The State’s efforts at additional resource mobilisation should be appropriately supplemented by the Centre, said Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar.
“The Centre’s participation will help us achieve the objectives of the 12th Plan,” Shettar told a meeting of the National Development Council (NDC) in New Delhi today.
A copy of the Chief Minister’s speech released here said Karnataka is one of the few major States to have consistently raised higher resources than were projected in the Five Year Plans. “Additional resources during 11th Plan were largely generated from our own tax receipts rather than from borrowings,” he said.
“The per capita plan outlay of Karnataka at Rs 6,231 in 2011-12 is one of the highest among major States. We hope to continue this trend in the 12th Five Year Plan as well.”
The 12th Plan outlay for Karnataka is pegged by the Planning Commission at Rs 2,55,250 crore, at current prices, which is 87 per cent higher than the 11th Plan expenditure at current price of Rs 1,36,052 crore.
“We have taken note of the inter-sector allocations indicated for Karnataka in the Plan document. While the criteria used by Planning Commission for indicating these allocations is entirely unclear to us, we would like to place on record that the indicated allocations are not in accordance with our priorities. We would decide the inter-sector priorities and would suggest revised allocations in due course,” Shettar said.
Talking on budgetary support, he said, “For support, the Central Plan is sought to be increased by 132 per cent in nominal terms. However, the increase envisaged for Rural Development is mere 46.73 per cent. Such skewed approach will hardly be a facilitator for inclusive growth.”
Even for Urban Development, the allocated resources are very meagre at Rs 54,311 crore which are unlikely to make any impact on development of urban infrastructure that is needed urgently for orderly shift of population to economic centres having growth opportunities.