Saturday’s proceeding lasts 13 minutes
Our Correspondent
Kohima | March 19
The Eleventh Session of the Twelfth Nagaland Legislative Assembly which began on March 15 was adjourned sine die on March 19 by NLA speaker Chotisuh Sazo after completing all the assembly proceedings.
Today’s assembly proceeding started at 9:30am and ended by around 9:43am, lasting for 13 minutes.
The last day of the assembly proceedings witnessed presentation of Assembly Committee reports, passing of Demand for Grants for the year 2016-17, passing of Nagaland Appropriation (No.2) Bill, 2016, presentation of C&AG Report and announcement of various financial and non-financial committee and panel of chairmen for 2016-17.
It may be recalled that Nagaland State’s Governor PB Acharya made Governor’s Address on March 15 while Chief Minister TR Zeliang presented full budget for the year 2016-17 on March 17 with annual plan outlay for 2016-17 projected at Rs. 3924.47 crores.
Zeliang told the Assembly that for the first time since the 13th Finance Commission period, the State Government has been able to release all the pending CDs in this current financial year.
He also stated that for the first time, the Government has a positive BCR (Balance from Current Revenue) of Rs. 71.62 crores for 2016-17. He said that during the past, the BCR gap was negative, even exceeding Rs. 1000.00 crores up to 2000 crores on a few occasions.
He also said that for the first time, the accumulated deficit has been brought down through internal management and termed it as “commendable achievement.”
Naga political issue dominated the general discussions on Governor’s Address and Budget presentation. Among the many other proceedings, the assembly witnessed passing two Government Bills- Nagaland Prohibition of Gambling and Promotion and Regulation of Online Games of Skill Bill, 2015 and Nagaland Backward Tribes Commission Bill, 2016.
