new delhi a rs 48000crore budget for the national capital was today presented by the aap government laying major focus on improving transport health water distribution and education infrastructurein its third budget the arvind kejriwal government abolished the plan and nonplan expenditure heads and presented it in terms of revenue and capital classification in line with the centres decisionthere was no proposal on levying any new taxin a first deputy chief minister manish sisodia who holds the finance portfolio also presented an outcome budget which he said would act like a contract between the government and the peoplesisodia asserted that the economy of the state will grow despite demonetisationat the same time he said note ban has led to contraction in the citys estimated gsdp for the ongoing financial year at constant prices although it will still be higher than the projected growth at the national levelat current prices the national capitals economic growth has been pegged at 1276 per centwhen we allocate money for skywalk merely constructing it would not be counted as success its success would depend on how many people actually use it that in a nutshell explains the objective of the outcome component he saideyeing the municipal polls the government has earmarked a record rs 7571 crore for the civic bodies which comes to about 15 per cent of the total allocationthe government alloted rs 11300 crore for education about 24 per cent of the total budget to the education sector last years allocation was rs 10690 crorean outlay of rs 5736 crore has been made for the health sector a priority area for aap governmentrs 1156 crore has been set aside for the phase four of the delhi metro while rs 100 crore has been earmarked for developing bus terminals and depotssisodia said delhis contribution to indias gdp has increased from 394 per cent in 201112 to 408 per cent in 201617the size of the budget for 201718 is rs 48000 crorethe deputy chief minister said vat on aviation turbine fuel will be brought down from 25 per cent to 1 per cent for flights to remote areas such as north eastern states to compliment centres regional connectivity schemesisodia said the aap government will continue to give subsidy to batteryoperated vehicles as part of efforts to promote ecofriendly public transport systemhe said rs 2100 crore has been allocated for the water sector and cleaning of yamuna while rs 3100 crore has been earmarked for urban developmentthe budget of delhi commission for women dcw has been increased by three times with a total allocation of rs 120 crorethe power sector has been given an allocation of rs 2194 crore sisodia said adding special emphasis will be on developing solar energy and wastetoenergy plantsrs 57 crore has been set aside for the environment department which spearheads the antipollution initiative in the city