HIGHLIGHTS OF PUNJAB BUDGET 2012-13

Section – A : Finance

2012-13 (BE)

1. Size of the Budget

Budget size Rs. 57648.28* crore

Opening Balance as on 1.4.2012 Rs. (-) 821.61 crore

Total Receipts Rs. 58415.92* crore

Total Expenditure Rs. 57648.28* crore

Closing Balance as on

31.03.2013

Rs. (-) 53.97 crore

* Includes, interalia contra receipts and expenditure of Rs. 7000 crore on account of ways

& means advance from Reserve Bank of India. After excluding this amount the effective

budget size, receipts and expenditure are Rs. 50648.28 crore, Rs. 51415.92 crore, and

Rs. 50648.28 crore respectively.

2. Deficits

Revenue Receipts Rs. 38043.36 crore

Revenue Expenditure Rs. 41166.67 crore

Revenue Deficit Rs. 3123.31 crore

Revenue Deficit as %age of

GSDP

1.14

Target of Revenue Deficit as

%age of GSDP given by 13th

Finance Commission

1.20

Capital Expenditure Rs. 5815.26 crore

Fiscal Deficit Rs. 8923.72 crore

Fiscal Deficit as %age of GSDP 3.26

Target of Fiscal Deficit as %age

of GSDP given by 13th Finance

Commission

3.50

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3. Revenue Receipts of the State %age of

GSDP

%age of

Total

Revenue

Receipts

State’s Own Tax Revenue Rs. 23842.00 crore 8.70 62.67

State’s Non Tax Revenue Rs. 5274.65 crore 1.93 13.86

Share in Central Taxes Rs. 4202.15 crore 1.53 11.05

Share in Central Grants Rs. 4724.56 crore 1.73 12.42

Total Revenue Receipts Rs. 38043.36 crore 13.89 100.00

4 Revenue Expenditure of the

State

%age of

GSDP

%age of

Total

Revenue

Receipts

Salary Rs. 14512.57 crore 5.30 38.20

Pension & Retirement Benefits Rs. 4753.06 crore 1.74 12.51

Interest Payments Rs. 6662.08 crore 2.43 17.53

Power Subsidy Rs. 4632.00 crore 1.69 12.20

Total Committed liability (Salaries,

Pensions, Interest Payments &

Power Subsidy)

Rs. 30559.71 crore 11.16 80.44

Total Revenue Expenditure Rs. 41166.27 crore 22.32 100.00

5. Debt

Gross Borrowing for 2012-13 Rs. 13203.89 crore

Repayment of Principal for 2012-

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Rs. 3605.79 crore

Net Borrowing for 2012-13 Rs. 9598.10 crore

Repayment of Interest for 2012-

13

Rs. 6662.08 crore

Net availability for 2012-13 Rs. 2936.02 crore

Debt as on 31.03.2012 Rs. 78236.24 crore

Outstanding Debt as on

31.03.2013

Rs. 87518 crore

Outstanding Debt as %age of

GSDP

31.95

Target of Outstanding Debt as

%age of GSDP given by 13th

Finance Commission

41.00

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NON DEVELOPMENTAL & DEVELOPMENTAL EXPENDITURE

(Rs. in Crore)

2010-11

(Actuals)

2011-12

(RE)

2012-13

(BE)

6. Non Developmental

(General Services)

Organs of State, fiscal services, interest

payments, Administrative Services and

Pension & Retirement Benefits.

(i) Revenue 18598 16434 17219

(ii) Capital 185 350 1242

(iii) Total 18783 16784 18461

(iv) %age to Total Expenditure 53.24 41.38 39.29

(v) %age to GSDP 8.35 6.76 6.74

7. Developmental Expenditure

(Social Economic & Grants)

Education, Health, Water Supplies, Urban

Development, Welfare, Agriculture, Rural

Development, Power, Irrigation, Industries,

Roads & Bridges and Transport etc.

