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1. 5 A proposal was mooted by the Planning Commission to the Cabinet for constitution of such a Central Pool of Resources.

The Cabinet approved the approach, in principle, on 15 December 1997, observing that the creation of the Central Resources Pool would require Parliamentary approval and would have to await constitution of the Twelfth Lok Sabha.

The Central Pool therefore, could not be constituted in 1997-98.