CAG report : Uttarakhand recorded a surplus of ₹5,310 crore in the financial year 2022-23

According to the recent report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Uttarakhand has achieved a historic feat by registering a revenue surplus of ₹5,310 crore in the financial year 2022-23.

With this achievement, Uttarakhand has joined the list of states that have recorded revenue surplus during this period.
Key points of the CAG report:*

• Revenue surplus: Uttarakhand recorded a surplus of ₹5,310 crore in the financial year 2022-23.
• Overall progress: This achievement indicates a significant improvement in the state’s financial position.

Evidence of economic strength: Once classified as a “BIMARU” state, Uttarakhand has now set an example of sound financial management.

Positive Economic Changes: Despite the challenges of financial discipline in the past, the state achieved this feat on the strength of careful management and transparent policies.

This achievement, documented in the CAG report, is the result of Uttarakhand’s good governance policies. Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment to a “developed India,” we have taken concrete steps toward financially empowering the state.

The government is working with the resolve to make Uttarakhand a developed and self-reliant state by moving forward on the policy of transparency, accountability and financial discipline asserted the Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami