DMK govt to present its first budget on August 13

DMK govt to present its first budget on August 13

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:05.08.2021

The DMK government will present its first budget, since coming to power in May this year, on August 13. A revised budget for the year 2021-22, it will also be the first paperless budget for the state. The state government will present its first agriculture budget on August 14.

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has summoned the assembly on August 13, assembly secretary K Srinivasan said in an official release.

Prior to the budget, state minister for finance and human resources PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan will present a White Paper on the state of Tamil Nadu’s finance over the past 10 years under the rule of the AIADMK from 2011 to 2021. Ever since the DMK came to power, Thiagarajan has been harping about presenting the White Paper to bring to light the state’s financial burden, reeling under huge debt, to the tune of over Rs 4.85 lakh crore, especially since much of it due to the mismanagement of the previous AIADMK regime.

Meanwhile, the DMK government is keen on presenting a paperless budget from this year onwards. “MLAs will get personal computers on their tables and tablets with the government going for a paperless budget. The work to place the computers on tables is progressing now,” said an official.

The revised budget will be presented by Thiagarajan in Kalaivanar Arangam, the multi-purpose hall that is doubling up as the state’s assembly during Covid, at 10AM next Friday. Former deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam presented the interim budget for the year 2021-22 on February 23, ahead of the state’s assembly election.