Guwahati, Jul 23 (PTI) The Assam Assembly on Thursday passed the Rs 2.85 lakh crore state Budget for 2026-27 financial year.
With the passage of ‘The Assam Appropriation (No. II) Bill, 2026’, the state
Budget for the next fiscal was passed, Speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass said.
On July 10, the Assam government had presented a Rs 2,85,084 crore Budget for the 2026-27 financial year, and proposed to raise the tax exemption limit for small tea growers by four times and cut VAT on piped natural gas by almost 10 percentage points.
Presenting his maiden budget, Assam Finance Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah had also announced to continue all the major schemes rolled out during the last five years, but said persons practising polygamy will not be eligible for any benefits and government staff found guilty of the practice will face dismissal.
Proposing a ‘green cess’ on polluting sectors, the Assam government had announced that two lakh people will be recruited over the next five years by filling existing vacancies and creating new posts across various departments.
With a deficit of Rs 419.26 crore, Baruah had aimed for a fiscal deficit of 3 per cent of the state’s projected GSDP. PTI TR TR RG
