States finance and commercial taxes minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary on Monday tabled Rs43,774 crore supplementary budget in the state assembly to meet expenditures under different central and state governments schemes. It is the first supplementary budget for FY 2023-24.
Of the total amount, Rs25,699 crore would be spent on the annual schemes while Rs 18,071 crore is for the establishment and committed expenditures.
As per the budget estimates, the has made a provision of Rs 6223.01 crore as state share in the Centre-sponsored Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan and Rs 436 crore for state share in the Centre-sponsored National Health Mission. A sum of Rs 380 crore has been earmarked as the state share under theMahatma GandhiNational Rural EMPLOYMENT Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
As per the provisions made for the state governments schemes, Rs4,000 crore has been allotted for solid and liquid Waste Management under the Saat Nischay-2 programme, while Rs 2,000 crore has been earmarked for building rural roads under the Mukhya Mantri Gram Sampark Yojana. A sum of Rs 2,000 crore has also been earmarked for construction of roads, bridges and acquisition of land for the road projects.
Similarly, Rs 230 crore has been provisioned for the Patna Metro Project, Rs160 crore for acquisition of land in Mumbai for the construction ofBiharBhawan in Mumbai and Rs 105 crore for building residential quarters for judges.
Under the establishment and committed expenditures, a sum of Rs 4036 crore has been allocated for the consumers subsidy in the electricity bills, while Rs 331 crore has been earmarked for purchasing arms and ammunition by the Home (Police) department.