Haryana Government has approved Rs525 crore for the State annual action plan 2016-17 (SAAP) under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Scheme.
The share of the Central Government in the SAAP would be Rs254.53 crore and that of the State Government Rs270.87 crore.
The budget has been submitted to the Central Government for approval.
A meeting of State-level high powered steering committee constituted for AMRUT scheme was held under the Chief Secretary DS Dhesi in this regard on
Friday.
The committee also approved detailed reports of nine projects worth Rs1,033.61 crore for five towns namely, Karnal, Gurgaon, Sonipat, Ambala and Panipat under the AMRUT scheme.
In phase-I of implementation of AMRUT scheme, the work for preparation of detailed project reports for nine towns namely, Faridabad, Karnal, Gurgaon, Sonepat, Panchkula, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Panipat and Thanesar had been assigned to WAPCOS, a public sector undertaking.
In another meeting chaired by Chief Secretary on ‘ease of doing business’, it was informed that the State Government has already implemented 297 out of the 340 action points set by the Central Government under the plan and steps would be taken to implement 15 others by June 30.
Dhesi directed the officers to notify all the services and upload them on the website of Central Government at the earliest.
The Chief Secretary said that Haryana is inching closer completing action on the Business Reform Action Plan-2016 of the Central Government for promoting the ‘ease of doing business’ in the State.