STATE PLAN PROPOSALS 1988-89 Volume I

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL Development and Planning Department December, 1987 Government of India PLANNING COMMISSIOM

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P ; Section ~ I : Introduction i - xix -> Section II ; I_ I. Aqriculture S< Allied Activities

Crop Husbandry A 1 = 10 ■“• Soil &< Water Conservation A 11 * * /vninal Husbandry A 12 --19 * Dairy Development A 20 -’24 Fisheries A 24 -26 Forestry & V/ild Llf

Integrated Rural Dcev^elopment Programme^ IRDP) B 1 2 * Drought Prone Area Programme (DP^P) B 2 Integrated Rural Energy Programme ( IREP) B 2 3 *

Na t i ona 1 Ru r<:, 1 Emp 1 oy me n t Programno (NRE?) B 4 * Land Reforms B 5 - 9 Community Developme^ni: 8. Panchayats B 9 - 13 District Planning Committee B 13 -d4

III. Special Area Proqraimnne C 1 - 5

IV. Irrigation & Flood (Control Afejor & Medium Irri(gaition and Flood Control D 1 - 12 Mnor Irrigation ‘ D 13- 16 * Command Area Developmient * Programme D 16 *

£ n Q r Power E i “ 16 Non-Conventiona 1 Sourices of Energy E 16 -17

V I . Indus try & Min era 1 s_ # Village & Small Indms-tries F 1 - 12 Industries ( Other than Villa qe & Smaxl Indust/rles.; F 13 -33. VVeignts & Me:, suros F 26 ^ Mining F 34 -37 * ***** *****-)<■* * * * *** **■*■ ** JK- ^ ***** ***** ***** ***** ****•»• ***^«*** *** *** *** *** *** *w* „ 2 -X- L. * * * VII Transport ; * Civil Aviation G 1 Roads & Bridges G 1 2 * G 2 Road Tra)nsport 9 * Inland Vfeter Transport G 9 - 10 * * * C omrnuni ca t i ons^ H i

IX. Science,Technology & Environment Scientific Research * (Including S a T) I 1 * * Ecology 8. Environment I 2 » o * * General Economic Services

Secretarriat Economic Services J 1 * T our i s m J 2 •ar Surveys & Statistics J 7 * Civil Supplies J 7 - 8 * Other General Economic Services J 9 * Districit Planning J 9 - 1 0 XI Social Services Educa tj-on * * G^eneral Education K 1 ^ 4 * Technical Education K 4 ^ 7 * Sports 8c Youth Services K 7 15 * /\rt S. Culture K 16 » 20 Medical S< Public Health K 21 ^30 Water Siupply & Sanitation K 31 ».33 * Housing((including Police Housing) K 34 ^37 * Urban D€^velopment(including State * Capital Projects) K 38 -46 * * Informa'tion & Publicity K 47 -51 Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Schedul'ed Tribes 8< Other Ba c kwa r d C la s s e s K 52 »6i * ._^.Emploxjll^n'b * Labour & Labour Welfare K 62 -■71 * * Special Employment Schemes K 72 ^81 AL Social Security 8, Welfare K 82 -=83 Nutriti on K 84

XII Gcnora I. S_er^-i c€ s * * Stationiery & Printing L 1 * Public V/orks * (including Jails) L 1 ^ 1'^ * \

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The introductory chapter duals lui thi an over view of the econcxny in the context of the prevailing socio-econtormic situation of the State as also of the performance during the precediing tujo years of the 7th Plan, the compulsion of the economy leading toi ttha proposed size in the 4th ) year (1988-39) and the resource back-up to match the physical plan,

1, Over view of the Economy

1,1 While in the first tuo y^^ars of t;he 7th plan the State marie steady progress in almost all the sectors of the economy, in the 3rd year i .e , 1^87-88 drought following tha late arriua.l of the monsoon and next unprecedented floods resulting from exces.sivs precipitation threw the planning process in the State severely ou t of gear resulting in set back in steady progress.in flood affected area.. The tflonsoon was late in arriving specially in the South Bengal districts where till the i8th August tainfaii was about 5o^ below the momal. On the other hand, alffiost incessant rain-fali in the North B engal districts resulted in severe floods,

1*2 Thus, while the State Government u//as fighting, the revages of flood in the North Bdngal districts, in Siouth Bengal districts the efforts were being m:ade to ccjmbat the sev'ere drought situation. However, the situation changed dramatically in Souith B ^ g a i from mid-August with continuous and torrential rain in the c.afcchnent areas and also for release of huge mass of water from D,\/, C,, barrages on frequent oceasiona resulting in the flooding of vast areas!. The extent of the calaraity can be gauged from the fact that a preliminiairy estimate made by the State Government revealod that atleast 85,68 lakh persons in 12 distrirts living in ^ah- c^rea of 15.27 thousand Sq„ were affected. The cro^ area affected i^; estimated at 6 ,0 2 lakh hectaire and the vrlua of the damaged crop is estimated at Rs,223 crores, Aboiutt '^6 lakh houses were completely or partially dsmagedj ln fact, all the sG3ct; _'s of the economy - Agriexilture, i Animal Husbandry, Cot^tage and Small Scal<6 Industries, Schools, Fisheries, I " ♦ ■ ' PHjblic Health etc, were severely affecfcecd. The State Government has estimated that * o u t Rs, 25D crores woul'd be required for restoration, repair and relief work. The State GoveK-nmieit has already spent/sanctioned ^ Rs,73,77 crores on account of re],lef and restoration work. Against the dGmand of Rs, 25o crores from the Cantira.l Government to combat the ravages of flood, the State. Government have rece.lyed uptil now Rs, 24,41 crores only. Thus, the Stage Goverrffnent was left witth n^ ot(her alternative bqt to make strenuous efforts^to mobilise not only aidditional resources but also to severely cut doWn non-essential expendItiure. Steps taken by the State Gout, ^ is expected to save at least Rs, 5q crores in non-plan expenditure in the ejurrent year. 11

1.3 In Duly 1987 tho Go)VBmm3nt of West Bengal have made a mid-tein appraisal of the 7th Five Year Plan for a factual assessmont of progress achievGd sc far in implorntjJnting tliG 7th Tiuo Year Plan. Some of the

sectors ware fo u n d to havo3^ registered spectacular result both in financial as well as in physical teirmsi A few sectors hoWGuer, marginally failed to reach the target for uarioDUs reasorls. Plan out—lay of 1987-&8 has been slightly augmented formceeting the pressing requirement of certain sectors* The State has token the pcolicy of reaching at least one spot source for drinking water to each unccovered village ujithin 1987-80,securing self— snployment in considerablte number for unemployed youths with tho help of newly floated schfcme ”Sellf-anployment Scheme for Registered Unemployed” and providing additional financial support to education sector td combat illiteracy. Special effor?ts are being mado for boosting all activities of the sectors which are not: strictly on their targets,

1.4 It is against thisj back ground of flood/drought and also the experience of the micUtemn appraisal the Annual Plan for the year 1988-89 has been formulated, A twuo pronged strategy has b^^en devised for the 1988-89 Annual Plan, UihiUe the ’ normal activity' of plan as set out in tho 7th five year plan dcncument w i n continue as far as possible, there has been certain shift im emphasis and reformulating of targets-^d poli cies so as to recoup, in the shortest possible time and in the‘most cost effective luay, the set-bjack to tho economy due to the floods. Thus the emphasis in the 1988-89 Annual Plan will be to maintain the usual growth rate and to recoup the Icosses in the flood effected areas. As a result, it was thought prUdent tco scale down some of the physical targets to a more realistic level folLlowing the set back due to flood, A case in point 'is thx3 food^grains produiction target; in 1986—87, foodgrains production was at a record level o P 96 , 22 lakh tonnes, however, due to the floods the

total fo o d grains production in 1987-88 might be significantly less. Thus, it might not be possiblee to attain the original 7th Plan target of 105 lakh tonnes at the end of thes 7th plan period. It may be necessary to revise the terminal 7th plan targett to a lower level. The 1988-89 annual target has however, been set at I0'1*w20 lakh tonnes. Oil seed production in the State

has consistently, in thee first two years of the 7th plan, surp assed the targeted production levfol. In 1986-87 oil seed production was 2,70 lakh tonnes against the targ^et of 2,6q lakh tonnes. In 1987-88 the ail seed production target has bseen s^’t a^ 3,Ci5 iLikh tomes but in vijEJJ of the

f l o o d s it may not be poissible for the State to achieve the target. In 1988-89 however, target; for oil seed production has been set at 3,10 lakh tonnes. In view of persistent crisis of edible oil the State will make every effort to reach tbhe target in oil seed (iroduction provided the

b(3hr>viou£ of nature rormains normal. i i i

1*5 Similarly, in other sectors like roa^s canci bridges, education, rural water supply and labour and timployment oujt-Xey and targets have been suitably revised not only to recoup the loesses due to flood but also to create a growth stimuli in tho economy,,

1,6 The mid-teim appraisal reveals that in sspite of the financial stringency, the State has continued to make significant progress in most of the sectors of economy. Over 1984-85 the grcou/th in SOP in 1985-86 has been about 4 per cent as per the preliminary esstimate made by the Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics. The growtHi of SDp in 1986—87 over 198 5-86 has been 3^ as per quick estimate (at 11970-71 constant prices)*

1*7 The basic plan approach as has been adoppted in the State of West Bengal during the 7th Five Year Plan consists oof "agriculture with redis- tributîve land reforms and industry with due' emnphasis on small scale units with the necessary support of certain crucial” ^^)other" industrial comple xes’*. In the rural sector, the strategy of conocentrating the resources of the State on small and marginal farmers and, bemeîciaries of land refoim measures continues, not only because this segmGmta of the rural popula tion are socially and economically wâk, but mo^re so because of the fact that yield per unit area of smaller farms is hiigher than that of the largt 2? land holdings. This policy, as is reflectod in the record of agriculture production, has paid handsome dividJend to the State, This basic strategy has been further buttressed by tbhe introduction of decen tralised planning, at tho district and at the bDlcck level, from the first year of the 7th Plan, The introduction of decemtralised planning has brought radical changes in the methodology of pjlan formulation and implGu. mentation in the State, The process of plan forrmulation on the basis of felfc-needs of the people at the block level hass meant that such plans embody the choice and perception of the local poopulace, Tioreover, the involvement of the local people through the Pamchayats in the project/ programme implementation has considerably imprdived the efficient utilisa tion of funds and also generation of employmentt. Besides, the introduction of district planning has ensured that maximum boenefits from the invested funds reach the deserving section of the poople^. This methodology of planning also ensures monitoring at the grass-rcoct and better so~ordination anong the different departments lessening therebby the duplication of efforts,

1*8 ■ These measures have been further supplem^erted by rogUlQr qu«rtorly tnorvi'torG from^-tha %svto Tho Chief Flani'Sttor tha ontiro q-jcrcdso pcriodiccaiy*

dal/ 1*9 . - Tho'^-"OffortG iri utilisation of scarce financial resources haV/e become all the mort^ noicessary now bac^iust^ of the large claim of plan resources by tho medium and large scale industries sector. The large and medium scale industry, whicih is the prime conc rn of the Central Goverrv- ment, was languishing anrJnu.as yet to rocov/er from the crippling recession of the last 60s, there beimg no possibility of the Central Gov&rnmont in investing in medium and large industries in the State, the State Govern^ ment, took upon'itself the irusponsibility of promoting medium and large scale industries in the State, For this the State Gowernmont have not only got to allocate higher resources for industries sector alone, but it is making large investment in poi^^er sector to ensure adequate power for revitalisation of the incljstry sector. The revieui of the main sectors of the economy is made belouiJ,

i.2 A G R I C U L T U R E j

^ .2 ,1 7th Plan witnessed a remarkablo growth in agricultural production in the State, The total figure for production of food grains reached a

new height at 96,22 lakh tontnes in 1986- 87 exceeding the previous record

of 92*56 lakh tonnes a c h i e v e d in 198 4-8 5 , This is t h e foufcth yeor in

succession that the lowel of' production o f food groins exceeded 91 lakhs

tonnes which can be comprredi with the highest figure of 82,82 lakh tonnes

recorded in 1980- 81 earlier. This is a demonstration of the resilence attained by the State as in none of these years’ weather condition Was favourable to agriculture in the State, -ftnong factors which cohtributed to the achievenent in agricu lture, land reforms, specially measures for redistribution of land among the landless played a significant role. Year by year account of the progress of agriculture during the 7th plan as shown in the table-I below also confirms the same concilusion,

t_ a_ b_ l_ e: ~ J. (in lakh Hec«/tonnes^ Achiuvem

Rice 5 0 .7 8 .< 7 9-. 90 8 4 ,6 3 , ('• 5 3 ,0 0 5 0 .8 0 8 2 . 0 0 (2. Wheat 3 . 0 5 ,7 .3 8 5 .0 0 6 .8 2 4 .0 0 0 . 0 0 K Pulses 4 .2 0 2 .6 3 4 .0 0 2 .7 0 4 .3 0 2 .7 0 (4. Other Cereal .9 7 1 .2 8 1 .1 7 1 .6 3 1 .2 0 2 .3 0

Js. Total foodgrains 5 9 . 0 2 _ 9 1 ,2 6 6 2.,90 9 6 . 2 2 6 0 . 3 0 9 5 , 0 0

Oil seed 3 . 7 1 2.3:3 •' 4 ,4 0 2 .7 0 5 .0 0 3 . 0 5 S'- Juce & Hesia 7 . 3 1 7 3 , 9 0 5‘.0 0 4 9 ,5 0 4 .0 0 3 .7 0 Potato 1 .3 0 2 7 .5 7 1 .7 1 3 5 ,2 7 1 .5 0 3 5 . 0 0 ) It will appear from ".h& above that in 190?~00 the target for food grains production has benn fixed at 95,00 lakh tonnes* The late arrival of mon- sooii compounded by the dovastatin /floods in two spells have forced the State to fix target be.loi-' the achievenent .Tevel of 1985-87*

1.2 .2 The State has schieved a break-*'.hrourh in the o:^.i neer- production. As against the target of 2,2u lakh -ionnes, in 1985-86, there has been an achievement of 2,33 lakli tonnes. In the yeir 1986-07 a target ^en set at 2,60 lakh tonnes and the ochiey&,iGnt was 2,70 lakh tonnes. It is expected that in 19B7-88 Oil Seed ProCuction in the State will rt-ach 3 lakh tonnes. Production-Q.f\potato in the State reached a record in 1C85-.S7, It reached 35.27 lakh tonnes agair.s- the target of 33 lakh tonnss. In 1987-80 however, the target hes been fixed at 34,(.:0 lakh tonnas and it is expected that the achievement uiij ^ excscd the target-

1.2.3 Jute production in 190 5-8C inoraased significantly as a result of

the high prices obtained by the farrners in 198 ^u85, so that acorage under jute increased fro.a 5,"S lakh Hac^ in H9a4~G5 to 7,3'i Ha in 198&-G6, 3ute production in 198 5-86 increased to 7 3 ,9o lakh bales fvqm 44^6 5 lakh bales in 198 4*-8 5, However, this prodijcticn uris disafetrcus for farmers as thoy .dTd"not receive remunerativ-'o p.TicGs and l;hfc result was shrinkage of area u.nd»3r Jute in '.’h'3 ar^a undc"” Juce in 1?rj5--87 nad fallen to 5,rJ0

lakh Haa and the production was 49 lal In. 1987—8B a modest target of 50 lakh bales has b3en sot^

1.3 '^_G_R_I_C_U_L_T_U_F._E: 1_M_P_lLT_S t

1*3,1 The primary-objective j f the Stiite has bt-en to provide crucial n on- lan d inputs to the tillers of the soil in right quantity and in right

time. In realising this objective tho i c a t e s e t up a State Seed Corporation

in 1980, Recently d'jring nidteim appraisal the iiiest Bengal Corr.prchonaive Area Development Corporation has been asked to entirely concentrate on quality seed production. The production of quality seeds has been signifi cant in the first three years of the 7th pl'in^ Apart from productipn, the Government also distributes seeds to farmett; ofton in form of minikits. The

production and distribution o f send.s are siSoWn in t^ole — 2 b e l o W ,' T A B L E - 2 f production and Distribut ion of Seeds ( ( t 198.5-86 i 1986-07 i 1987-88(Anticipated) ( I 1, Production of j I i seed \ -A, Cereal 6 ,c5 5,27 13,80 1 t B , Fu IsOip 3,044 0*0"' 0.67 1 i C, Oil Seed 0.3-^ 0,33 0.7 3 1 I D, 3ute 0.06 0,18 0,80 i Total 5,48 5,05 16,00 T ^ B L E ~ 2 (Contd.) ( ’ OOP tonnes^ Productiron and Distrt!ibution of Seeds ( 198 5-06 T 19LO-07 t 1907~0S (Anticipated) h 2. Distribution J o 1 ©d y ^ i A. Cereal 15.02 20.09 21.20 IB, Pul^iGs 0.90 0.72 1,11 J C. Oil Seeds o.04 1.11 1.14 J D. Dute 1.07 1.59 1.20 j[ I E, Total ______19,71 25.51______24.6 5______|

□uring the 7th Pl?n themajior projramme thrusts included Special Rice

Production Progrsmmo (5RPF)' in the oastt^rn region. This w o u ld m©sn that the coTibination of the folilouing (i) growth of irrigation would have to accGlerato substantially (ili) Tertiliser consumption/ha, must increase. This Would naturally call ffor determined efforts in liiest Bengal to mobili.se resources in real toi.ns, Tttie gap between the potential and actual yields in f^man variety is very high in wholo of the eastern region and particu larly in West Bengal. Henc?e, SRPP has been launched during the Seventh

Five Year Plan as a centra.lly s p o n s o r e d scheme for exploiting the poten tials of higher yields, Plfanning the water management, creating additionail irrigation facilities as ailso supplying input bags i .e . the minikits are apparent in the Goverr iiLnt; plan, Oovcr the years, the minikits which con tained improved seeds and mecessary doaes of NPK shows an increasing tren;d, T -A B L E; ^ 3 • #•••##«######« I ( Year/lMumber of minikits ( I T 198 5-06 \ 19B6-.Q7 t 1907-00(Anticipated^ i t j 1. General j I Progranme 11.55 lakh 14.02 lakh 13.00 l£j

As a result of this pro jrcsm'ne of distribution of minikits, the coverage of high yielding varietiss hcas been 100 pE^r cent in summer rice and wheat, 4Q per cent in Aus Paddy and 35 per cent in ^Vnan paddy, Rt^arkable coverage with im proved vrrieties h^as also been a c h ie v v d in potato, oil seeds, sjgar cane and vegetables, '

1 ,3 ,2 The production and] distribution of improved seeds have been supple mented by increased ferti.liser consumption in the State, In 19G5-06 total fertiliser consumption (NJPK) li'as 4.C9 lakh tonnes which in 1906—07 rose to 4,99 lakh tonnes. In 1907^’~0n the fertiliser consumption is liftely to reach 5,50 lakh tonnes. The eveer -increasing level of food~grains production may partly be explained by tttie increasing trend of fertiliseryconsunption in the State, 1. 4

1.4*1 The State has always considered iirrigatinn as on& of the tiiost im pomof a'.l the non-Ian'^ inputs. Only this input can mitigate and insulate the agriculture sector of tiiG State frcm the vagaries of nature. Particular stress has been given on mincDr irrigation which has the advan tage: of being holdinfj-npecific cost-eff(ectiuQ and efficient in terms of utilipation nf -.h^-^ pot' i,rcci'xd, Irr> the first two years of the 7 t h Fiut. Year Plan i .e . 198 5-05 and 1906-07,, 105,0 5 hectares of additional minor irrigation potential was created .in the £t:->tG, In 1907-00 a target of 04,44 thousand hc-cbare? of addition a I iminor irrigation target has been

set. I t is expected ':hat the State wi7l fully achieve the target. The year—wise break up l.i '•abyiaccd below, T A B IL E 4

Plinor irrigation Potential ______(Lakh Hectares)

■ Ground liiate: 0.45 o.60 0.55 t 2, lurfrcf htatfir 0,06 0,16 0.20 r j 3* T o t a 1 0.51 C.04 0.03

The above figurt^s do not totally/ re'lect the minor irrigation schemes executed unci 3r the programme as5 IROp, NREP and under the district plan schemes fund* 'ear-wise mint : irri.gat.lon potentials create:^ under these programmPis are given below, ^------^ ---- ^ 190 5-36 - 19,0 thousand hectares j 1906-07 -•;i7.5 -do- {

It is expected that in 1907-00 arounti -25 -thousar.d hectares will be brought under the minor irrigation potential under such programmes. Nor mally labour intensive and local resouirces based schemes like dugwell, tanks, jorbands etc, ara executed underr this progrcmmej.

