To announce large sum of money is not important, it must be spent for state’s development: LoP Naveen Patnaik on Odisha Budget 2025-26
To announce large sum of money in the budget is not important but it has to be spent for the development of the State, said Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik while reacting over the Odisha Budget 2025-26, presented by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at the State assembly today.
Bhubaneswar: To announce large sum of money in the budget is not important but it has to be spent for the development of the State, said Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik while reacting over the Odisha Budget 2025-26, presented by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at the State assembly today.
While speaking to the newsmen about the State Budget 2025-26, the former CM said, “A very large sum of money from the last budget has still not been spent. Industrial growth is going down, so as the finances of our state. It seems the double engine government is going in reverse scale. The prices of the essential commodities are affecting everyone. The suicides of the farmers continue. Women are not getting work in Mission Shakti. Unemployment is spiraling.”
“To announce large sum of money in the budget is not important. What has to be done is the expenditure of those sums for the development of our state. I repeat again that this is a budget which must be spent. We will watch and see what is to be done,” he added.
It is to be noted here that CM Mohan Charan Majhi presented 2025-26 State Budget of 2,90,000 Crore at the State Assembly today which included 16 new initiatives.
Have a look at department-wise allocation in Odisha Budget 2025-26:
- Home: Rs 10759.90 Crore
- General Administration & PG (GA): Rs 740.78 Crore
- Revenue and Disaster Management (Revenue): Rs 1913.28 Crore
- Law: Rs 1059.44 Crore
- Finance: Rs 63511.91 Crore
- Commerce: Rs 308.81 Crore
- Works: Rs 12000.00 Crore
- Odisha Legislative Assembly: Rs 144.62 Crore
- Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare: Rs 1537.77 Crore
- School and Mass Education: Rs 31185.47 Crore
- ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare: Rs 6436.10 Crore
- Health and Family Welfare: Rs 22741.21 Crore
- Housing and Urban Development: Rs 9973.57 Crore
- Labour & Employees State Insurance: Rs 373.22 Crore
- Sports and Youth Services: Rs 1319.79 Crore
- Planning and Convergence: Rs 2808.22 Crore
- Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water: Rs 28451.31 Crore
- PG&PA: Rs 2.96 Crore
- Industries: Rs 808.15 Crore
- Water Resources: Rs 14894.21 Crore
- Transport: Rs 3794.88 Crore
- Forest and Environment & Climate Change: Rs 1491.49 Crore
- Agriculture & Farmer’s Empowerment: Rs 14700.71 Crore
- Steel and Mines: Rs 404.39 Crore
- Information and Public Relations: Rs 160.70 Crore
- Excise: Rs 244.99 Crore
- Science and Technology: Rs 353.22 Crore
- Rural Development: Rs 10020.12 Crore
- Parliamentary Affairs: Rs 74.71 Crore
- Energy: Rs 3962.33 Crore
- Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts: Rs 266.58 Crore
- Tourism: Rs 820.08 Crore
- Fisheries and ARD: Rs 1909.12 Crore
- Co-operation: Rs 2276.96 Crore
- Public Enterprises: Rs 11.04 Crore
- Women and Child Development: Rs 15222.85 Crore
- E & Information Technology: Rs 688.83 Crore
- Higher Education: Rs 3655.83 Crore
- Skill Development and Technical Education: Rs 1784.54 Crore
- Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Department: Rs 758.86 Crore
- Department of Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability: Rs 9120.66 Crore
- Revenue and Disaster Management (Disaster Management): Rs 4049.85 Crore
- Odisha Language, Literature and Culture: Rs 438.11 Crore
- Mission Shakti: Rs Rs 2770.23 Crore
