Kerala''s Annual Plan Implementation - Aug 20, 2008

The implementation of Kerala''s current annual Plan has so far been better than the accomplishment during the same period of the previous annual Plan, said the Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan. At a review meeting here on Aug 12 of the Plan implementation till July 31 this year, the Chief Minister said the annual Plan spending for 2007-08 was Rs 6,950 crore, which was later revised to Rs 6,693 crore. The total Plan outlay, comprising the Central assistance for Centrally-sponsored schemes, worked out to Rs 7,964 crore.

The total expenditure at the end of the year from State''s share of the Plan was Rs 5,065 crore, which was 73 per cent of the Plan outlay. The outlay for State schemes in the current annual Plan is Rs 7,700 crore and till July 31, the expenditure was Rs 938 crore, representing 12 per cent of the outlay. The allotment for various government departments in the current Plan is Rs 5,822 crore and till July 31, the expenditure was to the tune of Rs 810 crore.

Maharashtra To Get 24 Sezs

New Delhi: As many as 101 formal approvals have been cleared for Special Economic Zones in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005. Of the 101 approvals, 24 SEZs will come up in Maharashtra, while three in Madhya Pradesh have been advised and are in various stages of implementation. In Chhattisgarh only one formal approval has been given for setting up an SEZ. In MP, formal approvals have been given for 12 SEZs, of which seven are by Madhya Pradesh State Electronic Development Corporation and Madhya Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation.