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funds to their field officers. All expenditures are
verified for budget availability before bills can be Treasury eKuber
submitted, and monthly cash flows are monitored Integration State PFMS PFMS
against predetermined targets. The system also
allows for the re-appropriation of funds within BEAMS
Cyber
specific limits, as well as the withdrawal or Treasury
surrender of budget grants. While the system eGRAS
provides limited options to modify cash flows,
the MIS section generates various reports on Bill Portal TreasuryNet
(Salary)
budget authorizations, cash flows, fund transfer AG
transactions, and authorization slips Treasury AG Manipur
Interface
BEAMS has been customized from the
application of NIC Pune and is fully integrated with CMIS
CMIS and TreasuryNET. Since its implementation
on 1st April 2014, the system has received over Pension Payment Finance
52.88 lakh hits, and over 6.97 lakhs authorization System
slips have been generated.
Benefits
• Effective budget control Fig 1.4 Manipur Integrated Financial Management System
• Builds data bank for decision support
• Real-time expenditure monitoring through MIS • Integrates monthly compiled accounts with stakeholders through a single window. It
facilitates access to budget documents, including
voucher level compilation system of AG Office
• Helps in monitoring budget and expenditure Demands for Grants, Annual Financial Statement,
information across the departments eGRAS Manipur Budget Speech, Supplementary Demands Speech,
Manipur FRBM Ordinance, etc. It also enables
• Check DDO expenditure for budget availability https://egrasmanipur.nic.in/ digital viewing of these documents in an eco-
eGRAS is a web application implemented in
before submission of bills Manipur on March 27th, 2021, to facilitate electronic friendly manner by legislators, officials, and the
• Control monthly cash flows against pre- transactions for online payment of Tax and Non- general public.
determined targets Tax Revenue. It is customized from NIC Pune
software and enables taxpayers and remitters Online Pension Payment System
TreasuryNET Manipur to make payments through the eGRAS portal or https://pensionmanipur.nic.in/
Online Pension Payment System is a G2C
https://treasurymanipur.nic.in/ departmental portals that have integrated with
eGRAS. The receipts are credited to a pooling application that streamlines pension payments
TreasuryNet Manipur is an online application account established with participating banks, in the state and enables Treasuries, the Finance
that has been customized from the NIC Pune which upload daily scrolls that are verified and Department, and AG office communicate faster.
application to automate payment and receipt processed by the Cyber Treasury Officer. eGRAS is
processes. Its implementation has greatly integrated with various department portals and The system captures all necessary information
improved the internal efficiency of Treasuries has collected 6,140 challans and Rs. 92,16,98,672 from the Pension Payment Order and takes photos
while preventing misappropriation and over- to date. of the pensioners every six months as proof of
drawal of funds. It processes bills that have been liveness, to auto-calculate the monthly pension /
advisory bills. It generates bills for commutation,
prepared by DDO / Departments through BEAMS e-Budget Manipur revised commutation, gratuity, revised gratuity,
and CMIS, and these bills are electronically https://ebudgetmanipur.mn.gov.in/ and has facility for automatic recovery. It also
audited at various levels within the treasury. Launched on 21st July 2022, e-Budget Manipur provides various reports that Treasury Officers
With its effective budget control capabilities provides State Budget information to various require, such as summaries of the number of
and proper classification of Head of Accounts,
the system generates comprehensive reports Fig 1.5: Hon’ble Minister for Municipal Administration Housing and Urban Development (MAHUD) and
on the State’s revenue and receipts. It has been RD & PR launching Online Registration of Shops and Establishment & Renewal of Licence on
integrated with the e-Kuber Payment System of 11th July 2022
Reserve Bank of India since 11th February 2020.
Benefits
• Compiles and classifies Head of Accounts
• e-scrolls sent by RBI on following day for

accounting by treasuries
• Enhanced finalization and reconciliation of
accounts with Accountant General (AG) Office
• 100% e-Payment through e-Kuber
• Generates comprehensive reports on the state
revenue and expenditure
• Facilitates better management of state finance

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