Action plan to carry out Budget proposals

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has formulated an action plan for the time- bound implementation of Budget proposals for the current financial year.

Pointing out that hundreds of Budget proposals remained unimplemented in the past, sources in the state finance department told this newspaper that the finance minister has come up with an action plan to translate the Budget proposals into reality.

The action plan proposes September 30 as the deadline for the merger of the planning and development department in the finance department, sources said. The state has also proposed to abolish the distinction between plan and non- plan expenditure from the next financial year. The accounting of expenditure will be classified broadly under revenue and capital.

Asserting that government will issue notification by September 15 for the setting up of 25 new sub- treasuries in various blocks across the state, sources said the finance department also decided to put all the treasuries and sub- treasuries under CCTV surveillance by January 30.