Sitting on a Rs 36,607-crore budget and watching it collect dust was never going to be an option — and Chowna Mein made that crystal clear.
The Man with Two Hats Means Business
Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, who also holds the finance portfolio, called departments to account on Wednesday in a pointed review of how far the state has actually moved on its 2026-27 budget announcements. The message was blunt: stop dragging your feet. Mein directed all government departments to treat the timely implementation of budget proposals as their top priority — not something to get around to eventually, but something to get done now. For a state where ambitious budgets sometimes outlive the enthusiasm that accompanied them, this kind of follow-through matters.
Flagship Programmes in the Spotlight
Two schemes got special attention in the review. The Chief Minister’s Rural Development Programme and the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Power Development Programme — both central to what the government promised voters — were flagged for fast-tracking. These aren’t small-ticket items. They sit at the heart of what rural Arunachal actually needs. And Mein’s insistence on accelerating them signals that the government isn’t content with just announcing things and hoping progress happens on its own.
Five Sectors That Cannot Afford to Wait
Beyond the flagship schemes, Mein took to social media to make sure the message reached wider. He outlined areas that need simultaneous, not sequential, attention — education, healthcare, drinking water supply, physical connectivity, and skill development. Five sectors. All of them urgent. The fact that he felt the need to say this publicly suggests he knows how easily departments can get siloed into their own timelines, conveniently ignoring the bigger picture while people on the ground keep waiting.
Paperwork That Actually Moves Things
On the administrative side, Mein told departmental heads to submit revised guidelines wherever the existing ones are causing bottlenecks. If you need more funds, say so now — not after the fiscal year has half-slipped by. It’s a practical instruction, but also a telling one. Often in government, the gap between a budget announcement and its execution comes down to paperwork that nobody revised and money that nobody asked for in time. Mein appears to be trying to close that gap before it widens.
A Budget Too Big to Sit Still
The Arunachal Pradesh government presented a Rs 36,607-crore budget for 2026-27 — built around infrastructure, governance reform, and people-first development. That’s not a modest ambition. Numbers like that come with an implicit contract with the public, and Chowna Mein, by convening this review barely midway through the year, is making sure that contract isn’t quietly shelved.
Budgets, after all, are only as good as the action that follows them. The Deputy CM seems to know that better than most.
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