The implementation of major and rnedi- 'ri irrigation schemes also play a crucial role in enhancing the irrigattion potential in the State, In the

7th Plan, in major and medium irrigation sector the emphasis has been on increasing the utilisation of the potential created by the minor irrigation schemes through modernisation and rennovation and in completing the ongoing schemes. The major constraints in this sector has been the reluctance of the Central Government in providing funds ®von for such internationally impor tant projects as the Teesta Project ante as such the State because of the lack of financial resources cannot evem provide funds for maximising the utilisation of finished projects. In tthe midterm appraisal in the chapter on requirP"nRnt of additional resources it has been p roposed that plan assistance to the project should be raiised by the Centre to at least vii;

Rs. 15,00 crores per rnnum. Houever, inspite of the inadequate resources, it has been possible to acthiovo an irrigation potential of 14.75 thousand hectartp in 1913?-06 f:rd 183,5q heLoP.rtis in 1906-07 through the implomentation of major and medium i-rrigation project?. It is expected that in

19G7<-Gn additional iri"l.jat:ion notcntial for 22,50 th o u sand hectares w ill bo crt;at'3d under this .S3cticr,

1.4.3 ct: ,si:!t;rabl3 c" tho State is flnod-pronc, so that apart from cr£otion of irrii;,ntio)n potential, it is nBcossary to provide flood protoctron to t .act!:s of land. In 1905-06 and 1906—07, sixty thou sand hoot arcs and s-. uer.ty thousand hectares of land uero respectively provided with f l o o d protection. In 1907-80, the target is to protect 80»00 thousan^-^ hoctares from thte flood rauages. It is m e n t io n e d in this connec tion that in 1987-0.'; s pant district plan schomes funpb has been utili sed for impl9nenting 'IooGj protection schones in the district of Halda and Hooghly, 1.5 L.ji_N_D R_E:_F_G_P_J'1_S 1,5,1 It is an estaoiish££^d fact that a progrfcssive land tenurial system is a crucial factor in inccreasing agricultural production. The crux of the

St it: ôvi^rriment’ s engicujlture p-licy hrs been to carry out thorough-going land rtifoDhS in the ..'fral arvas of the Stato with the objactive of provi ding land to ti i tillurs 'ar.d socuring tenurial security to the share croppers, 1,5,/. Tha fâ.ich'Â'ats ^ :v been actively involved in the implementation of Ian' rofonTis mensures in ithe State, The success of land reforms in the State is largely because of tnofse involvement of the rural poor through the panchayats in tho im plRTiGm tat ion of land reforms. Till 30,6,87 12,55 lakh acres of ceilinc; surplus .agricultural land have been vested in the State of which 11,12 lakh acres of ceiling surplus land have been taken possession of. Till that ptrlod i ,e , 30,^6.07, 0,IK lakh acres-of agricultural land havG been distributed among 17 .,26 lakh beneficiaries of >Jhich 6y42 lakh belong to the scheduled caste end 35*20 lakh lakh belong to the scheduled tribes. 1 .5 .3 Supplementing the; above measure, a major thrust has been in recoD«= ding the nanes of the shaare croppcre in tho village record of rights thus ! providing the tenurial seacurity to ^he share croppers. Till Dune 1907, 13,70 lakh share cropperss have recorded their nemes,

1 .5 .4 The Government hass, o f course boon aware that mere land reforms might not be enough if thne bcneficiarios are not p r o v id e d with crucial non- land inputs so as tc onabjle then to attain ojonor.iit- viability* The Govt, thus provides finanjial rrssistanco p a r t l y grant, partly as soft loans to the assignees of vested jland and sh a r e croppers* In 1905-06 and in 1906—37| mort than 1,6o lakh pcirstuns 'fiere provided assistance under this scheme sayji.i :yH

1.6 EUEAL I3EV E L 0PI,tEITT

1.6.1 There are cer-tain importaint and vital schemes for piDvid- ing different types of assistance to the irural poor. The rRDP provides a package of assisstance to the poor family 'to achieve economic viability#

The progress under IRDP in the year 1985-^86 and 1986-87 has been quite impressive. IncidentGlly, in 1986-8? the taigct of IRDP has been exceeded considerably. It is also expected to croiss the target number of beliefici- aries in 1987-88, The taiget and achievemient is tabulatoi below.

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? erformance under IRD7

1986-87 1987-88

Actual 2xpendi- Seneficiaries Anticipated Beneficiarios ture. (Rs.in lakhs) assisted. Expenditure targeted. (Rs.in lakhs) _____

1696.17 2,43,921 2353.00 2,39,674

1 .6 .2 . Similarly, under ^FiEP wh;ich creates employment through generation of rural assets, the progress ;in the first two years of fae 7th

Plan has been iiig^ressive. This ij shovrn Ibolow in the table )-'b. 6.

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1986-87 1987-88 ( anticipated ) Actual Employment -..Anticipated Employment Expendit^are generated expenditure generated■ Rs, in lakhs (lakh mondays) Rss. In laidis (lakh mandays) 1734*22 217461 1924.00 195.00

1.7 miMjj msBmim

1.7.1 In the rural sector, apar’t from agriculture the develop ment of Animal Husbandry arfi Fisheries prfovide not only employment hit also a more importantly subsidiary income). It is noteworthy that najo- rity of beneficiaries of these sectors boilong to Scheduled Caste and

Scheduled Tribe population. Erom plysic:al achievement point of vio/v this sector is fo’and to hove registered ai rising trend in the production of milk and eggs. Milk production increaised from 24 lakh tcnnes in 1985-86 to-'25.97 lakh tonnes in 1986-87. In 1 987’-^8 a target has beai fixed at X

27 lakli toiinos of milk. It is eixpected that the target w ill bo fully re.alis.jd* This increase in milLk production, is not only; because of better

avr^ilability of fodder, area uradcor which .increased from 6 lakh hectares ia 1914-85 to 6.50 lakh hectares In 1986-87, hut also because of conti nuous improvement• in cattle stojclk through the sustained prc^ramme of artificial insemination. The mumber of insemination performed mth-exer- tic 'cfjill semens increased from 5#.65 lakhs in 1985-^6 to 5*95 lanhs iA • 1986-87 and it is expected to fiUrther increase to 6.65 lakh in 1987-88#

1 •7 .2 . Production of eggs in the State registered significcoat

increase in the first two years umdcr 7th Plan. V/hile in 1984-85 the total number of og^s produced was 1 5K6 million, "in 1985-86, this had increased- to 1 656 million and then in 1 98(6—87 to 1923 million. In 1987-88 a taiget of 2000. million has bocn set whiidh is also oliaDst the target' of the ter

minal yc>ar of the 7th Plan. Thd.s: increase has been possible because.-of the State CT0vemment*3 endeavouir

_3iuiilarly the number of pcoultry broilar increased from 50 laliiis in 1984-05 to 65 laldis in 1986-Q7.* It is expccted to further increase to •70 laldis in 1987-88.

1 .8 . fflSHSRIES"

1 .8 .1 . The Ftate has ailimost achieved the break-through in fi±L eries sector. Pish producti.om in the State from non-land fisheries increased from 4 lakh tonnes in '1985-86 to 4.12 .lakh tonnes in 1986-87. In 1987-88 the State is expected t:o exceed the taiget of 4*20 lakh.tonnes of fish production. - This increatsa' was possible because of the concerted effort of the State in providing s^ubsidised markets and arranging for institutional loans on soft- termis to fish farmers. ■ I

•1.8*2# The licrease in fish production has been.possible due to the iollowing factors, (i) supp^ly of quality fish seedsj (ii) increased riumber of water bodies under piscicculture; (i i i ) bringing semi-derelict and hitherto unutilised water areas ■’onder pisciculture. In production of fish se.^ds the target for 1985- ^6w a s achieved and that for 1986-87 was exceeded. It is expected that in 1987-88 the taiget of fish seed pjOL.u<-t:*Dr, set at 7,C00 .liiLllion w.ill be lealised.

-1.8.3. In merine fish, tihe G-overnment has a programme of provi ding mechanised' boats io fisher-mien on subsidy and arrargii^ for institu tional finance. Uptil 1985-<36, 9^40 mochonised boats were provided to . fishor-men aftd in 1986-87 the numiber rose to 948. The Grovomment have a taiget of increasing the number 0)f such boots to 11 50 in 1987-88.- As a XJ. result of tlie ijicreaso in nochG,ni.GC;d boats, morinc fish production has - enormojsly incruasod from 40,000 toniics in 1985-86 to 58,01 thousand tonnes in 19G6-^37, It is expected to fxrtfcher incroasj to 60,000 tonnes in 1987- S8. The 7th Plan target is to rojach the production level to 80,000 tonnes in teninal year which is lilcely to be realised.

1.9. FOREST

1 .9 .1 . The State has laiidl great ,eiii>hasis on afforestation and restoration of the erstwhile forejstt; lend, which has been conpletely denuded over the years. Apart from this,, Ithere has been equal emphasis on streat planting (production forestry), rraiising of fuel-wood trees (rural elr wood plantation) in j/-illage wood lo t s . Achievement of the forest sector in 1986-87 and 1987-88 is tabulat;ed below s-

T a b 1 e - 7.

Achievement in the Forest Sector (Unit - Thousand Hectares)

1 986-87 1987-88 (anticipated)

I-Lem 1 ) Soil Conseivation area covered under forest. 3«146 4.986 2 ) Plai' + ation of ouick g: ;• 0'.'cLng sp ec 1 e s . 0.040 1.277 3) Ecoaomc. ^nd - Cormorc'’'.al PlcJi .':at ion, 1 . 231 1.200 4-) >?^ocial Forestry IO .IO 4 16.875 5) Rural Riel-Wood Plantation. 0.780 2.250

1.9-2. Apart from this., ilaige area which is covered under Social forestry imder such prograiame as HREP, RLEG-P etc. the Paachayats in West Bengal also have social ffoiTestry programme of their own. The most important achievement of thee (G-overnment in this sphere of activity has been the creation of av/arenesss among the p.eople specially, . t h e peo-ole belonging to the disadvantta^ged group about the importance of trees.

1 .10. POWER

1 ,1 0 .1 . Ta the power sfeotor -installed capacity- increased by 320 Wi in 1985-86. In 1986-87 nco additional capacity could be added due to the prolonged oloBure of ACC 'Vi.ckors Babcock Lirriited, It is e2Q>ected that in 1987-S8 there will bo an, aaddition of 210 WH of Power to the exis ting installed capacity. The getneiration of electricity in West Becgol has increased remarkably during thie fii'st tvro years of the 7th Plan rising Xll from 6750 MJ iii 1984-85 to 864^0 MJ in 1986-87. It is e:q)octed to further iiicre.ise to 12,500 M.U. Great^er attention is now bejug paid to croiismi- ssion and distribution system ;in the Sto.tG* The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation has also started \TOrking for creation of Southern Genoratir^ Units at Calcutta. In the ruTc-al sector 1350 villages were electrified in 1936-87 and expectedly 255Q villloges w ill be covered under rural electri fication prograume in 1987-88. Number of tube-wells eneig.ised were 13842 in 1986-87 and a target of 20,(000 has been fixed for 1987-88#

1.11. LARGE INDUSTRY

1 .1 1 .1 . In the Laige. Scale Industries sector the State Govora- ment has madu as already discuissed, special efforts to set up new growth oriented industries. Special imenbion is made of Haldia Petrochemical Complex which has sincc mature

Apart from promotir^ joint secttor projects, the Government has made con siderable progress in iii^iroving the industrial infrastructure in the

State. In 1985-66 three grov/tlh centr^-s v/ith all the requisite infras tructure wore set up. In 1 986—87 three more growth centres were almost complotod and it is oxpected tlhat another-three such growth centres v i z ,, 1 ) labgram Estate at Siliguii, 2) Uluberia Estate at Howrah and 3) Bishnupur Estate at Banlcura v/ill bo conpHeted in 1907-88. Such industrial estates have been planned in "v^eak indiustry'* and '*no industiy’’ districts.

1 .1 1 .2 . In the years 1987-88 and 1988-89, the 3rd and 4th year of the 7th Plan, the West Bengcal Industrial Development Corporation would conplv^'te setting up of a growthi centre at Badge Budge, covering 100 acr.js of land. Another grov/th centres is being set up at Parakka. The existing facilities in Haldia are being extended by expansion of the estate area by 200 acres and in Kalyani thie existing g“rowth centre is being essponded by 110 acr^iS,

T .1 1 ,3 . To encourage private investment in the medium and large ind’Jstry sector in the State, tfche Government has adopted a ComprehensiVG Incentive Sd^eme. In 1985-86 and in 1986-87 Rs, 7 crores and Rs.7.8a croros were respectively disb'jrsed as incentives. It is expected that in 1987-88 a fund of Rs.7.70 crores will be) dislxirsed on this account.

1.12, SMAIiL SHALE ETIUSTRIES

1 .1 2 .1 . In the Small Scale Industries sector, the State h'-.s X l l l

achieved a real brcak-cihro'ugli. In 19)85-86 and in 1986-87, 13471 end 14794 units were respectively set up»* In 1987-88, 15,000 units aro- Gxpvjcted to bo set up* Such ^onits ar’c being set up for optinum utilisa tion of the growth achieved in agricuilturo sector as well as the devo- lopin^nt of rural infrastructure. It may be nt;ntioned that the largo n-;j.ber of new small scale units whichi are being set up in each ox the districts in the State owes Hrach to t:he all round assistance provided by the Government in setting up small, scale units. Assistance consists of a p ckage programe of e:.:teriding Gubsidies, arraiTging of institutional finance, e.^isuring the supply of inpats and providing marketing facilities for the finished products^

1 .12*2. In.order to improve the quality of entrepreneurs for the small scale industry, the Crovermnent hac been organising an entreprenair- ship development scheme. In 1985-86 and 1986-87, 845 persons and 945 persons were respectively trained, Hn 1987-38 onother 1100 persons are expected to be trained for setting up small scale industrial units*

1.12.3. . To supplemmt the efforts of District Industries

Centre, a State Govemment agency - Small Industries Development Igency (SIDA) has beaa set up providing one window facilities and covering six districts of the State. Since the moLddle of 1983, till March 1987, SIDA has promoted 120 uniijs with project cost of Rs.26.40 crpres.

1 .1 2 .4 . The Government also operates a scheme to; facilitate the modernisation of smo.ll scale industrjLes. A large number of industries has already been covered under this progiraimne and five more lndusti*ies will be covered in 1986-37 anl 1987-88,.

1.12*5* The '^'est Bengal Small Scale Industrial Corporation (■JVBSSIC) supplies essential raw mateirials to SSI units and helps in mnrketir^ the products of SSI units. It also sets up industrial estates

for SSI units. In 1986-07, 29 numbeir of industrial estates were set up by the Corporation and in 1 987-88, 33 industrial estates w ill be sot up

by it. In all in 1986-87, 36 industr:ial estates wore set up; and in 1987* 88 it is expected that 40 h industri^al estates would be set up in the State for Small scale Industry,

1,12.6, The production in ihandloom industry in the State mixed with cotton and other fabrics increa;sed from 372,4 million metres in

1985-86 to 383 million meters in 198(6-87. It is expected to farther increase to 397 million meters in 19-07-88# This tremendous growth iji the hand loom sector is mainly due to the Government’ s policy of encour?^- ing the growth of viable co-operative societies and wiping cut non- viable co-operative societies doiiiinated by vested interest* The numb esc of effective co-operatives has increased from 1296 in 1984-85 to 1356 in XIV

in 1.985-T.6 to 1416 in 1986-67. This is likely to increase to 1 560 in

1987-88.

1.12*7* The Government has also taJken the initiative to provide yarn j: the co-operatives as the v/savers have difficulty in obtaining yarn irom the market. The supply of yarn has beei cong)!emoted by the

marketing of the handloom product of the co-operative societies through the Government agencies.

1.12.8. In Sericultura, assistance has been provided by the Governnient to maiginal farmers and also to vested land assignees* 'The assistance provided has included from supply of cuttings, provision of lands and access to improved rearing facilities at the collective rearing c(3itres. As a result of this measure, the production of raw silk increa sed from about 7 .00 lakh kgs. in 1984-85 'o 8,00 lakh Isgs. in 1986-87* In 1987-88, the production is likely to reach 8.96 lakh l^s. The proposal, for setting up of a Silk Marketing Corp>5ration in the necessity of rearer&, realars and silk producers is also aliDOst matured.

1.13. HEALTH

1 .1 3 .1 . In the case of Health Care a two progned strategy is being followed. While the efforts continue to be made to strengthen the traditional, institational health care services, special emphasis is placed on immunisation of children and extensive dissemination of .pre ventive health care moasuree specially among the poor section of the population.

1 .1 3 .2 . Health care in the State begins with effective control of population and family welfare programme. Over the last few years a

large number of persons have comef03?v/ard to accept different typos of population control measures. In 1986-87, 5,56,885 number of persons

accepted the various birth control measures. In 1987-88, (Upto Octobor) the number of acceptors is 2 ,9 2 ,7 9 7 . A laige number of acceptors of family welfare measures cannot be oxplo.ined merely by the mandatory in centive provided by the Government since there has been significantly large number of accepters of conventional birth control measures for which no mandatory incentive was provided. A reasonable explanation_ for popularisation of birth control measure in the State* could possi bly be spread of education, specially a.noig wjmjn^ jo-jiril ai/a:;er-ef.s of the people and leadership of Pa'nchayats. In fact a s>arvey ty a State Government agency conducted in 1984-85 concluded that the percentage of literates amoJ^ the accepters of family plannirg measures was 63 • 2 per cent among husband and 54.08 persons for wives. !Ihe demographic XV

impflct 01 the family plar?ning moasurGs in tho State is Gxcellont. Tho anniol population birth rate in Wast Borgal as has been projected by the census is 1,92 per cent which is below the national average, the national averfoge being 2,07 per cent.

1.13.3. the trr-ditional curative health care sector there has been significant increase in the number .of hospitals and also in the nunber of beds.- In 1985-86 and in 1 986-87 , 9 new hospitals have bea: added raising tot,-al. number of hospitals to 161, . In 1987-88. tlp?ee more hospitals are lik'el^^ to be set up. Ohe number' of beds in hos-. pitals have also increased considerably. In 1 985-86 and in 1936-87^- , 625 and 260 beds were respectively added. In 1987-88 rromber of beds is likely to fjrthc.r .increase bj,^ 290*

1 .13•4* A special effort has been made in the State to extend institutional health care facilities oven below block levels throus'h the expansion of Primary Health Sub-Centres-. The number of Prirnary Health 3ub-'?.>ntres has reached c’jm-'ilative figure of 8033 till the end of 1986-87 Plan Year. The target of 1987-88 is sot up at 500 such Sub-centres. Similarly, the nomber of Primary health Centres incro-ased from 115^ i^'"- 1985-86 to 1162 in 1986-87. It is vixpected to re-i.ch 1262 in 1987-88. Each of the Health Sub-Centres is provided with ser^/ices of one Health Worker. The main function of the Health- Worker is to provide information regarding jireventive health care and carryir^ on these activities v;ith the curative health system. In tliis way continuous effort = is being made to brirg the population of the State, specially the rural poor, under isodern medical, caore. r One ox the fundamental health care system is to supply clean drinking water to the rural poor. The State has taken measure to reach at least one spot source to each uncovered villqge. .In a survey in 1984-85 it was found that around 3500 villoges were uncovered by any clean drinking water source. When the 1987-88 plan year ends there will remain no village in the State uncovered.

tp/- X'Vl

The core bf the Gouurnment policy in the fidld of education is » to uiipa out illiteracy in the Statj as quickly as possible. Thus the stress has been on univJrsalisation of cilamantary education and prov/iding facilitids for Non—forrnal and Adult tducation. In elementary education the Stat^ has nc^-rly,attainud the oibjactiv/e with 96,02 per Ct^int of children in thj age grcup 6-10 years ( thj relevant age group for Qlurn-ntary ijducation ) having onrol.la^d in primary schools in 1985-86• In 1936-87, 95,44 per cent of the chil

1 .1 4 .2 This rum^rkable achiev-mcjnit in universal primary education programme has been possible because cf the extensive programme of the Govcjrnment for setting up elementar y schools so that at present 97 per cent of the villages in the State h.nve an elementary schools elthin a radius of 2 Kof'l, The Govt-irnment ha ve cl so given due considuration to the task of consolidating primary oducaition system by extension/renovation of primary school building and by incrieasing the number of teachers so as to reduce the pupll-teacher ratio* The mid-term appraisal reveals that in the p-'".3t tuo years of the 7th Five Year Plan nearly 2000 school build- inrs havw been extended/renovated. The panchayats have also comeforuard to accomplish the task of renovatioin and improvement by utilising N.R.El.P., R,L«El«GeP® and Qistrict Pl;.n Scheme fund on their oun accord, A scheme for providing mid-day meals to schoiol going children so as to improve their health and also to prevent drop-out is also being oporatod by the Governnient, Undor the mid-dGy meal programme, liiich is integral part of r'lf\ip Sector, 26 o5 lakh children luere covered in 1986-87, But compared to the project enrolfmjnt figure of 87 lakhs of children by the end of 1987—88, the achievement seems to bie of very high order, financial constraint m-y be attributed as a miain reason for such unsatisfactory level of achioven’*jnt under this proigramme , The rising figure of enrolment is also indicative of the) enormous demand for education in the rural ar^^as in the Str.te, a phencme:non which oujes much to the Stato Government's decision to make schoral education free and also to supply text books free of cost to the studlents,

