I think we ought to ask our Rajasthani expert and
the Texan doctor why Assam's desi universal adult
franchised fathered govt. seems clueless.
At 6:47 PM -0700 10/14/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
The ignorant fools in Dispur do not have any
idea where money is coming from and where it
goes. Is there anyone in Dispur who is keeping
track of all the money earmarked for Assam and
where it is supposed to be spent? I heard Tarun
Gogoi say in Boston that a lot of the funds from
Delhi are just promise, not real money. Whose
responsibility is it to convert them to real
money? I'd think the assam ministers and their
IAS cadre have the responsibility.
Wake up Dispur. Get on the ball. Blaming Delhi
will take you only a short distance. The whole
trip is more than that.
Dilip Deka
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Buljit Buragohain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Unused MLALAD funds to go to State exchequer
Not a single paisa of MLALAD funds was used
during the fiscal 2006-07 in Dholai,
Baitholangshu, Majuli, Dergaon, Jorhat, Bijni,
Sidli and Dhemaji LACs
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 14: Massive underutilization and
unutilization of cash released by the Planning
and Development Department of the Asom
Government as MLA Local Area Development
(MLALAD) funds over the years has prompted the
State Government to think to make the
non-lapsable MLALAD funds lapsable i.e.
introducing the system of the taking the unused
money of the MLALAD funds back to the State
exchequer. Besides exposing the lack of
commitment on the part of the elected
representatives of the State towards the
development of their respective Legislative
Assembly Constituencies (LACs),
underutilization and unutilization of the
released cash failed the very purpose of the
MLALAD funds which had been introduced in the
State by then Chief Minister Hiteswar Saikia in
1994.
According sources, the Additional Chief
Secretary in-charge of P & D Department has
prepared a note stating that the unused MLALAD
funds will go back to the State exchequer.
However, the Additional Chief secretarys note
is yet to be approved by the Chief Minister. The
system prevalent at present is that the unused
MLALAD funds are released for developmental
schemes of the constituencies in the following
financial year.
According to sources, from fiscal 2002-03 to
2006-07, the State Government released Rs 17,640
lakh as MLALAD funds, but Rs 3343.42 lakh of
this amount remained unused. In the fiscal
2006-07 alone, the State Government released Rs
3,780 lakh as MLALAD funds for its 126
Legislative Assembly Constituencies (LACs), but
Rs 1283.42 lakh of the amount remained unused.
The worst is that not a single paisa of MLALAD
funds was used during the fiscal 2006-07 in
Dholai, Baitholangshu, Majuli, Dergaon, Jorhat,
Bijni, Sidli and Dhemaji LACs.
Meanwhile, the P & D Department recently
informed the district administration that Rs
3,150 lakh was released for the 126 LACs of the
State at the rate of Rs 25 lakh per LAC as the
first instalment of the MLALAD fund for the
fiscal 2007-08. The department, however, made it
clear to the deputy commissioners that all
pending schemes up to 2006-07 have to be
implemented as per the standing guidelines, and
the entire amount released by December 31, 2007
has to be used. If any funds of the previous
years remain unused, that may be surrendered and
deposited in the State exchequer, the P & D
Department said, and added: The deputy
commissioners should furnish the reports of
completion of works along with unutilization
certificates in respect of MLALAD funds to it in
due course.
(The Sentinel,15.10.2007)
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