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a. State Planning Board
b. Planning Department
c. SSPHD
d. Bureau of Applied Economies & Statistics
e. NRDMS
f. EMM
3a. Constitution of the State Planning Board (SPB) The West Bengal State Planning Board was constituted vide Govt. Order No.
1700/2C-9/72, dated 11th May 1972. It was published in the Calcutta Gazette on May
13, 1972.
The present State Planning Board has been reconstituted vide Resolution No.
No. 603 /SPB/1S-8/99, dated15th March 2007 and Subsequently, modified vide
Resolution Nos, No. 691/SPB/1S-8/99 ,dated 27th March 2007 and No.
724/SPB/1S-8/99, dated 29 th March 2007.
The composition of the reconstituted Board is as follows;
1. Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Chief Minister Chairman 2. Shri Nirupam Sen, MIC, Development & Planning
Department , C&I Department and I.R. Department Vice Chairman
3. Dr. Asim Dasgupta, MIC, Finance Department Member 4. Dr. Surya Kanta Mishra, MIC, H& FW and P & RD
Department Member
5. Shri Ashok Basu, IAS (Retd) Member 6. Shri Tapan Mitra Member 7. Prof. V.K. Ramchandran Member 8. Dr. Gouripada Dutta Member 9. Prof. Nikhilesh Bhattacharjee Member 10. Dr. P.N. Roy Member 11. Prof. A.N. Basu Member 12. Prof. Bharati Mukherjee Member 13. Prof. Nripen Bandapadhyay Member 14. Prof. Subimal Sen Member 15. Prof. Jeta Sankrityayan Member 16. Prof. Zakir Husain Member 17. Smt. Jaya Das Gupta, IAS
Principal Secretary, Development & Planning Department
Member Secretary
Functions
The Board is entrusted with formulation of comprehensive Plans for the State
based upon and incorporating Plans of individual departments and districts.It will devise
means for preparation of District Plans and take action for monitoring and follow-up.
In a separate Resolution No. No. 46/SPB//1S-8/99 dated: 25th March, 2008, the
following duties and responsibilities to the State Planning Board have been added:
1. The State Planning Board will undertake interactive discussions with the plan implementing departments at the stage of formulation of Annual Plan.
2. The State Planning Board may interact with the District Planning
Committees at the formulation stage of the District Plans. They would give their considered views on Draft District Plans as soon as those are so submitted to the State Planning Board.
3. The Members of the SPB may evaluate the outcome of any scheme taken
up under Annual Plan and share it with the State Government.
4. The Members of the State Planning Board may monitor implementation of any scheme of any plan implementing department.
5. The Members of the SPB may take up any research scheme individually or
collectively for improving the quality of primary data or for improving the quality of programme outreach.
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W.B. State Planning Board
Name Departments
Prof. A.N. Basu &
Prof. Subimal Sen
• Education – Higher, School, Technical, Mass Education, Madrasha
• Science & Technology
Prof. Jeta Sankrityayan &
Prof. V.K. Ramchandran
• Agriculture and allied sectors • Irrigation • Land & Land Reforms
Dr. Gouripada Dutta &
Prof. Bharati Mukherjee
• Health & Family Welfare • Women & Child Development and Social
Welfare • Backward Classes Welfare • Food • Consumer Affairs • Correctional Homes / Jails
Prof. Nikhilesh Bhattacharya • Programme Implementation • Government statistics
Prof. A.N. Basu &
Dr.P.N. Roy
• Urban Development • Municipal Affairs • Forests • Environment
Sri Asok Kumar Basu, IAS (Retd.)
& Shri Tapan Mitra
• Industries-Micro, Small, Medium and Large • Infrastructure-Energy [Conventional and
Non-Conventional],Roads, Transport • Biotechnology • Information Technology • Tourism
Prof. Nripen Bandyopadhyay &
Prof. (Dr.) Zakir Hossain
• Backward Areas Development • Minorities Development • Panchayat & Rural Development • State Resources • Decentralised Planning • Labour
Prof. Subimal Sen &
Shri Tapan Mitra
• Water Resources • Public Health Engineering
Activities of State Planning Board
Annual Plan 2009-10
The State Planning Board assists in the formulation of the Annual Plan of the State. Accordingly, the SPB took up a series of meetings with the plan implementing Departments on the plan priorities of the Departments at the formulation stage of the departmental annual plan 2009-10. The schedule of such meetings is enclosed at Annex-A.
After due interactions the concerned Members of the SPB gave their considered
opinion on the draft proposals of the departments. When the plan proposals are finally put up to the MIC of that concerned Department for approval, the concerned Minister is aware of the recommendations of the State Planning Board .
District Plan 2009-10
As per Rule 28 of the West Bengal District Planning Rules, 1994, within one month from the date when the District Planning Committee adopts the draft development plan for the district or within such date as the State Government may, by order, specify, the Chairperson of the Committee or the Secretary on his behalf, shall forward such development plan to the State Government. A resolution (No. 85/DP/SPB/35/2008, dated 26th June 2008) allocating the districts to the SPB Members has been kept at Annex-B. Investment clearance of the State Planning Board The State Planning Board has been empowered to accord investment clearance
for any project estimated over Rs. 20.00 crore under Memorandum No. 1880-F, March
7, 2007, issued by the Finance Department, Government of West Bengal.
During 2008-09, 7 schemes of different departments have been cleared by the
State Planning Board.
List of cases approved so far by the
State Planning Board
From 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009
Sl. No
Name of the Department
Subject U.O. No Concerned Members, SPB
1 Public Health Engineering Department
Water Supply Scheme for Arsenic affected areas of Farakka Block at Murshidabad
71/SPB/D & P, Dated 12th May 2008
Shri Tapan Mitra, Prof. Subimal Sen
2 Health & Family
Welfare Department
Up gradation of Kalyani Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital for setting up a Medical College
136/DP/SPB/2008 Dated 21st October 2008
Dr. G.P. Dutta Prof. B. Mukherjee
3 Environment
Integrated Waste Management Facility at Haldia
61/SPB/D & P, dated 17th April 2008
Prof. A.N. Basu Prof. P.N. Roy
4 Widening & Strengthening of Burdwan- Arambagh Road
104/DP/SPB/37/2008, darted 1st August 2008
Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra
5 Widening & Strengthening of Bankura-Durgapur Road
105/DP/SPB/37/2008, darted 1st August 2008
Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra
6 Improvement of B.T. Road, North 24 pgs
103/DP/SPB/39/2008, dated 1st August 2008
Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra
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Public Works
New office building for Development & Planning Department
3rd September 2008
Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra
List of Cases under process at different stages .
