TAMIL NADU STATE BUDGET 2013-14 - HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

The Tamil Nadu government presented its Annual Budget in Assmebly on Thursday. It was a tax free budget that is bound to have happy takers. However, no new announcements or schemes were made for education.

State Finance Minister O. Paneerselvam said that the coming year’s projected revenue surplus would be Rs. 664.06 crores and the fiscal deficit will be Rs. 22,938.57 crores. He also announced that two new cancer centres will be opened in Tirunelveli and Thanjavur, and operation theatres will be upgraded in district headquarters hospitals.

Highlights -Tamil Nadu State Budget 2013-14 

- Rs 21,000 cr for new Power Plant Projects

- Rs 880.69 crore for Environmental

- Rs 16,965 cr for School Education

- Rs 6,452 cr for Road Highways. Chennai-Mamallapuran road to be made 4-way

- Rs 271.68 Crore for 4 new flyovers in Chennai

- Rs 2000 crore for infrastructure

- Rs 4,900 crore for Food Subsidy through Ration Shops

- Rs 250 crore allotted to distribute 12,000 free cows, 6 lakh free goats to women this year

- Rs 750 crore for Metro Rail

- Rs 32.5 cr to set up 7 new Rice Mills

- 2 lakh Free house land pattas to be distributed in 2013-14

- Aadhar Linked schemes to be implemented throughout the state

- Rs 5,189 crore allotted for Agri sector. up Rs 1,385 crore from last year

- Drought Relief of Rs. 15,000 per acre to benefit nearly 3 lakh farmers. To cost Rs 541 crore to Govt

- Rs 15.85 crore foe Animal Husbandary

- Rs 5 crore to develop skill of youth

- Aadhar Linked schemes to be implemented throughout the state

- 9914 vacancies filled in Cooperative societies

- Rs 695 Crore for judiciary

- 17,000 vacancies to be filled in Police Dept

- Rs. 4,706 crore for Polce Dept

- Rs. 208 Cr for Fire Dept

- Rs 50 crore allotted for Police Station building infrastructure