Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu introduced Thursday that he, his preachers, primary legislative assistants and chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of boards and firms would certainly delay attracting their wages and allocations for 2 months, mentioning the state’s “grim financial situation”.
The primary priest made the news in the setting up and additionally advised various other participants of the House to do the same.
He stated the federal government was exerting to enhance its earnings and decrease ineffective expense yet it would certainly take a while for the outcomes to be noticeable.
Expressing problem over the disappointing monetary setting of the state, Sukhu stated the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) for the year 2023-24 was Rs 8,058 crore, which has actually been lowered by Rs 1,800 crore to Rs 6,258 crore throughout the existing fiscal year.
“In 2025-26, the revenue deficit grant will be reduced by another Rs 3,000 crore to a mere Rs 3,257 crore, which will make it even tougher for us to meet our needs,” he included.
Sukhu stated no gives have actually been launched versus the Rs 9,042 crore Post-Disaster Need Assessment (PDNA) from the Centre for damages to roadways, bridges and framework throughout 2023 downpour.
He included that Rs 9,200 crore subtracted from the workers under the National Pension Scheme (NPS) has actually additionally not been reimbursed up until now by the Centre in spite of duplicated appeals of the state federal government.
Further, the settlement on GST from the Centre has actually been quit from June 2022, minimizing the earnings by Rs 2,500-3,000 crore yearly, the principal priest stated, including that the state’s line of credit has actually additionally been reduced by Rs 2,000 crore after the repair of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS).
Published 29 August 2024, 16:47 IST
