20 lakh farmers who paid loans on time to get Rs 50,000 incentive. Rs 10,000 crore allocated in the budget
Nagpur: Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday presented the State Budget for the fiscal 2022-23.
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Tuesday 28 Jan. 2025
Following are highlights of the Budget:
• Rs 10,655 crore has been allocated as financial aid to people affected by natural calamities
• 20 lakh farmers who paid loans on time to get Rs 50,000 incentive. Rs 10,000 crore allocated in the budget
• State plans to spend Rs 11,000 on health services in the next three years
• Rs 20 crore for upgrading the cataract surgeries in the state
• Rs 3,183 crore outlay for the public health and family welfare department
• Rs 2,061 crore for medical education department
• Rs 385 crore for sports for 2022-23
• For school education Rs 2,354 crore
• For higher and technical education department Rs 1,619 crore
• Start up fund of Rs 100 crore to be set up in Maharashtra. For skill development, employment and innovation Rs 615 crore in 2022-23
• One innovation hub to be set up in every revenue division in state with an allocation of Rs 500 crore
• For medical educational drugs Rs 2061 crore
• Public health and family welfare Rs 3,183 crore
• For health sector Rs 11,000 crore in next three years
• For animal husbandry, dairy development and fishing Rs 406 crore
• For water conservation Rs 3,533 crore
• For irrigation sector Rs 13,552 crore, Gosikhurd project Rs 853.45 crore
• For agriculture Rs 3,025 cr in 2022-23
• For cooperation and marketing Rs 1,512 crore
• For rural development Rs 7,618 crore and Housing Rs 1,178 crore
• For women and child welfare Rs 2,472 crore in 2022-23
• For social justice department Rs 15,106 crore
• For tribal development Rs 11,999 crore
• There will be no manual scavenging in Maharashtra
• For energy sector Rs 9,926 crore
• For industry department Rs 885 crore
• For transport Rs 3303 crore, ports Rs 354 crore and for urban development department Rs 8,841 crore in 2022-23 in Maharashtra
• Rs 15,773 crore allocated for public works department and road construction and for buildings Rs 1088 crore
• For rural development Rs 7,618 crore and Housing Rs 1,178 crore
