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Honourable Sir,

The present Government of the State has successfullycompleted seventeen months of its formation. Today,I am presenting my second “Growth and Development”oriented budget, which is dedicated to eleven crorepeople of Maharashtra. It gives me immense pleasureto submit before you that the development of thecommon man at the grass root level of our society isthe target of all our financial planning for the comingfinancial year. Farmers of the State continue to be thefocal point of this budget who through their dedicatedand untiring labour make our farm sector prosper. Thespirit of overall development of the farmers and ruraldevelopment constitutes the core of this budget. Thisbudget also resonates our resolve for welfare of hithertodeprived class comprising of the poor, destitute, weak,oppressed, disabled, physically challenged, desertedwomen, widows, Dalits, the Tribals and all the weakersections of society, who are still deprived of the fruitsof independence even after the seven decades ofindependence.

Budgets have been presented in our country yearafter year; I can say with my experience of being inpolitics as well as in social circle and my closeassociation with the common man, that although thecommon man may not be reading the budget document,he tries to find his identity in it. Therefore, I wouldspecifically submit that the budget I am presentingtoday would reflect the expectations and aspirations ofthe common people living in every nook and corner ofthe State of Maharashtra.

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Though, we are committed towards development ofcore infrastructures like roads, water supply, power,irrigation etc. in the State, we are also committed tomake a sujalam sufalam, vibrant Maharashtra whichwas the dream of Chhatrapati Shivaji. We also aim atrealising a society based on principles of social justiceas visualised by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. We bear inmind the pains and sufferings of the people at the lastrung while striving to realise the vision of Antyoday ofPandit Dindayal Upadhyay. We strive to revive thespirit of dignity, pride and self-respect of the beloveddaughters of the great social reformer Savitribai Phule;and create a society which values coexistence andbrotherhood as dreamed by Rashtrsant Tukdoji Maharajand Saint Gadge Maharaj. I want to assure the peopleof Mahrashtra that the budget being presented by metoday has stipulations to ensure that every paisa spentwill go towards realization of dreams of the greatvisionaries.

The farmer of this state is the back bone of the ruraleconomy. Self-dependent farmers and prosperous villagesconstitute the foundation of “Make in India”. Hencenot only the survival but also the prosperity of ourfarmers is undoubtedly essential for strengthening andempowering our State’s economy. Taking intoconsideration these facts I have attempted to formulatethis budget by making substantial provision foragriculture sector so as to accelerate its growth.Therefore, this year’s budget is dedicated to our farmersand a decision has been taken to observe the financialyear 2016-17 as Shetakari Swabhiman Varsh.

In consonance with our social values which givesposition of dignity and highest respect for women, thisgovernment attaches a very high priority to assistingdestitute women, widows, divorced and deserted womenfor bringing about improvement in their lives withoutwhich development, per say, does not get legitimacy.Status of women determines the standard of any society,

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therefore, upliftment of destitute women, widows,divorced and deserted women along with developmentof farmers and rural development forms the basis ofoverall development which is aimed to be achievedthrough this budget.

1. The State has been facing severe droughtconditions for last 3 successive years due to vagaries ofmonsoon. In this period of crises, the State Governmentis determined to extend maximum support to ourfarmers. As said earlier, this budget is dedicated to ourfarmers. Accordingly, an outlay of Rs. 25000 crore hasbeen provided in the budget for agriculture sector andvarious schemes related to farmers details of which willcontinue to appear in my speech.

2. In order to assist the farmers suffering fromdrought and other natural calamities during the year2015-16, a substantial increase has been made in perhectare relief package and a provision of Rs.5002.82crore has been made. By way of precaution anoutlay of Rs. 3360.35 crore has been made for theyear 2016-17.

3. A large number of farmers have participated incrop insurance scheme during the year 2015-16. Thefarmers who have suffered damages to Kharif cropsduring the year 2015 are eligible to receive a cropinsurance relief compensation of approximatelyRs. 4200 crore. During 2016-17, I have allocatedRs.1855 crore as the state share towards the scheme.

4. We cannot rest just by providing relief packagesto the farmer who have suffered losses. We have tobuild capacity in farmers to face vagaries of nature onhis own, for which a permanent and lasting arrangementneeds to be put in place. During the current year, aspecial program called “Jalyukt Shivar” has beenlaunched for which fund of Rs. 1600 crores has been

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made available by which one lakh thirty thousand waterconservation works have been completed in fivethousand villages. An outlay of Rs.1000 crore is beingprovided for this scheme for the year 2016-17.

5. In the winter session of year 2015, a schemenamed as ‘Farm Pond on Demand’ was accordedapproval. With the objective of providing protectiveirrigation though farm ponds, irrigation wells,energisation of water-lifting devices etc. during waterscarcity period too, a total provision of Rs. 2000 croresis being provided. Through this scheme, one lakh farmponds, 37,500 wells and energisation of 90,000 electricpumps will be provided to the farmers. About fiftythousand farmers have already submitted theirapplication under this scheme. I am quite sure that thiswill definitely benefit our farmers who are troubled bythe water scarcity. For effective, efficient and transparentutilisation of this fund the expenditure will be closelymonitored with the help of advanced technology.

6. Government has decided to procure food grainsat rate of minimum support price and supply the sameon line with National Food Security Scheme to thefarmers of 14 districts of Aurangabad, Nagpur andAmravati divisions. An expenditure of Rs.1 thousand35 crore 83 lakh crore is estimated for this purposewhich will benefit about 68 lakhs farmers.

