"The plan size has been agreed at Rs 25,250 crore which includes the central assistance to the state plan of about Rs 2,574 crore. In addition, an amount of about Rs 6,000 crore is estimated to flow from the centre to Chhattisgarh through various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSCs)," Ahluwalia told reporters after the meeting.
Ahluwalia said Chhattisgarh, among other states, will be able to use the resources flowing through CSCs as per their needs as there will be more flexibility now. "The B K Chaturvedi Committee was set up. The committee gave many recommendations which the cabinet also accepted. We
can make the guidelines flexible for such CSC funds as per the needs of the state rather than one six fits all approach. Now we have the power to modify the guidelines keeping in view the state requirements," Ahluwalia said.
He also said that for every scheme under CSCs, states will be able to use about 10 per cent of the funds as per their requirements, which will be fully flexible. On being asked about state's opposition to convert the PDS (Public Distribution System) subsidy into cash subsidy, he
said, "We have clarified to them that there is no plan to convert PDS into cash subsidy."
However, he said there is plan to convert other schemes into direct benefit which the state agreed. Chief Minister Raman Singh said the flexibility to use 10 per cent of the CSC funds freely is a good decision. On growth, Singh said: "We had almost 50 per cent growth in the social sector. In agriculture and allied sector we need to invest more money. We want to have about 18-20 per cent growth in this sector. We also discussed issued such as highways development in the state," Singh said.
Besides, Singh said the state will invest more money to create more job opportunities in the state. "One important issue was on improving job creation in the state. For this, in all 29 districts of the state, livelihood colleges will be set up which began on a pilot basis from
Dantewada.
"For this, we can spend about Rs 59 crore...and in our budget, we made provision that about 20 lakh people will be given employment until 2020 through these colleges, he said.
The Planning Commission on Wednesday approved Rs 25,250 crore for Chhattisgarh for 2013-14, up 7.5 per cent from a year ago. The annual plan outlay for the state was discussed in New Delhi at a meeting between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh.
"The plan size has been agreed at Rs 25,250 crore which includes the central assistance to the state plan of about Rs 2,574 crore. In addition, an amount of about Rs 6,000 crore is estimated to flow from the centre to Chhattisgarh through various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSCs)," Ahluwalia told reporters after the meeting.
Ahluwalia said Chhattisgarh, among other states, will be able to use the resources flowing through CSCs as per their needs as there will be more flexibility now. "The B K Chaturvedi Committee was set up. The committee gave many recommendations which the cabinet also accepted. We
can make the guidelines flexible for such CSC funds as per the needs of the state rather than one six fits all approach. Now we have the power to modify the guidelines keeping in view the state requirements," Ahluwalia said.
He also said that for every scheme under CSCs, states will be able to use about 10 per cent of the funds as per their requirements, which will be fully flexible. On being asked about state's opposition to convert the PDS (Public Distribution System) subsidy into cash subsidy, he
said, "We have clarified to them that there is no plan to convert PDS into cash subsidy."
However, he said there is plan to convert other schemes into direct benefit which the state agreed. Chief Minister Raman Singh said the flexibility to use 10 per cent of the CSC funds freely is a good decision. On growth, Singh said: "We had almost 50 per cent growth in the social sector. In agriculture and allied sector we need to invest more money. We want to have about 18-20 per cent growth in this sector. We also discussed issued such as highways development in the state," Singh said.
Besides, Singh said the state will invest more money to create more job opportunities in the state. "One important issue was on improving job creation in the state. For this, in all 29 districts of the state, livelihood colleges will be set up which began on a pilot basis from
Dantewada.
"For this, we can spend about Rs 59 crore...and in our budget, we made provision that about 20 lakh people will be given employment until 2020 through these colleges, he said.
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