Chandigarh: In large assistance to the UT government, the Ministry of Finance the central government has raised a discount of 20% in the budget.
Restrictions are charged for two quarters – April to June and July to September – because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“We received an official letter from the Ministry last week.
All UT departments will be issued a letter in one or two days, allowing them to spend money in the area needed after removing the ceiling.
Calculation and other related processes will be initiated by the Ministry of Finance, keeping the area Priority so far remembers expenses, “said a senior official.
The center has released a financial grant of Rs 5,186.12 Crore for the financial year of 2021-2022 to UT.
The quarter quarter quarter comes to Rs 1,296 Crore.
By not possible to spend 20% of these numbers, UT faced setbacks around Rs 260 Crore in each quarter.
Previously, the main focus of expenditure was only on the wages, salaries and obligations that were committed.
As a result, development work ends.
“Obligations that are committed such as salaries, wages, bills, and costs that cannot be avoided are the previous priority area.
Development work has been affected.
Now, we hope the works of traffic will get speed and at the end of this financial year, several ongoing projects or the planned work will see progress, “said the source.