mumbai in a year of two elections that also saw a month of political limbo in maharashtra spending on social sector schemessuch as for education water supply sanitation rural employment and even housing was down by at least rs 30000 crore from what was planned in the 201920 budgetin a brief explanation for the shortfall government said the decrease in spending is due to austerity measures spending on education was down rs 4000 crore while for water supply and sanitation it was cut by over rs 1000 crore compared to the budget estimateor what was originally planned in 201920 the government initially budgeted rs 8213 crore for various schemes but revised the spending downwards to rs 3620 crorein the revised estimate of actual expenditureeconomist abhay pethe said the states allocation sometimes has nothing to do with its capacity to spend grand announcements are made but the finance secretary has to see what is actually in the bank before permitting projects allocation is based on the normative projection of revenue expected but when that money does not come the government is forced to come down heavily on some schemes pethe saidkapil patil mlc teachers constituency said education and health are often the first casualties in a budget cut these sectors are not seen as investments this is because in health and education there is not much scope for corruption but the impact of covid19 on chinas economy should be a warning that these sectors cannot be compromised with he saidwith inputs from hemali chhapia