The Maharashtra government on Monday tabled supplementary demands of ₹ 75,286.38 crore in the legislative assembly, with a major share of the proposed spending directed towards farmer relief, subsidies and social welfare schemes.

The state’s public debt currently stands at ₹ 9.32 lakh crore.

Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar placed the supplementary demands before the House on the first day of the week-long winter session of the state legislature.

With the latest proposals, the total supplementary demands placed by the current government stand at ₹ 1,73,019 crore.

The government has allocated ₹ 15,648 crore for compensation and financial assistance to rain and flood-affected farmers, and ₹ 9,250 crore for electricity tariff subsidies for agriculture pumps,

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