Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena reviewed the work progress of various departments at a meeting of all secretaries held at Kharavela Bhawan on Wednesday.
Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Secretary Anu Garg, all additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Commissioner-cum Secretaries of different departments were present in the review meeting.
Discussion was held on the achievement of different departments for the month of September 2023.
The fiscal performance of the State and individual departments during the first half of FY 2023-24 was discussed.
Total expenditure as a percentage of Budget provision is 34.87% compared to 25.61% during the same period the previous year. Sector-wise programme expenditure was also reviewed.
Fisheries & ARD Department has achieved a growth of 158% over the previous year’s expenditure during the same period of the previous year. In the Infrastructure sector, the Energy Department has registered the highest growth of 2400 percent.
Own Tax revenue has achieved significant growth of 14.59% up to September 2023 over the previous year due to good performance by GST and ED.
As the Appropriation Bill for the Supplementary Budget, 2023-24 has been passed in the Assembly, all the departments have been instructed to take expeditious steps to utilize additional provisions without resorting to unnecessary parking outside the State Exchequer.
Officials were advised to expedite the process for disposal of pension cases.
