Budget Highlights

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Total Allocation  Rs 4,109cr 

• Rs 3 cr for a pilot project to establish solid waste management systems 
• Rs 50 cr for starting a pilot project to set up liquid waste management systems 
• Rs 20 cr for providing housing to rural poor under Pendu Awas Yojana

HEALTH
Total Allocation Rs 3,465 cr 

• Rs 978.12 cr for NHM
• Rs 22.50 cr for 258 new wellness centres
• Rs 60 cr for cancer centres at Hoshiarpur, Fazilka and Amritsar
• Rs 14 cr under the National AYUSH Mission

POLICE
Total Allocation Rs 6,290 cr

• Rs 6.76 cr security allocation for CM
• Rs 1.37 cr for STF against drugs
• Rs 10 cr for secret service expenditure  
• Rs 160.8 cr for Bureau of Investigation — a raise of nearly Rs 17 cr than last year

SCHOOL EDUCATION
Total Allocation Rs 11,000 cr

• Sanitary napkins to all girl students in government schools
• 1,155 physical education teachers to impart self-defence training to girls
• 6% annual increase in budgetary allocation of all state universities
• Rs 50 cr for new colleges’ construction

AGRICULTURE
Total Allocation Rs 8,969 cr 

• 200 cr for Krishi Vikas Yojana 
• Rs 5.50 cr for upgrading soil health labs
• Rs 60.49 cr under National Horticulture Mission 
• Rs 10 cr for setting up horticulture estates

POWER
Total Allocation Rs 17,812 cr 

• Rs 1,916 cr for free power to SC/BC consumers 
• Rs 8,969 cr for farm sector subsidy n Rs 1,513 cr for power subsidy to industry
• Rs 3,000 cr for pending power subsidy bill

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"This is a kaagzi Budget. This is the third budget by Manpreet Badal. Every time announcements are made, but nothing happens on ground." –Harpal Singh Cheema, Leader of Opposition 

"The Central schemes have been repackaged. There is no additional resource mobilisation. It will be impossible for the government to meet its expenses or revenue receipt targets." –Sukhbir Singh Badal, Akali Dal president