jaipur presenting the budget for 202122 that has the imprint of covid19 pandemic chief minister ashok gehlot laid emphasis on providing better healthcare supporting the farming community and reviving the ailing tourism and realty sectorsgehlot who also holds the finance portfolio said the state will implement a universal healthcare scheme create a new discom dedicated to agriculture consumers and announce a separate agriculture budget from next yearhe proposed no new taxes and reached out to a crosssection of society by announcing relief measures of up to rs 910 crore through various exemptions the chief minister also hiked unemployment allowance by rs 1000 per month taking the total to rs 4500i feel that every section of the society has suffered due to the corona pandemic so no new tax has been proposed but a relief of about rs 910 crore is being provided during this period gehlot said during the budget speechthrough the universal healthcare coverage the state government seeks to provide the entire population of the state health insurance although a family has to pay a nominal premium to avail cashless facilities for an insured amount of rs 5 lakhthe pandemic has woken up the government to the need of digital technology in schools while private schools switched to digital mode after the lockdown the children in state schools missed classes due to the lack of modern facilities the budgets proposal to allocate rs 82 crore to provide settop boxes and smart tvs to schools is an attempt to upgrade the facilities so that the students dont miss classesin fact the government now wants to set up 1200 new english schools in the state in the next two years and establish a fintech digital university at jodhpur with a rs 400 crore budget which will help in digitisation of various services the government provides including educationthe relief measures are expected to make agri products like sugar and ghee cheaper with the reduction of mandi tax from 160 to 1 reduction of stamp duty from 6 to 4 on flats in multistoried buildings costing up to rs 50 lakh and bringing down dlc rates of commercial and residential properties by 10 are intended to spur the real estate market which has been under pressure due to lack of demandduring the lockdown and subsequent night curfews many street vendors and selfemployed youths had to shut shop to help them restart their businesses again the budget has proposed to provide them interestfree loans for up to rs 50000 tourism one of the main lifelines of the states economy suffered the most due to the pandemic it got a raw deal in the centres atmanirbhar packages and budget for 202122but the state government chose the occasion to revive the sector by making a provision for rs 500 crore rs 200 crore of which will be spent for marketing and promotion additionally the budget has proposed to provide viability gap funding for setting up a film city and projects dedicated to creating new tourist circuits