The finance ministry on Wednesday admitted that the cash position of the government may be stressed in the June quarter of FY21 due to the ongoing nationwide lockdown and put departments in three categories assigning a separate monthly and quarterly expenditure plan for each category. “The existing guidelines for expenditure control have been reviewed.
Keeping in view the present situation arising out of covid-19 and the consequential lockdown, it is expected that the cash position of government may be stressed in Q1 of 2020-21.
Considering this, it is essential to regulate the government expenditure and to fix the quarterly expenditure plan (QEP) and monthly expenditure plan (MEP) of specific ministries and departments," the Economic