SALIENT FEATURES OF THE TENTH PLAN (2002 -
2007)
The order of the above objectives does not
reflect the order of the priorities of the State. All are equally important,
internally consistent and mutually reinforcing. The
total size of the Tenth Plan is Rs. 25737.25 Cr. at current prices as against
the Ninth Plan approved outlay of Rs. 20075.00 Cr. These figures are not
comparable as the State of Madhya Pradesh was bifurcated on 1st
November 2000. The Planning Commission indicated that the size of the
Tenth Plan may be 5.5 times that of the budgetary support provided to the
Annual Plan of 2001-02 in nominal terms. However, the proposed size of the
Tenth is seven times that of the approved outlay of the Annual Plan 2001-02.
STATE'S APPROACH TO THE NINTH PLAN
Achieving higher growth is not an end in
itself. The growth of the economy has to result in increased
socio-economic standards of all the people of the State. The economic growth
does not automatically result in increased socio-economic standards of
all the people as the society is much larger than the economy and also most of
the people do not have capabilities to participate in the economy. Thus,
the planning should have explicit objectives which are consistant with the
growth objective and also aim at capacity building. The plan should also spell
out strategies through which the desired levels of socio-econonic
development to be achieved.
SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION OF OUTLAYS
The sectoral outlays for the Ninth Plan and
Tenth Plan are presented in the table below. The detailed sectoral outlays are
given in the Annexure.
The Sectoral Percentage
Distribution of Plan Outlays
S.No. |
Major Sector |
Percentage Distribution
of Outlay |
|
Ninth Plan |
Tenth Plan |
||
1 |
Agriculture and Allied
Activities |
5.63 |
6.28 |
2 |
Rural Development |
9.99 |
11.19 |
3 |
Irrigation and Flood
Control |
13.56 |
19.10 |
4 |
Energy |
17.33 |
21.39 |
5 |
Industry & Mining |
5.55 |
0.79 |
6 |
Transport |
2.80 |
5.26 |
7 |
Science, Technology
& Environment |
1.05 |
0.23 |
8 |
General Economic
Services |
1.58 |
2.81 |
9 |
Social Services |
42.37 |
29.68 |
10 |
General Services |
0.14 |
3.27 |
The outlay for
social sector constitutes one third of the total outlay and thus still
continues to be the priority sector. However, the proportion of the social
sector outlay has come down from 42.37% in the Ninth Plan to 29.68% in
the Tenth Plan. This is mainly because areas like education and health are
being funded from outside the budgetary resources. The infrastructure sectors -
irrigation, power and roads are thrust areas of the Tenth Plan. There is a
substantial increase in the plan outlay of the irrigation sector constituting
19.10% of the Tenth Plan. The proportion of the outlay on irrigation has
increased from 13.56% in the Ninth Plan to 19.10% in the Tenth Plan. Similarly,
the proportion of the outlay on energy has increased from 17.33% in the Ninth
Plan to 21.39% in the Tenth Plan. The proportion of the outlay on transport
sector has increased from 2.80% in the Ninth Plan to 5.94% in the Tenth Plan,
mainly because of the increased outlay on roads and bridges.
Poverty Alleviation
Poverty alleviation
is most important agenda of the State government. The Tenth Plan proposes to
bridge the gap between the poverty ratio (both Rural & Urban) of the
State and the national average. The State proposes to continue all the
Centrally sponsored poverty alleviation programmes, employment generation
programmes and rural housing programmes and has made enough plan provisions for
the State share. The watershed development programme would be expanded and more
area would be brought under irrigation.
Environment Improvement
The scheme of
Environment Improvement of Urban Slums (EIUS) has improved the living condition
of the people living in slums by providing basic amenities like approach roads,
sewerage, drinking water and public toilets. The scheme would benefit 91,665
during the Tenth Plan. In order to decongest the major cities the scheme of
Integrated Development Plans of Small and Medium Town is being implemented in
the State. Under the scheme, it is proposed to develop 40 medium & small
towns during this plan period.
