The Annual Plan for Assam for 2012-13 was on Tuesday finalised at Rs.10,500 crore at a meeting here between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. At this level, the Plan size is over 16% higher than the outlay for the previous fiscal.
Initiating discussions with Mr. Gogoi on Assam's performance, Mr. Ahluwalia lauded the steady improvement in gross state domestic product (GSDP) growth during the first three years of the 11th Plan. GSDP growth (at 2004-05 prices) improved from 4.81% in 2007-08 to 6.82% in 2008-09 and is estimated at 8.08% in 2009-10.