(1) The State Government shall, at the time of presenting the budget, make disclosures as required under section 6 of the Act together with the following statements:
(a) a statement of select indicators of fiscal situation in Form D-1;
(b) a statement on components of State Government liabilities and interest cost of borrowings/mobilisation of deposits in Form D-2;
(c) a statement on the Consolidated Sinking Fund in Form D-3;
(d) a statement on guarantees given by the Government in Form D-4;
(e) a statement on outstanding risk-weighted guarantees in Form D-5;
(f) a statement on the Guarantee Redemption Fund in Form D-6;
(g) a statement giving details of number of employees in Government, public sector and aided institutions and related salaries and pensions in Form D-7.
(2) The Provisions of sub-rules (1) shall be complied with not later than three years after the coming into force of the Act.
5. Measures to enforce compliance -2- In case the outcome of the quarterly reviews of trends in receipts and expenditure, at the end of the second quarter of any financial year shows that—
(i) the total non-debt receipts are less than 40 per cent of Budget Estimates for that year;
or
(ii) the fiscal deficit is higher than 45 per cent of the Budget Estimates for that year; or
(iii) the revenue deficit is higher than 45 per cent of the Budget Estimates for that year; then– as required under sub-section (2) of section 7 of the said Act, the Minister-in-charge of the Ministry of Finance shall make a statement in the Legislature during the session immediately following the end of the second quarter detailing the corrective measures taken and the prospects for the fiscal deficit of that financial year.
-3- B. Assumption underlying the Fiscal Indicators
1. Revenue receipts
(a) Tax-revenue-Sectoral and GSDP growth rates;
(b) Non-tax-revenue-Policy;
(c) Devolution to Local Bodies;
(d) Share of own tax revenue to total tax revenue;
(e) Share of own non-tax revenue to total non-tax revenue.
2. Capital receipts— Debt stock, repayment, fresh loans and policy stance
(a) Loans and advances from the Centre;
(b) Special securities issues to the NSSF;
(c) Recovery of loans and advances;
(d) Borrowings from financial institutions;
(e) Other receipts (net)-small savings, provident funds, etc.;
(f) Outstanding Liabilities-Internal Debt and Other Liabilities.
3. Total expenditure— Policy Stancess
(g) Revenue account
(i) Interest payments — (a) on borrowings during the year (aggregate and categorywise)
(b) on outstanding liabilities-
(i) (aggregate and category-wise)
(ii) Major subsidies
(iii) Salariess
(iv) Pensions
(v) Others
(h) Capital account
(i) Loans and advances
(ii) Capital Outlay
4. GSDP Growth C. Assessment of sustainability relating to :
(i) The balance between receipts and expenditure in general and revenue receipts and revenue expenditure in particular. The Medium Term Fiscal Policy Statement may specify the tax-GSDP ratio, own tax-GSDP ratio and State’s share in Central tax-GSDP ratio for the current year and subsequent two years with an assessment of the changes required for achieving it. It may discus the non-tax revenues and the policies concerning the same.
Expenditure on revenue account, both plan and non-plan, may be also discussed with particular emphasis on the measures proposed to meet the overall objectives. It may discuss policies to contain expenditure on salaries, pension, subsidies and interest payments. An assessment of the capital receipts shall be made, including the borrowings and other liabilities, as per policies spelt out. The statement shall also give projections for GSDP and discuss it on the basis of assumptions underlying the indicators in achieving the sustainability objective.
(ii) The use of capital receipts including market borrowings for generating productive assets. The Medium Term Fiscal Policy Statement may specify the proposed use of capital receipts for -4- generating productive assets in different categories. It may also spell out the proposed changes among these categories and discuss them in terms of the overall policy of the Government.