1 .1 4 .3 ^JJit^1 the near universalisc'.tion of elementary education in the Str:te, junior high schools and secand-.ry school education has also increased phenomenonly in the States, The total enrolment in classes VI to VIII was 28.37 3,akh in 1985-86| this increased to 30.62 lakh in 1985-87, The targu,t of 1987-88 is to r'^ach the figur^j of 32.97 lakh of enrelmunt. In classes IX and X total enrolm-nt in 1985-86 and 1986-87 was 9,7'7 lakh and 10,62 lakh respoctively. It is likely to increaso to XVll

T c]i b 1 0 «»■ Nl > 8

Enrol rnont of d if forwent I uvjX of Gchaols (Unit in lakh) 1986-87 1987-88 (anticjpr.tad) Class I to U 84*00 85,38 ClassGS VI to VIII 30o6 2 32,97 Classos IX & X 1 0.6 2 11.55

1»14,4 The formal education system in the Stc.ta has boon supplumdntad by non-formal education. In 1985-85 total onrolmant in Non-Formal CIgssub was 5,31 lekh. In 1986-87 3000 n^uJ centres ujoro aponod and onrolmunt incr'^asad to 6,25 lakh. In 1987-88 the onrolmont is likoly to ruach 7,15 lakh*

1,14,5 Furthorj for thoso adults who did not havu the opportunity for oducation, 15,884 adult education cuntrcs uore oponed in tho State in 1985-86, In 1986-87, 19,500 cjntres warcj openi^d. It is expected that another 21,000 centres uill be opened in 1987-88, The total enrolment in adult education centres was 4,69 lakh in 1985-86, 5 ,7 7 ^ n 1986-87 and the target of 1987-88 is to bring another 5 lakh persons under this scheme*

1,15 Lxternally aided projects

1,15,1 Externally aided projects nou form an important part of the State PI an, The foll:;wing projects are now in operation in the State, 1) Calcutta Urban Qeuelopment Project-III boing implemented by Deprrtment ( iDA-cssistod ) 2) (i) Social Forestry Project ( 1987-IN ) . (ii) E.E.C assisted Forest Project (Soil Conservation in river catchm^jnt s) , (iii) Agro-Silviculture and Siluipisciculture Project. All the cbovo three project are opw-rf'ted by the Forest Department,

3) IPP-iv—operated by the Health & Family Welfare Department, 4) IjJorld Bank Tube-well - operated by Plinor Irrigation Department. 5) North Bengal Tarai (Dutch) — Operated by Oepartdient of Agriculture, 6) EEC assisted cyclone shelters - under implwmentntion by Relief & Social liielfare Department, 7) IFAD assisted Sunderban Dtevelopment Project - operated by Development & Planning Department, a) IDA assisted Fisheries Project - operated by Fisheries Depa.rtmunt,

9) Urban basic service (UWICl F) — operated by L ,G ,& U ,D , Department, Few more projects like Subaroarekha Project and Haldic Water Supply Project have not yet taken o ff, While the former is awaiting clearance from varirus authorities, the latter is un-der examination of the

Government of Ulest Bengal,

nag/-, ^V j_-La.

1«15„2 CUQp—III is a aplll-jd ou^r prc3jQct of thu 6th Plan and is likely to continu-i for thu ontira puriod of 7th Five \t>ar Plan* In 1985-86 £\ndl

1986-87, Rs* 20.34 croros and Rs^ 37 <-12 crnr^'S hcva respoctivJly baen spant. The anticipatod uxpunditurg of 1987-88 is Rs, 41*50 croras, Thu total 7th Plcn Outlay fui thj -^r-o'^'ct has boGn fixad at Rs, 151,28 crorus. Important schtsmos under this proj^jct arc Busta^ improv^imont covoring a population of 3,58,480, liiator Supply, Drainage and SuxiragQ , Solid liiastc nanagunwnt, Convorsion of Surviccii Lc.trine otc, Dotails of physical achidvjmsnt uill bo availablo in GI\l-3 staturiunt of Vol.II of the Plan proposals,

1*15,3 In tho forestry suet or, thu projects aru progressing v/ury successfully, ThJ total oxponditure of throo projects was Rs, 657,65 lakhs in 1985-86 and Rs, 657,42 lakhs in 1986-87, . In 1987-88, expi^ndituro has boon anticipated at the luuel of Rso 638, 0 0 / World Bank assistud Social Forostry Projuct is likuly to bo corriplotod in 1987-88, Tho physical achidvumont has bUiOn oxplainod in appropriate chaptor,

1 .1 5 .4 Tho main thrust of World Bank Tubo-Ubll Projoct boing implomwntcd: by the Minor Irrigation Eiup.artrTk.nt is sinking of tubo-uolls and construc tion of field channol in CAD arisa. Owing to tho World Bank Procuremont guidolini^s boing at vari^ncu with thu Stato Govt, procurement RulwS, tho projuct did not progruss satisfactorily. In 1985-86, against tho financial target of Rs, 12,47 crorus, tho oxpsndituro was Rs. 7.89 crorw^s. In 1986-87, against tho targi-ijttod uxpondituro of Rs* 14,86 crores only

,a sum of R3v 1.50 c::c_o . spunt _ Ip 1957-88, tho anticipctod

□ XpjnditurG is Rs, 15*50 cror«JSe If the World Bank stipulation is finally relaXvjd to match tho procuromunt Rulos of tho Stato Govornm«jnt, the targot is likuly to bo fully r c 3 a lis o d ,

1 .1 5 .5 Thu p>^rformanco in IFAD assistod Sundorban D.-;volopmunt Projoct both in physical as woll as In financial torms has boon oxcollent, Expondituro in this proji^ct uas Rs„ 7,73 croros in 1985-86 and Rs, 5o90 crorus in 1986-87, Tho anticipatod oxpondituro in 1987-88 is Rs* 6*42. croros, Tho projuct compriso s agriculture, forostry and fisheries Gchomus and it reachos benefit to a large section of Scheduled Caste population of the area.

Details of other sch^JmuS will be available in appropriate

chapters and Formats of Uol, I tind Vol. I I ,

2* PROPOSAL OF THHl STATE GDVLRr'jnENT pURING 1988-89

2.1 It is against this background that the State is entering into the 4th year of the 7th Fiva 'Vb3r Plan. Tho physicol targets for the year 1988-89 for different soctors have been set taking into consideration the performance in the diffcr.-;nt soctors in the first two years and a

nng/-. XIX hrjf of thu 7th Pl"n vis-n-vis tha targets sj t for ciach sector of the 7th pic.n as r. whole* It is ui::.rth ri-iitjrating that thu targets for the 7th Pli^n have bov slanific?’ntly influanced by thtu avoilfebility of financial rusourCtiS, '. Lie uhilu tho Str.tj would h-3VJ opted for higher physical targu't in dii , . nt suctors in the 7th Plan due to rising dum-^nd of the society, the r-s .urce crunch has forced it to scale doijjn the physical targv-ts. The Statw Gouwrnrnjnt will be undjx particul'"r strrdn for financial all^jcation unuor the cnnual pi n fur 1988-89 for power, industries, transport, irrig ti^:n ant' wat^jrways, education, metropolitan djuelcpfTtent and nutrition sectors. The State Gcuc;rnm<-;nit iwill b..- r^-iquirud to provide a large fund for Statu share undjr Bakreswar end Teesta canal falls and also for power generation of Qurgapur Project Ltd, Thu share of equity participation in the Haldia Pctro-Chemiccls ulll assume a large proportion* To encc'Urago self-employment of the educated youths, the State Gouernmunt have floated self-umplcyment scheme for registered unemployod youths ( SCSRU ) which will require margin munw-y of around fe* 10 crores. Replace ment of rolling stock and cars for tramways and replacoment of worn out end damaged corporaticn buses will call for a large investment in 1988-89# Committed expenditure undur CUDp—III for Tietropolitan □ovelopment and matching of ascistmcij from thi lAintr^ for the. construction of the Second Hooghly Bridgu hrvo tc be made during the year* Removal of illitoracy and upgradation of scopJ and standard of Secondary/ and Higher Education also requires huavy investr-ient during 1938-89 plan poriod. The State Government have taken a programme of creating additicjnal drinking water sources in each of the uncovored villages. This will require substantial enhancement of outlay for the rural water supply sector* The programme on nutrition through mid-day rriealo to school children and t.hu schemes of ICQS for the nursing mothers and growing children claim the increaso of financial burden by ajycral croiuo of rupees, Thoso are to be added to the require ment of miniftial growth of plan expenditure in othwT suctors* SECTICIM I I t SECT CRn L 5 l / A G rT c ULTURE & a l l i e d 5ER\iICE3 AGRICULTURE CR C P HUSBANriiY

^“ Intrp dj c t ipp |

1,1# The total geographical area of tho State of Ucst Bengal is 87.8 thousand sq.km* Nearly 6o% of this area is.unrtr cultivation as against 45;o of national average,, The ratio is alrcad'y very high uith the marginal encJ fringe areas brought under plough. Heneo further extension of cultivable area is neither possible nor advisable. The average size of holding is loss than one hectare and approximately 50?^ of tho holdings are less than 0 .5 ha* The small and marginal farmers control about 60^ of the cultivnblt^ land* In addition there is sizeable numb-^^r of share croppers having small holdings. Nearly 50^ of the State *s incomo and 50^ of employment potential come from griculture,

1«2 The population of West Bengal according to 1981 Census was 54.5 million. The projRctec' population is estimated to roach 66*40 millions in 1980-09* About 73% of the people uhc liv/e in villages are fully or partially dependent on agriculture, West Bengal is comparatively a small State which has to support about 8% of national population on about 2,8% of its culti vable lane' and as such this has always been an uphill task* The yearly re quirement of food (including about 8 lai^

t^Gtrospect and Prospect t

2*1 Production records of tho succossive plan periods show a pro-

grossivG trend of food production in the State*

5-year"^Annual ”TAnnual ''^'ercentage in- ' | Plan y average v average y crease at every y R e m a r k s period 6 area unc.tr v food pro- 5-Year leap* v food crops Y duction v y i: I (in lakh I ______1950-55 48*18 46*44 Base year* 1955-60 50*99 47*03 1*27

1950-65 54*63 56*29 19.68' * ProdJction of 1902-83 19 65-70 57.45 60.35 7*20 being ext.reme 19 7 0-7 5 62.7 5 7 3.74 22. 18 drc^ght y.ar uas excluded* 1975-80 63*43 80*24 8*80 19G0-35 60*75 03*17* 3*65 In 3 period of 34 years, the overall increase comes to about 79^

ui'ich is a commen-'abJ-C ?ichic-vornant.

2.2 About 53^ of tho total gGographical ereo being already under

plough, there is fxactica.lly. no scope for furthc'r are-a extension. The only/

strategy left ujith is to improv/c upon the productivity and cropping in tensity. Actions am alreac.'y af Cdt in that dir-ction which aro briefly discussed below ?

ye lo pment of ir.ri ciat ion fac i lit s i

Irrigation is a vital ifrastruc-i.ur:i for agriculture. Irrig a tio n and. di-cinago are co—related and inttr dependent. Proper development of irrigation and drainage alone will make the agriculture of the State less d'^pendont on the monsson anr! ensure the size of the years harvest accnrdimg to farmers expectation. Tin optimum ava ilability of water at required times prc'vid!! the be.sic condition for success of modern agricultural technology nnr' practices. Work relating tc proper water management in KhPrif and Rabi season need tc bo pursund vigorously for a break through in agriculture,

Th- major, medium anr' minor irrigation projects are y.t to adopt a scien t if ic water transmission system to make use of water more economic and effective. Impeded drainage in the low lying cropped area of the State is a chronic problem making the area less firoc’uctive arv! undependable for cu Iti v^’tion.

The area und;-T assured irrigation in this State is only of tlie grass crcppod aroa, while thur.. is potential capacity tc make it 50^ or evion moruo Jevolopment of irrigation and drainage system will only provide the right impetus to the ^aimers for putting the agriculture of the State on a firm footing and encourago the;m to take steps for better production,

b) Fe.rtiljser use :

In modern agriculture the contribution of fertiliser to boost up

productivity is vital. Balanced anc^ judicious application of fertiliser ensure healthy plant growth and better yield. It is happy to note that the farmers are gradually taking to fr,ore use cf fertilisorso The record shows that from an avorage consumption of about 33 thousand I'IoT p of fer tiliser during the period from 1961 to 1966, it jumped to about 5 laUh TuT- in 198&-B7 and the upward trend in fertilizer off*^ake is still continuing.

The rat it of NPK use is more or loss 3^7Sl, 4Jl which is consi dered to be moderately balanced when compored to the all India average.

Pesticio'c use S

With the inereaso of crepping intensity snd adoption of' multiple cropping the pest pressure on crops is considerably on the increase. The plant protection asp.ct i s , t her ef ore ,, ificrea singly getting importance.

The farmers are being trained to adopt intograt^;d pest management moasurcs for prevention, skip over or to subdue the pcist at appoarancc. This will not only save the crop and expenditure but also maintain a healthy ecolo gical bal-^.nee and avert environmuJntal pollution. However, judicious and H — O' ne^’d basGd usa of posticidc is also rL,'ComrrPndod. Tho consumption of .oosti— cida during 1985-B6 ^as 4500 tonnps (technical grade materials) and the consumption during 19G6-07 luas to the tune of 5100 tonnes (technical grarb matnrials)* The plr.nt protection organisation is being strengthened to impart offectiuo services.

Quality seed 5

The required variety and quality of thi: seed has alujays been an important matter to progressive farnner. After the introduction of high yielcH ing varieties, seed consciousness has now sproac! all over. This has gene rated demand for improved seed for all crops including vegetable. Breeders seed obtained from Government Rcsuarch Stations are multiplied in Govt, farms under the supervision of Seed Certification Agoncy and distributed among the farmers. Certified seeds are also procL'ced through registered growers by W«BeS»SoCo to meet the growing demand of the farmers* HYU/

Improved variety coverage is around 100^ in wheat, summer paddy and jute,

42^'in Aus poddy and 35^"^ in Aman [Xi drSy. Improved variety coverage is also very high in potato, sugarcanu, oilseeds and vegotables*

Improved seed' distribution uinder minikit programme has not only helped small and marginal farmers tn increase yield but also helped rapid spr -ad of quality seccis through sale or exchange among the farmers in ttic remote villages.

e) Storacp and preservation *

Conventional sttring and preservation expose the agricultural produce to various fungus and insect infestations causing loss to the tune of about 10^ tc food grains alone* The farmers are, thereforg, being given regular training on different aspects of post-harvest technology with a view to minimise such losses.

There are also various schermes for subsidised distribution of improved threshing and storing devices suitable to the small farmers.

f ) Ljcvolepment of Rainf ed A prlculture l

Irrigation coverago being around 35^ of the gross cropped area, the major portion of farming operation is dependent cn rainfcd agricul ture. ury lanc/rainfed farming is, therefore being given top most atten tion particularly in the western undulated terrain on mini watershed basis.

Extensive soil conservation works including erection of water harvesting structuTts, excavation of farm ponds etc. arc in progress. Scientific dry land farming and change in crop:Ing pattern is also being advocated through extension agencies. Schemes for subsidised distribution of improved seeds,

planting materials and appliances ;arL also b-dng made under minikit schemes for faster implementation of the pxejects in view.

In the special problem areas action is being taken to identify lo cation specific problems and find solutions through adaptive research and triaIs. A 4

9 ) Agricultural Pvesaarch not.ujark J

J ho State hns a cinpL:ndnblc A dcptivo '^oscarch Cgvorago . Th^rc aro

6 Zcnal Rosbarch Stations rnd 6 Cnnnmodity R(jscarch Stations in th^) six idontificjd agro-climatic rogions, Ifn ad'-'ition to this there arc 45 Adaptiuo

ResGarch Farms in 45 Sub-divisions. Scientists are- u/orking to find out lo cation specific recommGncStions and dev Icp suitablj and Gconomically viable

Cropping system in each such rcgioms and situations*

There are also IQ Soil Tasti:ng, 2 Fertiliser Testing and a Composite

Quality Control b^boratory to supponrt th- villarjc extension activiti^;s and the farming community of the StatLJ*

I I I . n ijd^torm appraisal

3*1 Agriculture in tiiost Bengal i,s still largely dependent on nature.

Kharif cultivation, the main agricu.ltura 1 Reason, is almost every year affected by ujciather aberrations, like fiood, drought and erratic buhavious of monsoon. As o result, total agricultural prodiction tends to be unstable and fluctuates from, year to year. During the first two years of the 7th

Plan weather condition u/a.s not at aUl favourable. During 1905-86, the: mon soon wan delayed by a ujoek and rainfail distribution was quite erratic.

Faddy plantatieii was delayed in most of the districts due to insufficient raj.nfall up to the first fortnight of August. liJide apread attach of rico hispjc. , moisture stress, cyclonic strrom adversely affected agricultural ope rations. The weather during the ycnr.' 190&-87 was also not favourable, K'horlf season witnessed a ll sorts of natura-1 calamities like delay of monsoon by a f or t night, sever o moisture stress dujring August, unusual heavy rains during latter part of September and cyclonic weather during November. The current year 1987—88 also has sc far not beem favourable for agriculture and the situation has been discussed in dctaiil hereinafter.

The State Government with th:.. help of its extension machinery and close cooperation of the farmers took all possible steps to achieve sta bility in the production of foodgrains inspit., of wcathar aberrations cjuring th.. first two y^jars of the 7th Plan, Total foodgrains prodjctions were

91*2 6 lakh tonnes and 95.90 lakh t onines resP'-ctively, ijuring 1986-07 record production of foodgrains was mainly due te highest ever summer paddy pro duction, The prorXictivity cf this suimmer paddy was 3030 Kg. per Ha.

