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Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

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allocation. Therefore, Government working has constantly been assailed at various forums<br />

on this account. Apart from criticism from public and the media Comptroller and Auditor<br />

General, Finance Commission and the <strong>Planning</strong> Commission has taken a serious view of this<br />

lapse. It is, therefore, proposed to spare some money in order to identify such deficit areas<br />

and undertake the remedial measures. The institute under this scheme shall also identify and<br />

workout remedial actions plan in such areas of deficiency. An outlay of Rs. 202.10 lac has<br />

been provided for the Annual Plan 2008-09 for carrying out various new proposed activities<br />

such as research and development studies, state and national level conference/convention,<br />

establishment of publication wing, grant of fellowships & stipends, survey & documentation<br />

of best practices, and innovation in governance etc and an expenditure of Rs. 50.50 lac was<br />

incurred upto 31-03-09. An outlay of Rs. 230.00 lac was provided in Annual Plan 2009-10<br />

against which an expenditure of Rs. 88.62 lac was incurred. An outlay of Rs. 200.00 lac is<br />

provided in the Annual Plan 2010-11 against which an expenditure of Rs. 162.00 las has<br />

been incurred. However, an outlay of Rs. 200.00 lac is provided for the Annual Plan <strong>2011</strong>-<br />

<strong>12</strong> for this purpose.<br />

New Scheme<br />

MGSIPA-4 Excellence Awards for promotion of Good Governance<br />

537<br />

Outlay - Rs. 30.00 lac<br />

<strong>12</strong>.7.6 Under this scheme, awards ranging from Rs.5000/- to Rs.50,000/- will be<br />

given to selected Govt. Officers, NGOs, Public Representative, Subordinate Employees and<br />

other deserving organizations/individuals at the <strong>State</strong> as well as regional/district level in<br />

order to give incentives for good works, initiatives and ideas with a view to improving<br />

governance, development and public welfare. An outlay of Rs. 30.00 lac is provided for the<br />

Annual Plan <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> for this purpose.<br />

<strong>12</strong>.8 EXCISE & TAXATION<br />

Outlay- Rs. 1600.00 lac<br />

<strong>12</strong>.8.1 VAT was successfully implemented in the state of <strong>Punjab</strong> w.e.f. 1.4.2005.<br />

Keeping in view the difficulties being faced by trade and industry, rate of VAT has been<br />

decreased on certain commodities, procedure of tax collection has been made business<br />

friendly and dates for submission of statutory documents under the CST Act have been<br />

extended for procuring these documents from other states. To expedite payment of refund to<br />

exporters and dealers resorting to inter state sales, the facilities of E-filing of quarterly

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