Govt.of maharshta spends zero rupees on minority in this fiscal year

Govt.of maharshta spends zero rupees on minority in this fiscal year
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Govt.of maharshta spends zero rupees on minority in this fiscal
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Govt.of
maharshta spends zero rupees on minority in this fiscal year

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That's what the Deshmukh administration spent on Minority Affairs out of the
allocated Rs 167 crore. Other departments too spent only an average of 34
per cent of their funds in eight months

Deshmukh has left Ashok Chavan with the tough task of utilising the
remaining 66% funds in less than 4 months
Looks like development schemes in the state took a back seat in the last
eight months. In the current financial year, the Democratic Front government
spent just 34 per cent of the Rs 29,000 crore annual plan funds, leaving
Chief Minister Ashok Chavan with the rather difficult job of utilising the
remaining 66 per cent in less than four months. Else, the funds will lapse.

Department-wise figures of government spending in the financial year
2008-09, available with this newspaper, reveal some shocking facts. The
Minorities Development Department, the brainchild of former CM Vilasrao
Deshmukh, failed to utilise a single rupee of the allocated Rs 167 crore
until December 15.

Out of the 26 government departments, only the Food & Civil Supplies
department utilised 100 per cent of the allocated funds. The department,
held by NCP man Sunil Tatkare until December 7, has now been given to
minister Ramesh Bang.

The School Education department, which was under former Minister Vasant
Purke, has utilised 72 per cent of the funds allocated to it. Now, Purke has
been dropped from the ministry.

The Home Department, which was with R R Patil until December 1, could use
only 24 per cent of the Rs 44 crore allocated to it.

Departments such as Environment, Medical Education, Technical Education,
Tourism & Cultural Affairs, Revenue & Forests, Law & Judiciary, Housing and
Employment & Self Employment have not been able to utilise more than 10 per
cent of their funds.

The Minorities Development Department (0 per cent) and Housing Department
(6.4 per cent), which were with were with Deshmukh, miserably failed to
utilise their funds.

If utilisation of funds in departments handled by Congress and NCP ministers
is compared, the NCP men are slightly ahead of their Congress counterparts.
Departments like PWD (32 per cent funds utilised), Water Resources (38 per
cent), Rural Development (34 per cent), Finance & Planning (10 per cent),
Tribal Development (31 per cent) and Water Supply (47 per cent) are with the
NCP.

Under Congress control, the figures are General Administration Department
(72 per cent funds utilised), Urban Development Department (36 per cent),
Housing (6.4 per cent), Industry (75 per cent), Revenue & Forests (11 per
cent), Agriculture & PDF (25 per cent), Law & Judiciary (0 per cent), Social
Justice (41 per cent), Co-operation (30 per cent) and Women & Child Welfare
(56 per cent).

If the overall figures are compared, most of the departments have not been
able to spend more than 34 per cent of the allocation. Now, they have only
three-and-a- half months left to spend the rest.

Government officials fear that most of departments will now go on a spending
spree, compromising the overall quality of development works.

Many departments have been known to submit their bills on March 31, the last
day of the financial year, to show that they have utilised their funds.