IMPHAL, December 31: Timely allocation of the 12th Five Year Plan as well as the annual plan budget for the state for the financial year 2012-13 are likely to be delayed as the entire state administration is presently concentrating on the successful conduct of the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly election which is scheduled on January 28, 2012.
Recently, the state government had already taken up initiatives through the state planning department for submission of draft proposals for the 12th Five Years Plan for the state and state annual plan budget for the financial year 2012-13 by conducting a series of high level meetings attended by all heads of government departments.
Moreover, a two day workshop was also convened at the State Academy of Training, Takyelpat chaired by special secretary planning, Dr. Sajjad Hassan with an objective to accelerate preparations of the draft proposals for the 12th Five Years Plan and state annual plan budget.
During the workshop, Dr. Sajjad Hassan had directed all the head of departments of the state to submit their draft plan documents for the Annual Plan 2012-13 and the draft proposals for state’s 12th Five Years Plan (2012-17) for the state of Manipur to the department by December 2011.
In the meantime, the objective of the timely submission of the draft Annual Plan 2012-13 for the state and the draft proposal for the state’s 12th Five Years Plan (2012-17) as suggested by the Planning Commission of India has already been disturbed with the sudden announcement of the election schedule as many of the state employees of various departments are engaged in the preparation for the smooth conduct of the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly.
The officials of the state planning department observed that finalization of the state Annual Plan 2012-13 and the draft proposals for state’s 12th Five Years Plan (2012-17) for the state of Manipur are likely to be delayed till the entire election proceedings in the state are completed and a new government in the state is formed.