2015 Budget of Odisha explained

Odisha State Budget
Submitter:	Pradip Kumar Amat, Finance Minister of Odisha
Date Submitted:	16 February 2015
Parliament:	Odisha Legislative Assembly
Party:	Biju Janata Dal (BJD)
Total Revenue:	70,940 Crore
Total Expenditures:	84,487.77 Crore
Surplus:	5,101.51 Crore
Deficit:	10,400 Crore

The Odisha State Budget for 2015–2016 was presented by Finance Minister of Odisha, Pradip Kumar Amat on 16 February 2015 in Odisha Legislative Assembly.^[1] Finance Minister Pradip Kumar Amat presented the Odisha Annual State Budget of 84,487.77 Crore with total revenue expenditure estimated at 65,838.99.^[2]

Budgets

Budget Estimates

• Total Plan Outlay - 84,487.77 Crore
• Non-Plan Expenditure - 43,956.32 Crore
• Planning Expenditure - 44,150 Crore
• Government Expenses - 40,150 Crore
• General Enterprises - 4,000 Crore
• Revenue Collection - 70,940 Crore
• Revenue Surplus - 5,101.51 Crore
• Total Revenue Expenditure - 65,838.99 Crore
• Fiscal Deficit - 10,400 Crore (2.99% of GSDP)

Special Budgets

Nabakalebara

• Nabakalebara Expenses - 20 Crore
• Tourism Police - 3 Crore
• Jagannath Temple, Odisha – 5 Crore
• Uninterrupted Power Supply to Puri - 67 Crore
• Free Travel from Malatipatna to Puri - 40 Lakh.

Others

• Biju Krushak Kalyan Yojana - 90 Crore
• Corpus Fund for Fertilizer - 100 Crore
• Disaster Prevention Power Mechanism in Bhubaneswar - 50 Crore
• Jal Nidhi Yojana - 160 Crore
• Modernisation of Odisha Police Force - 120 Crore
• Puri Nabakalebar Festival 2015 - 20.5 Crore
• Odisha Potato Mission - 50 Crore
• Odisha Tourism Police - 3 Crore
• Power Infrastructure in Puri - 67 Crore
• Power Restoration in Berhampur, Gopalpur - 210 Crore
• Power Sector - 1,187.20 Crore
• Re 1 Rice Scheme - 1,402.99 Crore
• Udyan Krushi Yojana - 128 Crore

Agriculture and Allied Sectors

• Finance Minister of Odisha, Pradip Kumar Amat presented the budget for agriculture and allied sectors with a plan outlay of 10,903.62 Crore.

Healthcare Sector

• Finance Minister of Odisha, Pradip Kumar Amat presented the budget for Healthcare Sector with a plan outlay of 3,855 Crore.

Higher Education

• Finance Minister of Odisha, Pradip Kumar Amat presented the budget for Higher Education with a plan outlay of 1,989.11 Crore.

School and Mass Education

• Finance Minister of Odisha, Pradip Kumar Amat presented the budget for School and Mass Education with a plan outlay of 9979.49 Crore.

Women & Child Welfare

• Finance Minister of Odisha, Pradip Kumar Amat presented the budget for Women & Child Welfare with a plan outlay of 4,160 Crore.

Budget 2015–16: Pradip Kumar Amat

• "Total non-plan expenditure is estimated at Rs 43,956.32 crore in 2015–16, while state's annual plan outlay has been fixed at Rs 44,150 crore."
• "This is the largest allocation among all departments and constitutes about 12 per cent of the total budgetary allocation."^[3]

See also

• Odisha
• Economy of Odisha

References

Odisha Budget 2015–16: Key Highlights

Notes and References

1. News: Rs 84,487 cr budget presented in Odisha Assembly. 16 February 2015. Odisha Sun Times. 16 February 2015.
2. News: Odisha budget focuses on infra, education and farming. 16 February 2015. Business Standard. 16 February 2015.
3. News: Odisha budget focuses on infra, education and farming. 16 February 2015. Zee News. 16 February 2015.