SALIENT FEATURES OF THE NINTH PLAN (1997-2002)
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THRUST AREAS AND PRIORITIES
The Planning Commission's
Approach to the Ninth Plan aims to address the problems faced in the Eighth
Plan in the areas of capital formation in agriculture, living standards of the
poor, infrastructure, social sector, regional disparity and fiscal deficits.
The following objectives have been set out for the Ninth Plan :-
- Priority to agriculture and rural development to
generate adequate productive employment and eradication of poverty;
- Accelerating the growth rate of the economy with
stable prices;
- Ensuring food and nutritional security for all,
particularly the vulnerable sections of society;
- Providing basic minimum services to all in a
time-bound manner;
- Containing the growth rate of the population;
- Ensuring environmental sustainability of the
developmental process through social mobilisation and participation of the
people at all levels;
- Empowerment of women and socially-disadvantaged
groups (SC/ ST / OBC / Minorities) as agents of socio-economic change and
development;
- Promoting and developing people's participatory
institutions like Panchayat Raj institutions, co-operatives and self-help
groups;
- Strengthening efforts to build self-reliance.
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STATE'S APPROACH TO THE NINTH PLAN
- Our State lags behind others in most human
development indicators. All thepopulation does not have access to the
basic necessities of life - drinking water and health facilities, in
particular. Infant mortality is still high and literacy levels,
particularly among women and disadvantaged sections, are low. There are
significant regional differences in development. Growing unemployment has
been a major problem in recent years, both in rural and urban areas.
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STRATEGY
Agriculture
& Allied Activities
- The agricultural growth rate will be raised to absorb
additional labour force and reduce poverty levels. Greater attention and
resources will be devoted to watershed development for better in situ
moisture conservation. Priority will be given to speedy completion of
ongoing major and medium irrigation schemes and better utilisation of
potential created through farmers' participation. To increase farm
incomes, efforts will be made to diversify small / marginal farmers into
other allied activities, like animal husbandry, horticulture, sericulture,
fisheries, etc.
Infrastructure
- Together with public investment, private initiative
would be encouraged to participate in creating infrastructure like power,
communication services, roads, bridges, housing, industrial estates, etc.
Effort will be made to re-structure and improve the financial viability of
the State Electricity Board. Maintenance of arterial roads / highways will
be provided added resources and attention.
Employment
- A pattern of sectoral growth yielding higher
employment elasticity will be followed to raise employment in
agri-business, animal husbandry, fisheries, horticulture and aquaculture,
and create additional opportunities for employment through re-generation
of natural resources such as wasteland and forests, increased investment
in construction of roads and housing.
Industry
- Special attention will be paid to the unregistered sector
and promotion of service industry, with suitable programmes for training
and upgradation of skills. Programmes for development of Khadi and village
industries, handlooms, sericulture and handicrafts will be integrated with
rural development / poverty alleviation programmes.
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SOCIAL SERVICES
Water
supply and sanitation
- Highest priority would be given to coverage of
no-source habitations and provide them with sustainable supply of drinking
water. Special measures would be taken to tackle quality problems.
Measures for conservation of water and recharge of aquifers would also be
implemented to provide sustained supply of water. The private sector's
participation would be mobilised for drinking water projects.
- Greater attention would be paid to sanitation, both
in urban and rural areas. Along with scientific planning of solid and
liquid waste disposal systems for bigger urban agglomerations, greater
awareness and education of sanitation practices would be brought about in
the rural areas.
Education
- Efforts would be made to achieve universal
primary education through formal / non-formal schools. Vocational
education / training would to be expanded both through institutional and
non-formal courses. An integrated approach would be followed for higher
education, to provide greater autonomy, equitable and cost-effective
expansion including private participation, strengthening of facilities and
promotion of excellence. The quality of technical education would be improved
through consolidation and upgradation of infrastructure and strengthening
industry-institution relationships.
Health
- Relentless growth of population has eroded the
gains of prosperity. Efforts to spread family limitation practices will be
intensified together with a system of disincentives. The major share of
public investment would be directed to health care services, placing
greater emphasis and reliance on community-based systems. Along with
adequate diffusion of medical education facilities , training of medical
professionals, willing to work in rural areas, through innovative medical
schooling systems would be given attention.