(clean rica) , also an all“time recor d. Gut there still remains a challx::ntjp to increase the productivity of Khar;if Rice against the erratic behavious of mensoo.n. Absence of supplementary irrigation for Kharif inhibits the attainment of the desired level of pn?oduetivity., State Agriculture Depart ment feels that no-significant chang^e in thf- production of rice can be brougW about unless ther - i s rraJ break t.hreiigh in the Kharif rice .pro due bi

Kfc'eping this in view, the State Agri.. Qeptt. proposes to distributo quality seeds of paddy at subsidised rate fr(cm 1900—89* Production of wheat also is showing a declining trend. This wa.s mainly due to replacemant of uihPat areas by other remunerative crops lik e oilsoeds and summer paddy with the extension of irrigation facilities. A - D Thorc arc also shortfall in the production of pulses| the moin

rcaons being nonauailability of quality soods and diversion of areas to more ronumcratiuc crops like oilsOods, potato and summor paddy with the ox^- tmsion of irrigation facilitioso Progress in tho production of oilseeds and potato is satisfadtoryj but jute cultivation has been causing anxiety for the State Govt, for some time past. Bumper production of 73*89 lakh ^ bales in 1985-86 had its disasterous offoct on prico realised by the fnrmr^rs and also on the State cconomyo 198&-87 the production uont down to 49.50 lakh balos. The State Cover r me nt is trying to maintain juto produc tion around 50 lakh bales, strategy adopted being reduced acreage and higiiei. productivity,

3.3 The progress under soil conservation work has been satisfactory o.nd the State Govt, has b^j n able to achieve the targets in the first two yjcj. The progress of consumption of fertiliser can also bo said to be satis factory. The State Govt, is aware of the shortcomings in tho production and distribution of improved seeds and will try to improve its porformancot For c!rylan4/rainfod farming, the State Govt, is providing more funds for the next yoar so as to improve performance under this item. 3.4 Financial achiovomcnt during the first two years of tho 7th Plan is more or loss satisfactory. As against the approved Plan outlay of r;s.23#75 crores and Rs.27.23 crorcs, actual expenditure was to the extent of l;s»22.93 anr' C3.25.07 croros r^-’spootively. Shortfall in 1986-87 uas mainly-duo to very low expenditure unrjer tho land development component of the Centrally spon~ sored scheme fcr small and marginal farmers. During tho discussions with tho Working Group of the. Planning Commission held on 29.12#86, the reprason'^ tativos of the State Gnvto explained the constraints in implementing th^sc components and requested the Working Group to insist on the Agriculture ninistry to revise the norms of assistance under the schemes so as to enable the Stato Government to take full advantage of the scheme. Since tho norm3 have not been revised, the progress of expenditure during the current year also will be far less and the State Govt, is proposing a very small amount for tho Annual PJ£in, 1988-09. Situation in 1987-08 5 4.1 I^onsoon started as a weak current in t-he month of June in the Southei'n pr.rts of the State, While the Gangctic districts of West Bengal registered a deficit of 35^ in 3uno from normal, rainfall in 3uly was more or less normal excepting a few districts. But all gf the 5 districts of North Bengal recorded excess rainfall. Due to heavy rainfall since Duly 24 > Malda and West -inajpur districts came under the grip of flood. Situation uPs however aggra.'vated since all the rivers flowing through tho districts were also in spate. Tho continuous heavy rainfall throughout August and high level oP water in the rivers made the progress of recession of flood water v/ory slri.c ' As a result vast areas of cultivated land remained submerged for moro tlian

3 wcrjks. The most seriously affected districts were West Dinajpur, Raida, Cooch Bshar , O^lpaiguri, Siliguri Sub-division, Darjeeling and Murshidabad* . A - 6

4,2 After thP dry spjll till 18th August uhcn tho rainfall in tho Gcngotic Wust Bonoal uas less than 50^, some psrts of this area cxpcriuncod continuous hcav/y rainfall varying from moderate to hoavy. As a result, low lying aruas in tho districts of Tiurshidabad, Nadia, Burdwan, Birbhum, Hooghly, Hidnaporo, Howrah and 24-Parganas(w) ucrci inunested* Roloaso of ujBtur through tha riuCTs in tho major riwers ualloy projocts to the rivers , nlre

4*3 As a result of heavy flooding mentioned above standing 3uto, Aus P^ddy and An>an Paddy crops ii^re badly affected* Host of HYV Aus Paddy uhich were in maturing/flowering sttage and suffered from excess moisture resulting in sprouting of matured grains in thu car heads and suffered total damngo in thu inundated areas* Aman Paddy recently transplanted had boon completwly da-magcd duo to prolonged submergence in low lying aroas. Kharif vegetables and pulses’ suffered total damage, Juto stocks kept in tanks wore washed away by u^ter current and q u d ity of fibres deterftated considorably in the stancJing crop du>. to prolonge3d submerge nee. About 1,12,330 hectares of Aus Paddy have boon damaged agaimst the estimated coverage of about 7*00 lakh hfjctarcs. 3utc crop suffered to the axtent of 39 ,646 hectares against the Jstima.tcd coverage of around 4,00 lakhs hectares. About 38,37 lakhs hectares have been covered under Aman Paddy of which about 2,29 lakhs hectares have bi.un partially damaged. About 2,33 Inkhs hectares have, however, suffered

lI.v.l.'I-;jD *cu fiuoJ whOTu furthur transplantation was not possible. With the adoption of improved package of practices, particularly applica tion. of booster dose of nitr o genous fe r tilis e r , it is expected that the State should able to-maintain the last year’s level of production of Aman Padcy i * e ,, 57 lakh tonnes in terms of clean rice. About 5 to 6 lakh tonne's of loss in production of Kharif Rice is apprehended because of the damage causer' by floods*

4,4 Target of Kharif Productio.. Ji^forent crops and anticipated achiovemenfcs during 1907-80 S______

^ Y ar got of ~ AnticiFetcd ^ Pro.uLJction . Achievements (Figures in *000 tonnes!) 1* 3ute 5,003.00 bales 3,700.00 bales 2. Aus Paddy 750*00 600.00 3. Aman Paddy 6,250*00 5,700*00 4* Other Cereals 140.00 140,00 - 5. Pulses 30.00 20.00 e. Oilseeds ’ 6.50 _ _ 6-.SO

Action Programme for R^^bi 1987—00 t

5.1 To compensate, the loss sustaine;d during Kharif season, a massive Rafai production programme has be.n cJrauin up in the State taking into consideration the adequate availability of ixrigation w^ter from different sources. All possible stops will be taken to increase the production of Wheat, Boro Paddiy, Lilsecds, J^lsOs, Ucgetables amd Potato* ^5*2 Action Procrommv-' S

(^') ^Vvni^lability, of I nputs S

(a) Seeds J nrranQumcnts for supjpJIy. tho follDiiiing quantity of different rlEbi soods hr.vc boon me. :.'o durinuj R?.bi, 1987—U8 through thn West

Bcnrnl Steto Sood Cor por^'^’-tion e nd oth- r I nstilutional Agoncics 8-

1) P'luctard .3*390 QunitaJ.s

2) Uhoat 7 0 ,0 0

3) ''Boro ■Paddy-- ■ ■ ■ ■ 50 ,•^000 ■ ■■ ” • , ...... •-

4 ) Gram 2 ,1000,, ' ”

5 ) f^oong 2 ,0 0 0

6) T i l (50 3?.mum) 500 ” 7 ) Groundnut 6 ,,000 ” ' ' f ^ b) F crtilisQ r i Supply plan for Rabi 1907~B0 has alro^'dy been made by Government of India for making available the follouing quantity of fertilisers (in terms of nutrients) 5

N - 2 ,05„000 ,H/tonn3s i -'

P - 03 „0p0 i

K , - 55^000, .

Total t 3,43.,000 nAonncs. .

c) Pesticides 8 Thorn will be nco dearth, in supply of pesticid^/S required for the r~bi production prograrmm-' as supply of pesticides are made through more thian 7 ,000 sale points ■ opcirating in the State.

Actual position regarding supply of So.„ds, F ertilisors and P-sti- cidus will be closely monitored every mionth by holding review meeting with the Suppliers/rianufacturers at the Static Lovel as well as at D istrict Level*

g bi Pr odue t i on St ratc oy i

nore thrust on the cultivation erf nustard, wheat and boro paddy w ill

be given to ma,xifnise the production anc 1 productivity by adopting scientific method of cultivatio n, proper and judicious use of irrig atio n water from all

available resqurc; s. It is expected that acloquatii quantity of irrigation

wat r will be .available from a ll the tlaree major Irrigation Projects and ala.o fi'th)0 .lar ge number of minor irirlgati',m Insta IJ.nt ions«

FarrnurQ tiil 11 be motivated const antly through the net work of Ti & V

system to adcp't the following S

a) Use of ccrtifiw d quality see r's^. cf recunnBJndod variety

b) Cbscrve optimum time of sowi.ng

c) Ensure good stand establishmicnt

d) b'sc of irrigation water at t:hc critical stages of growth of the crcp.

a) Use of mostly shprt-duratiort varieties of paddy for raiising boro Paddy#

Extension support 8 y

To help the affected small and mar cdnal farmers of the districts’,

large numb-r of minikits of diff^-Xunt rabi crops is proposed to be distri

buted c'uring rabi/summar eason by uti2isa’'g .-he fund provided in the State A « bULlrjot nnd from tho funds foT agricultural reconstruction ujork to bo pro—

vic’nd by the: CentDal Govurnmiont in flood affected aruas*

A nticipitcr; achicuumc nt s for 19G7-08 an:' tnrgots for 190B-09 arc

giui^n horoundiir* .

UI* Physical t''’rg--t f or 19GC-89 and anticipntod GchiovJmunt

^ r o a ’ in ‘000 h'-ictaros under principal crops Namo of th- Crop. ^Oo.so y^ar 1984—05 (^chi-vcm-wnts ^chicuGme-nts ^nticipr.-^ Target (( Ac h io u G m nt s ) ( 198 5-8 6 ( 198&-07 (ted Achi-( *80-09 ( ( ( (oyements( ( ( ( 19(37-00 L _

(i) Pv i c 0

(a) Aus 6 3 1.30 403.12 63 7.35 600.00 7 0 0 .0 0

(b) ^man 409 5.4 2 4 0 0 3 .2 8 4 0 59 . 21 3080.00 4 1 00.0 0

Total Rice S 5190.4G 5070.73 5375.92 5080.00 5350.00

(ii) Cth-r Coroals 105.02 9 7 .0 0 117.22 120.00 12 0.00

(iii) iii ha at 335.92 30 5.10 397.00 400.00 4 00.00

(iv) PuIsc s 377.70 42 4.30 400.00 430.00 4 3 0 .0 0

Total F c or'grainsS 6017.12 5905.93 62 9 0.1 4 60 30 . 00 6300.00

(v) OilsoDds 309.30 371. 60 440.00 500.00 500*00

(vi) Duto & Resta .5 63,0 1 73 0.70 532.52 400.00 40 0.00

(vii) Potato 1 4 0 ,CO 130.40 171.00 150.00 150.00

(v iii)S u gprcano 13. 30 : 12.90 12.47 16. 50 17 *00

- ■ ■ ■ ■ Pr(M:Juction 51 n *000 tonnus of Jprincipal crojDs,

(i) FI i c D

(a) Aus 660, 62 540, 62 7 1 0 .1 0 600.00 7 50.00

(b) ^man 6161.94 6023.15 56 94.1 5 5700.00 62 50.00

Total Ricn t 0 0 9 2 .5 1 79 90.9 5 • 8463.02 oFo'o.bb' 0700.0 0

(i.l) Otfiur Ccroals 130. 53 120.95 2 6 3 ,3 6 230.00 2 3 0 .0 0

< i U ) Wheat 81 2.20 730.70 602.63 OOO.OO 7 0 0 . 0 0

(it^) Pu Isos 221. 39 2 67 . 90 2l3.p 0 270.00^ .2 7 0 .0 0

Tot al F oot'grQinsS 92 56. 63 912 6. 50 9 62 2.01 9500.00 9900.00

M Oilseeds 236.20 23 3.00 2 7 0 .0 0 30 5.00 310.00 (vi) 3uto & Hcsta (*000 b-lcs) 44 6 4.0 1 7309.03 4950.00 3700.00 5000.00

(vii) Potato 3135.20 27 56.60 3527 . 00 3500.00 350,0 . 00

(v iii) Sugarcanc 769.93 012.10 7 5 7 .0 0 1100.00 1200.00

(^rLTppG^Arpa,__C^ . _ _ ■ Itom ^Easo year ^chiovomonits ^-^chio vomejnts C A nti. A chio vomo nt s Ttar get (1904-05 ( 19 0 5-0 6 ( 190 1907~0 6-07 ( 0 _____JL,193G-P9, I.._ (a) Net iSOO 5500 550G 5500 5500

(b) Gross 7000 7000 7000 7900 QOOO Area under High Yirldin g U-^Tiety ( ’000 hectare s)

Name of (Base y ; r (A c hi e ve me nt s e hi euem e n;t s ^ nti .A chie veme nts C Target Crop...... (1904-8 5 1 . 19 05-0 6 ( 19 0G-G7 1907-80 ( 1930-89 l) Rice (a) Aus 220.90 1 0 3 .OC 2 54,001 2 52 . 00 315.00

(b) A man 1228.52 130 6.00 1311 .OD 1148,00 1535*00

Tctal Rico : 1920.50 20 01 .0 0 2 2 4 4 ,0 0 2 0 00.0 0 2450.00

2) Wheat 335.92 30 5.10 3 9 7 .OG 400.00 430.00

3) Mp.izG 34 .4 4 36.00 4 0 .0 0 42 .0 0 45.00

The Ter got of crop prorliction in *000 tonnos for the ycsr 1908-09 ______

i) R i c e •• 8 7 0 0 ,0 0

i i ) Wheat •• 7 0 0 ,0 0

iii) Other Colreals 2 3 0 .0 0

iu) Pulses 2 7 0 .0 0

T ot a 1 r CO dgr ai ns J t 9 9 0 0 .0 0

v) Oilseeds 310.00

vi) Oute & Husta (fggn ^-]es) .. 5000 . 00

vii) Sugarcane •. 12 00 .GO

v iii) Potato . . 3 5 0 0 .0 0

Consumption of fortilis^ers in *00c tons 2 ^ 7 V * ^7 VK ^ Namo ^asc year (8chiavemcnts / ^chiovorm^-ntsl ^ ntiAchic vcmont / TarQcts ! 1904-0 5 ( 198 5-0 6 C X9 06-07 ( 1987-80 C 1900~C9

(N) 2 4 6 .2 2 5 6 .0 2 304.02 320.00 350*00

(II) Phos'pha- to (P ) 91 .9 9 2 .3 2 1 1 3 .0 3 140,00 145.00

( h i ) Potassic (K) 67 .6 5 9 .6 1 0 1 ,3 7 90.00 10 5.00

40 5.7 4 0 8 .7 5 4 9 9 .2 2 550 . 00 600.00

ConaumDtion of Desticidos in *pOG tons technical oradcs materials__s_, _ .

Base year/ Achiovomcnts / Achieuofncnts / Anticipntcd Achievement / Targets 1904 ^ 190 5-06 I 190 6-07 ^ 1907-00 ^ 19G0-09

3,94 4.5 5,10 4.50 5.62

Apea under distribution of 'fertilisers and pesticides in ’OOQ ha. Base ycaK^Achievements X Mchieyement s CXntici peted ^'c'hTeucmonts ( Targets 1904-8 5 ( 1905-06 ( 190 6-07____{______l907r-00.______( 1900-09.

(a) Fgrti- li sor s 4000 4100 4100 4500 50C0

(b) Pesti cide 37 40 2 57 6 2 9 52 2 7 30 3410 T:^rr;ot of fortilisor 3nc_' p.;sticirl s ccinsuption nnd r.rcjc unri.:r diGtribution r'uing 1900—09 __

(l) Total fertilisers soncumrH:iop. tons) • • 6GG.0Q

(i l ) Pjsticidos(T;:3chniccl grad-^.' fnaturi iis in(*OuQ tons) •• 5*62 (ill) Arua t;; bo ccv-rod undv--r (''^PC ha)

a) Fertilisers • • • •» 50uQ*00 b) Pcsticides •. 3410*0n

hviip cnubrad under Soil Cfcnservntion mctho.'(Cumulative ^000 hec*)

Bnsc yenr"""*! ^hieuenient s /^chieuomients'nf Ant • Achievem nt C Tarrjots 19G4-05 ^ 19G5-G6 ^ 190 6-07 ^ 1937-80 ^ 1900-09

170.54 179.3G 10 6.51 19 6.51 207.51

5• Pr o or cm mo of t ho C ot t o go I: Smg 1 1 S c a_le I n dustries Qo ptt.

-^-9P- P PJ^gJ-oPJnffRt, j c horng •

Under Sjctor, the propCTsnd outlay for 1900—09 is I^s. 14.95 lakbs .

in pl'ce of Rs.5.70 lakhs as in 1907-G.G, The objoctiuo is to (i) strengthen the 24 Brood Lp.c Farms under the StatiO Pla?n component including 0 PAP Farms fo.’

-enabling wider cover^rc of SoT. Beneficiaries and (ii) Support the Training and I'’iarketing activities, associating the Lac Cooperatives functioning in

the districts of Purulia, Bankura and f'ltur shic.&ba: !o bout 4000 Rural benefia—

ciaries, mostly belonging to S,ToCommun iti-js, will be covered under the Lac—

Farming and Processing Schemes.

7 . Prooramme of the Public Unc'er~takino Deptt.

7-1 liJest Bennal A nr o-Industrios Corporation Ltd.

The Company has undertaken a programme for setting up of a No. of agro-ba-sed industries including, inter nli^., a fruit processing plant at tialdah, a factory for ossenTbling pump-scts arid other agricultural implements at T r r a t a l l a C a l c u t t a , Rural Repair liiiorkshops, in ptiasos, cJuring tfx:; ?hh

Plan period.

An outlay of Rs. 50.00 l^khs has been allocat.. r' for the programme of

i'h'..' Co. for th-. entire 7th Plan perio'.', i.e . 1905—90. A sum of ."3. 10#-0lakhs was spent from the State Plan Oudget' fo r the programme in each of first r.wo

years of the 7th Plan* During 1907—00, n token provision of us. 1»00 laK'hs only is mar'e for the progrnmmci. /ik • ^ i JL

® ^ Ppp 2

The Sta te_ La nd_ Use^. Board

8.1 The State Government has set up the State Land Use Board to study different factors relating to land use, soil and water conservation and flood control and to advise the Government in the matter of land use planning to ensure optimum conservation of soil, fertility and moisture, reduction of flood hazards and sustainable utilisation of natural resources like forest and grazing land etc. The Board functions as a co-ordinating agency between various relevant Department,

Government of India have sanctioned Rs*3,75 lakhs during

1987-»88 unc»er Central Sector Scheme for strengthening State

Land Use Board, The State Government has also furnished a

Scheme to Government .of India worth Rs.5.75 lakhs during the current year in this connect!O'n.

The Board has undertaken two important studies during the year 1987-88 (l) Study on optimisation of land use entrus ted to the Centre for studies on iVBnpower and Environment and

(2) Study on Wet Land Ivlanageraent by the Directorate of Wetland iVfenagement, A - 12

m s B ^ D R Y

Goveinment of West Bengal are concerned with implementati|» of different programme uider iinimal Husbandry and Daiiy DevelopJ- Sector* Execution of various projects to ensure proper Ve|giâr^ health Care of livestock popjiiLation of the State, is incltaded yii%i There are three Directorates viz. (i) the Etirectorate of Animal' Hiasbandry, (i i ) the Directorate of Veterinary Service*^ -and (H i ), the Directorate of Dairy Developmont mder the Anlmni r.oscur Deyel<îtt0nt BefpartiiEnt w M c h are conceined with execution of Various schemes inder the respective programmes. Operation Elood Programmes are also being implemented in the State through the Project C ^l mder the administrative control of this Dârtmoit. m addition to the a^^ve, there are two coiporations viz, (i) We$ Bengal livestock Processing Developmeait Corporation and (ii) West Bengal Dairy and Poultry Developmait Corporation mder the adiidi4 trative odntroX of tbls Departmait, These Goiporations are also i engaged in developmental works mdcr Animal Husbandry Sector with assistance from Central/State Govemmaits as w ^ l from abroad and also from World Bank, The State Government are to invest towards purchase of share capital of these coiôrations. In addition to the share capital, fmds are also provided to the Gorporationsv as loans/grants-in-aid for ln5)lQ:nGntation of sane developmoital projects.

On the basis of the objectives, the schemes of this Departmait mder different sectors may bo broadly divided as follows : -

I. Anim,-^ Husbandry Sector ; a) Schemes for dervelopmoit o f necessary infrastructure which Includes establishmoit of A .I. Centres, State Poultry Jtois.' Fodder Farms, Dairy Demonstration Farms, Cattle m d PoiiLtry Feed Plants, Training Institutes for in5>arting training in Animal Husbandry Practice etc. nnd the schemes for providing nocGssary marketing and distribution facilities of livestock products, Uidei veterinary health coverage programme, for proper heolth cover of the livestock popvaation, different types of Veterinary Ihits like Ambulatoiy Clinic Vans, VeterinaiT Aid Centres, DLspcnsaries, Hospitals, laLsoase Investigation Laboratories, Research Laboratczli Ihits to prevent out-broak of infectious diseases among the IAv g ^ stock etc, are sot mder the Veterinary Services Programmes of this Departmeait,

contd,,,, 7 T ^ 1 2

OTSBMDRY

Govemment of West Bengal are concerned with implement of different programme -und-er Animal Husbandry and Dairy Develo Sector* Execution of various projects to ensiire proper health care of livestock piopjiXLation of the State, is included | There are three Directoraties viz. (i) the lUrectorate of ^imaJ Hiosbandry, (ii) the Directorate of Veterinary Service*"-and -- (iii). the 3U recto rate of Dairy Development m der the Animal iiosoi DeTel<^m«it BepartnEnt whiclh are concerned with execution o f variius schemes m der the respective prog-ranimes. Operation 51oo Programmes are also being Implemented in the State through the Project G ^l mder the adniLnistrative control of this D^artmaa In addition to the above, there are two corporations viz. (i) W Bengal Livestock Processing; Development Coiporation and (ii) We; Bengal Dairy and Poultry Development Coiporation inder the admii trative control of this Departmoit. These Corporations are also engaged in developmaital works under Animal Husbandry Sector wi assistance from Central/State: Govemmaits as well from abroad ai also from World Bank. The State Government are to invest towards purchase of share capital of those coiporations. In addition to the share capital, funds are also provided to the Corporation as loans/grants-in-aid for implementation of some developmoitol ! projects, |:

the, l2asis of the objectives, the schemes o f this I Departmoit under different sectors may be broadly divided as | follows :- I

1 . Animal Husbandi*y Sector s | a) Schemes for developmoit of necessary infrastructure wMch includes establishmait o f A.I., Centres, State Poultry Fams Fodder Farms, Dairy Demonstration Farms, Cattle and PoiiLtry Feed Plants, Training Institutes for in5)arting training in Animal 1 Husbandry Practice etc. and the schemes for providing necessa.ry 1 marketing and distribution facilities of Livestock products. liidel veterinary health coverage prograimne, for proper heol.th cover o f i the livestock popiXLatLon, different types of Veterinary liiits lik| Ambtaatory Clinic Vans, Veterinary Aid Centres, Dispensaries, \ Hospitals, Disease Investigation Laboratories, Research Laboratori Ihits to prevent out-break of infectious diseases among the Livoi | stocjk etc, are set rp mder the Veter^jiary Services Programmes off this Department. ?

