Jaipur, Aug 26 (PTI) State Finance Commission Chairman Arun Chaturvedi on Tuesday said the Bhajanlal Sharma-led BJP government in Rajasthan has implemented more than 80 to 90 per cent of its budget announcements and given shape to key water supply projects that were left pending under the previous Congress regime.

Addressing a press conference here after an 'MP-MLA Dialogue on Development', Chaturvedi said Chief Minister Sharma has urged public representatives to actively work towards ensuring that the Centre and state government's welfare policies reach the grassroots.

He said the BJP government has taken forward projects like the Ram Jalsetu Link Project and the Yamuna water agreements, while accusing the previous Congress government of "playing politics" over Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) schemes.

"When the then Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat came for meetings on water projects, the then chief minister and ministers chose to remain absent," Chaturvedi alleged.

Highlighting government initiatives, Chaturvedi said, "Nearly 75,000 government appointments have been provided, and in the coming days another 15,000-20,000 posts will be announced. For the first time, a recruitment calendar has also been released." He added that the state has ensured an adequate supply of urea and fertilisers across districts and taken strict action against black-marketing.

Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa said development funds have been allocated "without discrimination" across all 200 assembly constituencies. "Schemes like Vande Ganga Jal Sanrakshan and Hariyalo Rajasthan reflect the government's commitment to social concerns," he said.

Food and Civil Supplies Minister Sumit Godara added that Chief Minister Sharma has been directly addressing public grievances by visiting ground zero. "The doors of the chief minister's residence remain open 24 hours for the public, unlike the previous chief minister who, during COVID, did not step out of his residence for 20 months," Godara said. PTI AG KSS KSS

Implementation of budget commitments advances major water projects, expands public hiring, and secures supply and fund distribution. The administration asserts implementation of the majority of its budget commitments, advancing previously stalled water-supply projects and concluding water agreements. It reports substantial public-sector recruitments and the launch of a recruitment calendar, measures to ensure fertiliser supply and clamp down on black marketing, and distribution of development funds across all constituencies. Named welfare and conservation schemes and direct executive engagement with public grievances are presented as further indicators of policy delivery.