
Shimla, March 11 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday presented supplementary demands of Rs.7,753.60 crore for this fiscal on the first day of the budget session that began here.
After Governor Kalyan Singh's address, the chief minister, who also holds the finance portfolio, tabled the supplementary demands for grants.
Out of the total grants, Rs.6,078 crore was under non-plan schemes, Rs.269 crore under the plan and Rs.1,405 crore under centrally-sponsored schemes.
Under the non-plan expenditure, the major grants included Rs.5,782 crore for ways and means advance from the Reserve Bank of India; Rs.63 crore for police and allied organisations; Rs.28 crore for social security pension; Rs.18 crore for rural development; and Rs.12 crore for natural calamities.
The month-long session that has 22 sittings will conclude on April 10.
Virbhadra Singh will present the budget on March 18.
This would be his 18th budget since he became the chief minister for the first time in 1983.
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