Jagan seeks info on AP's revenue, expenditure

Hyderabad, Dec 9 (INN): YSR Congress Party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday urged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to place details of actual receipts and expenditures for the eight-month period (April-November) in the upcoming Assembly session beginning from December 18.

In an open letter to the Chief Minister, Jagan said that information on various subjects was needed for a meaningful discussion on various important issues.

"The Union Government places on their ministerial websites up to date information on various subjects. For instance, the Union Finance Ministry has been placing on their websites www.cga.nic.in and www.finmin.nic.in every month complete details of Tax and Non-Tax Revenues, Net Loans raised, non-debt receipts, the revenue deficit, the fiscal deficit and also actual expenditure incurred on Plan and Non-plan expenditure," he said.

Jagan, who is also the Leader of the Opposition, said that since the entire accounting system is computerized, there should be no problem for the State Government to provide item-wise details on Tax and Non-Tax Revenues, Net Loans raised, Non-Debt receipts, the Revenue Deficit, the Fiscal Deficit and also actual expenditure incurred on Plan and Non-plan expenditure till November 2014.

"We request that information may be segregated for April-May 2O14 and for June-November 2014 i.e., for the period after division of the State. This information may even be hosted on the State Government's official website much before the Assembly session begins," he demanded.

The YSRCP chief pointed out that in the just concluded budget session of Telangana State, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao in his concluding speech gave complete details of Tax and Non-Tax Revenues, Net Loans raised, Non-Debt Receipts, State's share in Central Taxes and Grants-in-Aid received actually received for the six months period from June to November of the current fiscal.

Jagan also sought details regarding number of students enrolled under the tuition fees reimbursement scheme, number of weaker section houses taken up for construction, number of pensioners deleted from June this year and the performance as regards the MNREGA programme in the State.

He also asked for detailed status report on the Hudhud cyclone - the extent of damage, the actual expenditure incurred by the State Government on input subsidies, compensation to the affected persons, especially to the farmers, artisans, etc.,

"We would further request you to provide the status on issues like Special Category Status for AP, Union Government meeting the resources gap from Appointed Day to the date of acceptance of 10th Finance Commission Report, extension of Fiscal Incentive Package for industrial development and grant of Bundelkhand type of package for Rayalaseema and North Coastal AP," the YSRCP chief said adding that without this information, no useful discussion would be possible in the upcoming session and it would just be a ritual.