The Planning Commission has approved the Annual Plan Size 2012-13 for Arunachal Pradesh at Rs. 3,535 crores, which is almost 20.1%, increase over last year’s revised outlay of Rs. 2942.6 crores. This was finalized at the meeting held between Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki at the Planning Commission yesterday. The meeting was also attended by Union Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar and other members of the Planning Commission. During the meeting, Tuki made a passionate appeal to the Commission to understand the special needs and requirements of the State and provide liberal support as always. Mr. Ahluwalia and all the members of the Planning Commission showered high praise on the State for its exceptional performance in third party monitoring and agriculture and horticulture sectors. The Commission also expressed immense satisfaction on the performance of PM Package Projects in the State. The increase in the Annual Plan Size has been made possible as the State has shown an average annual growth rate of 10.8% during the first 4 years of the 11th five Year Plan compared to the national average growth rate of 8.15%.””