CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh administration has written to heads of different departments to submit report on projects carried out during the first eight months i.e. between April and November of current financial year 2020-21.
Shortage of budget has affected many projects and the UT wants to keep a track on all the important projects in the city. Recently, the Chandigarh administration and the municipal corporation (MC) were criticised for not carrying out road repair works in the city. However, after the recent unlock guidelines, the road repair work started in many sectors and UT villages.
The UT finance department had already made it clear to various departments that office expenses, barring fuel charges, will not be allowed and there will be a complete ban on LTC. Also, travelling allowance (TA) and dearness allowance (DA) and medical allowances will be released only after approval from the adviser to the Chandigarh administrator. The UT finance department had also earmarked funds for each department of the UT administration and asked them to stick to the same.
Against the demand of Rs 5,300 crore, the Union government in February had allocated Rs 5138.10 crore budget for financial year 2020-21 to the Chandigarh administration.
While the UT administration was expecting a good hike in the budget for 2020-21, but the Centre had given a hike of only Rs 384.98 crore in comparison to the last financial year’s budget.
The UT was allocated a total of Rs 5,138.10 crore - Rs 4,643.96 crore under revenue and Rs 494.14 crore under capital head - against the demand of Rs 5,300 crore. In the last budget, the administration was allocated a total of Rs 4,753.12 crore.