The Puducherry Chief Minister, Mr N. Rangasamy, today announced that the Government had decided to set up one information technology park each in Puducherry and Karaikal regions.

This would ensure openings for the graduates passing out of the engineering colleges and also to attract entrepreneurs and investors in industrial development of Puducherry, he said winding up debate on the budget for the 2011-2012.

The plan outlay for the current fiscal, he said, was approved by the Planning Commission with an allocation of Rs 2,750 crore. There was an increase by Rs 250 crore in allocation over the previous year's approval, he said. Mr Rangasamy said the Planning Commission had noted that only 64 per cent of the allocation made during 2010-2011 was utilised in the union territory.

The Chief Minister said the poor families would be sanctioned Rs 4 lakh as subsidy for conversion of a hut into concrete structure.

Mr Rangasamy said he had also requested the Centre to sanction special fund of Rs 3,645 crore apart from plan outlay to Puducherry to enable it to carry out its various projects.

The Chief Minister announced that the Government will sanction Rs 2.25 lakh to each of the students joining medical courses under Government quota in private colleges here as educational assistance against Rs 1.75 lakh announced earlier.

After Chief Minister's reply, the Speaker, Mr V. Sabapathy, adjourned the House till September 2.

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