7. It is planned to undertake repair, maintenanceand renovation of 6862 ex-Malgujari Tanks along withits fish ponds in districts of Nagpur, Chandrpur, Gondia,Bhandara and Gadchiroli. During year 2016-17 an outlayof Rs.150 crore is being proposed. It will definitelybenefit farmers as well as fishermen in this area.

8. The farm transit routes called Panand Rasta ishighly useful for transport & evacuation of agricultureproduce. Since a long time modernisation of theseRastas have been demanded. Therefore, governmenthas decided to undertake repairs of Panand Rastas.

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I am announcing a special scheme called “PalakmantriPanand Raste Yojana”. Through this work we wish toprovide job opportunities to the rural youth andtherefore to undertake this work and other JalyuktShivar jobs by our youth, I propose “Palakmantri EarthMoving Machines Kharedi Yojana”. Under this schemethe rural youth will be trained and facilitated access toloan through nationalised banks. The government willservice its interest liability. For this scheme I proposedan outlay of Rs.100 crore.

9. In Dr. Shri Punjabrao Deshmukh Interest Relieffacility Scheme, for promoting the farmers who havecompletely repaid their crop loan to the bank instipulated time, the State Government extends relief inservicing of interest. In this scheme the farmers areeligible to avail a crop loan with meagre interest. In thisscheme the farmers can avail Rs.1 lakh crop loan withinterest of 3% per annum and for Rs.1lakh to 3 lakhcrop loan with interest subsidy of 1% per annum. Duringyear 2016-17 an outlay of Rs.110 crore is proposed forthis scheme

10. United Nations Organisation (UNO) has declaredyear 2016 as “International Year of Pulses”. An outlayof Rs.80 Crore is proposed under Rashtriya KrishiVikas Yojana (RKVY) to enhance the productivity ofpulses and oil seeds through various program.

11. Most of the agriculture produce are perishable.The post-harvest processing of agriculture produce hasto be done as soon as possible to maintain its originalquality and therefore the food processing has highimportance in agriculture sector. Considering this factin order to promote the processing industry inagriculture, the government has proposed a new schemeto provide financial assistance of minimum 25% ofproject cost taking unit cost to maximum Rs.50 lakhsper cold storage project. During 2016-17 an outlay ofRs.50 crore is proposed for this scheme. In future wewish to provide maximum grants for this scheme.

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12. To update our farmers with the knowledge ofnew discoveries, inventions and suitable guidance inagriculture sector via a single platform medium, wehave decided to launch a new scheme framed “PanditDindayal Upadhyay Krishi Margadarshak Yojana” from2016-17 and for this scheme an outlay of Rs.60 croreis proposed.

13. To promote agriculture education and researchnew Government Agriculture College at Buldhana,Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Government AgricultureCollege, Halgaon, Taluka Jamkhed, District Ahmadnagarand Government Horticulture College at Jalgaon willbe opened in the year 2016-17 and for this requiredoutlay will be made available during the course of time.

14. Considering the importance of veterinaryknowledge, two new Veterinary Colleges are proposedat Jalgaon and Akola for which an outlay of Rs10 croreis proposed.

15. Nearly 1664 farmers have been honoured with“Adarsh Shetkari Purashkar” by the State Governmentfor their extraordinary works in this field. Governmenthas decided to implement a new scheme called “KrushiGurukul Yojana” for spreading such kind of knowledgeto other farmers also. In this scheme 3 farmers perdistrict will be selected so as to share information andguide 25 others with their own experience, adoptedadvance techniques in agriculture and floriculture. Thisrole model trainer and the trainee farmer will be paidhonorarium under this scheme. During 2016-17necessary funds are made available.

16. Every year “Agriculture Festival” will beorganised in each district of the state. The main objectivebehind such kind of event is to motivate farmer’s society,create awareness about government’s various efforts foragriculture business, agriculture exhibition, give and takeand sharing of information etc. In this event the

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innovative ideas and projects implemented by farmerswill be appreciated and honoured. I propose budgetaryprovision of Rs.6.80 crore for 34 district (Rs.20 lakhper district) during this budget.

17. It is the need of the hour to promote technologyof Organic Farming and therefore all the four agriculturaluniversities in the state Dr. Punjabrao DeshmukhAgriculture University, Akola, Marathawada AgricultureUniversity, Parbhani, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant KokanAgriculture University, Dapoli and Mahatma PhuleAgriculture University, Rahuri will be equipped withorganic farming research and training centers.

18. Both ‘Mahatma Gandhi Rural EmploymentMission’ and ‘State Employment Guarantee Scheme’are effectively implemented for providing jobopportunities as per the requirement in rural areas. Inunion budget 2016-17, towards central share, an outlayprojected for this scheme stands at Rs.2768.67 croreand an outlay of Rs. 705 crore through general stateplan and special component plan is proposed towardsstate share. Therefore the total outlay is significantlyhigher and it stands to level of Rs. 3473.67 crore.

19. At all 2065 revenue block level, AutomatedWeather Forecasting Centres will be established, whichwill be connected with central weather bureau. Thesecenters will collect information about 4 specific weatherparameters namely, Precipitation, Wind Velocity,Humidity and Temperature. This data will be helpfulfor accurate forecasting of weather. It will help inproviding farm advisories also for evolving weather-based Crop Insurance Scheme in the future. Theexpenditure expected for this scheme is Rs.107 crore.

