Jharkhand’s central problem:lots of funds,inability to spend

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Jharkhand was grappling with a queer financial problem for years-inability to make use of funds.

During the past three years,the state government had failed to make use of the funds meant for Centrally sponsored schemes.

For instance,the Centre had sanctioned Rs 28267.52 crore for 2010-11,2011-12 and 2012-13.But the state government could make use of just Rs 16235.42 crore,nearly 42 percent of the total allocated Central fund.

This was exposed by Anand Mohan.His byline report –Government could not get Rs 12032 crore from the Centre-published by Prabhat Khabar today said that the Information and Technology Department had got Rs 5635 crore during these three years.But the Department could utilize just Rs 3973 crore.Even the Rural Development Department,against the availability of Rs 5174 crore,spent only Rs 3009 crore during this period.

The problem was attributed to cumbersome financial rules and regulations,manual work,shortage of staff,inefficiency and incompetence of the concerned officials to make strategic plan and execute it in time.

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