Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday claimed that the budgetary allocation of ₹9723 crore for the development of railway infrastructure in 2022-23 in Odisha is the highest amount ever received by the state.
The minister said the allocations for Odisha in 2019-20 and 2020-21 were ₹4,568 crore and ₹5,296 crore respectively. “In 2021-22, the budgetary allocation was ₹5,921 crore and an additional allocation of ₹550 crore more was made during the revised estimate. So, the total allocation made to Odisha in 2021-22 was ₹6,471 crore,” he said, adding that this is 10 times of what the state got during the UPA rule.
