DDCs asked to furnish District Plans before April 30
*Directions of CM, Council of Ministers to be strictly adhered to
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 22: In order to ensure timely authorization as well as expenditure, the Finance Department today conveyed Capex ceilings including District Capex under Budget Estimates (BE) 2025-26 for finalization and uploading of approved works/activities on Budget Estimation, Allocation & Monitoring System (BEAMS) portal. Moreover, all the District Development Commissioners have been asked to furnish the District Plans by or before April 30, 2025.
The Administrative Departments and District Development Commissioners have also been asked to ensure that the directions issued from time to time by the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers are strictly adhered to and the feedback/priorities from the elected representatives as indicated during the budget meetings, as feasible, be captured while framing the annual work plans.
In a communication addressed to all the Administrative Secretaries and District Development Commissioners (DDCs), the Finance Department has asked for uploading the approved works immediately enabling the Finance Department to authorize 50% funds through BEAMS. The Finance Department has made it clear that Director Finance/Director Planning, Financial Advisor/CAO and Joint Director Planning of all the departments will be personally responsible for uploading of projects/works on portal with the approval of Minister Incharge by or before April 30 in respect of ongoing works as well as new works.
“All the District Development Commissioners shall furnish the District Plans in consultation with the DDC members and MLAs by or before April 30 and they should ensure that all the activities/works are selected after due consultation with elected representatives”, read the instructions issued by the Finance Department.
The focus of the departments/DDCs must be on completion of ongoing works rather than starting large number of underfunded works or spreading of resources thinly over the number of years, the Finance Department said, adding “in order to make space for completion of ongoing works, the earmarked ceiling in a given year shall be at least in the ratio of 70:30—-70% for ongoing works and 30% for new works”.
The departments and DDCs have been conveyed that timeline for completion of new works/activities taken up for execution during the financial year 2025-26 should be between one to two years and in rare cases of mega projects, the department may extend timeline up to three years. Moreover, all the spillover and ongoing works which are expected to be completed during the year 2025-26 or at the most in succeeding year should be first charge on Capex Budget and the departments/DDCs will ensure that no ongoing work is left out.
“The departments/DDCs should strictly ensure that the Budget Announcements and Deliverables for the year 2025-26 are included in the Budget outlays and achievements on this account shall be reviewed periodically at highest administrative level”, the Finance Department further instructed, adding “they should thoroughly examine the list of the existing works already uploaded on BEAMS and the same should be streamlined by eliminating non-priority and non-starter works/activities”.
All the Administrative Departments and District Development Commissioners have been explicitly asked to ensure that directions issued from time to time by the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers are strictly adhered to and the feed-back from the elected representatives as indicated during the budget meetings be captured while framing the annual work plans.
“The execution of works should be taken up strictly for the approved activities only within the approved cost and no liability should be created ensuring financial discipline in the system”, the Finance Department further said, adding “the controlling officers will be personally responsible for any liability created on account of un-approved/un-authorized works”.
“Moreover, the work plans of the departments/DDCs must be based on tangible outcomes/impact and should indicate the number of works to be completed and the number of people to be benefitted to the Finance Department periodically”, read the instructions.
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