House passes ₹17,440cr Appropriation Bill amid Opposition walkout

The Assembly Monday passed an Appropriation Bill, allowing the state government to spend Rs 17,440 crore from its consolidated funds during the 2025-26 financial year.

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The Odisha Appropriation Bill (No. 2), 2025, was passed by voice vote, amid a walkout by Opposition BJD and the Congress, who alleged that the state Budget was visionless.

Speaking in favour of the Bill in the House, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who also holds the Finance portfolio, said, “I had presented the full Budget of Rs 2.90 lakh crore for the current fiscal, which was earlier passed in the Assembly. In the last eight months, our government has been implementing various programmes as per the Budget provisions.”