BRGF ConcernsPlanningStrategies

A.P.’s initiative

K.CHANDRAMOULI, IASAMR-APARD

Participation :Much publicizedMuch mis / loosely used

Its an instrument designed for smooth delivery of services Involves unreached / excluded Provides “Voice” & “Face” Community – main actors Trusts that extraordinary capabilities in ordinary people Participation

• political• developmental

Non-negotiable

“We have done it ourselves”

- Lao Tsu

1) OWN THE PLAN

2) ORDERLY GROWTH IS PLAN - DISORDERLY GROWTH IS A PAIN

3) HARNESSING AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN A PLANNED MANNER MAXIMISES POSITIVE GROWTH

• You will get only available resources - But not unlimited resources

4) PLAN SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTABLE • Plan can be dreaming – But should not be day nightmarish

5) TIMELINESS FOR PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN

• Even jasmines smell rotten after their time.

6) DO NOT TRY TO BE THE WISEST MAN TO GIFT A PLAN – STAKE HOLDERS ARE WISER THAN YOU

7) DON’T BE A MISER DISTRIBUTE THE OWNERSHIP OF THE PLAN – LET ALL THE STAKE HOLDERS OWN THE PLAN

8) DO NOT FORGET TO PURCHASE HORSE SHOES AFTER BUYING THE HORSE FILLING CRITICAL GAPS IS WHAT BRGF IS ABOUT

9) PRIORITISATION IS THE CLUE – IT IS ELEMENTARY

10) LEAST DEVELOPED SHOULD GET MOST PRIORITY IN PLANNING.

• Special Component Plan • Tribal Sub-plan Are Essential in District Plan

11) NETWORKING NEEDS AND ALL AVAILABLE FUNDS

IS IMPORTANT.

• Otherwise you find your net full of holes.

12) ALL PASSAGES HAVE LEAKAGES - PLUG THEM

Have field verifications social audit reviews etc.

13)THIRD EYE REVEALS MORE

Have an independent monitoring agency to assess implementation of your

plans.

14) PUBLICISE AND FLOURISH - MAY BE ANONIMITY A GOOD TRAIT OF A BUREAUCRAT - BUT NOT OF A GOOD PLANNER.

Give wide publicity to your plan before preparation and after finalization – Meetings workshops involving VOs and Community.

15) FIX THE AGENCIES FOR EXECUTION OF WORKS – FOLLOW FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE – CORNER STONE OF DECENTRALISED PLANING

• Activity mapping helps

Setting Goals is an important step in Planning exercise

Where do we (District, Mandal, GP) want to be in next five years; ten years; twenty years ?

a) What is the rate of literacy in our District / Mandal / GP will be ?

b) What will be the number of our children in Schools ?

c) All deliveries will be in institutions or by trained workers ?

d) Where will our MMR stand ?

e) Where will our CMR stands ?f) Will all unemployed get employment ?

1) Wage earning or self employment. 2) All the unemployed will be trained in

various skillsg) All people will have access to potable Drinking

Water ?h) All the houses have drainage facility ?i) All the habitations have road connectivity ?

j) Can we have food security for all, including destitutes?

k) Can we establish rural business hubs ? l) All houses have electricity ?

We may use the millennium development Goals as a basis191 United Nations member states pledged in 2000 to meet the following eight goals by 2015:

Human Development Report 2007Description India Japan USA China S.Lanka Pak B. Desh

HDI Rank 128 8 12 81 99 136 140

Huma povert index (HPI-) Rank

62 .. .. 29 44 77 93

Gender related Development Index (GDI) Rank

112 13 16 72 88 124 120

Life Expectancy 63.7 82.3 77.9 72.5 71.6 64.6 63.1

Adult Literacy 61 .. .. 90.9 90.7 49.9 47.5

Children under weight for age (% under age 5)1996-2005e

47 .. 2 8 29 38 48

Infants with low birth weig.(%) 1998-2005e

30 8 8 4 22 19 36

Population living below $1 a day (%) 1990-2005e

34.3 .. .. 9.9 5.6 17 41.3

Description India Japan USA ChinaS.Lan

ka PakB.

Desh

Life expectancy at birth, quinquennial estimates (years)

62.9 81.9 77.4 72 70.8 63.6 62

Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) 1997-2005a

43 100 99 97 96 31 13

Population using improved sanitation (%) 2004

33 100 100 44 91 59 39

Population using an improved water source (%) 2004

86 100 100 77 79 91 24

Population undernourish (% of total population) 2002

20 2.5 2.5 12 22 24 30

HIV prevalence (% aged 15-49)2005

0.9 < 0.1 0.6 0.1 < 0.1 0.1 < 0.1

Description India Japan USA ChinaS.

