More steps to curb expenses: Ashok Lavasa

The government is looking at ways to improve expenditure management for judicious utilisation of resources wh-ile continuing with the pace of public spending to keep the economy moving, finance secretary Ashok Lavasa said on Monday.

More reforms via direct transfer of benefits to intended beneficiaries are in the offing and the ministries have been asked to examine recommendations made by the Expenditure Management Commis-sion, he said.

“We have requested all the ministries to consider those recommendations, examine them, make a road map for implementing whatever they think can be implemented,” he said.

“On the whole, the emphasis of the government is to judiciously utilise the available resources and bring about efficiency of expenditure,” the official said.