What is the total budget presented for Puducherry for the fiscal year 2025-26?

The Correct Answer is ​₹13,600 crore.

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• Puducherry CM N Rangasamy presents Rs13,600 crore budget for fiscal 2025-26.

Key Points

• Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy presented a budget of ₹13,600 crore for the fiscal year 2025-26.
• Own revenue receipts for Puducherry are estimated at ₹7,641.40 crore, while central assistance (including the State Disaster Relief Fund) is expected to be ₹3,432.18 crore.
• The budget includes ₹25 crore for the Central Road Fund and ₹400 crore under Centrally Sponsored Schemes.
• Major allocations in the budget:
  • ₹2,650 crore for salaries
  • ₹1,566 crore for pensions
  • ₹1,867 crore for loan repayments and interest
  • ₹2,546 crore for purchase of power
• ₹2,110 crore has been earmarked for major welfare schemes like the Free Rice Scheme, subsidies for farmers, old age pensions, financial assistance to women heads of households, and LPG cylinder subsidies.
• 30,000 youth will be trained under the Chief Minister’s Skill Development Programme.
• The MLA-LAD fund has been enhanced to ₹3 crore.
• A Multiproduct Tourism Zone will be set up at Manapet village.
• The Mid-day Meal Programme will be expanded to provide eggs to school children on all working days.
• Monthly financial assistance for Women Heads of BPL families will be increased from ₹1,000 to ₹2,500.
• ₹20 crore is allocated for the first-stage land acquisition to expand the runway at Puducherry Airport.
• Welfare measures for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) include:
  • ₹3,000 monthly assistance for unmarried or widowed SC/ST women.
  • ₹5,000 crore for SC/ST orphaned children.
• The new bus stand at ECR in Oulgaret Municipality will be named after Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to mark his centenary year.