Ranchi, Oct 18: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das directed to complete the central sponsored schemes on time and also asked to accord special focus towards completing the schemes meant for the development of the backward regions.
Chairing a high level administrative review meeting at the project building here he said that a nodal officer should be made by every department so that the execution of the centre sponsored schemes can be done on time and utilization certificate is also submitted on time. The nodal officer would also be responsible to coordinate with the departmental officials, central government, finance department and CAG office.
He said that speed should be added to the developmental works of such districts which are backward in the index of development and in case any problems are being faced than the entire process should be simplified.
During the meeting the department departments of the state government were asked to ensure that the payment to the contractors till March 31, 2018 be made as per the GST norms under which the TDS should not be deducted. In the meeting it was clearly said that any contractor or supplier who do not have a turn over exceeding to Rs 20 lakh should be asked to enroll under GST.