Uttar Pradesh's outlay for the Ninth Plan has been pegged at Rs 46,340 crore, up 102 per cent from Rs 22,965 crore during the Eighth Plan.
The plan size, decided here at a meeting between Planning Commission deputy chairman Madhu Dandavate and UP chief minister Mayawati, includes Rs 21,658.24 crore central assistance and Rs 24,922.76 crore from the state's resources.
The central assistance will include aid for basic minimum services, slum development and areas programmes besides central devolution for state plan.
Reviewing the Eighth Plan performance, Dandavate said additional emphasis should be placed on exploring all possible revenue-earning avenues as the state had considerable tax potential under irrigation charges, motor vehicle tax and electricity duty.
He warned that the required pace of development would be difficult to reach unless extra attention was paid to create better irrigation facilities as well as check the alarming growth in population and poor literacy rate.
Dandavate said additional funds would be made available to the states following the centre's decision on devolution of central taxes and transfer of centrally-sponsored schemes to states along with funds. At current prices, the Ninth Plan outlay for Uttar Pradesh would work out to Rs 57,000 crore, an official release said.
Mayawati, while briefing the commission on the state's priorities, said Uttar Pradesh would have to go for a bigger plan size to ensure that the gap in per capita income between Uttar Pradesh and other states did not widen.
Stating that her government was making determined efforts to improve the pace of development, the chief minister said the seven per cent growth target set by the Planning Commission would hinge on higher plan outlay.
She added that during the Ninth Plan, the state would initiate measures including sale of non-productive assets, enhanced tax compliance and introduction of user charges for raising additional resources.
The government was also contemplating increasing cost of higher education besides considering rationalisation of the state electricity board and setting up of a review authority, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister said.
The administration was also thinking of allowing private participation in the transport sector for cutting down losses of the state road transport corporation, she said
