An additional fund of Rs 100 crore is created for this purpose alone. With employment industries expected to exceed 3.5 lakh (again, in terms of direct employment), a budgetary allocation of Rs 71 crore has been earmarked. Around 90 per cent of the villages and townships have been brought under the electrification scheme and 85 per cent of the state is equipped with constant supply of potable water. The health infrastructure of the rural areas is undergoing farther expansion and upgradation.
In all the finance minister of the state Left Front government has placed a pro-poor, development oriented budget that carries a deficit of just Rs two crore, which is to be covered through taxing the financially able groups.
