The State Government is likely to place a Supplementary Budget of about Rs5,700 crore in the State Assembly on December 1, the first day of the Winter Session.
The Council of Ministers, which met under chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat on Wednesday, approved a proposal in this regard, sources said.
Notably, the State Government had placed a Rs8374-crore Supplementary Budged in 2015-16 financial year.
This year, the State Government would place a comparative low Supplementary Budget as only 34 per cent of the State Plan allocations has been utilised together by various departments so far, sources added.
The Winter Session is scheduled to begin on December 1 and continue till December 31. While it has 24 working days, the Appropriation Bill would be presented on December 15.