Gujarat govt launches Budget mobile application

The mobile application, developed by the finance department, will help citizens see the live proceedings of the state Budget. The month-long budget session of the Gujarat Assembly would begin on March 1.

Gandhinagar (Gujarat): Gujarat government on Friday launched the "Gujarat Budget" mobile application. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who holds the Finance portfolio launched the "Gujarat Budget" mobile application to enable government officials, legislators and other citizens to access budgetary provisions on their mobile phones.

The mobile app will have five different sections, comprising budgetary allocations for 27 departments, budget highlights, finance minister's speech, important aspects of the budget and news coverage of it, said Patel.

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The month-long budget session of the Gujarat Assembly would begin on March 1 and the budget for the financial year 2021-22 will be presented on March 3.

It will begin with Governor Acharya Devvrat's address to the House on March 1. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who holds the Finance portfolio, will table the budget on March 3, and the session will continue till April 1, an official release said.

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"Since budget publications will be available online, the government will print only 20 per cent material, which would save 55 lakh pages," Patel informed.

The mobile application will be available on the Google Play Store for Android users. The budget has been available on the website of the Finance department of the Gujarat government, published every year.

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