Bhubaneswar, July 25 : Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi,also holding the finance portfolio, on Thursday presented Rs.2.65 lakh crore state budget for 2024-25 fiscal in the Odisha Assembly.
Majhi who presented the budget of the first BJP government in the state, said the outlay of the budget which is 15 percent more than the 2023-24 annual budget , will fulfill the needs and aspirations of the people taking into account the developmental priorities and ensuring sustainable growth in the state .
Describing the budget as the “people’s government’s people budget,”the Chief Minister said budgetary provision has been made for 19 new initiatives which included several promises made by the party in the election manifesto during the 2024 elections.
The budget, he said had made allocation of Rs.10,000 crores for Subhadra Yojana for women empowerment, Rs.5000 crore for Samrudha Krushak Yojana for purchase of paddy at Rs.3100 per quintal from the farmers of the state.
The Chief Minister said Rs.500 crore was allocated for implementation of central sponsored scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan mantri Jana Arogya Yojana(ABPM-JAY) which was not implemented by the previous BJD government in the state .
The budget,he said, had provided Rs.5450 crore for Gopabandhu Jana Arogya Yojana modifying the Biju Swasthya Kalyana Yojana implemented by the previous BJD government.
The Chief Minister said an outlay of Rs 33,919 crore has been allocated under Agriculture and allied sector activities , which is about 36 percent more than the Budget Estimate for 2023-24.
The government, he said, made a provision of Rs.1935 crore for CM Kissan Yojana to include the farmers who were excluded under the PM Kissan Yojana .This will replace the KALIA Yojana launched by the previous BJD government benefiting only 46 lakh farmers.
The Chief Minister said under the PM Kissan and CM Kissan Yojana , about one crore farmers in the state will be benefited.
Similarly, an outlay of Rs 10,000 crore has been proposed for the Subhadra scheme under which every woman will receive a cash voucher of Rs.50,000 which can be encashed over two years. This scheme, Majhi said will ensure speedy empowerment of women in the state.
The Chief Minister said the budget has given more emphasis on agriculture, industries, health, education and service sectors and stressed on the development of poor,women,youth and orphans for Viksit Odisha.
He said the outlay of Rs.155,000 crore for programme expenditure is 24 percent increase over previous year adding that the programme expenditure constitutes more than 58 percent of the total budget size.
The capital outlay in the 2024-25 is Rs.58.195 crore which is 6.3 percent of the GSDP.The Revenue surplus the budget has been projected at 2.96 percent of the GSDP while the Fiscal deficit is projected at 3.5 percent of the GSDP.
The Chief Minister claimed that the year end debt stock is projected to remain at 13.56 percent of the GSDP which is fully FRBM compliant.
Department wise the Panchayti Raj and Drinking water has been allocated Rs.26,466 crore followed by Rs.26,391 crore for School and Mass Education,Rs.20,837 crore for Health and Family Welfare, Rs.15,181 crore for Women and Child Development and Rs.13,272 crore for Industries .
Majhi said a sum of Rs.7710 crore has been allocated for social security measures and Rs.4487 crore for Madhu babu Pension Yojana for beneficiaries under social security pension scheme under which a person above the age group of 80 years will receive a monthly pension of Rs.3500.
Under the new initiative of the government, Rs.200 crore allocated towards corpus fund for Odia Asmita for promotion and propagation of Odia pride.
A sum of Rs.500 crore provided towards the corpus fund for Sri Jagannath temple for promotion and propagation of jagannath culture,Rs,156 crore for Madho Singh Haath Yojana for addressing drop out among the tribal children,Rs.50 crore allocated for Godabarisha Mishra Adarsha Prathamik Vidyalaya for enhancing quality education at the Primary school level.
The Chief Minister said Rs.100 crore allocated under state support for Roof Top Solar projects ( PM Surya Ghar) while Rs.200 crore allocated as corpus fund for medical colleges and Hospitals
He said Rs.50 crore has been allocated for the Mahandi Riverfront development project to develop the areas alongside the Mahanadi river in Sambalpur and Cuttack into a world class River Front Project.
Majhi said Rs.1314 crore has been provided in the budget for Ama hospital while Rs.2462 crore for Mukhyamantri Swasthya Seva Mission which includes Rs.1281 crore for infrastructure development of health institutes and Rs.1000 crore for redevelopment programme of SCB Medical college and Hospital.
This apart a budgetary provision of Rs.997 crore has been made for PM POSHAN and Rs.258crore towards sta support to PM POSHAN.
Majhi said Rs.1170 crores provided for pre matric and post matric scholarship of ST, SC,OBC and SEBc students and Rs.280 crore for infrastructure development of universities and colleges under Higher Education department.
The budget has made a provision of Rs.9603 crore to transform Urban Odisha and Rs.6090 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana –Gramin and Rs.692 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Awas yojana –Urban.
For strengthening the urban transport, the budget had made provision of Rs. 1000 crore for Odisha Metro Rail Transport.
Similarly an allocation of Rs.600 crore has been made for development of railways and Rs.372 crore for civil aviation.An outlay of Rs.150 crore has been proposed in the budget for implementation of subsidy under electric vehicle policy.
The budget had made a provision of Rs.6180 crore for road development programme and Rs.1976 crore for rural roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana .
Majhi said Rs.800 crore has been proposed in the budget under the programme expenditure for overall development of the tourism sector in the state and Rs.3900 crore for disaster management.
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