Sl. No
Name of the Department
Subject Concerned Members, SPB
1 P & AR
Department
Shifting of South 24 Parganas District HQ from Alipur to Baruipur
Shri Tapan Mitra, Shri Ashok Basu + Prof. A.N. Basu Prof. Subimal Sen
2
New Office Building at Rajarhat Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra
3
Housing Department Purchase of MIG & LIG flats at Rajarhat Shri Ashok Basu
Shri Tapan Mitra
4
West Bengal State University, Barasat Prof. A.N. Basu Prof. Subimal Sen + Shri Tapan Mitra, Shri Ashok Basu
5
Higher Education
Department Gaur Banga University, Malda Prof. A.N. Basu Prof. Subimal Sen + Shri Tapan Mitra, Shri Ashok Basu
6 Power & NES Department
2MW Grid connected Solar Power Plant at DPSC, Asansol.
Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra
Monitoring meetings
The State Planning Board held several monitoring meetings on different issues
like power, industries, agriculture, tribal plan, family welfare etc during 2008-09 and
advised the concerned Departments how to move forward
A comprehensive list of the meetings taken by the State Planning Board during
the financial year 2008-09 is enclosed at Annex-C.
ANNEX- A
Schedule of interactions for the Annual Plan 2009-10 with the Plan Implementing departments by the
Members of the State Planning Board
Date Time (11-30 a.m.– 1-30 p.m.) Time (3-00 p.m. – 5 – 30 p.m.)
SPB Members-in-Charge
16.10.08 1. School Education Department 2. Madrasah Education component of MWD & ME Deptt. 3. Mass Education & Extn. Deptt
Prof. A.N. Basu Prof. Subimal Sen
20.10.08 1. Agriculture Department 2. Horticulture component of FPI & H Department 3. Agriculture Marketing Deptt. 4. ARD Department 5. Fisheries Department 6. Cooperation Department
1. Land & Land Reforms Deptt.
Prof. Jeta Sankrityayan Prof. V.K. Ramchandran
21.10.08 1. Irrigation & Waterways Deptt. 2. Water Resources Investigation & Development Department 3. Public Health & Engineering Deptt.
1. Higher Education Deptt. 2.Technical Education Deptt. 3. Science & Technology Deptt.
For the morning session Prof. Jeta Sankrityayan Prof. V.K. Ramchandran For the afternoon session Prof. A.N. Basu Prof. Subimal Sen
23.10.08 1.. Women and Child Dev. and Social Welfare Department
1. Backward Classes Welfare Deptt. 2. Jails Department 3. Consumer Affairs Deptt. 4. Food & Supplies Department
Dr. Gouripada Dutta Prof. Bharati Mukherjee
27.10.08 1. Commerce & Industries Deptt. 2. Micro and Small Scale Enterprises & Textile Deptt.
1. PW Department 2. Transport Department 3. Power & Non-conventional Energy Sources Department
Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra
29.10.08 1. Information Technology Deptt. 2. Biotechnology Deptt. 3. Tourism Department 4. Housing Department 5. Fire Services Department
1. Irrigation & Waterways Deptt. 2. Water Resources Investigation & Development Department 3. Public Health & Engineering Deptt.
For the morning session Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra For the afternoon session Prof. Subimal Sen Shri Tapan Mitra
31.10.08 1. P & RD Department 2. Sundarban Affairs Department 3. Dev. & Planning Department 4. Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs Department
1. Minorities Welfare & Dev. & Madrasah Education Deptt. 2. Labour Department
Prof. Nripen Bandyopadhyay Prof. Zakir Hossain
4.11.08 1. Food processing component of FPI & H Department 2. Public Enterprise & IR Deptt.
1. Health & Family Welfare Deptt.
For the morning session Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra For the afternoon session Dr. Gouripada Dutta Prof. Bharati Mukherjee
5.11.08 1. Urban Development Deptt 2. Municipal Affairs Department
1. Forests Department 2. Environment Department
Prof. A.N. Basu Dr. P.N. Roy
6.11.08 1. R.R. & R Department 2. Disaster Management Deptt 3. Self-Help Group & Self-Employment Deptt 4. Sports Department 5. Youth Services Department 6. Judicial Department 7. Information & CA Department 8. Hill Affairs Department
1. Parliamentary Affairs Department 2.Home (Police) Department 3. Home (Political Department 4. P & AR Department 5. Civil Defence Department 6. Excise Department 7. Finance (Audit) Department 8. Finance (IF & Rev) Deparment
Members of the State Planning Board.
ANNEX-B
Government of West Bengal Development & Planning Department
Poura Bhavan, FD 415A, Sector-III Bidhannagar, Kolkata – 700106
No. 85 /DP/SPB/35/2008 Date : 26th June, 2008
R E S O L U T I O N In continuation of the earlier Resolution Nos. 46/SPB/1S-8/99 dated 25th March, 2008, the Governor is pleased to allocate the districts to the Members of the State Planning Board:
Member-wise allocation of Districts
Name of the Members of the State Planning Board
Allocation of District Planning Committees
1. Prof. Subimal Sen Uttar Dinajpur, Birbhum, Nadia
2. Prof. Jeta Sankrityayan Uttar Dinajpur, Malda, Siliguri
3. Prof. V.K. Ramachandran Murshidabad, Birbhum, Nadia
4. Dr. Gouripada Dutta Bankura, Purulia, Paschim Medinipur
5. Prof. Nikhilesh Bhattacharya Howrah, North 24-Parganas
6. Dr. P.N. Roy Howrah, South 24-Parganas, North 24-
Parganas
7. Prof. A.N. Basu Coochbehar, Dakshin Dinajpur, Bankura
8. Prof. Bharati Mukherjee Coochbehar, Dakshin Dinajpur, Purulia
9. Shri Tapan Mitra Jalpaiguri, Hooghly, Burdwan
10. Prof. Nripen Bandyopadhyay Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur,
South 24-Parganas
11. Shri Ashok Kumar Basu Jalpaiguri, Hooghly, Burdwan
12. Prof. (Dr.) Zakir Hussain Murshidabad, Malda, Purba Medinipur
District-wise allocation
District Name of the Members of the State Planning Board
Presidency Division Howrah Prof. Nikhilesh Bhattacharjee, Dr. P.N. Roy South 24-Parganas Dr. P.N. Roy, Prof. Nripen Bandyopadhyay North 24-Parganas Prof. Nikhilesh Bhattacharjee, Dr. P.N. Roy Nadia Prof. Subimal Sen, Prof. V.K. Ramachandran Murshidabad Prof. Zakir Husain, Prof. V.K. Ramachandran, Burdwan Division Bankura Dr. Gouripada Dutta, Prof. A.N. Basu Purulia Dr. Gouripada Dutta, Prof. Bharati Mukherjee Burdwan Shri Tapan Mitra, Shri Ashok Kumar Basu Hooghly Shri Tapan Mitra, Shri Ashok Kumar Basu Birbhum Prof. Subimal Sen, Prof. V.K. Ramachandran Purba Medinipur Prof. Nripen Bandyopadhyay, Prof. Zakir Husain Paschim Medinipur Prof. Nripen Bandyopadhyay, Dr. Gouripada Dutta Jalpaiguri Division Malda Prof. Jeta Sankrityayan, Prof. Zakir Husain Uttar Dinajpur Prof. Subimal Sen, Prof. Jeta Sankrityayan Dakshin Dinajpur Prof. A.N. Basu, Prof. Bharati Mukherjee Coochbehar Prof. A.N. Basu, Prof. Bharati Mukherjee Jalpaiguri Shri Tapan Mitra, Shri Ashok Kumar Basu Siliguri (Darjeeling) Prof. Jeta Sankrityayan
The State Planning Board may interact with the District Planning Committees at the
formulation stage of the District Plans. Members of the State Planning Board may give
their considered views on Draft District Plans as soon as those are submitted to the
State Planning Board under Rule 28 of the West Bengal District Planning Committee
Rules,1994.
