In its move to bring down official and some other expenses further, the government has written to every department to take austerity measures. Every department has been asked to cut down unnecessary expenses including unproductive works with great expanses and such works that could be done with much less resources.

Sources said that some of the departments have already identified such splurge of money and is planning to corrective measures without compromising the work. Though the Modi government has always been talking about cutting costs but in view of slowing economy, this is in focus now.

Sources said that there are certain departments where splurge of government resources is very common and the government has noticed those waste of money. So the government is now not only very serious but very tough on this that the government order must be complied with utmost responsibility.