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/b) fflioncial Assistance to the farmers 'belonging to S ,C ., S,T. and other ‘bacl^Ward classes living below the poverty line, Ihder Animal Hus’b^Jidiy Prograiriniesj there are Schemes to provide f ^ a n c i a l assistance to the poor farmers coirang m d er the pijrvlevj of different heneficiary oritarited programme like IRDP, EPAP, SGP, TSP, SLOP etCo for creating additional sources of income for the farmers interested in Animal H-usbajidry practice,^ Ihder ATilm^.al Husbandry Sector, there is a scheme for resettlement of city kept animals for removal of 10,000 milch Cattles and k-^OOG followers from the Metropolitan area of Calcutta and Howrah and their resettlemoit in four satelUte M l k Colonies at (a) G-angaJiagar (b) Bast Calcutta (c) Garden Reach and (d) Howrah, construction of the Milk Colony at Ganganagar has already been completed and resettlement of cattle for this Milk Colony has been started. Constructions of other three Milk Colonies are in progress.

Special Component Plan and Tribal Sub>»Plan ; Ihder Animal Husbandry Sector, both infrastructure develop- mc3ital and beneficiary orientied AnimaJ. Husbandry Schemes w ill be taken for implementation during the Seventh Five Year Plan.

I I . Dairy DeveloTpment Sector - There are schemes to provide hygienic Milk to the people living in the city and suburb of the state through establishment of liquid milk plants and creation of necessa.ry net work for d5.s- tribution of the Drocessed milk. At present there are six Dairy Plants (including two set ip mder Operation KLood) in operation in the State. One Dairy at Krxshnaga.r has started functioning ajid the other at Berhampur (under Operation Hood) are almost ready - for operation. Total capacity of the existing Dairy plc^nts include ing the two yet to be operated is inadequate to meet the demand of the State. To fill rp the gap between the demand and si:?)plying capacity of the Dairy Plants talien together, it is necessary to augment capacities of the existing Daxry and to set .up new. Dairies. A now Dairy PlaPt near Calcutta will be set ip during the Seventh Plan period,

I I I . Operation I^^lQod Prograiiime % There are schemes for giving financial assistance^to Dairy Co-operatives as well as organisation of Co-operative M lk Ihions in the State to encourage the milk producer farmers of the State. Six such co-operative milk unions have alrea.dy been formed in the State. There are proposals for setting vp more milk unions in the State during the Ser/enth Plaji period.

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IV, Prn.iGCts mdcr Corporations s Funds liave been alloc at od in the proppScuL for tho itoual Pln^ 1988-89 for providing tlio two Coiporatious - viz. (1) West

BoQgal Livostock Proc g s sing DGvelopmcnt Corporation and ( 2) West Bengal■■ Dairy and PotO.try Developmait Corporation with the loans/ grants-in-aid/Share Ca.pital towards implementation of different projects under Animal Hushandry and Dairy Developmait Sectors;

VETSRIN S^VICES

Strengthening of Administrative Machinery % it_is proposed .4:hat the present p-urchase cell of the Diroc- torate WouLd he streng'thoied if not sanctLond during 1987-88 to sitilt the requLrGanGnt.of ever increasing demands of the EtiLrectorate to procxire more and more Medicine and Siirgical ReQ.'uisites for aihanced n-um'ber of field m its. As the present publicity wing of tho ItiL recto rate handed iDy one officer in W .B .J .V .S ^ fom d to he q.ulte inadeq-Uate to serve the duel role o f public relation and educa,tionj it is considered essan« tlal that a separate coll be sot vd exclusively for the developmdnt and public relation sorvicos and a sub-wing for Veterinary Health Education to oduca,to tho people in Veterina,ry Health Programmes. - The field Administration will be strengthened by establistu. ment of some Divisional Veterinary Office in this Directorate.

Ekx) an si on ^ d^ Imp rov em on t o f the In s e rvi c e trainin g faci'li -Bi e s ; Ihder the existing system there are 3 training Institite for providing training to the field staff of these are in Inservico Training Institute for the Veterinarj’' Pleld Assistants. Institute of Veterinary Compomders* and Dressers* Course and other Inservice Training of Veterinarians and hi oh will continue. Hospitals and Polv-Clinics i The District level hospitals woiild be i:p^graded to Poly- Clinics in phases with muLtldn .qoiplinaiy facilities in the line recomi^ended by 6th National Commission on Agriculture I976. Some new State Veteiinary Hospitals vdLll be created and constructed in the year I988-89.

Veterinary PispGnsaries : Rural Veterinary Aid and Services a^re being extended through ELock Veterinary rdspensaries AdfHtionai Veterina.ry Dispensaries, AnbiiLatory Clinic Vans etc. would be continued^ Attempts would be made to provide atleast 2 Veterinary aispGnsaries in each P.anchayat

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Sami ties, Pro-vlslon for construction o f Lispcnsary "b-uildings and staff q.'a^-rtcrs for the ELock Level lilspensarios woiHd be considered in phases to improve the working facilities for these liiits. Attempts woiild he made bo provide eahnnced allo-tnoits for M .S.R s, and"T,A. to remove the ozi sting hot tie necks.

Veterinary Aid Oc^itros t The ooject of providiag one Veterinary Aid Lhit for atleast 2000 rnilch Ccattlo vjoiild he token care o f and -under this scheme phased programme -■ould oe tak;en 1:5) to (establish more aid coitre in the rural areas o which would he tal^en v g to establish more aid centres in the rurcd. areas.

Mobile Clinics s Though these Ambulatory C lin ic s, prompt Veterinaiy Services may be extended to the door step of thee farmers. The common people and specially the people of backvrard comm-unities have been benefitted. Those AnuLator^’- Clinic Vans would bo mor.^. entrusted to the D^R.D.A. works of the State,.

Clini Cell Laboratprl es s ^ Clinical and Investigational Units ostablished during the year 1986-87 and which w ill bo maintnjixied.

Strengthening: of the Medicnl Stores i At present M,ScHs. are being purchased centrally and stored at the Central Medical. Stores, Calcutta, and from there these are- ■'distributed to field units through the district Sub-depots.. Arron- gemonts woiXLd be made to streamline both the (distribution system and 'admini strati on- of the Central Medical Stores. - ' • Provision would also bo made to procure some new Refrigera tors' an dMlcro scope j furniture etc, to si:ppiy the field units where sueh eq.ULpmGnts coiiLd not be provided and where the equipment has become q.uite unsei’vlcoiible. The existing C.M.S, building would bo rGnovated.and repair fo-i'-better accommadation of the Stores.

Ro^organisation of the Disease Investigation Laboratories ; 3 Parasitic Disease Investigataojial- Laboratories lia^ve bccai established during the yea- 1985«36 q>ncl 1986-87. These 3 mits will be maintairiod.

Rin derp es t Eradl 0 ation s One model H.P«. I'd agnostic Labora^tor:" ha.s been constructed at Barasat. ^Arrangements would be ma/de to put the same to operate with adequate tecbiiaal programme for prompt diagno is of R .P. v/ith •modem techniques« The ceri.trnj_ programme of Rindeip est through mass vaccination and surveillance containment va,ccination a.s in operation would be

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contln-aed to put down the infection rate to ’’Zero lev el” to achieve the object to stamping out the disease,

-S-trGsngthening and Exp nn si on o f Biological Product Divislai : The Institute of /inimal Health ^^eterinary Biologicals iias grown -up to meet the need of the Veter&ary Services of the State, It has 3 districts wings : HLological Production, Disease Investigatiai and Research* ]> The Biological Product division has heen reforiaited w ith construction of nc?^ buildings and foi? further development of the Division would be considered during the ?th Plan to meet'its requlremants of fund and sot i|) to maKe this self sufficient in production vaccines and antigen to cater the need of the State.

O o n t y l : In addiction to the vaccination and co-ordinated Research Projects activities, Divisional laboratories would be set for collecting and processing more materials from F.M.B* Outbreaks for screening at the Central Laboratory.

-Systematic Control o f Livestock QLseases o f Na'oional Importarice ; ^ , Besides control of tuberciXLosis, Brucellosis, R.P, F.M*D, m d e r specific control and other spociaJ. projects with or without central assistance provision would be made during the 7 th Plan for effective control of the following diseases s- 1 ) Canine Rabies Control s liider this scheme compiXLsory • Vaccination programme as in operation in greater Calcutta areas and d:festructian of street dogs in Calcutta a^eas-, would be continued, and arrangements would be made to extend the areas of operatioai of the scheme* A Central Laboratory woiXld be organised for prompt diagnosis of rabies of different species. jSstabJashmait of Df?.sense FrGoi.7ian:o r i'osx'asasmx? b© mcx&a the 7th Plan' to develop disease around Bm-Mr Port and Quarantine Station Calcutta with mass vaccinatd,on, effective sin*veillance and containmait vaccination and other associate programmes. This is to avert the risk, of exposure to tho incoming snd, outgoing animals. 3)\SyjlnG Fever Control : The presait system of control of the Swine Fever in Pig p<^pviLLation woul "ho rcu.ou^i with the object of st,amping out tho Diseases from the State. As tbo pig rearing is mainjy,practiced by the b.ackv'ard cl xsscs of puople, the present system of paying compensation and educating them for the purpose would be continued a n d strengthened.

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PouLtry- Diseases s The recGmtl/ sanctioned PoiJltry liLsease Investigation Laboratory at Garbetta w ill be organised and arrangement woiud bo made to dov?blop a pot^:,tTy disoaLO investigation net work for iiii]3oi-can u lo'cl tTj di.scascs -hh assistance from the Central Governma-t as ■'••entr-0\iy rfpciisorod Sch-eme P u llo n n andMarek*s Iti.seaSG Controls, Pranl .l';.'Baabaii './ill bo e3tab]!shod in the campus of erstv^M-lG Bcngn^. V ji-c.lna^y Collogc CEunpus.

'Veterinary Ro,~;r -h ' The Vetc.ciPa-""y Ha.K-ea-rch work o f the State woxO^d be reprinted and strengthened dining the '^'th Plan and wo-uld organise mder the follov/ing broad heac’i.ngsf. 1) A.I.C.RJ^’o cn "^ideinlo?-ogical Stiidles on Virus Typing Centro, TMs scheme c’ponsorod by woi:ld be continued during the year 19 8 8 -8 9 fo"' qjidaniologicaj- Inves tig action of F.M.D, aJid typing o f different iso la tes, oollcctGd from different outbreaJks to assess the requlrcmonts of different t;^qpes and siib^t^^'pes of the virus to be available for va.ccine procluctj.on,

Gattlo. Devolo'pmcno 1 Present system of usu of oilutod semen would be changed in phases with the utllisa.tio.' of fvozon eemen fc ? which adeQ.uate arrangements would be made for Gstabll.shi]icnb of frozen semen banks,- their distribution m diffGrent fields; mits and publicity, monitor ing, evaluation . of A*I, with Frozen Semen and Survey of sexual Health Control of animals will be mr/le).

0 ther exp enc'i tuco i 1) Sp-eciaJ- Comooncnt Flan for Sched^-iLod Caste s liider the programme additional infrastructure wouLd be con- - siderod in the areas having conomtration of Schediaed Caste popuLaA tion and 1 8 of State Plan w”ould be ajlctted for tMs schem.e. i) State Veterinary Hospitals are considered to be one of the specialised important progr.-mraes for e^ctesp.ding q.uality veterina.ry services, Qae ‘’Jnit will bo es'Cablishod duUng I 988-89 and vjill be maintained those established d^arlng plan period and some n o ^ State Veterinaiy Hospi beJls w’-ill be constructed, ii) Veteriaary Dlspcnsaid os ! The approvoa progmmm.e of the iii recto rate la to provide at least two Vet or jn an- Dj.sponsaries in o,-,oh Development ELock, New Veterinary Dispcnsari as would bo established in the area having considera^te r-uiimal i op'.d ation and inha.bitod by Scheduled Caste popula'tioh,.

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111) Aid CGsntres ; Veteilnaiy Aid Centres are the riiral Veterinary Aid liiits, which provide aids in primary ailmonts of the cjiiraals and develop the desired link ‘betv^een the people and Veterinary Health Coverage Programme through education of the rural ma,ss about the primary animal health programmes. Arrangemonts w ill he made to provide Veterinary Aid Centres having considerable scheduled caste popTJQLa- tion and heaving no other Veterinary Iliits therein.

Tribal Areas Sul>.Plan %

Ihder this programme additional infrastructure would bo considered ±n the area having concentration of Tribal people and 7 . 11^ of State Plan woiXLd be allotted for the scheme,

i) Establishment of veterinary Hospitals ; This scheme would be implemented through establishment of n(^ Veterinary Hospitals in selected places with facilities for indoor and outdoor facilities, ii) Veterinary J/lgpensariGS : Veteilnaiy Mspaisaries woiXLd be established in tribal areas in phases to provide more facilities for curative and preventive services, _ i i i ) Veterinary Aid Gontros i More Veterinary Aid Centres would bo estpblished in the Tribal Areas under this Sub^Plan to provide Veterinary Aid thits within the rea,ch of tiabal people and to oducate them in Veterinary Health Programme for averting the risks for their livestock and poTJltry Schemes 5 accepted m der different aid programmes and to involve more people in modem Veterinary Health Coverage Programme,

Hill Areas Sub^Plan ;

Ihder the 7 th Plan arrangements would be made for establishment some Veterinary Units and the following programmes would be considered for the purpose,

i) Establishment of Veterinary lUspensarles and Peilpatetic Service Centre s

The geographic condition of the hill areas does not permit the travel of the sick animals to distant places, Arrangemdits would be made to establish some more Veterinary ISispensaries to facilitate the people to get the (Quality Veterinary Services closes.. Ill dor th5 s. progranime more than • t^"o ca:^paisarxes woiild be made available in each block areas in phases.

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i i ) 3traiP,t:iaiii n R o f D1 sq8,sq InvQstif

Arr,n:agG]'icnt3 would l3o nado during the year 1986-37

"by providing moro find for monpower for the existing m it s

throi:igh Gstahlishn^int of siib^mits and education of the

people and training of the personnel would he considered

■under this scheme for augmenting the potentialities of

the disea.se investigation systqn to avert the risk of

loss of animaj, productivity thro'ugh prompt diagnosis and

effective control prograjnmes.

Modernisation of Slaughter Houses :

Uhder this project priority is hejjig given to modernise the cattle slaiJghtor houses. The two ma;ln the cattle slaughter hxouses o f Calcutta to^Tangra SlaiJghter

House and Metiahruz Slaughter House WQ-uld he rqDlaced

hy the Cal.cutta Slaughter House at Mourigr^m* This project will involve a cost of Rs.l6*l^ crores, 33*1/3^ of which woiXld he shared hy State and Central Governments

on 50 ; !?0 hasis.

Besides the CalcLitta SlaiJghtGr House Scheme,

schemes vxciXLd bci taken for modemisation of some of

the existing slaiighter house scheme, schemes would he

taken for modemisation of some of the existing

slai^ghter houses to suit the need for maintaining

hygenic standards, to provide clean and whole some meats from these m it s ^

V s d A 20 DAURY DEWELOPnEiMT

DIR ECT I Di\l A i^JD A DIT-J It GT R AT I Orj. n

i ) D a iry Dev^elopiiant; Sta ff

The scheme is meauit for maintaining a set up of Staff and Officiers

for implementatio)n of Dairy Projects included in Dairy Deuelopmtent

Programme unc'sr f'iue year plan-

For salaries and other expenditure a sum of Rs. 10.00 lakhs has been

kept this year (I'gBT-BB) and for such expenditure a sum of Rso12»00

lakhs also estimaited for the next year (1988-89).

i i ) Scheme for utilis.ation of Surplus/Substandard l^lilk at Haringhata

The scheme is mearnt for comprehensive research works for evolx/img

economic methcd frnr utilisation of surplus/sub-standard milk at the

Dairy Factory at h'iaringhata» For this purpose a sum of RsoloOO laikhs

has been kept for expenditure during the current financial year

(1987“ 8B) and also a sum of Rso 0.6Q lakhs has been estimated as e:xpen-

diture for the nex

iii) Survey and Statist:ice f

Tiie purpose of thee scheme is to undertake survey uork for Rural

Dairy Extension amd collection of Data' pertaining to the Dairy

Development activi.ties of the state. For this purpose a sum of

Rso0.2Q lakhi n^t’ bie^n kept for expenditure during the current finan

cial year (l^37-<38.) and a sum of RsoOoZO lakh has been estimated fo r

expenditure for thie next financial year (1988-89)

2 », ep U C AT 10 i'i- A [^D AI X NtC - -

f'^anpouer Dev e l ^ and in-service Training.

The scheme aims at providing training fa c ilitie s to the Technical

Personnel of this Qirectornte with a view to equip them with the

modern methods of (production and Planagemento For this purpose a s;um

of Rs. 0-«-80 lakh has been kept for expenditure during the iXjrrent

financial year (1 987-88,.) and a sum of Rso.Do2D lakh has also been

estimatedfor expendiiture far the year (1988-89) o

DAIRY, DEUELOPrCNT PR033ECTS : ^ural Dairy EvtenRiinn

The scheme is meant> for sihl i •->,hrr>9 ci iv]i’ nn 1] riot ten—cufo—chilling

station in fUlk she^d Rural Areas» This year (1987-88) a sum of

Rs»5oD0 lakhs has besen kept for purpose of establishment of some

new Milk CollaCwioni—cum—Chiiling Station and also for shifting from

idle chilling plant;s to new areas where marketable surplus milk is available.

Programme for Ihe neext yc-r (1988-89) is to e tablish new chilling

plants, reno-jat-cn ^of the existing plants, shifting of old and idle

chilli,ig pionfes una also ancillary civil construction works for

th£c..G purpo-'- -ird fcjr th is a sum of RsolOoQG lakhs has been estimated as GxpGn::iitui'' t h e vear (l98B-89)c A - 21-

Strengthening & riedernisation of Transport System § Long Distance T ransport

Thu scheme is meant for procuremcent of vehicles for Collection of

milkj, distribution of milk as well as r.eenovation and modernisation of the

existing vehicles and also introduction of wireless system for attending to

standatd vehicles on route* This year ('1987-B8) a sum of Rs, 9* 00 lakhs has

bean ke^t for the purpose of procurementt of some small vehiclesj replacement of condemned vehicles by new ones and aUso introduction of wireless system

for attending to str?nded vehicle.

Programme for the next year (l98t3-G9) is to procure at least one Road

f^ilk Tanker and purchase of Milk l/ans and for the purpose a sum of Rs. 12oQQ

l&khs has been estimated for expenditure during the year (l988-89)<,

iii) Product Factory at Salt Lake, Calcutta

The target of the scheme is to establish a product factory with a handling capacity for manufacturing 50QQ] litres of Ice-cream per day alongwith sterilised milk and other milk prodducts.. This year (1987-88) a sum of

Rs.30.00 lakhs has been kept for the purp^ose of initial Civil Construction iDorko Programme for the next year (1980— .J9) is for completion of Civil

Construction Work pertaining to the fact.ory building and procurement of machineries for the Product Factory and for this purpose a sum of Rs. 10.00

lakhs has been estimated as expenditure for the year (1988-89).

= nJoioTHlMCu Ji-^criATlVES AUD OTHEiR BODIES ;;

i ) Loans and Grant-in-Aid t o the Milk Co-operatives and their Union

The scheme envisages formulation of fP^ilk Co-operatives and their Unions

and provide them uith the financial assi;stance in the shape of loan during the early stage for their functioning.. Tfhis year (1987-88) a sum of Rs.loOO

lakh has been kept for this purpose arxj Ifor the next year (1988-89) a pro vision of RsoO.50 lakh has been proposedo

i i ) Loans under Greater Calcutta Nilk FSupply Schemeo

The scheme is meant for providing locan to the ouners of the cattle who

keep their animals in the Milk Colonies £at Haringhata and supply the entire

quantity of milk produced to the Haringhcata Dairy Factory. The main purpose

of providing loan is to help the owners tto increase their herd so that theres may be steady flow of milk to the Dairy Factory. For «his purpose

a sum of Rs. 15.00 lakhs has been kept for expenditure during the current

financial year (1987-88)^ This year with introduction of scheme for resettle ment of cattleseized from unauthorised khiatals in the city, we expect unauthorised khatals owners to keep theirr cattles in the f^ilk Colony.

