Wednesday, February 25, 2009

No full budget, but vote-on-account in Uttarakhand

Dehradun, Feb 23: The Uttarakhand Government will not present a full budget in the session beginning on Tuesday, instead a vote-on-account will be tabled in the House, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prakash Pant said on Monday.

The government plans to introduce a bill for the setting up of a paramedical council to give recognition to paramedical courses at state level during the four-day session, among others.

Governor B L Joshi would address the House on the opening session and vote-on-account would be presented on February 25 for government expenditure till June, the minister said.

The brief session is likely to be stormy as the main opposition Congress has decided to corner the government on the issues regarding employment to Nursery Teachers Training (NTT) diploma holders, Yoga trainers and Shiksha Mitras in government schools.

"We have lent our support to educated unemployed youths, who are sitting on dharna for the past several months demanding a government job. We are going to voice their demands in the house in a big way," Leader of the Opposition Harak Singh Rawat said.

The government may go for a full budget after the general elections are over, Pant said adding full budget could not be presented as it was "not prepared".

Source;http://www.zeenews.com/states/2009-02-23/510066news.html

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