Himachal Pradesh government is preparing ‘Vision Document-2030’ for sustainable development of the State. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said on Monday.
The Vision Document-2030 will include seven years development strategy and three years action plan, he added.
After chairing the meeting of State Planning Board, the CM said that the State will continue with process of preparing annual financial plan for 2017-18 and the annual plan of Rs5700 crore has been approved for the next fiscal year by the board. The State has taken a different course than NITI Aayog, Government of India, which is no longer formulating five year and annual plans.
While the Government is preparing Vision Document 2030, CM has said that in its budget for 2016-17, the government has decided to achieve most of the targets set under the sustainable development goals by 2022.
In the annual plan for 2016-17, an outlay of Rs2213 crore has been proposed for social service sector, followed by transport and communication with a proposed outlay of Rs1073 crore. The third priority has been accorded to agriculture and allied services sector for which an outlay of Rs714 crore has been proposed.
The hydel power, which remains an important component of the development agenda was added as fourth priority by proposing an outlay of Rs683 crore. Besides, a sum of Rs1436 crore has been proposed under Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan, Rs513 crore for Tribal sub-Plan and Rs70 crore for Backward Area sub- Plan.
Under the sustainable development plans, the Chief Minster said that to keep a check on the absence of staff in schools, the bio-metric concept would be introduced in schools in near future. Besides, the Directorate of Inspections would also be of great help for surprise check in schools. He said that the enrolment of children was better in rural schools and in far flung as compared in urban areas, where people prefer to send their children to private schools. He also stressed upon nutritious meal to the students under mid-day meal scheme.