AP's 16th budget HighLights

The 16th budget of Andhra pradesh State given in Assembly today .Notwithstanding a grim finnicial picture in the face of a troubled political situation, Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah today presented a tax-free budget for 2010-11 with an outlay of Rs 1,13,675 crore and a projected expenditure of Rs 1,13,660 crore.
The following are some of the key highlights of the Rs. 1,13,675 crore budget:
- Non-plan expenditure of Rs. 73, 347 crore.
- Revenue surplus of Rs. 3,548 crore
- Fiscal deficit of Rs. 12, 983 crore.
- SEZs planned for Kakinada, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam
- 353 heavy industries are being planned
- A bus rapid transit system will be initiated in Vijayawada and Vizag
- All government schools will have computers
Some of the budget allocations are as follows:
- Arogyasri – Rs. 925 crores
- Free power – Rs. 4,500 crores
- Senior citizens and handicapped – Rs. 1,846 cores
- Minorities – Rs. 210 crores
- Scheduled tribes – Rs. 93 crores
- Tribal welfare – Rs. 902 crores
- BCs – Rs. 1032 crores
- OBC welfare – Rs. 300 crores
- Education – Rs. 3,155 crores
- Roads & highways – Rs. 3,000 crores
- Health – Rs. 1,820 crores
- Pavalavaddi scheme – Rs. 200 crores
- Backward areas – Rs. 383 crores
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