fm english budget speech

8/7/2019 FM English Budget Speech

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Honble Speaker Sir,

I rise before this august House to present first Budget of second decade of 21st

century and the last one of 11th

Five Year Plan, in the backdrop of developmental

strategy that our Government unveiled for the years 2001-10. This is my 17thopportunity to present Budget to this House and I am happy to report that faith that

people of Gujarat had reposed, while presenting Golden Jubilee Celebration year

budget has been fulfilled to a very substantial extent.

The last decade has been notable in the development saga of Gujarat and its

genius has been recognized not only in India but internationally as well. I see clear

distinction between our development trajectory during the last decade and the planning

that took place in the earlier decades. There was a time when Gujarat was striving to

provide for basic needs of its citizens. However, a glance at the developments thathave taken place during the last decade shows that the State has come out of this

struggle and has achieved prosperity with peace, good governance, development of art

and culture, healthy life style, high quality of education and disciplined administration.

Through these, State has achieved a higher human development index and has been

able to provide higher quality of life for its citizens. Our development strategy,

inspired by Sarvodaya philosophy of Sarvajana Hitaya, Sarvajana Sukhaya aims

at holistic development rather than frittering away energies on disjointed efforts. Our

Government resolve is to use strong base of peoples power and resolute leadership to

realize the mantra that development of Gujarat would lead to development of the

nation. The resultant sense of fulfillment of the people of Gujarat is reflected in the

festivities during the Golden Jubilee year.

Suvarna JayantiYear has revealed tremendous strength of Peoples Power

and one has witnessed new strides in the sphere of art and culture. During the year, we

have made unprecedented achievements. Be it record breaking ninety nine hour long

vocal rendition at Tana Riri festival or record of preparing five thousand six hundred

Gujarati vegetarian dishes, Vanche Gujarat programme involving half a crore people

or Samay Dan of five crore man-hours or record in tree plantation, SwarnimSankalp or Khel Mahakumbh; all these milestones have given a new identity to

Global Gujarat. During this year, one lakh people have learnt to speak Sanskrit and

more than 20,000 people participated in a chess tournament establishing a new world

record. Presence of 101 countries and 19 States of India duringVibrant Gujarat

Global Investors Summit: 2011 including participation by developed nations like

Japan and Canada re-emphasizes the global identity of Gujarat.

The credit for this goes to our financial discipline, good governance and to the

resolute and visionary leadership of our Chief Minister and ultimately to the people ofGujarat at large. Planned and balanced development has been the basis of the success


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that has transformed the spirit and the body of Gujarat during the last one decade.

This is the result of balancing the development process with a futuristic vision. In this

context, I quote the famous political thinkerEdmund Burke, The nerve that

never relaxes, The eye that never blenches, The thought that never wanders,

These are the masters of victory. Gujarat has presented before the country a uniquemodel of development wherein all sectors of economy i.e. agriculture, manufacturing

and services have been given equal importance. Rather than developing one sector at

the cost of the other, our principle has been holistic development at a steady pace.

We have planned for greater productivity of agriculture, larger availability of land for

farming and also tried to make farming cost effective and provide greater value for

money. Because of tourism and medical tourism, Gujarat has made a mark for itself

on the world map of hospitality management. This is the result of holistic

development.

Annual Plan of the State

This is the last year of 11th

Five Year Plan. During this Five year Plan, Gujarat

will exceed the target of 1,11,111 crore and would reach a level of1,27,652.68

crore. This is due to multi-faceted planning process. States Domestic Product (SDP)

has grown from a level of4,29,356 crore (current prices) in 2009-10 to `3,67,745

crore in 2008-09, thus recording a growth rate of 16.80%. During the same period

SDP in current terms showed a growth of 10.23%, rising to `3,31,633 crore from a

level of`

3,00,847 crore. During the year 2011-12 size of Annual Plan has been fixedat `37,152.68 crore. This marks an increase of23.80% over the Annual Development

Plan of 2010-11 that stood at `30,000 crore. Sector wise allocations are as under:

