The overall expenditure levels of all the departments of the Orissa government have shown a marked improvement in the April-December period of 2010-11 compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal.
The total expenditure, Plan and Non-Plan in the said period, at Rs 21615.73 crore was 54.18 per cent of the total provision of Rs 39896.60 crore under these heads for the current fiscal. In the last fiscal, the achievement in expenditure was 48.35 per cent till the end of December 2009.
“The total expenditure, both Plan and Non-Plan, has been 54.18 per cent till the end of December 2010 compared to 48.35 per cent in the same period of last fiscal. The total expenditure till the end of December 2010 stands at Rs 21615.73 crore compared to Rs 16921.94 crore spent till December 2009”, Prafulla Chandra Ghadai, minister for finance & excise told media persons after reviewing the performance of the different departments.
While the State Plan (SP) expenditure at Rs 5269.49 crore till the end of December 2010 is an achievement of 52.61 per cent of the SP provision of Rs 10015.47 crore for 2010-11, the Central Plan (CP) expenditure by the same period has been Rs 337.68 crore, which is an achievement of 30.86 per cent of the total CP provision of Rs 1093.94 crore for this fiscal.
Similarly, the expenditure under Centrally Sponsored Plan (CSP) has been Rs 953.77 crore, which is 52.74 per cent of the CSP provision of Rs 1808.37 crore for 2010-11.
The total Plan expenditure including SP, CP and CSP till the end of December 2010, stands at Rs 560.94 crore which is 50.79 per cent of the Total Plan provision of Rs 12917.78 crore.
The Non-Plan expenditure at Rs 15054.79 crore is an achievement of 55.80 per cent of the total Non-Plan provision of Rs 26978.81 crore for this fiscal.
It may be noted that 17 departments have overshot the expenditure level of 60 per cent in the first three quarters of this fiscal as mandated by the Cash Management System introduced by the state government.
The departments which have achieved expenditure level of more than 60 per cent are home (67.76 per cent), general administration (71.99 per cent), commerce (61.60 per cent), school & mass education (61.19 per cent), panchayatiraj (70.16 per cent), transport (63.42 per cent), forest & environment (67.77 per cent), agriculture (69.64 per cent), steel & mines (62.71 per cent), excise (62.38 per cent), rural development (62.23 per cent), textiles & handloom (69.77 per cent), cooperation (76.05 per cent), public enterprises (95.86 per cent), women & child development (60.92 per cent) and higher education (62.86 per cent).
The departments where the spending has been less than the stipulated 60 per cent till the end of December 2010 are revenue (45.62 per cent), law (44.75 per cent), finance (49.13 per cent), works (51.07 per cent), food supplies & consumer welfare (42.85 per cent), ST & SC (56.99 per cent), health & family welfare (54.35 per cent), housing & urban development (50.05 per cent), labour & employment (40.46 per cent), sports & youth affairs (54.54 per cent), planning & coordination (56.02 per cent), public grievances & pension administration (41.73 per cent), industries (38.73 per cent), water resources (42.86 per cent), information & public relations (56.62 per cent), parliamentary affairs (50.14 per cent), energy (20.35 per cent), tourism & culture (57.10 per cent), fisheries & animal resources development (52.67 per cent) and information technology (31.72 per cent).
