Clarification

In the article Hits & Misses ( BT, dated February 12, 2017), it is incorrect to state that the power ministry is not active in spending money. The total expenditure on Plan schemes during Apr-Nov 2016 was `5,893.23 crore against `4,160.33 crore during the same period of the previous financial year. This is a 41.65 per cent increase on an overall basis and is due to increased expenditure in the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna and Integrated Power Development Scheme. Against an expenditure of `3,437.19 crore during Apr-Nov 2015 in these two schemes, the expenditure during the same period of FY 2016-17 was `4,770.85 crore, an increase of `1,333.66 crore (38.8 per cent).

Our correspondent states: Our comparison was not between actual amounts spent during the same period in two years. It was an overview of the percentage of total budgetary allocation that was spent during Apr-Nov 2015 and 2016. The story clearly mentions the government has almost doubled the total budgetary allocation.