Patna. Bihar government has taken a big step by showing strictness on expenditure in the state before the end of the financial year 2025-26. The government has allowed only permanent and mandatory withdrawals like salary, pension and honorarium of contractual workers till March 10. A temporary halt has been placed on all other types of withdrawals and payments.
purpose of order
According to the instructions of Mukesh Kumar Lal, Special Secretary, Finance Department, a large number of bills are deposited in the treasuries in the last months of the financial year, which suddenly increases the pressure and affects the budget management. This step has been taken to deal with this situation.
Till March 10, only documents related to salary, pension, grant-in-aid and payment of contractual workers will be passed. All remaining bills will be examined and approved later. This decision has been taken to ensure balanced and controlled utilization of the budget.
Strict instructions to officials
All Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Secretaries, Divisional Commissioners, District Officers and Treasury Officers will ensure compliance with this order. The government has said that the available amount of the budget should be used only as per the prescribed rules.
Impact on departments and contractors
Due to this order, the bills of many departments and contractors have been stopped for the time being. Bills of many departments like education, electricity, health, road construction, Panchayati Raj and building construction are deposited in the treasury, but the payment will not be made till March 10. This may impact the economic activities of contractors and suppliers.
Financial discipline and transparency
The objective of the government is to prevent uncontrolled expenditure at the end of the financial year and all payments should be made in a transparent manner. Other payment processes will resume only after reviewing the situation after March 10. This step is considered important towards maintaining financial discipline in the state and controlling all government expenditure.
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