Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari on Monday presented the state Government’s 2021-22 Budget in State Legislative Assembly here.
The Finance Minister presented the Budget on digital mode. This is the second budget of the fifth term of Naveen Patnaik-led Government.
Highlights here:
• The FM announces Rs 85,000 crore for administrative expenses and Rs 3,050 crore for disaster mitigation.
• For 2021-22, the Finance Minister presented the Budget with a total allocation of Rs 1.70 lakh crore.
• Rs 819 crore allotted under scheme interest subsidy/subvention to farmers
• Allocation of Rs 542 crore under ABADHA scheme for transformation of Puri
• A total investment of Rs 200 crore for Ekamra Kshetra Amenities and Monuments Revival Action (EKAMRA) plan
• Allocation of Rs 200 crore for Samaleswari temple Area Management and Local Economic Initiative (SAMALEI)
• An outlay of Rs 90 crore for world-class hockey stadium at Rourkela
• Rs 3500 crore allotted for converting SCB Medical College into “AIIMS Plus institute” over a period of 3 years
Agriculture & Allied Sector Activities
• Rs 1,800 crore earmarked under KALIA and Rs 450 crore under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)
• Rs 819 crore towards Interest Subvention on crop loans to co-operative and commercial banks
• Rs 454 crore proposed towards subsidy
• Rs 106 crore for millet mission
• Outlay of Rs 1415 crore for Fisheries and Animal Resources Development sector
• Rs137 crore for development of Brackish Water Aquaculture, Marine Fisheries, Intensive Aquaculture and Inland Fisheries
Irrigation projects
• Rs 8,266 crore for Water Resources Department
• Rs 2258 crore outlay for incomplete AIBP projects
• Rs 795 crore for construction of In-stream Storage Structures (ISS) in all major rivers
• Rs 454 under state funded Water Sector Infrastructure Development Programme
• Outlay of Rs 710 crore for flood control and drainage work
• Rs 860 crore for Parbati Giri Mega Lift Irrigation Scheme
• Rs 180 crore under RIDF for Jalanidhi scheme to create additional irrigation potential
• Rs 389 crore for completion of 21,000 deep bore wells
• Rs 400 crore under BKVY for installation of 1500 community lift irrigation projects
• Rs 164 for revival of 1000 defunct lift irrigation points
• Rs 101 crore under Canal Lining and System Rehabilitation Programme
• Rs 77 crore under Nabakrushna Choudhury Secha Unnayana Yojana
