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Maharashtra Tables Rs 57,509.71 Crore Supplementary Demand to Fund Infrastructure and Welfare Schemes

The demand will increase state spending by Rs 40,644.69 crore on roads, metro rail, health grants, scholarships, finance commission transfers.

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CM Devendra Fadnavis, Dy CM Eknath Shinde, Dy CM Ajit Pawar and other MLAs pay respects to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. (Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times)
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Overview

  • Deputy CM Ajit Pawar tabled a Rs 57,509.71 crore supplementary demand at the start of the Monsoon Session of the legislature.
  • Infrastructure sectors will receive allocations for roads, metro rail projects, irrigation schemes and Rs 1,000 crore for Simhastha Kumbh Mela preparations.
  • Social welfare funding includes Rs 1,600 crore for the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Health Scheme, Rs 1,500 crore for the Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Grant Scheme and scholarships for backward class students.
  • The government earmarked Rs 11,042.76 crore for grants recommended by the 15th Finance Commission under centrally sponsored and state schemes.
  • Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader Jayant Patil warned that these demands will drive Maharashtra’s revenue deficit past Rs 1 lakh crore, raising concerns over fiscal management.