AP Budget 2015 Highlights

Sakshi Education

Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu presented a zero-based budget in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly with a total of Rs 1, 13,049 crores including planned expenditure of Rs 34,412 crore and non-planned expenditure of Rs. 78,637 crores.

Yanamala announced five missions, seven grids and another five huge development agenda.

Here are the highlights of the State Budget 2015-16:

This is a zero-based budget
Polavaram will be completed by 2018, says Pattiseema project would be completed before Polavaram
Total budget Rs 1, 13,049 crore
Plan expenditure Rs. 34,412 cr
Non-plan expenditure Rs. 78,637 cr
Revenue deficit Rs 87,300 cr
Fiscal deficit Rs 17,584 cr
Higher education will get Rs.3049 cr
Intermediate education will get Rs. 585 cr.
School education will get Rs 14962 cr
BC welfare Rs 3231 crores
Minority welfare Rs 378 crores
Forests department will get Rs. 284 cr
Irrigation water Rs 5,258 cr
AP Transport department gets Rs 122 cr
Disaster management Rs 484 cr
For infrastructural investment Rs 637 cr
Endowment department gets Rs 200 cr
Law & Order Rs 4062 cr
Tribal welfare gets Rs. 993 crores
Tourism department will get RS 330 cr
Information Technology department will get Rs. 370 cr
For skill development Rs 360 cr
For mines Rs 27 cr
For health department Rs 5,728 cr
For Civil Supplies Rs 2,459 cr
For handlooms & textiles Rs 46 cr
Housing Rs 897 cr
For Godavari Pushkaras on behalf of the departments Rs 1,360 cr
Science and Techonology Rs 280 cr
Allocation of Rs 3,168 cr proposed for new State capital