Planning Commission on Thursday finalised Uttar Pradesh's annual Plan expenditure at Rs 69,200 crore for the current fiscal, which is 19.72 per cent higher than approved outlay for 2012-13. The annual Plan for the state was finalised in New Delhi at a meeting between Commission's Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
However, according to Ahluwalia the hike in the outlay for the current fiscal is around 40 per cent of the actual expenditure of the state in 2012 13. "We have approved a Plan size of Rs 69,200 crore for the state. If we compare it with actual achievement of last fiscal, it around 40 per cent increase over that," the Deputy Chairman told reporters after the meeting.
Expressing satisfaction over the performance of the state in social sectors, Ahluwalia said, "The immunisation in the state has improved from 41 per cent to 65 per cent. That is really very good." He also lauded the state's efforts for successfully organising the Kumbh Mela in the state.
Contended with the approved outlay, the Chief Minister said, "We are happy the Commission has agreed to our various proposals. They have approved the proposed Plan size of Rs 69,200 crore. It has also approved Rs 11,335 crore as central assistance to state." "We will monitor implementation of all 180 schemes in the state throughout the year.
We have been successfully in improving performance in the areas like health, education, agriculture," he said adding that our laptop scheme has been success so far. He claimed that the scale at which the payments to the sugarcane farmers have been is unmatchable across the country. He also said that the flow of investments to the state would increase with introduction of new schemes in the poultry, agriculture and food processing sectors.
When asked about release of Rs 3,000 crore as central assistance to the state in 2012-13 out of approved Rs 10,000 crore, the Chief Minister replied, "This year we have got Rs 11,335 crore." About the state's view on implementing the Food Security law, he said, "The Parliament will be in session soon.
Our party chief and other members will take call on this issue in Lok Sabha." When asked that now food security ordinance is law of the land and how serious is the state government to implement this, he said, "I will not comment on this. I will comment on it at the right place and at the right time."
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