Amat to present Odisha Budget for 2017-18

Highlights

• Finance Minister Pradeep Kumar Amat will present the annual Budget for 2017-18 on Monday
• Finance Minister is likely to place a Budget of around Rs 1.06 lakh crore

Bhubaneswar: Finance Minister Pradeep Kumar Amat will present the annual Budget for 2017-18 in Odisha Assembly here on Monday.

The Budget size would be bigger than that of the last fiscal year. It would focus on social sectors and revenue generation, said sources.

The Minister is likely to place a Budget of around Rs 1.06 lakh crore.

The state government expects to collect revenues of Rs 89k crore from different sources. It would incur over Rs 17,000 crore to meet the Budget spending. It may go for loan to meet the Budget spending, said sources.