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Odisha Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mohan Majhi on Thursday presented his government's first state budget in the Odisha Assembly for the financial year 2024-25.
Majhi presented a budget of Rs 2,65,000 crore for the 2024-25 fiscal in the Assembly, which is about 15 per cent more than the budgeted estimates for 2023-24. The size of the annual budget in 2023-24 was Rs 2,30,000 crore.
The proposed allocation for agriculture was increased to Rs 33,919 crore as compared to Rs 24,829 cr last year. The Odisha CM proposed a new scheme 'CM Kisan' for farmers with an outlay of Rs 1935 crore.
Moreover, the Samrudha Krushak Yojana was announced for farmers with a proposed outlay of Rs 5000 crore.
Department Wise Allocation
1. Women, Child & Mission Shakti
Subhadra Yojana: Rs 10,000 crore
Mamata and PMMVY: Rs 521 crore
POSHAN Abhiyan: Rs 295 crore
Mission Shakti Programme: Rs 1,179 crore
2. Urban Development
Bhubaneswar Metro Rail: Rs 1,000 crore
Urban Water Supply: Rs 357 crore
New City Development: Rs 918 crore
3. Health, Caring for All
Ayushman Bharat: Rs 500 crore
Gopabandhu Jana Arogya Yojana: Rs 5450 crore
Mukhya Mantri Swasthya Seva Mission: Rs 2462 crore
National Health Mission: Rs 2095 crore
3. Education
Gopabandhu Mishra Adarsha Prathamika Vidyalaya: Rs 50 crore
Panchasakha Sikhya Setu: Rs 332 crore
Mukhya Mantri Sikhya Puraskar: Rs 139 crore
PM Poshan: Rs 997 crore
Samagra Sikshya: Rs 3791 crore
Other Important Allocations
Development of Railways: Rs 600 crore
Civil Aviation: Rs 372 crore
Subsidy under Electric Vehicle Policy: Rs 150 crore
Construction of Bus Stand: Rs 839 crore
Shree Jagannath Culture and Odia Asmita
Corpus Fund SJTA: Rs 500 crore
Corpus Fund for Odia Asmita: Rs 200 crore
Mukhya Mantri Kalakara Sahayata Yojana: Rs 72 crore
Conservation and Protection of Monuments: Rs 15 crore
Gopabandhu Yojana in place of BSKY
Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana has been launched in place of Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana as State’s own health insurance coverage scheme. Beneficiaries under the scheme will get cashless treatment facilities at private and government hospitals. Implementation of Ayushman Bharat scheme in the State has been announced.
Who said what?
Opposition BJD and Congress rapped the budget presented by the BJP government by saying that there is nothing new in it.
“I would say about the State budget that it was double engine and double disappointment. I noticed that they have just renamed more than 40 of my government’s schemes,” said Leader of Opposition, Naveen Patnaik.
Senior Congress leader Tara Prasad Bahinipati also expressed his disappointment over the State budget.
“There is nothing new in the budget. There is no provision in the budget for the development of farmers and women. They have only changed the name of more than 40 schemes and raised the allocation amount in a few schemes. It is a budget only to cheat people,” said Bahinipati.
“The Rs 2.65 lakh crore budget presented by Odisha CM and Finance Minister, Mohan Majhi is for the 4.5 crore people of Odisha. Prioritising ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, and Sabka Prayas’ the budget has laid special emphasis on sections of people,” said BJP National VP & Kendrapara MP, Baijayant Panda.
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