Nagaland State Annual Plan, 2007-08

By: EconomyWatch   Date: 30 June 2010

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The Annual Plan outlay for Nagaland for the year 2007-08 was approved at a meeting between the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of Nagaland, Shri Neiphiu Rio.

The Annual Plan size was finalized at Rs.900 crores for the year.

Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, complimented the State for high growth rate specially in the sectors of agriculture and education. He said socio-economic progress in the State was impressive. Efforts to promote bio-diversity conservation and empowering village development committees were steps in the right direction. He also appreciated the Eleventh Plan proposal of the State and suggested that efforts should be made to improve tax base.

It was pointed out that more districts of the State would be covered under NREGP. State was asked to pay more attention to programmes under Bharat Nirman and work towards improving quality of education. Attention was also drawn to losses in the power sector and expenditure on salaries to the government employees. The Chief Minister pointed out that the policies followed for the last few years have helped in accelerating growth. He said growth in agriculture particularly horticulture was encouraging and have attained commercial scale. Industrial houses like Dabur & ITC have shown interest in the products. Flowers are being exported and food-grain production has gone up substantially.

Efforts are on to balance liberalization with social equity for which many innovations ranging from new and simple technologies to e-governance are being introduced. He said the State is being counted among front running reforming States of the country. GSDP has been growing at an average of 11.2 per cent with a primary sector growth of 15 per cent and secondary sector at 13.2 per cent.

The per capita income was at slightly over Rs.21000. He said the State would be aiming at a growth rate of 14.46 per cent for the Eleventh Plan period. Besides agriculture focus will be on marketing, processing and technology intervention. Organic cultivation would be promoted. He sought Planning Commission support in improving connectivity.

Source: PIB


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