Spade-work for Odisha budget 2018-19 begins

Bhubaneswar: Finance department has come up with some supplementary instructions for formulation of revised estimates for 2017-18 and budget estimates for 2018-19 financial year.

In a letter, Principal Secretary TK Pandey has directed all departments to submit the budget estimates to the Planning and Convergence department by December 5.

Official sources said that the budget will be formulated as per provisions of the Odisha Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act, 2005 in accordance with the annual borrowing ceiling fixed by the Government of India.

The Finance department has categorically stated that estimates after the due date will not be considered.

Earlier, Odisha had abolished non-planned and planned expenditures in the 2017-18 budget in line with the Union Budget.

The State Budget had an Administrative Expenditure, a rechristened form of non-planned expenditure while Programme expenditure was replaced the State planned expenditure.

The departments have been asked to submit proposals for salary, DA, HRA, leave encashment as per ORSP Rules, 2017. However, there shall be no salary provision against the vacant posts, except in cases where finance department has allowed filling up of vacancies.

All the departments have been asked to provide detail information about the staff position, including sanctioned posts, vacancies, posts abolished and also details of contractual employees.