Bihar plan to be hiked to Rs 28,000 cr

Bihar's plan size would be raised to Rs 28,000 crore in the next fiscal from Rs 24,000 crore.

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Bihar’s plan size would be raised to Rs 28,000 crore in the next fiscal from Rs 24,000 crore of the current fiscal year (2011-12).

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held a high-level review meeting on plan expenditures of all the departments and reviewed the expenditure on plan heads.

It was found during the review meeting that against the allotment on plan heads,there was plan expenditure to the tune of Rs 12,083.82 crore by end of December last.

After holding discussions on the plan size,the Chief Minister said the plan size would be raised to Rs 28,000 crore.

Giving the information,Principal Secretary Planning and Development Vijay Prakash said every department had been asked by the Chief Minister to prepare their annual action plan.

The Chief Minister also directed the heads of departments to ensure that the allotted funds must be utilised within the stipulated period during 2011-12.

The meeting also decided that a workshop be held for increasing the utiity of Computerised Treasury Management Information system,he said.

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Kumar said the state Rural Development department must also ensure construction of buildings of blocks in a phased manner by formulating an action plan,he said.

Besides Kumar,Chief Secretary Navin Kumar,Development Commissioner A K Sinha,secretaries of various departments,including Energy Secretary also attended the meeting.