NEW DELHI: The AAP government in Delhi on Thursday made it clear that health, education and transport were the key areas it has focussed on in its Rs.41,129 crore budget for the 2015-16 financial year. In its maiden full budget, tabled by state Finance Minister Manish Sisodia, the Aam Aadmi Party government allocated Rs.9,836 crore to education. "We did what we promised. This is a budget of the poor and middle class people," Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said.
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"This is a first participatory budget in the the country, where people have made the budget," Sisodia said.
He said people from 11 of the 70 constituencies were consulted for drafting the budget.
Sisodia said the huge allocation for education showed that the AAP government was serious in improving educational standards in the capital.