New Delhi: Odisha and Andhra Pradesh are a close second after Assam as the top states in terms of best practices followed in budget formulation, said a survey by Transparency International.
The survey was based on four parameters – public disclosure, budgetary process, post-budget fiscal management and efforts to make the budget more transparent and citizen-friendly.
Goa, Maharashtra and Punjab figured lower in the ranking.
“It is ironic that being a ‘Union of States’, state budgets in India have never received such importance as claimed by the Union Budget.
As a result, most of the state budgets are neither inclusive nor transparent. This is not good for the country in general and the state in particular,” Transparency International said in its report.The historical development of newer technologies has consistently served the needs and capabilities of able-bodied…
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