Placing the Final Supplementary Estimates for Rs 21,172.82 crore, Panneerselvam, who holds the Finance portfolio said it includes various items of additional expenditure necessitated on government account in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and other urgent requirements.
Speaker P Dhanapal has convened the House on February 16 where the interim budget will be presented, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Secretary AMP Jamaludeen said in a release here. Interim budget is being presented since the state goes to polls in about three months.
Jayalalithaa took oath as Legislator in the presence of Speaker P Dhanapal in his chamber inside the Tamil Nadu Assembly. Her cabinet colleagues were also present on the occasion.