Lanka PakB.

Desh

Tubercul cases, prevalence (per 1 Lakh people) 2005e

299 38 3 208 80 297 406

Infact mortallity rate (per 1,000 live births 2005

56 3 6 23 12 79 54

Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births 2005

74 4 7 27 14 99 73

Population with out Electricity (millions)

487.2.. ..

8.5 6.7 71 6.2

Forest Area (% of total land)

22.8 68.2 33.1 21.2 29.9 2.5 6.7

Seats in Parliament % held by women

9 11.1 16.3 20.3 4.9 20.4 15.1

GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2005

3452 31267 41890 6757 4595 2370 2053

Some Important Socio Economic Indicators-South IndiaDESCRIPTION INDIA A.P Karnataka Kerala Orissa Tamilanadu

% BPL Pop 2004-05 21.8 11.1 17.4 11.4 39.9 17.8

IMR 2005 58 57 50 14 75 37

MMR 27.4 14.8 18.9 6.6 29.5 8.8

Life Expectancy 66.9 65 66.4 75 59.7 69.8

% Area Under Forest 22.79 22.59 16.12 27.85 37.33 16.29

Literacy % 79.92 60.47 66.64 90.86 63.08 82.53

Female Litteracy % 58.74 50.43 56.87 87.72 50.51 66.21

% House holds having sanitation facility Urban 64.84 78.07 75.23 92.02 59.69 73.45

% House holds having sanitation facility Rural 75.26 18.15 17.4 81.33 7.71 82.42

Per Capita Income 26211 26211 27101 32852 17299 29924

Enrolment Ratio ( Classes 1-5) 73.72 87.72 108.91 96.92 110.91 64.33

Enrolment Ratio ( Classes 6th -8th ) 21.92 64.86 76.2 93.64 54.01 14.36

Literacy status in BRGF Districts

Ch

itto

or,

67

Ra

ng

are

dd

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6

Ka

da

pa

, 63

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Na

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7

Wa

ran

ga

l, 5

7

Kh

am

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m, 5

7

An

ata

pu

r, 5

6

Ka

rim

na

ga

r, 5

5

Ad

ilab

ad

, 53

Niz

am

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, 52

Me

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2

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4

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10

20

30

40

50

60

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Districts

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te

Infant Mortality Rate in BRGF Districts

Mah

bubn

agar

, 75

Vizia

naga

ram

, 72

Adila

bad,

71

Anat

apur

, 70

Med

ak, 6

8

Niza

mab

ad, 6

7

Kham

mam

, 66

Karim

naga

r, 66

Nalg

onda

, 66

War

anga

l, 63

Kada

pa, 6

2

AP S

TATE

, 62

Chitto

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6

Rang

ared

dy, 5

5

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

DISTRICTS

IMR

per 1

000

Maternal Mortality Rate in BRGF Districts

Anat

apur

, 406

Adila

bad,

385

Vizi

anag

aram

, 374

Ran

gare

ddy,

362

Mah

bubn

agar

, 357

Nal

gond

a, 3

45

Med

ak, 3

42

AP S

TATE

, 341

Kada

pa, 3

37

Chi

ttoor

, 330

War

anga

l, 31

7

Kham

mam

, 310

Karim

naga

r, 30

4

Niz

amab

ad, 2

92

0

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100

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300

350

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450

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% of Women assisted by skilled personnel during delivery

Niz

amab

ad 8

0.80

Nal

gond

a 78

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Kar

imna

gar 7

6.60

Kha

mm

am 7

4.40

War

anga

l 72.

10

AP

STA

TE 7

0.54

Chi

ttoor

68.

30

Kad

apa

66.8

0

Med

ak 6

5.10

Mah

bubn

agar

61.

20

Ran

gare

ddy

60.0

0

Viz

iana

gara

m 5

7.50

Adi

laba

d 55

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tapu

r 51.

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Ass

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Dropout Rate

Mah

bubn

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70.

69

Med

ak 6

4.75

War

anga

l 64.

13

Niz

amab

ad 6

1.58

Adila

bad

61.4

1

Nal

gond

a 57

.86

AP S

TATE

50.

26

Kham

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50.

18

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2.51

Anat

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98

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IDENTIFY YOUR FELT NEEDS Safe drinking waterNutrition for children & mothersPlayground & teachersDispensary/Hospital with building, equipment,

medicines & doctorsLoan for the self employedTraining in trades/vocationsRoads, electricity, markets If none of these - you could have an

alternative set of needs in your district!