Sr. No. Head Provision

(`in crores)1. Agriculture & Allied Activities 2477.66

2. Rural Development 1563.42

3. Special Area Programme 134.00

4. Irrigation & Flood Control 8910.575. Energy 1919.01

6. Industries & Mines 1181.58

7. Transportation 3710.76

8. Communication 493.71

9. Science & Technology 378.12

10. General Economic Services 1540.27

11. Social Services 14814.00

12. General Services 29.58

Total 37,152.68


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Apano

Taluko

Vibrant

Taluko

The true essence of democracy lies in having people partnering the

growth process. If people participate right from the planning to

implementation of the development process, then extraordinary

results can be obtained in the quality, speed and extent of

Government programmes. This has been the guiding thoughtbehind the paradigm of the Panchayati Raj. I am happy to announce

that in the Golden Jubilee year of Gujarat, as a part of decentralized

planning, we are placing before the People the scheme of

Apno Taluko Vibrant Taluko. Today, the development of

nation is dependent upon States and States in turn depend on

districts. Gujarat has taken a step further in this direction and wants

to involve the taluka unit in the development process. In this new

experiment every taluka will plan as per its requirement and

challenges that it faces and would carry out the implementation and

reap the benefits of development. It is important that every taluka

aspires to develop faster and this sense of belonging would give a

new stimulus to the development process. It is our goal that we

have competition across talukas through which we will be able to

take fruits of the development to the common man. During the

current year, I have provided ` 600 crore for the ambitiousprogramme ofApno Taluko Vibrant Taluko.

Accordingly, to provide infrastructure services for villages from

taluka headquarters, `2700 crore would be spent over next fouryears.

In this new experiment of Apno Taluko Vibrant Taluko,

expenditure on various development schemes worth ` 11,000crores would be made from the taluka level, over next four years.

Decentralized

District

Planning:

To meet the minimum requirement of the talukas, under the

discretionary provision 12% increase is suggested. That would

place the allocation at ` 549 crore.Agriculture &

Co-operation

A provision of2045 crore under Agriculture and Co-operation

Department

A provision of245 crore for National Agriculture InsuranceScheme.

A provision of11.33 crore for increasing 135 seats at bachelorlevel and 240 seats at ITI level in the field of agriculture.

Subsidy to agriculturists for buying tractors. Provision: ` 35crore.


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Animal

Husbandry

For development of this sector, value added production and

creating income generating assets, liberal allocations have been

made.

A provision of40.81 crores for acquisition of automatic milkcollection system by the milk producer co-operative societies.With a view to increase the production of milk by preventing

scarcity of cattle feed in the area of Saurashtra and Kachchh, a

provision of30 crore is made for scheme to accelerate the

production of cattle feed and improve its quality.

Co-operative activities have a significant contribution in the

economy of Gujarat. The specific steps will be planned to

strengthen this structure.

A new Fisheries Training Institute will be established atJafarabad.Water

Resources

and Kalpsar:

A provision of 1900 crore is made under Water Resources

and Kalpsar Department.

Under the Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojna priority is given tointensive development of agriculture. In spite of having rich

natural resources, same could not be used for the betterment of

lives of our tribal brethren. The rate of growth of agriculture

remains low. The Government of Gujarat is committed to

overcome this challenge by making agriculture in tribal areasmodern and mechanized. To ensure that tribals living in

upstream of irrigation dams are not deprived of irrigation

facilities, we have made a provision of371 crores of which

` 34 crore would be used for Shehara, Godhra and Lunawadatalukas of Panchamahals in the works for Panam High Level

Canal; for Ukai High Level Canal, there is a provision of 13

crore and for Kadana High Level Canal, Check-dams

irrigation there is a substantial provision.

Participatory irrigation management model is a gift of Gujaratto the nation. To hand over such irrigation projects to water

users associations, there is a provision of33.09 crore.

Total provision of444.45 crore for the works of waterharvesting like constructing check dams, deepening of ponds etc.

To provide water of Narmada canal in various reservoirs ofNorth Gujarat, following works worth` 142 crore would betaken up; (1) from Narmada main canal to Vatrak, Mazum and

Meshwo and (2) Balance work of pipeline from Narmada maincanal to Dantiwada reservoir.


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A provision of132.76 crore for extension and rejuvenation ofcanals of existing irrigation schemes.

A provision of43.26 crore to undertake the works ofadditional structures in Sujalam SufalamYojana.

A provision of132.17 crore for salinity ingress prevention inSaurashtra, Kachchh, Ghed area and South Gujarat and to

prevent coastal erosion.

