Telangana: Agriculture, irrigation get lion’s share in Budget

Hyderabad: The government of Telangana has hiked allocations for agriculture and allied sector and some other key departments in the state Budget 2023-24 presented on Monday.
The election year Budget, pegged at Rs 2.90 lakh crore, has no new schemes but the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) increased allocations for some of its flagship schemes.
The Budget outlay has been increased by about 13 per cent over 2022-23.
The size of last year’s Budget was Rs 2.56 lakh crore.
Also Read Telangana: Rs 2200 cr allocated for minority welfare in budget Presenting his fourth Budget and the last of the BRS government in its present term, state Finance Minister T. Harish Rao announced Rs 1,000 crore for new recruitments in government departments and Rs.500 crore for providing Infrastructure facilities to all universities.
He proposed Rs 26,831 crore for agriculture and allied departments, which along with irrigation remained priorities of the government.