20. Integrated Agriculture development programmeis being implemented through private participation underthe PPP Integrated Agriculture DevelopmentProgramme of the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas yojana. Newdairy projects will be undertaken with NABARD

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support under this programme. Producers’ companieswill be established which in turn would set up projectcosting Rs. 100 crores in Vidarbha and Marathwadaregions.

21. In order to provide farmers and farm labouressubsidiary and allied economic activities like poultry,an outlay of Rs. 51.13 crores is proposed during year2016-17. Likewise, out of 34 districts, Intensive PoultryDevelopment Groups have been established in 16districts. It is planned to set up Intensive PoultryDevelopment Groups in 14 new districts during theyear 2016-17.

22. With the objective of rearing and conservationof local indigenous breed of cattle, Bull Mother Farmsat two places in the state namely, Hettikunti, District-Vardha and Boad, District- Amravati respectively willbe modernized and renovated. For this scheme duringthe year 2016-17 an outlay of Rs.18.61 crore isproposed.

23. I am proposing a new scheme “GovardhanGovansh Raksha Kendra” to be established in 34 ruraldistricts of Maharashtra for rearing of non-lactatingand unproductive cattle breed with the participation ofexperienced NGO and a one time grant of Rs.1 crorewill be provided for this project. During the year 2016-17 an outlay of Rs.34 crore is proposed for GovardhanGovansh Raksha Kendra.

24. In 5 coastal districts of the state projects ofdeveloping jetties at various places has been undertaken.During 2016-17 an outlay of Rs.30 crore is beingproposed. The Sasoon dock is a major port in our statefor fisheries, which is going to be renovated .Theestimated cost for this project is Rs.52.17 crore out ofwhich the Central assistance is going to be 40%. During2016-17 outlay of Rs.15 crore is being proposed.

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25. I feel very proud and happy to state that thebudgetary provision of Rs.7272 crore for water resourcesprojects provided during year 2015-16 has beencompletely distributed. The project which will yieldimmediate benefit to farmers were given priority inrelease of fund. During 2016-17 total budgetaryprovision of 7850 crore has been made. As a result, 28projects will get completed and additional water storageof 770 million cubic meter (mcm) will get created and1.68 lakh hectares of land will come under irrigation.Seven irrigation project namely Waghur, Bavanthadi,Lower Dudhna, Tillari, Lower Wardha, Lower Panjharaand Nandur Madhveshwar Phase II has been includedunder Pradhanmantri Krushi Sinchai Yojana (PKSY) .In year 2015-16 budgetary provision of Rs. 938 crorewas made available and during 2016-17 sizeable outlayof Rs.2078 crore is being proposed. On completion ofthese projects an irrigation potential of 1 lakh hectareswill get created. Micro planning of generated additionalirrigation capacity by specifying survey number undercommand area is stipulated for ensuring projectedoutcome.

26. It is the need of the hour to promote WaterLiteracy and spread Water Awareness among allsections of the society which will help proper planningfor use of every drop of water. With this view apermanent Water Centre is going to be set up atYashada, Pune with sub centers at Forest Academy,Chandrapur, WALMI Aurangabad and Dr. PanjabraoDeshmukh Administrative Training Academy, Amravati.

Course and training programmes related to waterliteracy and water awareness will be taken up regularlyat these centres and subcentres.

27. The Government has undertaken Chief MinisterRural Road Development Scheme on the line of PrimeMinister Rural Road Scheme for the road developmentin unconnected habitat and those areas not included inPMGSY. The works of Rs. 1000 crore are being initiatedshortly. In 2016-17 I proposed an outlay of Rs.500crore for this scheme.

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28. I proposed a new scheme called “Smart VillageProgram “ for continuous and sustainable developmentof our villages. Under this scheme the gram panchayatswill compete with each other at block level for selectionof “Smart Gram Panchayat”. The Smart GramPanchayat selected at block and ZP level will be awardedwith special development funds.

29. In this budget we will provide sufficient fund forinstalling “ Digital Boards ” in all Gram Panchayat whichwill display all the Government Policies, GR related tothem.

30. Since 2009-10 Central Government has initiatedthe “National Rural Drinking Water Supply Program”towards state share an outlay of Rs.170 crore isproposed in 2016-17

31. In order to solve the problems of safe drinkingwater in the rural and remote areas of our state, we arelaunching an ambitious program called Chief MinisterRural Drinking Water Supply Program for the ruralareas of our state. The expenditure propose stands atRs.2500 crore approximately. The scheme mainlycomprises of revival of old regional water supplyschemes, some regional rural drinking water supply subschemes and those areas which are not included in theerstwhile National Rural Drinking Water SupplyProgram. In 2016-17 I have kept an outlay of Rs.500crore.

32. For fast tracking the development in rural areasof our state it is essential to strengthen the grampanchayats in the state. To achieve this a new state levelscheme called “Balasaheb Thackeray Smruti MatoshreeGrampanchayat va Mahila Sakshmikaran Abhiyan” isproposed. The program will cover various activities likeconstruction of new grampanchayat, supply of technicalhuman resource, increasing women’s participation infinancial and physical planning process etc. An outlayof Rs.1 crore is being provided for the year 2016-17.

