State gets a pat from Planning Commission for good performance

The Annual Plan for Odisha for 2012-13 was on Friday pegged at Rs.17,250 crore at a meeting here between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Initiating the discussions, Mr. Ahluwalia said the State's Plan performance during 2011-12 had been satisfactory and the government's efforts towards improving the human development indicators were laudable.