Chief Minister Raman Singh presented the supplementary budget of more than Rs1156.75 crore for the year 2014-15 on the second day of the ongoing Monsoon Session of Chhattisgarh Assembly on Tuesday.
Discussion on the budget will be held on Wednesday.The budget has provisions for important schemes and projects including purchase of electronic voting machine (EVM) for Rs3.56 crore for the urban body elections and Rs5 crore for panchayat elections.The budget has fund of Rs50 lakh for constitution of Chhattisgarh Public Administration Forum. For purchase of arms and ammunition under the special police scheme there is provision of Rs10 crore. As many as 15 vehicles will be purchased for security of the Chief Minister and his family members and funds to the tune of Rs1.5 crore have been allocated in the budget.
The budget has provision of Rs1.5 crore for construction of residential houses for Superintendent of Police in Baloda Bazar- Bhatapara, Bemetera, Balod, Mungeli, Kondagaon, Sukma, Gariaband, Surajpur and Balrampur district. However, the demand for the purpose is Rs4.49 crore.There is a provision of Rs 1 crore for minor works in government bungalows of the Ministers. To bring a relief to the electricity consumers, the Government has provided Rs115 crore to Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company ltd ( CSPDCl) and Rs125 crore to provide interest free loan to Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company ltd (CSPGCl).
The budget has a provision of Rs1.87 crore for new posts in Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA).For establishment of Sanskrit School, a model school in Naya Raipur there is provision of Rs1 crore in the budget.For security of Ravishankar Sagar Dam there is a provision of Rs 1 crore only against the requirement of Rs19.87 crore. For establishment of Research Center in Kushabhau Thakre University of Journalism and Mass Communication additional fund of Rs35 lakh has been allocated in the budget.
For infrastructure development at Chhattisgarh Regional Science Center, Rs1 crore has been allocated in the budget. For millennium development goals there is a provision of Rs10.75 lakh in the budget while Rs1 crore for cleaning of Kharaun river in Raipur district. For use of biometric identification system in social security pension payments in municipal areas, there is a provision of Rs4 crore in the budget.