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Rajesh Gupta
Jammu, Sept 18: Taking serious note of low progress in physical verification of works, the Finance Secretary has directed the Planning, Development and Monitoring Department to ensure completion of this exercise in respect of over 16000 works/projects expeditiously.
Moreover, all the departments have been told to accord sanctions and complete important formalities by end of this month so that imposition of Model Code of Conduct doesn’t create any sort of hurdle in the developmental works.
During the review of physical and financial progress achieved under Capex Budget 2023-24 by the Principal Secretary to the Government, Finance Department, it came to the fore that progress achieved in respect of physical verification and inspection of works for the year 2022-23 was very low (5.75%) despite the fact that such an exercise is playing a crucial role in transparency of the execution.
Taking serious note of this, the Principal Secretary, Finance Department directed the Planning, Development and Monitoring Department to ensure that Regional Directors and District Statistical and Evaluation Officers expedite the physical verification of over 16,000 works and projects.
“Physical verification/inspection of the works has to happen systematically and shall be evenly planned for the entire financial year”, read the direction issued by the Government. 
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