Governor seeks region-wise figures of plan expenditure since 2010-11 by July


By Kartik Lokhande 
Despite repeated directives since 2011, the State Government had not made available to the Governor’s office the region-wise figures of non-plan developmental expenditure. It had submitted only the figures of non-plan expenditure. He has asked the Government to comply with the directives by July this year.
Taking serious cognisance of this non-compliance of his directives, the Governor has now directed that the figures for region-wise Plan expenditure and non-Plan developmental expenditure shall be published annually within three months of the end of respective financial year.
To ensure transparency in budgets, the Governor has directed, these figures shall be put online and updated in real time by using ‘appropriate interventions’. The Governor has directed Planning Department to publish the figures of region-wise plan expenditure since 2010-11 and indicate the extent of ‘shortfalls or diversions’ between regions. Similarly, he has sought the figures of region-wise non-Plan development expenditure for last three years. The Governor has sought compilation of the past years’ region-wise Plan and non-Plan developmental expenditure figures by July.
Further, the Governor has reiterated that all attempts need to be made to re-classify the items of expenditure in a way to ensure that no divisible item is ‘wrongly considered’ to be a non-divisible item. The details of this exercise shall be completed and submitted to the Governor by July, state the directives.

‘Meet NPV, other expenses
from VIDC funds first’
In his directives, the Governor has provided some relief to Vidarbha region, where costs of irrigation projects are inflated mainly because of payment of Net Present Value (NPV) for diversion of forest land. The Governor has directed that though the requirement of NPV and other charges have to be met from non-divisible outlay, the same should first be met from the funds available with Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) as per requirement, and subsequently accounted for as non-divisible expenditure in the next annual plan.

‘State should submit views on
Kelkar Committee report’
In the latest directives, the Governor has sought the views of the State Government on the Report of High Level Committee on Balanced Regional Development Issues in Maharashtra -- popularly known as Kelkar Committee report. The Governor has ‘expected’ the State Government to consider the report and its recommendations including the proposed principles of allocation, and submit its views expeditiously, for his consideration. 

(Filed on March 18, 2015) 

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