"The Odisha government has fixed an annual plan outlay of Rs 864 crore for the current fiscal", the sources said.
Meanwhile, the state government also decided to add three more projects this year to the existing 10 Externally Aided Projects (EAP) under different sectors.
The international funding agencies like World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and UK-based Department of International Development (DFID) have been funding 10 projects under health, agriculture, housing & urban development, irrigation, forestry and environment, roads, welfare of ST & SC and livelihood sectors.
"Externally Aided Projects have made a headway in the state recording an utilisation of 111 per cent of plan outlay during 2011-12," the Chief Secretary B K Patnaik told reporters after a meeting here.
While a plan outlay of Rs 510 crore was earmarked during the 2011-12 fiscal, the actual expenditure was Rs 564 crore which was 111 per cent, he pointed out.
The three new programmes are: Odisha Urban Infrastructure Development Fund proposed to be supported by KFW Germany, 'Odisha Modernising Economy Governance & Administration' to be supported by DFID and Dam Rehabilitation Improvement Project proposed to be supported by World Bank.
"Theses projects are expected to come up during the current financial year with a total plan outlay of around Rs 52 Crore," he said.
Apart from the new projects, the 10 earlier projects will be continued during 2012-13, he said. (MORE)
