State fails to use 50% of the plan budget till Nov
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 03 2015:
Manipur Government has failed to use even 50% of the State's total plan budget though less than four months are left now for the culmination of the current financial year.
However, Planning Department has asked all the departments to submit their expenditure reports.
Sources said that Plan Review Meeting of the State was held on November 17 last chaired by the Chief Secretary.
Top officials of departments who attended the meeting tabled their expenditure reports.
Head of departments tabled the reports of activities and expenditure.
Till the month of November, State has failed to use even the 50% of the total budget for the financial year of 2015-16.The current financial year will end on March 2016 .
In the review meeting, the Chief Secretary asked the heads of departments to increase the plan expenditures and speed up the developmental schemes undertaken by the departments.
Planning department has also asked the departments to submit their expenditure reports in time, added the source.
The source further said that in the financial year of 2015-16, sectoral allocation for the departments was around Rs 3950 crore.