For the first time in the history of the temple, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) on Saturday created a record by approving its annual budget for the year 2012-13 with an estimated revenue of Rs.2,010.01 crore.
The budget estimates for 2012-13 and the revised budget for the last fiscal was approved by the TTD board of trustees, who met here.
As is customary, the temple Hundi topped the receipts table with a whopping income of Rs.800 crore, followed by interests on investments put at Rs. 475 crore, which is Rs.70 crore higher than the last year's figure.
The TTD expects to net Rs.169 crore through the sale of VIP break, Special Entrance and Seeghra Darshan tickets.
Jointly briefing journalists, TTD chairman K. Bapi Raju and Executive officer L.V. Subramanyam said that while revenue from the sale of human hair was put around Rs.145 crore, the income expected to be derived from the sale of prasadams, particularly the famous laddus, is put at Rs.137.5 crore. Other major sources of income include Rs.72.50 crore by way of choultry receipts and Rs.43 crore through the sale of arjitham tickets.
Receipts including loans and advances, recoveries from employees, EMD, and security deposits are estimated at Rs.56.45 crore. Besides, there are sundry receipts of Rs.92.56 crore, which include lease rents of hotels, shops, toll gate and sale of publications.
On the payments side, the corpus and other investments are estimated at Rs. 533.07 crore, followed by Rs.336 crore towards salaries and wages.