O R D E R Ordered that the Resolution be published in the Calcutta Gazette and copies
thereof be forwarded to all the Members of the State Planning Board, Chairpersons of
the District Planning Committees / Siliguri Sub-division Planning Committee, and to all
Departments, Divisional Commissioners and District Magistrates.
By order of the Governor,
Sd/- Jaya Das Gupta Principal Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal
ANNEX-C Government of West Bengal
Development & Planning Department
Monitoring Meetings of the State Planning Board (Period: 1.4.2008-31.3.2009)
Sl No
Date Time Departments Members attended Issue
1
23.6.2008
11.00 am
IGNOU & officials from various state universities
Dr. P.N. Roy Prof. B. Mukherjee Dr. G.P. Dutta Prof. A.N. Basu
Open & Distance Learning System
2 10.30 am
Power Department, WBPDCL, WBSEDCL
Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra
Current status of performance in the power sector
3 3.9.2008 11.30
am Power Department, WBPDCL, WBSEDCL & Coal India Ltd.
Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra
Coal Supply related issues to power generation
4 15.9. 2008
11 am Public Works Deptt
Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra
W.B Corridor Development Project
5 10.12.2008 11.30 am
I &W, WIDD, C & I, Agri,
Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra
Water for Mega projects & Agriculture
6 4.12.2008 11.30 am
Various Deptts Shri Ashok Basu Shri Tapan Mitra
Public Private Partnership
7 30.12.2008 11.30 am
Agriculture Deptt Prof. V.K. Ramchandran Prof. J. Sankrityayan
Higher productivity for Agriculture in West Bengal.
8 23.02.2009 11.30 am
13 Departments Dr. G.P. Dutta Prof. B. Mukherjee
Tribal Schemes
9 23.03.2009 12 pm Health & FW Deptt
Dr. G.P. Dutta Prof. B. Mukherjee
Family Welfare
3b) PLANNING CELL
The Planning Cell of the Development & Planning Department deals with the formulation of the Annual Plan of the State and takes care of all Plan related matters in consonance with the guidelines of the Planning Commission and the State Planning Board and in collaboration with all the other Plan implementing Departments of the State Government. The activities undertaken by the Planning Cell during 2008-09 covered the following:
1) Annual Plan 2008-09
The Annual Plan of 2008-09, as approved by the Planning Commission was published.
The outlay for the Annual Plan of 2008-09, was fixed at Rs. 11602.38 crore.
The Department also published budgeted plan schemes, 2008-09 separately, by Heads
of Developments, and circulated them to the plan implementing departments. The
Department also separately prepared Budgeted SCSP and TSP, Gender Plan and
Children Plan for 2008-09 and shared the same with all the District Planning
Committees.
2) Finalisation and Publication of the Eleventh Five Year Plan
The final document of Eleventh Five Year Plan for West Bengal, spanning the period
from 2007-2012, was prepared and published. This document is a detailed sector-wise
representation of the Approach to the Eleventh Five Year Plan of the State. It aims to
ensure faster and all-inclusive growth and focuses on all-round human development.
Emphasizing maximum possible coverage to the disadvantaged sections of the society, it
underlines inclusive growth for SCP and TSP. Separate Gender and Children Plans are
also incorporated at the decentralized level.
The size of the Eleventh Five Year Plan for West Bengal has been fixed at Rs.
63,77,900/- lakh.
3) District Plan for 2009-10
The Planning Cell also provides guidance to the District Planning Committee for
preparation of District Plan. Incidentally, the District Planning Committee prepares
District Plans by consolidating plans prepared by the Panchayats and Municipalities. The
District Planning Committee also provides various supports to such local bodies
including sharing its vision, perception and guidelines for the plan formulation. This
Department issued guidelines for district planning for 2009-10 (copy enclosed) .
4) Skill Development
For the successful launching of the Skill Development Mission, a State Council on Skill
Development with the Chief Minister as Chairperson and Ministers as members and
another Secretary level Committee on Skill Development, with the Chief Secretary as the
Chairperson and Secretaries as members, have been formed. The Development &
Planning Department has been acting as the nodal department for Skill Development,
and has been facilitating all initiatives through the implementing departments of the
State. (Govt. orders enclosed)
5) RKVY
RKVY has been launched by the Government of India in the form of Additional
Central Assistance to the State Plan for Agriculture and its allied sectors to achieve the
target of 4% agricultural growth during the XI Plan period.
The Department organized several interactive meetings to ensure achieving 4%
agricultural growth. The Department also assisted in the formulation of District
Agricultural Plans with all available resources including RKVY fund.
6) Visit of High Level Team from GOI to the districts of Bankura, Purulia &
Paschim Medinipur
A high level team of GOI and Planning Commission visited the three districts of
Bankura, Purulia and Paschim Midnapore from 7th February to 10th February, 2009, to
review the progress of various development and income generating programmes. A
comprehensive Profile covering selected sectors of these districts along with their long
term and short term Plans was prepared and circulated for the purpose of reference
during this visit. The programmes taken into consideration were those of the
Departments of Rural Development, Backward Classes Welfare, Health and Family
Welfare, Women and Child Development and Social Welfare, Agriculture, Water
Resources Investigation and Development, PHE and Power.
7. E-governance
The Minister-in-Charge, Development & Planning Department, held a meeting on the
current status and future programme of e-governance schemes on 11 th February, 2009.