Housing
- Construction of housing for the poorest sections will
remain an important component of wage-employment generation programmes in
the rural areas. The approach to housing development in urban areas would
emphasise removal of legal constraints to supply of land as well as rental
housing activity. Subsidised plots and use of low cost materials and
building technologies would be promoted to provide affordable housing to
poorer segments of the population.
Poverty
alleviation and Social justice
- Adequate food security and developmental
programmes, which generate adequate employment, will be the main
components of the strategy to take care of the poor. Development of the
scheduled tribes, scheduled castes and backward classes will be
intensified, so that these disadvantaged sections of the population are
brought on par with rest of society. Protection / restoration of rights of
tribals to natural usufruct and preservation of socio-cultural values
would also be ensured through decentralised, participatory planning.
Specific measures would be taken to ensure that women are enabled to
function as equal partners and participants in development and vulnerable
groups, including children, destitute and the disabled are not excluded
from the fruits of development.
People's
involvement
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People's
initiative and participation will be a key element in the process of
development. The Govt. will facilitate the process of peoples' involvement, by
creating the institutional infrastructure to get them involved in social tasks
and social mobilisation and affording access to information and opportunity of
consultation. Better targeting of social uplift programmes will be achieved
through decentralised planning and implementation. Steps will be initiated for
strengthening local institutions, re-orientation and integration of local
development activities under the charge of local bodies, and normative
devolution of funds.
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RESOURCES FOR PLAN FINANCING
- 15. The macro-economic framework of the Ninth
Plan assumes that the bulk of the improvement in public savings will have
to come from the Govt. Greater revenue raising is anticipated through tax
/ local effort by Panchayati Raj institutions, particularly in view of the
focus on Basic Minimum services. The Planning Commission have suggested
two alternative projections for the Ninth Plan size of the State, viz.
- 6.25 times the size of the
Annual Plan, 1997-98 (Rs. 21355.14 crores
- assuming an increase of 30%
over the VIII Plan (Rs. 18995.81 crores)
- Discussions were held with the Planning
Commission to determine the availability of resources for the Ninth Plan.
Resources for the Ninth Plan have been worked out in constant terms at
1996-97 prices, assuming 7% inflation. The exercise indicated that the
available resources may be Rs.20074.19 crores, compared to the gross
availability of Rs.12207.36 crores in the Eighth Plan.
- After making due provision for anticipated wage
increase consequent to the report of the Fifth Pay Commission and
commitment of plan expenditure to the non-plan (Rs. 3173.52 cr), the
State's own contribution to the Ninth Plan will be Rs.11682.07 crores
(58.19%) - inclusive of market borrowing , loans from LIC / GIC / NABARD ,
local bodies' resources (Rs.2712.94 crores), PSU resources / borrowings of
the order of Rs. 3540.50 crores, additional resource mobilisation by the
State Govt. and anticipated tariff revision to make up the resource gap of
MPEB and MPSRTC . The Central support will be Rs. 8392.12 crores - which
also comprises EAP assistance (Rs. 1950.54 crores), SCA for TSP,
assistance for the Accelerated irrigation benefit programme (AIBP) and
slum improvement, apart from Central assistance according to the
Gadgil-Mukherji formula.
- The increased share of EAP assistance / local
borrowings in the budgetary resources which can be mobilised for the Plan
implies that the budgetary support to many development sectors will
diminish during the Ninth Plan, because a substantial part of the limited
budgetary support will be pre-empted in favour of select projects /
activities. A large part of the residual funds will be further pre-empted
for Centrally-sponsored schemes. Decentralisation of schemes and transfer
of State funds to local bodies for district sector schemes will further
compound the problem for state-level schemes.
- The absence of budgetary surplus in the Ninth Plan
period to fund the revenue component of the Plan is a disturbing prospect.
In order to stabilise public finances over the Plan period as well as
maintain resource availability for State sector schemes, the State Govt.
aim to neutralize the negative BCR during the Ninth Plan period.
Substantial tax resources have been assigned to local bodies so that they
may play a substantive role in planned development.
