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The Mid term Appraisal of the Tenth Five Year Plan, indicates that the progress as measured by the outlays in the Central sector Plan (including PSU plan) for the first three years of the Tenth Plan are estimated to be 44.2 per cent of the total plan as against a normal expectation of 54 per cent.
The probable reasons reported for slow progress include delays in acquisition of land, completion of civil work, supplies of equipments, obtaining environment and forest clearances, obtaining investment approval by competent authorities and law and order problems in certain states for the plan schemes/projects/programmes relating to infrastructure sectors such as power, roads, railways and mines etc. For the social sector schemes such reasons include non receipt/late receipt of the proposals from the State Government as well as utilization certificate, delays in releasing matching share by State Government, and in arranging minimum institutional arrangements for implementing the schemes and in undertaking household and other surveys for identifying beneficiaries etc.
During the periodical review of the performance of Plan schemes/programmes by the Planning Commission it has been observed that in case of some of new Plan schemes/programmes envisaged in Tenth Five Year Plan including National Mission on Horticulture, National Mission on Bamboo Technology and Trade Development, Micro Irrigation, Development of Market Infrastructure Grading and Standardization, Support of State Extension Programmes, Mass Media Support to Agriculture Extension, Strengthening Infrastructure for Quality and Clean Milk Production, Venture Capital Fund for Dairying/Poultry, National Project on Organic Farming, Transgenic and Genetically Modified Crops in Agriculture Sector; Technology Up-gradation and Modernization Scheme in Industrial Sector; Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya in Education; National Nutrition Mission for Women & Children; National Urban Information System, Pooled Finance Development Scheme, City Challenge Fund in Urban sector; Up-gradation of 100 existing ITIs into Centre of Excellence, Testing and Certification of Skills acquired through Non Formal Means in Labour and Employment Sector, delay has been reported in implementation.
The responsibility of formulation, obtaining investment approvals and other clearances from competent authorities and implementation of new schemes vests with the concerned Ministry/Department
This information was given by the Minister of State for Planning, Shri M.V. Rajasekharan in the Lak Sabha.
NNK : RK
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