RANCHI, Feb. 25 -- The Jharkhand government on Tuesday tabled Rs.1.58 lakh crore budget for the upcoming financial year 2026-27 in the assembly, an increase of around nine percent in the total annual outlay as compared to the current fiscal, with major focus on social sector, school education and rural development. Some of the key new announcements include setting up a state university in Chatra district named after Babasaheb Ambedkar, opening 100 new CM Schools of Excellence, setting up test facilities at five medical colleges and 24 Sadar Hospitals for early Cancer identification., opening of 750 Abua Medical Shops to provide medicines at affordable rates and providing Artificial Intelligence training at six selected ITI institutes in the state. Tabling his second consecutive budget in the Jharkhand Assembly, Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore paid tributes to former Chief Minister Shibu Soren, who passed away last year, calling the 2026-27 budget the 'Abua Dishom Budget'. "The budget will meet the aspirations of every section of society, including the poor, farmers, tribals and women. The Abua Dishom' (our own) budget will help wipe the tears of the poor, on the other hand it will bring a smile to the faces of Jharkhand citizens," said the finance minister....