SHILLONG, MAR 27: The Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) today tabled a Rs 49,560 deficit budget for the financial year 2018-19 on the first day of Council session which got underway here on Tuesday.
Delivering his budget speech, Council’s chief Pynshngain N Syiem said, “There is a deficit in the budget estimate since the proposed expenditure at Rs 213, 53, 36, 970 is higher than the council’s revenue receipts which is at Rs 213,52,87,410.”
He however assured the house that the executive committee (EC) will try its best to find out ways and means to improve the revenue collection of the Council.
Stating that the budget for the financial year 2017-18 will end on April 31, Syiem said that after many years, the Council was able to present a full budget at the right time instead of the vote on account budget earmarked for 3 months as done in the past.
He said the expenditure and receipts of the Council in the last budget of 2017-18 will however reflect in the budget for 2019-2020 as the calculation is yet to be received.
Syiem said the budget allocation will help in disbursing the salaries of members of the council, chairperson, deputy chairman, leader of opposition, executive members (EMs), officers and staffs of the different departments (executive, legislative and judicial) of the Council.
The chief executive member (CEM) also announced that the executive committee has proposed to implement the new pay revision for the employees of the Council from next month.
“The EC has decided to implement the new pay revision as per recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission constituted by the state government, which was implemented since January 1, 2017,” he said.
Syiem also informed that the Council had already released arrear payment to the employees on January this year adding therefore the allocation for releasing the salary of the employees of the different departments has increased this year.
The CEM further informed that the Council has also received grant of Rs 32.24 crore released by the Centre recently for Excluded Areas under Part IX & IXA of the Constitution of India for 2017-18.
“In order to ensure there is no delay in the implementation of this grant which may lead to delay in releasing of other grants, we have constituted a Planning and Implementation Committee as per the guidelines,” he said.
Under this grant, Syiem said that the Council has proposed fund for construction of a two-storey Executive building at the place where the old Council Session Hall is located.
Besides, he said fund was also earmarked for the repairing of the Wahkaji-Mawthabah and Phlangdiloin-Wahkaji road and other measures to improve the revenue generation of the Council.
“We have also received sanction of Rs 9.66 crore which part of the Special Assistant of Central Plan Scheme for the year 2016-17 and we are expecting that the Centre will soon release the funds,” he said.
He further informed that the executive committee has also granted permission for implementation of the government’s schemes for the expansion and repairing of roads including Shillong-Nongstoin-Riangdo, Nongstoin-Rambrai-Kyrshai, Riangdo-Athiabari-Hahim, Ranikor-Maheshkhola-Baghmara, Shillong Western By-pass and Shillong-Dawki.
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