RAIPUR, March 6 -- The Chhattisgarh Assembly on Friday passed budgetary demands of Rs 7,785.76 crores for the departments held by cabinet Minister Ravindra Choubey, who said there was a 13 percent rise in allocation to agriculture.
The budgetary demands were for the agriculture, water resources, animal husbandry, fisheries and parliamentary affairs departments for fiscal 2021-22.
The budget for agriculture is Rs 4,604.53 crores, animal husbandry Rs 473.82 crores, fisheries Rs 82.38 crores, agriculture resource & education Rs 255 crores, water resources Rs 1,139.47 crores, minor irrigation construction works Rs 453.98 crores, water resources with NABARD assistance related projects Rs 699.06 crores and foreign funded assistance Rs 7 crores....