Uttarakhand

• 07 Sep 2023

11321 Crore Supplementary Budget Presented in Uttarakhand House

Why In News?

On September 6, 2023, Uttarakhand Finance Minister Prem Chand Agarwal presented the first supplementary budget of Rs 11321 crore for the financial year 2023-24 in the House during the assembly session, in which a provision of Rs 3530 crore has been made in revenue and Rs 7790 crore in capital head.

Key Points:

• After the approval of the supplementary budget, the total budget of the state will be Rs 88728 crore. The state government had made a budget provision of Rs 77407 crore for the financial year.
• In the supplementary grant demands that came on the floor of the assembly, 600 crores for construction of roads and bridges under capital expenditure, 765 crores for Jal Jeevan Mission, 321 crores for housing and urban development, 156 crores for land acquisition for making ring road around Tehri Lake, Rs 135 crore will be spent in parking construction.
• Apart from these, 128 crores will be spent on overall education, 100 crores on RIDF scheme of Lonivi, 100 crores on construction of Haridwar Medical College, 67 crores on rooftop solar plant and streetlights, 50 crores on construction of Chief Minister's Anganwadi building, 50 crores on making unity goods.
• Along with this, provision of funds has also been made for the development of the Sports Stadium, State Cancer Institute Haldwani, Rishikesh Yoga City.
• A provision of Rs 300 crore has been made for the repair of roads that have become dilapidated during the monsoon, while Rs 297 crore will be spent on the National Health Mission. The government has kept Rs 284 crore for food grain subsidy.
• A provision of Rs 218 crore has also been made under disaster management.