Maharashtra political crisis: Another setback for Sharad Pawar as all 7 NCP Nagaland MLAs extend support to Ajit Pawar

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₹41,243.21 crore for the year 2023-24 in the state Assembly on the first day of the monsoon session with the highest allocation being sought for the Urban Development Department. Of the total amount, ₹34,001.53 crore is from the revenue account and ₹7,004.50 crore in the capital account.

The supplementary demands, which are additional funds sought by the government over the budgetary allocation, were tabled by Finance Minister Ajit Pawar. This is the second-highest supplementary demand in the last three years and eight months.

After the then Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government took charge in November 2019, supplementary demands worth ₹2,27,121.23 crore have been submitted. In Budget 2023-24, the Eknath Shinde government submitted a supplementary demand of ₹6,383.97 crore.

Of the total supplementary demand of ₹41,243.21 crore, the government has proposed an allocation of ₹6,224.55 crore for the Urban Development (UD) Department out of which ₹2,100 crore is for stamp duty surcharge of Metro Railway, while ₹3563.16 crore is towards the seventh pay commission arrears for teaching and non-teaching staff. (With inputs from ANI)