Jharkhand government has achieved remarkable place in revenue collection and expenditure under planning head in the current financial year. Principal Secretary, Finance and Planning Amit Khare said that the condition of expenditure has improved in comparison to previous financial year.
Khare said that Rs20,951.33 cr has been spent under planning head by March 15, 2016 which is 70.06 per cent of the revised planning budget provisions of Rs29,906.00 cr. In the last financial year 2014-15, Rs18,899.37 cr was expensed by March 31, 2015. Hence the present planning expenditure is 10.86 per cent more in comparison to previous year with 2,051.96 cr.
Khare said that in comparison to previous, a remarkable increase has been observed in revenue collection in current financial year. Different departments have collected Rs12,072.47 cr by Feb 2016 with an increased rate of 14.04 per cent.