An additional provision of38 crore for flood protection onTapi at Surat city.

An additional provision of46.82 crore for acceleratedplanning of Kalpsar Yojana.

Sardar

Sarovar

During the Golden Jubilee year, Mahatma Mandir was built in

Gandhinagar city named after Father of the Nation. Now, in order

to pay our homage to the maker of modern India,

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, it is proposed to erect tallest statue in

the world at Sadhu Bet near Sardar Sarovar Dam. This would be

called, Statue of Unity. For this, primary studies, survey,

geological studies, seismological surveys, model building and

studies related to environmental issues are being undertaken.

Developments in agriculture sector in Gujarat has attracted

attention of the nation. To further this successful experiment and

give primacy to irrigation, it has been decided to almost double theinvestment in Sardar Sarovar from 3500 crore to ` 7010 crore.The giant stride in the provision in the budget indicates

commitment of the Government towards farmers.

Under Sardar Sarovar Yojna the works of branch canals,distributaries and minor canals will be undertaken at the cost of

`3500 crore in Kachchh district. Also, works of three

pumping stations will be undertaken at the cost of more than `

515 crore in Kachchh district.

It has been planned to provide `2400 crore for the work of 470km length of branch canal in Saurashtra region, distributaries

and work of minor canal, out of which work of Morbi, Botad,

Limbdi and Dhrangdhra branch canal will be undertaken.

Work will be undertaken at a cost of1500 crore for the workof Branch canal of 135 km length for Rajpur, Amarapura,

Dhhima and Gadhsisa branches in Patan and Banaskantha

district of North Gujarat. Works of distributery and minor

canals will also be undertaken.

A provision of175 crore for micro irrigation scheme,sprinkler and spray irrigation scheme.


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Water Supply

A provision of 1822 crore under Water Supply Department

to accelerate the work of State wide water supply grid.

A provision of1037.70 crore under Sardar Sarovar CanalScheme, Sujalam Sufalam Yojana and other rural group

schemes based water supply grid scheme.

A provision of50 crore to promote Water Committees of theState, which have also been awarded by United Nations.

A provision of325 crore has been made for the works ofwater supply under Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojna for providing

drinking water in 43 talukas in 12 districts. It would cover 500

villages / faliyas in 15 pockets and four clusters.

A provision of200 crore under Sagarkhedu Sarwangi VikasYojna is made to provide adequate and drinking water to the

200 villages and hamlets under water supply scheme covering

38 talukas in 12 districts located along 1600 km long coastal

belt.

Education

A provision of2553 crore under the Education Department.

Importance of education in life is well understood. However,to achieve new heights in education, quality education is must.To ensure that children in backward and interior areas get

quality education which will include, inter-alia; setting up of

day-time school, which will have transportation facility for

children, facilities for food, education materials and other

modern facilities. Teachers would also be provided residential

quarters within the complex. To set up such ten modern

education complex on pilot basis in the backward and interior

places, a provision of20 crore has been made.

To improve administration in primary schools and to ensurethat quality of education is not affected, a new cadre of

Principal will be created for which a provision of 59.50

crore is made.

A provision of170 crore is made to create ancillary facilitiesin the Primary Schools.

A provision of33 crore is made to equip all the granted andGovernment schools with computers, LCD screens and

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A provision of7 crore to establish centre of excellence instem cell research, genetic medicine and other related fields.

A provision of14.50 crore to start a new dental college atSidhapur in North Gujarat.

A provision of12 crore for upgradation of medical collegesand hospital campus at Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar.

A provision of102 crore for infrastructure facilities fordevelopment of Indian system of medicines and Homeopathy

(AYUSH).

Women &

Child

Development

A provision of 1264 crore for Women & Child Development

Department.

Gujarat has pioneered in providing supplementary nutrition tothe adolescent girls. Government of Gujarat, committed to the

welfare of women and children, has taken initiative in

providing fortified food having micro nutrients for children,

adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating mothers A provision of

`589 crore has been made for this purpose.

Pre-mix packets of ready-to-cooksukhadi, sheero, upama andBalbhoghaving micro nutrients are provided free of cost at

Anganwadi centres. A provision of`110 crore has been madeto construct Nandghar new buildings for 3100 such

anganwadis.

Panchayat &

Rural

Housing

A provision of1627 crore for Panchayat and Rural Housing

Department.

