Budget-2010

 

YSR’s pet programmes take a hit

In a marked departure from the development-oriented budgets he formulated as Finance Minister in Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s Cabinet earlier, Chief Minister K. Rosaiah on Saturday presented a budget for 2009-10 that is more focussed on welfare, going by the higher allocations to the sector.

Notwithstanding his handsome references in his budget speech in the Assembly to the innovative schemes of the former Chief Minister, the plan outlay for irrigation sector, handling the Government’s flagship programme, Jalayagnam, took a hit with allocation dropping from Rs. 17,771 crore to Rs. 14,970 crore (only State’s share). Allocation to Housing, overseeing YSR’s another pet scheme Indiramma, the weaker section housing programme remained stagnant at Rs. 1,808 crore. There was also no mention about the enhancement of BPL rice quota from 24 kg to 30 kg per family as also the increase in supply of free power from seven to nine hours, the two election promises on which the Congress rode back to power, in the Chief Minister’s address.

Rural Development and agriculture and allied services saw an increase in the outlay, but the loss in allocations to irrigation and other sectors was compensated by enhanced sanctions to social services including welfare of SC/ST/BC/Minority, urban development and women and child welfare departments. We had to muster courage to present a budget of this magnitude as several apprehensions prevailed over the past few months, owing to the prevailing economic slowdown, the Chief Minister admitted .

The budget indicated a heavy reliance on the devolution from the Central Government with State’s share of central taxes, centrally sponsored schemes and grants-in-aid estimated at Rs. 27,946.61 crore. Even as the fiscal deficit is estimated to be around Rs. 12,983 crore (Rs. 14,282 crore in 2009-10), the Chief Minister projected a revenue surplus of Rs. 3,548 crore at the end of the year, a claim the Opposition termed as ‘indicator’ of hard days ahead for the people.

source: www.hindu.com

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Seven-point terms of reference for panel on Telangana

 

Nearly a week after setting up a five-member committee on the Telangana issue, the Union government on Friday announced the panel’s seven-point terms of reference.

The committee, headed by the former Supreme Court judge, Justice B. N. Srikrishna, has been asked to examine the situation in Andhra Pradesh with reference to the demand for a Telangana State as well as the demand for maintaining the present status of a united Andhra Pradesh.
Report by December 31

The committee is requested to submit its report by December 31, 2010, a Union Home Ministry statement said. The panel may hold its first meeting here on Saturday, informed sources said.

The committee will review the developments in the State since its formation and their impact on the progress and development of different regions of the State. It will examine the impact of the recent developments on different sections of people such as women, children, students, the minorities, the Other Backward Classes, the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.

The committee, constituted on February 3, will consult all sections of people, especially political leaders, on the aforesaid matters and elicit their views; to seek from the political parties and other organisations a range of solutions that would resolve the present difficult situation and promote the welfare of all sections of the people; to identify the optimal solutions for this purpose; and to recommend a plan of action and a road map.

According to the terms of reference, the committee will consult other organisations of civil society such as industry, trade, trade unions, farmers’ organisations, women’s organisations and students’ organisations on the aforesaid matters and elicit their views with specific reference to the all-round development of the State’s different regions. The panel has been asked to make any other suggestion or recommendation that it may deem appropriate. 

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