Despite facing inconvenience due to rivalry within the party, Vijay Bahuguna led State Government has managed to spend ` 5525 crore of plan budget in the year 2012-13 against `4625 crore in the year 2011-12. The State Government’s non-plan expenditure has also increased by 17.50 percent.
Even State receipt has also increased by 12.63 crore. This was disclosed by the State Chief Secretary Alok Kumar Jain while talking to media persons in secretariat on Wednesday. This figure may increase because Accountant general verified figures yet to come.
Jain further said that this was the highest plan expenditure since the formation of the State. Quality of plan expenditure has shown considerable improvement, as the expenditure under capital head showed an appreciable increase within the total plan expenditure.
In which capital plan expenditure, which happens in asset building, to total plan expenditure is 43.39 percent in 2010-11; 49.83 percent in
2011-12 and `54.75 percent in 2012-13. Expenditure under centrally sponsored schemes has shown a considerable increase. The expenditure during financial year 2011-12 was `1494.66 crore and during 2012-13 state spent `2016.04 crore, which is an increase of `521.38 crore. In non plan expenditure was `15085 crore in the 2012-13 against `12837.90 crore in the year 2011-12.
With this total expenditure during financial year 2012-13 was `20610 crore including `15085 non plan and `5525 plan budget. It was an increase of 18.20 percent against the financial year 2011-12 which was `17463.52 crore.
Besides expenditure state has also registered 17 percent increase in VAT collection, which was reported `4261 crore against the `3643.51 crore in the financial year 2011-12. Under Excise collection state has registered phenomenal growth i.e. Rs 1092 crore in the financial year 2012-13 while it was mere `843.65 crore in the financial year 2011-12. Even state has witnessed 24 percent increase in the collection through stamp and registration. In the financial year 2012-13 it was reported `648 crore while it was `524.05 crore in the year 2011-12.