Bhubaneswar, April 21: Fiscal performance of Odisha State achieved higher scales during 2015-16.
Reviewing the performance of all departments Odisha Chief Secretary AP Padhi Wednesday advised all principal secretaries and secretaries to submit brief action plans with definite targets on each of their priority agenda for the fiscal year 2016-17. The departments were also advised to make use of social media for improvement in governance and outreach extension of the Govt.
Focusing on the utility of social media Padhi said that near about 65pc of the population are below 35 years of age who could be engaged and addressed through social media more effectively. Mobile apps would also be more helpful.
Principal Secretary IT Pradeep Kumar Jena said that at present more than 30 mobile apps have been developed and put to use in various departments.
Chief Secretary further advised the departments to convert more and more public services to digital mode and put them on e-service platform. Padhi also appreciated the stand out performance of Panchayati raj department at national level in the matters of the construction of rural housing.
The department could complete more than 6.5 lakh IAY houses during 2015-16 for which Odisha became eligible to get more number of houses for current year.
Special Secretary Finance Vishal Dev presented the fiscal performance of various departments during 2015-16 which showed that the total state plan expenditure during the year has been around 40498.71 cr. recording a growth of around 35% over last year i.e.2014-15.
The total expenditure in agriculture and allied sector has been Rs.8498.27 cr which is 20.12% more than that of 2014-15. Similarly, the infrastructure sector spending has been to the tune of Rs.12122.03 cr which is 17% more than that of the previous year.
This sector has achieved 93.36% utilization of the budget outlay. The investment in social sector has been Rs.16937.25 cr which is 13.83% more than 2014-15. Keeping in tune with higher expenditure, the revenue generation has also been enhanced to the tune of Rs.30566.73 Cr which is around 10% more than that of the last fiscal.
The revenue collection from own tax sources has been Rs.22418.29 cr. The collection from non-tax sources has been Rs.30566.73 cr. In spite of the slow down in global market the royalty from mining has Rs.5716.80 cr which is around 8% more than previous year.
The departments were advised to conduct online reconciliation of expenditure with the Accountant General through iFMS. The reconciliation up to February,2016 need to be completed by 30th April,2016 and the reconciliation up to March,16 be completed by 27.5.2016.
The departments have been warned that failure to reconcile the expenditure within the scheduled time would lead to non-processing of their bills in iFMS.
The Principal Secretaries, Secretaries and Special Secretaries of all departments participated in deliberations.
