19 Feb, 2007 0258hrs
PATNA: The total number of government servants in Bihar in 2006-07 is 4.35 lakh. Their total salary bill is Rs 7,800 crore, more than one-third of Bihar's revenue expenditure. Similarly, the expenditure on pension accounts for 13 per cent of total revenue receipts. The expenditure on salary and pension together accounts for nearly half of the revenue receipts. Bihar's budget for 2006-07 was a milestone from the perspective of both development and welfare. First, there is a surplus of Rs 4,636 crore, in place of a deficit of Rs 909 crore in 2005-06, in the consolidated fund. Tax revenue had been projected to increase by 8 per cent and fetch additional revenue of Rs 2,697 crore over the previous year. These are some of the points contained in the first-ever economic survey of Bihar, prepared on the pattern of the Union government, to be presented during the ensuing budget session some time in the last week of February. The economic survey in its voluminous report said: "For the state specific needs, the Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC) has granted a sum of Rs 400 crore to Bihar." This grant is meant for seven heads, including urban development (Rs 180 crore), technical education (Rs 50 crore), establishment of administrative training institute (Rs 50 crore) and a few other activities. This sum, according to the survey report, is not adequate to meet all the needs of a disadvantaged state like Bihar. Bihar had a population of 83.0 million in 2001, which now stands at 90.2 million. Of its total population, 89.6 per cent live in rural areas making it the least urban state among all the major states in India. Total flood-prone area in the state accounts for 73.06 per cent of its total geographical area and 17.2 per cent of the total flood-prone area in the country. Flood situation is more severe in the northern plains of Bihar. A long-term solution to this problem can be achieved by constructing dams in upper catchment areas of the Kosi, the Gandak, the Bagmati and the Mahananda rivers, the survey report said. Tubewells account for 63 per cent of total created irrigation capacity in the state. A very high dependence for irrigation on tubewells and operation of diesel turbwells due to lack of power infrastructure in the rural areas leads to a high cost and inefficient irrigation, it said. On industry, it said that the overall industrial sector in the state is predominated by the unregistered units, which account for more than half of its rotal income. Bihar also suffers from the problem of a sizeable number of units falling sick. As on December 2006, there were 259 large and medium units in the state, of which, 35 units were declared sick and 17 were to be closed, it said. Road has been accorded a high priority under the present government.
PATNA: The total number of government servants in Bihar in 2006-07 is 4.35 lakh. Their total salary bill is Rs 7,800 crore, more than one-third of Bihar's revenue expenditure. Similarly, the expenditure on pension accounts for 13 per cent of total revenue receipts. The expenditure on salary and pension together accounts for nearly half of the revenue receipts. Bihar's budget for 2006-07 was a milestone from the perspective of both development and welfare. First, there is a surplus of Rs 4,636 crore, in place of a deficit of Rs 909 crore in 2005-06, in the consolidated fund. Tax revenue had been projected to increase by 8 per cent and fetch additional revenue of Rs 2,697 crore over the previous year. These are some of the points contained in the first-ever economic survey of Bihar, prepared on the pattern of the Union government, to be presented during the ensuing budget session some time in the last week of February. The economic survey in its voluminous report said: "For the state specific needs, the Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC) has granted a sum of Rs 400 crore to Bihar." This grant is meant for seven heads, including urban development (Rs 180 crore), technical education (Rs 50 crore), establishment of administrative training institute (Rs 50 crore) and a few other activities. This sum, according to the survey report, is not adequate to meet all the needs of a disadvantaged state like Bihar. Bihar had a population of 83.0 million in 2001, which now stands at 90.2 million. Of its total population, 89.6 per cent live in rural areas making it the least urban state among all the major states in India. Total flood-prone area in the state accounts for 73.06 per cent of its total geographical area and 17.2 per cent of the total flood-prone area in the country. Flood situation is more severe in the northern plains of Bihar. A long-term solution to this problem can be achieved by constructing dams in upper catchment areas of the Kosi, the Gandak, the Bagmati and the Mahananda rivers, the survey report said. Tubewells account for 63 per cent of total created irrigation capacity in the state. A very high dependence for irrigation on tubewells and operation of diesel turbwells due to lack of power infrastructure in the rural areas leads to a high cost and inefficient irrigation, it said. On industry, it said that the overall industrial sector in the state is predominated by the unregistered units, which account for more than half of its rotal income. Bihar also suffers from the problem of a sizeable number of units falling sick. As on December 2006, there were 259 large and medium units in the state, of which, 35 units were declared sick and 17 were to be closed, it said. Road has been accorded a high priority under the present government.
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