The Finance department wants government departments and institutions drawing government support to urgently cut down unnecessary expenses and put in place belt-tightening measures.
It has directed the departments/institutions to stop using pricey star hotels and similar expensive facilities for organising seminars, workshops and training programmes. For holding such events, they should instead make maximum use of their own facilities, the Finance department said.
This measure aimed at expenditure control would come into immediate effect given the current financial situation of the State government, the department said in an August 19 order.
