Gujarat govt launches Budget mobile app

In Gujarat, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel launched 'Gujarat Budget' mobile application at Gandhinagar yesterday.  Briefing media at Gandhinagar, Mr Patel said the mobile app will have five different sections, comprising budgetary allocations for 27 departments, budget highlights, finance minister's speech, important aspects of the budget and news coverage of



it.

He added that since budget publications will be available online, the government will print only 20 per cent of material, which would save 55 lakh pages.

The month-long budget session of the Gujarat Assembly would begin on March 1st and the budget for the financial year 2021-22 will be presented on March 3rd.