The Economic Times 29.04.2013
Planning Commission approves Arunachal's Rs 3,700 cr outlay for 2013-14
NEW DELHI: The Planning Commission
today approved Arunachal Pradesh's Rs 3,700-crore annual Plan for the
current fiscal envisaging 4.7 per cent higher outlay than in 2012-13.
The state's annual Plan outlay for 2013-14 was finalised here at a meeting between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki here, an official release said.
"State has done well and expenditure realisation is satisfactory," Ahluwalia said.
He said realisation during 11th Five-Year Plan was over 100 per cent. The achievement in education especially in primary education was appreciated but attention was drawn to quality of education. The state was asked to focus on trained teachers in the meeting.
The state registered an economic growth rate of 9.4 per cent during the 11th Plan against growth target of 6.4 per cent. The overall state's economic growth target for 12th Plan is 8.3 per cent.
"The Commission was aware of the need to further improve transportation facility in the border areas and it would be given special attention in the course of the year," Ahluwalia said.
He drew attention to the initiative of the Commission to bring flexibility in the centrally sponsored programmes to improve efficiency and asked the state to make suggestions in this regard.
The state was asked to draw pragmatic strategies towards the resource convergence approach in order to utilize the fund to offer an impetus to further growth under agriculture and allied sectors.
It was also pointed out that the development of irrigation facilities under the AIBP desires more cohesiveness in terms of incremental area gain for the net sown area in order to accelerate the area coverage in comparison to rain fed farming.
The state was asked to incentivise private participation in PPP mode to fully exploit tourism potential.
The Chief Minister said that substantial growth has been recorded in revenue generation and additional Rs 350 crore were raised only through effective implementation.
He said that a number of austerity measures have been taken to improve fiscal health which include ban on creation of new posts or purchase of new vehicles.
He said master plan for agriculture development would be enforced shortly and a major effort to bring down AT&C losses is being put in place.
"State has done well and expenditure realisation is satisfactory," Ahluwalia said.
He said realisation during 11th Five-Year Plan was over 100 per cent. The achievement in education especially in primary education was appreciated but attention was drawn to quality of education. The state was asked to focus on trained teachers in the meeting.
The state registered an economic growth rate of 9.4 per cent during the 11th Plan against growth target of 6.4 per cent. The overall state's economic growth target for 12th Plan is 8.3 per cent.
"The Commission was aware of the need to further improve transportation facility in the border areas and it would be given special attention in the course of the year," Ahluwalia said.
He drew attention to the initiative of the Commission to bring flexibility in the centrally sponsored programmes to improve efficiency and asked the state to make suggestions in this regard.
The state was asked to draw pragmatic strategies towards the resource convergence approach in order to utilize the fund to offer an impetus to further growth under agriculture and allied sectors.
It was also pointed out that the development of irrigation facilities under the AIBP desires more cohesiveness in terms of incremental area gain for the net sown area in order to accelerate the area coverage in comparison to rain fed farming.
The state was asked to incentivise private participation in PPP mode to fully exploit tourism potential.
The Chief Minister said that substantial growth has been recorded in revenue generation and additional Rs 350 crore were raised only through effective implementation.
He said that a number of austerity measures have been taken to improve fiscal health which include ban on creation of new posts or purchase of new vehicles.
He said master plan for agriculture development would be enforced shortly and a major effort to bring down AT&C losses is being put in place.
