Chief Secretary Alok Kumar Jain has  directed the officers concerned to add innovative projects during the  presentation of 12th Five Year Program and Annual Planning 2012-13.  He also instructed them to project strongly and relevantly the development  programs, advantages of which the state was not able to avail of owing to  difficult geographical condition.
Chief Secretary Jain was reviewing the  proposals of 12th Five Year Program and Annual Planning 2012-13 at  Secretariat on Thursday. He said that being Special Category State, Uttarakhand  should get grant for centrally sponsored 38 programs in the ratio of 90:10 and  directed the officers to project this fact in a logical way. He said that  Central Planning Commission also be urged to provide compensation against  expenditure borne by the State for Eco Services. Mr. Jain stressed on putting  forward the programs prepared to generate livelihood through forestry, efforts  being put for extension of education, necessity of hydro-power projects, steps  being taken in the direction of drinking water and proposals prepared with the  participation of private sectors.

