Achieve 85 per cent expenditure target in 2024-25 fiscal: Odisha CM

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has set a target of spending 85 per cent of the budget estimates for 2024-25 fiscal against an expenditure of 81 per cent achieved in 2023-24, an official statement said.

Majhi, who also holds the Finance portfolio, set this target while reviewing the expenditure of different departments on Thursday.

Although expenditure was impacted by the elections, government transition, and the budget presentation in September, Majhi stated that spending appeared to be satisfactory.

"To meet the target, Majhi advised ministers to approve expenditure proposals and clear pending payments under welfare schemes", the statement issued by the CMO said.

Stating that Odisha's 6.1 per cent allocation of its Gross Domestic Product (GSDP) to capital expenditure is the highest in the country, the chief minister said programme expenditure and capital expenditure were crucial for the overall growth.

The statement said the expenditure was good in the departments of Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Resources, Health, Water Resources, Works, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities department, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department and Cooperatives department.

(With PTI inputs)