Imphal, Dec 2: With election code of conduct for the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly Election is likely to enforce in the coming days the proposed Budget 2017-18 cannot be passed by the end of this financial year. However, in order to run the state the government may have to go in for Vote on Account, an official source informed Imphal Times.
Mention may be made that Manipur is going to election along with four other states – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Punjab in early 2017 probably on February. State government of Manipur decided to pass the Vote on Account as it feels not appropriate for the incumbent Government to pass a full Budget for the ensuing year (2017-18) particularly when the election code of conduct would have come into force, since Budget is a major policy instrument of the Government where major policy decisions are taken.