Winter Session of Vidhan Sabha begins
By Our Staff Reporter
Dehradun, 29 Nov: Finance Minister Prem Chand Aggarwal today tabled a supplementary budget for the current financial year to the tune of Rs 5440.43 crores on the opening day of the Vidhan Sabha Winter Session, here.
Of the total supplementary demands tabled by the government today, an amount of Rs 2276.43 crores is proposed to be spent under the revenue account, while the remaining amount of Rs 3163.99 crores is proposed to be spent under the Capital Expenditure head.
This also includes an additional amount for the CM’s Discretionary Fund and for the maintenance of ministers’ vehicles.
Some of the major departments for which additional budget has been sought include the Raj Bhawan, Council of Ministers, Police, Health and Medical, Water Supply, Information, PWD, Labour and Rural Development, Industries, Tourism and Transport.
The supplementary budget is likely to be passed tomorrow without much discussion as detailed discussion on every head of account is generally not held with respect to supplementary grants.
Of course, the bill does contain details of the expenditure for which grants have been sought.
