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Telengana Government to present 1.30 Lakh crore Budget

Telangana

Telangana’s Finance Minister on Monday presented the state budget in the assembly, proposing an expenditure of Rs.1,30,415 crore for the financial year 2016-17.Telangana

Features of the budget

  • Plan expenditure – Rs.67,630 crore
  • Non-plan expenditure –Rs. 62,785 crore
  • Revenue surplus – Rs 3,381 crore
  • Fiscal deficit- Rs.23,467 crore

Important projects

  • Irrigation sector: The budget has allocated Rs.25,000 crore for the sector.
  • An allocation of Rs 7,861 crore has been made for Palamuru lift irrigation project
  • 6,286 crore for Kaleswaram project
  • Rs 1,150 crore for Sitarama project

Points to note

  • Telengana CM– Chandrasekhar Rao
  • Telengana Finance minister– Etela Rajender
  • Capital– Hyderabad