While beating Covid-19 pandemic-induced shutdowns and lockdowns, the State Government has spent highest amount of Rs 26,000 crore in social sector by October.
While the Budget utilisation crossed Rs 51,000 crore by October, the highest utilisation was made in social sector.Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy directed the departments to “focus on speedy implementation of the livelihood and infrastructure laying projects.” By October end, the total revenue collection has grown by 2.27 per cent over the corresponding period of last financial year. Latest stats on revenue generation was reviewed in All Secretaries meeting held under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Tripathy here on November 10.
Principal Secretary Finance Ashok Kumar Meena presented details. A review showed, the revenue generation from both own tax and non-tax sources grew around 2.27 percent by October end in comparison to the corresponding period of the last year.
The total revenue generation from both the sources by end of October, 2019 was around Rs 25,002.84 crore which increased to Rs 25,571.42 crore during the current financial year.
The total non-tax revenue during the period grew by 23.41 per cent during the current fiscal in comparison to the last fiscal year. The total revenue generated from non-tax sources up to October 2019 was Rs7,533.26 crore which increased to Rs 9,296.60 crore during the corresponding period of the current year. Development Commissioner Suresh Chandra Mohapatra said, “Projects of around Rs 20,000 crore are being implemented under the OMBADC and the DMF."
Further, Chief Secretary Tripathy asked the departments of Water Resources, Rural Development, Works, Housing & Urban Development to “prioritize identified strategic projects and complete those within the scheduled time”. He assured the departments that there would be “no dearth of funds for project implementation”.
Tripathy also directed the departments to furnish their Budget input by December end for preparation of ensuing 2021-22 annual Budget.