Vijayawada, March 11, 2022: Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Buggana Rajendernath on Friday presented the annual budget for the year 2022-23 in the state Legislative Assembly. The budget was presented with a total outlay of Rs 2,56,256 crore laying focus on welfare. The state, which was hit badly in pandemic, witnessed a fall in revenue expenditure Rs 2,08,261 crore and capital expenditure at Rs 47,996 crores.
In the budget, the YS Jaganmohan Reddy government kept its welfare schemes a top focus.
Out of a Rs 45,955 crore allocation, education has received Rs 30,077 crore, health Rs 15,384.26 crore, urban development Rs 8,796 crore, social security Rs 4,331.85 crore, and social security Rs 4,331.85 crore.
School education was allocated Rs 27,706.66 crore which 12.52 percent higher than the previous year.
The Children and Gender Budget was allocated Rs 4,322.86 cores, Rs 18,518 crore for SC sub-plan Rs 6,145 crore for ST Sub-plan, Rs 29, 143 core for BC sub-plan Rs 3,661 crore for welfare of minorities and Rs 3,537 crores for Kapu welfare.
“We have set in motion changes through Navaratnalu and welfare schemes mentioned in the Party manifesto working for social inclusion to make our State a leader in all the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals),” he said.
The Finance Minister widely quoted verses from native poets Sri Sri, Gurazada, Vemana and Kalidas among others besides Nobel Prize winner Muta Maathai on international level.
Rs 69,306.74 crores has been allocated for economical services which is 27.05 percent of the total outlay of the budget, Rs 1,13,340.20 crore has been allocated for Social Services, 44.23 percent of the budget and the rest for general services according to the reports published in indiatoday.in.
Rs 18,518 crore has been allocated for Scheduled Caste Sub Plan in 2022-23 Budget Estimates, while it was Rs 13,835 crores in the previous year’s allocation.
Rs 6,145 crores has been allocated for Tribal Sub Plan in the current year while it was Rs 5,318 crores in the previous year. BC Sub Plan was allocated Rs 29,143 crores while it was Rs 28,238 in the previous year. Minorities Action Sub Plan was allocated Rs 3,662 crores (previous year Rs 3,077 crore), Kapu Welfare Rs 3,532 crores (Rs 3,306 crores) and EBC Welfare Rs 6,669 crores (Rs 3,743 crores).
The Budget has allocated Rs 48,802.71 crores for DBT schemes in 2022-23 while it was Rs 39,615.98 crores in the previous year. YSR Pension Kanuka was allocated Rs 18,000.90 crores, YSR Rythu Bharosa Rs 3,900 crores, YSR Aasara Rs 6,400 crores, YSR Cheyuta Rs 4,235.95 crores, Amma Vodi Rs 6,500 crores, Jagananna Vidya Deevena Rs 2,500 crore, Jagananna Vasati Deevena (MTF) Rs 2,083.32 crores, YSR – PM Fasal Bima Yojana Rs 1,802.04 crores, Y.S.R Interest free loans to Self Help Groups Rs 600 crores, Y.S.R Interest free loans to Urban Self Help Groups Rs 200 crores, Y.S.R Interest free Loans to Farmers Rs 500 crores, YSR Kapu Nestham Rs 500 crores, YSR Jagananna Chedodu Rs 300 crores, YSR Vahana Mitra Rs 260 crores, YSR Nethanna Nestham rs 199.99 crores, YSR Matsyakara Bharosa Rs 120.49 crores, Diesel Subsidy to Fishermen Boats Rs 50 crores, Exgratia to Farmers Rs 20 crores, Law Nestham Rs 15 crore and Jagananna Thodu Rs 25.01 crores.
Other Budgetary allocations include Rs 3,100 crore for Subsidy on Rice (Human Resources Development), Rs 200.02 for Door Delivery of Rice. On Industries front, Incentives for Industrial Promotion for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) was allocated Rs 450 crore, Incentives for Industrial Promotion Rs 411.62 crores, ADB (Asian Development Bank) – Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor Development Program (APRDC Component Rs 250 Crores) (APIIC Component- Rs 236.86 crores), Incentives to the S.C. Entrepreneurs for Industrial Promotion Rs 175 crores, Incentives to IT & Electronics Industries/ Organizations Rs 60 crores, and YSR Bima Rs 372.12 crores. Others include Rs 1,149.93 Crores for Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)/National Rural Drinking Water Mission and Rs 500 Crore for Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin.
