Rs 1 lakh cr ‘historic budget’ presented in Delhi Assembly

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday presented Rs one lakh crore FY26 Budget with ten focus areas, including Yamuna cleaning, economic empowerment of women, infrastructure, water, and connectivity, asserting that it is a roadmap for making the national capital self-reliant.
In her 138-minute speech, Gupta, who also holds the finance portfolio, called the maiden Budget of the BJP-led Delhi government “historic”, emphasising that the era of “corruption and inefficiency” was over.
This is the first Budget presented by a BJP-led government in Delhi in over 26 years, following the party’s victory over the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in last month’s Assembly elections.
Highlighting the focus on infrastructure development in the city, the chief minister announced that the government has doubled capital expenditure to Rs 28,000 crore in its 2025-26 Budget.
The total Budget outlay for fiscal year 2025-26 marks a 31.5 per cent increase from the previous year.
To combat pollution in Delhi, Rs 300 crore has been set aside by the BJP government.