Maha Rs 31298 cr supplementary demands tabled in House Rs 1000 cr allotted for COVID-19 payout
Mumbai Dec 22 PTI The Maharashtra government on Wednesday tabled supplementary demands to the tune of Rs 3129826 crore for the current fiscal in the Assembly on the first day of winter session of the state legislature here with Rs 1000 crore earmarked for compensation to the kin of people who died due to COVID-19 and Rs 141081 crore for monetary aid to rain-hit farmersAn amount of Rs 1150 crore has also been allocated to the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation MSRTC whose employees are on a strike for more than 50 days now to press for their demand to merge the loss-making entity with the state governmentDeputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar who handles the finance portfolio presented the Rs 3129826-crore demands with major share going to the Public Works Department PWD at Rs 590906 crore followed by Rs 307704 for the Rural Development Department to be spent on road construction projectsA sum of Rs 435 crore has been given to the state OBC commissionOut of the total demands Rs 243561 crore has been kept for salaries and first and second installments of arrears under the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations and Rs 2100 crore for pension and other post-retirement benefits of government employeesAnother Rs 141081 crore has been earmarked to extend monetary relief for rain-affected farmers in the state and Rs 1000 crore for compensation to the relatives of people who died due to COVID-19A sum of Rs 115234 crore has been allotted for construction of new health units and their repairing in both urban and rural areasThe state government has allocated Rs 1150 crore to MSRTC and Rs 1000 crore for land acquisition by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation MSRDCAlso Rs 1000 crore has been set aside for promoting industrial units PTI MR RSY RSY
Mumbai Dec 22 PTI The Maharashtra government on Wednesday tabled supplementary demands to the tune of Rs 3129826 crore for the current fiscal in the Assembly on the first day of winter session of the state legislature here with Rs 1000 crore earmarked for compensation to the kin of people who died due to COVID-19 and Rs 141081 crore for monetary aid to rain-hit farmersAn amount of Rs 1150 crore has also been allocated to the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation MSRTC whose employees are on a strike for more than 50 days now to press for their demand to merge the loss-making entity with the state governmentDeputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar who handles the finance portfolio presented the Rs 3129826-crore demands with major share going to the Public Works Department PWD at Rs 590906 crore followed by Rs 307704 for the Rural Development Department to be spent on road construction projectsA sum of Rs 435 crore has been given to the state OBC commissionOut of the total demands Rs 243561 crore has been kept for salaries and first and second installments of arrears under the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations and Rs 2100 crore for pension and other post-retirement benefits of government employeesAnother Rs 141081 crore has been earmarked to extend monetary relief for rain-affected farmers in the state and Rs 1000 crore for compensation to the relatives of people who died due to COVID-19A sum of Rs 115234 crore has been allotted for construction of new health units and their repairing in both urban and rural areasThe state government has allocated Rs 1150 crore to MSRTC and Rs 1000 crore for land acquisition by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation MSRDCAlso Rs 1000 crore has been set aside for promoting industrial units PTI MR RSY RSY