MIC, Panchyet & Rural Development Deptt and MIC, IT deptt were also present along
with Secretaries of the concerned departments. It was highlighted that the Common
Services Centre (CSC) under the National e-Governance Plan, set up by West
Bengal State Rural Development Agency (WBSRDA) of the Panchayat & Rural
Development Department, has been designed to address the genuine demands of the
citizens in rural India by enabling timely delivery of information. Important services to
be covered include Government to Citizen (G2C) services, collaboration with line
departments, computer training, e-learning, e-health, e-commerce, desktop publishing
and outsourcing of Panchayat level activities. The CSC is designed as a One-Stop-Shop
for e-Governance along with several allied products and services, integral to improve the
quality of life of the average citizen. The Minister-in-Charge, Development & Planning
Deptt. called for a department-wise assessment for sensitization and better coordination.
8. Concurrent Monitoring of Outcomes – Proposal of UNICEF
The Minister-in-Charge, Development & Planning Department, held a meeting on the
concurrent outcome monitoring of flagship programmes of the State on 11.02.09, along
with MIC, Panchayat and Rural Development and other Secretaries. A presentation in
this connection was made by UNICEF, covering Government schemes focusing on
villages, gram panchayats and blocks. The monitoring mechanism of the status of
children and women, maternal and child health, availability of sanitation, drinking water
and the like were discussed. After examination of the proposal, discussions have been
started with the Flagship programme implementing departments.
9. Review of the Annual Plan by the Planning Commission
Sri Anwarul Hoda, member, Planning Commission, held a review meeting on 10th July,
2008 of the Annual Plan 2007-08, with thirty plan implementing Departments.
10. Meetings
The detailed list of meetings held in connection with the Planning Cell is given below : - Sl.No. Subject Participants Date 1 3rd High Power
Committee Meeting on RKVY
MICs of Dev. & Plang., Health, Finance, Agriculture, Fisheries, ARD, Forest and FPI&H, and concerned departmental heads and officials.
25.06.08
2 Performance Review of the Annual Plan 2007-08 of West Bengal
Shri Anwarul Hoda, Member Planning Commission and other Planning Commission Officials with 30 Plan implementing departments
10.07.08
3 RKVY Review Meeting Principal Secretary, Dev. & Plang. With Agriculture, ARD, Agri-Marketing, FPI&H and Fisheries Deptt.
12.08.08
4 Meeting on RKVY Principal Secretary, Dev. & Plang. With District Magistrates of North & South 24 Pgs, Nadia, Paschim Medinipur.
19.09.08
5 Interactions on Annual Plan 2009-10
SPB Members with Plan implementing departments
16.10.08 to 20.11.08
6 Meeting on Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS)
MIC, Dev. & Plang. MIC, Finance with 17 concerned departments
29.01.09
7 Meeting on departmental allotment of Annual Plan 2009-10
MIC, Finance 02.03.09 and 03.03.09
8 Meeting on e-Governance
MIC, Dev. & Plang and other MICs and Secretaries of various departments and review meeting of Dev. & Plang & PRD Deptt.
11.02.09 and 13.03.09
9 Current momitoring of Out comes – Proposal of UNICEF
MICs of Department of Dev & Plan ,P&RD and Secretaries
11.02.09
10 Review Meeting on progress of National Teesta Project
Principal Secretary, Dev. & Plang., with I & W, WRI&D, PWD and Agriculture Deptt.
27.03.09
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3c) Strengthening State Plan for Human Development & Human Development Research and Coordination Centre. A ‘Human Development Research and Coordination Centre’ was established under Development & Planning Dept., Government of West Bengal to achieve the project objective of “Strengthening State Plan for Human Development” during 2005. An Empowered Committee was also formed for guidance of HDRCC in furtherance of the project. The Empowered Committee is headed by MIC, Development & Planning Department with 15 members including representatives from Planning Commission, GOI and UNDP. The said project is directed towards strengthening State Plan including decentralized plans with focus towards Human Development. Shri B. K. Bhattacharya, Ex-Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Karnataka was appointed by Planning Commission, Govt. of India as external consultant for evaluation of SSPHD project. In the Final Evaluation Report, the performance of SSPHD in our state has been appreciated. However, some gaps were also pointed out for preparing an effective strategy and action plan for more effective implementation of SSPHD project. The Work Plan 2009 is given at Annexure I. The activities taken up during the years are as follows:- I. Preparation of District Human Development Reports.
II. Advocacy & Dissemination III. Capacity Building of Planners at all level IV. Engendering State Plan V. Strengthening State Statistical System
VI. Strengthening System of data processing through NRDMS
I. Preparation of District Human Development Reports (DHDR) DHDRS are prepared for in-depth analysis of the situation of Human Development in the districts which in turn reflect development of the districts. The Human Development reports are aimed to assist the district and sub-district level planners for policy and plan formulation. In the first phase, DHDRs were prepared for the Districts of Bankura and Malda with the active participation of concerned district administration as well as academicians from districts. These two DHDRs were first sub-State level
Human Development Reports in the country. In the second phase, DHDR for the district of Birbhum was officially released by Honourable Chief Minister of West Bengal on 4th February, 2009. The DHDRs for three more districts viz. North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas and Bardhaman will be printed soon. The draft DHDR of Uttar Dinajpur is in the process of finalisation. In the third phase the DHDRs of Coochbehar, Purulia, Paschim Medinipur and Hooghly districts have been taken up. Work is in progress in the districts of Purulia, Coochbehar and Hooghly. In the fourth phase i.e. during 2009, DHDR for the districts of Jalpaiguri and Murshidabad will be taken up for which Prof. Jeta Sankrityayana shall act as Lead Coordinator. The executive summary of Bankura and Malda DHDR in Bengali are in the press for final printing. In this regard it is worth mentioning that the Common Modality on Preparation of District Human Development Report, conceived by Prof. Jeta Sankrityayana, Member, State Planning Board, has been acclaimed by Planning Commission, Govt. of India and circulated amongst all the States of the country for using it for their DHDR preparation.
