PM tells Plan panel to focus on CMP

Speaking to newspersons after the meeting, the Commission’s Deputy Chairman Ahluwalia said the Prime Minister was concerned about the delivery system and this was the focus area for the Commission where its mandate besides providing additional resources would also be to look at the question of improving the efficiency of the system.

On the issue of allocation of additional Rs 10,000 crore earmarked in the Budget for the Planning Commission to carry out special promises of the CMP, Ahluwalia said: ‘‘We are working on that very hard and hopefully in a couple of weeks time, we will have the answer.’’

The amount would be allocated to different social sectors, reflecting the new priorities of the government as indicated in the CMP and the Budget, he said, adding that a meeting of the full Commission would be convened prior to the final allocation.

Asked whether the eight per cent GDP growth was achievable, he said: ‘‘We are already working elaborately on the mid-term review of the 10th plan.’’