Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to receive an additional Rs 5,314 crore compared to last fiscal from the Centre towards net proceeds from taxes and duties. This is almost 17 per cent higher in terms of revenue earnings from the state.

Sources said in 2018-19, Odisha is likely to get Rs 36,585 crore against Rs 31,272 crore in 2017-18. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley indicated this in his budget speech in Parliament on Thursday.

The state will also get adequate support in centrally-sponsored schemes though debate is still on whether farmers in Odisha would get their rightful share following budget provision to increase the minimum support price (MSP) of all crops, including paddy by 1.5 times.

The reason behind state's suspicion is that while its farmers spend nearly Rs 2,340 on production of one quintal of paddy, the Centre maintains that in Odisha the amount is only Rs 1,327 per quintal of paddy. However, the Odisha government has contested the Centre's claim. If the Centre sticks to its stand, a farmer will get Rs 1,993 per quintal of paddy. But the state's demand is that farmers here should get Rs 2,930 per quintal of paddy.

Besides the MSP controversy, the state is likely to benefit by getting more funds under several central schemes such as Green Revolution, White Revolution and Blue Revolution as the respective allocations have been hiked by 24 per cent, 36 per cent and 113 per cent, respectively. Odisha is expected to get its due share from the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana as the Centre has hiked the allocation by 27 per cent under the scheme.

The Centre also plans to set up a new science city in Odisha to popularise science. In order to fight Left-wing extremism, the Centre plans to give special central assistance in advance to the tune of Rs 28.57 crore per district for three years for undertaking various infrastructure development programmes such as buildings schools, anganwadi centres, primary health centres, drinking water supply and meet the critical gaps of emergent nature. It will also get funds under the crime and criminal tracking network and systems.

The budget has also issued token money under the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve for construction of caverns in Chandikhole and construction of gas trunk pipelines in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack under Jagdishpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dhamra Natural Gas Pipeline. Odisha is also set to get more gas connections under Ujjwala scheme.

Though the Odisha government had demanded an allocation of Rs 6,500 crore in the 2018-19 railway budget for the development of railways in the state, it has not yet been known about the quantum and kind of assistance the Centre will give.

"It will be known on February 5 when the demand for railways will be taken up in Parliament," an official said.

The government is hopeful that funds will be allocated funds for ongoing Balangir-Titlagarh road, Sambalpur- Hirakud, Balangir-Deogaon, Boinda-Rairakhol and Sambalpur and a few other railway projects.