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SECTORAL
DISTRIBUTION OF OUTLAYS
- At present, the residual budgetary support (exclusive
of EAP / conditional loans) during the Ninth Plan is not sufficient to
assure continually increasing financial support to different sectors, in
real terms, at the level proposed in the succeeding years of the Plan. Therefore,
sectoral outlays for the Ninth Plan are tentatively proposed maintaining
residual budgetary support (at constant prices) at the level of the Annual
Plan (1997-98) and conditional budgetary support / extra-budgetary
resources as projected during the five-year period. The size of the Ninth
Plan will be around Rs. 20,094.22 crores. The Major Sector-wise
distribution of outlays in the Ninth Plan will be as follows :
S.No
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Major-
Sector
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IXth
Plan (crores)
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%age to
total (IX Plan)
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%age to
total (VIII Plan)
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1-
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Agriculture
and allied activities
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1129.50
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5.63
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7.07
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2-
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Rural
Development
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2005.59
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9.99
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4.74
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3-
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Irrigation
and Flood Control
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2722.02
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14.67
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23.93
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4-
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Energy
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3479.46
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16.22
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32.25
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5-
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Industry
and Mining
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1112.97
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5.55
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4.20
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6-
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Transport
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562.92
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2.80
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3.87
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7-
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Science,
Technology. & Environment
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210.20
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1.05
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0.28
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8-
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General
Economic Services
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317.53
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1.58
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4.17
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9-
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Social
Services
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8525.91
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42.37
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18.73
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10-
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General
Services
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28.12
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0.14
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0.76
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Total
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20094.22
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100.00
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100.00
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- A substantial shift in Plan priorities has
taken place in recent years because of the greater emphasis on basic
minimum services at the national level and the human development agenda
adopted by the State Govt. Effort has to be made to maintain budgetary
support for Agriculture and allied activities, irrigation and rural
development, in view of their importance to the State economy . Social
services will now appropriate 42.37 % of Plan investment as compared to
18.73 % in the Eighth Plan. However, public investment in the energy
sector will decline (from 32.25% of the VIII Plan to 16.22%), because
significant private sector investment is expected. Non-SLR bonds are
proposed for completion of ongoing / financing of new public / joint
sector projects in the energy sector.
- For Externally aided projects (EAPs), the
total requirements have been estimated to be of the order of Rs. 2051
crores for which Rs. 1500.54 crores will flow as Additional Central
Assistance from Government of India during the plan period.
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SIGNIFICANT
PLAN TARGETS
Agriculture:
- Agriculture is the mainstay of the State's economy
since more than three-fourths of the State's population is dependent on
agricultural activity for their source of livelihood. Oilseeds enhance
farmers' incomes and also help meet consumers demand for edible oils. It
has been envisaged that food grain, pulses and oilseed production would be
of the order of 226.50 lakh tonnes, 43.50 lakh tonnes and 66.15 lakh
tonnes, respectively by the end of the Ninth Plan. 55,000 wells would be
constructed to create additional irrigation potential for augmenting
agricultural production. It is also envisaged to cover 10,78,000 hect. of
land under the National Watershed Development Programme.
- Horticulture offers multiple
farming opportunities and generates a great deal of employment, together
with possibilities for amelioration of the deteriorating environment.
33,734 hectares would be covered under fruit development 12,639 hectares
under vegetable development. Propagation of medicinal and aromatic plans
would be taken up in 20,000 hectares.
- Livestock is an essential
part of the rural economy, as it is the main source of draught power for
agricultural operations. Animal husbandry, dairying and poultry has a
major role in improving living standards, especially for the rural poor.
It is expected to attain milk production of 5.7 million tons, 9 lakh kg
of wool production and 1500 million eggs by the end of the Ninth Plan.
Inland fisheries has tremendous potential in the State because of the
large waterspread available for fish culture. Fish production is
targetted to reach 1.54 lakh tons and fish-seed production would go up to
10,00 million standard fry during the Plan.
Irrigation:
- It is estimated that the
annual run-off of 105 MAF and the ground water re-charge of 26 MAF, if it
can be harnessed for irrigation, has the potential to irrigate 102 lakh
hectares, which is more than 50% of the net sown area in the State.
