Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday presented the eighth Annual Budget with focus on employment. Calling it ‘Rozgar Budget’, Sisodia said that the Delhi government has come up with schemes that will provide jobs, food, and increased opportunities in business to those who have lost their livelihoods during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Stating that the budget wants to increase the employment rate in Delhi from 33 per cent to 45 per cent in the next 5 years, Sisodia said that at present, only 57 lakh citizens of the total population are employed. Delhi Government aims to increase it to 75 lakh by next year. “The economy of Delhi is slowly emerging from challenges amid the five waves of Covid-19 and due to this, the GSDP of Delhi at the current market prices, is likely to increase from Rs 7,85,342 crore in 2020-21 to Rs 9,23,967 crore in 2021-22, an increase of 17.65 per cent”, said Sisodia.