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GRANTNo.XXIX FOREST, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGYANDENVIRONMENT
(Contd.)
NOTES AND COMMENTS
REVENUE
Voted
(i) As the expenditure fell short of even the original provision, the supplementary
provision of
`
17,56.80 lakh obtained in March 2013 proved unnecessary and could have
been restricted to a token provision wherever necessary.
(ii) The surrender of
`
1,61,89.67 lakh in March 2013 was in excess of the eventual
saving of
`
1,50,62.12 lakh.
(iii) Saving in original plus supplementary provision occurred mainly under:
Head
Total grant
Actual
Excess(+)
expenditure
Saving (-)
(Rupees in lakh)
2059 PublicWorks
01 Office Buildings
MH 053 Maintenance and Repairs
1.SH(74) Buildings of Principal Chief
Conservator of Forest
O.
1,72.21
R.
(-)99.48
72.73
77.81
(+)5.08
Specific reasons for reduction in provision aswell as reasons for final excess have not been
intimated (August 2013)
Similar saving occurred during the years 2006-07 to 2011-12.
2402 Soil andWater Conservation
MH 102 Soil Conservation
2.SH(04) Afforestation etc. inMachkund Basin
O.
5,24.81
R.
(-)1,63.08
3,61.73
3,66.72
(+)4.99
Reduction in provision was the net effect of the decrease of
`
1,74.14 lakh and an
increase of
`
11.06 lakh. Out of the total reduction in provision, decrease of
`
95.75 lakh was
stated to be due to non-filling up of vacancies. Specific reasons for remaining decrease of
`
78.39 lakh as well as reasons for increase in provision have not been intimated.
Reasons for final excess have not been intimated (August 2013).
Similar saving occurred during the years 2008-09 to 2011-12.