उत्तराखंड राज्य बजट 2021-22 विश्लेषण

मुख्य बातें

• Total expenditure rebounded to approximately Rs 47,500 crore as the economy recovered from the COVID-19 shock and deferred infrastructure projects resumed.
• Revenue receipts recovered to Rs 39,000 crore, with own tax revenue reaching Rs 13,800 crore on the back of pent-up demand and resumed economic activity.
• The devastating second COVID wave in April-May 2021 hit Uttarakhand hard, with oxygen shortages and overwhelmed hospitals in Dehradun and Haridwar.
• The 2021 Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, held during the second wave despite concerns, became a super-spreader event that drew national criticism.
• Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat was replaced by Tirath Singh Rawat in March 2021, who was in turn replaced by Pushkar Singh Dhami in July 2021.
• Tourism recovery began in the second half with 25 million visitors, led by domestic revenge travel to hill stations and pilgrimage sites.
• Char Dham highway construction resumed at full pace with Rs 4,500 crore spent as the project approached 60% physical completion.
• Education spending at Rs 8,200 crore included Rs 500 crore for school reopening protocols and learning loss remediation programmes.
• Health expenditure surged to Rs 5,800 crore, including Rs 2,000 crore for COVID treatment, vaccination drives, and oxygen plant installation.
• GST compensation of Rs 3,500 crore from the centre was critical for fiscal stability as the compensation mechanism entered its final year.
• Industrial production recovered fully with the pharmaceutical sector maintaining pandemic-era elevated output while other sectors rebounded.
• PMAY-Gramin achieved 80,000 cumulative house completions, with the construction activity generating significant rural employment.
• Revenue deficit improved to Rs 2,500 crore as revenue recovery outpaced expenditure growth.
• Fiscal deficit at Rs 6,000 crore was approximately 4.5% of GSDP, elevated but improving from the 2020-21 crisis level.
• Uttarakhand's Chamoli disaster in February 2021 — a glacial burst on the Rishiganga — killed over 200 people and destroyed two hydropower projects worth Rs 2,500 crore.