The North News
Shimla, March 19
Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on Thursday passed a supplementary Budget amounting to Rs 40,461.95 crore for the year 2025-26.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu presented the supplementary demands for the year 2025-26 in the House, and the Budget was passed through a voice vote by the House.
The supplementary Budget included Rs 36,374.61 crore under state schemes and Rs 4,087.34 crore for centrally sponsored schemes.
Under the state schemes, Rs 26,194.95 crore has been earmarked for ‘Ways and Means’, and overdrafts, Rs 4,150.14 crore has been allocated for power generation and for converting loans provided to the Electricity Board under the UDAY scheme into equity.
Additionally, Rs 818.20 crore is for natural disaster relief, Rs 785.22 crore for water supply and sewerage schemes and Rs 657.22 crore for Himcare, the Sahara Scheme, robotic surgery facilities at the Medical Colleges, establishment of advanced testing laboratories, and procurement of PET scanners, construction works of Medical College and hospitals and providing power supply to AIIMS Bilapsur.
Under the Special Central Assistance, Rs 555.89 crore has been earmarked for projects, including shopping complexes at the vegetable market, bus stand, flyover, and underground utility duct.
Furthermore, an allocation of Rs 453.63 crore has been made for road maintenance, bridges, construction of rural roads and compensation, while Rs 443.33 crore is for subsidies to the Himachal Road Transport Corporation in place of fare concessions provided to various categories of passengers.
Additionally, Rs 192.20 crore has been allocated for road construction and the procurement of machinery and equipment for the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Battalion Headquarters in Behna (Mandi).
Under Centrally Sponsored Schemes, the majority of the funds are proposed for ongoing and new development projects for which financial assistance was received from the Central Government during the current year, which includes Rs 2,453.97 crore for disaster management, Rs 688.40 crore for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and Rs 352.18 crore as compensation for persons displaced by the Renukaji Dam project.
