The State Government on Thursday claimed that it has utilised 46 per cent of the State Plan allocations by October-end, registering an increase of 18.37 per cent in spending compared to the corresponding period of the last fiscal.
This was revealed at the all Secretaries’ meeting held under chairmanship of Chief Secretary AP Padhi at the State Secretariat here. Finance Special Secretary Ashok Kumar Meena presented updates for discussion.
The Chief Secretary directed all departments to keep close watch over the field-level implementation of the flagship programmes.
He directed to develop mobile apps for the public services notified under the Odisha Rights to Public Services Act so that citizens can easily apply from their own mobiles. He also advised to transact more number of files through OSAWAS and minimise the use of hard files.
It was revealed that around `20,872 crore has been utilized under the State Plan by October-end, 2016, which is around 46 per cent of the total Plan Budget estimate. The utilisation in agriculture and allied sectors has been around 49 per cent of the budget estimate. The department’s expenditure has increased by 5 per cent over the expenditure of corresponding period of the last fiscal.
Similarly, the infrastructure spending has also gone up to around 56 per cent marking a growth of around 2 per cent over the corresponding period of the last year. Social sector spending has also touched `8,373 crore marking an increase of around four per cent.
The total revenue collection up to October, 2016 was around `15,153 crore.
The Chief Secretary advised the revenue earning departments to scale up revenue collection to meet higher expenditure in infrastructure and agriculture sectors.