KOKRAJHAR, APRIL 5: The house of the Bodoland Territorial Council Legislative Assembly has passed Rs.2121.8490 crores with surplus amounts Rs. 11.58 crores during the budget session of the Bodoland Territorial Council Legislative Assembly (BTCLA) for the financial year 2023-24 on the second day of the budget session on Wednesday.
The session was chaired by Katiram Boro, speaker of Bodoland Territorial Council Legislative Assembly (BTCLA).
The house of the BTCLA has passed the budget for the financial year 2023-24 which has been emphasizing for bringing healthy development and better governance of the BTC in days to come.
Notably, Chief executive member of BTC, Pramod Boro, who also holds the Finance department, on Tuesday presented a normal budget estimates of BTC of 2133.4292 crores against the estimated receipt of Rs 2121.8490 crore estimated expenditure and Rs. 11.58 crores as surplus amount for the financial year 2023-24 for consideration of the house.
In his budget speech, CEM Boro conveyed his gratitude to the Prime Minister and Chief Minister for providing special financial assistance to BTC to accelerate the development activities in the Bodoland Territorial Region.
The BTC chief said an amount of Rs 1042.72 crore included in the state budget for 2023-24 has not been included in the receipt of the Council budget as per norms stipulated by the Principal Accountant General of Assam. Presenting the budget, Boro said after an era of uncertainties and economic stagnation, the Council has now set the motion of Bodoland Territorial Region towards better public services through right prioritization and quality of public expenditure.
During the budget session, several sectoral allocations (SOPD) have been made under SFPD for the financial year 2023-24 which are included.PWD(98.62 crores), Agriculture (28.35 crores), Panchayat & Rural Development (51.07 crores), Health & Family welfare (76.56 crores), Forest (50.92 crores), Education)113.57 crores), Labour welfare (10.52 crores),SEED(12.75 crores), information & public relations (4.09 crores), Transport (7.14 crores) etc.
Boro while highlighting the budget of the BTCLA has been giving assurance for maintaining financial stability of the council, said that efforts had been taken to carry forward all round development of the council, along with compression of non-essential expenditure, close monitoring of various departments’ schemes with strict enforcement of financial discipline, transparency and accountability. He also mentioned about Bodoland Territorial Council Vision-2030, a road map on how sustainable development goals could be contextualised in Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) for establishment of stronger and integrated governance system.
He said that the BTC government is committed for working dedicatedly towards the welfare and integration of the region.
He informed that the BTC government so far launched various mission and visions to make healthy upliftment and development of the council through the estimated budget. He has expressed his hopeful that the BTC is getting more ushering in the field of developmental aspects in days to come.
Bodoland Territorial Region executive member Ranjit Basumatary has hailed the budget,and said that it is popular budget to make more development in Bodoland region.
BTR executive member Ghanashyam Das lauded the budget for the BTCLA which was passed by the BTCLA session, said that it is paving the way massive welfare and developmental spheres in BTC.
BTR executive member Reoreoa Narzihary has expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the CEM and in-charge of Finance department, Pramod Boro for highlighting impressive and popular budget for the Bodoland Territorial Region.
