A surplus Budget for Haryana

  • 19/03/2008

  • Hindu

Fourth budget: Haryana Finance Minister Birendra Singh presenting the budget in the State Assembly in Chandigarh on Tuesday as Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and others look on. CHANDIGARH: Haryana Finance Minister Birender Singh presented a surplus Budget for 2008-2009 in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday. Presenting his fourth consecutive Budget, Mr. Singh said that the year 2008-09 was likely to open with a surplus of Rs.3.8 crore and close with a surplus of Rs.7.01 crore with year's account surplus pegged at Rs.3.21 crore. He also announced new initiatives of the State Government benefiting all sections of society. While proposing abolition of Value Added Tax (VAT) on sanitary napkins, diapers and select toys, besides reduction in VAT on energy-efficient tube-light chokes, he suggested that moneylenders and