Agartala, March 19: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb accompanied by Chief Secretary
Sanjeev Ranjan reached Delhi last night with the demand of Rs 20,000 Cr special
package for managing the fiscal liabilities of Rs 11355.53 Cr on the newly
sworn BJP-IPFT government.
The Chief Minister is scheduled to call on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, finance minister Arun Jaitely and few other union cabinet
ministers in four days visit to pursue for the package and ensure release of
the fund pending with the central government for long time due to improper
implementation of the projects.
He will apprise the Prime Minister and others about the financial condition of the state and will urge them to release adequate fund to cope up with the situation including the demand of Rs 1400 Cr for implementation of 7th central pay commission for the state government employees.
However, Deputy Chief Minister, also the finance minister, Jishnu Dev Varma reassured to fulfill the poll promises made before the assembly election. He alleged that the previous government failed utterly to maintain the financial discipline and undertook various projects without ensuring fund flow.
“Unless the half done projects undertaken by the previous government is completed, the entire effort will go in vain but for completion of the ongoing projects the state needs at least Rs 1644 Cr. The last government made expenditure and initiated implementation plan of the projects without thinking of it’s completion and maintenance. As a result, many of the projects left half done and many others were not in even usable due to poor maintenance,” Dev Varma stated.
He pointed out that the fiscal deficit of Tripura has been increasing due to absence of specific planning and previous government could not complete many projects despite assured flow of funds. The liabilities of current fiscal is estimated Rs 1644.90 crore.
The statistics are incomplete projects under SPA is Rs 354.20 crore, incomplete projects under State Development Scheme is Rs 510.52 crore, road maintenance of PWD (R&B) is Rs 173.95 crore, major works taken up by PWD (R&B) is Rs 46.09 crore and major works taken up by PWD (R&B) for other departments 560.14 crore.
“The new government inherits liability burden of more than Rs 11000 Cr but we are committed to fulfill the poll promises made before the election. The state government is planning to come out with a roadmap that includes three-prong strategies to rationalize expenditure, generate more revenue and access more funds from the government of India,” Dev Varma added. UNI
He will apprise the Prime Minister and others about the financial condition of the state and will urge them to release adequate fund to cope up with the situation including the demand of Rs 1400 Cr for implementation of 7th central pay commission for the state government employees.
However, Deputy Chief Minister, also the finance minister, Jishnu Dev Varma reassured to fulfill the poll promises made before the assembly election. He alleged that the previous government failed utterly to maintain the financial discipline and undertook various projects without ensuring fund flow.
“Unless the half done projects undertaken by the previous government is completed, the entire effort will go in vain but for completion of the ongoing projects the state needs at least Rs 1644 Cr. The last government made expenditure and initiated implementation plan of the projects without thinking of it’s completion and maintenance. As a result, many of the projects left half done and many others were not in even usable due to poor maintenance,” Dev Varma stated.
He pointed out that the fiscal deficit of Tripura has been increasing due to absence of specific planning and previous government could not complete many projects despite assured flow of funds. The liabilities of current fiscal is estimated Rs 1644.90 crore.
The statistics are incomplete projects under SPA is Rs 354.20 crore, incomplete projects under State Development Scheme is Rs 510.52 crore, road maintenance of PWD (R&B) is Rs 173.95 crore, major works taken up by PWD (R&B) is Rs 46.09 crore and major works taken up by PWD (R&B) for other departments 560.14 crore.
“The new government inherits liability burden of more than Rs 11000 Cr but we are committed to fulfill the poll promises made before the election. The state government is planning to come out with a roadmap that includes three-prong strategies to rationalize expenditure, generate more revenue and access more funds from the government of India,” Dev Varma added. UNI
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