will further be extended from Sarai Kale Khan
to Mayur Vihar under phase - III.
Due to rapid increase in volume of road
traffic, a number of intersections having single carriage way flyover need to
be added with dual carriage way flyovers. Construction of some of the selected
flyovers will be taken up on priority.
I
propose a Plan Outlay of Rs. 3702 crore for the Transport Sector during
2014-15.
Energy
To improve the transmission and
distribution network, Delhi Transco Limited (DTL) is going to commission a new
400 KV sub-station at Harsh Vihar and 220 KV GIS (Gas Insulated Switch gear)
sub-station at Peera Garhi. It is also proposed to take up the construction of
three new 220 KV GIS sub-stations at Papankalan, Tughlakabad and Rajghat Power
House in the current financial year.
The 1500 MW Gas Turbine Station
commissioned at Bawana is yet to be made functional to its full capacity and
efforts will be made to sort out the issue of adequate gas supply at reasonable
cost to make this plant fully functional.
Under Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy Management Programme, Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) plant of 335 kwp (kilowatt
peak) at eight locations and 100 kwp SPV plant at Vikas Bhawan – II have been
commissioned. Further, 130 kwp SPV plant at ISBT Kashmere Gate is under
installation.SPV plants of 10 kwp at Delhi Secretariat and 25 kwp at four
Government hospitals and 10 kwp SPV plant at four Governmentschools will be
taken up in the current year.
It is proposed to developNew Delhi
Municipal Council (NDMC) area as a solar city under the scheme of Development
of Solar cities of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
Increase in power tariffs are
necessitated due to increase in input costs. However, the poor and marginalized
should not suffer. I therefore, propose power subsidy of Rs. 260 crore for the
domestic consumers to provide relief to the targeted consumers on account of
increase in tariff. The modalities will be worked out by the Government of NCT
of Delhi.
I
propose a Plan Outlay of Rs. 675 crore for the Energy Sector during 2014-15.
While presenting the Union Budget
2014-15 on July 10, 2014, I have already proposed to provide Rs. 200 crore for
power reforms and Rs. 500 crore for water reforms in NCT of Delhi.
I do not propose any new tax or increase
in the present tax rates in the budget of Government of NCT of Delhi. I have
highlighted some of the major plan programmes of Government of NCT of Delhi
proposed to be funded by this budget.
Madam Speaker,
with these words I commend the Budget to the House.”
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