In the second supplementary demand for Rs.56,256.32 crore for 2015-16 tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday, the Narendra Modi government sought to enhance its social and rural sector allocations.
It sought Rs. 106 crore for the Department of AIDS Control, Rs. 3,000 crore for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and Rs. 2,500 crore for the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana. The additional allocation for the PMGSY includes Rs. 300 crore for the rural infrastructure scheme in the North-eastern States. The Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) will get Rs. 3,193 crore.
The government has sought Rs. 5,736 crore for defence pensions, Rs. 2,169 crore for Swachh Bharat and Rs. 200 crore for the maintenance of the Prime Minister’s aircraft, including the outgoes on clearing pending bills, and the expenditure on account of foreign trips of Cabinet Ministers.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Safdarjung Hospital, both in the capital, will get Rs.150 crore and Rs. 100 crore respectively and Rs. 135 crore will go towards financial assistance to the States for establishing medical colleges attached to the district/referral hospitals. The net cash outgoes will aggregate to Rs.18,195.4 crore as the rest will be matched by savings and enhanced recoveries.
