The Maharashtra government on the first day of the Budget Session on Monday presented the supplementary demands worth ₹6,486.20 crore. Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar presented the demands in the state Assembly ahead of the presentation of the annual Budget for 2025&ndash;26 on March 10.&nbsp;
Of the ₹6,486.20 crore, the rural development department has received maximum allocation of ₹3,006.28 crore, industry, energy, labour and mining department ₹1,688.74 crore, urban development department ₹590 crore, higher and technical education department ₹412.36 crore, cooperation, marketing and textile department ₹313.93 crore, environment and climate change department ₹255.51 crore, revenue and forest department ₹67.20 crore, OBC department ₹67.12 crore and public work department ₹46.35 crore.
The government has earmarked ₹3,752.16 crore for the centrally sponsored Prime Minister Awas Yojana (rural) for the beneficiaries from general and Scheduled Tribes category, ₹2,000 crore for the free electricity power under the Baliraja scheme for agricultural pumps, ₹1,450 crore for loans for the construction of roads and bridges under the Centre&rsquo;s special assistance scheme to the state government and ₹637.42 crore for the Rashtriya Gramin Jivonnati Yojana.
The government has earmarked ₹600 crore for stamp duty grant to the municipal corporations and municipalities, ₹375 crore for the payment of scholarship under the Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shau Education Scholarship scheme, ₹335 crore for national rural health mission, ₹300 crore for electricity tariff for street lights from gram panchayat roads to the MahaVitaran, ₹244 crore for Pune ring road and Jalna Nanded expressway, ₹221.89:crore for arrears towards pension and salary payable as per the 7th Pay Commission to employees of Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran and ₹175 crore to Godavari Marathwada Irrigation Development Corporation.
The state government has allocated ₹171 crore for National River Conservation scheme for Mula Mutha River from Pune, ₹150 crore for sustenance allowance payable for the Punjabrao Deshmukh hostel, ₹100 crore for concession in the power tariff for power looms and ₹296 core for the margin money loan to be drawn by four cooperative sugar factories.
&mdash;IANS

Maharashtra Deputy CM and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar

Major allocations for rural development, industry & energy ahead of Budget 2025–26

Maha Govt Presents ₹6,486 Cr Supplementary Demands

Major allocations for rural development, industry & energy ahead of Budget 2025–26

March 3, 2025 | 14:23 IST