The provision of online budget allocation and e-payment has begun in the State. Even districts plan budget worth of `750 crore has been allotted to the district magistrates. DM will allocate the budget in different heads after getting approval from District Planning committee (DPC). As per the new project, the DMs have been given the district plan budget. Earlier, the money was being allotted through the department secretary of administration department. Now, the money has been directly transferred online by the finance department. This was disclosed in a meeting chaired by the chief secretary Subhash Kumar with all the DMs through video conferencing on Wednesday.
The Additional Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary Finance Rakesh Sharma said that the budget allocation process has been simplified. The procedure of e-payment has been implemented. All DMs have been provided with log-in IDs and passwords. The DMs have also been empowered to allocate the budget in different heads. After the approval of District Planning Committee (DPC), the DMs will be able to get the work done. The DPC's decision will be considered final and No department officer will be able to interfere in district planning.
RC Aggarwal, Director, Treasury, gave detailed information to all DMs. The bills will be generated online and payment will be done after giving pin number. This update will also be given through SMS. During the meeting Principal Secretary Planning S Ramaswamy, Principal Secretary social welfare S Raju, Secretary finance Bhaskaranand, Commissioner Garhwal CS Napchyal, Secretary Vinod Fonia, Additional Secretary PWD Arvind Singh Hayanki, Additional Secretary Food Ravinath Raman, Additional Secretary finance lM Pant, MS Joshi and other senior officials were present.