HP CM to hold budget meet with MLAs on Feb 4, 5

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh will meet MLAs of the state on February 4 and 5 to fix priorities for the annual budget.
The priorities of MLAs would be discussed in the meeting so that the same could be incorporated in the budget, an official spokesman here said.
The meeting with MLAs from Solan, Sirmour and Shimla districts will be held on February 4 in the morning session from 10.30 AM to 1.30 PM while the meeting with MLAs from Mandi, Kullu and Bilaspur districts would be held in the afternoon from 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM.
The spokesman said meeting with MLAs from Kangra, Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur districts would be held on February 5 from 10.30 AM to 1.30 PM whereas the meeting with MLAs of Chamba, Una and Hamirpur districts would be held in the afternoon from 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM.

He said that priorities of MLAs regarding roads, bridges and small irrigation and drinking water supply schemes had been invited. Issues like generation of more resources, better administration and steps for containing expenditure on various heads would also be discussed with MLAs in the meeting.
Meanwhile the process of formulation of the State Budget for the year 2016-17 has commenced and suggestions have been invited from the general public, industries, trade and farmers associations to make the budget more people centric, participative and also to reflect views of various stakeholders in the society.
Additional Chief Secretary (Finance), Dr Shrikant Baldi told that suggestions could be sent on new interventions/ policies in order to improve the service delivery and quality of life of the general public with special emphasis on benefiting the poor people.

He said that new schemes/programmes for generation of self/wage employment and other important suggestions had also been invited for the budget. It would help the Government to frame such policies and programmes which were more development and people oriented.