chandigarh in a major relief to the ut administration the ministry of finance of the central government has lifted the cut of 20 in the budgetthe restriction was imposed for two quarters april to june and july to september due to the coronavirus pandemicwe received an official letter from the ministry last week all the ut departments will be issued a letter in a day or two allowing them to spend the money in required areas after removing the ceiling calculations and other related process will be initiated by the finance department keeping priority areas as far as expenditure is concerned in mind a senior official saidthe centre had released a financial grant of rs 518612 crore for the financial year of 20212022 to the ut a single quarters amount came to rs 1296 crore by not allowing to spend 20 of the amount the ut faced a setback of around rs 260 crore in each quarter earlier the main focus of the expenditure was only on wages salaries and committed liabilities as a result developmental works had come to a haltcommitted liabilities like salaries wages bills and unavoidable expenses were priority areas earlier developmental works had been affected now we are hopeful stalled works will gain pace and by the end of this financial year some ongoing projects or planned works will see progress sources said