Panel for each financial management modules set up

The State government has constituted committees for each of the Financial Management Modules – Budget Management, Expenditure, Revenue, Accounts Management, Debt and Investment Management, Ways and Means and Technology Working Group — to ensure extensive and intensive participation of all stakeholders at all stages of Comprehensive Financial Management System (CFMS) operationalisation.

The government has spearheaded several IT initiatives in the past two decades in order to cater to their day-to-day financial operations. With a view to expand its IT operations for effective Public Finance Management, it has decided to introduce a Comprehensive Financial Management System (CFMS) for providing seamless interface with all stakeholders and for establishing an efficient mechanism of electronic information sharing with external stakeholders, especially in Budgeting and Accounting processes, which will increase efficiency in financial transactions, transparency in operations, thus facilitating effective control and accountability at all levels.

The members of the Budget Management Module Committee are: A.V.G.K. Charyulu, Consultant, Finance Department, S.N.L. Narasimham, OSD, Finance Department, P. Subba Rao, Deputy Secretary of Finance Department and S. Ravindranath Tagore, Accounts Officer in Finance Department.

The members of Committee on Expenditure Module are: Y. Rama Krishna, Additional Secretary of Finance Department, K.V.S.K. Papa Rao, Assistant Secretary of Finance Department, T. Anand Babu, Joint Director, O/o the Directorate of Works accounts, Mrs Kalyani, Assistant Director, O/o the Directorate of Treasuries and Accounts and S. Ranga Rao, Joint Pay and Accounts Officer, O/o the Directorate of Pay and Accounts Office.

Committee on Revenue Module: Y. Rama Krishna, Additional Secretary of Finance Department, K.Venkateswara Rao, Additional Secretary of Finance Department, B. Srihari Rao, Consultant, Finance Department and Kalyani, Assistant Director, O/o the Directorate of Treasuries and Accounts Committee on Accounts Management Module: Sri Y. Rama Krishna, Additional Secretary of Finance Department, K.N. Malleswara Rao, Deputy Secretary of Finance Department, S. Ranga Rao, Joint Pay and Accounts Officer, O/o the Directorate of Pay and Accounts Office, M. Srihari, Senior Accounts Officer (Books), A.G’s Office and i N.B.V. Prasad, DP, A.G’s Office.

Committee on Debt & Investment Management: S. Maheswara Rao, Deputy Secretary of Finance Department and Y. Shankar Rao, Assistant Secretary of Finance.

Committee of Ways and Means: S. Maheswara Rao, Deputy Secretary of Finance Department and Y. Shankar Rao, Assistant Secretary of Finance Department.

Committee on Technology Working Group: N. Damodar Abbai, Director (IT), Fin. Dept, Ramana Rao, Project Manager (CFMS), Finance Department and Laxminarasimham, Senior Consultant, Programme Management, IT&C Dept., Secretariat. (NSS)