Odisha govt depts to submit online proposals for 2015-16 Budget soon

State to process proposals for the Annual Plan 2015-16 online through BETA software

All government departments in Odisha are likely to submit their proposals for 2015-16 Budget, indicating their requirement for funds, by December 15.

The state government has decided to process the proposals of funding and communication of Plan ceiling of individual administrative departments for the Annual Plan 2015-16 online through BETA software developed by the finance department.

Last month, the state government unveiled its Supplementary Budget for this fiscal with an outlay of Rs  4,502.34 crore and containing a special provision of Rs 300 crore towards contribution to the corpus fund announced previously to compensate depositors duped by unscrupulous chit fund players.The Supplementary Budget has net provision of Rs 4,502.34 crore and gross provision of Rs 5,253.87 crore. The state’s full Budget for the fiscal had gross provision of Rs 81,720.95 crore and net provision of Rs 80,139.58 crore.

The Supplementary provision of Rs 4,502.34 crore is to be financed by tied up resources to the extent of Rs 2,662.57 crore, surrender of provision in grants and appropriations to the extent of Rs 1,265.47 crore and Rs 574.30 crore through savings and surrenders towards the end of the financial year.

The outlay for the Non-Plan sector has been pegged at Rs 2,536.87 crore, out of which an amount of Rs 300 crore will go towards contribution to the corpus fund for protection of interest of depositors.

The Non-Plan component also includes Rs 250 crore provided for special calamity assistance to farmers for procurement of paddy, Rs 54.59 crore towards relief expenditure, Rs 1,475.16 crore towards repayment liability and balance Rs 457.12 crore towards salary and other expenditure.

Under the State Plan, the additional budget allocation has been pegged at Rs 1960.30 crore. This includes Rs 679.76 crore for 'Nirmal Bharat Yojana', Rs 225.77 crore for 'Integrated Watershed Management Programme', Rs  137.34 crore for other schemes in agriculture sector, Rs 116 crore towards infrastructure development in technical education, Rs 39.74 crore towards Madhubabu Pension Yojana, Rs 92 crore for road sector development, Rs 20 crore for Western Odisha Development Council (WODC) and Rs 50 crore for development of Jharsuguda airport to name a few.