The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Thursday passed the third supplementary budget of Rs5,889.21 cr by voice vote after more than four hours discussion. Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya, replying to the discussion, told the House that only those provisions have been made in the supplementary budget that were very necessary. Besides, efforts have been made to increase the financial development of the State through capital expenditures.
Provision of Rs800 cr has been made for Simhastha, Rs 309.98 cr for Indira Awas Yojana, over Rs981 cr for grant to local and civic bodies and Rs645 cr for teaching cadres in the third supplementary budget of Rs5,889 cr that was passed in the Assembly on Thursday after four and a half hours' discussion over it. A total of 39 members of the House participated in the discussion, of them 27 members were from the Opposition.