The introduction of Cash Management System has worked wonders for ten departments of the state government. The expenditure levels of these departments have shown a significant increase in the April-December period of the current financial year compared to the same period of 2009-10.
The sharpest rise in expenditure was clocked by the department of women & child development whose expenditure in the first three quarters of 2010-11 stood at Rs 1338.41 crore, a surge of 110.2 per cent over Rs 636.71 crore recorded in the same period of the last fiscal.
Similarly, the expenditure of water resources department went up from Rs 920.22 crore to Rs 1276.65 crore, an increase of 38.73 per cent.
"The Cash Management System was introduced in ten departments of the state government in the current fiscal. These departments have recorded significant increase in expenditure in the April-December period of this fiscal”, state finance minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadai said in a written response to a query in the state assembly.
The departments where the system was introduced are School & Mass Education, Rural Development, Housing & Urban Development, Health & Family Welfare, Panchayati Raj, Water Resources, Agriculture, Women & Child Development, Higher Education and Works.
The department of School & Mass Education achieved an expenditure of Rs 3226.76 crore which is a growth of 25.13 per cent over Rs 2578.71 crore recorded by the same department in the corresponding period of last fiscal.
Similarly, the expenditure of rural development department moved up from Rs 530.15 crore to Rs 706.02 crore, registering an increase of 33.17 per cent.
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The department of housing & urban development recorded a marginal rise in expenditure from Rs 540.54 crore to Rs 555.43 crore.
For health & family welfare department, the expenditure rose from Rs 671.07 crore to Rs 836.12 crore, marking a growth of 24.59 per cent.
The Panchayati Raj department moved up its expenditure level from Rs 858.49 crore to Rs 1066.12 crore, meaning a rise of 24.18 per cent.