Punjab govt asks departments to curtail expenditure

CHANDIGARH : The Punjab Government has directed all the departments to be meticulous while committing expenditure from the state exchequer and to deliver quality services to the public spending minimum amount. Disclosing this official spokesperson of the Finance Department said that these fresh instructions for the financial year 2015-16 have been issued to curtail the government’s spending and increase saving. Department have also been told to monitor the salary budget. Any department require more funds for the salary budget must send the proposals to the Finance Department in advance. Departments have been told to release outstanding payments on priority instead of releasing fresh payments. They have categorically been restricted to clear fresh payments in case old payments are still pending. All the payments must be paid through Electronic Clearance System (ECS).