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33. In year 2016-17 an outlay of Rs.10 crore isproposed for providing easy loan with nil interest to thewomen’s self-help group under “Sumatitai SukalikarUdyogini Mahila Sakshamikaran Yojana”.

34. Considering every citizens cause of concern forenergy, the State Government has decided tosignificantly increase the investment in this sector.Currently the installed capacity of Mahagenerationcompany is 12077 mw including 8640 mw Thermal,2585 mw Hydro-electric, 672 mw Gas based and 180mw Solar based energy. During 2016-17 outlay of Rs.784crore is being proposed.

35. For upgrading and modernising the existingelectricity distribution system new scheme involvingdevelopment of basic infrastructure in 120 zones ofMaharashtra is proposed. Under this scheme during theupcoming year Mahadiscom company will utiliseamount of Rs.1500 crore to establish new 240 electricinstallation. For 20% of the share capital of this projectduring 2016-17 ,an outlay of Rs.301 crore is proposed.

36. The State Governmentis promoting electricitygeneration through new and renewal energy sources(non- conventional energy). In order to increasesubstantially the capacity of these energy sources, newenergy policy has been declared. In 2016-17 an outlayof Rs.456 crore is proposed.

37. For subsidizing the energy tariff for agriculture,power loom, industrial and commercial consumers,budgetary allocation of Rs. 4462 crore 69 lakh isproposed during the year 2016-17.

38. Although Vidarbha is rich in mineral as well asnatural resources, it is still backward in industrialdevelopment as compares to rest of the state.Marathwada region also lags behind. To promotemaximum industrialisation in this belt, the governmenthas decided to provide energy to industries in this areaat subsidised rate. I proposed Rs.1000 crore per yearfor this scheme.

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39. The State Government has taken all thenecessary steps to promote industries and trade. Itincludes initiatives like “Single Window Scheme”, NewElectronic Policy, New IT-based trade policy” etc. UptoJanuary 2016 the manufacturing in 8497 projects havebeen started involving investment of Rs.2,62,631 croreand 11.23 lakh direct employment generation.Since the mega project policy announced, 139 megaprojects have been certified as eligible under PackageScheme Of Incentives. Through this an investment of53330.25 crores and 85084 direct employmentgeneration is expected. For promoting this sector further,I am proposing a budgetary provision of Rs.2650 crore.

40. Under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor(DMIC) scheme, a Special Purpose Vehicle companycalled Aurangabad Industrial Township Ltd. has beencreated and basic infrastructure development work hasalready been started over 839 hectares land at Shendra.The Central Government has extended a share capitalof Rs.600 crore to the AITL Special Purpose VehicleCompany.

41. Along with promoting Industry and Commerce,our government is equally concerned about the workersin this field. An Integrated Management System isbeing developed. For this scheme an outlay of Rs.18.92crore is being proposed during 2016-17.

42. Hon’ble Prime Minister of India has alwayshailed the youth of this country, during his speeches onIndia as well as abroad. This Youth power is our energysource for bright future. We dream to acquire theposition of Global Power on their strength. And that’swhy the Central Government has initiated the MUDRABank Scheme. Through the MUDRA Bank initiative, aloan at subsidised rate is provided to the unemployedpeople with the aim to improve their living standard.For the publicity and coordination of this scheme acommittee will be constituted at district level under thechairmanship of District Collector. During 2016-17 anoutlay of Rs.20 crore is being proposed.

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43. Necessary funds will be made available forconstitution of Maharashtra Entrepreneurship Councilas proposed by Industries Department.

44. The State Government is implementing variousschemes for promoting Textile Industry in the State.Special focus is given to bring up new textile units incotton growing areas of the State. In the year 2016-17,an outlay of Rs.265 crore is proposed for currentlyrunning CSS Textile Industrial Complexes and CapitalSubsidy and Interest Subsidy for new textile projects inMarathwada, Vidharbha and Northern Maharashtra.

45. The development of basic infrastructure is oneof the important catalyst required for the growth anddevelopment of any state. We have accepted thechallenge to create this facilities in our state. An outlayof Rs.4050 crore has been provided for road constructionsector. The Government has proposed construction ofBhiwandi-Kalyan-Shilphata elevated road of 21kmlength for improving traffic flow in Kalyan town forwhich a provision of Rs.40 crores has been proposed.We have adopted a policy of “build-operate-transfer”for double laning and four laning of roads in the statesthrough state participation and private investment. In2016-17 under this scheme Rs.550 crore is proposedtowards state share. 21000 km. length road out of40000 km. length of State highways and 50000 km.length of major district road is proposed to bemodernized under Hybrid Annuity program during 8years period.

46. The Central Government has approved worksof Rs.2500 crores during past ten years under CentralRoad Fund Scheme. Thereafter, after change ofGovernment at Centre the Centre has sanctioned newworks of Rs.1718 crores during year 2014-15 andRs. 2947 crores during year 2015-16 totaling to Rs.4665crores during the two years. It is for the first time thatworks in such a large number have been approve in our

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State. Likewise 3924 km. of length roads have beenupgraded to National Highway standard by continuousfollow up with Central Government. I express mygratitude and thanks to Central Government forextending substantial assistance to the State for its roaddevelopment programmes.

47. We have nearly 40000 km. long length of statehighways. For providing washrooms for ladies who travelon these roads, one washroom with all modernizedfacilities per 100 km. will be built. I proposed an outlayof Rs.50 crore in this year to develop such 400washrooms.

