No curb in Central fund for District Councils: Dy CM
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 26 2015:
Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam has affirmed that there had been no instances of Centre withholding fund allocation for development works executed under the District Councils owing to non-submission of utilization certificate.
The Deputy Chief Minister who also holds the Tribal Affairs and Hills portfolio made the clarification during discussion on a Calling Attention motion raised by Opposition MLA Th Shyamkumar on Thursday.
Gaikhangam informed that the Centre had sanctioned a sum of Rs 51 crore meant to be paid in several installments for taking up development works in the hill districts through the respective District Councils.
The State had so far received upto the third installment after submission of utilization certificates for previous installments and only around Rs 12-15 crore remained to be sanctioned.