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Plan panel meeting on eastern
region begins in Patna
Monday May 30, 2011 12:29:59 PM, IANS
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Patna: A Planning
Commission meeting for eastern region to discuss the approach
paper for the next five-year plan began in the Bihar capital
Monday, officials said.
"The meeting will discuss the approach paper related to 12th Five
Year Plan," Vijay Prakash, principal secretary for planning and
development, said.
The two-day meeting is attended by central Minister of State for
Planning Ashwani Kumar, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek
Singh Ahluwalia, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Orissa Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik, Jharkhand Deputy Chief Ministers Sudesh
Mahto and Hemant Soren, West Bengal Planning Minister Manish
Gupta, Chattishgarh plan panel vice chairman Shivraj Singh and 200
other delegates.
Officials said the meeting is consultative in nature and each
state would give its perspective on targets and challenges for the
coming five-year plan (2012-2017).
Nitish Kumar is expected to demand special status for Bihar and
seek greater thrust on agriculture and the social sector during
the meeting.
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