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This story is from March 8, 2015

Haryana govt’s white paper exposes Hooda’s fund bias

Gurgaon received only 50% of the resource generated by Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) and charges paid by developers during Bhupinder Singh Hooda regime, the latest white paper on Haryana’s economy has revealed.
Haryana govt’s white paper exposes Hooda’s fund bias
NEW DELHI: Gurgaon received only 50% of the resource generated by Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) and charges paid by developers during Bhupinder Singh Hooda regime, the latest white paper on Haryana’s economy has revealed. In comparison, the former CM’s home town got 300% more than what the urban development body generated between 2004-05 and 2013-14
The paper has also brought to light how during this period 4,646.6 acres were released from the process of acquisition and more than half of this - 2,602.6 acres - was released in Gurgaon, Sonepat and Rohtak districts.
The opposition had accused the earlier government of releasing such land to benefit real estate developers.
Sources have said that the Congress is likely to challenge the white paper.
On the issue of skewed development during the last decade, the document released by Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said “If we study the district wise resources collected by HUDA during the period under reference and the corresponding funds allocated to these districts for works, it is observed that some districts like Rohtak, Panchkula, Rewari and Ambala received far more funds than were collected from these districts.”
Gurgaon, Faridabad, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra and Panipat were the only six districts which got less than what they generated in the form of revenue for HUDA and as external development charges (EDC). Gurgaon topped the list generating Rs 15,633 crore against total allocation for expenditure at Rs 8,106 crore. “This indicates a skewed focus on some districts at the cost of equitable development during the period under reference,” the report mentioned.


Union minister and Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh said he is not all surprised with this report. “I have always maintained that Gurgaon has not developed because of but in spite of Haryana government. The credit for the city’s development goes to the people who are peace loving and who have invested here in industries and IT. The government has not been able to provide basic infrastructure to push growth,” he told TOI.
The report indicates it wasn’t just the industrial and service sector in Gurgaon and Faridabad which benefited from resources generated, but how these two cities propelled urban development across the state.
The white paper has also pointed out how the last government did not spend most of the amount raised under the head of Infrastructure Development Fund, which was collected from colonizers for development of major infrastructure projects. While Rs 2,989 crore was generated between 2006-07 and 2013-14 the total expenditure from this fund was only Rs 1,321 crore.
Significantly, while the EDC was meant for major development works, the government document has revealed that out of the total Rs 32,039 crore collected between 2004-05 and 2013-14, about Rs 29,051 crore was spent on land acquisition. Moreover, EDC to the tune of Rs 11,048 crore is yet be collected.
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