Deccan Herald 27.06.2013
State’s plan size fixed at Rs 47,000 crore
The Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a
whopping Rs 47,000-crore plan size for Karnataka for the year 2013-14,
up by 11.8 per cent from the previous fiscal.
Planning
Commission Deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who held a meeting
with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, said the State would also get Rs 50
crore as a one-time additional assistance from the Centre.
“In
addition to that, up to Rs 10,000 crore, through the normal Central
assistance programme, will go to Karnataka to help engage development,”
Ahluwalia told mediapersons after the meeting.
“The
new government should work out a strategy to take maximum advantage
when the economy is on a recovery path. Special attention is needed to
give necessary impetus to education and health sectors,” he said.
Rise in revenue receipts
Claiming
that several initiatives are being taken to alleviate the problems of
the poor and marginalised people by his government, Siddaramaiah said
the State expected to enhance revenue receipts from Rs 53,493 crore in
2012-13 to Rs 62,780 in 2013-14.
He said the State was committed
to providing adequate outlays for sectors that contributed significantly
to improving human development indices, especially education, health,
women and child development, social welfare, housing, water supply and
sanitation, and rural development.
He said the Centre should help
the State government in strengthening infrastructure for post-harvest
facilities, restore custom duty on raw silk to 30 per cent and should
help in marketing of surplus milk.