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infrastructure like roads, energy, irrigation, drinking water
supply and agriculture.
24. The year 2013-14 is the 2nd year of the 12th five
year plan. We have proposed an annual plan outlay of
`4100 crore for 2013-14 as compared to the current year’s
approved outlay of `3700 crore which marks an increase
of nearly 11%. The Annual Plan for 2013-14 lays higher
priority on sectors such as agriculture, power, roads,
education and health. I would like to inform the Hon’ble
Members that 33.45% of the annual plan has been
allocated for provision of Social Services which shows our
continued commitment towards the socio- economic
development of people of state.
25. The UPA Government at the centre is releasing
generous funds to the states under various schemes such
as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, National Health Mission,
National Rural Drinking Water Programme, Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme,
ICDS, PMGSY, Indira Awas Yojna, AIBP,JNNURM etc. In
order to ensure proper monitoring and implementation of
these schemes in the State, I have created a Programme
Monitoring Unit in my office.
26. I had a meeting with all the honourable MLAs on
23 rd and 24 th January this year to seek their priorities on
Plan budget. This tradition was started by me in my
previous tenure. Hon’ble Members of this House are
provided with a local area development fund of `50 lakh
per year. Further, many MLAs have approached me that
they should be granted some discretionary funds for public
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