By Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH MAY 6
The Planning Commission today approved
an outlay of Rs 27,072 crore for Haryana’s Annual Plan for the year 2013-14.
The outlay includes an amount of Rs. 7513 crore for State Public Sector
Enterprises (PSEs) and Rs. 1559 crore for local bodies to be
met from their own resources. The Net State Plan outlay, excluding PSEs and
local bodies comes to Rs. 18000 crore, which is an increase of 24 per cent over
the last year’s Rs. 14,500 crore.
This was
finalized in a meeting between Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder
Singh Hooda and the Deputy Chairman, Planning
Commission, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia at Yojana
Bhawan in New Delhi today. Haryana Finance Minister Mr Harmohinder Singh
Chattha, Haryana Chief Secretary Mr P. K. Chaudhery, Principal Secretary to
Chief Minister Mr Chhatar Singh and other senior officers of the State
Government were also participated in the meeting.
Mr Hooda said
that with an area of just 1.3 per cent of the country, Haryana is contributing
nearly 3.4 per cent GDP. The average economic growth rate of the State during
last eight years has been 9.3 per cent, which is higher than the growth rate of
national economy. With per capita income of about Rs. 1.24 lakh, Haryana
occupies the position among major States of the country. As per the report of
the Planning Commission, Haryana achieved the mobilization of resources upto
192 per cent during 11th Five Year Plan against the national average of
92.5 per cent.
Mr Hooda said
that to achieve the objective of faster, inclusive and sustainable growth
during the 12th Plan, the focus will be on improvement in health outcomes,
universal access to school, increased access to higher education, improved
standards of education including skill development and provision of basic
amenities like water, electricity, roads, sanitation and housing etc.
The Social
Services Sector has been given the highest priority in 2013-14. An outlay of
Rs. 9795.12 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
Rs. 398.40 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 Rs. 3191.83 crore (17.73 per
cent). For improving infrastructure in Health Sector and for opening of Medical
Colleges in the State, an outlay of Rs. 925.69 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 Rs.
100 crore has been kept. For augmenting the drinking water supply and improving
the sanitation an outlay of Rs. 715.78 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 Rs. 965.09 crore is allocated for
power, Rs. 994 crore for irrigation, Rs. 1741.50 for Road and Transport
and Rs. 850 crore under
Economic Stimulus Package. Agricultural and allied activities sector has been
given its due priority by allocating an amount Rs. 1325.50 crore to this
sector. Rs. 1450.40 crore has been allocated to rural development and Rs. 500
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 Rs. 3729.51 crore (20.72 per cent)
has been proposed against the 19.35 per cent SC population in the State.
Mr Hooda said
that the benefits of economic growth must result in the improvement of the
living conditions of the people, particularly the weaker sections of the
society. Therefore, State Government’s stress is on Good governance and
citizen-centric cost effective delivery of public goods and services.
Mr Hooda said
that for providing affordable housing to weaker sections of the society, an
ambitious scheme – Priyadarshini Awaas Yojna for rural areas is proposed to be
launched from this year. Initially two lakh families will be covered during two
years. Financial assistance of Rs. 90,100 will be provided for the construction
of new house. The Government has decided that the Building Construction Workers
Cess Fund will be utilized to strengthen the infrastructure including
dispensaries, poly clinics, anganwaris, primary schools and public health
facilities etc. in areas largely populated by construction workers. About Rs.
1000 crore is expected to be available during two years period under this
Fund.
Mr Hooda said
that present system of budgetary classification of State Outlays under Plan and
Non-Plan is outdated and needs to be rationalized. He suggested that instead,
they should be classified as capital and revenue, as recommended by
Rangarajan Committee. He also suggested that number of centrally
sponsored schemes should be eventually reduced and States should be given
necessary flexibility. He also urged that the Mewat and Jhajjar districts and
the Shivalik areas of the State should also be covered under BRGF scheme. He
also suggested that Central legislations involving States’ involvement should
provide for cost sharing on the pattern of the RTE Act.
Mr Hooda said
that a major portion of indirect taxes accrues from the 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 Rs. 3000 crore on this account.
Mr Hooda said
that Haryana was first and perhaps the only State to have gone in for 100 per
cent treatment of certified seed of wheat, for which 100 per cent subsidy is
being given by the State government. As a result State has achieved
productivity of 5182 kg/hact., which is the highest. Soil Health Cards have
been given to 15.76 lakh farmers to promote balanced use of fertilizers. New
methods of irrigation are being promoted in the State. 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
rationalization 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.
Mr Hooda said
that for assessing drinking water requirement the entire NCR should be treated
as one integrated unit. Mr Hooda urged that supply of drinking water in entire
NCR region should be treated as National Project.
Mr Hooda said
that the State government is bearing a very high subsidy cost of more than Rs.
4500 crore every year to protect the farm sector in the interest of food
security of the nation, therefore a package of assistance should be announced
in order to compensate the State government. On the issue of allocation of new
coal blocks to the power utilities, he said that Haryana should be considered
on priority, since the State is deprived of both hydro and thermal resources.
On the issue of National Investment Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs), he requested
the Planning Commission to intervene and see that land area requirement of
5,000 hectares is scaled down to 1,000 hectares for smaller states like
Haryana.
Mr Hooda said
that Haryana is witnessing rapid urbanization. Growth rate in urban areas is
over 44 per cent as compared to about 10 per cent for rural areas. He requested
that Central assistance should be augmented for urban infrastructure. He
particularly requested that Gurgaon town should be covered under JNNURM, as its
population has reached to about 9.5 lakh. Kurukshetra town, being a religious
city, should also be included under JNNURM.
In Health sector,
State Government is setting up four Medical Colleges including a Women Medical
College at Khanpur Kalan, which has already started functioning. A Medical
College at Nalhar (Mewat) has also become operational.
About education
Mr Hooda said that State is giving highest priority to the education and is
implementing RTE Act. 2009 to ensure that all children including out of
school children are enrolled. To improve learning outcomes, it is
necessary to change the orientation of teaching-learning process. For this
purpose, a State level school for Teachers’ education is coming up at Silani
Kesho. For improving the quality of higher education, extensive steps have been
taken. Rajiv Gandhi Education City in Sonipat, is a unique initiative in the
field of higher education with a clear focus on quality in professional
courses.
Government
has also setup eight new Government colleges in 2012-13, which is a record.
Mr Hooda said
that State government is committed to provide social security to the aged,
widows, destitute women, handicapped persons, and minority communities etc.
During 2012-13 a sum of Rs. 1749.56 crore was spent on their welfare schemes
and for 2013-14 an amount of Rs. 1812.89 crore has been kept.
Mr Hooda said
that Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna has been started in this financial year, for which
Rs. 37 crore have been provided. The scheme covers both rural and urban BPL
households and the families marginally above the poverty line. State
government is committed to the security welfare and development of women and
children. Haryana State Commission for women has been accorded a statutory
status and steps have been taken to improve the physical infrastructure
impacting ICDS and ICPS schemes.
Mr Hooda said
that we are taking a holistic view of the entire gamut of development concerns.
Some of the challenges are very daunting. But we are prepared to meet them. He
expressed confidence that with the support of Government of India and Planning
Commission, we will succeed in achieving inclusive and sustainable growth of
Haryana.
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