The State’s supplementary budget for Rs1,481 crore was passed by voice vote in the Chhattisgarh Assembly in the absence of all Congress members on Wednesday.
Chief Minister Raman Singh also presented the main budget framework of Rs59,788 crore for the current fiscal year 2014-15 in the Chhattisgarh Assembly.In the year 2001-02 the State Budget was only Rs7,295 crore. During the past 14 years there was an increase of eight times in the Budget of the State, officials stated.
It is interesting to note that the main Budget for the current fiscal 2014-15 was Rs57,150 crore. In the first supplementary budget there is a provision of Rs1,557 crore.In the second supplementary budget presented by Chief Minister Raman Singh there is a Plan expenditure of Rs1, 229 crore. About Rs1,269 crore is Revenue expenditure and Rs212 crore is Capital expenditure, they stated.The Chief Minister gave a detailed account of proposals in the supplementary budget.
About Rs15 crore additional provision is made for providing 15 kg rice every month to two lakh students of 3,495 hostels and ashrams belonging to Scheduled Castes,Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes. An amount of Rs111 crore 46 lakh was meant for Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scheduled Castes,Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes students' scholarships.About Rs35 crore provision was made for constructing 111 Scheduled Castes,Scheduled Tribes,Other Backward Castes hostel and ashram buildings in 14 Naxal-affected districts of the State.
An amount of Rs14.46 crore was to develop five minority-dominated Development blocks in Jashpur district. About Rs12 crore provision was made for Bastar Development Authority, Surguja Development Authority and Scheduled Caste Development Authority.An amount of Rs55 crore was included to pay salaries and allowances to 57000 'Siksha Karmis' under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan. About Rs1.27 crore was allocated to adult education under the 'Saakshar Bharat Abhiyaan'.
This apart, Rs8 crore provision was made for arrears under the Universities Pension Yojana. About Rs3.26 crore Establishment Grants provision was made for Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya at Khairagarh.An amount of Rs5 crore provision was made for modern machines and instruments in the Food and Drugs Administration. About 41.42 lakh families will get Smart Cards under the National Health Insurance Scheme. About Rs80 crore provision was made for renewal of the second year policies.
About Rs5 crore was included for establishment expenditure,construction of buildings, buying machines and instruments for newly-established Government Medical College at Rajnandgaon.Provision of Rs49 crore have been made in the budget to provide training facility to youngsters of Chhattisgarh in the trade of their choice and interest, under Right to Skill Development Act, 2013 and under Skill Development Initiative Programme of Government of India. Unemployment allowance has been hiked from Rs500 to Rs1000, for which provision of Rs10 crore has been made in the supplementary budget.
To enjoin people of third gender community to mainstream and to give that a respectable position in the society, provision of Rs22 lakh has been made.Under National Old Age Pension Scheme, Rs1.80 crore have been provisioned. Under Indira Gandhi Widow Pension Scheme, provision of Rs1.70 crore has been made.The budget consists provision of Rs35 crore for maintenance of highways under Public Works Department and Rs65 crores for maintenance and repairing of main district roads.
Under Chief Minister Village Roads and Development Scheme, Rs100 crores have been provisioned for under-construction roads in the State and Rs2.70 crore have been provisioned for 27 new roads. For implementation of Government of India's Clean India Campaign, Panchayat and Rural Development Department has been declared as Nodal Department and provision of Rs60 crores has been made in the budget.
Under this provision, toilets will be constructed in schools and Aanganbadi buildings of state with priority. Under National Rural Drinking Water Programme, provision of Rs40.70 crore has been made in the supplementary budget for implementation of drinking water schemes in rural areas of state.
Provision of Rs243 crore has been made in the supplementary budget for providing financial assistance as tariff subsidy to people of State, so that they do not have to bear the entire burden of hike in electricity rate.Additional provision of Rs233 crore has been made for infrastructural development in the districts of Chhattisgarh under Government of India's Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for Naxal-affected districts and under Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF).
To commence Air Taxi service in the State, Rs1.50 crore have been provisioned in the supplementary budget for installation of security equipments and other security arrangements in the airports of five cities- Ambikapur, Jashpur, Korba, Bilaspur and Jagdalpur. Provision of Rs5 crore has been included in the budget for development of necessary infrastructure and facilities before appointment of nine additional battalions of Centre Security Forces in state.
Under Government of India's Naxal Rehabilitation and Surrender Scheme, provision of Rs1 crore has been made for providing financial assistance to surrendered naxalites for rehabilitation. Under Insurance Alternate Grant Scheme, Rs5 crores have been provisioned for financial assistance to dependent families of the officers and personnel killed in Naxal violence.
Under Specially Reserved Battalion in the State, symbolic provision has been included in the supplement budget for generating 274 new posts for two engineering companies. In this financial year, the necessary expenses can be met with departmental savings. Provision of Rs10 crore is included for construction of 1334 residential buildings of various categories in Naya Raipur for government officers and employees.Raipur Sahitya Mahotsav was organized for the first time in State and for this, provision of Rs2.50 crore has been included in the supplementary budget.Chhattisgarh was selected as Theme State for Surajkund Craft Exhibition this year, as a result provision of Rs3 crore has been included in the budget for promoting art, culture and tourism of the State.
The budget consist provision of Rs15 lakh for establishment of Mata Kaushalya Shodhpeeth. Provision of Rs3.50 crore is included for integrated e-procurement system.A sum of Rs50 lakh have been provisioned for investment promotion in Information Technology sector.