A provision of128.89 crore to construct 28,642 houses underSardar Patel Awas Yojna.

A provision of40 crore under e-Gram-Vishwa-Gram Yojna.This would make information easily available to the citizens atthe talukas of the State.

A provision of34.50 crore to impart training to Talati,Panchayaat Sahayak and the elected representatives of the

Panchayats.

A provision of 80 crore for RURBAN Infrastructurefacilities.

A provision of89 crore for Seed-Money Scheme. Thiswould incentivize competition among gram-panchayats foroverall development.


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Rural

Development

Mission

Mangalam

A provision of` 722 crore under Rural DevelopmentDepartment.

There has been thought process that nobody should be belowthe poverty line and nobody should suffer from the clutches of

money-lender. Mission Mangalam is born embodying

empowerment of women, economic empowerment, self

employment and self sufficiency. To ensure that fruits of

development reach the last man and also economic

empowerment of women takes place, Government of Gujarat

has brought in scheme ofMission Mangalam. This scheme

proposes to uplift the rural women and accordingly, a provision

of200 crore has been made.

In the recently concluded Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors

Summit: 2011, MoUs worth ` 21,000 crore were signed withtop companies and banks whose direct benefit would accrue to

Sakhi Mandals.

As a part of target to provide residences to 1,65,000 BPL

families and for Indira Awas Yojana in Rural Housing a

provision of185.62 crore has been made.

A provision of 167 crore under Sampoorna SwachchhataAbhiyan and Nirmal Gujarat Abhiyan.

Urban

Development

and Urban

Housing

A provision of 3030 for under Urban Development and

Urban Housing Department

A provision of` 1579 crores forSwarnim JayantiMukhyamantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana.

A provision of16 crore to create housing for the urban poor.A provision of 564 crore to provide various infrastructure

facilities in five municipal corporations (mission cities) of theState.

A provision of 75 crore for granting subsidy of4500 pertoilet to the urban poor to construct their own toilets.

A provision of 50 crore for the share capital of the company Metro-link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad

(MEGA) which has been established for constructing metro

railway line joining Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar.


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Roads &

Buildings

AProvision of 3341 crore under Roads & Buildings

Department.

In order to ensure that Gujarat makes rapid strides in providing

infrastructure facilities of world class, following schemes are being

taken up;

The construction of the first express highway of the State of117 km. (approx.) of length joining Ahmedabad to SIR

Dholera, to be taken up at the cost of2200 crore.

The 151 km. long road between Rajkot-Bhavnagar will beconverted into four-lane.

Roads joining major ports and industrial areas of Gujarat willbe taken up on PPP basis at a cost of746 crore.

A provision of 100 crore for linking villages or suburbshaving population of less than 500 through pucca roads.

A provision of121crore for Kisanpath Yojna.A provision of80 crore for Pragati Path.A provision of47 crore for Vikas Path Yojna.A provision of98 crore for construction of 10 metre wide

roads joining district headquarters to neighboring districts.

A provision of 10 crore for recruitment of AssistantEngineers in Roads & Building department.

A provision of30 crore for construction of pucca roadsnecessary to facilitate movement of workers engaged in salt

farming.

Ports &

Transport

A provision of` 600 crore under Ports & Transport

Department.

A provision of425 crore for purchasing new 3000 buses toincrease facility to citizens.

Modernization of 21 bus stations for enhancing the facilities tothe public.

Roll-On-Roll-Off (Ferry Service) from Ghogha to Dahej at acost of296 crore.


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Energy &

Petrochemicals

Energy is an important factor for the industrial, economic and

social development. The Government salutes the tricolor of India

by making a provision of1900 crore to make Gujarat energy hub

of India, thus ushering in saffron revolution in the field of

energy. This would complementwhite revolution in the field ofmilk production and greenrevolution in the field of agriculture in

the State.

A landmark achievement in the history of power generation byachieving generation capacity of 18000 MW through a record

increase of 36% i.e. 4742 MW over the current installed power

generation capacity of Gujarat.

Planning for creating new 105 sub-stations to improve qualityof power distribution.A provision of248 crore to provide electric supply at proper

voltage for agricultural use to the farmers through the scheme

of Kisan Hit Urja Shakti Yojna (KHUSHY).

