Amravati. Farmers of the district will now be able to study agriculture in other areas through the Zilla Parishad. In the special budgetary meeting of the Zilla Parishad, approval was given to send farmers and Zilla Parishad members for agricultural studies once a year. A special provision has been made in the budget for this. Apart from this, the budget of 19 crore 22 lakh 69 thousand rupees for the financial year 2022-23 of the Zilla Parishad and the revised budget of 24 crore 44 lakh 84 thousand rupees for the year 2021-22, Finance and Health Chairman Balasaheb Hingnikar on Tuesday (March 15). presented by.
budget in the last meeting
The term of the Zilla Parishad ends on March 20. Due to which, from Monday 21 March, Chief Executive Officer Avishant Panda will take over as administrator. Hingnikar presented the budget before the end of the term. Zip President Bablu Deshmukh, Vice President Vitthal Chavan, President Suresh Nimkar, Chairman Dayaram Kale, Pooja Amle and other members were present in the meeting.
The sources of income of the Zilla Parishad are limited. The district council mainly gets revenue from stamp duty, local cess, incremental cess, relative grant, forest grant. Out of this, 20 percent is required to be provided for backward classes, 10 percent for women and child welfare, 20 percent for water supply and maintenance, 5 percent for handicapped and 5 percent for education. Under 13 forests, 7 percent of the grant is required to be spent only on forest work.
income from rent
Some of the Zilla Parishad space is rented out for the event. Renting out the ScienceScore ground in Amravati city for such commercial purposes leads to an increase in income. The ground could not be rented out for two years due to the Corona outbreak. This has reduced income. If private program is implemented at some places at Tehsil level, then fee will be charged for it.
1 crore 7 lakh 52 thousand for women and child welfare department, 78 lakh 3 thousand for agriculture sector, 1 crore 49 lakh 2 thousand for education sector, 4 crore 3 lakh 9 thousand for construction sector, 40 lakh for irrigation 4 thousand, 48 lakh 57 thousand for health, 3 crore 23 lakh for water supply and Rs 54 lakh for animal husbandry department have been made in the budget.
BJP vs BJP Competition
While the discussion on the budget was going on, there was a contest between BJP vs BJP in the house. In the House, BJP member Pratap Abhyankar said that injustice has been done in distributing funds to the opposition during the tenure of Congress. Despite getting the funds, the Bhoomi Pujan program is more visible only to the Congress workers. On this, BJP member of Rajurwadi circle Sanjay Ghulakshe said that even when the Congress was in power, he got a lot of funds while being a BJP member. He also thanked President Bablu Deshmukh. Some members could not stop their smile as the BJP vs BJP contest was seen in the House.