To cope with the situation we have estimaated a sum of Rs.lOoOO lakhs as

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f^ILK SUPPLY SCHEnES s

i ) l^odernisation of existing dairios under GoC»H»S«So

The .jcheme cnv/isages procurement of Dairy Fiachinery for both the

D airies at Belgachia and Baringhata.. The main item of works includes re si

dual payment of boiler Satchet filling machine, Weigh Bridge, Wireloss

communication system, and procurement of new Satchet Filling Machine,

Homogeniser etco For all these works a sum of Rso20.00 lakhs has been kept

for expenditure during the current financial year (1907~88) ,and for the

next year (1988-89) a sum of Rs«50o00 lakhs has been estimated for expendi ture for s^nstallation of more Satchet Filling Nachinesy Installation of

one deep tubeu/ell at Haringhata Dairy, Procurement of a new pasteurisaticp. plant at Haringhata Dairy and residual works.

i i ) Dairy at apjjr

The scheme envisages installation of Affluent Treatment Plant and

renouation of existing machines and other ancillary works for smooth running

of the Dairy.. A sum of RsoS.OO lakhs has been estimated as expenditure during the current financial year 1987--88c

For the next year (l988-8g) a sum of Rs,7o00 lakhs has been estimated

for expenditure towards procurement of Homogenisor and renovation of Second bottling plant*

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■ oCp.GHij ^ Jidagus expansion of the handling capacity of the existing plenta and renovation,, replacumcnt of the existing machines for smooth

running of the Dairy and completion of the unfinished work.of the trfluent

Treatment Plant and for this purpose a sum of RsoSo 00 lakhs has been estimated for expenditure towards the unfinished work of the Effluent Treatment

Plant and some other essential work of the Dairy Factory during the year

(l987-88)o

For the next year (1988-89) a sum of Rs<.7oOQ lakhs has been estimated for expenditure for residual payment of Effluent Treatment Plant and purchas of one Cream Seperater, Satchet Filling jhinOo

Oairy at Krishnaoar g

The Dairy has started functioning w,e,f» 14o1.87„ Toned milk in Poly

Pack being supplied to the people of Krishnagar, Ranaghat and its adjoining areaS" A sum of Rs» 33o 00 lakhs has been estimated for expenditure during the current financial year (1987—88) towards the cost of construction of staff quarters and other residential works, compensation of land for buil ding Housing .Complexo ■

For the next year (1988—89) a sum of Rs<, 20.00 lakhs has been estimated for construction of Effluent Treatment Plant, Construction of Staff Quarters Procurement of one Clarificr/Seper£.ber„ A - 23

\j) Neii) Dairy under Greater Calcutta Hil k Supply Scheme

The scheme env/is'gges establishment of a now Dairy under the Greater

Calcutta Hilk Supply Scheme with an in it ia l handling capacity of I 0 OO lakh

litso of milk/per day. A sum of Rso4,00 lakhs has been estimated for ex

penditure tduards the cost of land during the current financial year

(19B7-8B) and a sum of RsoOaSQ lakhs has been estimated as expenditure for

bhe next year (1908-89) touardsthe cost of compensation of the land if

acquired.

The proposal of annual plan for 1988-89 consists of two major acti

vities, namely (i) Resettlement of city kept animals and (ii) Uork for

Operation Floodo A separate provision has also been kept under the head

D'euelopment of P]ilk Cooperatives =

i ) Resettlement of city kept Animals, this scheme envisages removal of

10,000 city kept milch animals and 4000 ollowers and their resettlement

in four satellite milk colonies in(a) Ganganagar (b) East Calcutta,

::_ik colonies has been undertaken by the

Cof‘1oD,A'> Ganganagar Project was completed in 1983 and uias taken over for

operation which is functioningo Construction of remaining^ three colonies

are in progress^ The Cattle Resettlement Project at Howrah is being used

by the Howrah Municipal' Corporation Per housing of Cattle removed from

Khatals of Howraho Provisions of fund amounting to RfDo46«95 lakh for com

pletion of the ongoing works has been kept in the budget of 1988-89, A

provision for Rso 24. 00 lakh has also been proposed for maintenance and

operation of the cattle Resettlement Project during the year 1988-89.

a) Operation Flood in ljJ.;st Bengal is being implemented through a 3 tier

Cooperative system primarily through the Primary Dairy Cooperativo

Societies which are to function under eight Co-Operative Milk Unions

affiliated to the Wnst Sengal Co“-operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited.

Phase III of the programme has been accepted by the state for parti

cipation. For implementation of the programme two dairy plants, two cattle

feed plants one stud farm, one semen freezing station, two liquid nitrogen plants and other allied facilities which have been created continued

production during 1987-88, The Government has to participate in the

programme by providing funds for infrastructural fa c ilit ie s as also for land for ti,e built up facilitieso For that fund provisions have been made

in the proposal. Implementation of Operation Flood is also required to

be supervised and monitoredo For all these activities and the above A - 24

mentioned purposes a sum of Rs.2Q.35 lakhs has been proposGd in the Annual

Plan of 190B—89o During the first six months? the Hothcr Dairy, Dankuni

and f'latigora Dairy distributed 7,35,73,600 litres 52,44,720 litres of milk

respectiuely (average per day 4,02,538 arxd 23,660 litres) to the consuming

people,

b) A three tier Co-operativye system is in Operation for implementationj

of Operation Flood-II in West Bengal* For supporting the activities a sum

of R3o 12>00 lakhs has been proposed under the head Devel opment of f^ilk

Cooperativ/eso During the first six months of 1987-88, ending on 30«9»87

the performance of the milk coopGratives is as below s-

1o No, of Cooperative Hilk ProdL''-.crs ~ six Unions functioningo

2. Districts Covered under the - Ton (Darjeeling, programme Oalpaiguri, W. Dinajpur, HaIda, Murshi- dabad, Nadias 24~Parganas (n ), Howrah, Hooghly, Fiidnapore* )

3o Dairy Cooperative Societies organised - 54 (1190)

4. Primary Coopcrativ/D Society -nr-ll0d - 2149 (67,130)

5. Aolo Cent res (functional) - 385

6. Aol performed - 22,729

7. Animals given Uety» aid 6,8 05

Daily average procurement of milk - 42,267

9. Cattle feed produced

a) Siliguri - 5566 f'lT

b) Berhampcre - 1856 M.T.

(Cummulative figures since inception)

fisheries

Fisheries Sector plays a vital role in the economy of the State

because of its poton'cial-- nut only f oi ^uppiyin^ it'ls itivpt rtarvt oaally'

digestible protein food j but also for its ability to generate substan

t ia l employment income and savings for reinvestmento

2. The ceiling of the plan expenditure as approved by the State Go

vernment for this Depart^'ent during the Seventh ''Ian is Rso 38^00 croresc A ^ 25

During 1985- 86 actual cxpGnditure was Rs.744o83 lakhs out of tho approved

outlay of Rso75Q„00 lakhs > an achiovGrnont of 99cZ^%^ During 1986-87

actual expenditure uas Rso700o14 lakhs out of the a,)prouGd outlay of

RsoBlOoOO lakhs i<.e»p an achiev/Grntjnt of 9 6 . 1 3 percent« The approved outlay

for 1987- 88 is Rs, 8 5 0 o 5 0 lakhso

3, Proposed outlay for Annual Plan 1988-89 is Rsa930o00 lakhso Out of

thisj, Rs»302o0u lakh (32«53^) is for the schemes under the Special Compo

nent Plan for Scheduled Castes and Rs»50«00 lakh (5o38^) is for tbc schemes

under the Tribal Areas sub plan»

4. The schemes to be implemented during 1988-89 and the respective allo

cations made there under have been enumf^’-;at ed in statement o Some of

the important programmes arc discussed below in b r ie f.

Production oriented prog rammes

(a) As regards fish production a total production of 4,92i,OOo MoT=. is

expected to be achieved at the end G8-89 out of which production from

Inland Sector is estimated at 4,30^000 M.To and that from marine fisheries

at 62jOQO f-1=T, Tor achieving the target the activities will focussed

on i) increasing productivity in water bodies already under pisciculture,

ii) bringing semi derelict, derelict and hitherto unutilised water areas

under pisciculture and iii) promoting pisciculture on scientific lines

by providing assistance to fish farmers through Fish Farmers' Development

Agency set up in each d istr ict,

(b) Apart from continuing the programme for the .jroduction of fish seeds

in State owned si^ed farms, private sector will continue to be encouraged

by providing bank loans and subsidy for nursery and rearing centreso

Effort w ill continue to be made to create decentralised paints of sned

production so that distribution becomes possible in remote corners. 7 20G

million of fry and fingerliiigs is expected to be produced during the year 1988-890

land Sector include distribution of minikits of fingerlings and fertili

sers among poor fishermen, promotion of integrated fish farming, devnlop- ment of Res rvoir Fisheries Projects and its exploitation through largo

number of groups and Cooperatives and Development of Hill Fisheries by

providing subsidies and bank loan for setting up of Jhora Fisherieso

(d) There is a t remendous untapped potential for _Br^ckish-water. Fish.

Farming in the State covering the coastsl saline areas of 24-Parganrs and

Midnapore districtso A thrast programme is contemplated in this area by

setting up a Regional Brackish—water Fish Farming Agency for promoting

activity among genuine fishermen on Group/Cooperative basis as also

among private entrepreneurs and requisite financial managerial and

technological assistance will bn rendered. A - 26

(e) In marinti! Fishorie^ Sector stress w il l be laid on mechanising

country crafts* For introduction of bigger 'mGchanised boats, }\j.C«D.C»

Assistance project For introduction of mechanisGd boats for off shore fishing will continue to be pursued* Minor fishing harbour at Sankarpur near Digha will be halpful to tho marini' fishermen. Effort u/ill be made for establishment of another minor fishing harbour at Frasurgungc and developjT^ant of seweral landing centres with berthing infrastructural facilities.

(f) Extensi'^n work for disseminating the improvod mBthoU of fish production and training of fish farmers at Block, District and State leu&ls will continue to be conducted. Training of marine fishermen will also continue to bo imparted from the existing centres at Namkhana in 24 Par- ganas and at Ramnagar in f'Tidnap'^rG district.

(8) Uglfare Acti\;itiBs For tho benefit of the poor fishermen, infrastructural faciliticSj like link roads, tube-wells, community halls £jtc will be provided in both Inland and I^arine fishing willages> Undor National Ut^lfiiire Fund Schemg infrastructural facilities will be provided to the fishermen on larger scale, ''arge number of fishermen will be brought under tho insurance cover under tho Group ‘"ersonnel Accident Insurance Scheme,

■ i- ' A -C.r.ht ys-L_ sect or _5ch_cffi^es. The Centrally■Sponsored and Central Sector Schemes expected to 1 operational during 1933-89 are shown in GNg statemonta Development of ssue^ fed fisheries; utilisation of community or Government owned water areas fa ensuring pisciculture and development of RGSfrvoirs fisheries will bo tht main activities under these schemes.

(D) ^ cial Fishery Great importance has been attached on tho dDVQlopment of Social, Fishery^ An outlay of Rs.A5.0Q lakhs has boen earmarked for development af; Sociai Fishery in the State during 19BB-B9. Effort will continue to be made to promote pisciculture by freo supply of fingerlings, water conditij. ^vtc* in such State/Panchayat Community/institution owned water areas which cannot be developed through existing schemes for augmentation of fish production, generating income and employment in rural areas; supply of fish to rural people at fair price and ensure accelerated propagation of pisciculture through dcamonstration effect of Social Fishery.

(£) f'tonitoring fOonitoring of the progress of work will be conducted wit*^ duo importance by bolding of regular meetings at Block level, and trrough

collection of data from base level under supervision of Zonal OepJty Director ef Fisheries* A 27

forestr y And IjilLQLIFIi:

INTRODUCTION

CompGrud to tha optimum pGrCwnt&gj of thu farcjst e.roa of 33% cs proscribed by tho National Fortist Policy, tho low porcjntag^ of 13,5^ for tho State of '^ost Bpnge.l giuus an id^a of tho situntion obtaining in this Stato, Per capita forast arua is rjsc as low as 0,02 ha* against tho All-Indie cvaragc of 0.12 he.

1.1 Tho uJry high djnsity of population and continuously rising land hunger ru'sult in an o v a r - in c r u a sin g pr^-'ssuro on tho fo r o sts for mu-iting the ruquirQmwnts of fuoluood, sm^ll timbor end foddor for the rurpl p o p ulatio n and the rucjuiromonts o f uiQod^basocl iridustrios locr/tod in tho

Stato , In addition to thuso, thci progrossiuu hike in tho prico IqvjI of common fuols liko coal and korosonu and tho inflationary trond of *3Ccnomy has aggravated thu situation. Horobvor, forosts hcyo to play its rolo in maint^nrncQ of onvironmentel stability and Geological balancg. Consoquontly, thj task of thu Forost Dopartmont is net only difficult but also highly c-.mplox in n a t u r e . Thu fa c t i s , f i n a n c i a l re sources are too lim ited whereas tho problems are not a handful but many and diuurse . Keeping in view all such constraints, the dovolopment strategy in the Forestry 5.. - r naturally has tr. be onu of maximising productivity consistcirtt with the requirements of maintaining ecolugical balance by using latest relevant scientific methods. It is also necessary to attempt at a harmonious blending of production forestry whilo formulating any strategy for the dovelopnient of forests with the ultimate aim of tho maximum benefit of thg larger number of people in viowi

1..2 Considering tho importancu of some of the Forestry schemas, it has been agreed that higher priorities be attached to these schemes v iz ., Social Forestry Project, Qupartmentalisation of Timber Operation, Soil Conservfc-tiun, Proj-'Cts of Elcological, Environmental importanai, Wildlife schemes-, Creation and Improvement jf Parks and Gardens and pthei Mf fore station schenies.

1 * 3 There are two schemes being implemw-nted at present v iz .,

’’Protective Afforestation" and "Et-C ascisted pilot Project for ^ i l & yatjr Conservation in river catchments” . The first-named schemc has been continued from the Sixth Five Year Plan period. Thu main activities under the scheme are aimed at protective afforestation and erosion control on landslides, slips, streambc.nks, etc. in f o r e s t aroas. Gully stabilisation through engineering structures like diversion channels, check dams, guides r.nd spurs are taken up in addition to vegetative prc;tection • An amount of Rs. 80.00 lakhs would be spent under tha scheme from the beginning of the Suventh PI on upto 1987-88 and an area of

600.00 ha. c o v e r e d during th^ same period. A » 28 Thj finnncird achiJUJment from 1935-86 to 1987-80 under th.J ElEC

assisted Pilot Project would bo Rg, 136,47 lakhs corr^^sponding to a physical cchiJV^munt of 2367.00 ha* This prnjoct is assisted by clCC and initially the project puriod was 5 yjars from 1981-8 2 to 1986-87• Thj project was latur c^xtijndGd upto 1987-88 and during tho last visit of thu LEC Tuam thuy agrJod to oxtond it upto .1988-89, This should bu tho terminal yuar for the project. This Pilot Projjct is for afforjstatijn and soil conservation in tho rivur catchnunts of Kclcghai and riGyurakshi, Th^ financial and physical targu-ts against thw projoct during 1988-8 9 stand at Rs, 30,00 lakhs and 400,00 ha, rJSp^ctivoiy, Both th^,- soil ccnSw-rvaticn and afforostation sch-mus hcv'-i bcun progrussing satisfactorily,

2.0 FORESTRY Al\D yiLPLIFC SCHEMES 2.1 UList Bengal Social Forestry Pro.io’ct

This is prujsontl/ tho most important projoct opLirativo on tho production front in tho Forustry sector. This is an IDA assistad Prajjct which ujas launched during tho Sixth Fivo Yoar Plan continuing through thj first thr^:iJ yoars of thj Seventh Fivj Yoar Plan, Tho sccond phasu of tho projoct is duG to bu launchod during 1988-89. Tho porformancj undor this prcjvict has boon laudod by ono and all and it has buon r^cjgnisod that thuj activities undur tho projoct havo gonerated immonso rusponsu from all f” ;ntG and r. corrospr'pding impact cn various Government Departments, Panchayats at various levols, non—Governmental organisations, industria lists, people of all strate and- uralks of life including small -nd marginal • farmers and landless labourers. During tho first thv^'i-J yoars of tho seventh fivo yoar plan, an amount of Rs, 1707,68 la^hs was spent under the ;jrrject corr3Sponding to a physical achiuvemwnt of 55,073,00 ha, Tho

SGCond phase of tho IjJost Be;ngal Social Forestry Projoct, which has alro'=xJy been c le a r e d by the Planning Commissii,n, provided for an uxpendituro of Rs, 15,00 croros in each of tho years 1988-69 and 1989-90, This target was fixjd on tho basis of old wage rates and if the now wago rata which is likuly to bo intrcduced in the State is tak^Jn into account, the targwt uill shoot Up to about Rs, 20,00 croxos, for obvious roasuns, this amount could not be accommodatbd uJithin the Annual Plan budget* In this connection, it is relavant to mention that the SlOA has boon kncujn to bu allowing advanco loan against projocts assistud by- Similarly, it is suggostod that through tho good offices of the Government of India, tho IDA may bo approached for giving advanco loan against tho socond phaso of tho Uust Bongal Social Forestry Projoct which may be r<-'-cycled as additionai allocation to tho State Forestry budget in order to tido ovor thu possible budgetary constraint. In other words, the advanco loan may flow as additionality in tho Annual Stato Plan of 1988-89 over and abovii of the pr<3sant plan size under tho Forestry soctor*

nag/-, A,.- 29

2*2 Linkaqu yjth Mnimal Husbc.ndrV

Along with futiluuod-and small timbtir, fu^dur is an importsnt

dornostic rijquiri^mont of thu rural paaplij • Social forestry plantations can

contributu touards this dcmnnd. At pr-isant multiplJ usg trous arij plantjd,

Tc effuctivoly augmGnt thu foddt>r supply in tha rural aruas, a special

schome v i z ., Siluj-pasturf"-l schumo with cssistancj from tho Nrticnal

UcstJland Quualcpmijnt Board is being launchcjd, Thu schunw onvisagjs

raising of foddjr, l-gum-s, grasstjSj otc* with a matrix of fu.jluood and

small timbur spocijs* Rogcrding u tilis a tio n of tha output, noc»jssary

Collaboration has boon sought with tho Animial Husbandry CkjpGrtmunt, This linkdagj, it ic boliouod, would contributu towards succoss of this schomo.

It i s proposod to raiso 500 ha, of foddor plantations undor this programmo during 1987-88 involving an oxpondituro of iRs. 13,50 lakhs, 50% of uhich would flow in as Central grant, tho Stato sharo boing Rs# 6*75 lakh s.

