India, March 13 -- The Jammu & Kashmir Government on Friday directed officers that the unspent Constituency Development Fund (CDF) balance from a preceding financial year shall be prioritised for utilization under the scheme in the next fiscal.
Citing CDF scheme guidelines, which state that funds under the scheme are non lapsable, the government instructed officers that "any unspent funds under each activity, if available as on 31st March of every year with the District Development Commissioner or executing agencies, shall be deposited in the government treasury."
The District Development Commissioners (DDCs) have also been directed to furnish details of such unspent balances to the Finance Department at the end of each financial year.
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