- Deputy Chief Minister Jagdish Deora speakes to journalists before presenting supplementary budget in Assembly
Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal: State Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Jagdish Deora has said that we have just presented the interim budget. After the completion of Lok Sabha elections, we will bring the complete budget in July. In the interim budget, funds have been allocated to departments for schemes for farmers and women for four months. The state government will fulfill the guarantee of PM Narendra Modi through the budget.
On Monday, he was discussing with journalists outside the conference room before presenting the interim budget in the Assembly. He said that the Madhya Pradesh government is working on Modi’s guarantee. Right now we are bringing an interim budget for four months, so no new plan has been brought yet. In the interim budget, we have prepared it keeping all sections in mind. The government will present the full budget in July after the general elections.
Income and expenditure in the budget estimate for 2024-25 (in rupees)
1. Total Revenue Receipts – 2,52,268.03 crores
2. Revenue receipts from state tax – 96,553.30 crore
3. Non-tax revenue receipts – 18,077.33 crore
4. Revenue expenditure- 2,51,825.13 crore
5. Revenue expenditure in revised estimate – 2,31,112.34 crores
6. Revenue surplus in budget estimate – 442.90 crores
7. Budget Estimate of Total Capital Receipts – Rs 59,718.64 crore
8. Budget estimate of total capital outlay – Rs 59,342.48 crore
– These provisions were kept in the budget
Special attention also on Prime Minister Jan-Mana and Awas Yojana
– Housing construction, community centre, Anganwadi, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak in special backward tribe Baiga, Bharia and Sahariya areas, Rs 7.5 thousand crore will be spent in these schemes in three years. Provision of state share will also be made for Prime Minister’s Residence Rural.
Allocation will be given in these items
– Amount earmarked for scholarship for students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Tribes and Other Backward Classes and for meritorious students scheme. Establishment of Ayurvedic College, increase in the number of Janani Express vehicles, Simhastha 2028, Chief Minister Teerth Darshan, Chief Minister Mass Marriage and other schemes.
– The Government of India has made a provision of Rs 3.5 thousand crore in the interim budget for the Ken-Betwa Link Project. The state government will arrange the state share in this ratio. Symbolic provision was also made for the integrated Parvati-Kalisindh-Chambal project.
To encourage the cultivation of coarse grains, provision of incentive amount per quintal was made under Rani Durgavati Shri Anna Protsahan Yojana.
– An amount of Rs 1250 per month will be given to the Women and Child Development Department for four months for Ladli Brahmin.
– The Cooperative Department will get funds under the Interest Subsidy Scheme to provide interest-free loans to farmers. The government has approved Rs 105 crore for three years.
– Seven expressways are being built for infrastructure development in the state. For this, contribution will be kept in Vote on Account.
– We will accept the guarantee only when we see changes on the ground: Congress
Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Umang Singhar said that Congress does not support this interim budget. BJP says that Modi’s guarantees are being fulfilled, but we do not see any guarantee in full. We will accept it only when we see some change on the ground. The announcements do not seem to be being fulfilled. Regarding the notice of the Income Tax Department, Singhar said angrily that why answers of five years ago are being sought from the Congress leaders today. Elections have come, so politics is being done to create pressure. Why not ask for answers in five years? The BJP government is blackmailing Congress leaders through the IT department. Deputy Leader of Opposition Hemant Katare said that when only 58 percent of the budget for 2023-24 has been spent and 42 percent of the budget is outstanding, then why does it want to impose new debt on Madhya Pradesh? In such a situation, we cannot support this vote on account.
