Appropriation Bill to meet additional expenditure of Rs 2,848.43 crore passed

The Vidhan Sabha today passed the Himachal Pradesh Appropriation (Number 4) Bill, 2024, to meet an expenditure of Rs 2,848.43 crore made on certain services for the financial year 2015-16 in excess of the amount granted for those services in that year.

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who holds the finance portfolio, laid the Bill on the table of the House to facilitate the passing of the supplementary budget and authorisation for appropriation of certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund of the state of Himachal Pradesh.

“From the Consolidated Fund of the state of Himachal Pradesh, a sum of Rs 28,48,43, 38,113 shall be deemed to have been authorised to be paid and applied to meet the amount spent for defraying the charges during 2015-16, in excess of the amount authorised for these services in that year,” the Bill reads.

This additional amount spent in excess of the amount granted has been spent on various heads, including Rs 190.95 crore on revenue, Rs 4.65 lakh on education, Rs 63.08 crore on roads and bridges, Rs 185.41 crore on irrigation and water supply, Rs 4.25 crore on forest and wild life, Rs 76.73 lakh on social justice and empowerment, Rs 37.25 crore on power development, Rs 34.73 crore on urban development, Rs 47.13 crore as revenue and Rs 2,319.16 crore as capital in the Finance Department.