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percentageofGDP hasincreased froln 5.57% i1)200.3-04 fo 6.72% in
2008-09 (BE).Thisisprimarily becatlseofthe factthatG01alocation
foreducation,health and orhersectorsrelevantto M DGShasincreased
signiflcantly overthepastfew years.However,parrofthisinc'reaseisilusory
because thePay Com mission Award hasadded ro thesalary burden.Thus
thebtldgetincreasemay norhaveresulted in corre-sponding increasein tlàe
numberofteachersordoctors.Second,70 to 80% ofthetotalexpenditure
on socialsectorisbornebythestates,butthey havenotbeen ableto arrest
(hedeclinein socialexpenditureasaproportion oftotalexpendittre,as
shown in Table3.
Table 3
Yiar Eclumtion 14+ +
2000-0 1 17.1 4.7
200 1-02 26.l 4.z;
2002-03 15.0 4.l
200:5-04 12.6 .5.j
2004-05 12.7 5.5
2005-06 14.2 5.9
06-07(RE) 14.2 4,1
07-08(BE) 13.9 4.1
(RBI Jpp/p
Itislikely thatasG0 1stepped up itsshare in socialsectorexpenditure,
statesdecided to cutdown on(heplan schemesthatrhey wererunning til
thelastdecade.Howcver,thiswould nccd ftlrtherilvestigatiol.State-wise
figuresaregiven in theRBIrcport.
Outlaysshould notbeconsidcred asan end inthelnselves.Deliveryof
socialservicesrequiresincreasing financialresourcc,btlrmoreim portan:is
thequality ofpublicexpenditurcsin thesearcas.-f-hisin rurn requiresimproving
thecertainty ofbudgetary flows,monitoring ofoutcomes,governance,
productivity and accountabilityofgovernmentInachinery,In contrast,over
the lasttwo dccadestherehasbeen hardly any improvementinthequality of
service.sbeing providcd bygovernmeltto itscitizens,especialy chepoor.'W e
suggestsomeofthcfactorsrcponsibleforpooroutcomes.
Budgetary Procedures
DeépitepooralocationsitisironicthatsomeM inistrie,ssuch asHealth
andFamilyWelfare,and somestatessuch :tsBihar,OrisaandJharkhand are