2,3 pQCantralisation of scjcdlings oroduction and supply

SQodlings aro tho most important physical input for any plantation programme* With a viow to increasing nursory out-roach, a now schumo fully funded by thu National Unstoland Qcvolopmunt Board has boon launchod during tho financial yuar 1986-87, with a physical targ-t of 25 million soudiings, in all 2,561 farmors, mostly bulonging to tho priority targot group parti cipated in this programmo , It is uxpoctodj in futuru, wu would bo ablo to augmont nursory covorago ccnsidorably through thuso docentralisod pooplos nursorios*

2*4 Dopartmwntal Timbor Oporation Schomu

This schumo has also mot uith consldorablo succoss during tho Sixth Fivo Yoar Plan as woll es in tho cour So of first throo yoars of tho Sovonth Fivo Yoar Plan period, Mpart from tho f-ct that total dopartmon— talisation in tho oporation of forest produc© by eliminating raiddlo mon in a policy docision of both tho Govornmopt of India and Govornmont of UoGt Bongal, such dupartmontalisation has boon obsorVwd to chock illicit foiling, oxtond a bonoficial offoct on tho local markets, small ujood- basod industrials ajid on the forost fringe population by assuring of thoir fuol and small wood supply, Govornmont oxchioquor gains considvjrably through olimination of the middlo—mon*s profit and through incroaso in productivity ond high quantum of tho omployirnont is gonuratod in tho rural aroas* Tho financial results are quito oncouraging, too. Quring tho first three years of tho Sovonth Five Year Plan, an amount of Rs»299*97 lakhs would bo oxpondud against a physical achiovemont of 2,07,500 m and tho amount adoptod in 1988-89 is Rs. 160 *00‘ lakhs against a physical 3 I targot of 75,000 m of timbor and firewood* It'has boon ustimatod that a not benefit of Rs. 415.00 lakhs has already accrued to the oxchequor

nag/-. A 30

through duportm-jntaliscticn of timber DpcJration during thu first throo yjars cf thw SouL-nth FiVw* Yurx Plan. Thu hot boost in tha rovunuc potunti^ n on account of this dopartmontalisction is of thu ordur of Rs# 200/— per m"'*

2.5 Cruation and ImnrovJm>jnt_ pf parks & Gardens

'Cr^atiun and, Imprcjvumdnt of parks and Garduns* is cqnsid:irGd ns ono of tho most usuful sorvicus rondarod by tho Forests Ckjpartniont to the pGoplu *s causu t^spucially from tho point of uiou of amolioration of environmL-nt and creating and encouraging austhutic pursuits in tho rural folk. An amount of Rs* 53,0Q lakhs would bo spont against this schomo during tho first throo yoars cf tho Sov/onth Five Yoar Plan and an amount of Rs* 30,00 lakhs has boon proposud for tho annual plan of 1988-89, At prosont thoro aro moro than 70 nas, parks & Garduns in this Stato boing maintainod end improvod undor tho schomo

2.6 Plantation and Afforostation Schomo

2»7 Lconumic Plantation

This is an on-gcing projoct which has c.-ntinuod through tho Sixth Fiuo Yoar Plan and tho first throo yoars of tho Suu^nth Fiv/o Yoar Plan, A total ar^'O of 3,687,00 ha, would bo plantod up during the first throo years with oconomically valuablo spocios, tho corrospending financialj , . r'".;rrTi<'nco .j^r'ng Rj, 127,38 lakhs, Thw- financial and physical targots undur tho schomo of Annual Plan of 1988-89 stands at Rs, 65,00 lakhs and 1,20 0,00 ha, rospjctivoly,

2,8 Plantaticn of Qui ck-Growing Spucios

This is also an cn-going schomo a'imod at raising industrially important Quick-Growing Spocios in tho dugradod forost aroas end barrun Innds, particularly in tho latorito tracts of South Wost. Bongad « The physical and financial porformanco during tho first throo yoars of tho

Suuonth Fivo Yoar Plan would bo 3,028,00 ha, and Rs. 94,22 lakhs rospjctivol> Tho amount adoptod in tho-. Annual plan of 1988-89 is Rs, 60,00 lakhs against a physical tar got of 450,0 0 ha,

2*9 Rural Fuolwood Plantation and f^fforostation of E^cp-sonsativo Njn~HimaIcyan Aro as

This Cjntrally Sponscrod Schomu has boon continuod from tho Sixth Fivo Yoar Plan, Previously this was known as "Rural Fuolwood Plantation”, The schomo is oporating in fivo id^ntifiod districts of Southorn liiost Bongal v iz ., Bankura, Hidnaporo, Burdwan, Birbhum and '24^ Pcrgaaa^i, Tho. C^atral' shayo' o7’ GO^ o.s givon ata '^rtint to tho Stato Govornmont while tho balanco 50^ Stnto sharo is borno undor tho Stato Sovonth Five Yoar Plan, Elxpondituro during tho first throo yoars would str.nd at Cs,8 2,03 lakhs (Stato sharo) against a physical c.chiovomont of 2,190 ha, Thu propusod financial and physical targots during 1988-89 aro Rs* 56,00 lakhs and 853,00 ha, rospoctivoly against Stato Plan, nag/-. A » 31

2.10 SIDA assisted Aqro-silviculture and Silvo-^pisciculture Pro.isct

Activities under this externally aided project continued from the Sixth Fi\/e \fear Plan, This project comprises in tuo components viz*, Agro—silviculture and Silvo~pisciculturs, The first component of the scheme aimed at inter-cultivation of cash crops like cotton, oil seeds, Citronella grass along uiith plantation crops of trees to be raised in the clear-felled areas of North Bengal forests. The scheme has been taken up as Pilot Project to find out the performance of the agricultural crops in combination of tree species and also to determine the economic and employment generating potential of such schemes. The second component is also a Pilot project for studying the performGncG of the Pisciculture in combination with trees in the Sunderbc;ns, Both the projects arij serving the purpose of Pilot Projects although financial achieusments Uure low loith respect to targets uihich utfr^ overestimated at the Appraisal stage. An amount of Rs, 108,92 lakhs would be spent during the first three years of the SevAi^nth Plan, The SiDA has initiated two social feasibility studies in order to enhance the social relevance of the projects so thct th3 poor forest fringe population have better anvironirient and can dray improved benefit from the project,

^•0 VIRO NHENT-CUIVC Q N SLh V AT I ON F 0 Y

3,1 t.conomic Rehabilitation of the fringe population

yith the realisation that in the secio-economic situation prevailing, th^re is hardly any possibility of thu for^vst to prosper or even survive uni;-ss the poor forest fringe duellers are economically rehabilitated, this new scheme was conceivi^d. This is to be in the form of four pilot projects in four ecQ-cliir.atie zones of the State v iz,, the Hill areas, Terai area, Lateritic area and the Deltaic area of the Sunderbnns, Two Project Reports, one for lateritic ?nd the other for Sunderbans are awaiting administrative approval from the Govxirnment of India who have been approached to sponsor the scheme with 50/fc grant, with a matching grant from the State*

We have gained some experience on schemjs of this type which wero launched in Ranshai and other villages under Lataguri of 3alp£iguri Forest Division, Integrated Land Tianagoment Progrcmmus to improve the economic condition of the poor villagers, is in turn, expected to act as a deterrent to illic it felling by outsidcirs, as the fringe dwtJllers are in the long run expected to come up in an organisud manner to Cooperate with the Forest Department in protecting the Government for-sts along with their own newly built resources,

Apjther experiment was undertaken in a group cf Forest Blocks in Arabari Rmge of Last Hidnapore Forest Divisiun, The villagers living A " 32

in thu fringu of this fjrust cskud to tcko full rusponsibility fcr

prutjction and imprcv/wjTLint cf thuSu fcrosts in ruturn of uihich tboy allcucd tc usa thuso forusts rnd bl -nk fcrust lands fcr rr.ising cf Qgricultursl crups and athjr oconomic Gctiviti^i s. D:;njral.

4.0 FORti:ST phOTCCTlQfj. FQrtCC

4*1 In ordjr to CL,mbr.t th^ organised gangsterism in thu vnluGblu

forests Ti^gularly Qnd forcd, it was onuisagt^d that a strong Prctwction

Forcd was a nucussity sido, side udth the unlisting of puoplu*s support and pr.rticipf.tion in fcr-st protuctinn through uxtupsion and through tho opvrctiL':n ;.f suitable wmploymunt schwfnus for tha fringo- populf'tion* Thu

Special Pr.’tQction Forco is oxpuctud to havo ID units of Qrmud forcj, uach unit bjing 50—mun strcng and supported by utJhiclos, R .T, system, ^.rms and ammunitions as uull as camping facilities. This ic a Centrally

Sponsored Schema, 50fc of tho oxpenditurJ ic to b

1985-86 uhich aro under the chargo of Policu Qi^partmcnt, Nec.jssnry ccti.n is being tak>-»n for recruitment of staff and fur purchase cf further

Vehicles, R ,T •' system, arms and ommunitic.ns, Tho exp^ndituro so far incurred under the Sevi-nth Fivo Yoar p.l r\n p.ir.inri i « fh. lakh s (Stcto shr.re) •

5 .0 UIILDLIFE: CONSET'UATIQM sch oo ls

5 .1 Jmprpyem^nt of Wildlife

This is a Stat.£ Plan Scheme continuing from tho Sixth Plcji period,

This Noturi^ Conservation schemo aimsct dov'olopmont of uildlif« in soniQ sanctuaries and other forest areas suitable fc.r this purpose* Tho mcinrgd- mont of Oour parks including infrastructure and staff are included in tho activitios of this sc ho mo , An amount of Rs. 22*40 lakhs would be spent during, tho first 3 yer.rs of Seventh Plan against thu schonu*

In addition to the £^ove-muntioned Statu Plan scheme, thcr^ ?-r- 7 schemes included in the Sjvonth Plan as C^ntr^:;! suctcr Wildlifa schuroj^ 50?t of the oxpenditure against these flows »*.s Central grant, Tho schuiriaS

aro - 1) Tigir Hosurve in Sundujrbans,

2) Tiger r»e Uj : ve in Bu xc, A » 33

3) DcldapGr fj, Sr.nctuQiry,

4) CcptivAJ br joding of .-ndangurud sp-^ci^s,

5) Cuntrnl of poaching end illagr’l tro.do in yildlifo,

6) Cr-ati'jn nnd imprnvom-nt uf Singhalilr. end N^wrn Valluy

parks in tha DarJuijling Hills, end

7) Nature Lducation and IntJrprotation.

A tLte.l am.^unt of Rs. 94 ,73 lakhs has buon spjnt as Stato sharu

of th'j abGuu-m-'ntiGn^d schamcjs. A crjrrospGnding am'. unt c>f Rs, 94,73 lakhs

h£.s hw'c-n spjnt as Cuntral shr.ru, Thu schcmu entitl-jd ’’Cruaticjn of

Singhraila and Naura Ualljy p.T,rks is y^t to ruc.jiuci Central Gyvcrnmwnt »s

appr.:val,

6*0 SURVl Y and l^Of^KJNG.

5.1 ThwTj are thrt^J schomos in op-ratijn v i z ,, ’’Forest Rusuurcos

Survey”, "Forest ConSulidatinn’’and '’forking Plan", A tutal amount of

Rs, 22*49 lakhs 'oiauld b- spjnt against thujSc. schjrnus during thLj first

thruc yL-ars cf th^ Suvunth Plan,

7 .0 C AJ MlQ. By ILpJ MGS_

7 .1 Th.:ru aru two schvjtikjs v i z ,, "Per j st Communiccti;jn" and "Buildings” ,

Thu sj tuio schw'fTLiS havu consider r.blu importance as through thu a j, thd

nticjssary dovalopmont of cr.mmunication within f^^r^st arjas and c-^nstructi n

of building including staff quartjrs aru achi>^vod. During tho first throo

yoars of tho Sjvonth plan an amount of Rs. 1 4 ,2 4 lakhs and Rs, 37*50 lakiis

would bo spont against tho schomos "Foro st Communication" and "Builoings*’

rospjctivul y,

8*0 tfElli[_SCHglES

3 .1 Two now schomos hav-j boon proposed undor tho maj'.}r hord of

sorvico, "2406-Fort^stry and kiiildlifo for tho duvolcpmcjnt of Summor gardonSy

Dry soason farming and poopl;js oxtonsion clubs, a sc'ciumo which has boon

prcpcsod to bo introducod in ordor to mc^intoin tho spirit of planting

boyond tho rainy roc.son and to oncourago pooplu t_ continuo troo planta

tion activitios through dov-lopmont of *Summ-ir Gardons^ and through

raising of plants in dry soascn with thj holp of availablo wator and

la s t ly , to o.iccurago rural clubs to participate in troc planting and oxtwnsion programmes. This schom^- has boon sought t,., bo introduced

as a sub~schomo of Social For>-stry Projoct with an amount of Rs, 5 ,0 0 lakho

propcjsod for in itiatin g tho programme 1903-89,

Tho socond now schomo has boon s.jught to tho introducod as ono

of tho P\]aturo Consorvation schoniios, Tho sch^mo ontitlod ’Lion Safari

park' wiUld bo introduced in tK. foothills of Ajodhya in Purulia district,

T his appoc'.r is a sub-sct-iomj und^r ' Impr^Vwrn-^nt of U ildlifo i A 34

Thw situ has bcjn suloctud, Th^j Indian Li:.n would bj intrcducad

hurj as n nuu) sp-cijs in this Statu cind this schjmij will Qlsa sdd to thJ

tourist r.ttrrcticn by drriuing noturu ;-nd anirri&l luu-rs to th is p&rk •

9*1 Thri3J schdmus crc include;d und^r this h^^aa namjly *Fcrustry

R-JS^r.rch’, ‘World Be.ink assisted fUsjarch and Training Projjct ’ and

'Training of Staff’, Thu first is a continuing prcjjct for which a sum

cf Rs* 8.00 lakhs hr.s buen pruposjd in tho ^vinual Pl .n of 1988-89. Thu

third, namely ’Training cf Str.ff ‘ is also a continuing schw-mw for which

a sum of Rs. 2.00 lakhs is p r o p o s e d tc bo- Cpont in 1988-89.

■ Tho Project Hoport for thiJ othw-r schumJ that i s 'iiJorld Bcnk

assisted Rosoarch and Training Proj-'ct ’ is pending finalisotion. An

ami'unt of Rs. 2 .0 0 lakhs has bwon proposed in tho fvinual Plc?.n of 1988-39

for beginning the project. A total amciunt of Rs. 10*73 lakhs may bo spu^nt

for tho three schorrtis tcgothcir during tho first 3 y^ars of Sjv/onth Plan*

10.1 Undur this Hoad, provision for uquity shar^ towards,tho capitcl oxpondituro of Uost Bongal Forost Douolopmwnt Corporation Ltd. and biost

Bengal Pulpwood Qovwlopm^nt Corporation Ltd , is modu , h tutal oxpondituro

of Rs. 30.00 lakhs has boon p r o p o s e d in th^‘ ^innual plan o f 1988-89 again3t

a total amount of Rs. 80.00 Ickhs that would bo Spont during tho first thro^ years pf tho So\»onth. Plan.

A now Stato Undortaking, narnuly ’’liJostoland Quvolopm^-nt Corporo.ti..n” has boon prop os-., d to bw constitutwd', OnCw tho formatiL.n of th is Corpor^^tion is finalisod, uquity sh

share in tho first inst^.nco may bo arranged through ro-appropriation, onco the Corporation comos into boing. An amount of Rs* 10 lekhs in tho first instance may roquirod for tho purpose.

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A* T e a *

1 , West Bengal Tea De^relopmeat Carporatlon (WBTPCD ;

1 .1 The West Bengal Tea Development Corpora'y.on Ltd. controls seven gardens. Four of which are ovjned and three are managed. The owned Tea Estates are Rangaroon, Pandain and Rmgmook/Cedars Tea Estates in the hills and Mahua T.E, in the plains. The three managed gardens are BGLlla, Hmgneet and Singell T.Es, D'uring 1985-86 and 1986-875 the W'BTDC achieved about 7^^ of the total target fixed for the Seventli Plan (1 98?--90). 1 .2 During the first six months of I987-88, the production of tea and green leaves in all the t

1 .^ The programme of the WBTDC during I988-89 includes, besides maintenance of old plants and planting of new ones, improvement in the woi^ing conditions in the factory by way of ensuring better power and water supplies, development, of the land mder cultivation, better preservation' syst^ of the tea produced etc. In addition, the WBTDC has a programme to inten sify the welfare activities for th^e staff and labourers, 1 ,5 A total outlay of Rs.lio.oo lakhs is proposed for the WBTDC for I988-89.

B. Others* 2 * Schemes of the Director ate of Glnch6na and Other Medicinal Pl^'t's "( DCOMP) ; 2 .1 Rnetme and Diosgmin are the basic intermediate drugs manufacture of which was introduced on a Commercial scale during 198^-86. V/hile corjncrciol ci0.tivation of Cinchona, Ipecac and Dioscorea and production of Quinine, Binetine and DLosgcnin have been intonsifled, pilot scale plantation of some othv^r medicinal -/sd A - 36

and aromatic plants also liaVo ■undertaken nnd ftXLL-fledged Research Section with Agronomicpl, HbrticiiLtural, Microhiologicca, Genetic and Tissue CuLture and i^alytical sections have beun strongthoied, 2 .1 .1 Schemevrise pcri'oi’maticu during I987-88 and programme for 1988-89 are given in subseq.uc3it paragraphs. 2 .2 Continuing Schemes and ('b') Expansion of Cinchona Gultivation g Phase I & I I s

During ?th Plan, maintenanco of 5^2 acres of Cinchona of Phase-I and 106^ acres of Cinchona Phase--II w ill be ccntjbiued with improved agronomical practices, Economic life-cycle of Cinchona being I6 years, efforts a3?G continuing for i:?)«keeping of blocks which \d.ll ensure sipply of raw^material, through Coppicing of 8 year old plants for the present, for production in new Quinine Factory, coming 1:?) at Mmgpoo. 2.2.1 The following outlsya for I988-89 are proposed s- Phas&-I Rs,7 oOO lakhs, Phaso^II ... PsJ.9 .00 lakhs.

2 .3 c) ModeiTtiisation/RenQVatlon of Govt. Quinine Factory s Durljig Seventh Plan poidod i t is expected to complete the modernisation vrark of the Century-old Quinine Factory, Plant erection and electrification of the 10 M/T. Capacity new extraction Ihit has been completed alongwith electiTiflcation and commissxoning ox joiler. The cn-bire fire fighting - complex w ill be developed in I987-88 in two stages and cons« truction of the fire fighting wall will also be completed in 1987-88, 2 . 3 .1 During 1988-89 installation of eCLuipmciits of Neutrali- sation Plrmt system will be completed and the same,- commissioned work^shop machineries w ill be procured during I988-89. 2.3.2 An outlay of Rs.l5,8o lakhs is proposed for the scheme during 1988-89, 2 ,^ d) Expansion of Inecac Cultivation ; Ditring Seventh Plan, it is anticipated to raise 5pOO Seed bed Kamras and final planting of 1 [J,000 kamra.s of Ipecac. Maintenance of older blocks i:|)to 3h year’s of age and harvesting of Ipecac roots at the end vrill be. continued. During 1988-89, 1500 Ihits (with 50G i3eed beds.)- .will be oi^eatM rn.d ,2Q0 0 - kgs^ of dry root will be harvested. Expected employment gaieration during I988-89 is 1^,000 man days,

2 ,^ ,1 An outlay of Rs,8,00 lakhs is proposed for 1988^89,

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2 , ^ Construction of labour houses for Dlantaiion labourorg ; During thG first six months of I987-88 four labour* houses have already 130(31 constructed. It is proposed to construct 30-35 labour quarters dining 1988-89. An outlay of Rs,l5,00 laJ^hs mgy bo approved for I 988-89 for continuing the scheme for cqistruction of labour holies. 2 .i ©0 Supply of piped drinking water .and jproviding sani- "iary conditions to labour er so f Cinchona Plnntations

During the Sixth Plan ^ ^ ,0 0 0 mtrs. of G*I. pipes were . la id along\d.th 20 G.I, tanks and other accessories. For administrative convenience, the scheme has been handed over to the PHE for implementation. During I988-89, drinking water sipply to Rungbee and Muisong Divisions is proposed to be extended. It is proposed that an outlay of Rs,2,00 laXhs for I988-89 be approved for this scheme,

NaJ Schemes.

2*7 f) Production of Snetine B^drochloride s This scheme is an on-going scheme* W ith the assistance received from the Govemmcait of India under Hill Areas Develop ment Programme, the Emetine Factory hp.s been conipleted and commissioned during the Sixth Plan, The installed capacity o: the Emetine factory is 2^ kgs, of anetine I^T'drochloride per annum. During I986-87, production of 7? kgs, of Qnetine Was achierred against the target of 100 kgs. The production target for the current yc^ar is I60 kgs, and. work is progressing sa;tisfactorily, Durijig I988-895 the produc tion target has been fixed at 175 kgs, 2 ,7 *2 An outlay of Rs,6,20 lakhs may be provided for this scheme during I988-89, 2,8 g) -Gi:0.tivatlcfli of iCloscorea yid fiV Production of Dlosgenin ;

Thdse are also schemes financed 'i:|)to the end of the Sixth Plan from the assistance under Hill Areas Developmciait Programme, T ill that time 120 acres of land, could be brought under QLoscorea Plan taction and completion of the Diosgonin factory cotCLd be achieved. During I986-87 new expansion on 1 ? acres of land couLd be achieved. During 1987-8 8 , new extension on 15 acres will bo completed and. harvesting of 10 acres w ill be undertaken. During 1988-8 9 } 10-12 acres will be added to the existing c\iLtivation areas and 25jOOO kgs, of dry roots harvested, 800 kgs. of Diosgenin have bec3i produced during 1986-87 in the Diosgenin factory and the estimated production during the current year is about 8^0 kgs. The targetted produc tion for 1988-89 is 1500 kgs, contd,, , . .A ^ 38

2 . 8 . 1 The proposod outlays 19 8 8 -8 9 for noscorua plpjitp.tlon and QLosganin f:^,ctc-ry aro rospoctively Rs*6 .0 0 I'ikhs -Tnd Rs,8 ,0 0 lakhs. 2 .9 h) P ro iect on dDWnstroa;ii steroids ; TlUs project is onvisaijod to Gnsuro oconomic vialoility to tho Eiosgfuin fn,ctoiy. Tho don:uid for storoidal driJcs is on the increase and the major roy^ material"wiz. Eiosgenin v/ill ho avallahlo fron tho DLosgonin factory. The project is fmded frci:^ hoth Sta.be Plan ^^d Central assistance uidor m il Areas Develope ment P r o gr amm e. 2 . 9 .1 The target for the Seventh Plan is to produce about .100-150 kgs. of Hormonesj A project report has hejn prepared rmd some infrastructural work done. Extension of the 'BiosgGnin factory complex to accommodrate this Project has already bean ta}^en i^. It is proposed to orect e^luipm^nts and commission the plants during I 988-8 9 . I t is 0I.SO proposed to start trial pro duction of 16 DPA during 1988 -8 9 , ,,, . ' 2 . 9 .2 It is proposed that m outlay o f Rs.^.OO Ir^hs he approved for this scheme for 1988-8 9 , 2i 10 i) Ro^orgpnisatlon ,of the Directorate of Cinchona rind Other KedJ.cin^^ P3.fyits s

In view of the increased and diverse activities of the Eirectoratej a Committee was set t^ hy the Commerce and Indtus- trios Departramt in I 982 to suggest reorganisation. Based on the recommend.ation o f the Comi^ttee, re«organisation is being t.aken vip in stages, 2 .1 0 .1 An outlay o f Rs,1.0C laXh i s prc^poscd for this schfjme for 1988 -8 9 . 2.11 ' j) Quinine ^ Quinidine Fro.iect s Tho scheme involves conversion of Quinine into Quinidine. Quinidine has very important use in the d.rugs for heo,rt deseasos and has a very good market. QuLniddne has been successfully prepared from Quinine by the Directorate on a pilot scale. The present scheme envisages full scale manufacture of Quinidine.

