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Navhind Times - Panjim Goa SUNDAY , November 7th November 2004 000000000000000000000000000000000000 Centre should give Goa more funds: CM UNI Jaipur Nov 6: The Goa Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar made a strong pitch today for re-fixing the priorities for central assistance to states doing well on the development front. Addressing a meeting called by the Planning Commission here for mid-term review of the 10th Plan (2002-07) in West zone states, he claimed that Goa was performing "well on most parameters", but got back just a meagre share of the resources it generated for the central pool. Sixty-five per cent of the country's iron ore export was routed through Goa while the state also generated more than Rs 2,000 crores in revenue through tourism, yet "what we get back from the Centre is meagre," he said. According to a senior state official present at the meeting, Mr Parrikar demanded "flexibility" in the allocation of resources by the Centre in case of Goa since it neither had a big population, nor acute poverty, parameters the Centre considers while deciding on allocations. Unlike other states, Goa thus needed central assistance to fight lifestyle related diseases that afflict the affluent, he said. In the power sector too, corporatisation of power companies was not needed since transmission and distribution losses were a low 26 per cent and Goa was making profits in the power sector, he said. The Chief Minister did not make demands for any specific package for Goa at the meeting, but spoke of its potentials and the high growth rate achieved in various fields in the state, the official said. "We are targetting a growth rate of 14 per cent and are doing well on the development front," Mr Parrikar was reported to have told the meeting. He also projected the Cyberage Student's Scheme and Dayanand Social Security Scheme of the state government at the meeting, the official said. 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000
