Union Budget 2023: Govt allocates Rs 35,581 crore to Jammu and Kashmir

This allocation is substantially lower than the current fiscal's revised estimate of Rs 44,538.13 crore

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The central assistance given to the union territory is to meet the resource gap and a special fiscal support of Rs 9,486.13 crore
Press Trust of India New Delhi
2 min read Last Updated : Feb 01 2023 | 7:59 PM IST

The Union Budget 2023-24 on Wednesday allocated Rs 35,581.44 crore to Jammu and Kashmir, the majority of it being central assistance for the union territory.

Other union territories -- Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Puducherry and Delhi -- too got their share.

According to the Budget papers, Rs 35,581.44 crore has been allocated to Jammu and Kashmir, of which Rs 33,923 crore is central assistance.

This allocation is substantially lower than the current fiscal's revised estimate of Rs 44,538.13 crore

The central assistance given to the union territory is to meet the resource gap and a special fiscal support of Rs 9,486.13 crore.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration will have to spend the amount for mitigation of natural disasters, to meet the expenditure incurred on account of permanent restoration of infrastructure which was damaged due to the 2014 floods, rehabilitation, preservation and restoration of Dal-Nageen lake in Srinagar.

The funds will also be spent as equity contribution for 624 MW Kiru hydroelectric project, 800 MW Ratle hydroelectric project and 540 MW Kwar hydroelectric project, Jhelum Tavi flood recovery project and to meet the resource gap funding for infrastructure projects in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Budget allocated Rs 5,987.14 crore to Andaman and Nicobar Islands as against Rs 5,508.05 crore allocated in 2022-23. Rs 5436.10 crore has been allocated to Chandigarh as against Rs 5,131.12 crore in the current fiscal.

The Budget allocated Rs 2,475.00 to Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Rs 5,958 crore to Ladakh, Rs 1,394.75 crore to Lakshadweep, Rs 1,168.01 crore to Delhi and Rs 3,117.77 crore to Puducherry.

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First Published: Feb 01 2023 | 7:59 PM IST

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