The State Government is spending a major part of tax and nontax amount towards payment of salary, allowance, pension and office expenses.
This was revealed from information furnished in the State Assembly by Finance Minister Shashi Bhushan Behera in response to a question of BJP MLA Dilip Ray on Monday.
The Minister informed that in 2017-18 the State Government paid a total of Rs 18,335.58 crore towards salary and allowance, Rs 8,692.86 crore towards pension and Rs 454.23 crore towards office expenses. During the current year, the Government has targeted to spend Rs 27,240 crore towards salary and allowance, Rs 11,912 crore towards pension and Rs 492.75 crore towards office expenses, totaling at Rs 39,645.02 cr .
So far, the State Government has collected a total tax of Rs 9,448.49 crore and nontax of Rs 3,600.18 crore against targets of Rs 28,550 core and Rs 10,300 crore, respectively, set for the current year, the Minister informed.
Earlier, during six years from 2010-11 to Rs 2015-16, the State Government had collected tax and nontax of Rs 1,43,378.54 crore and as spent a total of Rs 1,13,789.71 crore towards salary, allowance, pension and office expenses.