FRIDAY, 27 JULY 2012
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PNS | BALANGIR
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To ensure effective people’s participation in preparation of
district action plan for discussion during pre-budget meeting for 2013-14, a
one-day consultation meeting of Balangir District Budget Watch Group (BDBWG)
was held here on Sunday last.
Four areas including health,
education, women and child development and agriculture were selected and
discussed.
The State finance department had
organised the first pre-budget consultation meeting with different groups in
January last, which was an excellent opportunity to place suggestions and
recommendations before the Government. Last year, three districts, including
Balangir, Sundergarh and Nuapada had their charter of demands and priorities in
the pre –budget consultation at Bhubneshwar which had been addressed by State
Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei.
A cursory glance at the funds
received by the School and Mass Education in Balangir district revealed that
while it received `149.68 crores in 2009, in 2010, it received `158 crore
and in 2011, it received `175.63 crore. However, the sums that remained
unspent in 2009, 2010 and 2011 were `44.89 crore, `8.41 crores
and ` 14.47 crore respectively.
It was also found that the Sarva
Siksha Abhiyaan (SSA) Balangir which got funds for its different programmes
could not spent `17.10 crore in 2010 and `19.56 crore in 2011-12.
“Before making our demands, we should
know the actual position of the funds and strive for its total utilisation for
better development of the area,” said Prakash Barik of Odisha Budget and
Accountability Centre (OBAC), Bhubneshwar.
Balangir District Child Welfare
committee chairperson Damodor Mishra presided over the meeting, while Jabagandh
Khamari Sharma spoke, among others.
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