Winter session of U’khand Assembly begins

Dehradun, December 4

The three-day winter session of the Uttarakhand Assembly began here on Tuesday, with Finance Minister Prakash Pant tabling the state’s first supplementary budget of over Rs 2,452 crore in the House.       

A provision of Rs 1706.25 crore has been made for revenue expenditure and of Rs 746.16 crore for capital expenditure.

The supplementary budget makes a provision of Rs 697.59 crore for resource-related schemes, out of which a provision of Rs 644.06 crore has been made for Centrally sponsored schemes and Rs 53.53 crore has been provided for externally aided projects, Pant said  while tabling the supplementary demands for grants. “Apart from this, the supplementary budget also makes a provision of Rs 153.23 crore for the contingency fund,” he said.

Earlier, the Assembly paid tributes to former Chief Minister ND Tiwari, who passed away in October. Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat remembered him as a leader, who rose above petty considerations of party politics to be helpful to everyone. Rawat, especially recalled Tiwari for his contribution to the industrialisation of both Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand during his chief ministership. Tiwari served as the Chief Minister of UP for four terms and that of Uttarakhand as the first elected Chief Minister of the newly created state.

Rawat said when he became an MLA for the first time, he often went to Tiwari for help, who guided him openly regardless of the fact that he belonged to the Opposition. Pant also paid tributes to the leader, remembering him for his generosity of  temperament, his capacity to stay calm in the most difficult circumstances, his gift of the gab, his control of temper, his deep understanding of the norms of parliamentary democracy and his deep regard for them.

Bheemtal MLA Ram Singh Kaira attributed his growth in politics to the inspiration of Tiwari, who did a lot for the development of Uttarakhand. He also urged the state government to rename Kumaon University after the great leader. PTI 

Rs 1706.25 cr allocated for revenue expenditure

• Finance Minister Prakash Pant tabled the state’s first supplementary budget of over Rs 2,452 crore in the House. 
• A provision of Rs 1706.25 crore was made for revenue expenditure and of Rs 746.16 crore for capital expenditure.
• The supplementary budget made a provision of Rs 697.59 crore for resource-related schemes, out of which a provision of Rs 644.06 crore was made for Centrally sponsored schemes and Rs 53.53 crore for externally aided projects.