Shillong. Dec 20: The finance department has released contractors’ bills under various government departments.
Department releases (In Rs Cr.)
Public Works: 256.4
Urban Affairs Department: 102.5
Public Health Engineering: 68.6
Sports And Youth Affairs: 60.0
Power: 60.0
Health And Family Welfare: 14.0
Parliamentary Affairs: 12.0
Water Resource: 8.2
Tourism Department: 7.9
Housing: 3.2
Transport Department: 2.5
Agriculture And Farmers Welfare: 1.3
Total: 596.7 a
Other releases
Various releases under other object heads have also been made for all the departments of the state.
Major departments Dec-FY26 releases (In Rs Cr.)
Community And Rural Development 102.9
Power 101.2
District Council Affairs 101.0
Planning 80.9
Agriculture And Farmers Welfare 69.5
Health And Family Welfare 62.2
Finance (Economic Affairs) 58.4
Education And Human Resources 35.0
Home (Police) 29.5
Sports And Youth Affairs 12.6
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary 10.8
TOTAL: 664.1
Focus+ scheme
Along with releases under various flagship state schemes, Rs 23 crore has been disbursed to 92,051 beneficiaries under the Focus+ scheme through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
Funds to district councils
Additional funds amounting to Rs 255.5 crore have been released in the current financial year to the three district councils to enable payment of current salaries and few months of pending salaries..
Over Rs 1600 cr released
Finance Department has made a total release of Rs 1602.9 cr in December from state resources, marking a 30.8% increase over the previous year, to enable Christmas festivities across the state
Over Rs 450 cr to employees,pensioners
The finance department has also released over Rs 450 crore as advance salaries ( Rs 348.1 crore), pension 93.4 crore,
wages 9.7 crore and contractual Workers Rs 4.1 crore
