Annual Development Outlay for 2023-24 fixed at Rs 82,000 lakh | MorungExpress

Rio highlights Sectoral allocations of Nagaland Budget 2023-24

Our Correspondent

Kohima | March 27

Nagaland’s Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, who also holds finance portfolio informed that the Annual Development Outlay for the year 2023-24 has been fixed at Rs 82,000 lakh.

This reflects an increase of Rs 4,500 lakh or 5.49% over the current financial year. Out of this, an amount of Rs 25,000 lakh have been earmarked for State Matching Share for CSS programs to ensure release of funds by the Central Government, Rio said in his Budget Speech in the first session of 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) on March 27.

We are also taking steps to gradually increase Negotiated Loan component from NABARD for all rural infrastructure projects since it has low interest rates of 4.50% compared to loans from other sources that are above 9%. This will help us to reduce our interest burden, Rio said.

 

Agri & Allied Sector: The Agri & Allied Sector has been provided with a total outlay of Rs 5,426 lakh. The Agriculture Department has been provided Rs 1,736.09 lakh for construction of offices and quarters, of which Rs 706.09 lakh is earmarked for core activities like 65 numbers of agri farm roads, promotion of indigenous products and capacity building and exposure trips for farmers, and Rs 800 lakh is State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Horticulture: The Horticulture Department has been provided Rs. 590 lakh for construction of horti link roads, augmentation of marketing of horticultural produce, development of flower clusters and other core activities, of which Rs 150 lakh is State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Veterinary & Animal Husbandry: The Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Department has been provided Rs 470 lakh for various activities like strengthening of pig breeding farms and setting up feed and fodder manufacturing units through private participation and pig breeding farms in the districts. Of this Rs 70 lakh is State Matching Share for CSS. The Department will also carry out capacity building and training in meat production.

 

Fisheries Department: The Fisheries has been provided Rs 350 lakh for development of cluster-based fisheries and to institutionalize farmer’s producers organisations. Of this, Rs 100 lakh is State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Forest: The Forest Department has been provided Rs 420 lakh for setting up high tech nurseries to promote indigenous wild fruits in Nagaland. Of this, Rs 100 lakh is State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Cooperation: The Cooperation Department has been provided Rs 250 lakh for construction of office at Mokokchung, for MARCOFED activities and other core activities. The Department is in the fourth and final year of implementing the Integrated Cooperative Development Project’.

 

Land Resources: The Land Resources Department has been provided Rs 600 lakh for various activities like setting up a Learning Centre for Coffee, promotion of coffee tourism and livelihood through coffee, rejuvenation of natural streams, promotion of natural tea and providing rubber sheet rollers. Of this, Rs 100 lakh is State Matching Share for CSS. Funds have also been provided to the Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency, Bio Resource and Aromatic Plants, Bee and Honey Mission and NEPeD for their core activities.

 

Water Resources: The Water Resources Department has been provided Rs 354.48 lakh for various core activities. Of this, Rs 150 lakh is State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Rural Development: The Rural Development sector has been provided with Rs 3,400 lakh for activities like construction of farmer’s markets and improvement of roads in various locations, and the SIRD for construction of academic block and core activities. This includes Rs 3,000 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Land Revenue: The Land Revenue Department has been provided Rs 150 lakh for construction of office at Kiphire and for core activities.

 

DUDA: The Department of Under Developed Areas has been provided Rs 2,400 lakh for core activities and iconic projects, including an amount of Rs. 100 lakh for State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Power: The Power Sector has been given a total outlay of Rs 1,902.28 lakh. The Distribution and Revenue has been allocated Rs 721 lakh for upgradation of 33/11 kv sub-stations in various locations, and for modernization of existing sub-stations. Under Transmission and Generation, an amount of Rs 1,181.28 lakh has been earmarked for various works like construction of transmission lines, construction of a new electrical stores, godowns and duty rooms and purchase of power transformers.

 

New & Renewable sector: The New and Renewable sector has been provided Rs 220 lakhs for infrastructure works at the new Directorate Complex and for conversion of off-grid power plants in Government offices to grid connections. This includes Rs 30 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Industries and Commerce: The Industries and Commerce sector has been provided with Rs 913 lakh for various activities such as Incentives under Startup Policy, Ease of Doing Business, upgradation of International Trade Centres and for various activities of the State PSUs. It includes Rs. 80 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS. The Sericulture Department has been provided with Rs 430 lakh for activities like augmentation of eri and muga, silk processing unit and other core activities. This includes Rs 30 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Geology and Mining: The Department of Geology and Mining has been provided Rs 150 lakh for purchase of drilling rig. The department is presently engaged in mineral testing and geological investigations for major and minor minerals including geo-technical and geo- environment studies.

