Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 17 2008:
Ahead of the proposed visit of an official team of the 13th Finance Commission to Imphal on January 20, 2009, a preparatory meeting presided over by the Chief Secretary of the State was held today, according to sources.
The official team of the Finance Commission would be coming to Imphal to seek the opinion of the Government and other political parties before finalising the plan size of the State for the 13th finance commission, sources added.
On the other hand, in connection with finalising the plan size of the State for the fiscal year 2009-10, a meeting of the working group would be held at New Delhi from January 16 to 17, 2009.After the meeting of the working group, Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and Deputy Chairman of the Union Planning Commission would take a final decision on the size of the State plan during a joint meeting.
In the meantime, a meeting of the State Cabinet has been convened on December 19 to discuss the proposed plan size of the State.