New transmission line with the length of 4822 circuitkilometres will be installed at a cost of1382.91 crores.

Oil & GasA provision of50 crore to establish gas distribution system in

tribal areas.

In the next year, more than one lakh consumers will be issuedgas connections besides linking 84 cities and 100 villages

through gas pipelines. Gujarat is the only State providing gas

connection upto villages.

Planning for installation of additional 31 CNG stations as apart of environment safety.

Industries &

Mines

A provision of 1515 crore under Industries & Mines

Department.

Gujarat has emerged as the centre of attraction for investments not

only within the country but to the entire community of global

investors after unprecedented success of Vibrant Gujarat Global

Investors Summit: 2011. Dahej and Dholera SIRs have been

created to maintain this flow of investment and provide benefit of

world-class infrastructure facilities to the projects established in

Gujarat.


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Small and Medium enterprises are important in creatingemployment opportunities. A provision of140 crore for

Interest Subsidy scheme.

A provision of180 crore to create infrastructure facilities forindustrial development.A provision of36 crore for preservation of environment.A provision of55.80 crore for the incentivizing industries.A provision of50 crore for Skill Development Anchor

Institute.

A provision of45 crore for the development of Salt industry.A provision of55 crore for the development of Civil

Aviation.

Planning to develop international level airport and alliedfacilities at Dholera.

A provision of55.50 crore for creation ofGolden GujaratGrowth Fund.

Cottage &

Village

Industries

Small and Cottage industries have a significant role in the

economic development of Gujarat. For the development of these

industries a provision of155 crore has been made.

Geology &

Mining

By linking all the works related to development of mining, i.e. e-

payment e-royalty and return into modern system; entire procedure

has been made more transparent and exact.

Tourism and

Pilgrim

Places

A new chapter of tourism in Gujarat commenced after a unique

campaign, which has earned Gujarat prestigious place on the

tourism map of the world. The concrete results of the same are

now being observed. A provision of200 crore has been made

to further develop tourism.

A provision of10 crore has been made to make amenitiesavailable at tourist places on seashore.

An equity fund of100 crore will be raised. Gujarat TourismDevelopment Company will be started. Its share capital will be

paid over two years and for the same a provision of21 crore

has been made.


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To promote the tourism development in the State, theinvestment of50,000 crore has been estimated in the State

to organize peoples fairs (lok mela) and festivals, religious

tourism, Mahatma Gandhi circuit, Buddhist circuit, North

Gujarat circuit, development of coastal places, eco-tourism,heritage, roads and railway connectivity and development of

infrastructure facilities.

Sports, Youth

& Cultural

Activities

A provision of250 crore for the development of Sports Youth

& Cultural Activities Department.

A provision of67.77 crore to further pursue unparallelsuccess ofKhel Mahakumbh.

A provision of10 crore to establish Sports University as apart of developing Sports Infrastructure facilities.

Scheduled

Tribes

Welfare

A provision of4848 crore for the Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana

under tribal area sub-plan.

A provision of15.50 crore to provide basic amenities forwelfare of Halpati caste.

In the Dang district, five Ashram Schools functioning there willbe upgraded to a level of Eklavya like residential schools.

Rates of assistance will be improved for schemes like stipend,uniform etc.

Rate of pre-matric scholarship will be increased to `150 forStandard 1 to 7 and `300 for Standard 8 to 10.

The rate of special scholarship for primitive group and Halpatistudents will be increased from `300 to `650.

The rate of assistance for uniform to the Scheduled Tribesstudents will be increased to `200 per student, whereas the rate

of uniform for Adarsh Nivasi Schools will be increased from

`250 to `300.

The limit of tool assistance to medical and engineering studentswill be increased from `2000 to `3000.

The stipend rate of ITI students will be increased to `250 permonth.

To provide irrigation facilities in the talukas bordering largedams.


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Plan to double numbers of beneficiaries under Jivika andSunshine projects.

Intensive livelihood project in 401 interior villages.Establishment of four new institutes for high level skill

development in tribal areas.

Scheduled

Caste Welfare

A provision of2030crore under Scheduled Caste Welfare.

Increasing the rate of pre-matric scholarship, scholarship to` 150 for Standard 1 to 7 and ` 300 for Standard 8 to 10.