 

NSMDC: The Nagaland State Mineral Development Corporation has been provided Rs 318 lakh to facilitate shifting of the decorative stone plant from Chümoukedima to Ganeshnagar.

 



Roads & Bridges: In the Roads and Bridges sector, an amount of Rs 5,680 lakh has been provided for development and improvement of roads, rehabilitation of bridges and for construction of a Research Lab Centre at Dimapur. This includes Rs 1,200 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS. The Mechanical Engineering Department has been provided Rs 100 lakh for its activities.

 

Road Transport: The Road Transport sector has been provided Rs 678.51 lakh for construction of six helipads in various parts of the State, for acquisition of new buses and preparation of DPR for a short landing strip. The Motor Vehicle Department has been provided Rs 412 lakh for construction of offices and installation of weigh bridges in various parts of the State.

Science & Technology: The Science and Technology Department has been provided Rs 443.33 lakh for various activities like popularization of science, for the Science Centre at Dimapur, for promotion of rural technology and local innovators and for construction works in the directorate. 

 

Information Technology & Communication: The Department of Information Technology and Communication has been provided an outlay of Rs 416 lakh for activities like construction of the State Data Centre, website and software development.

 

Planning Machinery: The Planning Machinery has been provided Rs 578.66 lakh for activities like construction of quarters and infrastructure in various parts of the State.

 

Tourism: The Tourism Department has been provided Rs 1,055 lakh for the Hornbill and Mini Hornbill festivals, for various construction works and for participation in various fairs and festivals in the country.

 

Economics & Statistics: The Department of Economics and Statistics has been provided Rs 320.49 lakh for various construction works and other core activities such as compilation of statistical data, National Sample Survey and registration of births and deaths.

 

Food and Civil Supplies: The Department of Food and Civil Supplies has been provided Rs 300 lakh for construction of office cum godown at Kohima and wooden dunnages for foodgrain storage in various locations of the State.

 

Legal Metrology & Consumer Protection: The Department of Legal Metrology and Consumer Protection has been provided Rs 150 lakh for construction works. The Department of Evaluation has been provided Rs 270 lakh for various construction works and evaluation studies.

 

School Education: The Department of School Education has been provided Rs 3,056.11 lakh for various construction works in Government High Schools and construction of a 60 bedded Girls Hostel and approach road at Sainik School Punglwa. This includes Rs 1,800 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Higher Education: The Department of Higher Education has been provided Rs 1,123.07 lakh for construction works in various Government Colleges like academic buildings and women’s hostels. This includes Rs 230 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS.

 

SCERT: The State Council of Educational Research and Training has been allocated Rs 510 lakh for various construction works. This includes Rs 250 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Technical Education: The Department of Technical Education has been provided Rs 172.37 lakh for various construction works, including a boys hostel at Government Polytechnic Tsunazho.

 

Youth Resources and Sports: The Department of Youth Resources and Sports has been provided with Rs 1,025 lakh for various activities like capacity building for youth empowerment, tournaments and sports activities, capacity building for music and arts, and TaFMA and Hornbill related activities. The Department will also implement Chief Minister’s Scholarship for music and arts.

 

Art and Culture: The Department of Art and Culture has been provided Rs 350 lakh for hornbill related and core activities.

Health & Family Welfare: The Department of Health and Family Welfare has been provided Rs 2,100 lakh for construction works in hospitals, construction of quarters and upgradation of health centres in the newly created districts. This includes Rs 1,400 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS. The Nagaland Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kohima, is awaiting the formal clearance of the National Medical Council to commence its academic session for the year 2023-24.

 

Public Health Engineering: The Department of Public Health Engineering has been provided with Rs 1,795 lakh for various water supply works and constructions. This includes Rs 1,500 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Public Works (Housing): The Department of Public Works (Housing) has been provided with Rs 3367.99 lakh for construction of offices, quarters and flats. It also includes construction of Naga Patient Home at Vellore. The GA Housing has been provided Rs 2,505.49 lakh for construction of DC, ADC and SDO offices, circuit houses, flat type quarters and other construction works in various parts of the State.

 

Police Housing: The Police Housing has been provided with Rs. 919.60 lakh for Police housing and other constructions.