(iii) The estimated yearly pension liabilities worked out on actuarial basis for the next ten years. In case it is not possible to calculate the pension liabilities on actuarial basis during the period of first three years after the coming into force of this Ordinance, the State Government may, during that period, estimate the pension liabilities by making force cases on the basis of trend growth rates (i.e. average rate of growth of actual pension payments during the last three years for which data are available).
______ Form F-2 (See Rule 3) Medium Term Fiscal Plan A. Fiscal Policy Overview.— [This paragraph will present an overview of the fiscal policy currently in vogue.]
B. Fiscal policy for the ensuing year.— This paragraph shall have, inter alia, six sub-paragraphs dealing with—
(1) Tax Policy In the sub-paragraph on tax policy, major changes proposed to be introduced in direct and indirect taxes in the ensuing financial year will be presented. It shall contain an assessment of exemption in various taxes and how far it relates to principles regarding tax exemptions.
(2) Expenditure Policy Under expenditure policy, major changes proposed in the allocation for expenditure shall be indicated. It shall also contain an assessment of principles regarding the benefits and target group of beneficiaries.
(3) Borrowings and Other Liabilities, Lending and Investments In this sub-paragraph on borrowings, the policy relating to internal debt, including the access to WMA/OD facility from the Reserve Bank of India, Government lending, investments and other activities; including principles regarding average maturity structure, bunching of repayments, etc., shall be indicated. The borrowings by Public Sector Undertakings and Special Purpose Vehicle, lending, investments, pricing of user charges on public goods and utilities and description of other activities, and activities of Public Sector Undertakings which have potential budgetary implications; and the key fiscal measures and targets pertaining to each of these shall be indicated.
(4) Consolidated Sinking Fund In this sub-paragraph, the policy related to the Consolidated Sinking Fund (CSF) shall be indicated.
(5) Contingent and other Liabilities Any change in the policy on contingent and other liabilities, in particular guarantees, which have potential budgetary implications shall be indicated. Any change in the policy -5- related to borrowings by special purpose vehicle (SPV) and other equivalent instruments where liability for repayment is on the State Government shall be indicated. The policy on building up of the Guarantee Redemption Fund (GRF) and commission charges/collected for guarantees issued shall also be indicated.*
(6) Levy of User Charges Any change proposed in the levy of user charges of public services shall be spelt out.
C. Strategic priorities for the ensuing year.— [(1) Resource mobilization for the ensuing financial year through tax, non-tax and other receipts shall be spelt out.
(2) The broad principles underlying the expenditure management during the ensuing year shall be spelt out.
(3) Priorities relating to management of public debt proposed during the ensuing year shall be indicated.]
D. Rationale for Policy changes.— [(1) The rationale for policy changes consistent with the Medium Term Fiscal Plan, in respect of taxes proposed in the ensuing Budget shall be spelt out.
(2) The rationale for major policy changes in respect of budgeted expenditure including expenditure on subsidies and pensions shall be indicated.
(3) Rationale for changes, if any, proposed in the management of the public debt shall be indicated.
(4) The need for changes, if any, proposed in respect of the charges for public utilities shall be spelt out.]
E. Policy Evaluation.— [The paragraph shall contain an evaluation of the changes proposed in the fiscal policy for the ensuing year with reference to fiscal deficit reduction and objectives set out in the Medium Term Fiscal Plan.]
______ -6- Form D-1 (See Rule 4) Select Fiscal Indicators Sr.
No.
Item Previous Year (Actuals) Current Year (RE) 1 2 3 4 1 Gross Fiscal Deficit as Percentage of GSDP.
