Odisha state budget 2021: Highlights
BHUBANESWAR: Finance minister Niranjan Pujari presented the state budget for the financial year 2021-22 on Monday. Stay with TOI for latest updates:
*Allocation of Rs 400 crore under BKVY for installation of 1,500 community lift irrigation projects.
*A total sum of Rs 389 allocated for the completion of 21,000 deep borewells.
*Allocation of Rs 8,266 crore for water resources department, Rs 2,258 crore outlay for incomplete AIBP Projects and Rs 710 crore outlay for flood and control drainage work.
*Allocation of Rs 819 crore under scheme Interest Subsidy/ Subvention to farmers.
*Odisha FM allocates Rs 795 crore for construction of In-stream Storage Structures (ISS) in all major rivers.
*SCB Medical College will be converted into AIIMS Plus Institute by spending Rs 3,500 crore over 3 years.
*An outlay of Rs 1,800 crore under the scheme Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA).
*A total sum of Rs 9,164 crore allocated for public health care.
*Finance minister allocates Rs 3,050 crore for disaster management.
*Total outlay of Rs 1.70 lakh crore, administrative expenditure of Rs 85,000 crore, programme expenditure of Rs 75,000 crore.
*The budget aims to create an empowered Odisha: Niranjan Pujari
*Finance minister Niranjan Pujari starts his budget speech.
*The budget session will commence at 4.30pm.