The supplementary demands as per the revised budget estimates of 2024-25 were presented in the Assembly by the Chief Minister Atishi and were passed by the members with voice votes.
The Delhi government has made an additional allocation of more than ₹2,500 crore under capital heads in the revised estimates of 2024-25 for various civic and welfare schemes and programmes ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls due in February next year.
An additional amount of ₹1,648.72 crore is allocated in the revised estimates for 2024-25 for ongoing works of Delhi Metro’s Phase-IV. Also, a provision of ₹951 crore was kept in the revised estimates for repayment of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) loan, the documents showed.
The budget estimates for 2024-25 at ₹76,000 crore were enhanced to ₹77,700 crore in revised estimates for 2024-25.
For the Delhi-SNB corridor and Delhi-Panipat corridor of the Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS), an additional amount of ₹100 crore is kept in the revised estimates. Provision of ₹140 crore for electric vehicle policy, ₹2,985 crore for DTC salary and other expenses were part of revised estimates for the Transport department.
An additional fund of ₹124 crore is allocated for the construction of school building projects. Also, ₹50 crore was allocated in revised estimates for the construction of additional classrooms.
The revised estimates allocated a fund of ₹1,900 crore under the Scheme “Loans to DJB for Ways and Means Support” to meet the routine revenue expenditure of the agency.
The revised estimates allocated ₹400 crore under the MLA Local Area Development Fund to accommodate the increase in the limit per Assembly constituency per annum to ₹15 crore, the documents showed.
Further, an additional fund of ₹100 crore was allocated in the revised estimates for remodelling of existing hospitals and ₹45 crore for medical facilities to pensioners.
The revised estimates included an additional ₹75 crore for strengthening and resurfacing of PWD Roads, ₹64 crore against a budget estimate of ₹20 crore for anti-pollution measures and a revised outlay of power subsidy increased by ₹350 crore.