38 A team of officers from Rajasthan HDRCC visited West Bengal for an interaction on Preparation of DHDR and Other Related Issues with the Lead Coordinators of DHDR and District Magistrates of Bardhaman and Bankura. A workshop was held on Integration of Participatory District Planning and District Human Development Report at New Delhi where Shri P. K. Mishra, who was the lead coordinator of DHDR Bankura as well as District Magistrate of the same during that period and Shri Manish Jain, District Magistrate, Bardhaman, had made presentations on behalf of Government of West Bengal. II. Advocacy and Dissemination Behavioural Change Using a Communication Tool A pilot study was planned with the Women & Child Development Department to use a Calendar designed with the help of CINI (Child In Need Institute) as a tool. Five blocks namely, Patharpratima and Gosaba under South 24 Parganas, Hingalganj under North 24 Parganas, Gajole under Malda and Mathabhanga-II under Coochbehar district were selected for the pilot study. These blocks have high IMR & MMR values for mothers and children. In the first phase 25% Anganwadi Centres of above blocks were chosen for introduction of the calendars. Child in Need Institute (CINI) was entrusted with the work of baseline survey, training of Anganwadi Workers, monitoring, hand holding and end-line survey. Proposal to extend the pilot study in additional lot of 25% Anganwadi Centres in Hingalganj block in the district of North 24 Parganas & Gosaba and Patharpratima blocks in the district of South 24 Parganas in collaboration with CINI, under the
supervision of Women & Child Development and Social Welfare Department had been ratified by the Empowered Committee. This second phase is in progress. III. Capacity Building of Planners at All Levels District level training of Planners: Master trainers developed under Training of Trainers (TOT) Programme are now organising district level training of planners from different line departments and blocks. The training of District Level Planners for strengthening State Plan for Human Development have been organized in the Districts of Burdwan, Purba Medinipur, Purulia, Howrah, Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda, Paschim Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, and Coochbehar in 2008 and in the district of Birbhum in February, 2009. Trainings are yet to be organised in the districts of Darjeeling, Uttar Dinajpur, Murshidabad, Nadia, Bankura, 24 Parganas (North) and 24 Parganas (South) which will be initiated by the district administrations after the completion of General Election, 2009. The manual prepared by Administrative Training Institute –WB is being used for the trainings (Manual for Training of Trainers on Human Development- Part I and Part II). A status report is given in Annexure-II. IV. Engendering State Plan: For opening of Gender specific head of account, 24 departments were approached. 10 (ten) departments namely, Animal Resource, Backward Class Welfare, Panchayat & Rural Development, Fisheries, Food Processing Industries and Horticulture, Higher Education, Housing, Jails, Labour and School Education have already opened Gender & Children specific budget heads with approval from AG, WB. Forest, Cooperation and Technical Education & Training Departments have already moved the Finance Department, Govt. of West Bengal for opening of such head of account.
V. Strengthening State Statistical System: A pilot study titled “Strengthening State Statistical System” has been running in the districts of Uttar Dinajpur and Bankura. Keeping in view that Human Development (HD) is one of the key focus areas of 11th Plan (2007 - 2012) the issues to be covered in this study are (a) to capture the present status of human development in the society and the available data on key parameters and ( b) human development statistics that are required to be generated at district and sub-district level to facilitate planning . The major areas of HD Statistics are related to Health, Education and Livelihood. Data collection has since been completed and BAES is now compiling and validating the reports. The outcome of this exercise will be available shortly along with recommendations to systematize the process of data collection, generation, storage, retrieval, validation and analysis to the line Departments for enhancing reliability.
VI. Natural Resource Data Management System (NRDMS) : NRDMS centres are now in operational in all the districts except in the districts of Coochbehar, Malda and Darjeeling. Personnel are being appointed in the three districts. Hardware and basic software Arc View 9.2 have been supplied to all the centres. The NRDMS centres are expected to provide valuable data for preparation of DHDRs which will ultimately lead to realistic District Planning. The NRDMS centres also in the long run will be converged with SSDI & NSDI as the District level unit of Spatial Data Infrastructure System. This was appreciated in the Planning Commission meeting held during February 2008 at Delhi.
New Schemes Taken up under “SSPHD” I. Thematic Study undertaken under the Project “Strengthening State Plan for Human Development”: The Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal assigned the Centre for Studies in Economic Appraisal a study on ‘Efficiency of the Delivery System at the Gram Panchayat Level: A study on a select set of Gram Panchayats in West Bengal’. A team from CSEA had visited Bardhaman district and will resume their work after the General Election, 2009. II. Preparation of Booklet on Women’s Legal Empowerment: HDRCC is going to prepare a booklet on Women’s Legal Empowerment containing Acts and Rules related to women’s rights, remedies and protection, for awareness of rural women. A meeting has already been held on 30th March, 2009 regarding the preparation of booklet on Legal Empowerment of Women.
Planning Commission – UNDP Project Strengthening State Plans for Human Development
Work Plan 2009: Government of West Bengal Sl No.
Objective/ Priorities Activities Deliverables Resource Institutions
Timeline Success Indicator
1. 1)District Human Development Report for Remaining Districts of West Bengal: Phase II: Remaining four (4) districts including 2 RSVY/BRGF [24 Parganas (South), Uttar Dinajpur] districts, Phase III: Six (6) districts including 2 RSVY/BRGF [Purulia & Paschim Medinipur] districts. Phase IV: Two (2) districts RSVY/BRGF [Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad] districts. 2) Executive Summary of District Human Development Reports in Bengali
Phase -II: Work of printing has already been initiated. Phase III: 1) Work of preparation for the districts of Purulia, Coochbehar and Hooghly has been initiated. The same for the district of Paschim Medinipur would start as soon as the Lead Coordinator would be selected. Phase IV: 1) Work of preparation for the districts of Jalpaiguri and Murshidabad has already been initiated. 2) Block and G.P. level sensitization in the process of preparation. Work of printing for the districts of Bankura and Malda is at final stage.
DHDRs for all those districts.
Universities and Local Academic Institutions and local administrations.
1) The work of phase II would be completed by June, 2009. 2) The work of phase III would be completed by November, 2009. 3) The work of phase IV would be completed by March, 2010.
Plans and budgets reflect District HDR recommendations.
ANNEX - I
2. Capacity Building of State Planners for Human Development
1) TOT for social sector line departments & districts on Human Development. 2) District level Training for Planners. 3) Training for newly elected PRI/ULB functionaries on Human Development.
1) Incorporation of HD approach in annual plans, budgets.
1) HDRCC, West Bengal 2) ATI, Kolkata 3)SIPRD 4)ILGUS
By August, 2009 Improved quality of Plans and Budgets with human development perspective.
3. Engendering State Plan 1) Preparation of a book containing women related Acts and Laws in Bengali for circulation up to Gram Panchayat level. 2) Continuation of Opening of Gender and Children specific plan heads. 3) a)Completion of the Entire Pilot Study (both existing and extension part) on use of Information calendar prepared on Mother and Child Health in more 25% Anganwadi Centres situated in three (3) blocks (Patharpratima, Gosaba and Hingalganj). b) Focussed Group Discussion (FGD) with the mothers to know the community practice and sensitization of community for better practices on Reproductive Child Health.
1) Sensitization workshops in GP level.
1) Preparation would be done by Sachetana under the supervision of HDRCC, West Bengal. 2) Would be monitored by HDRCC, West Bengal. 3) Would be done by CINI under the supervision of Women Child Development & Social Welfare Department, Govt. of West Bengal.
1) Activity 1 would be done by June, 2009. 2) Activity 3 would be done by April, 2009. 3) Activity 3 would be finished by November, 2009.
1) Effective use of acts and laws especially by rural women. 2) Effective implementation of Govt. schemes for Gender mainstreaming. 3) Positive impact on decrease of MMR and IMR in the long run.
