Overview
- Capital outlay rises from ₹28,115 crore to about ₹30,248 crore as revenue spending is trimmed to ₹69,752 crore with establishment costs up and scheme allocations down.
- Transport sees the largest jump with allocation up to ₹16,024 crore, including ₹2,117 crore more for DMRC, ₹653 crore more for DTC, higher road-strengthening funds, and ₹100 crore for Barapullah Phase-III.
- Education climbs to ₹20,702 crore with a sharp increase for buying land and flats for universities to ₹1,362 crore.
- Housing and urban development increases to ₹11,754 crore, loans to the Delhi Jal Board rise by ₹1,000 crore to ₹3,500 crore, the Yamuna Action Plan gets ₹180 crore more, and MCD receives an additional ₹1,031 crore.
- Officials say the promised ₹2,500 monthly ‘Mahila Samman’ payout is unlikely this fiscal with no new WCD allocation, and the session featured the expulsion of three AAP MLAs and the tabling of a Privileges Committee report.