Govt to review implementation of key schemes
Bhubaneswar: Amid steep fall in revenue collection, the state government intends to review the implementation of different schemes next week.
Development commissioner (DC) Suresh Mohapatra and finance secretary A K Meena would review the status of implementation of schemes on June 17 and 18. Mohapatra has asked the secretaries of 14 key departments to attend the review meeting with information relating to fund allocation and expenditure under different schemes during the 2020-21 fiscal.
Major schemes under the state forest and environment, rural development, works, water resources, housing and urban development, panchayati raj, agriculture, SC/ST development, women and child development, energy, sports and youth affairs, tourism, higher education and fisheries and animal resources development would be reviewed.
The meeting assumes significance after the Union finance ministry recently announced that there will be no new schemes this year except those announced under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan and other special packages. The finance ministry also said that the schemes already approved in the 2020-21 annual budget will stand suspended till March 31, next year.
“The state government is yet to take a call on whether to suspend any schemes or programmes despite the fact that there has been steep fall in revenue collection in April-May. The meeting is scheduled to review the status of implementation of different schemes, including centrally sponsored schemes,” said a senior government official.
The state finance department has already asked various departments to spend the state’s share cautiously under centrally sponsored schemes.
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