The programme envisages creation of additional irrigation potential of more than one crore acres besides stabilising 21.75 lakh acres. Of the total annual plan, 48.59 percent will be spent on irrigation and about 30 percent on the social sector.

The minister announced the implementation of the two new electoral promises of the Congress government, increasing free electricity supply to the farmers from seven hours to nine hours a day and enhancing the quantity of Rs.2 per kg rice from four kilograms a person to 6 kilograms.

The subsidy on free electricity to the farmers has been increased to Rs.60.4 billion from Rs.23.85 billion last year.

While the state's GSDP was more than 10 percent in the last four years, it came down to 5.53 percent in 2008-09.

Rosaiah said due to this, the shortfall in revenue receipts and capital receipts during the years was likely to be substantial but the central government has enhanced the limit of fiscal deficit up to 4 percent of the GSDP in order to make more funds available to the states for implementing key infrastructure projects.

While the health sector on the whole has got an allocation of Rs.38.21 billion, the finance minister has allocated Rs.9.25 billion for Rajiv Aarogyasri, the community health insurance scheme for poor.