Assam- Fall-Out of Opportunism

proportion of genuine development expenditure may turn out to have actually declined. For instance, the entire expenditure on various employment programmes is classified as developmental. Expenditure on employment schemes has gone up sharply and to that extent the figures of the proportion of developmental to total expenditure are not comparable with those for earlier years. At any rate, it can be said that the character of development expenditure has undergone important changes over the years.