"At this stage, my intention is to make sure that the government does not sit on payments which are due, govt does not sit on CAPEX (capital expenditure) which it had planned," FM said.
FM said, "I have called for ministries to provide their CAPEX plans for the next four quarters. The details are expected to come within a week."
She further said, that almost to 90 per cent of the outstanding GST dues hadbeen clearedas of August 23, whenthe GST refunds were first mentioned by her.
The expenditure secretary said that the total capex spend at 42 per cent till August-end.
Finance Minister during the press meet: Tomorrow, we'll have a separate meeting with different agencies of public sector undertaking and other agencies which come under different ministries.