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Kejriwal: Everyone can benefit from 'historical' Delhi budget

Updated on Jun 26, 2015 12:56 pm IST

The Kejriwal government, in its first budget on Thursday, gave a big boost to education sector, made movies and gym visits expensive and proposed Wi-Fi in all colleges as it tried to balance poll promises with economic prudence. Presenting the Rs 41,129 crore budget, Delhi's finance minister Manish Sisodia told the assembly no new taxes had been proposed. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressed confidence that his party's first Budget would meet the expectations of the common people. “The budget has been drawn up with active participation of city residents and it serves interests of all sections of society."

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