Agriculture
Agriculture being backbone of state economy its
growth is vital to the growth of economy and also for employment
generation. The Plan would aim at increasing the productivity through
improved inputs like better irrigation, higher seed replacement, increased
fertilizer consumption and better credit facilities. It is envisaged to enhance
the level of food grain production to 178.50 lakh tonnes, cereals to 139.54
lakh tonnes, oilseeds to 60.40 lakh tonnes and pulses to 38.96 lakh tonnes by
the end of Tenth Plan. Horticulture activities will be encouraged in the Tenth
Plan as income generating measure. At present, horticulture related activities
cover about 3.00 percent of total cropped area which will be doubled by the end
of the Tenth Plan. For diversifying agriculture, attempts will be made to
develop animal husbandry and dairy and fisheries activities which have immense
employment potential, besides sources of nutrition. The plan also aims at developing
agriculture infrastructure like market yards, storage, handling &
transportation and food / agro parks.
Forestry
Forestry is another important area in the
primary sector. The plan proposes to lay emphasis on rehabilitation of degraded
forest including bamboo forest, hi-tech plantation, compensatory afforestation
in lieu of settle ment of encroachments on forest land and development of fuel
wood and fodder reserves. Public particiaption in the forest management through
Joint Forest Management(JFM) committee would be encouraged.
Irrigation
Irrigation is another important thrust area
of the Tenth Plan. It is proposed to create additional irrigation
potential of 2 lakh hectares of major irrigation, 0.15 lakh hectares of medium
irrigation and 1.25 lakh hectares of minor irrigation. In order to
increase the present utilisation it is proposed to take up four new externally
aided programmes and two modernisation schemes during the Tenth Plan. In
addition, 0.40 lakh hectare of irrigation potential would be created
under the schemes of Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA).
The present installed capacity of power in the
State is 2940.45 MW comprising of 2147.5 MW thermal and 792.95 MW hydel
capacity. Further, it has a share of 1292.63 MW in the Central Sector Projects.
The State is presently facing acute power shortage. Against the peak demand of
5313 MW, the peak availability is 3338 MW and there is shortage of 1975 MW
(37.2 %). A capacity addition of 835.4 MW is proposed during the Tenth Plan
which includes Sanjay Gandhi TPS Extension (500 MW), Amarkantak TPS Extension
(200 MW), remaining units of Bansagar Tons HEP (55 MW), Marikheda HEP (60 MW),
Beehar Small Hydel Project (10 MW) and five Mini Micro Hydel Projects of 10.4
MW. Besides generation, the transmission & distribution would be
given importance. The distribution and transmission losses at present are 47
percent and much higher than the national averages. It is proposed to bring
down these losses to 26 percent during this plan period. The outlay proposed
for the transmission schemes is Rs. 600 crore for the Tenth Plan. The plan
outlay for strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution system and
Revenue Management System is Rs. 960 crore for the Tenth Plan.
Power
The development of
the Narmada Basin for irrigation and power sector is one of the most important
aspects of the perspective plan for the development of the State. The major
project in Narmada valley would result in 14.18 lakh Hectare of irrigation and
21.50 MW power. The cost of the total project is Rs. 13033 crore and as against
this the expenditure till March 2001 is Rs. 3023 crore. The required funds as
per the project scheduled in the Tenth Plan is Rs. 4676 crore and as against
this an allocation of only Rs. 2000 crore is made. It is necessary that the
Government of India may evolve an mechanism for funding this project. With the
available resources of the State Government, it is very difficult to complete
this project in time. It is proposed to complete the Indira Sagar and
Omkareshwar projects that would generate 1520 MW power.
