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Pranab's
budget has Rs.8,000 crore for Kashmir's development
Monday February 28, 2011 02:47:17 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Finance
Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said Rs.8,000 crore would be
given as special developmental assistance to the troubled Jammu
and Kashmir in the current fiscal. This is in addition to the
special support of Rs.28,000 crore already earmarked by the
central government.
"The government's special support to Jammu and Kashmir is anchored
in the Rs.28,000 crore Prime Minister's Reconstruction Plan. In
addition, for the current year, about Rs.8,000 crore has been
provided for the state's development needs," Mukherjee said in his
budget speech.
Mukherjee also said task forces to assess infrastructure needs in
the Jammu and Ladakh regions of the state had recommended projects
amounting to Rs.416 crore and Rs.497 crore, respectively.
"I am providing Rs.100 crore for Ladakh and Rs.150 crore for Jammu
for these identified projects in 2011-12," Mukherjee said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to the state in
November 2004, announced a reconstruction plan for Jammu and
Kashmir involving an outlay of nearly Rs.28,000 crore.
The prime minister's multi-crore plan is aimed at expanding
economic infrastructure, expanding the provision of basic
services, providing a thrust to employment and income generation
and providing relief and rehabilitation to the dislocated and the
families of victims of insurgency since 1989.
The government in October last year had also constituted two
special task forces for Jammu and Ladakh regions to examine
allocations for infrastructure. The task forces were given three
months to submit their reports so that immediate developmental
issues for the two regions can be addressed within 24 months.
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