Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

support, institutional support, training to weavers, supply of equipments and marketing
support both at micro and macro levels. The handloom organizations can also get assistance
under other components of the scheme like design input, publicity, marketing incentive etc.
2.8.3 An outlay of Rs. 60.00 lac is provided for 11 th
Five Year Plan. An
expenditure of Rs. 15.00 lac was incurred in 2008-09. No funds have been provided by GoI
under this scheme from the year 2009-10 onwards. Hence, no outlay is provided for the
Annual Plan 2011-12.
CN-2 Financial Assistance to Dairy Cooperatives to meet out their losses (50:50)
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Outlay - Rs. 500.00 lac
2.8.4 It aims at assisting the District Cooperative Milk Unions which are saddled
with accumulated losses and have not been operating in a viable manner. The detail
regarding financial position of Milk Unions as on 31/3/2007 in respect of cash losses is as
under:-
SN Milk Union
(Rs. Crores)
Amount
1 Jalandhar 6.23
2 Hoshiarpur 2.34
3 Amritsar 29.14
4 Sangrur 24.09
5 Bathinda 18.51
6 Gurdaspur 10.17
Total 90.48
2.8.5 These financially unviable unions can not serve the cause of farmers and the
very purpose for which these are formulated would be defeated. It is necessary to put the
unviable units back on the rails.
2.8.6 An outlay of Rs.10000.00 lac is provided for 11 th Five Year Plan. An
expenditure of Rs. 520.00 lac, Rs. 500.00 lac and Rs.370.00 lac was incurred in the Annual
Plan 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 respectively. An expenditure of Rs. 500.00 lac as 50%
state share had been incurred during 2010-11. Same outlay is provided for the Annual Plan
2011-12.