A District Planning Committee [DPC] meeting approved Rs 405 crore plan outlay for Jagatsinghpur district. The money would be spent in 47 sectors for the financial year 2017-18. District Collector Yamini Sarangi chaired.
District Planning and Statistic Department Deputy Director Kailash Chandra Pani presented the plan outlay for the year 2017-18 and revealed that the Rs 405, 53, 52,000 was estimated to be spent in 47 sectors.
He explained that Rs 153 crore would be spent for the rural development, Rs 73 crore for woman and childcare, Rs 43 crore for PWD, Rs 19 crore for irrigation, Rs 46 crore for Panchayatiraj, Rs 46 crore for energy sector, besides Rs 7 crore for urban development and Rs 7 crore for agriculture etc.
District planning committee chairman MlA Prashant Muduli emphasised on a flawless statistics book. MP Kulamani Samal underscored faultless beneficiary selection for the Government sponsored schemes and timely completion of projects. MlA Chiranjeeb Biswal demanded that the block authority should inform on project selection and pace of works.