By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: With Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari presented Rs 2.30 Lakh Crore Budget for FY 2023-24 in Odisha State Assembly on Friday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik , said, this Budget will give new direction to Odisha’s progress and prosperity. As many as 20 new schemes and programmes have been announced in this budget.
This Budget is 15 per cent more than the full-fledged budget of Rs.2 lakh crore for 2022-23. Pujari said the Program Budget has been increased by 35 times from Rs.3,538 crore in 2000-01 to Rs.1,25,000 crore in 2023-24 Budget Estimates. The allocation for the Program Expenditure is about 54 percent of the total budgetary outlay.
CM Naveen Patnaik said, “This Budget is peoples’ Budget – it’s of the people, by the people and for the people”. “It will take Odisha to new heights”, the Odisha CM added.
Rs 2000 crore has been allocated as Revolving Fund for Paddy Procurement to ensure that farmers get their dues within prescribed time frame.
Rs 750 crore has been allocated for the newly announced Ama Hospital Scheme while Rs 811 crore given for Mukhyamantri Medhabi Chatra Protsahan, Rs139 crore for Chief Minister’s Awards for Education, Rs150 crore for Mukhyamantri Disaster Resilient Saline Embankment, Rs 120 crore for Mukhyamantri Janajati Jeebika Mission.
Rs 150 crore for Mukhyamantri Disaster Resilient Saline Embankment, Rs 100 crore for Location Accessible Multimodal Initiatives (LACCMI), Rs 150 crore for Ama Bus Stand, Rs 100 crore for Promotion of Entrepreneurship for women SHGs and Rs 126 crore for Coffee Mission.
Rs 1,446 crore has been allocated for Chief Minister’s Power Development Programme, Rs 100 crore for International Air Connectivity, Mukhyamantri Maschya Jibi Kalyan Yojana—Rs 210 crore, Building for Van Surakshya Samiti—Rs 250 crore, Mukhyamantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana—Rs 250 crore, NUA Odisha (Nutana Unnata Abhilasha)—Rs 100 crore, Mission Shakti Scooter Yojana—Rs 50 crore and Odisha Renewable Energy Development Fund—Rs 50 crore.
Rs 1879 crore has been provisioned for KALIA scheme, Rs 500 crore given for Parvati Giri Mega Lift Irrigation, Rs 400 crore for Biju Krushak Vikash Yojana, Rs 836 crore for Interest Subvention to Farmers, Rs 497 crore for Odisha Millet Mission, Rs 854 crore for In-stream Storage and Rs 3003 crore for Mukhya Mantri Swasthya Seva Mission. Rs 2380 crore has been made in the budget for Health Asurance under BSKY while Rs 805 crore has been given for Mo School Abhiyan and Rs 1,035 crore for distribution of free rice.
