New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday presented a historic Rs 1 lakh crore budget for the financial year 2025-26, outlining ten key focus areas, including Yamuna cleaning, women’s economic empowerment, infrastructure, water, and connectivity. She described it as a roadmap to make the national capital self-reliant.

In her 138-minute speech, Gupta, who also serves as the finance minister, called the maiden Budget of the BJP-led Delhi government “historic,” declaring that the days of “corruption and inefficiency” were over.

This marks the first Budget presented by a BJP-led government in Delhi in over 26 years, following the party’s victory over the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in last month’s Assembly elections.

Emphasising infrastructure development, the chief minister announced that capital expenditure has been doubled to Rs 28,000 crore in the 2025-26 Budget. The total Budget outlay for fiscal year 2025-26 marks a 31.5 per cent increase from the previous year.

To combat pollution in Delhi, Rs 300 crore has been set aside by the BJP government. Taking a dig at the AAP which ruled the city for over 10 years, CM Gupta recited lines of renowned poet Bashir Badr,

“Dil ki basti puraani dilli hai, jo bhi guzra hai usne lootaa hai” (The locality of my heart is old Delhi, whoever has passed through it has looted it). Gupta said that the Budget is the first step to develop the national capital.

“Delhi went down in every aspect of development in the........

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