The Jharkhand government on Tuesday tabled in the assembly a Rs 1.58 lakh crore budget for the 2026-27 fiscal, and announced a scheme for women engaged in agricultural activities. The JMM-led government had in 2025-26 presented a Rs 1.45 lakh crore budget. "I lay on the table of the House a budget of Rs 1,58,560 crore for the 2026-27 financial year," Finance Minister Radhakrishna Kishore said in the assembly. The budget will meet the aspirations of every section of society, including the poor, farmers, tribals and women, Kishore asserted. "'Abua Dishom' (our own) budget will bring a smile on the faces of Jharkhand citizens and wipe tears of the poor... The 'Mahila Khushhali Yojna' for women farmers is being introduced. We have allocated Rs 25 crore for it," he said. Besides, 100 new CM schools of excellence will be opened in the next fiscal, he said. "Jharkhand is bestowed with rich mineral resources, religious places like Baba Baidyanath temple in Deoghar and the Rajrappa temple