48. The revised administrative approval worthRs.1508.36 crore for the MIHAN project involvingland acquisition, rehabilitation of project displacedpeople, special subsidy package has been accorded.During 2016-17 outlay of Rs.216.33 crore is beingproposed.

49. For the development of Airport (Shirdi, Karhad,Amravati,Akola, Solapur, Chandrapur etc) under theMaharashtra Airport Development Authority and forrehabilitation of project displaced people, during 2016-17 an outlay of Rs.60 crore is being proposed.

50. We have signed a MOU with Central Ministryof Railways for setting up of a Special Purpose Vehicleto accelerate executing of pending Rail projects in theState. The Government has accorded the approval forimplementation of 9 rail projects through MaharashtraRail Infrastructure Company. An outlay of Rs.68 crore60 lakh is proposed towards State’s equity in theseprojects.

51. The government aims to extend support tosupportless, help to helpless, provide home to homelesspeople in the state. The government is determined tomake all the efforts for this objective. In order to providehome for every citizen, the government has decided to

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implement the centrally sponsored scheme “Shelter forall - 2022” with necessary modification as per ourrequirement. Simultaneously house loan scheme withinterest relief subsidy will also be implemented throughbanks. In 2016-17 outlay of Rs.700 crore is proposed.

52. The government will focus on fast tracking ofNew Chandrpur City projectand therefore MHADAhas been appointed special planning authority for thedevelopment plans related scheduled zone in this city.In year 2016-17, I am proposing Rs.100 crore for thisproject.

53. The contribution given by the freedom fighterscannot be expressed in few words. We have high respectfor them, but I regret that even after 68 years of ourindependence there are some freedom fighters whodon’t have their own house. In order to recognise thecontribution given by our freedom fighters, free house/residences upto Rs.10 lakh will be provided to thefreedom fighters or to their living spouses who donthave house in their name or their close relative’s nameat native places. Necessary financial assistance will beprovided for this purpose.

54. “Maharashtra Suvarn Jayanti NagrothanMahaabhiyan” is being implemented to create basicurban amenities in all municipal council/Township andD-class municipal corporations. In year 2016-17 anoutlay of Rs.1000 crore is proposed.

55. To give special impetus to Nagpur and PuneMetro Rail Projects an outlay of Rs.180 crore isproposed in budget 2016-17.

56. The Mumbai Metro Line Phase III comprisingof Nariman Point and BKC Complex connecting linkswith Domestic and International Airports, IndustrialClusters have been accelerated and Civil works is likelyto go on floor from April 2016. During 2016-17, anoutlay of Rs 90.47crore is being proposed.

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57. Central Government has launched the SmartCity Scheme to provide clean, sustainable and ecofriendly urban life to citizens. Pune and Solapur are thetwo cities in the state among the first 20 selected cities.Along with these two cities, the State Government hasdecided to develop 8 other smart cities in the state.

58. For developing and retrofitting existing firebrigade services in all local bodies of the state,Maharashtra Fire Safety Mission is being implemented.In 2016-17 an outlay of Rs.30 crore is proposed.

59. In Mumbai City, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune,Nagpur, Kalyan, Dombivli etc while commuting totheir work places or in routine life, my dear sisters usebus transportation. During their journey they have toface many problems. This is really a matter of concern.To ease their travelling financial assistance of Rs.50crore will be provided to public transport systems forprocuring 300 special “Tejasvini Buses” which will berunning specially for ladies commuter.

60. An outlay of Rs.1554 crore has been allocated tothe Public Health Department. Out of which an outlayof Rs.970 crore 37 lakh outlay towards Centre andState share is available for National Health Mission. Anoutlay of Rs.233 crore 80 lakh is available forconstruction work of Health Centres in rural as well asurban areas.

61. To increase the coverage of “Rajiv GandhiJeevandayi Arogya Yojana”, the list of marked diseases/health problem and their treatment is being revised asper the demand of public. In year 2016-17 ,an outlayof Rs.300 crore is proposed for increasing the insurancecoverage currently provided to the beneficiaries.

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62. The Right to Free and Compulsory EducationAct-2009 is implemented through “Sarv ShikshaAbhiyan”. In year 2016-17 an outlay of Rs.740 croresfor Central and State’s share put together is proposed.Likewise, an outlay of Rs.180 crores for Centre’s andState’s share combined has been proposed for computertraining programme.

63. For achieving the target of universalition ofsecondary education, the Central Government inpartnership with State Government has initiated“National Secondary Education Mission”. This missionaims to provide the basic and quality education to allthe secondary school goers. In year 2016-17 an outlayof Rs.137.44 crore is proposed. An outlay of Rs.50crore for Central and State Share combined has beenproposed for girls’ hostels.

64. Our government have always acknowledged theimportance of the libraries. Therefore we have decidedto digitize all the government approved public librariesin the State. Accordingly for transformation of 43libraries into e-libraries, the expenditure proposed isRs.17.20 crore (Rs.40 lakh per library).

65. To achieve maximum number of medals inupcoming Mission Olympic 2020, Japan Olympic 2020,we are going to encourage our sports personsand for that an outlay of Rs.3 crore is proposed inyear 2016-17.

66. The project of high quality sports amenitiesequipped regional sports complex at Shimpoli, Mumbaihas been undertaken. Necessary funds will be madeavailable for this project.

