Etela Rajender Presents Telangana Annual Budget

Telangana finance minister Etela Rajender presented the budget for 2017-18 in Telangana assembly on Monday. In the legislative council, deputy chief minister Kadiyam Srihari presented the budget. Speaking on the occasion, he said he was presenting the budget for the fourth time and thanked chief minister KCR for giving him the honour.

He said Telangana was making progress faster than many states in the country and said several new methods have been put in place this year.

Here are the highlights of the budget:

Total Outlay: 1,49,646 crore

For Developmental Work: Rs 88038 crore

For Administration: Rs 61407 crore

Allocation for Education: Rs 12705 crore

For Irrigation: Rs 20000 crore

For agriculture: Rs 5942 crore

For Power Sector: 4203 crore

For Urban Development: Rs 5599 crore

For Industrial development: Rs 985 crore

Mission Bhagiratha: Rs 3000 crore

For Health Sector: Rs 5976 crore

For fees reimbursement: Rs 1339 crore.

For Minority Welfare: Rs 1249 crore

For BC welfare: Rs 5070 crore

For SC Welfare: Rs 14375 crore

For ST Welfare: Rs 8165 crore

For handloom sector: Rs 1200 crore

For Women and Child Welfare: Rs 1731 crore

Brahmin Welfare: Rs 100 crore

For Journalist welfare: Rs 30 crore

For Musi River Front Development: Rs 350 crore