Govt tables supplementary demands of Rs 8,201 cr


* Proposes Rs 2,000 cr for farmers in distress, Rs 50 each for MLAs as additional fund for the current financial year
* Rs 12 lakh proposed for Nagpur Metro project
By Kartik Lokhande 
State Government, on Tuesday, tabled supplementary demands of Rs 8,201 crore. Interestingly, the supplementary demands include Rs 2,000 crore for providing aid to farmers in distress and Rs 144 crore as an additional fund to MLAs for the current financial year. Besides, a provision of Rs 12 lakh has been made for Nagpur Metro project.
Against the backdrop of the Congress and NCP’s demand for financial help to farmers, the Government’s had smartly moved a proposal to discuss the issue first on Tuesday. However, the Opposition parties disrupted the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly. Before the House was adjourned for the day, the Government tabled supplementary demands of Rs 8,201 crore. The statement on these demands shows that the Government has proposed Rs 2,000 crore under the head of ‘relief on account of natural calamities’ in the demands for Revenue and Forests Department.
Diwakar Raote, Transport Minister, told the reporters outside the Legislative Assembly that the Government was willing to discuss the farmers’ issues and extend help to them. Sudhir Mungantiwar, Finance Minister, also said that the Government had made a provision for help to farmers.
The supplementary statement of expenditure includes demands for grants or appropriation required for provisions required during current financial year in respect of items sanctioned by the Government in anticipation of expenditure met out of it, and additional expenditure likely to be incurred on these items during remainder of the year. The supplementary demands also include additional provisions found to be necessary for new service, and token demands in case of new services where there is no immediate extra expenditure.
The demands also include of Rs 144 crore as against provision of Rs 50 lakh each for 288 MLAs, as additional fund for the current financial year. The MLAs get fund of Rs 2 crore per annum to carry out developmental works in respective constituencies. However, owing to elections to Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly earlier in the year, most MLAs had exhausted their fund. In the new Assembly, as many as 130 members are new and they do not have fund allocation available for developmental works in respective constituencies. Though much of the financial year has passed by, three months still remain. To enable the MLAs to carry out developmental works in these three months of the current financial year, the Government has proposed additional fund of Rs 50 lakh to each of the MLAs, Mungantiwar told ‘The Hitavada’.
A provision of Rs 350 crore has been made for disbursement of scholarships. As far as Vidarbha region is concerned, a provision of Rs 17 crore has been made for Gorewada International Zoo for preliminary works. In the supplementary demands, a provision of Rs 12 lakh has been made for Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) for ambitious Nagpur Urban Transport (Nagpur Metro) project.

NMC seeks Rs 100 cr
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), which is celebrating 150th anniversary year, has sought from the Government a special provision of Rs 100 crore.
NMC had got a special fund of Rs 25 crore per annum during the tenure of Vilasrao Deshmukh as Chief Minister. However, later, NMC did not get the fund from the Government. With the Government taking over in State, NMC has once again demanded special fund. Mayor Pravin Datke told ‘The Hitavada’ that the demand was under consideration of the Government.
“Once the fund is received, we can carry out road repairs and other works. If the special fund of Rs 25 per year is restored, we will be able to carry out the project of construction of cement roads in Nagpur city,” said Datke.
Responding to the demand for Rs 100 crore by NMC, Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar is learnt to have asked Municipal Commissioner Shyam Wardhane to prepare a plan and submit it to the Government for necessary action. 

(09-12-14)

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