Ongoing works under MLAs’ CDF to continue
20/07/2018
The Government came out with detailed guidelines on Constituency Develop ment Fund (CDF) of the MLAs as some of the political parties had called upon the Governor to suspend its use as the Assembly has been kept under suspended animation. Though the Government said that the works already under execution or approved through the CDF before imposition of Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir will be executed and expedited, it was silent on whether the MLAs can approve more works under the CDF or not when the Assembly was under suspended animation. An official order issued by the Planning, Development and Monitoring Department (PD&MD) today said following imposition of Governor's rule in the State, clarifications have been sought by various quarters about applicability of the CDF guidelines. The execution of all ongoing works (under the CDF) will continue and completed as per the fixed time lines and payments released to the executing agencies thereafter.
However, under the extant guidelines of the Constituency Development Scheme for legislators in the State, such works as were identified prior to the placement of the State under the Governor's Rule but wherein estimates for the work have not so far been prepared or authorized shall also be considered for grant of approval by the designated authorities and executed timely by the concerned executing agency. It added that detailed guidelines related to the decisions have been issued for strict adherence to all DDCs, who have been further advised to personally monitor the pace and execution of all works and ensure their completion without any cost or time over runs in the larger public interest. However, as there was no word in the Government order as to whether the MLAs can use their CDF when the Assembly was under suspended animation, the analysts believed that the MLAs were not entitled to use the CDF presently.
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