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Amid din and slogan shouting by opposition parties, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, who also holds the finance portfolio, today tabled in assembly supplementary budget of about Rs 19,824 crore for the current 2015-16 fiscal.
On February 24, Yadav had presented Annual Budget of over Rs 3,02,000 crore for 2015-16. However, Supplementary Budget is sought to provide for exigencies and expenses that crop up during the fiscal, which could not be covered under the Annual Budget.
The opposition members, including Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress cornered the ruling Samajwadi Party on the alleged deteriorating law and order situation in UP.
The BSP members, holding flags and sporting blue caps, trooped to the well and raised anti-government slogans. Assembly speaker Mata Prasad Pandey had to adjourn the house following pandemonium and unruly scenes.
In fact, the opposition protested both inside and outside assembly. The police even resorted to cane charge outside assembly and the ruckus created a massive traffic jam around the Vidhan Sabha precincts.
Meanwhile, the supplementary budget's revenue and capital heads comprise about Rs 15,164 crore and Rs 4,660 crore respectively, spanning both plan and non-plan heads.
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The revenue department has sought over Rs 5,200 crore for relief distribution towards natural calamities. It would supplement the State Disaster Response Fund, which also gets grant from the National Disaster Response Fund.
The state government has sought over Rs 1,600 crore, primarily for additional assistance to sugar mills for settling farmers' cane dues. Some portion of the funds would also be given to cooperative mills as loan.
Meanwhile, Rs 854 crore in the supplementary budget is proposed to be adjusted under various heads, thus leaving effective supplementary demands of about Rs 18,970 crore, which includes Rs 10,380 crore of receipts.
Further, it includes central grant of nearly Rs 3,308 crore for central schemes and non-tax revenue of Rs 3,080 crore.
