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Annual Plan Outlay for States
CMs to focus on agriculture & allied sectors He stated that the State has achieved an annual growth rate of 8.1 per cent during the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-2012) which is higher than the national growth rate of 7.9 per cent. He said the State’s estimated growth rate for 201112 is 7.6 per cent against the national growth rate of 6.9 per cent during the year. Madhya Pradesh (Rs.28,000-cr) The Annual Plan for Madhya Pradesh for 2012-13 was finalised at Rs 28,000 crore. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the state had registered a growth of 10.2 per cent against a target of 7.6 per cent for the 11th Plan. The State has set a target of 12 per cent growth during the 12th Plan, he added.
Centre to waive off all farm loans, regardless of size of land holding. The State, which has rural debt estimated at Rs 35,000 crore, said these had assumed the proportions of a grave human tragedy. Presenting his case to the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Montek Singh Alhuwalia, the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said, “The State did not benefit much from the debt waiver scheme offered by the Government as there are less number of small and marginal farmers and few defaulters.”
following a policy of faster and more inclusive growth with 10 per cent growth target. Higher investments would be made in agriculture to improve productivity and income. Agriculture and Allied sector’s contribution to the GSDP is steadily declining from 16.1% in 2004-05 to 12.7% in 2010-11, which need to be corrected, he said. Mehgaylaya (Rs. 3,939-cr) The Planning Commission approved Annual Plan outlay of Meghalaya of Rs 3,939 crore for the current fiscal, which is 44.44 per cent higher than that in 2011-12. The State was asked to take necessary
Assam (Rs. 10,500-cr) The Central Planning Commission of India approved 10500 crore rupees annual outlay plan for Assam for the fiscal year 2012-13. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had made a demand for a total outlay of 14537.33 crore rupees for the current fiscal, 62.51 per cent higher than the approved outlay of 9000 crore rupees for 20112012. policy initiatives for further strengthening of the agriculture and industry sector. The Chief Minister said as part of its inclusive growth strategy, the State has decided to transfer funds, functions and functionaries of major departments to panchayati raj institutions.
On agriculture, he said, efforts would be made to reach a growth of 9 per cent during next Plan. Public-private partnership in extension services and agro-processing would be encouraged, he added. Punjab (Rs 14,000-cr) Punjab, which got an Annual Plan outlay of Rs 14,000 crore for 2012-13, has urged the
The agriculture sector will get 5.01 % of the total outlay. The state had registered a 4.81 percent growth in 2007-08, 6.82 percent in 2008-09 and 8.08 percent in 2009-10. The state is expecting a growth of around 9.38 per cent during the 12th Plan period. In terms of sectoral growth, the state is expecting 5.01 per cent growth in agriculture, 12.5 per cent in services and 4.65 per cent in industry. Chattisgarh (Rs. 23,480-cr) The Annual Plan for the year 2012-13 for Chhattisgarh has been fixed at Rs. 23, 480 crore. The Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh said that during 12th Plan period, State would be
Mizoram (Rs.2,300-cr) The Planning Commission today approved Rs 2,300 crore annual Plan outlay of Mizoram for the current fiscal which is 35 per cent higher than that in 2011-12. During the meeting with the state’s CM P U Lalthanhawla, Ahluwalia pointed out that the state’s thrust will be on foodgrain production and attaining selfsufficiency by raising Plan allocation for farm sector through continued implementation of comprehensive and integrated socio-economic development project under the new land use policy. Odisha (Rs 17,200-cr) Odisha’s Annual Plan outlay for 2012-13 has been fixed at Rs. 17,200 crore. The Odisha Government has proposed the same amount. Last year, the Annual Plan outlay of the State was pegged at Rs 15,200 crore. The Government has given maximum emphasis on agriculture, infrastructure and
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human resource development and the total expenditure on the three sectors is about 80 per cent of the plan size. According to the Annual Plan for 2012-13 released by the Planning and Coordination Department, the Government has planned to utilize Rs.1,264.51 crore on agriculture and allied activities. The plan provision for this sector is 7.35 per cent of the total outlay. UP to give renewed thrust on agriculture New agriculture policy is on the anvil for giving a renewed thrust to the farm sector in Uttar Pradesh. Formulation of new policies formed an integral part of the ambitious 100point development agenda which has been finalised by the Akhilesh Yadav Government. The agenda, released by the Government, aims at integrated development of the State and includes the farm, industrial, medical and health, education, power, social welfare and infrastructure development sectors. In addition, e-governance will be expanded in the State. The 100-point agenda would be taken up for implementation in the first phase. For translating the ambitious agenda into action, a target of mobilising Rs.73,000 crore in the 201213 financial year has been fixed. The money would be used in funding development and public welfare measures. The present agriculture policy was announced in 2005 when Mulayam Singh was the Chief Minister. It was virtually pushed to the cold storage when Ms. Mayawati assumed power in 2007. With the Samajwadi Party’s return to power now, the 2005 policy will be reviewed and a new agriculture policy would be announced soon, an official spokesman said. A new horticulture and food processing policy is also proposed. Loan relief to farmers A Rs. 500-crore farmers’ loan relief scheme to aid debt-ridden agriculturists, many of whom have been forced to commit suicide, and three rural development schemes named after the Samajwadi Party ideologue, Ram Manohar Lohia, are among the 280 new populist measures proposed in the Uttar Pradesh Budget for 2012-13 presented by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.