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18.4.8 No lump sum provision is to be made in the budget exceptwhere urgent measures are to be provided for meeting emergentsituations or for meeting preliminary expenses on a project/schemewhich has been accepted in principle for being taken up in thefinancial year. In such cases, the budget provisions are to be limitedto the requirements of preliminary expenses only.18.4.9 No expenditure is to be incurred in excess of sanctioned grantin individual budget heads. Anticipated savings are required to besurrendered immediately without waiting till the close of the year.Savings should not be seen as an opportunity for incurringexpenditure on items which could wait till next year.18.5 List of Payment : The CBI branches located outside Delhidealing with the budget are required to send their Weekly List ofPayment (LOP) with original vouchers to the PAO/CBI, New Delhion the due date. Some Branches do not send these LOPs by duedates. As a result, the expenditure incurred by the branches doesnot get compiled and accordingly, their accounts are excluded fromthe statement of monthly accounts being submitted by PAO/CBI tothe Principal Accounts Office as well as to Ministry of Finance,Department of Expenditure. Therefore, it is the personalresponsibility of Cheque Drawing DDOs to ensure that LOPs withthe concerned vouchers are sent to the PAO/CBI on due dates i.e.on 9th, 16th and 23rd of each month and on 3rd of the followingmonth.18.6 Plan Budget: The Plan Budget is to be prepared underMajor Head 2055-Police, Sub-head 00.101-Criminal Investigationand Vigilance, 01-Central Bureau of Investigation and Unit ofAppropriation is 02.02-Modernisation of Training Centre, 02.02.50-Other Charges (Plan).18.7 Control over expenditure: The Government of India, Ministryof Finance, Department of Expenditure has repeatedly advised toobserve fiscal prudence and austerity. The branches should,therefore, observe austerity. There should not be avoidableexpenditure on travel, office expenditure, motor vehicles, purchasesetc. The articles which could be repaired need not be replaced. Rushof expenditure particularly in closing month of the financial year isregarded as a financial irregularity. Senior officers must closelymonitor the expenditure of their own office and branches undertheir control. Necessary guidelines are contained in the DCBI’sletter dated 05.12.2002, addressed to all J.D’s/DIsG and SsP. Theinstructions contained therein must be followed strictly.Page 120 of 120