However, due to paucity of resources, a large number of the major / minor
irrigation projects in the State are still awaiting completion. Taking
full advantage of AIBP / RIDF, it is proposed to create additional
irrigation potential of 4.45 lakh hectares, under major, medium and minor
schemes during the Ninth Plan.
Rural development
- Alleviation of poverty and
unemployment are cardinal objectives of the State Plan. With the
rejuvenation of Panchayati Raj institutions in the State, these bodies
have been entrusted with the implementation of rural development and
poverty alleviation schemes in the State. Subsidy will be extended to
3.22 lakh beneficiaries under the IRD programme and 1.72 lakh persons
will be trained under TRYSEM. 1783 lakh man days of employment will be
provided under JRY and 1650 lakh man days under EAS. 1.32 lakh irrigation
wells and 4.66 lakh houses will be constructed under IAY. 1151 milli
watersheds will be covered under the watershed development programme.
Energy
- Rapid economic development
is dependent on adequate availability of power, both to the agriculture
sector as well as to industry. In the Ninth Plan, 557.55 MW of power
generation capacity will be added through public investment. 1750
villages 2500 hamlets, 2500 SC bastis will be electrified and 60,000 pumpsets
will be energised.
School Education
- Since the State lags behind
most of the States in the country in regard to literacy and education,
highest priority has been given to universalisation of primary education.
An Education guarantee scheme has been launched in the State. It is
proposed to open 4752 new primary schools 12000 NFE centres and 2873 new
middle schools and create 38,000 additional posts of teachers during the
Ninth Plan to cater to the anticipated increase of students at the
primary and middle stage.74 Lakh illiterates in the age group 15-35 would
also be targetted under the literacy programme.
Water supply
- Availability of potable
water both in the urban and rural areas is one of the primary necessities
of human existence. In the Ninth Plan, potable supply will be made
available to 450 man habitations, 5000 poorly served habitations, 19100
partially covered habitations, together with piped water supply in 831
villages and 80 towns. Safe water arrangements will be provided in 3800
fluoride affected /polluted villages.
Urban welfare
- Increasing urbanisation has
been acompanied by rising incidence of poverty in the urban areas also.
Urban slum development and poverty alleviation programmes will cover 11
lakh beneficiaries. Assistance will be extended to 8,600 beneficiaries
under PMIUPEP and 28,000 under NRY. Group insurance schemes will cover
9.6 lakh beneficiaries by the end of the Ninth Plan.
Nutrition
- Raising the levels of
nutrition, especially in the rural areas, is one of the prime objectives
of the Ninth Plan. ICDS services will cover 183.80 lakh children in age
group 0.6 years and 55.4 lakh pregnant and nursing mothers during the
Ninth Plan.
Welfare of weaker sections
- Social justice demands
that special efforts be made for the development of the weaker sections,
so that they are also brought on par with the rest of society. Post
matric scholarship will be extended to 30,000 and State scholarships to
38 lakh SC students. 4.36 lakh OBC students will receive pre-matric
scholarships and post-matric scholarships will be given to 50,000 others.
State scholarships will be awarded to 93.20 lakh ST students and merit
scholarship to 9 lakhs.
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DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY FOR WEAKER SECTIONS
- Starting with the Annual Plan 1997-98, funds
earmarked for TSP and SCP (in proportion to their population) have been
placed at the disposal of the Department of Scheduled Castes / Scheduled
Tribes, to identify schemes / programmes most suited to the welfare of
these groups and to allocate outlays to different departments entrusted
with the responsibility of vigorously implementing the schemes /
programmes benefiting these target groups.
- In Ninth Plan and Annual Plan, under each
Sector and Sub-sector, women's component will be identified and required
provision will be made by the concerned development departments to
effectively implement schemes / programmes which will help promoting
welfare of women in general and disadvantaged groups among women in particular.
