Chief

Minister reviewed Finance Department regarding expenditure of budget released

to various departments

Directed

all departments to ensure timely utilisation of allocated budget, with no scope

for negligence

Responsibility

and Accountability to Be Fixed at Every Level for Timely Budget Expenditure

Instructed

Finance Department to begin preparations immediately for a new action plan for 2026–27

budget

Lucknow,

02 Jan (HS): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday morning reviewed the

Finance Department with regard to expenditure of the budget released by the

government to various departments during the financial year 2025–26. During the

meeting, presentations were made by the 20 major departments with higher budget

provisions, highlighting the updated progress of government approvals,

allocations by department heads, and actual expenditure against the budget

provisions in the current financial year.

Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the presentations of the 20 major

departments. He directed senior officials of all key departments to ensure

timely utilisation of the allocated budget so that projects and schemes are

completed on time and the people of the state can benefit from them. He said

that officers must develop the capacity to take timely decisions to ensure

budget expenditure within stipulated timelines. Departments where budget

utilisation is slow must accelerate the process. He further directed that for

timely budget expenditure, responsibility and accountability must be fixed at

every level, and no negligence will be tolerated. Emphasising implementation on

the ground, he said that delays in decision-making hamper timely expenditure

and therefore officers must act swiftly.

The

Chief Minister noted that budget utilisation in some departments is slow and

directed departmental ministers and officers to hold monthly coordination

meetings to accelerate progress. He instructed the Finance Department to

immediately release pending portions of allocated budgets that have not yet

been issued due to any reason. He also directed officials of the 20 major

departments that receive funds from the Central Government under various

schemes to actively pursue budget release. For this, departmental ministers,

Additional Chief Secretaries and Principal Secretaries should visit Delhi,

write letters and follow up through phone calls with the Central Government.

The Chief Secretary was also asked to take initiative in this regard. The Chief

Minister directed his office to identify departments with slow budget

utilisation and issue letters to the concerned ministers from the Chief

Minister’s Office.

During

the meeting, the Chief Minister directed the Finance Department to begin

reviewing budget demands with all departments in advance for the upcoming

financial year 2026–27. He said that before allocating the next budget, an

assessment of expenditure over the past five years should be reviewed. He

instructed the Finance Department to start preparations immediately for a new

action plan and to strengthen coordination with the Central Government to

ensure timely release of central budget allocations.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi