The Planning Commission on Friday appreciated the setting up of e-Sub-Registrar Offices, the quantum of various pension schemes and the Dilli Annshree Yojana of the Delhi government and strides the national capital has taken in sectors of education and health. Deputy chairperson, Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia expressed these views in a meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit held at Yojana Bhawan to finalise the quantum of Annual Plan 2013-14.
The size of the Annual Plan 2013-14 of the NCT of Delhi was approved at Rs 16,000 crore, which is 21 per cent higher than the plan expenditure in 2012-13
There has been a substantial increase in the Plan Outlay of Rs 16,000 crore as compared to the actual plan expenditure of Rs 13,229 cr in 2012-13. Apart from this, the Planning Commission has approved an amount of Rs 626 crore under PSU Plan which includes Rs 106 cr for Delhi Transco Limited (DTL), Rs 500 crore for Pragati Power Corporation Liimited (PPCL) and Rs 20 crore for DFC. 93 per cent of the Annual Plan for 2013-14 would be financed through Delhi government’s own resources.
A presentation was made by the principal secretary (finance and planning) Shakti Sinha to highlight the status of various development projects and programmes and the new plan programmes and initiatives taken by the city government. The meeting was attended by the chief secretary D M Spolia and all principal secretaries and secretaries from the city government.
Dikshit while talking to media persons after the meeting, stated that the Planning Commission has fixed Rs 16,000 crore, as the size of 2013-14 Annual Plan of Delhi. She also stated that her government would continue to generate its own resources to make Delhi a welfare state as it has been spending 65 per cent of its allocation on social sector
The Chief Minister stressed upon the need of allocation of due share in lieu of central taxes to Delhi. She stated that her government’s share has been freezed at Rs 325 crore since 2001-02. She also requested the Planning Commission to look into the difficulties being faced by the city government due to non-commissioning of Munak Canal, delay in completion of peripheral expressways, non-availability of gas for Bawana and the proposed Bamnauli plant.