PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Bharadisain To fulfil its monetary obligations, the Uttarakhand government brought up a supplementary budget of Rs 7,844.18 crore in the Vidhan Sabha for the remaining period of the current financial year on the first day of the Assembly session in the summer capital Gairsain on Tuesday. The State government had presented a budget of Rs 1,11,703.21 crore for the financial year 2026-27 in Vidhan Sabha in March this year. The supplementary budget was tabled in the house by the chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday afternoon. In the supplementary budget, a provision of Rs 3679.86 crore is made under revenue head while Rs 4164.32 crore is made under capital head. The total budgetary outlay for this year is now 1,19,547.39 crore. Key provisions of the supplementary budget include a proposal to increase the share of local bodies in the State’s tax revenue from 10.5 per cent to 12.5 per cent. A provision of Rs 721 crore has been made for this purpose, accepting the recommendations of the Sixth State Finance Commission. A substantial allocation of Rs 1,100 crore has been made for the purchase of paddy/wheat from farmers under the Annapurna Yojana. For the upcoming Ardh Kumbh, an allocation of Rs 290 crore has been made under various heads. Additionally, Rs 30 crore has been allocated under the capital head for the time-bound work of the Haridwar-Ganga Corridor Project and Rs 20 crore for the Nanda Rajjat Yatra operations. In the health sector, a provision of Rs 100 crore has been made under the Atal Ayushman Yojana to provide universal cashless medical care up to Rs five lakh and Rs 125 crore under the Golden Card Scheme for employees. Under medical education, a sum of Rs Rs 160 crore has been allocated under the capital head for Pithoragarh and Rudrapur Medical Colleges and Nursing Colleges. Focussing on education and digital learning, a provision of Rs 200 crore has been made for digital learning in school and higher education. In the sports sector, a sum of Rs 35 crore is allocated for a Sports university, Rs 10 crore for the Women’s Sports College, Champawat. Other major provisions for infrastructure development include Rs 300 crore for pending payments to contractors in Jal Jeevan Mission, Rs 500 crore in capital item for infrastructure development under Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI), Rs 122 crore for Gairsain Water Supply Dam Project, Rs 40 crore for construction of new State Data Centre. In the food sector and women’s empowerment. Rs 70 crore has been allocated for the Uttarakhand Climate Resilient Rainfed Agriculture Project (JICA), Rs 35 crore for the PMFME scheme, Rs 20 crore for honorariums for Bhojan Matas, Rs 60 crore for Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan II (Poshan Abhiyaan) and approximately Rs 27 crore for widow pensions. CM Dhami said that the supplementary budget focuses on preparations for the ardh- Kumbh, financial strengthening of local bodies, health-education-sports and basic infrastructure, which is expected to give impetus to the overall development of the State.
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