Bhubaneswar, Nov 20 (PTI) Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari on Friday presented the first supplementary statement of expenditure of Rs 11,200 crore for the 2020-21 fiscal.

The approach in this year's supplementary budget is "re-prioritisation" of allocations, with the COVID-19 pandemic at the centre of focused efforts, Pujari said.

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The supplementary provision of Rs 11,200 crore comprises Rs 2,273 crore towards administrative expenditure, Rs 7,438 crore towards programme expenditure, Rs 1,484 crore on disaster management funds and Rs 5 crore dedicated to transfer to local bodies, the minister said.

Explaining the requirement of the supplementary budget, Pujari said the annual budget for 2020-21 fiscal was prepared before the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Therefore, the state government had to readjust its priorities from building a "new Odisha" to "saving lives and livelihood" amid the coronavirus crisis.

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