The state assembly on Monday passed the Rs 14,297.81 crore rupees supplementary budgetary demands.
Finance Minister Jayant Malaya informed the house that for the comprehensive development of state Rs 3301 crore have been proposed for infrastructure development in the first supplementary estimates 2016-17.
Funds of Rs 500 crore would be provided separately to complete the various ongoing irrigation projects. This would help in providing additional irrigation facility in 3 lakh hectare area.
Besides, expenditure of Rs 2447 crore is estimated for the wide and middle irrigation and 99 new short irrigation projects.
On completion of these schemes additional area of 87, 819 hectare would be available for irrigation facility, he added.
Malaya informed the house that Rs 1263 are proposed for the irrigation schemes from the main culvert of Indira Sagar project of Narmada Valley Development to Chhegaonmakhan and Bistan.
On completion of this project additional space of 97 thousand hectare would be available for irrigation.
He said for PWD Rs 150 crore, Rs 965 crore for industries, Rs 952 crore for Urban Development and environment, Rs 316 crore for MP Assembly Election Development Area has also been included in the supplementary budgetary demands. Provisions of total Rs 2262 crore have been made for the agriculture department including Rs 2145 crore for New Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme. Provisions of Rs 669 crore have been made for interest free short term crop loans for the farmers in the first supplementary budgetary demands, he added.
He said that provision of Rs 10, 000 per farmer in the Chief Minister Farmers loan help have been made. Besides that for the conversion of short term loans into midterm loans provisions of Rs 555 crore have been made for state government’s contribution.
Target of benefitting 64.11 lakh students has been
set under the rural development department’s mid day meal scheme.