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Expenditure Commission set up

Bangalore: The State Government has constituted an Expenditure Review Commission under the chairmanship of the former Chief Secretary B.K. Bhattacharya. Infosys Director Mohandas Pai and Vivek Murthy of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, are the members of the commission, which has been asked to submit its report within a year. The commission will review the efficacy of programmes, recommend their restructuring and convergence to facilitate improvements and suggest a strategy to meet a reasonable proportion of expenditure on services through user charges. It will also recommend measures for optimising the staff strength of government departments. — Special Correspondent

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