The State government has incurred a net excess expenditure of ₹75,053 crore in 11 grants/appropriations against the approved budget of ₹2.55 lakh crore during the financial year 2021-22.
The excess expenditure amounted to 29% of the estimates during the fiscal. In the public debt section, it was mainly under Fiscal Administration, Planning, Survey and Statistics. Of these, expenditure under Fiscal Administration alone was ₹76,117 crore. A major chunk of ₹67,274 crore was utilised for repayment of ways and means advances, exceeding the budget estimate of ₹9,273 crore.
In the capital section, excess expenditure occurred mainly under the grants Major and Medium Irrigation, Medical Health and Panchayat Raj. Expenditure under Medical Health was ₹509 crore against the budgetary allocation of ₹382 crore exceeding the estimates by ₹128 crore, according to Finance Accounts for the fiscal 2021-22 prepared by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which was tabled in the Assembly on Sunday.
According to the report, the State availed financial accommodation instruments like special drawing facility, ways and means advances and overdraft during the fiscal. The government availed a special drawing facility of ₹9,636 crore for 289 days and ways and means advances of ₹34,369 crore for 259 days. An overdraft of ₹22,669 crore was availed for 100 days.
