CM Majhi presents Rs 17,440 crore Supplementary Budget for FY 2025-26
Bhubaneswar(By Abhishek Mohanty): Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday tabled a Rs 17,440 crore supplementary budget for 2025-26 in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, targeting emerging development needs, welfare commitments, and ongoing infrastructure projects across key sectors.
The supplementary outlay comes in addition to the Rs 2.90 lakh crore annual budget presented in February.
According to the budget statement, the supplementary allocation includes Rs 3,389 crore for administrative expenditure, Rs 13,716 crore for programme expenditure, Rs 171 crore for disaster response, and Rs 164 crore as transfers from the state.
CM Majhi, who also holds the Finance portfolio, said the additional provision was essential to meet rising public expectations and to ensure timely completion of priority projects. He cited increased requirements under Centrally Sponsored Schemes, funding needs for major state-sector projects, recoupment of Contingency Fund advances, and departmental accounting adjustments as key reasons for the expanded outlay.
Administrative expenditure and transfers will be met through internal adjustments and surrenders, while disaster response allocations will come from the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF). Programme expenditure, the largest component, will be financed partly through Rs 1,232 crore in tied-up resources, with the remainder sourced from departmental savings.
Major Allocations Under Administrative Expenditure include Rs 1,406 crore for debt servicing, Rs 133 crore for recouping Contingency Fund advances, Rs 205 crore for maintenance of residential buildings, Rs 306 crore for non-residential government buildings, Rs 250 crore for road and bridge maintenance, Rs 116 crore for rural piped water supply operations, Rs 66 crore for revival of defunct lift irrigation projects under OLIC, Rs 42 crore for conducting Zilla Parishad elections.
Additional grants have been provided for universities, the Board of Secondary Education, recruitment examinations, and government colleges.
Besides, a total of Rs 171 crore has been allocated for modernisation and expansion of fire services under NDRMF.
In line with the State Finance Commission’s recommendations, Rs 164 crore has been earmarked for Panchayati Raj Institutions.
Programme expenditure forms the bulk of the supplementary budget, spanning agriculture, health, education, tribal welfare, environment, rural development, urban growth, and industry.
An amount of Rs 3,000 crore has been allocated for the paddy procurement revolving fund.
Other allocations include Rs 1,325 crore for PDS subsidies, Rs 850 crore for MSP and input assistance.
There are provisions for dairy, poultry, fisheries, groundwater development, interest subvention, and cooperative strengthening.
For health sector, Rs 994 crore has been allocated for the National Health Mission.
Rs 50 crore has been earmarked for upgrading Cuttack Medical College with new PG courses.
Similarly, 295 crore for SUBHADRA, Rs 142 crore for MAMATA, Rs 405 crore under Mission Shakti and Rs 426 crore under NRLM have been allocated.
