The annual Plan for Himachal Pradesh for 2011-12 was finalised at Rs 3,300 crore at a meeting here between the Chief Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, and the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

The social sector got the lion's share with 29.26 per cent of the total Plan outlay, followed by the transport and communication sectors, which account for 19.26 per cent of the Plan size, according to an official release by the State government.

With hardly any rail network or civil aviation facility in the hill State, the government plans to accord top priority to development of roads. Mr Dhumal said that strengthening and maintenance of the over 31,000 km of existing roads and providing connectivity to remote villages would be focus areas.

The third largest allocation went to the energy sector. The proposed allocation for agriculture and allied activities stood at 11.94 per cent of the total outlay, almost double the national average, the Chief Minister said.

Taking a dig at the Centre, Mr Dhumal, a BJP leader, said that despite repeated requests to remedy the ?injustice? meted out to the state by the 13th Finance Commission, nothing had been done so far. He said with the worsening inflation rate, releasing 18 per cent dearness allowance in a year when the Finance Commission recommended a yearly growth of mere 2 per cent in salary expenditure would hurt the state's finances.

On the non-Plan side, Mr Dhumal sought financial assistance of Rs 2,500 crore from the Centre as also a untied special plan assistance of Rs 1,500 crore to finance the annual Plan for 2011-12.

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