Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Shimla, February 15
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu today passed supplementary demands for grant amounting to Rs 10,307.59 crore for financial year 2023-24.
Sukhu, who also holds the finance portfolio, said out of Rs 10,307.59 crore, Rs 7,267.41 crore is under the state schemes and Rs 3,040.18 crore under the centrally sponsored schemes.
“The major expenditure proposed under the state schemes includes Rs 3,367.76 crore for repayment of ways and means, advance/overdraft, Rs 696.44 crore for water supply and sanitation, Rs 598.71 crore for pension and other retirement benefits, Rs 442.09 crore for assistance to Himachal Road Transport Corporation, Rs 372.66 crore for power subsidy and loan to Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited, Rs 279.32 crore for construction of hospitals, HIMCARE yojna and Mukhya Mantri Chikitsa Sahayata Kosh and Rs 215.02 crore for roads and bridges.
The other heads under the state schemes include Rs 102.47 crore grants to urban local bodies under the 15th Finance Commission and AMRUT, construction of Dhalli Tunnel and Khalini flyover and Rs 96.25 crore for interest payment.
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