Maharashtra Budget Session: Deputy CM Ajit Pawar Unveils Supplementary Demands of ₹6,480.20 Crore
Synopsis
On March 3, Maharashtra's Deputy CM Ajit Pawar presented supplementary demands worth ₹6,486.20 crore during the Budget Session. Key allocations include funds for rural development, electricity schemes, and infrastructure projects, leading up to the annual budget announcement on March 10.
Key Takeaways
Supplementary demands total ₹6,486.20 crore.
Major allocations for rural development and infrastructure.
Funds allocated for electricity schemes for farmers.
Preparation for the annual budget announcement on March 10.
Emphasis on health and education funding.
Mumbai, March 3 (NationPress) On the inaugural day of the Budget Session, the Maharashtra government unveiled supplementary demands totaling ₹6,486.20 crore. Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar presented these demands during the state Assembly session, just days before the annual budget for 2025-26 scheduled for March 10.
Among the total of ₹6,486.20 crore, the highest allocation of ₹3,006.28 crore has been granted to the rural development department. Other significant allocations include ₹1,688.74 crore for industry, energy, labour and mining, ₹590 crore for urban development, ₹412.36 crore for higher and technical education, ₹313.93 crore for cooperation, marketing, and textiles, ₹255.51 crore for environment and climate change, ₹67.20 crore for revenue and forest, ₹67.12 crore for the OBC department, and ₹46.35 crore for public works.
The government has allocated ₹3,752.16 crore for the centrally sponsored Prime Minister Awas Yojana (rural), benefiting general and Scheduled Tribes categories. Additionally, ₹2,000 crore is designated for free electricity under the Baliraja scheme for agricultural pumps, ₹1,450 crore for loans aimed at road and bridge construction through the Centre's special assistance scheme, and ₹637.42 crore for the Rashtriya Gramin Jivonnati Yojana.
Furthermore, ₹600 crore has been set aside for stamp duty grants to municipal corporations and municipalities, ₹375 crore for scholarships under the Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shau Education Scholarship scheme, ₹335 crore for the national rural health mission, ₹300 crore for streetlight electricity tariffs from gram panchayat roads to MahaVitaran, ₹244 crore for the Pune ring road and Jalna Nanded expressway, ₹221.89 crore for arrears related to the 7th Pay Commission pension and salary for Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran employees, and ₹175 crore for the Godavari Marathwada Irrigation Development Corporation.
The state government has also allocated ₹171 crore for the National River Conservation scheme for the Mula Mutha River in Pune, ₹150 crore for sustenance allowances at the Punjabrao Deshmukh hostel, ₹100 crore for power tariff concessions for power looms, and ₹296 crore for margin money loans for four cooperative sugar factories.
