New Delhi, April 8 (Inditop.com) The Planning Commission Thursday fixed the annual plan of West Bengal for 2010-11 at Rs.17,985 crore — 28 percent more than last year.
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee met members of the commission and its deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia here to finalise the plan.
“Agriculture, small and medium scale enterprises, clusters of industries, education, health are the major priority areas. We thank the commission for accepting the final plan expenditure for our state,” Bhattacharjee said.
Added Ahluwalia: “They have responded on a number of issues and we are quite satisfied with the efforts being made. We would see more impetus for development in all the critical areas.”