Finance ministry curbs spending by depts to help fight Covid

财政部控制各部门的支出，以抗击新冠疫情

NEW DELHI: The finance ministry on Wednesday imposed spending checks on several departments, ranging from education and home to telecom and power, as part of a cash management exercise due to the “evolving” Covid-19 situation and the Centre’s cash management requirements.

新德里：鉴于新冠肺炎疫情“不断演变”和印度政府的现金管理要求，印度财政部周三对教育、家庭、电信和电力等多个部门进行支出检查，作为现金管理的一部分。

While these departments can at best spend 20% of their annual allocation during July-September, 19 departments, such as health, pharma, fertiliser, rural development, agriculture and farmers’ welfare, road transport and railways will not face any restrictions.

虽然这些部门在7月至9月最多只能花费其年度拨款的20%，但卫生、制药、化肥、农村发展、农业和农民福利、公路运输和铁路等19个部门将不会面临任何限制。

The move came as the latest numbers released by the Controller General of Accounts estimated the Centre’s fiscal deficit at Rs 1.23 lakh crore or 8.2% of the full year target for 2021-22 at the end of May as tax and non-tax revenues gathered strength and spending remained under control. During April-May, revenue receipts were estimated at 19.6% of the target, compared with 2.2% a year ago when the country was in the grip of a strict lockdown.

印度审计长发布的最新数据估计，随着税收和非税收收入的增长，支出仍在控制之下，印度政府的财政赤字为1.23万亿卢比，相当于5月底2021-2022财年全年目标的8.2%。今年4月至5月，财政收入预计达到目标的19.6%，而去年同期为2.2%，当时印度处于严格封锁之中。

While the Centre had said that it wants to push spending, the focus is on asset-creating capital expenditure as well as priority sectors such as health and pharma.

印度政府说希望推动支出，但重点是创造资产的资本支出以及卫生和制药等优先部门。

Wednesday’s measures indicate that the government expects a higher-than-budgeted spend, although its stimulus measures are estimated to have only increased the spending by around Rs 1.5 lakh crore over the budget estimates. But it signals that by checking non-essential spending, the government will try to rein in fiscal deficit at 6.8% of GDP.

周三的措施表明，政府预计支出将高于预算，尽管其刺激措施估计仅比预算增加了约1.5万亿卢比。但这表明，通过控制非必要支出，政府将努力将财政赤字控制在GDP的6.8%。

以下是印度时报读者的评论：译者：Jessica.Wu

kinginchennai

Modi government spends over Rs 4,300 crore in publicity: RTI for 2019

2019年，莫迪政府在宣传上的支出超过430亿卢比

kinginchennai

Rs 3,408 crore on the Central Vista redevelopment project in Delhi and Rs 15 crore on a memorial for former chief minister Manohar Parrikar is not worth the waste of money.

340.8亿卢比用于德里的“中央远景”重建项目，1.5亿卢比用于纪念前首席部长Manohar Parrikar，不值得，浪费钱。

kinginchennai

does she mean this...Modi govt splurges ₹5,000 crore on publicity, twice the amount spent by UPA in 10 years

莫迪政府在宣传上挥霍了500亿卢比，是国大党在10年里花费的两倍

Anjan Kesh

Education expenditure curbed to ensure that schools churn out more illiterate modi bhakts.

控制教育支出，以确保学校培养出更多的文盲支持莫迪。

Shashi Shankar

Curb in education spending but Central Vista has to finish 2022, explains govt priority

印度政府的首要任务是控制教育支出，但“中央远景”重建项目必须在2022年完工

WB New

How is govt going to pay to families of those who died due to covid? Under reporting deaths?

政府将如何向死于新冠肺炎死者的家属支付抚恤金?少报死亡人数?

Raja Babu

India is on its way to become an under developed country. Jo 70 saal me bana....woh 7 saal me naash. Vote for vishwaguru and team again to increase speed of decline.

印度正在成为一个不发达国家。再次投票给莫迪和他的团队，加快衰退的速度。

SUNDARARAMAN SRINIVASAN

Show off --- as usual ..........If they were earnest and sincere ----- the central vista vanity project should have been postponed/shelved -- last year itself.

做秀，如果他们是认真的，应该推迟面子工程“中央远景”重建项目

Nitin Kadam

This is another example of unscrupulous decision by finance ministry. Why were there no curb on irrelevance infrastructure projects? No curb on fuel price increment. We are absolutely fed up of this government. Time has come to immerse this government during next Lol Sabha elections.

这又是印度财政部胡乱决策的一个例子。为什么对无关紧要的基础设施项目没有限制?

没有限制燃油价格上涨。我们受够了这个印度政府。

是时候在下届议会选举中让这届印度政府下台了。

Rv Sagar

I am sure that the central vista project is in the exempted category.

我确信“中央远景”重建项目属于豁免类别。

Guest

stop vista work. that will meet all curbs.

停止“中央远景”重建项目，其他开支都不用限制了

Doodle##apos##s Google

Any cut on allowances to MPs MLAs and ministers?

对议员和部长的津贴有削减吗?

Sundareshwaran sivakumar

I see many people nowadays criticizing Modi and his govt, but finally they will vote for him to elect him as PM again.

我看到很多人现在批评莫迪及其政府，但最终他们会投票给他，让他再次当选总理。

Guest

Diverting funds for Central Vista indirectly ?

间接为“中央远景”重建项目安排资金?

Guest

when this Finance Minister is going to be replaced with a person who knows Finance really and tackle issues ?

什么时候能让一个真正懂财政并能处理财政问题的人取代这个财政部长?

Adit Sharma

Good to not include caps for pharma and healthcare. However, India's debt to GDP ratio has increased to almost 90% since the start of the pandemic.

好在不限制制药和医疗方面的开支。然而，自疫情开始以来，印度的债务占GDP的比例已经上升到近90%。

Dr Ahmed Khan

Two TAMILIANS have destroyed India and their names are Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishanker. NIKAMMA Modi must fire both of them if Indian economy has to improve. But Modi is a coward and will not fire them despite Tamilians never voting for BJP.

两个泰米尔人摧、毁了印度，他们的名字是西塔拉曼和苏杰生。如果印度经济要改善，莫迪必须解雇他们两个。但莫迪是个懦夫，不会解雇他们，尽管泰米尔人从未投票给人民党。

Anjan Kesh

Govt spent Rs.8400 crores on two luxury boeing dreamliner jets for PM and the president.

印度政府花了840亿卢比为总理和总统购买两架豪华波音梦幻客机。

akash76 y

Let pheku narendra know not to buy any more planes, spend on useless foreign trips, etc.,.

让莫迪不要再买飞机，不要把钱花在无用的国外旅行上，等等。

Vinay

Curb on spending on education, health depts ??? Seriously!! when were they even spending any single paisa on education or health.

控制教育和卫生部门的开支？认真的吗？他们什么时候在教育或医疗上花过钱？