Vol: 1, Issue: 4 2011

Page: 53-56

Approved Outlay and Expenditure on Road Transport during Xth Five Year Plan

Praveen Singh Chauhan

Received Date: 2011-09-26

Accepted Date: 2011-10-25

Published Date: 2011-11-24

The total expenditure incurred on road safety during the first four years of the Tenth Five year Plan (2002-03 to Working Group On Road Transport For The Eleventh Five Year Plan was Rs. 101.63 crore or about 66% of the total approved outlay for the Plan. The total expenditure during the first four years of the Tenth Five year Plan for Pollution Control, National Database network and Model Driving School schemes was Rs. 3.31 crore, Rs. 7.17 crore and 21.13 crore respectively. As a proportion of total approved outlay the total expenditure on Pollution Control, National Database and Model Driving School was 33%, 55% and 88% respectively during the first four years of the Tenth Five year Plan. The total expenditure in central road sector during the first four years on approved schemes was Rs. 133.24 crore or 63% of the approved outlay.

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