Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jagdish Deora announced the state budget in the assembly today amid uproar by the Congress. In his budget speech, he said that the state government will open 22 new medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh. These medical colleges will be opened in Sheopur, Rajgarh, Mandla, Singrauli, Seoni, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Damoh, Chhatarpur districts.

Apart from this, there will be 3250 MBBS seats in the state. The Education Minister has proposed a budget of 13 thousand 642 crores in the health sector. In this budget, an increase of more than two thousand crores has been made in the field of health. The state government has presented the child budget for the first time. In this, separate schemes were budgeted for children below 18 years of age.

The Minister of State said that 2.5 lakh people would be provided employment under the self-employment scheme. He said that 13 thousand teachers would be appointed by the School Education Department. Vacant posts of other departments will also be filled. The government has allocated more than Rs 12 crore for higher education. 13,642 crore will be spent for health.

Investment of 381 projects worth Rs 21,865 crore has been approved, which will provide employment to 60 thousand people. He said that IT parks would be set up in Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Gwalior and emphasis would be laid on making the youth not job seekers but job creators.