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BASIC MINIMUM SERVICES (BMS)
The estimated
requirements of funds to make up the gap in basic minimum services (at the
beginning of the Plan period) were as follows:
Rural
Water Supply
- The requirement for Rural water supply has been
worked out at Rs. 1,003.43 crores (State's share Rs. 494.16 cr.) to
provide water supply in remaining no source villages, 14063 no source
habitations, augmentation of water supply in 23,941 villages / habitations
and providing alternative water supply arrangements for 13,800 tube-wells
permanently out of order. In addition, it is essential to provide
alternative water supply for villages affected by quality problems. For
urban water supply in smaller towns up to 1 lakh population, the total
requirements have been estimated to be of the order of Rs. 421.72 crore
(State share Rs. 210.86 cr.)
Primary
Health Care
- The State is adversely placed in respect to
health infrastructure, when compared to all India averages. Additional
capital investment of Rs. 923.26 cr(buildings), Rs. 48.47 crs. for
equipment and annual recurring cost of Rs. 97.14 cr. are required to
achieve the institutional norms laid down by the GOI.
Primary
Education
- Under the programme universalisation of
primary education, by 2000 AD, 117.36 lakh children in age group 6-11 will
have to be enrolled in schools , for which the additional requirement of
funds for new schools/ NFE centres, additional class rooms, additional
teachers, training, text books and administrative expenses would be Rs
780.79 crores.
Shelter
for Poor
- There are 5.65 lakh shelter-less rural
families in the State in 1995-96. The State plan will include the matching
provision to provide housing to shelter-less poor and upgradation of
shelters under the IAY, NRY and UPEP schemes.
Approach
Roads
- The estimated requirement for connecting
villages with population over 1500 is Rs. 674 crores.
Nutrition
- The ICDS programme is presently operational in
258 blocks and 19 urban centres. ICDS projects have already been
sanctioned by GOI to cover all Rural blocks (459).These will become
operational in a phased manner .Urban projects have to be sanctioned for
29 towns with population over 50,000 and sizable SC/ST population. For
implementing the scheme ,the annual requirement of funds has been
estimated at the order of Rs. 117.07 crores. Cooked mid-day meals are now
being given to school children in 297 blocks of the State. Food grains are
being given in another 156 blocks.
Public
Distribution System (PDS)
- Adequate plan provisions are required to be
made through Annual Plans to provide assistance for setting up fair-price
shops, constructions of smaller Godowns, mobile shops in tribal areas.
37. The guidelines issued
by the Planning Commission require a minimum step-up (over the outlays for
1995-96) of 115% of the assistance provided by the Govt. of India. The outlays
which may be available for basic minimum services during the Ninth Plan are as
under:
No
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Head
of Development
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Actual
Expendr 1995-96
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Approvd
Outlay 96-97
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Actual
Exp. 96-97
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Proposed
outlay 97-98
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IX
Plan proposed outlay
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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1
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Universalisation
of Primary Educa- tion and Mid-day meals(incldg. TWD)
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98.25
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175.68
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132.05
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270.94
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1099.74
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2
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Primary
Health
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27.66
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67.92
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42.70
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56.04
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311.19
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3
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Safe
Drinking Water
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60.80
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68.49
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67.90
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84.58
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532.71
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4
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Housing
Assistance to shelter-less poor
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29.64
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42.26
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32.26
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28.10
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150.00
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5
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Nutrition
of Disadvantaged sections
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20.04
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38.69
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22.06
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41.39
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126.17
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6
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Connectivity
to Rural Habitations
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19.56
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30.52
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12.04
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47.00
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198.36
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7
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Public
Distribution System (vill. godowns)
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2.86
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3.63
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2.53
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6.00
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28.04
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Total
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258.81
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427.19
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311.55
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534.05
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2446.21
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DECENTRALIZATION
OF PLANNING PROCESS
- Together with the re-vitalization of Panchayati Raj
Institutions and Urban Local Bodies, District Planning Committees have
also been constituted as per constitutional provisions in every district.
The State Government are making further efforts to decentralize the
planning process at grass root levels. Suitable mechanism has been
developed for the district planning exercise. The State Development
Council has recommended transfer of 33% of the State Plan outlay for district
sector schemes relating to the items listed in Schedules 11 and 12 of the
Constitution. The recommendations of the State Development Council may be
implemented during the course of the year. District plans so formulated
will be integrated with the State Plans in future.
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