Odisha government presented a budget of Rs 2.65 lakh cr budget for FY25

Odisha government presented a budget of Rs 2.65 lakh cr budget for FY25.
This year’s budget of the Odisha government was more focused on agriculture and women’s empowerment.
The budget for FY25 is around 15 per cent more than the budgetary estimate of Rs 2.30 lakh crore for 2023–24.
Rs 33,919 crore has been allocated for agriculture, which is about 36 per cent more than the allocation made in the previous year.
Rs 5,000 crore has been allocated for the “Samrudha Krushak Yojana” for farmers.
A new scheme ‘CM Kisan’ for farmers with an outlay of Rs 1,935 crore has been announced in the budget.
The state government has decided to implement the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).
The government renamed ‘Biju Setu Yojana’ as ‘Setu Bandhan Yojana’, while ‘Make in Odisha’ was changed to ‘Utkarsh Utkal’.
The government has renamed many schemes like KALIA, ‘Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana’ (BSKY) and ‘Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana’ (BPGY).
The state government has renamed the KALIA scheme as ‘CM-KISAN’.
A corpus fund of Rs 500 crore has been created for the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA).