Jaipur, Feb. 13 -- Deputy chief minister Prem Chand Bairwa on Thursday said that the state budget for the financial year 2026-27 is was an ideological strike on the "freebies culture" started by the previous Congress regime. Addressing a press meet, Bairwa said, "This budget is not for a emporary publicity but aimed at the long-term development of the state." He added that the total size of this budget was increased by 41% compared to the previous one. According to Bairwa, the plan to set up a state testing agency in line with the National Testing Agency (NTA) will ensure a transparent ecosystem for recruitment examinations while he women will be more empowered as the loan limit under the Lakhapati Didi scheme was made Rs.1.5 Lakh from Rs.1 Lakh "The government has also allocated Rs.4,000 crore for VB-G-RAM-G to generate more rural employment, and announced a high level committee for the 8th pay commission to mitigate the pay disparity, " the deputy chief minister said. Meanwhile, state law minister Jogaram Patel also claimed that 93% of promises in the poll manifesto were already fulfilled, adding that the government aimed to make the state a $4.3 trillion economy by 2047. Commenting on the claims, Congress spokesperson Swarnim Chaturvedi, said, "The budget cut many expenditure in many important sectors. Expenditure was negligible for repair of school buildings.. There was also no announcement on new employment generation except for 3,000 contractual labourers."...