Odisha’s revenue collection up by 7% till August

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has registered a 7 per cent increase in revenue collection up to August during the 2019-20 financial year, said an official on Tuesday.
Finance secretary Ashok Meena informed that the total revenue collection up to August grew around 7 per cent over the same period of last fiscal year.
The total revenue collection increased to around Rs 12,315 crore against the last year collection of Rs 11,758 crore.
An all secretaries meeting was held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of chief secretary Asit Tripathy.
The non-tax revenue increased by 12 per cent over previous year and the augmentation of revenue from own tax sources increased by 5 per cent, said Meena.
Review of the programme expenditure showed that because of the model code of conduct for general elections during initial 2-3 months of the current financial year, the total programme expenditure up to August declined by 4 per cent in comparison to the same period of last fiscal year.