HIGHLIGHTS OF BUDGET

 Levy and green tax on tea leaves exempted for another three years.

 Restructuring of excise duties for all categories of liquor.

 To take up a new flyover project on Mancota Road at Dibrugarh.

 To take up a new elevated road over the GNB Road in Guwahati.

 Two new airports – one in Karbi Anglong and the other at Silchar – proposed.

 The government will bring 436 TE schools under its management.

 The introduction of a robotic surgery unit in the state cancer institute at GMCH proposed.

 Development of customized industrial policy.

 Boosting tea and river tourism.

 A new football stadium and synthetic track proposed.

 Different fee slabs proposed for shops in urban areas.

 Three municipal service cadres – administrative, engineering and financial— proposed.

Where rupee comes from...

 State tax revenue: Rs 22,385 crore.

 Non-tax revenue: Rs 6,677 crore.

 Share of central taxes: Rs 25,545 crore.

 Centrally sponsored schemes: Rs 30,414 crore.

 Finance Commission grants: Rs 10,515 crore.

 Other grants and transfer: Rs 4,128 crore.

 Public debt: Rs 19,354 crore.

 Recoveries of loans: Rs 12 crore.

Where rupee goes to...

 General services: Rs 36,900 crore

 Social services: Rs 43,479 crore

 Economic services: Rs 15,251 crore

 Public debt: Rs 2,723 crore

 Transfer to contingency fund: Rs 1,800 crore

 Loan and advance: Rs 290 crore

 Grants-in-aid: Rs 737 crore

 The capital account of economic services: Rs 11,020 crore

 Capital account on social services: Rs 4,032 crore

 The capital account of general services: Rs 3,319 crore

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