Finance departments allocate budgets, but focus on the affordability of departmental requests rather than the implications of spending for growth. Commercial Tax departments focus on GST collections but not on promoting economic growth. State Planning departments typically focus on collating data and reports, and play limited roles in policy formulation or coordination. Departments of Labour monitor compliance with labour laws but do not focus on creating new jobs. Rural Development departments have programmes for rural livelihood generation, but often overlook that aiding rural-to-urban
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