Andhra Pradesh agricultural budget has been analysed in this file, in 2012

1. AGRICULTURAL
BUDGET: LOOKING
WITHIN
FEBRUARY, 2012
D. Narasimha Reddy

2. Allocations for Agriculture
Agriculture Animal
and Irrigation Husbandry/ Sericulture
cooperation Livestock
Dairy Rural
Horticulture Forestry
Development Development
Marketing Civil supplies

3. AP Agricultural Budget: Trends
3000
Allocations 2500
are
2000
increasing
from 1500 TOTAL
Rs.1440 NON-PLAN
1000 PLAN
crores in
Total CSS
2009-10 to 500
Rs.2623 0
crores in 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
2011-12 B.E B.E B.E

4. AP Agricultural Budget: Trends
Expenditure
3000
Expenditure
has declined 2500
from 2000
Rs.2795.37
crores in 1500
Expenditure
2008-09 to
1000
Rs.1688.79
crores 500
0
2008-09 2009-10

5. Trends: Allocation, revision and
spending
Allocatio Spendin
Revision
n g

6. Trends: Allocation, revision and
spending
1600
Non-plan 1400
declined from
allocation, re 1200
vision and
1000
spending
B.E 2009-10
800
Plan R.E 2009-10
allocation 600 Accounts 2009-10
increased 400
marginally
from 200
allocation to
0
revision.
NON-PLAN PLAN
Spending
was much
higher

7. Accounts Accounts B.E B.E B.E R.E R.E
2008-09 2009-10 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2009-10 2010-11
PLAN 2560.31 1409.9 1116.75 1443.03 2148.64 1143.05 1513.74
AGRICULTURE 2132.04 1072.88 812.32 1060.54 1467.8 808.75 1118.64
HORTICULTURE 101.78 124.88 112.53 179.79 390.81 167.4 190.98
SERICULTURE, 2.62 2.13 3.72 3.9 13.8 3.72 5.31
DIRECTOR OF
MARKETING 48.35 1.83 0 0 0 0 0
RAIN SHADOW
AREAS DEV.
DEPARTMENT 3.19 1.25 31 1 1 6 1

8. Trends: Allocation and percentage
5000
4500 4340.12
4000
3500 3210.3
3028.44
3000 2813.6
2569.5
2500
1838.74 1917.2
2000 1680.34
1526.52
1500 1189.7 1293.11
889.15
1000
500
1.64 5.44 3.02 1.62 4.56 2.66 1.73 5.28 2.89 1.88 5.92 3.38
0
Non-Plan Plan Total Non-Plan Plan Total Non-Plan Plan Total Non-Plan Plan Total
Accounts 2009-10 B.E 2010-11 R.E 2010-11 B.E 2011-12
Allocation Percent

9. CAG Report
 There were considerable variations between
budget estimates and actuals in several
parameters.
 Central Government has been transferring a
sizeable quantum of funds directly to the State
implementing agencies (Rs.12,174 crore
during the year) , with no monitoring

10. Direct Funds from Centre to State 2010-
11
Scheme Amount in crores
Micro irrigation 240
National Horticultural Mission 105
National Food security Mission 119
Special package for 31 suicide prone dists 23
National project for cattle and buffalo breeding 10
Integrated watershed development programme - DRDA 28
Integrated watershed development prog 120

11. CAG Report
 There are 28 major irrigation projects to be completed
– cost escalation is by 26,824.53 crores
 There are 21 medium irrigation projects to be
completed – cost diffrential is Rs.1673 crores
 Savings by agriculture department from grants Rs.561
crores (21%), from Rs.2636 crores (revenue voted)
 Amount surrendered Rs.22.51 crores by agriculture
dept
 There is excess spending (2401-00-001-03) Rs.119
crores – crop husbandry/district offices

12. CAG Report
 Pending Detailed Contingent (DC) bills Rs.692.83
crores (no. of Abstract Contingent (AC) bills 686) – 76
percent
 Bottom-up approach in budget preparation is ignored
 Expenditure in March 2011 was 21%, in last quarter
35%
 errors in budgeting, lumpsum provisions made without
clarity of purpose (only to be surrendered later),
excess expenditure over allocation, expenditure
without budget provision etc.