State finance Minister Indira Hridayesh presented Rs 3818.93 crore supplementary budget in the Vidhan Sabha at Gairsain on Monday. Interestingly, the Finance Minister has sought Rs 96 lakh for the purchase of vehicles for parliamentary secretary and Rs 10 lakh for the purchase of vehicle for leader of Opposition.
She has demanded Rs 3414.34 crore for plan budget and Rs 404.59 crore for non plan budget.
The treasury bench has sought Rs 25 crore for the construction of Vidhan Sabha building at Gairsain; Rs 36.46 crore for computerisation of land records and Rs 28.25 crore for the modernisation of police, construction of police station, police chowki and police training centre. Rs 370 crore for primary, high school under National literacy Programme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rajiv Gandhi Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls School; Rs 5.50 crore for the establishment of Pt Nayan Singh surveyor Mountaineering.
Much of the supplementary demands are directed at meeting expenditure for projects that were paid for, earlier, by the Central Government, but from 2014-15 are the responsibility of the State Government. Training Centre in Munsyari; Rs 50 crore to construction of buildings in Government polytechnics; Rs 17.66 crore for the Sports Stadium in Dehradun and Pithoragarh Sports College building; Rs 3 crore for the setting up an Himalayan Museum in Rishikesh and upgradation of local museums.
Rs 550 crores have been provided for the Prime Minister's Rural Roads Project; an additional Rs 435 crore for the PWD; Rs 200 crore for the Atal Foodgrain Project; Rs 182.31 crore for the development of Destinations and Circuits, as well as infrastructure for tourism.
The Finance Minister has provided Rs 249.70 crores for the National Health Mission, Rs 40 crores for the Doon Medical College and Rs 17.61 crore for the Almora Medical College; Rs 12 crore for the Chief Minister's Health Project; Rs 17.97 for the State AIDS Control Programme; Rs 1 crore for the Unani College in Piran Kaliyar; Rs 151 crore for the National Rural Drinking Water project; and Rs 22.30 crore for the Ganga Pollution Control Programme.
Rs 5 crore have been provided for private toilets for people in slums and Balmiki dwellings; Rs 5 crore for the Gairsain Development Authority; Rs 1 crore for parks to be built in the name of Jayanand Bharti and Khushiram; Rs 5 crore for drinking water projects in Doiwala area; Rs 7.5 crore for the Chief Minister's Infant Nutrition Programme; Rs 2.50 crore for the Sant Keshar Singh Smriti Sahayata Kosh; Rs 1.15 crore for the implementation of the Kaliyar Sharif Dargah Campus Master Plan; Rs 10 lakh to celebrate the Minorities Day Celebrations; an additional Rs 50 crore for the ITIs; Rs 2.10 crore for the Organic Mandua Production Programme in Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh.
The Minister also told the House that provision had been made for development of improved varieties of paddy as also for Rural Development related programmes like Indira Awas Yojana, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, etc.
Rs 22.40 crore have been allocated for Van Gujjar rehabilitation; an additional Rs 35 crore for Uttarakhand Forest Resources Management Project; Rs 1.89 crore for the Ahilyabai Holkar Sheep & Goats Development Programme.