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Annual Plan size for Haryana for the year 2005-06 was
approved today at a meeting between the Deputy Chairman, Planning
Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister Shri
Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The Plan outlay for 2005-06 was agreed at
Rs.3000 crore. This includes onetime additional Central assistance
of Rs.25 crore provided for specific projects of special interest to
the State.
The Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, complimented the State
Government for a consistent growth performance during the first
three years of the Tenth Plan. He said the contribution of primary,
secondary and tertiary sectors has been satisfactory. The Strategic
measures for fiscal and structural reforms are broadly in the right
direction.
Attention was drawn to adverse sex ratio of 820, which is far below
the all-India average of 933 females to every 1000 males. The State
Government was advised to create awareness and reach to community
and household levels. Agriculture diversification was recommended as
a strategy to accelerate agriculture growth. This should include
shift from cereal to non-cereal and move beyond crop agriculture to
animal husbandry, dairy and fishery. Attention was also drawn to
shrinking forest cover, which has come down from 3.8 per cent in
1993-94 to 2.18 percent in 1999. State was also asked to train
self-help groups on priority and help them in capacity building.
Concern was also drawn on over exploitation of ground water
resources
The Chief Minister briefed the Commission on reform initiatives
adopted recently. He said the staffing pattern in government
departments is being constantly reviewed, PSUs are being
rationalized and complete transparency in fiscal operations has been
introduced. The irrigation system has been rehabilitated and
modernized and a new education policy launched. High priority has
been given to education, health, drinking water, urban development,
employment generation, welfare of SCs and BCss and an outlay of Rs
1400 crore has been earmarked.
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