(i) Revenue 14300 20166 23948

(ii) Capital 2199 3610 4573

(iii) Total 16499 23776 28521

(iv) %age to Total Expenditure 46.76 58.62 60.71

(v) %age to GSDP 7.33 9.58 10.41

8. Total Expenditure (6+7)

(i) Revenue 32898 36600 41167

(ii) Capital 2384 3960 5815

(iii) Total 35282 40560 46982

(iv) %age to Total Expenditure 100 100 100

(v) %age to GSDP 15.68 16.34 17.15

9. Education including Technical

Education

(i) Revenue 4007 5999 6367

(ii) Capital 253 498 573

(iii) Total 4260 6497 6940

(iv) %age to Total Expenditure 12.07 16.02 14.77

(v) %age to GSDP 1.89 2.62 2.53

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10. Medical & Public Health

(i) Revenue 1071 1519 1978

(ii) Capital 40 174 247

(iii) Total 1111 1693 2225

(iv) %age to Total Expenditure 3.15 4.17 4.74

(v) %age to GSDP 0.49 0.68 0.81

PLAN PERFORMANCE

SECTION B : MAJOR NEW SCHEMES

The overall 11th Plan performance was 80%. The size of Annual Plan 2012-13 is Rs.

14000 crore, 22% increase over previous year.

1. Agriculture

• 50% increase in support to PAU, now Rs. 189 crore for 2012-13 against Rs. 103

crore earlier.

• Rs. 101 crore for strengthening of GADVASU against Rs. 45 crore previous year.

• New Kheti Bhawan is being set up at a cost of Rs 15 crore at Ajitgarh.

• Rs. 50 crore - for modernization of Verka and other two milk plants.

• Financial assistance of Rs. 2 lac to the dependents of farmers and farm labour

who had committed suicide on account of debt. An outlay of Rs. 30 crore is being

provided in the budget 2012-13.

2. Rural Development

• Increased outlay for water supply and sanitation to ensure assured water supply

of 70 lpcd by the end of December, 2013 for all the 15170 rural habitations.

• 1 lac toilets to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 150 crore in the current year.

3. Irrigation

• Relining of Rajasthan feeder & Sirhind feeder and the rehabilitation of 4 canals,

namely Bist doab canal, Bathinda, Sidhwan and Abohar branch, fed from river

Satluj will be started during the current year.

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4. Power

• Timely completion of 3 on-going thermal power projects at Talwandi Saboo,

Goindwal Sahib and Rajpura. 1000 MW gas based power plant to be set up at

Ropar in collaboration with Gas Authority of India. Punjab to be self sufficient by

May, 2014.

• Rs. 70 crore for providing 24 hour urban pattern supply to left out dhanis.

5. Industry

• During 11th Plan, 91 Mega Projects involving investments of Rs. 51049 crore.

• Development of Mohali and Amritsar as knowledge hubs (Election Manifesto)

• Development of IT City in Mohali over 1600 acre land (Election Manifesto)

• Land banks for Industries at Ropar & Kapurthala.

• Special purpose vehicle comprising of representatives of industry and government

for maintenance of PSIEC focal points.

6. Tourism & Culture

• Rs. 20 crore for 4 more memorials i.e. Guru Ravi Dass Ji, Bhagwan Valmiki Ji,

Shaheed Udham Singh Ji at Sunam and Jang-e-Azadi at Kartarpur. (Election

Manifesto)

• Rs. 25 crore for upgradation of Gobindgarh Fort at Amritsar

7. Green Punjab

• Outlay for Forests department increased from Rs. 19 crore to Rs. 72 crore for

launching Mission for Green Punjab.

8. Education

• Tablets to all 1.5 lac students of class 12th at a cost of Rs. 110 crore. (Election

Manifesto)

• Wi-fi in all government senior secondary schools (Election Manifesto).

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• Rs. 115 crore for upgradation of infrastructure and establishment of computer labs

in 48 government colleges.

• 4 degree colleges to be completed at Mansa, Talwara, Jalalabad and Amargarh.

• Rs. 100 crore Additional Central Assistance for upgradation of ITIs and

polytechnics.