PRIORITISATION OF FELT NEEDS

What we will take up first ? What is the most urgent ?

What would help the poor in the village ?What would help the women & children in the

village ?What will benefit the most number of people ? If you have to make a choice, won’t you give

priority to the work that helps the poorest and the weakest in the village ?

What are the available resources?People

Know How Sramdan

Natural resources Man made assets Funds

Own funds Devolved funds Funds under various schemes Contribution from the public / NRIs etc.

Natural resources are equally important…

What is the nature of the land in the district? How much is under agriculture? How much is irrigated? How much is under forest? Mining?

What is the state of agriculture? Major crops? Scope for horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries, fuel plantation?

What is the extent of availability of water? How much is being used for drinking water, agriculture, industry and other purposes?

How do we protect and sustain the natural resources?

Manmade resources come next .. What is the government infrastructure available? What are the private assets available? You could make a checklist - Tanks, handpumps,

schools, dispensaries, hospitals, roads, drains, veterinary dispensaries, cottage- small-scale industry, ITI, godowns, cold storages etc.

It is a good idea to complete asset registers for all Panchayats and departments!

Can you mark this on a district map? You can use the NIC to help out.

And last but not the least – the financial resources

What are the programmes in operation in your district and how much money is available under each?

Central Plan funds, State plan funds, Central finance Commission grants, State finance commission grants, Your own resources, through taxes and user charges. Do not forget salaries and maintenance expenditure

--- they are equally important.

You must invariably find out how much money is available under the following schemes,

National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme, National Rural Health Mission Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Midday Meal Scheme, Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana Integrated Child Development Scheme Indira Awas Yojana Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojana Backward Regions Grant Fund Central Finance Commission Grants State Finance Commission Grants

ABOUT BRGFThe Backward Regions Grant Fund

Supplants RSVY, Covers 250 backward districts, including 56 extremist

affected districts, Support provided during 2006-07 and during the 11th

FYP, Allocation based on population and area, with floor

level of minimum Rs. 10 cr per district per year.

BRGF

Removalof

Poverty &Backward-

ness

Empower-mentOf

Panchayats

Poverty and backwardness agendaPoverty and backwardness agenda

Backward Regions Grant Fund: Key features in design

Converge substantial existing development inflows into selected districts into a well-coordinated integrated development plan.

Funds to be used for gap filling, capacity building and enlisting professional support for planning.

Clear focus on poverty reduction, which is to be closely tracked.

BRGF: Funding design

State to prescribe: Interse shares between PRI tiers and

Urban local bodies. Shares between panchayats within

allocation for the tier concerned. Incentives.

District Planning: Salient features of Planning Commission’s circular of 25-8-06

In preparing the District Plan, District Planning Committees are to consolidate: Plans prepared by the Panchayats for (a)

activities assigned to them, (b) national/state schemes implemented by them and (c) schemes implemented with their own resources,

Similar plans prepared by Municipalities,  Elements of the State Plan physically

implemented in the district.

DISTRICT AND SUB DISTRICT PLANNING

ACTION POINTS

PROCESSES IN THE PREPARATION OF DISTRICT PLAN

EXPLORE ROOT CAUSES FOR BACKWARDNESS SITUATION ANALYSIS SEARCH FOR REMEDIES ENVISIONING

CONSTITUTION OF TECHNICAL ADVISORY

GROUPS

DISTRICT LEVELTAG

MANDAL LEVEL TAG

Collector- ChairmanCEO (ZP)- ConvenerPO ITDA, PD (DRDA) MemberPD DWMA) MemberCPO, DPO- MemberRJD Mpl Admn or Member

MPl.Commissioner All line Dept Officials Members

Academicians Member

MPDO - ConvenorMRO MemberEO (PR&RD)- Member

MEO, AE (PR) MembersAE(RWS) MemberAE (Transco) Member

AO, MO (PHC) MembersPO ICDS, MVO MembersASO, Area Coord Members

Stock Taking

Human Development

Infrastructure Development

Productivity Sector

Health, Education, Women &

Child Welfare, Social Justice & other

basic minimum Services and Solid waste

Management

Drinking Water, Rural Connectivity,

Rural ElectrificationCommunication

, AnganwadiSchool Buildings etc.,

Food and agricultural Production, Watersheds,

Animal Husbandry, Irrigation, Handlooms,

Handicrafts, Khadi VillageIndustries etc.,

Status of Various Schems Along with financial resources

on hand & to be received during this year

for district and Mandals

Centrally Sponsored Schemes

State Plan SchemesPRI AND ULBsOwn Resources

Flag Ship Programmes SSA, NRHM, MDM, TSC, DWSM, NREGS ICDS, JNNURM

Other CSS like PMGSY, ARWS, RGGVY BHARAT NIRMAN Etc

AllSectorral Department

Schemes

GP/MP/ZP/ULB OWN FUNDS

Externally Aided Projects

Contributions fromNGOs, NRIs, People Corporate Bodies, etc

SCHEMES AND RESOURCES

Call for DPC MeetingDiscuss the above informationFormulate the VisionFinalise the Thrust Areas Identify the Critical Gaps to filled up with

