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Sikkim Legislative Assembly passes first demand for grants worth Rs. 35 lakhs.
The Sikkim Legislative Assembly on August 26, passed the First Supplementary Demands for grants worth Rs. 35,972.27 lakh for the financial year 2022-23 on the second and concluding day of the Sixth Session (Part II) of the Tenth Assembly 2022-2023 of Sikkim Legislative Assembly.
The grant was passed by the House to meet gross additional expenditure after it was moved for consideration and passed by Chief Minister P.S. Tamang, who is also the minister-in-charge of the Finance department, during the Financial Business session.
The details of the schemes are reflected in the corresponding state budget which has been placed in the Legislative Assembly, he added.
MLA D.R. Thapa for Home Department, Government of Sikkim, the Chief Minister, also the minister-in-charge said that "Chief Minister has distributed more than fifty-three vehicles to his supporters on a Government function". He assured that no such expenditure has been incurred from the consolidated fund of the State for the purchase of the said vehicles.
Replying to the question raised by MLA NK Subba concerning the status of the under-construction artificial lake at Uttarey, minister-in-charge of Tourism and Civil Aviation, B.S. Panth stated that a total amount of Rs. 3 crores had been sanctioned for the construction of the artificial lake which is known as Kritim Lake at Uttarey Bazaar under Maneybong-Dentam constituency and the construction work is under progress.
In reply to the question put forward by MLA D.R. Thapa for the Planning and Development department, Government of Sikkim, talking about the support extended to tourism stakeholders of the state, Chief Minister PS Tamang shared that various relief measures have been provided to the stakeholders in the sector including the provision of relief amounting to Rs. 4,53,35,000 to 9067 drivers at Rs. 5000 each through the Transport department.
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