While Rs 1,229 crore have been allocated forpayment of interest on market loans taken by the state government, Rs 965 crore will be used as repayment to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
The BJP-led government is facing a fund crunch after expenditure on the farm loan waiverscheme and on account of compensating local bodiesfor revenue losses, an official said.
Departments wereaskednot to raise supplementary demandsin the budget session unless of utmost importance, he said.
In the winter session of the state legislature at Nagpur in December, the governmenthad raised demands worth Rs 24,402 crore, of which Rs 15,000 crore were allocatedfor the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari SanmanYojana, the farmers' loan waiver scheme.
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