Farming and Welfare Takes Centerstage in Telangana Budget
telangana government had put up a whopping budget of Rs 1,82,914 Crore for the financial year 2020-21. Finance minister harish rao tabled the budget in the Assembly. The State government allotted a Sensational 40,000 Crore for various Welfare Schemes. Major Allocations were made to the welfare of the farmers as well.
Allocation to prominent sectors/ initiatives in the Budget 2020-21 presented to the telangana State Legislature today. (In Rupees )
- Panchayat Raj & RR – 23,005 Cr
- SC Welfare – 16,534.97 Cr
- Municipal Administration – 14,809 Cr
- Rythu Bandhu – 14,000 Cr
- Housing – 11,917 Cr
- Aasra Pension – 11,758 Cr
- Drinking-Water – 11,054 – Cr
- School education – 10,421 Cr
- Energy – 10,416 Cr
- Hyderabad Development – 10,000 Cr
- ST Welfare – 9,771.27 Cr
- Crop Loan Waiver – 6,225 Cr
- Health – 6,186 Cr
- Police Administration – 5,852 Cr
- Backward Classes Welfare – 4,356 Cr
- Roads & Buildings – 3,494 Cr
- Fee Reimbursement – 2,650 Cr
- Industrial Development – 1,998 Cr
- Higher education – 1,723.27 Cr
- Animal Husbandry – 1,586.38 Cr
- Minorities Welfare – 1,518.06 Cr
- Industrial Infrastructure – 1,500 Cr
- Kalyana lakshmi – 1,350 Cr
- Women SHGs – 1,200 Cr
- Rythu Bima – 1,141 Cr
- Market Intervention Fund – 1000 Cr
- RTC – 1000 Cr
- Drinking-Water in 38 Municipalities – 800 Cr
- Forest & Environment – 791 Cr
- Collectorate, DPO, PCCC – 550 Cr; MBC Corporation – 500 Cr
- Endowments Department – 500 Cr
- MLA, MLCs SDP – 480 Cr
- Total Literacy Programme – 100 Cr.
The schemes which got major allocations include Rythu Bandhu investment support scheme for farmers (Rs 14,000 crore), panchayat Raj & RR( Rs 23,005 crore) Asara social security pensions (Rs 11,758 crore), two-bedroom houses for poor (Rs 10,500 crore) and hyderabad Urban Agglomeration (Rs 10,000 crore).