Odisha budget 2019-2020: Highlights

  • | Thursday | 7th February, 2019

*KALIA, Flagship cash transfer scheme for farmers: 4461*Interest subvention to farmers (towards subsidy in interest of farm loans): 800*PEETHA (sub-scheme of Ama Gaon, Ama Bikash): 400*Basudha (rural water supply): 2935*Madhubabu Pension Yojana: 2120*Mission Shakti: 301*Mamata (cash for pregnant women): 305*Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana: 864*Gopabandhu Grameen Yojana: 500*Parvati Giri Mega Lift Irrigation: 1777*Water Sector Infrastructure Development Programme: 1465*Re 1 kg rice scheme: 1028*As the state government has launched the State Food Security Scheme, to cover the left out beneficiaries under National Food Security Act, it has made a provision of Rs 1028 crore for supply of rice at Rs 1 per kg*Congress members also staged a walkout protesting budget *A sports complex, with integrated facilities, is planned in every district. World-class satellite stadium will be constructed in major cities like Cuttack, Rourkela, Berhampur, Sambalpur and Jeypore: FM Behera*Odisha government sanctions Rs 5 crore to Shree Jagannath Temple administration, Puri for taking up developmental works*Budget estimate for 2019-20 fiscal estimated at Rs 1.32 lakh crore (the vote-on-account) is over 40% of total estimates*Odisha government seeks vote-on-account of Rs 56,922 crore for first four months (April-July) of 2019-20 financial year*Madhu Babu Pension Yojana, state’s old age pension scheme covering 48 lakh elderly, widows, destitutes gets an allocation of Rs 2,120 crore*Allocation under state’s own rural water supply scheme-BASUDHA is pegged at Rs 2,935 crore*Odisha’s economy is expected to grow at the rate of 8.35% in 2018-19 surpassing all India growth rate of 7.2%*Going by the trends in the external and domestic economic environment, the state economy can be expected to grow in the range of 8 to 8.5% during 2019-20: FM Behera*Government allocates Rs 400 crore under 'Ama Gaon, Ama Bikas', perceived to be the largest people connect exercise of the Naveen Patnaik government*Odisha government allocates a whopping Rs 4,461 crore under Kalia scheme for farmers that received nation wide appreciation*BJP MLAs stage walkout protesting the budget*Kuchinda BJP legislator Rabi Naik protests police excess on BJP youth wing activists during a protest rally here as FM starts presenting vote-on-account*Behera presents the budget copy to CM Naveen Patnaik at his office inside Odisha assembly*Finance minister Shashi Bhusan leaves his office to present the vote-on-account

*KALIA, Flagship cash transfer scheme for farmers: 4461*Interest subvention to farmers (towards subsidy in interest of farm loans): 800*PEETHA (sub-scheme of Ama Gaon, Ama Bikash): 400*Basudha (rural water supply): 2935*Madhubabu Pension Yojana: 2120*Mission Shakti: 301*Mamata (cash for pregnant women): 305*Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana: 864*Gopabandhu Grameen Yojana: 500*Parvati Giri Mega Lift Irrigation: 1777*Water Sector Infrastructure Development Programme: 1465*Re 1 kg rice scheme: 1028*As the state government has launched the State Food Security Scheme, to cover the left out beneficiaries under National Food Security Act, it has made a provision of Rs 1028 crore for supply of rice at Rs 1 per kg*Congress members also staged a walkout protesting budget *A sports complex, with integrated facilities, is planned in every district. World-class satellite stadium will be constructed in major cities like Cuttack, Rourkela, Berhampur, Sambalpur and Jeypore: FM Behera*Odisha government sanctions Rs 5 crore to Shree Jagannath Temple administration, Puri for taking up developmental works*Budget estimate for 2019-20 fiscal estimated at Rs 1.32 lakh crore (the vote-on-account) is over 40% of total estimates*Odisha government seeks vote-on-account of Rs 56,922 crore for first four months (April-July) of 2019-20 financial year*Madhu Babu Pension Yojana, state’s old age pension scheme covering 48 lakh elderly, widows, destitutes gets an allocation of Rs 2,120 crore*Allocation under state’s own rural water supply scheme-BASUDHA is pegged at Rs 2,935 crore*Odisha’s economy is expected to grow at the rate of 8.35% in 2018-19 surpassing all India growth rate of 7.2%*Going by the trends in the external and domestic economic environment, the state economy can be expected to grow in the range of 8 to 8.5% during 2019-20: FM Behera*Government allocates Rs 400 crore under 'Ama Gaon, Ama Bikas', perceived to be the largest people connect exercise of the Naveen Patnaik government*Odisha government allocates a whopping Rs 4,461 crore under Kalia scheme for farmers that received nation wide appreciation*BJP MLAs stage walkout protesting the budget*Kuchinda BJP legislator Rabi Naik protests police excess on BJP youth wing activists during a protest rally here as FM starts presenting vote-on-account*Behera presents the budget copy to CM Naveen Patnaik at his office inside Odisha assembly*Finance minister Shashi Bhusan leaves his office to present the vote-on-account

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