Sikkim plan for 2012-13 finalised

The annual plan for the year 2012-13 for the state of Sikkim was finalised at a meeting between deputy chairman, Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and chief minister of Sikkim, Pawan Chamling. The plan size has been agreed at Rs1877 crore. This includes Rs377 crore as part of the Prime Minister’s package for reconstruction of infrastructure damaged in recent earthquake.
Briefing the Commission, the chief Minister said that over the past two decades, the state has adopted the path of sustainable development. It is the policy of the government to develop rural areas of Sikkim at par with towns and cities by providing all basic and modern amenities and sustainable employment opportunities in rural areas with a vision to develop Sikkim as an eco-city State.
He said the recent earthquake has caused massive damage to the infrastructure and the development process of Sikkim has suffered a major setback and programmes can only be successful with liberal financial assistance from the government of India in the 12th Five Year Plan and particularly in the Annual Plan 2012-13.