By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari on Wednesday presented Rs 19,833 Crore Supplementary Budget in the first day of winter session of State Assembly amid strong protest from Opposition BJP and Congress members. Departments wise, highest amount of Rs 3624 crore has been given to Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department, followed by Finance (Rs 2,519 crore), Energy (Rs 2,143 crore), Health (Rs 2,310 crore) Disaster Management (Rs 1,684 crore), School and Mass Education (Rs 1,605 crore) and Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare (Rs 1,141 crore).
Out the total budget, Rs 13,568 crore has been allocated towards programme expenditure (schemes and infrastructure projects), Rs 4,577 crore towards administrative expenditure (salary and pension), Rs 1,682 crore towards disaster management funds and Rs 6 crore towards transfer to local bodies (panchayati raj institutions and urban local bodies).Last year, the Supplementary Budget outlay was Rs 11,200 crore.
Similarly, Rs 20.03 crore is provided towards Medical College, Puri; Rs 15.57 crore for Atithi Teachers and Rs 5.25 crore for Ashram School; Rs 12.28 crore towards Special Educational Infrastructure; Rs 5 crore is provided towards conduct of examination by OSSC and Rs 8.40 crore to conduct of Zilla Parishad Election.
Under the Programme Expenditure, Rs 2,147 crore has been allocated for irrigation facility, farmers’ welfare and food security; Rs 584.92 crore for social security measures; Rs 2,038.16 crore for public health care; Rs 253.07 crore for empowerment of women and child development; and Rs 134.51 crore for ST & SC Development and Minority & Backward Class Welfare initiatives.
