Uttarakhand

• 25 Aug 2021

Supplementary Budget

Why in News

• During the monsoon session of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has presented a supplementary budget of Rs 5,720.78 crore.

Key Points

• The budgetary provisions include Rs 2,990.53 crore for revenue expenditure and Rs 2,730.25 crore for capital expenditure.
• Special provision has been made in the budget to deal with Covid-19 and to facilitate the implementation of self-employment schemes.
• The budget allocation includes
  
  • Rs 570 crore for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
  • Rs 449 crore for National Health Mission (NHM)
  • Rs 401 crores for Jal Jeevan Mission
  • Rs 137.29 crores for Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)
  • Rs 70.01 crores for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
  • Rs 24.65 crores for Swachh Bharat Mission
• Rs 600 crore has been allocated for various works and assistance for Covid-19, while some other allocations include:
  
  • Rs 100 crore has been allocated for Mukhyamantri Swarojgar Yojana (MSY)
  • Rs 8.34 crore for Mukhyamantri Saubhagyavati Yojana
  • Rs 7.65 crore for Mukhyamantri Vatsalya Yojana.
• Apart from these, Rs 55 crore has been allocated for repair and maintenance of roads and bridges, Rs 30 crore for flood protection works, Rs 25 crore for drinking water projects and Rs 60 crore for smart city project works.

Gaura Devi Kanyadhan Yojana

Why in News

• Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced that the girl child deprived of the benefit of Gaura Devi Kanyadhan Yojna in the year 2015-16 and 2016-17, will be given the benefit of the scheme by the government.

Key Points

• This benefit will be given to those girls who had applied under this scheme in the year 2015-16 and 2016-17 but they could not get its benefit. Necessary funds will also be arranged for this.
• In the year 2015-16, 11,300 girls while in 2016-17, 21,916 girls were deprived of the benefit of this scheme. In this way, the remaining amount of Rs 49.42 crore will be provided by the government to give the benefit of Kanyadhan scheme to a total of 33,216 girls.
• The 'Gaura Devi Kanyadhan' scheme was launched by the Government of Uttarakhand in the year 2006-07. Its main objective is to provide incentive money to all the 12th pass girls of BPL category of Uttarakhand state to motivate them for higher level education.