Thursday, July 28, 2011: The Planning Commission on Wednesday approved Kerala’s Rs 12,010 crore annual Plan outlay for current fiscal, which is about 20 per cent higher than the allocation for 2010-11. “The state’s annual outlay of Rs 12,010 crore was approved here at a meeting between the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of KeralaOomen Chandy,” an official statement said here.
The state has proposed an outlay of Rs 11,030 crore for 2011-12, higher than the Rs 10,025 crore approved by the panel for last fiscal. Complementing the state for leading in Human development index including health and education sectors, Ahluwalia during the meeting said focus was needed on revenue generation to push forward its plans to encourage value added agriculture.