 

Justice & Law: The Justice and Law Department has been provided with Rs. 292.47 lakh for various construction works like judicial quarters, customary courts and district courts. This includes Rs. 100 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS. In addition to the above infrastructure works, Rio proposed to take up infrastructure improvement works in all the newly created districts.

 

Home Guards: The Home Guards Department has been provided Rs 497.77 lakh for construction works and development of the Central Training Institute at Toluvi Dimapur.

 

Jail: The Jails Department has been provided Rs 500 lakh for construction of jails and other works in jails in various parts of the State.

 

Excise: The Excise Department has been provided with Rs 132.42 lakh for construction of a triple storied building for staff.

 

Urban Development: The Urban Development Department has been provided Rs 774.03 lakh for roads infrastructure development activities. This includes Rs 100 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Municipal Affairs: The Municipal Affairs Department has been provided Rs 230 lakh for procurement of urban sanitization machinery. This includes Rs. 30 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Information & Public Relations: The Information and Public Relations Department has been provided Rs 310 lakh for construction of office buildings and quarters, and for multi- media mobile vehicles.

 

Labour: The Labour Department has been provided Rs 330.50 lakh for construction of flats, labour welfare centres at Tuli, Doyang and Weziho.

 

Employment, Skill Development: The Skill Development & Employment Department has been provided Rs 319.73 lakh for construction of staff quarters, skill development programs and for the ongoing construction of flat type staff quarters at Mokokchung. This includes Rs 30 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS.

Social Welfare: The Department of Social Welfare has been provided Rs 1,123.40 lakh for construction of offices, handicapped and blind schools and child welfare and destitute homes. This includes Rs. 800 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS. Other activities include correctional services, prevention of drug abuse and procurement of Aadhaar kits for children.

 

Women Resources: The Women Resources Department has been provided Rs 300 lakh for livelihood intervention and core activities.

 

General Services Sector: The General Services Sector has been provided Rs. 4,126.48 lakh. This includes Rs. 300 lakh to the Printing & Stationery Department for construction of flat type quarters, Rs. 125 lakh to the Administrative Training Institute for improvement and expansion of the training complex, Rs 720 lakh to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly Secretariat for construction of three residential quarters and refurbishing of the MLA Hostel. Rs. 968.08 lakh has been provided to the Fire & Emergency Services for construction of staff quarters, garages, duty rooms, purchase of firefighting equipment and improvement of the directorate office complex. It also includes construction of rainwater harvesting facilities at Kiphire, Phomching and Wokha fire stations.

 

Treasuries & Accounts: The Treasuries & Accounts Department has been provided Rs 136.74 lakh for construction of Sub-Treasury office at Chozuba and for capacity building activities.

 

Border Affairs: The Border Affairs Department has been provided Rs. 185 lakh for the ongoing flat type quarter construction at Meriema. The Parliamentary Affairs Department has been provided Rs. 50 lakh for parliamentary study tour. ‘The Holy Land Tours’ will be resumed.  

 

Taxes: The Taxes Department has been provided Rs 491.54 lakh for construction of ongoing flat type staff quarters and for a new office building of Commissioner Taxes.

 

Village Guards: The Village Guards has been provided Rs 275 lakh for construction of new barracks in three districts of Eastern Nagaland, for improving amenities at the Central Training Institute Dimapur and in two VG guest houses.

 

Election: The Election Department has been provided Rs 90.12 lakh for construction of central warehouse storage for EVM & VVPAT at Chümoukedima.

 

Home, Disaster management: The Home Department, Disaster Management has been provided Rs 320 lakh for activities of the State Disaster Management Authority, capacity building and mitigation programs.

 

Tribal Affairs: The Tribal Affairs Department has been provided Rs 150 lakh for construction of staff quarters. The Minority Affairs Department has been provided Rs 315 lakh for construction of playgrounds, community halls, amphitheatres and playgrounds. This includes Rs 100 lakh as State Matching Share for CSS.

 

Other allocations: Other allocations include Rs 12,500 lakh for State Matching Share to CSS. Another Rs 12,500 lakh has been incorporated into the respective demands of CSS implementing departments, Rs 2,500 lakh for land acquisition, Rs 1,000 lakh for CMCF, Rs. 100 lakh for Monitoring Cell activities, Rs 150 lakh for the GIS and Remote Sensing Centre, Rs 180 lakh for SDG initiatives and Rs 3,000 lakh for innovative programmes.