Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 10 2009:
Total expenditure from the plan amount of the current fiscal till the end of November stands at only 27.63 percent.
In this regard, a review meeting presided by Chief Minister O Ibobi was held today with Ministers and officials.
The Chief Minister issued specific instructions to the Ministers and officials to accelerate expenditure of plan amount from the current dismally low rate and to utilise the whole plan amount within two months, conveyed an official source.
The Chief Minister reportedly stated that the plan expenditure of only 27.63 percent till November was primarily because of the failure of several departments to prepare detailed project reports in time.
He also urged the Heads of department to submit utilisation certificates in time.
No amount has been spent from the SPA fund sanctioned for the current fiscal, informed the source adding that the State plan size for the next fiscal would be finalised during a meeting between the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission on January 31, next year.