Itanagar, February 13 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Governor J P Rajkhowa has instructed payment of all the salaries, besides medical reimbursement and travelling allowance bills, of all the state government employees upto March 2016.
Reviewing the Revised Estimate 2015-16 and Budget Estimate for 2016-17 at Raj Bhavan here yesterday, the Governor said salaries of all government employees, including contract employees must be paid within the set time frame of March next, a Raj Bhawan communique informed here today.
The state annual development agenda for 2015-16 is Rs 5814.24 crore and revised estimate is Rs 4893.43 crore.
Fiscal consolidation is the priority of the state government, the communiqu said.
An official at the state finance department informed that based on the budget estimate and revised estimate of 2015-16, the budget estimate for 2016-17 has been fixed tentatively as per laid down instruction from the Centre which would be finalised only after the Union budget.
Expressing concern over the welfare of the employees, Rajkhowa instructed that all the genuine medical reimbursement bills must be cleared.
He also directed payment of all travelling allowance (TA) bills.
The Governor gave special instruction for payment of police's long pending TA bills amounting to Rs 20 crore within current financial year, the communique said.
Many important decisions were taken in the review meeting yesterday which include Rs 5 crore for Ramakrishna Mission Hospital, Itanagar for setting up of Intensive Care Units (ICU) and other ancillary requirements, Rs 1 crore each to Tomo Riba State Hospital, Naharlagun and District Hospitals of Ziro, Tezu and Pasighat to procure medical equipment, the report said.
Arunachal governor creating political turmoil: NCP
Itanagar, February 13 (PTI): The NCP has alleged Arunachal Pradesh Governor J P Rajkhowa of creating political turmoil in the state.
Party’s state unit president Gicho Kabak in a statement today alleged that the current situation in the state is an "onslaught of the BJP to topple the democratically elected government". The BJP through the governor is crushing the constitutional values to get power through back door.
Now the governor should be more careful that such situation does not occur again. The governor wants power to rule the state and the Centre has provided him with it by imposing President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh. He should now rule the state smoothly without affecting the developmental process, a statement from Kabak said.
Public peace and security should be maintained with priority and the development process initiated by the state government should not be stopped at any cost, he added further urging the governor to allow continuation of all the policies and programmes of the state government without any discrimination.
The NCP further cautioned that if any development works are stopped, people would revolt, so the governor should work for the overall interest of the people without any discrimination and ensure that lives and properties of people are protected.
The party also stated that after imposition of President’s Rule in Arunachal, the tourist inflow in the state and business of twin capital cities had declined due to a fear psychosis in the minds of the people. Paramilitary forces deployed in the capital should be properly directed not to harass innocent people while performing their duty, the party added.
