Manipur Plan Expenditure
Govt. releases Rs. 208.40 cr on a single day:
Imphal, Dec 11: Manipur government released a huge chunk of plan fund amounting to Rs. 208.40 crores in a day on November 26 from funds available in the budget.
An official source said that the finance department agreed to the authorization of such a huge amount for meeting expenditures for implementation of projects under special plan assistance, in a move apparently related with the effort of the state government to achieve 70 percent plan expenditure by December 31.
The released amount of Rs. 208.40 crores was 14.68 percent of the total outlay of 2007-08. The amount also exceeded the total expenditure incurred during seven months of the fiscal year 2007-08.
The amount that was released on November 26 included a total amount of Rs. 57.50 crores for the construction guest houses at hill district headquarters including at Mao, Jiribam, construction of two floor Manipur Bhavan at Ulubari, improvement of Speaker and Deputy Speaker bungalow and chairman of hill areas committee, HAC, police stations and mini secretariats in the district headquarters.
The state finance department had earlier released only Rs. 7 crores for the above works.
An amount of Rs. 14.25 crores was meant for the completion of the Khwai bridge and Maharani bridge. An amount of Rs. 61.50 crores was meant for the construction of drains on both sides of the NH-39 from Krishna Premi Oil Pump to Kakwa which is an ongoing project.
The total amount of Rs. 5.50 crores for upgradation of the city bus terminus at Imphal and at Churachandpur were also released on November 26.
Amounts for the construction of FCS godowns at Churachandpur, Tamenglong and construction of sports complexes at the district headquarters at Thoubal, Chandel and Senapati district headquarters were also released. The amounts were Rs. 2 crore and Rs. 10 crores respectively.
Under the head of sports and youth services, an amount of Rs. 15 crores for development of water sports complex at Takmu including clearance of water hyacinth and Rs. 10 crores for acquisition of 200 acres of additional land for Manipur University and Rs. 15 crores for acquisition of 300 acres land for the construction of NIT were also released.
The released amount also includes Rs. 30 crores for the development of Loktak lake and another Rs. 40 crores for upgradation of infrastructure of IT park at Mantripukhri.
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Imphal, Dec 11: Manipur government released a huge chunk of plan fund amounting to Rs. 208.40 crores in a day on November 26 from funds available in the budget.
An official source said that the finance department agreed to the authorization of such a huge amount for meeting expenditures for implementation of projects under special plan assistance, in a move apparently related with the effort of the state government to achieve 70 percent plan expenditure by December 31.
The released amount of Rs. 208.40 crores was 14.68 percent of the total outlay of 2007-08. The amount also exceeded the total expenditure incurred during seven months of the fiscal year 2007-08.
The amount that was released on November 26 included a total amount of Rs. 57.50 crores for the construction guest houses at hill district headquarters including at Mao, Jiribam, construction of two floor Manipur Bhavan at Ulubari, improvement of Speaker and Deputy Speaker bungalow and chairman of hill areas committee, HAC, police stations and mini secretariats in the district headquarters.
The state finance department had earlier released only Rs. 7 crores for the above works.
An amount of Rs. 14.25 crores was meant for the completion of the Khwai bridge and Maharani bridge. An amount of Rs. 61.50 crores was meant for the construction of drains on both sides of the NH-39 from Krishna Premi Oil Pump to Kakwa which is an ongoing project.
The total amount of Rs. 5.50 crores for upgradation of the city bus terminus at Imphal and at Churachandpur were also released on November 26.
Amounts for the construction of FCS godowns at Churachandpur, Tamenglong and construction of sports complexes at the district headquarters at Thoubal, Chandel and Senapati district headquarters were also released. The amounts were Rs. 2 crore and Rs. 10 crores respectively.
Under the head of sports and youth services, an amount of Rs. 15 crores for development of water sports complex at Takmu including clearance of water hyacinth and Rs. 10 crores for acquisition of 200 acres of additional land for Manipur University and Rs. 15 crores for acquisition of 300 acres land for the construction of NIT were also released.
The released amount also includes Rs. 30 crores for the development of Loktak lake and another Rs. 40 crores for upgradation of infrastructure of IT park at Mantripukhri.
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