The present rate of scholarship given to the students of mostbackward classes will be increased and all the students of Std 1

to 10 will be given scholarship of650.

The assistance for uniform given to the primary school studentswill be increased from `150 to `200.

The rate of stipend for ITI students will be revised nowupwards to ` 250 per month.

Welfare of

Developing

Castes

A provision of360 crore for Welfare of Developing Castes

Increase in rate of pre-matric scholarship, scholarship to `150will be given for Standard 1 to 7 and `300 for Standard 8 to 10.

The assistance for uniform given to primary school studentswill be increased from150 to ` 200.

The rate of stipend for ITI students will be revised upwards to `250 per month.

A provision of11.45 crore for construction of buildings ofGovernment Hostels at Visnagar, Dhandhuka, Rajula, Morbi

and Vadodara.

SocialSecurity

A provision of` 5.47 crore for starting social security complex

at Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat.

A provision of6.65 crore under Integrated Child SecurityScheme.

Science &

Technology

A provision of200 crore under Science & Technology

Department.

A provision of80.32 crore for further strengthening ofGSWAN Worlds most elaborate civilian IT Network.


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A provision of26.15 crore to expedite activities of GujaratBiotechnology Mission.

Planning to strengthen Institute of Seismological Research the only institute in India established by Gujarat in the field of

comprehensive research.

Information

&

Broadcasting

To strengthen the system to ensure the reach of information related

to developmental programme to common people, provision for

Information & Broadcasting Department: ` 50 crore.Revenue

Department

A provision of758 crore under Revenue Department

With a view to decentralizing administration and making thenew scheme ofApno Taluko Vibrant Taluko a success, the

Government has taken historic decision to strengthen theadministrative structure. I have the pleasure to announce that

number of Prant Offices will be doubled from the present

level of fifty five.

The Government is constantly active in the direction of full useof e-Governance technology in development schemes so that

the citizens may avail benefit of the Government scheme meant

for peoples welfare. Janseva centres have been a blessing for

the common man. A provision of 180 crore has been made

for equipping Prant Offices and Aapano Taluko Vibrant

Taluko, Jan Seva Kendra with best facilities so that they

become more efficient.

An ambitious plan for making e-stamping arrangementavailable at e-Dhara Centres of all the talukas of the State.

New Sub-registrar offices will be started in the remaining 89talukas to increase facilities for people by covering all the

transactions related to property transfers.The present 151 Sub-registrar offices will be renovated.A provision of13.59 crore to expand re-survey work in

additional eight districts for updating property and land records

prepared before 100 years.

The posts ofData-Entry Operator, Deputy Mamlatdar andCircle Officer will be filled up for further strengthening of

revenue functioning.


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Home

A provision of804 crore for making effective administration

of the services under Home Department.

A provision of22 crore to create 20 new quick responseteams for making security arrangement more modern.

A provision of68 crore for modernization and expansion oftraining arrangement for the police force and commandos.

A provision of81.29 crore for traffic regulation andarrangement, creation of new jails, increase of facilities in the

present jails and equipping police machinery.

A provision of `40 crore to establish e-Governance byequipping Home Department, various offices under it and

police stations through Information Technology.

A provision of33 crore for border area developmentmodernization of police machinery and equipping them by

modern weapons.

Legal

Department

A provision of462 crore under Legal Department

A provision of40.92 crore for construction of new courtbuildings in various districts and talukas.

A provision of`5.55 crore for the works of Solar System andmodernization of Gujarat High Court complex.A provision of 184.90 crore for repairing works in various

court buildings and construction of residences of Judicial

officers.

Planning for establishment of District & Sessions Judge, ChiefSenior Civil Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate Courts in Tapi

district.

Planning for establishing new Courts at Una, Dhoraji andViramgam.

Forests &

Environment

Department

A provision of508 crore under Forests & Environment.

A provision of4 crore for production of good quality grass inKuchchh and Saurashtra areas under Banni Ghas Vikas

Yojna.

A provision of15.21 crore for mangrove plantation over16,830 hectare, for conservation of coastal areas and marine

life.


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Climate

Change

A provision of100 crore for Climate Change Department.

Energy is the basic requirement for development. However, itis essential to ensure that this process of change is not at the

cost of environment. Gujarat fully understands its

responsibility and therefore Suryatirth a Solar Park a

first in the country, is being set up at Charanka at Santalpur.

