Chandigarh, June 27 - Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal here today accorded approval to a proposal regarding Substitution of subject matters of the Planning Department in the Business of the Haryana Government (Allocation) Rules, 1974 and Change in Nomenclature of the Department at Directorate level.  These rules may be called the Business of the Haryana Government (Allocation) Amendment Rules, 2022.

The nomenclature of the Department at Directorate level is changed from Department of Economic and Statistical Analysis, Haryana to Department of Economic and Statistical Affairs, Haryana.

As per the amended rules, the subject matters of the Planning Department in the Business of the Haryana Government (Allocation) Rules, 1974, will be giving advice to Government on Economic/Statistical matters, Preparation of schematic allocation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes and State Welfare and Development schemes, Monitoring and Evaluation, Implementation of The Chit Funds Act, 1982 and Haryana Chit Fund Rules, 2018 in the State, Establishment matters relating to officers and staff under the administrative control of the Department except matters allotted to the General Administration Department, all matters relating to the Haryana Institute for Fiscal Management and works relating to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Coordination Center and State Planning Board.

Functions of State Government have increased tremendously with the passage of time. The concept of a State has changed from that of simply maintaining law and order to that of welfare State. The erstwhile Planning Commission which was primarily responsible for deciding on Plan spending of the Centre and allocation to State Governments had been revamped and rechristened as the NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog by the Government of India. In the State also, the classification of Budget into Plan and Non-Plan has been discontinued from the financial year 2017-18.

The Statistical activities at the Centre level are undertaken by the National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI). At State level, the Planning and Economics/Statistics activities are undertaken by the Department of Economic and Statistical Analysis (DESA). An institute namely, Swarna Jayanti Haryana Institute for Fiscal Management has also been established under Planning Department.

Accordingly, in view of the significant change in the mandate of the department cabinet has approved the said proposals.