67. At Amaravati, Shri. Hanuman Vyayam PrasarakMandal is working since pre independence era and hasgiven many famous sport persons and coaches to oursports field. To recognize the contribution of thisinstitution in its centenary year, the State Governmentwill provide a financial assistance of Rs.1 crore inthis year.

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68. The police force of the state which have a bigresponsibility to protect the public in our state will beprovided houses and for this an outlay of Rs.320 croreis proposed. Simultaneously for the CCTV surveillancesystem installation in sensitive cities of the state, I haveprovided an outlay of Rs.350 crore.

69. Considering the big role of ST transportationservice in rural areas, the Government endeavors toprovide different facilities to the passenger as well asaccelerate the progress of state transport corporation.At 13 bus stations–Panvel, Mumbai, Pune, Sangli,Solapur, Kolhapur, Nashik, Dhule, Jalgoan, Auragabad,Nanded, Akola and Nagpur new independent structuralarrangement for arrival and departure of buses andprovision of modernise facilities are in progress. Forthis purpose necessary outlay will be provided.

70.We have nearly 3500 ST bus stands across variousnational highways, state highways and other roads. Weaim to reconstruct all this stands along with newindicators and modernised washroom facilities.

71. We have decided to accord approval to theRs.135.29 crore project involving Ro-Ro basic servicesat Mandva with expenditure of Rs.63.15 crore andconstruction of sea-wave break wall at the cost ofRs.72.14 crore. In the year 2016-17 Rs.30.51 crore andRs.36 crore respectively is proposed for these projects.

72. We are implementing the scheme forconstructing the court buildings at various places andresidential quarters for various judicial officers. In theyear 2016-17 an outlay of Rs.491.10 crore is proposedwhich includes state share Rs 213.60 crore andreceivable central share of Rs.277.50 crore.

73. The National Food Security Act-2013 enables75% of rural population and 50% of urban populationto receive food grains at subsidised rate. Every year theState Government spends nearly 400 crore on thisscheme.

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74. Under the Minimum Support Price ProcurementScheme, the government has approved theimplementation of Food Decentralised ProcurementScheme in the state which will be launched in year2016-17 for which an outlay of Rs.62.14 crore isproposed.

75. Various ongoing projects including the zoologicalpark of international standard at Gorewada are inprogress as per the approved planned estimate. In theyear 2016-17 the budgetory provision made stands atRs.40 crore.

76. We have 6 Tigers Reserve Project in our state.To avoid human wildlife conflict, there is a need torehabilitate 110 villages currently situated alongside ofthese projects. Although we have already rehabilitated45 villages, the phase wise rehabilitation of remaining65 villages has been planned. In year 2016-17 an outlayof Rs.60 crore is proposed.

77. To promote Nature Tourism i.e. “NisargParyatan” the Government aims to provide variousfacilities in Reserved Zones and other forest areas indifferent parts of the state. In year 2016-17 an outlayof Rs.47.25 crore is proposed.

78. An ambitious program called “GreenMaharashtra” is being implemented to increase theforest area as well as tree cover in our state fromcurrent 20% to 33%. On the occasion of “Krushi Din”and “Van Mahotsav” (dated 1st July 2016) we areplanning to undertake plantation of nearly 2 crore plants.

79. One of the prominent forest training centre atChandrapur has been transformed into “ChandrapurForest Administration Management and DevelopmentAcademy”. For the extension of this academy in budget2016-17 an outlay of Rs.5 crore is proposed.

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80. The mangrove forest is spread over nearly 226sq.km. of our vast coastline. This area houses many sealives and is rich in Bio diversity. The protection andconservation of this ecologically sensitive zone is highlyimportant and therefore the Government has decidedto establish a Mangrove Conservation Institution.Maharashtra will be the pioneer state to establish suchan institution. This institution will be well equippedwith project cost Rs.115 crores. It may be utilised forthe purpose of mangrove conservation and to upgradethe lives of people residing along the coastline, rearingof crab, oyster, mussel may also be promoted.Generation of employment and allied business activitiesis possible through R & D in such areas. We willimplement a special action plan for this purpose.

81. The holy river Chandrabhaga situated at thesacred pilgrimage of Pandharpur is the symbol of socialjustice and has a very special and pious stature in theheart of every devotee of Lord Vitthala. Consideringthe importance of this place and to purify its stream,the Government aims to implement a special projectcalled “Namami Chandrabhaga Mission” with people’sparticipation. Under this mission we will free this riverfrom all the pollution and conserve its purity and sanctity.The target will be achieved upto year 2022. In year2016-17 an outlay of Rs.20 crore is proposed.

82. We can generate large number of job opportunitiesfor the youth of our state through tourism promotion.Considering the importance of tourism, recently thegovernment has announced new Tourism Policy. Forthis purpose anoutlay of Rs.285 crore has been allocatedmainly to strengthen the basic amenities provided attourist spots. Simultaneously, Information and GuidanceKiosks, refreshment and stalls, washrooms etc facilitieswill be provided at Raigad, Shivneri, Sindhudurg andother forts.

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83. Recently Aurangabad has been declared asTourism District in Maharashtra. Special attention willbe given for the development of Mhaismal, Verul,Khultabad and Sulibhanjan tourism.

84. We have a vast coastline which is also majortourist attraction in Maharashtra. We are takingadequate steps to upgrade the safety measures to beprovided to tourists visiting the sea beaches.