A provision of25 crore for making Gandhinagar a solar city.Labour &

Employment

Department

A provision of 334 crore under Labour & Employment

Department.

It has been planned to start 36 new ITIs during the next year.It will provide facility of ITI in all the talukas of Gujarat.

Plan to increase capacity of 1,000 seats in the existing IITs.Planning to impart training to one lakh trainees in rural areas by

establishing 150 new Kaushalya Vardhan Kendras in the

next year.

Food & Civil

Supplies

A provision of235 crore under Food & Civil Supplies

Department.

To provide essential commodities to the common man, aprovision of

`115 crore has been made, out of which

`72crore is for tribal areas.

Plan to issue bar-coded ration card to the cardholders formaking entire system of ration card more accurate and

foolproof.

Fiscal

Management

Gujarats economy continues to accelerate at a very high pace and

does not require any additional fiscal stimulus. It gives me great

pleasure to inform this august House that the Government has

constantly tried to keep up the pace of development which reflectsin the development oriented planning. At the same time, we have

retained the fiscal balance which reflects prudent financial

management of our Government. There have been many hurdles

in our path of growth through holistic development, but our

economy has continued to register quantum growth. This is

ample proof of our good administration and effective financial

management. Our Government is committed to retain the fiscal

financial discipline, as envisaged in the Report of 13th Finance

Commission. Accordingly, in this session, the Government would


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bring the legislation encapsulating revised roadmap for fiscal

consolidation. Despite the challenges in expenditure control on

account of implementation of 6th Pay Commission

recommendations and increase in costs on account of back-

breaking nation-wide inflation, the Government has tried tomaintain fiscal discipline through a revenue surplus budget.

Accounts for the year 2009-10:

Now, I will review the actual receipts and expenditure for the year 2009-10. It

was expected that there would be surplus of136.69 crore due to net transactions

during the year, but the accounts for the year 2009-10 show that there is deficit of

225.10 crore due to net transactions.

(`in crore)

Revised

Estimates for

the year

2009-10

Accounts for

the year

2009-10

(1) Consolidated Fund

Revenue Receipts 43448.91 41672.36

Revenue Expenditure 47805.41 48638.27

Deficit on Revenue Account (-) 4356.50 (-) 6965.91

Capital Receipts 14990.81 14531.65

Capital Expenditure including loans &

advances

11747.62 11719.41

Surplus on Capital Account (+) 3243.19 (+) 2812.24

Total (1) Consolidated Fund (-) 1113.31 (-) 4153.67

(2) Contingency Fund (Net) ------ (-) 13.15

(3) Public Accounts (Net) (+) 1250.00 (+) 3941.72

Total: Net transactions (1+2+3) (+) 136.69 (-) 225.10


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Revised estimates for the year 2010-11:

It was expected that there would be deficit of558.44 crore in the estimates for

the year 2010-11, but now the surplus of1598.13 crore is expected in the revised

estimates by the end of the year due to net transactions.

(`in crore)

Estimates for

the year

2010-11

Revised

Estimates for the

year

2010-11


Revenue receipts 49476.53 52453.64

Revenue expenditure 53978.55 58014.83

Deficit on revenue accounts (-) 4502.02 (-) 5561.19

Capital receipt 18020.94 19182.71

Capital expenditure including loans and

advances

14727.36 14523.39

Surplus on capital account (+) 3293.58 (+) 4659.32

Total (1) Consolidated Fund (Net) (-) 1208.44 (-) 901.87

(2) Contingency Fund (net) ------ ----

(3) Public Accounts (net) (+) 650.00 (+) 2500.00

Total Net transactions (1+2+3) (-) 558.44 (+) 1598.13


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Estimates for the year 2011-12:

Estimates for the year 2011-12 show the surplus of 49.69 crore as follows:

(`in crore)

Estimates for the

year

2011-12


Revenue receipts 59885.75

Revenue expenditure 59442.31

Surplus on revenue accounts (+) 443.44

Capital receipts 21394.23

Capital expenditure including loans and advances 19794.98

Surplus on capital account (+) 1599.25

Total (1) Consolidated Fund (net) (+) 2042.69

(2) Contingency fund (net) -----

(3) Public accounts (net) (-) 1993.00

Total: Net transactions (1+2+3) (+) 49.69

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