Gujarat Budget 2018: Money is where votes are

INDUSTRIES AND MINES

• Provision of Rs 843 cr for assistance under Industrial Policy 2015
   
• 1,000 ‘Plug and Produce’ multi-storied sheds with common infra to be constructed on demand basis
   
• Rs 850 crore for providing incentives under Textile Policy, Garments and Apparel Policy, Defence and Aerospace Policy, etc
   
• Provision of Rs 250 crore for undertaking industrial infra development works under Gujarat Investment Promotion Programme in three years with support from JICA
   
• Rs 50 crore provison to initiate ‘Start-up Fund’ for MSME

ENERGY & PETROCHEMICALS

• Projects worth Rs 2,757 crore to strengthen power transmission network
   
• Rs 1,921 crore to provide 1.22 lakh new agricultural power connections
   
• Rs 320 crore to strengthen power infrastructure
   
• Rs 220 crore provision for works of coal and solar based power generation
   
• Rs 10 crore to promote usage of electric vehicles

WATER RESOURCES, WATER SUPPLY AND KALPASAR

• Rs 857 crore for irrigation in hilly and tribal areas.
   
• Provision of Rs 1,765 crore for undertaking works of 12 packages in second phase of SAUNI scheme
   
• Rs 380 crore provision to strengthen canal network
   
• Rs 750 crore to provide assistance to farmers to increase their income by using drip irrigation
   
• Allocation of Rs 110 crore for Bhadbhut project to prevent salinity ingress during high tide in Narmada basin
   
• Rs 3,311 crore for various water supply projects

SARDAR SAROVAR YOJANA

• Rs 4,018 crore provision for construction of canals up to the minor.
   
• Provision of Rs 1,295 crore for undertaking works of underground pipelines under Sahbhagi Sinchai Yojana
   
• Rs 495 crore to be spent for expansion works of three pumping stations of Kutch branch canal
   
• Statue of Unity gets provision of Rs 899 crore

URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN HOUSING

• Rs 4,540 crore to be made available for civic infra in urban areas under Swarna Jayanti Mukhyamantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana.
   
• Rs 2,912 crore for works related to physical and social infra, internal infra in residential colonies on people’s participation basis
   
• Rs 1,264 crore for water supply and underground drainage
   
• Rs 597 crore under Smart City Mission for six cities, and Rs 1,189 crore under Shaheri Awas Yojana

ROADS AND BUILDINGS

• Rs 2,516 crore for Mukhyamantri Gram Sadak Yojana, including new roads, resurfacing, upgradation, etc.
   
• Rs 1,346 crore to construct roads and bridges
   
• Provision of Rs 250 crore for two-laning of nearly 1,000 km of state highways
   
• Six-laning of 201 km Ahmedabad-Bagodara-Rajkot National Highway No. 8A and 8B for an estimated Rs 2,754 crore

Rs 4,410 cr
Total provision for Industries and Mines

Rs 8,500 cr
Total Provision for Energy and Petrochemicals

Rs 9,750 cr
Total Provision for Health and Family welfare

Rs 9,252 cr
Total Provision for Roads and Buildings

GOVT’S PUBLIC DEBT OVER RS 2.17 L CR

• Gujarat government’s total public debt will be at Rs 2,17,337 crore by March 31, 2018.
   
• This will come to 16.46% of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP)
   
• Total public debt was Rs 1,99,338, or 17.21% of GSDP, year-on-year
   
• The government has gradually increased the market loans component in the past four years from 54.49% as on March 31, 2013 of total debt stock to 68.28% as on March 31, 2017
   
• The high interest NFFS loan component has been decreased from 35.34% in 2013 to 23.26% in 2017.
   
• The interest payment on public debt as a percentage of revenue receipts estimated at 13.06% in 2017-18; it was 14.65% in 2016-17 and 26.82% in 2004-05.
   
• The Gujarat government has estimated that a public debt of Rs 36,801 crore will be incurred in the FY 2018-19 in addition to existing debt of Rs 2.17 lakh crore.
   
• The government had incurred public debt of Rs 31,701 crore in 2017-18, as per the revised estimates, it remained at Rs 27,668 crore in the FY 2016-17, Rs 23,486 crore in FY 2015-16 and Rs 19,455 crore in FY 2014-15
   
• The Gujarat government will repay Rs 15,434 crore of the public debt in 2018-19, that was Rs 13,700 crore in the revised estimate of FY 2017-18 and Rs 9073 crore in 2016-17

WOMEN, CHILD DEVELOPMENT

• Rs 3080 crore total provision for nutrition and general well being of women and children.
   
• Rs 84 crore provision for construction of 2000 anganwadi centres. Rs 29 crore of renovation of 784 anganwadis
   
• Rs 997 crore for providing nutritious food to 29.31 lakh children in age group of 0 to 6 years

FOREST, ENV DEPARTMENT

• A provision of Rs 1287 crore made for the forest and env department.
   
• Rs 4 crore allotted to ‘Project Lion’ for conservation in of lion in Gir and Greater Gir
   
• Rs 3 crore allocated to conservation and development of rare and endangered species like vulture, wolf, Great Indian Bustard and Sloth Bear
   
• Rs 247 crore allocated for community forestry project to increase the green cover

CLIMATE CHANGE DEPT

• Rs 60 crore provision for solar rooftop system in residential houses. Rs4 crore providision to provide 40,000 LED tube lights
   
• Rs 3 crore provision to provide assistance to 3000 school and college going students for battery operated two wheelers. A provision of Rs 2.5 crore for financial assistance to 1250 beneficiaries to purchase e-Rickshaw