85. “Drama and Theatre” plays splendid role in thearts & culture of Maharashtra. The state governmenthas always been active to protect and preserve thistheatrical tradition and cultural heritage. The state dramafestivals has always been a influential factor which hasglorified the cultural and artistic image of our state andhence the prize money, TA/DA rewarded to the dramapersons involved in this festival will be significantlyraised through the necessary funds made available inthis budget.

86. From 1st April 2016 the scheme called “MajhiKanya Bhagyashree Yojana” will be implemented inthe state. We have decided to extend the benefits ofthis scheme to girl child belonging to BPL as well asAPL families. In year 2016-17 an outlay of Rs.25 croreis proposed.

87. It is the need of the time to modernize theAnganwadis which are foundation for education in ruralareas. The government has a policy to convert theminto Adarsh Anganwadis. The Adarsh Anganwadis willprovide opportunity of pre-school education in apleasant environment. It has been decided to convert10000 Ananganwadis into Adarsh Anganwadis duringthe year 2016-17 and an outlay of Rs.100 crore isproposed for the same.

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88. The Anganwadi workers, Mini Anganwadiworkers and the helpers in different anganwadi inMaharashtra will be covered under the “Pradhan MantriJeevan Jyoti Scheme” and “Pradhan Mantri SurakshaVima Yojana”. Through this scheme they will beprovided life insurance cover up to Rs.2 lakh andaccidental cover up to Rs.2 lakh. State government willpay the insurance premium under the scheme.

89. Under TSP, budgetary provision of Rs.290 croreis kept for the children admitted to the schools ofrepute, Rs.300 crore for roads development, Rs.370crore for construction of Government Ashramshalasand Rs.112.65 crore for supplementary nutrition schemecalled “Bharatratna Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will beprovided. Now the coverage of this scheme has beenexpanded to include the supply of one time nutritionaldiet to all pregnant ladies, lactating mothers and childrenof age group 3 to 6. Outlay of Rs.25 crore is proposedfor Eklavya Sports and Entrepreneurship Academy atPalghar. For the preservation and conservation of worldfamous Warli Art, Rs.60 crores is provided from Centre-State grants to create a special “ Warli-Hut “. On theoccasion of Gudipadva this year, new online portalcalled “Praman” will be launched to digitize the workingof caste certificate verification committees.

90. The State Government has accorded approvalto hike the grant/subsidy given under Sanjay GandhiNiradhar Anudan Yojana and Shrawan Bal SevaRajyanivrutti Vetan Yojana from 1st April 2016. Thebeneficiary includes the homeless, widows, divorcee,deserted women, childless etc. A monthly assistance ofRs. 1000 will be extended to beneficiary with two kids,Rs. 850 to beneficiaries with one child and Rs. 700 toissueless person. The government is accepting a financialburden of Rs. 332 crores for this scheme.

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91. Outlay of Rs. 405 crores has been allocated forthe welfare of minority communities in the state.Through this fund various schemes like scholarship,training of minority youth and creation of basicamenities in minority residential areas will beundertaken.

92. In rural areas nearly 1 lakh 55 thousand 936 SCfamilies either live in Kaccha Houses or they arehomeless. In order to improve the living standard ofthese people and to provide permanent shelter to thesefamilies, Shelter/dwelling units will be constructed onsite of their present Kaccha House or they will beprovided new plots for the same. The Government willwork to provide permanent shelters so that no familywill remain homeless by the year 2019. In the year2016-17 an outlay of Rs.320 crore is provided for thisGharkul Yojana

93. A Financial assistance up to Rs.2 lakh will beprovided for construction of wells to the SC farmersunder the newly launched scheme named as DrBabasaheb Ambedkar Krushi Swawlamban Yojana tomake them economically self-dependent. In addition,installation of electric water pumps on irrigation wellsor solar water pump will also be done. This will boostthe crop productivity on their fields.

94. On the occasion of 125th Birth Anniversary ofDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, the year 2015-16 iscelebrated as the year for “Equality and Social Justice”.Various programs will be organized for celebrating thisauspicious occasion. An outlay of Rs. 170 crores isproposed for the year 2016-17.

95. An outlay of Rs.220 crores has been providedfor carrying out construction work of governmenthostels for OBC students.

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96. 156 online services have been made availableunder the Maharashtra Public Services Rights Act,2015 with effect from 26th January, 2016 by theDirectorate of Information Technology through a portal“Aaple Sarkar”. The Government is determined toprovide the rest of the notified public services on thisportal in the coming financial year 2016-17. TheGovernment has planned to modernize and strengthenthe Maharashtra State Wide Area Network (MSWAN)so as to connect the State Data Centre and variousGovernment field offices. For this project, I propose anoutlay of Rs.10 crore.

97. The process of policy formulation, its analysisadopting scientific methodologies and research & thepolicy evaluation in itself is a continuous and perpetualprocess. The Advanced countries in the world havespecialized institutions for performing this task. TheGovernment aims to create such an institution ofinternational standard for research and development inPublic policies and Administration, through Yashada,Pune the apex training institute of the State governmentalso with assistance from institutions of internationalrepute and standing. This will strengthen our publicpolicy formulation and its evaluation system.

