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The state finance department has invited online proposals from all administrative departments, indicating their fund requirement for the Budget for 2015-16.
The departments are required to submit their proposals latest by December 5. The departments that have already furnished the requirement of funds in hard copy are also requested to process the same online within this deadline.
“You are requested to furnish the requirement of funds in respect of State Plan including central share and state share of centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) relating to your department for the Annual Plan 2015-16 online to this department latest by December 5 for facilitating finalization of the Plan ceiling,” P K Biswal, joint secretary (finance) wrote to secretaries of all departments.
The state government has decided to process the proposals of funding and communication of Plan ceiling of individual administrative departments for the Annual Plan 2015-16 online through BETA software developed by the finance department. Last week, the state government unveiled its Supplementary Budget for this fiscal with the size pegged at Rs 4,502.34 crore and containing a special provision of Rs 300 crore towards contribution to the corpus fund announced previously to compensate depositors duped by unscrupulous chit fund players.
The Supplementary Budget has net provision of Rs 4,502.34 crore and gross provision of Rs 5,253.87 crore. The state’s full Budget for the fiscal had gross provision of Rs 81,720.95 crore and net provision of Rs 80,139.58 crore.
The Supplementary provision of Rs 4,502.34 crore is to be financed by tied up resources to the extent of Rs 2,662.57 crore, surrender of provision in grants and appropriations to the extent of Rs 1,265.47 crore and Rs 574.30 crore through savings and surrenders towards the end of the financial year.
The outlay for the Non-Plan sector has been pegged at Rs 2,536.87 crore, out of which an amount of Rs 300 crore will go towards contribution to the corpus fund for protection of interest of depositors. The Non-Plan component also includes Rs 250 crore provided for special calamity assistance to farmers for procurement of paddy, Rs 54.59 crore towards relief expenditure, Rs 1,475.16 crore towards repayment liability and balance Rs 457.12 crore towards salary and other expenditure.
