Kerala Anuual Plan For 2013-14 at Rs 17,000 crore

8 April 2013
New Delhi

The Planning Commission today approved Kerala’s Plan outlay of Rs 17,000 crore for 2013-14, a little over 21 per cent higher than that for the last financial year. The annual Plan size was finalised here at a meeting between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

After the meeting, Ahluwalia said, “I was quite impressed by the (State’s) proposal to set up a separate capital development fund which will give greater flexibility in deploying resources. We covered all sectors and we are hopeful that Kerala will do well and may give an example to the rest of the country.”

Kudumbashree and other non-governmental organisations will be encouraged to cultivate fallow land and norms of the scheme would be suitably amended.Similarly, watershed management schemes would be brought under the rural employment guarantee programme.

Source – http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/keralas-annual-plan-outlay-fixed-at-rs-17000-crore/article4595244.ece

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