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Ministries' spending in wake of stressed cash position restricted
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SME Times News Bureau | 08 Apr, 2020
In view of the stressed cash position arising out of Covid-19 and the
consequential lock down, the government has decided to modify its cash
management system restricting expenditure of ministries between 15 -20
per cent of the budgeted level in the April-June quarter of the current
financial year.
As per an office memorandum issued by the
Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) on Wednesday, it has been decided
to regulate expenditure of the government and fix quarterly and monthly
expenditure plan for certain demands and appropriation raised by
ministries, this would keep a tab on expenditure and ensure that
spending is done only most essential items in the first quarter.
Also
demand of certain other ministries has been categorised into two
segments with one set directed to restrict expenditure to 20 per cent of
the budget estimate for FY21 in Q1 while other to keep spending
restricted to 15 per cent of estimates.
"Keeping in view the
present situation arising out of Covid-19 and the consequential lock
down, it is expected that the cash position of the government may be
stressed in Q1 (April to June, 2020) of 2020-21. Considering this, it is
essential to regulate the government expenditure and to fix quarterly
expenditure plan (QEP)/monthly expenditure plan (MEP) of specific
ministries/departments," the DEA office memorandum read.
The
changes have been done in the cash management system of the Central
government that follows a modified exchequer control based expenditure
management.
All ministries have been told to strictly follow the
guidelines and regulate expenditure accordingly. Any deviation from
the guideline would require prior approval of the Ministry of Finance.
Moreover, items of large expenditure would continue to be governed by 2016 and 2017 guidelines.
Sources
said that the changes on expenditure management has been done to keep
unproductive expenditure of ministries under check so that government
has some elbow room to launch targeted stimulus measures to fight
disruptions coming from the spread of the virus.
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