The total revenue collection of the State has grown by 4 per cent compared to the corresponding period of last financial year. This was known from all Secretaries meeting held under the chairmanship of outgoing Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy on Wednesday.
Reviewing fiscal performances of various departments up to November-2020 presented by Principal Secretary Finance Ashok Kumar Meena, Tripathy directed the departments to focus on faster implementation of the projects by utilising the budgeted money without parking the funds anywhere. He also directed the departments to ensure expeditious execution of the infrastructure laying and livelihood generating projects. Development Commissioner SC Mohapatra directed the departments to take regular review and monitoring of the OMBADC and DMF projects.
He added projects of around Rs 20,000 crore were being implemented in major mineral bearing districts like Angul, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Rayagada, and Sundargarh.
These projects would cater to many basic needs of the people. Further, Chief Secretary Tripathy asked the departments of Water Resources, Rural Development, Works, Housing and Urban Development to “prioritise identified strategic projects and complete those within the scheduled time”.
Principal Secretary Finance Meena assured the departments that there would be no dearth of funds for project implementation. A review showed the revenue generation from both own tax and non-tax sources grew around 4 percent by end of November, 2020 in comparison to the corresponding period of the last year. The total revenue generation from both the sources by end of November, 2019 was around Rs 28,402 crore which increased to Rs 29,411.29 crore during the current financial year.
The total Non-tax revenue during the period grew by 23.29 per cent in current fiscal in comparison to the last fiscal. The total revenue generated from non-tax sources up to November, 2019 was Rs 8,485 crore which increased to around Rs 10,462 crore during corresponding period of the current year.
On face of shutdowns and lockdowns, the total budget utilisation by end of November, 2020 reached around Rs 60,000 crore in different infrastructure, social and agriculture and allied sectors.