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| Miracle in making: 4000 rooms in 4 months | | In poll seasons Govt promises to spend Rs 300 Crore on Education, Health Sectors | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 7
Believe it or not –the state government has plans to construct 4000 classrooms for 1000 newly upgraded schools in a record time of four months. In an election year, if this claim of the state government proves true, this will be perhaps an unbeatable record in itself and can emerge as one of the biggest feat ever to sell in the poll season.
Not only this massive education infrastructure plan, the government has something for health sector as well. 100 Primary Health Centers and 200 Ayurvedic Dispensaries are also on the plan.
This entire infrastructure construction plan will involve an expenditure of Rs 300 Crores. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has agreed to offer loan for this massive construction.
A decision to this effect was taken at a high level meeting here today. Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister of State for Finance Pawan Bansal and Chairman of the NABARD vetted the decision which was attended by top functionaries of the government.
Currently, there are projects worth Rs. 524 crore pending with NABARD for loan while another 678 projects costing Rs. 1062 crore would be forwarded to it soon. It was decided that the State government would send education and health sectors related projects to NABARD by April 20, besides prioritizing other projects pending with the country’s premier financial institution for clearance in its Board meeting scheduled for April 25.
On the insistence of the Chief Minister, the NABARD agreed to enhance normative loan allocation to Jammu and Kashmir for the current fiscal from Rs. 606 crores to Rs. 900 crores.
The Chief Minister asked the education and health officials to prepare and send projects to NABARD before decided timeline so that these are cleared by the Bank in board meeting later this month. He said there was urgent need to prioritise building of infrastructure in important social sectors to extend and up-grad facilities in all parts of Jammu and Kashmir as the basic services were still lacking in many areas of the State.
The Chief Minister said that keeping the limited working season in the State in view, there was need for early sanction of projects by the financial institutions to ensure time bound completion. He said the election process in the State scheduled to start later this year would also slow down execution of development projects. He said the decision to advance the budget session by two months was also governed by the need to make funds available in time given the limited working season.
The Chief Minister thanked Mr. Bansal and Mr. Sarangi for taking a sympathetic view towards Jammu & Kashmir. He said the central government under Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had been very considerate in accommodating the development requirements of the State and providing liberal assistance.
Bansal assured the Chief Minister that NABARD would clear the proposals already submitted by the State government by this month. He said other proposals to be received from the State government would be cleared in June this year. He said 30% of mobilization amount was given to Jammu and Kashmir for speedy execution of schemes. He said that special attention was being given to Jammu and Kashmir and other hill states and north-eastern states in providing finances for infrastructure development. He asked the State officials to prioritize projects for funding in various sectors. |
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