98. Financial assistance is provided to theGovernment registered media persons suffering fromincurable diseases or posthumously to their familiesunder “Shankarrao Chavan Suvarn Mahotsavi PatrakarKalyan Nidhi” scheme. Considering the increase innumber of Government registered media persons andinclusion of their family under this scheme, the corpusunder this scheme is being increased from Rs.5 croreto 10 crore.

99. Not only the people of Maharashtra but all ourcountrymen have deep respect and pride for our sourceof inspiration, the great Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.Therefore, his memorials are being constructed at various

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places visited by him outside the State too. It is proposedto extend financial assistance and emotional supportfor construction of such memorials outside the State.In the year 2016-17 an outlay of Rs.5 crore is proposed.

100. The great Lokamnya Tilak inspired and chargedour countrymen by “Swantantrya Mantra’. Therefore,he is also referred to as ‘Father of the Indian Unrest.’In order to awaken the feelings of patriotism in Indians,Tilak promoted public celebration of Ganesh festivalknown as Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav. He had shaken theBritish Empire with his world famous revolutionaryslogan- “Swaraj (Self Rule) Is My Birth Right and IShall Have It”. 100 years are getting completed sinceTilak gave this call. On this occasion we plan to createpublic awareness about the political and social work ofour great leader and his enormous contribution to IndianNational Movement, through 41328 registered GaneshMandal and for this purpose a provision of Rs.5croreis proposed. Additional fund will be made available, ifneed be.

101. Our country has produced many renownedscholars in the past. Among them special to mention isthe name of the great mathematician BhaskaracharyII. His works represent a significant contribution tomathematical and astronomical knowledge. He stayedat Patan, Chalisgaon erstwhile Vijjvalwid located inSahyadri Mountain Ranges. The government aims toestablish an international standard ‘BhaskaracharyaGanit Nagari’ in his memory and honour.

102. Late. Shri R. R. Patil (lovingly referred to as‘Aaba’), who was known as an outstanding leader ofintegrity and whose life journey extended right fromZilla Parishad to the post of Deputy Chief Minister ofthe State. He had himself accepted the charge of PalakMantri of the Naxalite affected Gadchiroli District

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when he was the Home Minister of the State. Anauditorium will be constructed in Sangli district in thememory of such a leader who had always struck abalance between politics and propriety in public life.Rs.5 crore will be made available for the purpose.

103. A financial assistance will be provided to buildPatrakar Bhavan in Sindhudurg district, at the birthplaceof Journalist Balshastri Jambheker who was also knownas Founder of Marathi Journalism.

104. Under programme of “Digitization of RareMarathi Texts” 95 books and 253 editions of variousperiodicals have been digitally uploaded on our website‘rmvs.maharashtra.gov.in’.

105. Last year, Central Statistical Organisation,New Delhi has revised the base year from 2004-09 to2011-12 for the purpose of National accounting. Thedefinition of terminologies used for the purpose, too,have been revised. Hence forth, the sector wise estimatewill be referred to as “Gross Value Added at BasicPrices” and Gross Domestic Product will be referredto as “Gross Domestic Product at Market Prices”.Accordingly, the State has adopted this new methodologyto prepare its estimates for State Incomes. On accountof good governance and the progressive economicpolicies which we have adopted and implemented, thegrowth rate for GSDP which had stagnated at 5.8% inyear 2014-15, has been accelerated to satisfactory level8% in year 2015-16, in spite of the negative growthrate of agriculture sector. If we were blessed with goodmonsoon, we would have surely achieved a double digitgrowth rate.

106. Nominal Net State Domestic Product (NSDP)at current prices for the year 2014-15 is estimated atRs. 15 lakh 72 thousand and 37 crore. Estimated perCapita State Income for 2014-15 is estimated atRs.1,34,081/- as against estimated per Capita NationalIncome of Rs.86,879/-.

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107. The size of Annual Plan 2016-17 is proposedto be of Rs.56,997 crore. An Outlay of Rs.6 thousand725 crore 64 lakh is proposed for the Schedules CasteSub Plan in proportion to the population of SchedulesCaste (11.8%) and Rs.5 Thousand 357 Crore 71 Lakhare proposed for Tribal Sub Plan in proportion (9.4%)to its population. The outlay proposed for District PlanSchemes is Rs.7 thousand 562 crore 2 lakh.

108. While presenting the last budget in the monthof March 2015, revenue receipt of Rs.1 lakh 98 thousand230 crore was expected, which is revised in RE at Rs.1lakh 98 thousand 320 crore in view of the trends inrevenue receipt. The estimated revenue expenditurewas Rs.2 lakh 1 thousand 988 crore in the begining ofthe year which is now revised to Rs.2 lakh 7 thousand611 crore. As a result the revenue deficit which wasestimated to be Rs.3757 crores has been revised toRs.9289 crores. This increase in revenue deficit may beattributed mainly to the relief packages announced fordrought affected farmers.

In budget 2016-17 the revenue receipt is estimated atRs.2 lakh 20 thousand 810 crores and the revenueexpenditure is estimated to Rs.2 lakh 24 thousand 454crores. As a result, the revenue deficit is estimated tobe Rs.3644 crores . I will try to minimise this deficitby reducing avoidable expenditure and by effectiverevenues recoveries.

I assure the people of the state through this augusthouse that we will do our best to achieve the objectivesthat we have set for the development of the state.

Now I turn to Part II of the Budget.

StateAnnual Plan

2016-17

FinancialPosition

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