Shimla, March 11 -- : Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented the final instalment of supplementary demands for grants for the year 2024-25 on Tuesday, amounting to Rs.17,053.78 crore.

The supplementary demands included an allocation of Rs.15,776.19 crore under state schemes and Rs.1,277.59 crore under centrally sponsored schemes.

The major expenditures proposed in the demands include Rs.10,137.07 crore for the repayment of Ways and Means Advances/Overdraft, Rs.1,033.63 crore for power subsidy, restoration of power transformers damaged during the monsoon, and loans to power sector utilities like HP Power Transmission Corporation, HP Power Corporation, HP State Electricity B...