4. Thematic Report/ Research Studies
Study on : Efficiency of the Delivery System at Gram Panchayat Level on selected set of GPs in West Bengal
Sharing and finding of thematic studies & recommendation with the stakeholders.
Would be done by Centre for Economic Appraisal under the supervision of HDRCC, West Bengal.
By December, 2009 Effective replication of the finding of research as per local need in furtherance of Human Development.
5.
Strengthening of Statistical System
1) Compilation of data and preparation of district-wise reports. 2) Studying the Reports.
1) Identification of data gaps for two districts. 2) Review and coverage of more districts.
Bureau of Applied Economics & Statistics
By April 2009 More comprehensive, disaggregated and up-to-date human development data for effective Planning.
6. NRDMS Continuation of services by NRDMS Personnel in four districts namely Murshidabad, Uttar Dinajpur, South 24 Parganas and Dakshin Dinajpur.
1) Participation in preparation of district plan and other allied activities relating to human development.
NRDMS Centres By December, 2009 Facilitating planning process by providing more specific and relevant data.
Schedule of Training for District Level Planners on Human Development
for Districts of west Bengal (Excluding Kolkata)
Year 2009 (updated up to March, 2009)
Districts No. of Training to be done
Training already done
Training yet to be done
Darjeeling 2 0 2 Jalpaiguri 2 1 1
Coochbehar 2 1 1 Uttar Dinajpur 2 0 2
Dakshin Dinajpur 2 1 1 Malda 2 1 1
Murshidabad 2 0 2 Birbhum 2 1 1 Burdwan 2 2 0
Nadia 2 0 2 Purila 3 1 2
Bankura 3 0 3 Hooghly 2 1 1
Purba Mednipur 3 2 1 Paschim Mednipur 3 1 2
Howrah 2 1 1 24 Parganas (South) 2 0 2 24 Parganas (North) 2 0 2
3d) BUREAU OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS.
Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics is a Directorate under the
Administrative Control of Development & Planning Department, Govt. of West Bengal.
The objective of the Bureau is to collect, collate and disseminate credible and timely
statistics on different fields covering all sectors of the State Economy for planning, decision
making and debate within and outside the Government. The BAES also maintains close
liaison with different departments, organizations and bodies of the Central and State
Governments in disseminating statistical information on various fields and publish a
number of regular publications.
The Bureau is to carry out the entire work right from the planning of the
survey to report generation (data collection, compilation, processing, analyzing and
preparation of reports) in respect of Crop Surveys for estimation of yield rate land
production of 19 major crops of the State; Statistical Surveys on multifarious topics
covering socio-economic aspects covered under National Sample Survey and other studies
as required by the Government from time to time. The Bureau also publishes Statistical
reports based on secondary data collected from different departments, organizations, and
bodies of the Central and State Governments for meeting up growing demand of data at
district as well as block level for preparation of decentralized planning.
The Bureau of Applied Economics & Statistics is headed by the Director. The
activities of the Bureau are performed through four branch offices (excluding Head Office)
viz. I) Agricultural Statistics Office, II) Industrial Statistics Office (including Annual Survey
of Industries), III) General Statistics & Survey Office (GSSO), IV) Socio Economic Survey
Office (SESO).
Each branch office of the Bureau is headed by a Deputy Director, except the
Agricultural Statistics Office, which is headed by an Additional Director. There are eighteen
District Statistics Offices under the Bureau each headed by an Assistant Director. Besides
these posts, there are two posts of Regional Deputy Director one at Burdwan and the other
at Jalpaiguri.
The Crop Survey works, other Socio Economic Survey works along with data
collection works from different Government offices/organizations at district as well as
block level are carried out by the District Statistical Offices.
Staff Pattern and Present Staff Strength under the Bureau as a whole
Sl. No.
Name of the post Sanctioned Strength
Present Strength
Total vacancy
1. Director 01 01 - 2. Additional Director 02 02 - 3. Deputy Director 11 10 01 4. Joint Director (Audit & A/cs.) 01 01 - 5. Assistant Director 40 26 14 6. Assistant Statistician 10 01 09 7. P.A. to Director 01 - 01 8. Administrative Officer 01 01 - 9. P.A. (Schedule –B) 04 04 - 10. Head Clerk 08 08 -
11. Accountant 02 02 - 12. Upper Division Clerk 55 55 - 13. Lower Division Clerk 57 35 22 14. Typist Clerk/Clerk Typist 22 13 09 15. Typist 24 19 05 16. Supervisory Grade Typist 02 02 - 17. Cashier-cum-Store Clerk 22 20 02 18. Muhorir (Grade 1+2) 03 03 - 19. Record supplier 04 04 - 20 Duplicating Machine Operator 02 02 - 21. Cash Sarkar 01 01 - 22. Librarian 01 - 01 23. Library Assistant 01 - 01 24. Draftsman 01 01 - 25. Assistant Draftsman 02 - 02 26 Driver 02 01 01 27. Supervisor (Field) 44 44 - 28. Inspector (Field) 128 128 - 29. Computer Investigator 09 09 - 30. Asstt. Investigator 558 330 228 31. Supervisor (Compilation) 27 27 - 32. Inspector (Compilation) 44 44 - 33. Computer 69 69 - 34. Assistant Computer 300 123 177 35. Data Processing Supervisor
Gr. B 01 - 01
36. Data Processing Supervisor Gr. A
01 01 -
37. Data Processing Assistant Gr. B
06 06 -
38. Data Processing Assistant Gr. A
15 15 -
39. Data Entry Operator 39 05 34 40. Duftry 04 04 - 41. Group – D 238 183 55 Total 1763 1341 422
I. Agricultural Statistics Office (including District Statistical Offices)
The Agricultural Statistics Office prepares yield rates and production of 14 insured
crops and 5 non-insured crops of the State. Out of the 14 insured crops yield rate and
production estimate of Aman paddy and Boro paddy are prepared at GP Level. Estimates
of all other crops are prepared at Block as well as District level. The estimates of insured
crops as well as non-insured crops are submitted to the Government as per time schedule.
The 19 major crops are as follows : Jute, Aus, Mesta, Maize, Aman, Wheat, Linseed,
Mustard, Masur, Sugarcane, Khesari, Motor, Arhar, Maskalai, Gram, Barley, Boro paddy,
Summer Til and Mung. During the year 2008-09, about 39,000 crop cutting experiments
have been performed at Block/GP level. Crop Survey report for the crop year 2005-06 has
been prepared.
