CM Majhi's Budget for Samrudha Odisha with Focus on All Sectors

HIEF Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who also holds the portfolio of Finance, has presented the first full-fledged budget worth ₹2,90,000 crore.

- Amarendra Das

The budget has made balanced allocation for all the sectors.

With its focus on empowerment of farmers, the budget has allocated ₹37,838 crore for the agriculture and allied sectors. To address the problems of storage of agricultural production, the government aims to construct new cold storages and revive the old cold storages in all 58 subdivisions of the state. The budget has provided thrust to augment irrigation, develop mandis with basic amenities, and promote agricultural research through additional grants to OUAT.

Buoyed by the positive response from investors in the recently concluded 'Utkarsh Odisha: Make in Odisha Conclave,' the government has announced a slew of schemes to attract investors and realise the investments. The budget made allocation for development of basic infrastructure and easy acquisition of land through the Land Bank Scheme. It plans to develop special economic zones adjacent to industrial parks with world class facilities.