CADC Passes budget for 2026-27 amounting to Rs. 2,48,43.49 lakhs

Kamalanagar, 24 August 2026: The third sitting of the Emergency Session of the 11th Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) was held today at the CADC Session Hall, with Dg. Kali Kumar Tongchangya, Chairman, CADC, in the Chair.

The House took up for discussion and consideration the Reappropriation of Local Receipt Fund, 2025โ€“2026, and the Demand for Grants, 2026โ€“2027 (Budget Estimate), which had been laid before the House by Dg. Nirupam Chakma, Honโ€™ble Chief Executive Member (CEM), CADC and House Leader, during the first sitting of the Emergency Session on 20 August 2026. Following discussion, the financial proposals were put to vote and unanimously passed by the House.

Under the Receipts head, the Budget Estimate (2026-2027) provides for Rs. 181.61 lakh under Local Receipts, Rs. 16,939.80 lakh under Normal Grant-in-Aid and Rs. 145.34 lakh towards Village Council remuneration.

During 2025โ€“2026, CADC had collected Rs. 192.48 lakhs in Local Receipts against the budget target of Rs. 145 lakhs, exceeding the target by Rs. 47.48 lakh.

The provision for salary of Rs. 16,939.80 lakh under Normal Grant-in-Aid is below the estimated salary requirement of Rs. 17,515.38 lakh for 2026โ€“2027, resulting in a deficit of Rs. 1,230.58 lakhs for the current fiscal year alone. Taken together with the salary deficit of Rs. 6,377.79 lakh carried forward from the previous year, the total salary requirement stands at Rs. 23,893.17 lakh – resulting in a deficit of Rs. 7,608.37 lakh.

A provision of Rs. 655 lakhs has been made under Normal Grant-in-Aid for non-salary expenditure covering administrative requirements and maintenance, roads and bridges, school infrastructure, agriculture and horticulture, educational and sports materials, literacy programmes, training and livelihood-related activities, assistance to cooperative societies and social welfare programmes, works under MDC-LAD Funds and other essential activities.

Under Village Council remuneration, Rs. 67.36 lakh has been provided for salary and Rs. 77.98 lakh for non-salary expenditure. The approved provisions include construction or repair of link roads and PCC pavements in the respective village areas. In addition, Rs. 5,000 has been provided to each Village Council from the Local Receipt Fund towards office expenses.

Under the Capital Account, an amount of Rs. 235.93 lakh is provided for repayment of HUDCO dues, comprising Rs. 216.20 lakh towards capital repayment and Rs. 19.73 lakh towards payment of interest. No fresh borrowing has been proposed under the Capital Account for the current financial year.

Under the Public Accounts head, the Employeesโ€™ Pension Cell has an opening balance of Rs. 309.74 lakhs, with Rs.309.42 lakhs under the Pension Fund and Rs. 0.32 lakhs under the Pension Contributory Fund. No fresh receipts or expenditures have been planned this fiscal year under this head. Under the National Pension System, the projected employeesโ€™ contribution is Rs. 222.61 lakh, with an equal matching contribution by CADC in respect of 282 subscribers.

With the successful passage of the Reappropriation of Local Receipt Fund, 2025โ€“2026 and the Demand for Grants, 2026โ€“2027 (Budget Estimate) in the house, the Emergency Session was prorogued by the Chairman.

No.35/2026-27