Gujarat confidential: Workshop For MLAs

After Finance Minister Kanu Desai presents the Budget in the Assembly on Friday, Hasmukh Adhia, the Chief Advisor to CM Bhupendra Patel, along with an expert, will hold a workshop for the understanding of the Budget for all the MLAs. Gujarat Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary made the announcement on Thursday, adding that the workshop is set to be organised with the objective that the MLAs spread awareness about the Budget in a better manner. Adhia, a retired IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, has also served as the finance secretary in the Union government.

Staff Crunch

The annual report of the Gujarat Road Safety Authority tabled on the first day of the Budget Session of the state assembly was for the year 2021-22. The reasons for the delay in submission of the audit report and annual administrative report were said to be “shortage of staff” and “translation” issues. A note in the report said that the Authority “faced difficulties in the preparation of reports due to nonavailability of administrative officer/staff as well as regular accounting officer and accounting staff at that time. Gujarat Road Safety Authority assigned the task of translation of the above-mentioned reports to the office of the Director of Languages, Gandhinagar. The preparation of the report has been delayed as the translation done by the Office of the Director of Languages has been reviewed and revised by the Authority.”