Meghalaya Govt incurred expenditure of Rs 804.75 crore without original provisions or Supplementary

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaFebruary 28, 2024

The Finance Accounts and Appropriation Accounts for the year 2022-23, relating to the Government of Meghalaya, prepared under Article 151 (2) of the Constitution of India, was presented to the Meghalaya Legislature on Tuesday.

Out of Rs 17,641 crore Receipts reported in the Finance Accounts for the year 2022- 23 the major components received by the state of Meghalaya were Rs 9,937 crore as tax revenue, Rs 4,426 crore as Grants in aid and Rs 2,796 crore as Borrowings and Other Liabilities.

The bulk of the expenditure for the year 2022-23 consisted of Revenue expenditure of Rs 14,864 crore followed by Capital expenditure of Rs 2,742 crore.

On the Appropriation Accounts, there are four combined grants of both Charged and Voted, six Charged Appropriation and 56 Voted Grants.

At the end of the year 2022-23, the actual expenditure of the Government of Meghalaya against the budget approved by the Legislature, showed a net saving of Rs 532 crore (2.43 percent of Revised Estimate of Rs 21,926 crore).

Certain grants, like those relating to Administration of Medical and Public Health and Family Welfare Services, Administration of Agriculture and allied services, Administration of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary department showed substantial savings.

The Appropriation Accounts reported an excess expenditure of Rs 3,439.41 crore over the authorisation made by the State Legislature under seven Grants and one non-grant.

The excess expenditure was mainly under grants relating to Pension – Rs 203.62 crore, Power – Rs 382.57 crore, Sports – Rs 49.03 crore and non-grant Public Debt – Rs 2,786.56 crore.

Further, there was an expenditure of Rs 804.75 crore (Revenue Rs 24.40 crore, Capital Rs 780.36 crore) incurred without original provisions/Supplementary/re-appropriation in 12 sub-heads, five Grants and one Non-Grant.