Infrastructure
As part of the
infrastructure development, the road sector is given priority. The Public Works
Department would construct a road length of 4,770 Kms, 35 major bridges,
615 medium bridges, 10 railways over bridges and 14,300 culverts during the
plan period. In addition to this a massive rural roads programme under Pradhan
Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana has been taken up. Apart from regular plan outlays and
private capital, additional resources have been mobilized through NH funds,
Central Road Fund, NABARD loans for rural roads, Mandi cess, Infrastructure
Bonds, HUDCO loans etc. A comprehensive road development policy has been
prepared and placed on the web-site. Under this policy the maintenance of raods
is given priority. Based on the study of the road renewal cycles
followed in other states and other relevant factors, it has been decided to
adopt following renewal cycles for various categories of roads in the state :
National Highways - One-third of the road length each year, State Highways
- One-fifth of the road length each year, Major District Roads- One-sixth of
the road length each year, Village Roads - One-eighth of the road length
each year. A State Road Maintenance Fund will be created by pooling the toll
revenue and assistance obtained from C.R.F., Mandi Cess and Road Tax etc. and
also by levy of additional cess on fuel and taxes on vehicles. The objective of
such a fund would be not only to pool available resources for their optimal
utilization by award of contracts to large professionally managed companies,
but also to leverage these resources to increase the available pool. The
available funds would be offered as 'equity participation' to provide BOT
operators who would pool in their own resources and bid for a pre-determined
concession period. Private sector partnership would thus not only increase the
available pool of funds but would enhance maintenance/reconstruction activities
by application of modern techniques. A detailed scheme for Road Maintenance
fund will be framed by PWD and implemented.
Education
The education
policy of the State is to consolidate in the efforts made during the Ninth Plan
and increase the literacy rate to 75% by end of the plan period. After
achieving the universal access to primary schools, the Tenth Plan would focus
on improving the access and quality of elementary education. This would be done
by improving physical infrastructure, academic process and school management.
The plan would also aim to bring down the drop out rate especially amongst
girls and weaker section of the society. Priority would be given to the
districts which are below the literacy levels (especially the female literacy
level) of the State.
Health
Madhya Pradesh
ranks among the lowest in the country in terms of nearly all health related
indicators. The plan aims to bridge the gap between the State and the national
averages on priority basis. In order to provide health care to all villages,
the plan envisages to strengthen the health infrastructure in rural, tribal and
slum areas. It is proposed to bring down the Infant Mortality rate (IMR)
from 91 per thousand live births to 45, reduce Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) to
2 per thousand lives birth, reduce the total fertility rate from 4 to 3 and
reduce the child mortality rate to 90 during the plan period. Specific
strategies would be evolved in the area where these are very high as compared
to the state average. It is also proposed to establish eleven Regional
Diagnostic Centers. All efforts would be made to involve all NGO's and
community in the primary health care.
Population
The state's
persistent effort to improve the quality of life of its people rendered
difficult by the continued high levels of fertility and mortality. Having
realized the seriousness of the rapidly growing population and the high infant
and child mortality rates, the Government of Madhya Pradesh has decided to set
the goal of achieving replacement fertility of 2.01 by 2011. This goal will
only be achieved by adopting a more holisitic approach to the problem of rapid
population growth. A wide range of services that directly or indirectly
contribute to the decline of fertility and mortality will be offered with
inter-sectoral cooperation of different departments of the State government.
Panchayati Raj Institutions, Urban Local Bodies, non-government organisations,
and the private sector.
As the State is
heading towards Demographic transition, most of the populace faces new
challenges. As the hopes and aspirations of the people have risen by leaps and
bounds due to maturing of democracy and ever increasing number of informed
masses. It has become our bounded duty to find quick solution to their basic
problems so as to smoothen the transition phase and ensure a good quality of
life of our people. The State Government is committed to bring down the
population growth to 1.62 percent by 2011.
Tourism
The Tenth Plan
proposes to develop tourism sector taking advantage of having large number of
diverse tourist destination. The Eleventh Finance Commission has also
recognised the importance and potential of tourism sector and has provided Rs.
45 crore. There are about 400 places of tourist interest. At present only 15
major places are identified for tourism development. It is proposed to develop
one good tourist spot in each district during the Tenth Plan. The tourism in
the State would be marketed by the product through promotion and publicity. It
is proposed to organise more cultural festivals at important tourist
destination like Khujaraho. During the plan period, it is targeted to develop
two more tourist circuits - Jabalpur-Bhedhaghat-kanha-Bandhavgarh and
Bhopal-Bhojpur-Bhimbetaka-Panchmari. It is also proposed to set up
water sport facility at Shivpuri, Orcha, Dhuvela and Morena.