2 Revenue Deficit as Percen- tage of Gross Fiscal Deficit.
3 Revenue Deficit as Percentage of GSDP.
4 Revenue Deficit as Percentage of TRR.
5 Total Liabilities- GSDP Ratio (%).
6 Total Liabilities- Total Revenue Receipts (%).
7 Total Liabilities- State’s Own Revenue Receipts (%).
8 State’s Own Revenue Receipts to Revenue Expenditure (%).
9 Capital Outlay as Percentage of Gross Fiscal Deficit.
10 Interest Payment as Percentage of Revenue Receipts.
11 Salary Expenditure as Percentage of Revenue Receipts.
12 Pension Expenditure as Percentage of Revenue Receipts.
13 Non-developmental Expenditure as Percentage of aggregate disbursements.
14 Gross Transfers from the Centre as Percentage of Aggregate Disbursements.
15 Non-tax Revenue as Percentage of TRR.
-7- Form D-2 ( See Rule 4) A. Components of State Government Liabilities (Rs. Crore) Category Raised during the FiscalYear Repayment/Redemption during the Fiscal Year Outstanding (End March) Previous Year (Actuals) Current Year (RE) Previous Year (Actuals) Current Year (RE) Previous Year (Actuals) Current Year (RE) Market Borrowings Loans from Centre Special Securities issued to the NSSF Borrowings from Financial Institutions/ Banks WMA/OD from RBI Small Savings.
Provident Funds, etc.
Reserve Funds/Deposits Other Liabilities Total -8- Form D-2 ( See Rule 4) B. Components of State Government Liabilities (Per cent) Category Raised during the FiscalYear Outstanding (End March) Previous Year (Actuals) Current Year (RE) Previous Year (Actuals) Current Year (RE) Market Borrowings Loans from Centre Special Securities issued to the NSSF Borrowings from Financial Institutions/ Banks WMA/OD from RBI Small Savings.
Provident Funds, etc.
Reserve Funds/Deposits Other Liabilities Total -9- * Weighted average interest rate where the respective weight is the amount borrowed. This is calculated on contractual basis and then annualized.
* Weighted average interest rate where the weights are the amount of the respective components of State Government Liabilities.
-10- -11- -12- Form D-5 (See Rule 4) Outstanding Risk-Weighted Guarantees (Amount in Rs. Crore) Default Probability Risk Weights (percent) Amount outstanding as in the Previous Year and the Current year Risk weighted outstanding guarantee in the Previous Year and Current Year Director Liabilities 100 High Risk 75 Medium Risk 50 Low Risk 25 Very Low Risk 5 Total Outstanding Note: The risk-weights have been pre-specified for various risk categories:
Form D-6 (See Rule 4) Guarantee Redemption Fund (GRF) (Amount in Rs. Crore) Outstanding invoked guarantees at the end of the Previous Year Outstanding Amount in GRF at the end of the Previous Year Amount of Guarantees likely to be invoked during the Current Year Addition to GRF during the Current Year Withdrawal from the GRF during the Current Year Outstanding Amount in GRF at the end of the Current Year
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Notes:
(i) As per the terms of the GRF during each year, the Government is required to contribute an amount equivalent atleast to 1/5th of the outstanding invoked guarantees plus an amount likely to be invoked as a result of the incremental guarantees issued during the year.
(ii) Previous year refers to the year preceding the current year.
-13- Form D-7 (See Rule 4) Number of Employees in Public Sector Undertakings & Aided Institutions Expenditure of State Government S r.
No.
Sector Name Total Employees as on 31-03- Related Expenditure during (Rs. In crores) On Salary On Pension
1. State Government
2. Judiciary
3. Aided Educational Institutions
4. Zilla Praja Parishads
5. Mandal Praja Parishads
6. Gram Panchayats
7. Municipal Corporations
8. Municipalities
9. Urban Development Authorities
10. Agriculural Market Committees
11. Zilla Grandhalaya Samsthas
12. State Public Sector Undertakings
13. Universities
14. Co-operative Institutions and other Government Bodies
15. Temples TOTAL
5. Measures to enforce compliance B. Assumption underlying the Fiscal Indicators C. Assessment of sustainability relating to :
Form F-2 Medium Term Fiscal Plan C. Strategic priorities for the ensuing year.— D. Rationale for Policy changes.— E. Policy Evaluation.—