Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena has asked the departments to take expeditious steps to utilise the additional provisions without resorting to unnecessary parking outside the State exchequer.
As the Appropriation Bill for the Supplementary Budget, 2023-24 has been voted by the Assembly and enacted on October 3, 2023, he advised the senior officials in this regard.
Jena made a review in a meeting of all Secretaries at the Kharavela Bhawan on October 4. Development Commissioner, all Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of different departments were present.
Achievements of different departments for the month of September were reviewed by the Chief Secretary.
Fiscal Performance of the State and individual departments during first half of FY 2023-24 were discussed, including progress of expenditures of DMF & OMBADC Fund.
Total expenditure as percentage of Budget provision is 34.87% compared to 25.61% during the same period previous year.
The sector-wise programme expenditure was reviewed. Fisheries & ARD Department has achieved a growth of 158% over the expenditure during the same period of previous year.
In the infrastructure sector, the Energy Department has achieved the highest growth of 2400% over the previous year. The Own Tax revenue has experienced a significant growth of 14.59% up to September over the previous year mainly on account of good performance by GST and Electricity Duty.
Disposal of pension cases was also discussed in details and it was advised to expedite the process. Follow-up action on issues discussed in All Secretaries’ meeting and Collectors’ Conference held during the month of September were also reviewed.