Information Technology
The Government is
committed to empowering the citizens through information dissemination. It
shall leverage Information Technology for this purpose. It is proposed that all
districts shall use information technology to disseminate information to its
citizens using the Gyandoot. The Gyandoot offers an online inter-face
with the government and delivers services online to the citizens through
information kiosks. This model has been successful in Dhar. Some of the
services currently offered through Gyandoot are agriculture produce auction
centre rates, copies of land records, online registration of applications,
public grievance redressal, rural e-mail facility, online matrimonial facility,
information regarding government programs and schemes and downloadable forms
for applications, licences, certificates etc. It shall be the endeavour of the
government to constantly explore newer technologies to find a cost effective
and user friendly solution providing access.
Life Sciences Gateway
The state proposes
to develop of a Life Sciences Gateway at Bhopal comprising a symbiotic
mix of academics, cutting edge research and a vibrant industry cluster. The
government has already constituted a separate Department of Bio-diversity and
Bio-Technology. The department will be responsible for policy formulation,
laying down the regulatory framework, ensuring sustainable use of natural
resources, promoting the use of applications in biotecnology and laisoning with
the Department of Biotechnology at the centre.
DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY FOR WEAKER SECTIONS
The proportion of
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes in the total population of the State is
much higher than the national averages. These groups are not only economically
backward but also socially discriminated. These groups suffer from low
literacy levels, poor living conditions, untouchablility and social dogma. The
State is committed to bring them into the mainstream of development and
has been working untiringly through various plan schemes. Various social
awareness compaign are launched. Financial assistance is provided to Scheduled
Caste persons and families who have been victimised by the other groups.
Physical infrastructure like drinking water, roads, electricity, health sub
centers and community hall is provided in the Scheduled Caste colonies.
Similarly, the
Government is committed to bringing the Scheduled Tribes to mainstream of the
Society. There are many plan schemes for education and skill development. It is
also proposed to established District Centers of Excellence in each district.
This scheme aims to encourage meritorious students so as to enable them get
admission in professional courses and higher learning. It is also proposed to
set up a Museum at Bhopal to preserve the rich cultural heritage of tribal art
and craft.
Panchayati
Raj Institution
As a part of
revitalisation of Panchayati Raj Institution and Urban Local Bodies, the
District Planning Committee (DPC) have also been constituted in every district.
A core group consisting of one resource person from education, economics,
sociology, statistics and a social worker who is fully conversant with
development of the district was created to prepare the district plan. A three
day comprehensive training programme was organised for District Collectors,
Planning Officers and resource persons. A mannual on district planning was prepared
and the training of all the MLAs, Chairman of District Panchayats, all the
District collectors and District Planning Officers was organised in the State
Assembly and the concept and whole procedure of district planning together with
various steps in the district planning process were explained to them with
audio-video slides. The State has decided to implement decentralised district
planning process from the year 2002-03. The DPC have prepared district plan
proposals for the year 2002-03. An outlay of Rs. 1571 crore has been
given for the District plan for the Annual Plan 2002-03 which is about
one-third of the total plan size for the year 2002-03.
Women and Children
The Tenth Plan
would continue to focus on all round development of Women and Children through
consolidation, restructuring, revitalisation and conversions of various on
going programmes and initiation of new activities. It is proposed to strengthen
the on going scheme of self help group to give socio-economic empowerment to
women. It is proposed to form the total number of 3,25,000 women self help
groups by the end of Tenth Plan period. The plan is committed to bring down the
endemic malnutritions among women and children through health and nutrition
programmes under ICDS. The present schemes of 'Jabali' , to help women
in prostitution and their children is being strengthened.
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M.P. State Planning Commission (SPC) , Vindhyachal Bhawan , Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh,
India