The opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has observed that there is huge variation in the allocation and actual expenditure of planned budget during the last three years and it is no different in 2017-18. The party has alleged that TRS has been deceiving people by not fulfilling several poll promises.
Participating in the debate as part of general discussion on 2018-19 budget, Floor Leader of TDP Sandra Venkata Veeraiah said in the Assembly on Monday that there was over ₹ 60,000 crore gap between the allocation and actual expenditure of planned budget from 2014-15 to 2016-17 and it was expected to widen further during 2017-18, drawing to a close in less than two weeks.
The TDP legislator said the government was running only on borrowings (debt) as was evident in floating several corporations to raise loans for flagship schemes such as major irrigation projects, double-bedroom houses and Mission Bhagiratha drinking water project by standing guarantee to the loans beyond the limits of Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act.
He criticised the State Government for poor performance in respect of double-bedroom housing scheme and distribution of three acres land to landless dalit families, in particular.
Mr. Veeraiah wondered how the government would complete 2.91 lakh 2BHK houses in the next six months, before it switches into election mode, when only 9,000 houses were completed so far, as was mentioned in the Governor’s address to the joint sitting of Telangana Legislature on March 12.
