The Pioneer 07.05.2013
Planning Commission okays Rs27,072-cr outlay for Haryana’s Annual Plan
The Planning Commission on Monday approved an outlay of Rs27,072 crore for Haryana’s Annual Plan for 2013-14. The outlay includes Rs7,513 crore for State Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) and Rs1,559 crore for local bodies to be met from their own resources. The Net State Plan outlay, excluding PSEs and local bodies comes to Rs18,000 crore, which is 24 per cent more than last year’s Rs14,500 crore.
The Outlay was finalised in a meeting between Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia at Yojana Bhawan in New Delhi.
The Social Services Sector has been given the highest priority in 2013-14. An outlay of Rs9,795.12 crore (54.42 per cent) has been allocated for the Social Services which is 26 per cent higher than the previous year’s allocation. An amount of Rs398.40 crore has been set apart for the Women and Child Development Programmes, mainly for the construction for the Aganwadis.
An outlay for Education including Technical Education will be Rs3,191.83 crore (17.73 per cent). For improving infrastructure in Health Sector and for opening of Medical Colleges in the State, an outlay of Rs925.69 crore has been earmarked, which is 63.4 per cent higher than the outlay during 2012-13. For investment in Sports Infrastructure and promotion of Sports, an outlay of Rs100 crore has been kept. For augmenting the drinking water supply and improving the sanitation an outlay of Rs715.78 crore has been provided.
The second highest priority has been accorded to the development of infrastructure of irrigation, power, roads and road transport and projects under the economic stimulus package. An amount of Rs965.09 crore is allocated for power, Rs994 crore for irrigation, Rs1,741.50 for Road and Transport and Rs850 crore under Economic Stimulus Package. Agricultural and allied activities sector has been given its due priority by allocating an amount Rs1,325.50 crore to this sector. Rs1,450.40 crore has been allocated to rural development and Rs500 crore has been allocated to District Plan. An amount of Rs. 34 crore has been set apart for the Development of Mewat and Sivalik areas. Under the Schedule Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) an amount of Rs3,729.51 crore (20.72 per cent) has been proposed against the 19.35 per cent SC population in the State.
Hooda said that a major portion of indirect taxes accrues from Service Tax and the GST will take some more time. Therefore, some of the services should be transferred to the States for levy and appropriation of service tax. About CST compensation for 2011-12, he said that it should be resolved expeditiously. The State has still not received compensation of Rs3,000 crore on this account.
He requested the Central Government for a special and sizeable package to promote sustainable agriculture development of the State. He also requested that National Feed Security Mission should cover all the 21 districts instead of only 7 districts at present. For construction of rural godowns in the States, subsidy under the Gramin Bhandaran Yojna should be enhanced from 25 per cent to 40 per cent. He particularly requested the Planning Commission to intervene in the rationalisation of the existing methodology of fixation of MSP and recommended that MSP should be fixed at 50 per cent more than the cost of production.
