HD Kumaraswamy to begin preparations for ‘new budget’ from June 21

Team Udayavani, Jun 18, 2018, 12:32 PM IST

Bengaluru: The way toward setting up “a new budget” of the Janata Dal (Secular)– Congress coalition government has been set lead by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, with the declaration of the announcements of pre-budget meetings with Ministers and heads of various departments, beginning from this Thursday. 

This comes in the midst of disparate perspectives communicated by the former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Kumaraswamy over the introduction of the budget plan. While Siddaramaiah has recommended there is no compelling reason to exhibit another financial plan and that a supplementary budget plan would improve the situation in the coalition government, Kumaraswamy has told media in New Delhi that a supplementary budget plan would not assist the new government with setting the objectives. 

Detailed schedule of the pre-budget meetings, discharged by the Chief Minister’s office on Sunday, portrayed it as “a new budget”, in opposition to Mr. Siddaramaiah’s contention. 

The discharge likewise has a duplicate of the note sent to Ministers to modify their travel plans as needs be. The Chief Minister’s office has educated the Ministers that it may not be possible to change or reschedule the pre-budget meetings. 

In a different note sent from the Finance Department, heads of different offices have been solicited to give subtle elements from the new plans declared in the 2018– 19 budget plan by Siddaramaiah in February and furthermore their financial implication. Other than this, the Chief Minister has likewise looked for a list of projects/schemes that could be dropped; plans/schemes that could confront decrease in funds; and plans/schemes that require re-organized funding. 

According to the schedule made accessible to the press, the budget meetings will begin with the Department of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday, trailed by meetings with the departments of Medical Education, Water Resources, Primary and Secondary Education, Revenue, Skills Development, and Labor. The consultations will end on June 30. Other than meeting with Ministers and division heads, Kumaraswamy will likewise be meeting senior police officials and farmer leaders as a feature of the budget meeting.