17-05-2025
UT asks MC to give utilization certificate for village devpt funds
Chandigarh: The UT finance department has asked the
Chandigarh municipal corporation
(MC) to provide a
utilisation certificate
for Rs 50 crore allocated under the
village development fund
(VDF) in 2021. The funds were distributed across various developmental projects, with Rs 19 crore designated for the building and road wing, Rs 90 lakh for horticulture initiatives, and the remaining amount for public health infrastructure.
The finance department has forwarded a detailed communication to the MC, requesting comprehensive utilisation details in a segregated format. A specific proforma accompanies the letter, requiring the MC to provide information about individual projects, including administrative approvals, payment details and associated liabilities.
The official communication states: "It is to inform you that the Chandigarh Administration, dated March 26, 2021, provided a
Grant-in-Aid
of Rs 50 crore for the development works in 13 villages and an additional Rs 25 crore towards committee liabilities under the revenue head.
The Utilisation Certificate (UC) for the total amount received from the Chandigarh Administration for the works under the Village Development Funds should be sent to the quarters concerned under intimation to this office. List of works to be undertaken in this financial year.
You are therefore requested to submit the above information by today positively. This may be treated as top priority."
Department sources said the MC's continuous requests for additional funding, coupled with their failure to submit previous utilisation certificates, prompted this directive.
The VDF allocation was supplementary to the regular grant-in-aid (GIA).
Mayor's request
The finance department's move on the UC comes shortly after the city mayor's appeal for dedicated village development funds. Despite the mayor's letter to the UT chief secretary in late April, requesting specific funding for
village development projects
, the UT has not released any additional funds. A recent financial review meeting concluded that with ongoing GIA disbursements to the MC, additional funding allocations are presently unfeasible.
MSID:: 121239161 413 |
Chandigarh: The UT finance department has asked the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) to provide a utilisation certificate for Rs 50 crore allocated under the village development fund (VDF) in 2021. The funds were distributed across various developmental projects, with Rs 19 crore designated for the building and road wing, Rs 90 lakh for horticulture initiatives, and the remaining amount for public health infrastructure.
The finance department has forwarded a detailed communication to the MC, requesting comprehensive utilisation details in a segregated format. A specific proforma accompanies the letter, requiring the MC to provide information about individual projects, including administrative approvals, payment details and associated liabilities.
The official communication states: "It is to inform you that the Chandigarh Administration, dated March 26, 2021, provided a Grant-in-Aid of Rs 50 crore for the development works in 13 villages and an additional Rs 25 crore towards committee liabilities under the revenue head.
The Utilisation Certificate (UC) for the total amount received from the Chandigarh Administration for the works under the Village Development Funds should be sent to the quarters concerned under intimation to this office.
List of works to be undertaken in this financial year. You are therefore requested to submit the above information by today positively. This may be treated as top priority."
Department sources said the MC's continuous requests for additional funding, coupled with their failure to submit previous utilisation certificates, prompted this directive.
The VDF allocation was supplementary to the regular grant-in-aid (GIA).
Mayor's request
The finance department's move on the UC comes shortly after the city mayor's appeal for dedicated village development funds. Despite the mayor's letter to the UT chief secretary in late April, requesting specific funding for village development projects, the UT has not released any additional funds. A recent financial review meeting concluded that with ongoing GIA disbursements to the MC, additional funding allocations are presently unfeasible.
MSID:: 121239161 413 |