Other works performed by this Office through the District Statistical set up are as
follows:-
i) Conducted the Cereal Consumption Survey (reference year 2007-08) to assess the quantity produced and marketed by the farmers as surplus in respect of 5 crops i.e., rice, wheat, potato, mustard and maskalai. Total number of 9158 households has been surveyed in 358 mouzas in the state during 2008.
ii) Collected data at District/Block level for publication of District Statistical Hand Book, State Statistical Hand Book and Statistical Abstract of West Bengal.
iii) Collected price data from selected markets for both bazar and non-bazar
items/commodities on regular basis for the purpose of construction of Consumer Price Index Number.
iv) Collected data from selected factories by canvassing a well defined schedule for the
purpose of preparation of Report on Annual Survey of Industries. v) Collected production data from selected factories for construction of index of
industrial production of the state by industry group. vi) Collected data on income and expenditure of the Municipalities and their activities for
preparation of a report on Municipal Statistics. vii) Collected data on State Government employees from all the Government offices
located within the jurisdiction of each district office as they stood on 31.12.2008. viii) Participated in quality control survey on the area enumeration works done by the staff
of the D.L.R.S., West Bengal on sample basis with the N.S.S.O., Government of
India, in the districts of Purulia, Howrah, Uttar Dinajpur and Birbhum during 2008-
09.
II. Industrial Statistics Office (including Annual Survey of Industries)
The Industrial Statistics Office estimates the State Domestic Product and District
Domestic Product by industry of origin, construction of Index of Industrial Production of
West Bengal, and construction of Consumer Price Index Number in 10 selected urban
centers including Kolkata, Analysis of State Govt. Budget, Estimation of Gross Fixed
Capital Formation (GFCF).
a) Index of Industrial Production (IIP) : Monthly Index of Industrial Production (at 2-digit NIC) has been released up to the
month of November, 2008. The base year of 1993 for IIP has been shifted from 1993 to
1999-2000. The index of the new series is expected to be released in April, 2009.
b) Consumer Price Index : Consumer Price Index Numbers for Kolkata Centre (Base : 1993=100) has been
released up to the month of January, 2009. The base year revision works in respect of 10
urban centers namely, Kolkata, Howrah, Burdwan, Purulia, Krishnanagar, Midnapur,
Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, English Bazar (Malda) and Suri have been completed by
conducting a Family Budget Survey in those urban centers. The Bureau has completed the
base year price collection work for this purpose. The CPI for new base i.e., 2006-07 is
expected to be released in April, 2009.
c) State & District Domestic Product :
In conformity with the revision of base year for estimation of GDP at national
level, the base year of SDP has been shifted from 1993-94 to 1999-2000. The estimates of
SDP by industry of origin have been prepared at both current and constant 1999-2000
prices for the years 1999-2000 to 2005-06, 2006-07 (Provisional Estimate), 2007-08 (Quick
Estimate) and 2008-09 (Advance Estimate). Also the estimates of DDP have been prepared
upto 2006-07 with new base 1999-2000. A report on State and District Domestic Product
of West Bengal for 1999-2000 to 2006-07 has been released.
d) Analysis of State Government Budget : Analysis of State Government Budget for the years 2006-07 (Actual) and 2007-08 (Revised) have been done. Further, Economic-cum-Purpose Classification of State Budget has been done for 2006-07 (Actual) and the related tables have been sent to Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), Government of India. Analysis of 2007-08 (Actual) is in progress.
e) Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) : The estimates of Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) in respect of the Primary
sectors viz. Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fishery and Mining at current and constant
(1993-94) prices have been prepared for the years from 1990-91 to 2004-05 and Report on
GFCF for primary sector at state level has been completed and report has been published.
The estimate of GFCF in respect of the secondary sector is under process and will be
released soon.
f) Annual Survey of Industries : This unit is engaged in conducting surveys on Registered Factories of West Bengal
in collaboration with National Sample Survey Organization and brings out the report on
Annual Survey of Industries highlighting characteristics like assets, liabilities, working
capital, consumption of raw materials, output, input, employment and value added by
industry group. Validated data in respect of ASI, 2005-06 has been sent to C.S.O. (IS
Wing), Kolkata for approval and pooling with the Central data. Field work of ASI, 2006-07
is in progress.
III. Socio Economic Survey Office (S.E.S.O.)
This office was created to conduct Socio Economic Surveys on matching sample
basis with the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), Government of India. The
S.E.S.O. is participating since 29th round of National Sample Survey (NSS).
Field work of the 65th round of NSS started during July, 2008 and covering
Domestic Tourism (Schedule 21.1), Housing Condition (Schedule 1.2) and Particulars of
Slum (0.21). The field works of 1st, 2nd and 3rd sub-rounds have been completed and the
same for 4th sub-round is in progress.
The compilation work for the following rounds of NSS undertaken during 2008-09
are :-
i) Data entry work in respect of Schedule 0.1 Listing of Households, 10.2 Employment & Unemployment and Migration Particulars, 25.2 Participation and Expenditure of Education and 1.0 Household Expenditure of 64th round NSS is in progress.
ii) The pre-data entry scrutiny of the filled-in schedules of the 1st sub-round of the 65th
Round has been completed and the same for 2nd and 3rd sub-round is in progress. iii) Final Tables in respect of Schedule 1.0 Consumer Expenditure Survey of 61st round
of NSS have been generated.
IV. General Statistics & Survey Office (G.S.& S.O.)
There are two units under this office, namely, Electronic Data Processing
Unit (EDPU) and Method unit.
Electronic Data Processing Unit (EDPU)
The different jobs performed by the Electronic Data Processing
Unit (EDPU) during the year 2008-09 are as follows:-
i) Estimation of yield rates and production of 19 major crops : Data entry, validation, online editing and generation of final tables have been completed in respect of Rabi and Summer season crops for the crop year 2007-08 and Bhadui and Winter season crops for the crop year 2008-09.
ii) Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) : Online editing of ASI, 2006-07 have been
completed.
iii) Census of State Govt. employees : Data entry, validation, on line editing of Staff
Census, 2007 are in progress.
iv) Consumer Price Index : Data entry and processing of Consumer Price Index for
10 centres (new base year 2006-07) for the year 2008-09 and the same for CPI
for 9 centres (Old base = 1960) are going on.
v) Different Rounds of NSS : Table generation of 61st Round Schedule 1.0
(Household Consumer Expenditure) has been completed.
vi) Pilot Study for Strengthening State Statistical System under SSPHD : Data entry,
validation, on line editing have been completed.
Desk Top Publishing
i) Preparation of Master Copy of Crop Survey Report, 2005-06 is going on.
ii) Preparation of Master Copy of State Government Undertaking, 2006-07 has been
completed.
iii) Preparation of Master Copy of Municipal Statistics of West Bengal, 2006-07 has been
completed.
iv) Preparation of Master Copy of Report on Economic Census, 2005, West Bengal has
been completed.
v) Preparation of Provisional Report on “Pilot Study for Strengthening State Statistical
System under SSPHD” has been completed.
