By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, December 12, 2018: The fiscal performance of Odisha showed an upward trend by end of November, 2018 in both revenue generation as well as utilization of budgeted allocation.

This was revealed at a review meeting of the fiscal performance chaired by chief secretary, A P Padhi held here on Wednesday.

The total budget expenditure up to November, 2018 was Rs 61876 crore which was more than 49 per cent of the allocated amount in both the main and supplementary budgets. The expenditure by November increased by more than 22 per cent over corresponding period of last fiscal year.

The total programme expenditure in Social sector by end of November of current year grew by 46 per cent (with actual spending of Rs18380 crore) over the corresponding period of 2017-18.

The projects under this head are executed and monitored through the departments of Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water, Women and Child Development School & Mass Education, ST; SC Development, Health & Family Welfare, Higher Education, Skill Development and technical Education, Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability.

Padhi directed the officials to expedite expenditure during December and January. He also asked the departments to review all court cases in the perspective of the Litigation Management Policy of the State Government and take quick decisions for their expeditious disposal.

The secretaries were advised to also review the cases pending at Heads of the department level and initiate actions for out of court settlement in empowered committee meetings constituted under the policy.

The departments dealing with educational institutions, hostels and welfare homes etc were directed to ensure proper functioning of the intuitions at ground level with adequate safety and sanitation arrangements for the inmates.