District Plans in Odisha: An Insight

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District Plans in OdishaAn Insight
Dr. R V Singh, Officer on Special Duty Planning
Coordination Department, Government of Odisha
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Key Development Issues Challenges
Key Issues Challenges
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Decentralized Planning

• Decentralised Planning mandated by 73rd and 74th
  Constitutional Amendments
• Institution of District Planning Committee
  prescribed under Art. 243ZD
• Planning Commission has directed States to
  prepare Annual District Plans during 11th Five
  Year Plan
• Ministry of Panchayati Raj has also encouraged
  formulation of annual district plans under BRGF
• Detailed Guidelines Integrated District Plan
  Manual by Planning Commission
• Ramachandran Committee Report also consulted

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Odishas Responses

• The Orissa District Planning Committees Act, 1998
  and Rules, 2000
• District Planning Committees (DPC) constituted
  functional in all 30 districts since 2003
• Annual District Plans prepared in Odisha since
  2008-09
• A consultative and participatory exercise
• Technical Support Institutions engaged
• Approved by District Planning Committee
• State Plan includes district plan summaries since
  2010-11
• Initiatives to strengthen District Planning
  Apparatus
• 30 District Planning Monitoring Units (DPMU)
  established
• District Planning Office and District Statistical
  Office merged strengthened
• An Analytical Cell created
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District Planning Process in Odisha
Panchayati Raj Department H UD Department
Planning Coordination Department
DPC
Comprehensive District Plan (CDP)
DPMU
Zilla Parishad
LINE DEPARTMENTS
Technical Support Institution (TSI)
Panchayat Samiti
Gram Panchayat
ULB
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DPMU Structure
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DPMU - Functions Responsibilities

• Strengthening planning capabilities at local
  levels
• Collecting, analyzing, updating and maintaining
  
• disaggregated database
• Prioritizing and consolidating plan proposals
  received from PRIs and line agencies
• Preparing shelf of project proposals
• Secretarial support to District Planning
  Committees
• Consultative participatory local level planning
  
• Monitoring the implementation of approved
  development programmes
• Periodical surveys and thematic studies

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District Plans in Odisha

• Odisha the first State
• to prepare comprehensive district plans in all 30
  districts since 2008-09
• to constitute DPMU in all 30 districts
• to incorporate summaries of district plans in the
  Annual State Plans since 2010-11
• The quality of district plans needs to improve
• The State is continuously striving to improve
  quality of district plans
• DPMU
• extends secretarial support to District Planning
  Committees
• yet to undertake monitoring evaluation
  functions

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