Delhi CM Rekha Gupta presented the Rs 1.03 lakh crore FY27 budget, dubbed a “Green Budget,” focusing on education (Rs 19,326 Cr), health (Rs 13,034 Cr), women’s welfare, and infrastructure. Key measures include free newborn tests, bicycles for 1.3 lakh girls, laptops for students, electric buses, a semiconductor policy, dust-free roads, and a disaster management centre.

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday presented Rs 1.03 lakh crore Budget for FY27, announcing several welfare schemes, including free diagnostic tests for newborn babies, free bicycles to 1.3 lakh girl students and laptops for meritorious students, and a new semiconductor policy, besides 'emergency operation centre' for disaster management.

Presenting the budget for the second time in the Delhi Assembly, Gupta, who also holds the finance portfolio, called it a "Green Budget", pointing out that 21 per cent of the total allocations for initiatives for environmental protection.

The chief minister said the national capital has been progressing rapidly with a triple-engine government as she highlighted that the city's per capita income is third-highest in the country.

The government has earmarked Rs 19,326 crore for the education sector -- 18 per cent share of the total budget, followed by the health sector (Rs 13,034 crore), transport (Rs 12,613 crore), urban development (Rs 11,572 crore), social welfare (Rs 10,537 crore) and water supply (Rs 9,000 crore).