Supplementary Budget of Rs 12,156 crore Tabled In Assembly

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi tabled the supplementary budget of Rs 12,156 crore for the 2024-25 financial year in the Assembly on Tuesday.

While laying the supplementary statement of expenditure, Majhi, who also holds the finance portfolio, said this budget is aimed at fulfilling the requirement of funds for public welfare and developmental activities, mainly through reallocation of available resources and receipt of tied-up resources from various sources.

Majhi said the funds allocated in the supplementary budget would meet the additional requirement of expenditure for completion of important ongoing projects and centrally sponsored schemes.

Some of the new initiatives to be covered in the supplementary budget include Rs 125 crore for holding the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Bhubaneswar, and Rs 92 crore for the ‘Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan' (DAJGUA).

It also made a provision of Rs 299 crore for deployment of central forces in Maoist-hit pockets and Rs 51 crore for installation of CCTV cameras in police stations and outposts.