| North Eastern Council regrets poor Central funding by nikhilndls on 30 June, 2012 - 12:00 AM | ||
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 nikhilndls | North Eastern Council regrets poor Central funding on 30 June, 2012 - 12:00 AM | |
New Delhi : North Eastern Council (NEC) today took up a series of issues for comprehensive development of the north eastern region during the 12th Plan period even as it expressed disappointment over the gap between promise and delivery of funds by the Central government during the previous Plans.The Council at its 61st plenary held here yesterday pointed out that, "it is disheartening to note that, in successive Five Year Plans, the ratio of actual allocations and respective Plan Outlays is coming down".NEC representing eight states said it was given just Rs 3248.50 crores against an approved outlay of Rs 7394 crores during the 2007-2012 Plan period,which was just 43.93 per cent of the allocation. The ratio of actual allocation at Rs 2,511.50 crores against an outlay of Rs 3,500 crores during the 10th Plan was 71.76 per cent.The Council further pointed out that 10 road projects envisaging construction of over 800 kms at a cost of Rs 10,205 crores had already been surveyed but are pending with Planning Commission for approval.NEC prepared a tourism master plan for the entire region by identifying 9 inter-state circuits and also the health workforce development plan.The Council said work on 13-km Agartala-Akhaura (Bangladesh) rail line and Lungdim-Hojal-Patch Doubling line of 45 kms are being taken up this year. Total rail network in the north eastern region is 3,908 kms. | ||