Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Gujarat Mulls Performance Budget - Aug 05, 2008

The state government has determined to take into account the quality of expenditure rather than mere physical numbers while preparing the budget for the year 2009-10.

The government has determined to treat the budget as an instrument for reforms at grassroots level or in other words linking outlays with outcomes at grassroots level. The challenge before the government is to determine what outcomes citizens value the most and rethink the manner in which the department and agencies go on to attain the results. It likely to be noted that the state will be celebrating its Golden Jubilee Year on May 1, 2010.

This exercise is being done to ensure that goals for 2009-10 also become Golden Goals for all departments. The target behind this move is not only the convergence of schemes but also the convergence of resources in a more effective manner since inter-departmental issues are likely to come up while setting performance indicators.

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