Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

against the expenditure of Rs. 2500.00 lac during the year 2010-11. The project when fully
developed is likely to provide direct employment to 10,000 persons and indirect to numerous
persons.
VSI-4.2 Dedicated Fund for meeting the State share of Centrally Sponsored
Schemes.
Outlay – Rs. 1000.00 lac
7.11 The state government has decided to create a dedicated annualized fund for
meeting the state share of centrally sponsored schemes like cluster development, common
facility centres, R&D and marketing etc. No funds have been released for this purpose during
2010-11. In the Annual Plan 2011-12, Rs. 1000.00 lac is provided.
VSI-6 Development of District Industries Centre as Export & Information Hub
Outlay - Rs. 0.00 lac
7.12 Under this scheme, the existing outlived/outdated infrastructure of district industries
centres (DICs) is to be modernized/computerised so that they may be able to access to global
market information for providing updating/important information to the Industry sector. For
this purpose, a society namely Industries Society Punjab has been constituted. DIC Ludhiana
has been taken up on pilot basis for which an amount of Rs. 1.66 crore has already been
released by Government of India under Assistance to States for Developing Export
Infrastructure and Allied Activities(ASIDE). In the next phase, the scheme will be
implemented in Jalandhar district followed by Mohali, Amritsar, Patiala and other districts of
the state. An outlay of Rs. 1700.00 lac is provided for the 11 th Five Year Plan (2007-12).
VSI –8 Payment of enhanced cost of land of Diesel Component Works and
Residential colony at Patiala (court case)
Outlay- Rs. 10.00 lac
7.13 An outlay of Rs. 10.00 lakhs is provided in the Annual Plan 2011-12 to make
the payment of enhanced cost of land for diesel component works Patiala, as a court case
stands filed against the department for this.
VSI-10 Setting-up of District Artisans Haat Centres for providing marketing
facilities to the SC Artisans of the State.
Outlay-Rs. 102.30 lac
7.14 Handicrafts of the Punjab state exhibit the rich cultural heritage of the state.
About 20% of the SC population of state is engaged in the occupations like punjabi jutti
making, dari and khes weaving, phulkari, basket making, bee keeping, achar, muraba and
other herbal products making etc. Due to lack of backward and forward linkages of
marketing these artisans/entrepreneurs are exploited by the middlemen. This scheme has
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