reference to resources available under various schemes

Communicate the vision and goals to Mandals and Panchayats to do similar work

Fix The Time Schedule the task is to prepare the plan for 2008-09 and also perspective plan for the 11th plan period

Day 1 Instruction to Call DPC Meeting for envisioning, Stock taking, selection of thrust areas, fixing goals

Day 10 DPC Meeting for Finalisation of Sectors and Goals

Day 12 Communication to all Mandals and GPs

Day 15&16

GP Level Consultation with stake Holders - Finalization of GP Plans and sending to Mandal Parishad

Day 17 Conducting Gram Sabha

Day 18&19

Preparation of Plan

Day 20 GP Meeting and approval of the GP Plan

Contd..

Day 39 to 45

Consolidation of Mandal Plans and finalisation of District (Rural) Plan

Day 50 & 51 ZP General Body Meeting Approval of District (Rural) Plans

Day 52 to 60

Drafting of District Plans

Day 61 & 62 Planning before DPC and approval of DPC

Day 63 Sending to High Power Committee

Day 70 & 75 Approval by High Power Committee and dispatch to GOI

Day 21&22

23&24

Consultations with Mandal Level Stake Holder committees by Mandal sub committees

Day 25&26 and 27

Finalisation of Mandal Plans by consolidating all GP Plans and the Mandal Plan

Day 28 Mandal Level General body meeting approval of the Mandal plan

Day 30 Sending the Mandal Plan to ZP

Day 36, 37 & 38

Meeting with district level stake holder committees with ZP Standing committee for finalization of District (Rural) plan