Method Unit
This section is entrusted with the jobs relating to preparation of sample design,
instructions, schedules, sample list and estimation procedure, etc. for ad-hoc
surveys conducted by the Bureau from time to time.
Head Office
There are four units under the Head Office of the Bureau. Each unit is headed by a
Deputy Director and there is one Additional Director to supervise their works along with
other administrative works of the Head Office. The units are – i) Reference Technical
Section, ii) Coordination, iii) Nucleus and Staff Census and iv) Training & Documentation.
i) Reference Technical Section
This unit performed the following jobs -
a) Compiled and published Economic Review of West Bengal, 2008-09 (both Statistical
Appendix and write-up: English and Bengali versions);
b) Compiled and published State Statistical Hand Book, 2007;
c) Prepared manuscript copy of the Statistical Abstract of West Bengal, 2008 and it will
be released during the 1st quarter of 2009.
d) Compiled Monthly Wholesale Price Index of Kolkata for Agricultural commodities
(Base: 1980-81 = 100) and Monthly Wholesale Price Index for all commodities in
respect of Kolkata Centre with Base: 1952-53 = 100 up to December 2008.
e) Prepared Index Number of Agricultural Area Production, Productivity, Cropping
pattern etc. with base year triennium ending 1981-82 = 100 for the state as a whole
and for all districts for the crop year 2007-08.
ii) Staff Census & Nucleus Units These two units performed the scrutiny, coding and compilation works of Staff
Census data collected from different districts and Kolkata. The data collection work in
respect of Kolkata district was done by the field staff of the Nucleus unit. The staff of
these two units also assisted in compilation work of District Statistical Hand Books of 19
districts.
iii) Co-ordination Unit
This unit performed the following jobs –
i) District Statistical Hand Book, 2007 for all 19 districts of West Bengal have been
prepared and will be released very soon.
ii) Conduct of meetings of the Standing Technical Committee for Improvement of
Crop Statistics in West Bengal on a regular basis.
iii) Maintains coordination with Central and different State Government offices in
connection with holding meetings, workshops, etc. This unit also maintains liaison
with the Central Statistical Organisation, Ministry of Statistics & Programme
Implementation, Govt. of India in connection with different types of Pilot Studies
covering different socio-economic issues.
iv) Training Unit
This unit has been created for the purpose of imparting training to the staff of
different departments and the Bureau for improvement of their statistical knowledge and
skill.
It also compiles data on income and expenditure collected from State Government
Undertakings and all the municipalities of the state. Municipal Statistics, 2007 has been
prepared and sent to press for printing. Handbook of State Government Undertakings,
2006-07 has been published and Compilation work in respect of 2007-08 is in progress and
is expected to be completed very soon.
PILOT STUDY A pilot study has been conducted by the Bureau of Applied Economics & Statistics
during 2008-09 to collect data on Human Development related indicators namely,
Education, Health and Economic Activities from randomly selected GPs in Bankura and
Uttar Dinajpur districts of West Bengal. The Draft Report of the study has been prepared
and submitted to the State Level Committee for Strengthening the State Statistical System
under SSPHD.
LIBRARY The Library of the Bureau of Applied Economics & Statistics has very
good collection of books, journals and other publications relating to
Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Social Science, Environmental Science, etc.
3e) Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS)
The NRDMS Centres in the districts of South 24-Parganas, Murshidabad, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, Howrah, Burdwan, Nadia, Purba Medinipur and North 24-Parganas are now fully operational with the joining of the two personnel in each center. The personnel are expected to join in the districts of Birbhum, Malda, Darjeeling and Cooch Behar shortly.
The NRDMS Centres now have the requisite hardware and basic software. Application Software Arc-View 9.2 has been provided to all the NRDMS Centres.
An orientation programme for the newly engaged NRDMS personnel was organised on 26th & 27th May, 2008 in association with the Science & Technology Department to give them an idea about the nature of work required to help the planners to identify the locally felt needs to facilitate the planning process. The personnel have also been given a hands-on training on Arc-view 9.2 by the vendor of the software, NIIT-GIS in two batches from 28th May, 08 to 30th May, 2008 and from 2nd June, 08 to 4th June, 2008.
The Science & Technology Department, Govt. of West Bengal has also taken an initiative to familiarize all the user Departments about the RS-GIS data available with the Science & Technology Department. To familiarise the user Departments at the district level about the data available with the NRDMS Centres in the districts such workshops will now be held in the Districts.
Department of Science & technology – GOI has approved the project proposal for the setting up of the ‘State Spatial Data Infrastructure’ (SSDI) in the State. The SSDI will have linkage with the ‘National Spatial Data Infrastructure’ (NSDI) set-up at the National Level under the Department of Science & technology – GOI with linkage with all National Organizations generating spatial and aspatial Data. The Development and Planning Department is the Nodal Department while the Science & Technology Department is the Technical Department. This set-up is expected to facilitate better coordination and use of RS-GIS data for planning purpose by the different user Departments. In the long run NRDMS Centres are proposed to be district level units of the SSDI and the NSDI. The tie-up of the NRDMS Centres with the SSDI and NSDI will contribute significantly to district level planning by making available various resource data that are essential for the District/Block level Planners.
3f) Evaluation, Monitoring & Manpower (EM & M) Evaluation, Monitoring & Manpower (EM & M) Directorate was set up for
monitoring and evaluation of State Projects and Manpower Planning in the State. The
Directorate has 3 (three) Regional Offices in Kolkata, Chinsurah and Jalpaiguri.
A good number of Evaluation Studies have been published from this Directorate.
Reports, of three studies viz., (i) Multipurpose Micro-water shed Project at Kumari Kanan,
Purulia and Tourism Programme at Ayodhya Hills, Purulia, (ii) Drop-out and stagnation in
rural-urban primary schools and (iii) Various Schemes under Paschimanchal Unnayan
Parishad at Purulia District have been published recently.
The following Evaluation Studies are under process.
(i) Assessment of Manpower availability in the District, Block, Gram Panchayat under 11th
Plan.
(ii) Impact of different developmental schemes in Sarenga Block and Bishnupur
Municipality in Bankura District.
(iii)Implementation of various schemes and programmes in closed tea garden areas in
Jalpaiguri District.
The following Evaluation studies will be taken up shortly relating to:
(i) Construction of School Buildings and SC/ST Hostel at Mathabhanga Girls High School
and SC/ST Hostels under BADP in Coochbehar.
(ii) Library Services Programme (sponsored Libraries) in West Bengal, are proposed to be
taken up during 2008-2009.
(iii)Monitoring the progress of NREGS in the State with emphasis on women : The income
generating activities during the years from 2006-07 to 2008-09.
