Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini presents ₹2,05,017.29 crore budget for 2025-26; announces 'Department of the Future' and Haryana AI Mission
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, who holds the finance portfolio, presented the State's 2025-26 budget of ₹2,05,017.29 crore in the Assembly on 17 March 2025, 13.7% above the revised estimates of 2024-25, and proposed a new 'Department of the Future'.
Summary
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented his first budget, for 2025-26, in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on 17 March 2025. It has an outlay of ₹2,05,017.29 crore, 13.7% higher than the revised estimates for 2024-25. He proposed a new 'Department of the Future' to anticipate emerging technologies and risks and make Haryana 'future-capable'. A Haryana AI Mission was announced, for which the World Bank has given an initial assurance of ₹474 crore; under it, one AI hub each will be set up in Gurugram and Panchkula to train over 50,000 youth. He also proposed a new anti-drug authority named SANKALP.
Key facts
- Date
- 17 March 2025
- Presented by
- CM Nayab Singh Saini (Finance Minister)
- Outlay
- ₹2,05,017.29 crore (+13.7% over RE 2024-25)
- New department
- Department of the Future
- AI Mission
- World Bank initial assurance ₹474 crore; hubs in Gurugram and Panchkula
- Anti-drug
- New authority 'SANKALP'
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Which new department did Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini propose in the State budget for 2025-26 presented on 17 March 2025?
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Correct answer: C — Department of the Future
Saini proposed a new 'Department of the Future' to anticipate emerging technologies and risks and make Haryana 'future-capable'.
Under the Haryana AI Mission announced in the 2025-26 budget, AI hubs are to be set up in which two cities?
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Correct answer: D — Gurugram and Panchkula
The budget speech said one hub each will be established in Gurugram and Panchkula, to train over 50,000 youth.
Consider the following statements about Haryana's budget for 2025-26: 1. The World Bank has given an initial assurance of ₹474 crore for the Haryana AI Mission. 2. The budget outlay is lower than the revised estimates for 2024-25. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Statement 1 is correct per the budget speech. Statement 2 is wrong: the outlay of ₹2,05,017.29 crore is 13.7% higher than the revised estimates of 2024-25.