• Establishment of an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at a cost of

Rs. 128 crore at Kapurthala.

• Punjab Institute of Food Technology and Research (PIFTR) at Barnala and

Punjab Institute of Textile Technology and Research (PITTR) at Ludhiana to be

set up by PTU.

9. Employment

• Employability allowance of Rs. 1000/- per month to unemployed graduates

registered for 3 or more years with employment exchange for pursuing higher

studies and vocational courses. (Election Manifesto)

10. Sports

• Rs. 40 crore for establishment of Punjab Institute of Sports for training of

prospective players for international championship.

• Scholarship to 100 sportspersons in 13 disciplines @ of Rs. 500/- (junior) and Rs.

1000/- (senior) (Election Manifesto).

• Rs. 2.25 crore, Rs. 1.5 crore and Rs. 51 lakh to winners of gold, silver & bronze in

Olympics being held in London.

11. Health

• Regular recruitment of doctors and paramedics

• Outlay for Mata Kaushalya Scheme for cash incentive of Rs. 1000/- for deliveries

in government increased from Rs. 16 to Rs. 20 crore.

• Gyane and children wards in 5 major hospital would be upgraded with Rs. 69

crore.

• Sick Neo-natal Care Units (SNCUs) will be set up in all district hospitals.

• CHCs & PHCs to be provided with New Born Stabilization Units (NBSUs) and

New Born Child Care Units (NBCCUs) as a part of mother and child care.

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• Rs. 60 crore for free generic essential drugs in all government hospitals benefiting

1.56 crore OPD patients every year.

• Rs. 5 crore for setting up new Department of Food & Drug administration.

• Rs. 350 crore for health infrastructure and upgradation work on 2 new district

hospitals, 7 new sub-divisional hospitals and 31 community health centres is

almost complete.

• Rs. 60 crore for cancer diagnosis and treatment centre at Bathinda.

• Rs. 30 crore for Chief Minister Cancer Relief Fund for treatment of cancer

patients.

12. Urban Development

• Water Supply Sewerage & STPs in 45 towns situated on the banks of Beas, Satluj

and Ghaggar started under river cleaning project and utilization of treated water

for irrigation (Election Manifesto).

• Rs. 198 crore for Public Rapid Transport System of (POD cabs) on dedicated

elevated pathway in the city of Amritsar (Election Manifesto).

13. Social Security

• Pension of 20 lakh families through Electronic Benefit Transfers scheme (EBT) at

the door step of pensioners.

• Mai Bhago Vidya Scheme providing free bicycles to girl students to be continued.

• Bebe Nanaki Ladli Beti Kalyan Scheme providing Rs. 20,000/- on the birth of girl

child (Election Manifesto)

• Free Education to Girls to be continued.

• Subsidized wheat and atta dal to 15.40 lakh families to be continued at the same

rates. Rs. 700 crore budgeted and Rs. 200 crore already released.

• Focus on distribution of scholarships to students of SC/BC and minorities by

timely releases

14. Welfare of SCs and BCs

• Free coaching to SC/BC and students of poor families (Election Manifesto).

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15. Governance Reforms

• Second Punjab Governance Reforms Commission set up for improving civil and

criminal justice system, procedure for industrial development, regulation frame

work for NRIs Affairs, Health and Medical Education, Education, Technical

Education and Employment and Fiscal Management.

• Setting up of E-seva kendras at convenient locations across the state (Election

Manifesto).

• Integrated Workflow and Document Management System (IWDMS), Rs. 120 crore

for computerization of treasuries and Secretariat departments in Chandigarh

(Election Manifesto).

16. Press

• Rs. 1 crore for Press Clubs at districts.

• Rs. 8 lac for study of members of press gallery committee Vidhan Sabha.

17. Additional Resource Mobilization

• A sum of Rs. 2000 crore required for fulfilling the promises made in the election

manifesto and successful implementation of the Annual Plan 14000 crore.

• Resources to be mobilized through better tax administration and rationalizing

taxes and levies.

• Austerity measures to yield Rs. 250 crore.