Sports outlay goes up by over 59%

GOVT ALSO EFFECTS A HUGE HIKE INTO THE OUTLAYS FOR WOMAN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT, AND DEPRIVED SECTIONS

CHANDIGARH: The annual budget presented by Haryana finance minister Capt Abhimanyu on Mondayeffected ahugehikeinto the outlays for sports, woman and child development, and deprived sections.

Giving a whopping increase of 59.10 % in the sports and youth affairs department, the minister said that the budget estimates for the financial year 2017-18 has an outlay of ₹535.36 crore against the ₹336.49 crore of the revised estimates (RE) of 2016-17.

The finance minister said that while the state government had increased the award amount for medal winners and participants in Olympics and Paralympics from Haryana, it had also launched a new programme, namely yoga and vyayamshala (gyms), in all the villages and cities. For the welfare of scheduled castes (SCs), backward castes (BCs) and elderly persons, the budget has ₹736.84 crore, an increase of 7.4 % over the 2016-17 budget, and ₹4,875.47 crore for social justice and empowerment department, an increase of 16 % over 2016-17 budget RE.

Capt Abhmanyu said that the state government had taken new initiatives for the welfare of labourers, poor and those belonging to scheduled castes, backward classes, women and the elderly. For the women and child development department, this budget has ₹1,247.24 crore, 23.53 % more as compared to ₹1,009.66 crore in RE 2016-17.