Deputy Chief Minister and Minister-in-Charge of Planning & Transformation Department, T.R. Zeliang has instructed all departments to strictly comply with the timeline in Calendar of Action for Developmental Activities 2024-25 issued by the Planning & Transformation Department.
He gave the instruction while addressing the review meeting of developmental activities with all AHODs and HODs at the Secretariat Conference Hall, Kohima today.
Zeliang reminded departments that are yet to submit their proposals for all developmental activities funded under State Plan, including negotiated loans from various financial institutions to submit immediately. The practice of according Planning Clearance on the condition “Subject to approval of’ or “Ex-post facto approval” shall no longer be entertained, he added.
Zeliang also stressed on timely submission of departmental programmes to be taken up in the following financial year so that Planning Department also has sufficient time to go through the proposals and make the Sectoral Outlay to maximize the output of any programmes.
For programmes and schemes under Agri. & Allied Sector, the Deputy Chief Minister impressed upon implementing departments to pursue for sanction of their programmes in the month of December-January so that works can be executed starting of April which was the right time for Agri. & Allied related works. He stated that for infrastructural and other developmental activities, sanctions should be accorded by June-July so that tendering and other formalities can be completed by August-September and work can be in full swing by October-November, which was the right working period.
Zeliang also stated that there have been delays in submission of required information by various departments, with some submissions arriving significantly past the deadline despite repeated reminders and called on all the departments to streamline their Data Management System so that queries and information sought at any time can be replied in a matter of minutes.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that there was a need to transform the working system for the development of the State and called on all departments of the State Government for cooperation and active participation.
The review meeting was chaired by Commissioner & Secretary, Kitto Zhimomi and was attended by Administrative Heads of Departments and Head of Departments.
