The Hindu 15.06.2010
40% Plan fund for local bodies: Minister
Staff Reporter
Local affairs: Local Administration Minister Paloli Mohammed Kutty speaks at a workshop of the District Planning Council in Palakkad on Monday.
PALAKKAD: Local Administration Minister Paloli Mohammed Kutty has said that the State government has transferred 40 per cent of its Plan fund to local bodies in line with decentralisation of power. Inaugurating a two-day workshop organised by the District Planning Councilin Town Hall here on Monday, the Minister said that rulers like E.M.S. Namboodiripad had implemented recommendations on power decentralisation in the State. A sale of products by Kudumbasree units was inaugurated by K.K. Divakaran, MLA.