Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma reviews schemes of Finance Department

Taking a review of the works of the Finance Department where State Finance Minister Ajanta Neog was also present at the conference hall of Finance Department, Chief Minister Sarma asked the department to accord high priority to the files and dispose of them expeditiously to strengthen the government’s pro-active guards against the Covid pandemic.

Taking stock of the issues with respect to the Finance Department, Dr Sarma also asked the department to expeditiously release funds following all financial norms for all the welfare schemes for the benefit of all sections of the people.

He also made it clear that the momentum of development of the state depends to a great extent on the finance department. He, therefore, asked the department to seamlessly continue the best practices adopted and implemented over the last five years to continue to sustain the good fiscal health of the state.

Dr Sarma also asked the Finance Department to declare July as the Orunodoi month to give a new facelift to the State government’s pro-people scheme of financial inclusion. He also asked the officials of the department to include more eligible beneficiaries under the ambit of the scheme.

He asked the department to release funds under SVAYEM scheme for youth empowerment.

Chief Minister Dr Sarma also asked Principal Secretary Finance Samir Sinha to take a lead in assessing the existing vacancies in different government departments for the state government to take pragmatic steps for recruiting one lakh youths in government jobs.

He also asked the department to undertake an extensive evaluation on the volume of loans provided by micro finance institutions to enable the government to prepare a realistic roadmap for the waiver of loans.

Taking into consideration of the ‘demography and demand’ of the state, the Chief Minister asked the Finance Department to work more aggressively so that the state finance grows and be kept in good stead.