PRE GRAM SABHA MEETING/

WARD SABHA

Ward Member/Ex. Elected

Reps

Education Committees

Mothers Committees

RMGs

VTDA/VSS

WUA

VO’s

Water Shed

SC/ST/Disabled sections

YOUTH GROUPS

ARTISAN GROUPS

IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL GAPS IN THRUST AREAS AS

IDENTIFIED BY DPC

HOLDING GRAM SABHA

PRIORITISING FELT NEEDS

PLAN PREPARATION

HOLDING GP MEETING

APPROVAL OF PLANS AND SUBMISSION TO MANDAL

GRAM PANCHAYAT LEVEL PLANNING

NGOs

NETWORKING OF FELT NEEDS AND RESOURCES

CONSULTATIVE MEETING

WITH STAKE HOLDERS

MPTCs

SARPANCH’S

MANDAL EDN.COMMITTEES

MANDAL MAHILASAMAKHYAS

DISTRIBUTORY COMMITTEES

CO-OPERATIVESOCIETIES

OFFICIAL FUNCTIONARIES

ARTISAN GROUPS

IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL GAPS IN THRUST AREAS AS

IDENTIFIED IN DPC

PRIORITISING FELT NEEDS

MANDAL PLAN PREPARATION

HOLDING MANDAL PARISHADGENERAL BODY MEETING

APPROVAL OF PLANS AND FORWARDING TO ZILLA PARISHAD

MANDAL LEVEL PLANNING

TECHNICAL VETTING OF GP PLANS

CONSOLIDATION OF GP PLANS

NETWORKING OF FELT NEEDS FOR MANDAL AND RESOURCES

CONSULTATIVE MEETING

WITH STAKE HOLDERS

ZPTCs

MPPS

DIST. EDN.COMMITTEES

ZILLA MAHILASAMAKHYAS

PROJECT COMMITTEES

OFFICIAL FUNCTIONARIES

ARTISAN GROUPS

IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL GAPS IN THRUST AREAS

PRIORITISING FELT NEEDS

ZP PLAN(DISTRICT RURAL) PREPARATION

HOLDING ZP STANDING COMMITTEES 1&7 MEETING

APPROVAL OF PLANS AND FORWARDING TO ZILLA PARISHAD

ZP (DISTRICT RURAL) LEVEL PLANNING

TECHNICAL VETTING AND CONSOLIDATIONOF MP PLANS

MP/MLA/MLC

NGOS

NETWORKING OF FELT NEEDS FOR ZP AND RESOURCES

FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONGP PLAN MP PLAN ZP PLAN

Maintenance of Drinking Water Schemes/tanks

School Building construction, Maintenance

Construction of New ZP School Buildings

Sanitation, ISLs, drain maintenance

MI Tanks ZP Roads,

Electricity Street Lighting/ Extn.of lines

New Colonies Electrification

CPWS Schemes

Maintenance to GP Buildings

Construction of new GP buildings

MP Office Buildings

Internal Roads Link Roads

Shopping Complexes Shopping Complexes Shopping Complexes

Manintenance of hostel buildings

Hostel Buildings

Drinking water/Sanitation to existing AWCs/RLUs/ and Subcentres

Construction of RLU/GP Building/Subcentres/Community Halls/Anganwadi Centre construction

Construction of RLU/GPBuilding/Subcentres/Community Halls/Anganwadi Centre construction

CALAMITY FUND

• Unforeseen circumstances like natural calamities . . . . .

• Provision may be made in plan

What about Maintenance of

Assets Created???

Plan has to take care of this also.

GP Plan

GP Plan GP

PlanWard Plan

Ward Plan

Ward Plan

Mandal PlanULB Plan

GP Plan

GP Plan

GP Plan

Mandal Plan

ZILLA PARISHAD Dist. Rural

PLAN

DPC

HIGH POWER COMMITTEE

Chapterisation-Excutive summary Chapter 1:

Location of Area, Year of constitution, access to capitalBasic Data on population, density, socio economic indicators compared to state and national averagesData on PRI and ULBs NRM data, Rainfall, forests, minerals, water and soilsHuman Resources: working age group, level of unemployment, SHG particularsInfrastructure : Roads, railways, telecommunications, irrigation, credit facilities, hospitals, schools, collegesVocational training institutions, research institutions ICAR etcIncome and expenditure details for five yearsSpecial economic activities

Chapterisation-Executive summary

Chapter 2: Diagnostic analysis identifying critical gaps1. Strategic vision regarding listing historical legacies, traditions etc leading to backwardness2. Identification of geographical areas requiring specific attention

Chapter 3. Sector wise details –flow of funds to various schemes

Chapter 4 Vision Chapter : Priorities, summary of thrust areas and outcomes to be achieved in 5 years

Chapter 5 Abstract of GP/MP/ZP/MPl wise development plans addressing the priorities

DPC

GP PLAN

MP PLAN

ZP PLAN

ULB PLAN

DPC

ENVISIONINGSTOCKTAKING

DISTRICT VISION FORMULATION

IDENTIFICATION OF THRUST

AREAS

GOALS SETTING

DISSEMINATION OF VISION

MEET WITH VO/CBOS

STOCK TAKING

HOLIDING GRAMSABHA

PRIORITISATION OF FELT NEEDS

PLAN PREPARATION

APPROVAL IN GP MEETING

SUBMISSION TO MANDAL

MEET WITHMPTC/SARPANCH

ALL CBOS

STOCK TAKING

PRIORITISATION OF NEEDS

CONSOLIDATION OF GP PLNAS & MANDAL OWN

PLAN PREPARATION

APPROVAL IN MPP GENERAL

BODY MEETING0

SUBMISSION TO ZPP

MEET WITH ALL MLAMP/MLC/ZPTC/

& CBOS

STOCK TAKING

PRIORITISATION OF NEEDS

APPROVAL IN ZPP STANDING

COMMITTEE 1&7

APPROVAL IN ZPP GENERAL

BODY MEETING

SUBMISSION TO DPC

MEET WITHCBOS

STOCK TAKING

HOLIDING WARDSABHA

PRIORITISATION OF NEEDS

PLAN PREPARATION

APPROVAL IN COUNCILMEETING

SUBMISSION TO DPC

CONSOLIDATION OF GP/MPP/ZP/ULB PLANS

TECHNICALVETTING OF

GP PLANS

INTEGRATION WITH

OTHER PLANS

ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTION TO

GP/MP/ZP/ULB PLANS

TECHNICALVETTING OF

ZP/ ULB PLANS

DRAFT PLAN FOR DISTRICT

SUBMISSIONTO HIGH POWER

COMMITTEE

TECHNICALVETTING OF

MP PLANS

CONSOLIDATION OF MP PLNAS & ZPP OWN PLAN PREPARATION

DISTRICT PLAN PREPARATION

Concerns :• Convergence of other department resources• Inadequate capacity of planning / co- ordination• Attitude of PRIs – demanding prorata allocation• Majority assets created are stand alones• Maintaining assets• Disinterest of Bureaucracy and MLAs• Lack of Social Audit• Failure to Evaluate regularly

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