Ministries

Dept says tender terms favourable to foreign firms

A CAG report has flagged 24 cases of irregularities involving Rs 348.57 crore related to four Ministries and Departments and four Central Public Sector Enterprises

Ministries are now permitted to utilise unspent balances from Quarterly Expenditure Plan for 1st and 2nd quarter within a fiscal year under intimation to Budget Division for cash management purposes

'I propose a common "offer" to countries that are engaged in imagining a joined-up foreign, trade, defence and development policy framework', says the author

Sitharaman said PM Modi has asked all ministers to identify compliance burdens for the industry in their respective ministries and departments, and simplify them

All the 77 ministers in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led cabinet have been divided into eight different groups

The cumulative share of these items is 57.66 per cent in total import during the March-August 2021 period

However, expenditure related to containment of the pandemic is excluded from the scope of this order.

The decision has been taken given the fact that using technological innovations for planning, scheduling and forecasting is known to be economical, efficient and effective

On September 30, 53.4 per cent of BE 2019-20 was spent by various ministries/departments

Though the practice is not new, it has gathered traction in the last few months