Aizawl, Mar 4 (PTI) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Tuesday presented a Rs 15,198.76 crore budget for 2025-2026 and announced a 75 per cent increase in fund allocation for the flagship 'Bana Kaih' (Handholding) scheme, a financial assistance programme for farmers and small entrepreneurs.

The chief minister, who also holds the finance portfolio, also presented supplementary demands for grants for the current fiscal (2024-25) amounting to Rs 3,512.33 crore.

There was no proposal for levying new taxes in the budget. PTI COR NN

Budget allocation increase: flagship handholding scheme scaled up and supplementary grants presented without new taxes. The state budget for 2025-26 allocates increased resources and proposes supplementary demands for grants for 2024-25; it boosts funding for the flagship Bana Kaih handholding scheme for farmers and small entrepreneurs by 75 per cent and contains no proposal to introduce new taxes.