Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam presented the budget today. He detailed the funds allotted for various departments. A special feature is that Rs. 100 Crores have been specially allotted for preventing the flood-caused damages in Chennai Metro City.
Here is the detail of funds allotted department-wise in Rupees Crores:
- School Education - Max 34181
- Higher Education - 5052
- Health - 15863
- Employees Welfare - 200
- Industry - 2500
- Textile - 1224
- Information Technology - 153
- Local administration systems - 6754
- City administration - 18540
- Fisheries - 1229
- Food - 6500
- Transport - 2716.26
- Cattle - 199
- Highways - 15850
- Tamil Nadu Police - 8876.57
- Backward classes development - 106
- Hindu religious Endowment - 281
- For other important projects -
- Irrigation - 6901
- Urban (city) local administration - 5306
- Justice administration - 1403
- Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, ancient tribes education - 302.98
- Athikkadavu-Avinasi Project - 500
- Panchayat Local administration - 5654.25
- Urban local administration - 5306.95
- Mid-day Meals - 5935
- Adi Dravida Development - 4109
- Adi Dravida Student education - 2018
- Free lap-top for 11th Standard students - 966.46
- Assistance for fishermen during the ban periods of fishing, Savings Plan Special Assistance - 298.12
- Prevention of flood-caused damages in Chennai Metro City - 100
- Reinstallation/repair of the drainage systems fort the Buckingham Canal, Cooum, and Adayaru -5439.76
- Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial route - 6448
- On the Chennai-Bangalore industrial route, setting up an entrepreneurial development Project in an area covering 21966 acres in Ponneri
- Al Kepala Council Petroleum treatment / purification complex - 49000