Sunday, August 5, 2012

Ten ADCs in NE states to get direct fund

Aizawl, Aug 6 : Ten autonomous district councils in four Northeastern states will get direct fund from the Planning Commission, an official in Mizoram's Lai ADC said.

Lai ADC's planning board vice chairman Hmunhre told reporters at Lawngtlai recently that the Planning Commission has endorsed the proposals submitted by a 23-member task force under the chairmanship of B K Chaturvedi set up by the Planning Commission.

"The autonomous district councils will submit their plans to the Planning Commission which will directly release the plan fund to the councils. This will come into effect from the 12th Plan," he said.

There are three ADCs each in Mizoram, Assam and Meghalaya and one in Tripura.

The ADCs have been seeking ways to get direct non-plan too, which however involves a long process at it requires Constitution amendment, he said.