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.
