MUMBAI: The Maha Vikas Aghadi government on Monday tabled supplementary budget demands worth over Rs 23,149 crore for the year 2021-22 in both the legislative assembly and the council on Monday.
Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who heads the finance department, tabled the demands in the house. Of the total Rs 23,149 crore, the state has earmarked Rs 3,644 crore for the public health department.
Of this, a sum of Rs 1400 crore has been earmarked for the procurement of medicines and equipment required for Covid-19 treatment. Rs 1,200 crore has been kept aside for payment of interest against the loan raised for the Mumbai-Nagpur expressway, while Rs 1,150 crore is meant for construction of roads and bridges under the annuity scheme.