2.11.1 During I 988-89 construction of factory building \d.ll be started and necessary machinery and oQ.ulpLi.ait procured. An outlay of Rs,6.00 lakhs is proposed for 19 88 -8 9 .

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FOCD STORAGE AND ln'AREHOUSIIMG

The Plan/Pr-^grammca under Agriculture & Allied Activities Sector

which are implGmented through 'Wnst Bengal State Ware—housing Corpn. and

West Bengal Agro-Industries Corpno Ltd„ are included under District Sector

Programmes and constitute District Plan Component of the Annual Plan of

this Department for 19B6-89o

liiest ,3.enj;ial_ State Idarehousinq C.orporatipn

The Corporation has undertaken a programme for construction of

38200 f'TT storage capacity in different districts of Uest Bengal during the

7th plan period 1905~90o It completed construction of 9450 and 58q O [IT in- 1985-06 and 1906-87 respectively* Th' Corporation has under-taken a re-

Bised programme for construction of 11550 rTT of storage capacity in 1907-00,

It has proposed to take up a programme for construction of 9900 PTT in

1908-09 in Dalpaiguri, ^^''idnaporG and Bankurc*

An outlay of Rs» 100.00 lakhs has been allocated for the programme

of the Corporation for the entire 7th Plan period. A sum of Rs, 20.00 lakhs

Was spent from the state Plan Budget in 1985-85 and an equivalent amount was

spent in 1906—87 for the construction programme of the Corporation. A pro

vision of Rs. 20.00 lakhs is made in the State Plan Budget for the Corpn. for its prrgramme in 1987-jj8o’An outlay of Rs.20 lakhs is proposed for in vestment in the share capital of the Corpn. during 198.;-89 so that it may

implement its construction programme for 1988-89.

AG^ICULT URAL FIM m i l i k . iJ^pTJJUJXOiiS "HyRAL BANK.5 ,IN UEST BENGAL*'

The Scheme for setting up of Regi nal Rural Banks was introduced

in 1976 u d er the provisions of the Regional Rural Banka Act, 1976, The

issued capital of each Regional Rural Rank is 25.00 lakhs, 15^ of which

is subscribed by the State Government whose contribution is thus Rs. 3o75 lakhs in the share capital of each such bank. An outlay of Rs.50.00 lakhs

has been envisaged for the purpose for the entire 7 th Five-Year plan period

(1905-90). During the year 1986-87 five RRBs increased their paid up share

capital by 25 lakhs each and the State Govt, had to contribute at the

rate of Rs. 3*75 lakhs per RR8 as its share of 15^. For the purpose of increa-

singshare capital of four RRBs an amount of Rs.15 lakhs has been proposed

for the year 1988-89.

Till date 9 (nine) Regional Rural Banks have been established in

West Bengal. These are (i) Gour Gramin Bank (covering Malda & West Dinajpur

districts), (ii) flaHabhum Gramin Bank (covering Bankura, Purulia & Mid-

napore d i s t r i c t s ), (i.'.i) May-urakshi Gramin Bank (covering Girbhum d is t r ic t ),

(iv) Uttarbanga Kshetriya Gramin Bank (covering Cooch-Behar, -^alpaiguri &

Darjeeling d is t r ic t s ), (v) Sagar Gramin Bank (covering 24-Parganas d istr ict) A ^ 40

(vi) Nadia Gramin Bank (couGring Nadia D is t ric t ) (v ii) Bardhaman Gramin

Bank (covering Burdwan d is t r ic t ) (v iii) Hourah Gramin Bank (ccrv/Gring Hou rc.h

and Hooghly districts) and (i;x) Plurshidabad Gramin Bank (covering Murshida"

bad district )o

With a view to augnenting the flouj of institutional credit to the poorer section of the rural population;, the State Government is in favour

of setting up one Rsgional Rural Bank for each district in West Bengalo J~\ — H-J.

CO-OPERATIOM '

Short-tcrni and n;..dium term Agricultural Credit

rr-jrao^ucT ION

The programme in the rural _,GGtor for dif.fGrcnt activities in the

fio-.d cf ag»riculturs is linked up with adGquato arrangement of credit*

Both shnrt-tGirn prcdujtion: credit and mcdium-tc.rm investment credit w ill

go a long way towards oearinQ up of production leading to gainful anploy-

ment arid increiriental benefit of income at the end of farmers* As nearly

^Qfa of the farmers in Lhu Scace are cither small or marginals who are in

urgent need of credit for their agricultural operation, provision for

institutional credit assumes the most important role in an agrarian economy

like that of ourso To achieve this end? different scheroes as detailed

hereunder will be implemented during the fourth year of the 7 th plan period

and all the afcresaio schemes act either as sources of benefits flowing

directly or indirectly to the ^<;imers in, the State or as a protective shield for central financing agcncies or the primary agencies against the

possibility of any lOsc 'n account of production loan advanced by them to the ecanjrnically woakcr section of the agricultural community.

3ev;.;nteeni Central Co-operative Banks alongwjth with three branch of

units of the ii'ost Bengal State Co-operative Bank Ltd., having the status of

suoh central financing agency have been acting as key institutions in the

rural sector for bringing about improvement in agricultural production by way c.v advancing production credi'’:, investment credit and also cash credit to different agricultural cooperative’ societies functioning in their areaso

At tbc grass—root level 660Q primary agricultural credit societies are / engaged in dispTnsation of such production credit. Both the Central Coop-#-

Banks as well as Primary Agril. Credit sccieties are striving hard to tap

local deposits so as to emyioy them for productive purpose in their areas.

Oesidesj they are engaged in arranging marketing of the surfDlus production

at the farmers' levelc Glancing at the following table will show the per

formance of these two types of agencies during the last 3 yeai-s s- 1984 -- 05 1985 - 86 1986 - 07

1. (a) f'iooof Branches of the Central Coopo Bank 193 194 194 (b) fJCo of State Coop.Sank 33 ^ 33 33 2, Deposits (a) At C.CoBo level 125,00 crores 128,00 crores 131.95 crores (b) At State Coop.Bank 93 .84 ” 117.50 ” 127.00 "

3, ScTo loans advsncod 41,38 '» 42.7 9 51 .9 6 No of 3argadar & Patta holders financed 78645 60476 64000 5o H.To loans advanced 12.55 14 .58 6 . Gross ;>cr0ge overall •' 3 .9 0 .0 0 0 4 .2 7 .0 0 0 5 .2 0 .0 0 0 7o Fiembersiiip generated 5 .5 2 .0 0 0 7 .1 8 .0 0 0 7 .6 8 .0 0 0 undL,r 1-iniversal r'lcrn- bership Scheme (Cummu- lative fig, for small 4 marginal farmers) A - 42 Tc achicut thcgc objectivyss riiffcrent schcmos as dctailod hercundor u iii bo implcmontc'' during tho 4th yoar of the 7th plan period. In tho' 7th Plr.n target fc-.' cduanCQ of production crudit for seasonal agricultural opL.ration has bcun fix'-d .as per the follouing tabic -

Y_c: o r . ‘ Amount of 5«T» CrBdit to be issued (in crorGs) 1935 - 05 7Q.0Q 05,00 1907 - oa ^ lOQ.OO 1930 - 09 120.00 1939 - 90 140.00

This quantum of S-.T. loan will flow to tho farmors through a net uioik of 66QQ PACS and about 200 FSS anc.' AMPS- 17 Central Cc

SchemasJ_% Creation of_ Fund (1 ) West Boagal State fgricultural Str.bilisatJjpn Fund - Rs. 1.00 lakhs.

The fund-is moant for extendinQ relief the farmers affccted by natural calamities^ Such relief is given in the shape of conv/ersion of current S.T ■ Loans into 71^1. loan and rcphasing the current instalment of n.T:. loanso Thestu-.ly team on ouerduos of Coop. Credit Institutions obsor thpt 2.3 a result of crop failure in certain areas iiihelly or more than 50j{ bscr.usc; of natural -Ldamities in a year, about 20% of the total Short Tqb advance together with instalm^Tits cf rhodium term loans may be required tj be brought under e: nversi:^n facilities or rephasing arrangements as th( case may be. While 60^- of the :umount likely to be converted uiill be proviQ by MA3ARD uut of National Agril. (Credit Stabilisation) Fund the balance 40^ has to be arranged by the State Govt. , State Coop. Bank and Central ^□'jp. Bank and Central Coop. Banks in the following proportion.

1. Central Cc-'cip. Bank - '15% 2. State Coop. Sank - 10% 3. Stato Gout. - 15%

Str.tc Govt’ s share of 15^ is contributed to the West Bengal Stats Agril, Credit Stnbilisaticn Fund, which is maintained by Accountant General, West Bongal. Bolance of the fund at tho end of 1905-06 was Rs.140.B5o A further c'Jntribution of Rs.1.00 lakhs may be provided during 1988-89 under the State Fund» A 43

Schcmo No.2 s Expansjpn of Rural Cr udit

2 ( i ) 2 StrBnqth e n inn of Con t ral CQop° Brgnk i Rs»2«60 la khs

(a) AssistancG for Oranch personnel Rs» 1»5Q l^akhso.

The Assistance is required for granting subsidy Central Coop, Ban^

for maintenance of staff in case ;'f opening of new brancheso Pattern of

assistance as envisaged in the 7th Plan is appended below 2-

i ) Branch ‘*anager oo. 1 ~ Rs. 1 ,0 0 0 .0 0 p.mo @ Rso 1000/“ p<.m. each,

i i ) *^ffico assistance •• 3 — Rs. 1 ,0 0 0 .0 0 pom. @ Rs. 600/- p.mo each

iii) Subordinate staff. • 2 ~ Rs» OQO.OO p*m. @ Rs. 400/- p.mo each.

Rs. 3,500*00 p.m.

Hcnce annual expenditure is Rso 3,600 x 12= Rs. 43,200/~o Subsidy will be provided at a tanpering scale of 100^^^ 56^, 33% of the total cost for the

1st, 2nd and the 3rd year respectively, ^t has beenproposed that 10 numbe.r

of branches will bo opened in the state during the year 1908-89. A sum of

Rs. 1.50 lakhs is provided for in the budget for 1930-89 on adhoc basis-

Assistance for Technical Personnel 2 Rs-1*10 lakhs

Central Coop. Banks/Units of iiiest Bengal State Coop. Bank w ill set up a technical cell to follow up and monitor the programmes of S-T^ and PloT o

loans on several schemes of Technical nature like minor Irrigation ‘’roj*2ct,

Handloom, 'dJc;avings Dairy, Poultry,, Pisciculture etc. specially in the con

text of IHDP, NREP, RLEGP Schemes® Such subsidy w ill go to the banks on a

tapering scalc of 100|^, 60^, 50^, 7S}% for five years^

Staff pattern and salary of the Officers may be determined as fellows s~

i) Agril. Graduate - 1 @Rs. 1800/- p.m. Rs. 1,000/- p.m.

ii) l/etty. Graduate - 1 ©Rs.IBOO/- p.m. Rs. 1,000/- p.m.

i i i ) Handloom Ueaving Expert-1 @ Rs. 1800/- p.m. Rs. 1,800/- p.m.

A sum of Rso 1.10 lakhs is suggested for allocation to the said

scheme on adhoc basis.

1 2 (i i ) s Assistance to Apex Coop. 3ank -Rs.O SO lakhs

Under the branch expaneion programme of utest Bengal State Co-op.

Bank L td ., it has buon proposed thot during the 4th year of the Plan

period 2 branches will be opened under the aegies of the said State Co-op,

Bank. Under the existing pattern of subsidy on a tapering scale for

3 years will bo provided to the bank for 1 branch ‘'anager, one Cashier, A - 44

^ Accountant, 1 Ledger Keepers and 2 Sub-staff. Estimated expenditure on this account for each branch will be as follows g—

1o Branch Pltnager © Rs. 1000/- p»m, Rs. 12,000/- (Rs, 600/~ X 12 X 1 )

2# Branch Cashier @ Rso 600/- pom. (Rso 600/- X 12 X 1 ) Rs. 7,20 0/-

3. Branch Accountant d Rs« 600/- p.m. ( Rs. 600/- X 12 X 1) Rs. 7,200/-

4. Branch Ledger Keeper @ Rs. 600/- P.M. (Rs. 600/- X 12 X 1 ) i?s. 7 ,2 0 0 /-

5. Sub-staff @ Rs. 400/- p.m. ( Rs, 400 X 12 X 2 ) Rs. 9,600/-

Rs. 43,200/-

Due to paucity of funds, the scheme may not be implemented

fully during this year. A token amount of Rs. 0.50 lakhs may be provided

for the scheme.

2 ( i i i ) 2 Risk fund to DCCBS Rs. 4 .7 5 |

And § 14.25 lakhs

3 ( i i ) s Risk Fund to PACS Rs. 9 .5 0 |

To enc^Jrage the Central Coop. Banks/Units of the Statr Coop.

Bank and the PACS to enhance flow of credit to the weaker section of the

community, subsidy has been prauided @ 2% and 4^ of the S. T . and •

loan advanced to che weaker section in a year in excess of the amount

already advanced during the previous year in order to provide a cushion

to such Central Coop. Banks. Banks/Units of State Coop* Bank and the

PACS respectively for absorption of the risk involved in such investment.

At present nearly 70^ of S#To advance goes to the weaker section and in the

7th Plan it is estimated that about 7 5 % of the S.T. and M.T. advances will

go to the weaker section. A sum of Rs* 14.25 lakhs may be allocated under

the schane.

2 (i v ) % Assistance to Central Coop, Banks for writting off Bad Debts a .. .. Rs.0.50 lakhs

This assistance is meant for the weak Central Coop. Banks*

Ihe condition is that the Central Coop. Banks whose total amount of Bad,

Doubtful Debts, accumulated losses and other overdues over 3 years exceed

50^ of their owned funds and which have uneroded owned funds of more than

25 lakhs but less than Rs* 50 lakhs and have the scope of being a viable

unit to acquire the potentiality for having a lending programme of

Rs* 1.5 crores will be eligible for this assistance. Such proposals as

regards rehabilitation of above kinds of Central Coop. Banks are to be

drawn upin consultation with NABARD. An amount of Rs. 0.5 0 lakhs is

provided for 1980-89 on adhoc basis.

SR/- A ~ 45

2.(\/) Loans to State Co-operativG Sank for re-loaning to Centrral

Coop* Banks for providing non-ouerduti cower - Rs. 55.00 lakhs

According to the stipulations of NA3ARD made uJhile sanctioning

3#T*Credit limit for seasonal agricultural operations, .a C.C.B will be eligible to drew the sanctioned credit limit to the extent of its current outstanding loans with its a ffilia t e d PACS* C.C.Bs hav/ing high ov/erdues in under developed areas cannot maintain non-overdue cover as they are poor in resources* They fail to achieve investment target as they

cannot draw from the Apex Banks* Under the schema, the G«OoI. provided long term loans with matching contribution with the State Government for reloaning the same to CCBs to cnablo them to maintain non-overduo

cover for fulfilment of investment target* Estimated requirement for

fund during 1988-89 is Rs* 55.00 lakhs out of the State Budget. Equal

amount is being provided for in the Central Sponsored Scheme.

Scheme j\lo» 3 . Organisation of Service Cooperativos.,

Common Cadre Fund for PACS - Rs. 112*00 lakhs*

( a ) So long the requirement of fund on this account was met by contribu tion by the PACS and the financing bank (i and 0.5^ respectively of the total amount of S.T.advances during the year and the deficit was met up by the State Government. It is estimated that the S.T • Credit

disbursement during 1988—89 will be to the tune of "s. 60,00 crores*

Total salary cost of 5000 cadarisod managers comes to about Rs*2000«00

lakhs. It is estimated that about Rs. 90.00 lakhs will come from the

contributions on investment d 1.5^ as stated above. Provision for the

balanced is estimated at Rs. 110.00 lakhs to be met by the State

Government for this year.

It has been envisaged tfiat provision for running the

Administration of Cadre by the 20 Cadre Committee w ill be made during

the 7th Plan Period. Cost of establishment of C.C.As in 1988-89 has been

estimated as below 2-

R e c u r r i n q 2

1 ) 3 staff e Rs. 1900 x 12 x 20 Rs. 4,56,000.00 (1 Clerk © He. 700/- p,m. 1 Typist (i Rso 700/- p.m* 1 peon © Rs. 500/- p.m. )

2) Contingency © R3. 1 0Q x 12 x 20 Rs. 2 4 ,0 0 0 .0 0

3 ) House Rent © Rs. 200/- x 12 x 20 Rs. 4 8 ,0 0 0 *0 0

Rs. 5,28,000.00

The Scheme may not be fu lly implemented this year as preparatory

arrangements for recruitment of staff etc. may not be completed before

the commencement of the year. Menc.e an amount of Rs. 2 .0 0 lakhs is

suggested for allocation under this fund.

As such a total sum of Rs. 112.00 lakhs may be provided for th is scheme for the year 1988-89, A ^ 46

3 , ( i i i ) Strengthening of PAC5 s Rs» 27»Q0 lakhs*

It Was initially proposed in accordance with the recommendation of the Task Force appointed by the Gout, of India that 2000 PACS ujould be reorganised and upgraded in a phased manner during the 7th Plan period « These societies should be made financially and organistionally strong to enable them to take up multifarious functions including marketing of cropsy supply of agricultural inputs in kind, supply of consumer goods mobilisation of deposits and also to function as agency for investment of LaT.credit for 'One Uindow’ seruice for the village people* It Was decided to take up 300 societies in 1986-87 400 societies in 1987-88 and 500 societies in 1988-89. But unfortunately the Gout a of

India decided lately not to involve itself with any such venture after the initial spade work of identification of societies etc. had been done. It is therefore, decided that the State Govt, should take I'p the work of reairganisation of PACS out of its own resources since the programme if properly implemented, w ill not only change the structure o’f the Cooperatives but also bring immense opportunity before the small and marginalfarmers, particularly the weaker section of the people to increase agricultural production in as auch as they would be able to avail of the benefits of both S.To and L«T« Loans, and other facilities though IRDP etc* at their door steps* During 1987-88, 50 societies were to be selected. It is proposed that 100 societies should be selGctGd in 1988-89,

A« Hanaqt,rial Subsidy......

For in it ia l fiv/e years ireorganiced PACS w ill be provided with subsidy in tapering scale towards maintenance of staff as per the following pattern ~

CS,,_fox.t.he 2n_^

1* Manager Rs, 600.00 p.m.

2. Accountant Rs. 450.00 p.m*

3. Cashier Rs. 250.00 p.m.

n3.1300*00 X 12 X 50 = Rs.7 * 8 q lakh;

(I) Requirement of fund for 50 societies for the 2nd Year w ill be - 75/q of fi3, 7 . 8q lakhs *. . * , Rs*5*85 lakhj

For 100 Jlor _thB 1st year

1) Manager Rs* 600.00 p.m.

2) Accountant Rs. 450,00 pom.

3) Cashier 250*00 p.m^

...... [l-. 13 0 0 ,0 0 pj.m.^-

(II) Requirement of fund for 100 societies for the 1st year w ill bo Rs. 1300 x 12 x 100 = Rs. 15,60 Lakhs

Total Recuirernent under A Rs. 2 1.45 lakhs A ^ 47

B• Rene Subsidy for Reorqa.nisedi PACS

The roorganisGd PACS will require adequate office accommoda— tion» Financial assistance @ Rsa 300/“ p.m. for society as rent subsidy

is proposed to bo giv/en tc each of thcj 50 societies for the 2nd year

and cach or the 100 scciLties to oe seiected in 1908-89. Total require ment of fund for this purpose is calculated at Rs. 5,40 lakhs# But

selection of societies may not be madn st the beginning of the year. So

a sum of Rs. 2 .55 lakhs may be prouidod for 19B8 on ad-hoc basis.

C. . - A_ssAst!?nci:-’ J e r Counter a Strong Room.

In order to enable one reorganised PACS to discharge their’

soruices efficiently and fully to the people the reorrganised PACS should

ha'1^2 seporate counter and iron safe. It is proposed to grant such

societies subsidy d Rs. 4000/- to enable them to erect counters and

purchase iron safe. The ret;uirement of fund is ostimatcd at Rs. 4.00

lakhs* But the selection of societies may not be made from the beginning

of the year. So Rso 3.00 lakhs may be proyided on ad-hoc basis*

Thus the total requirement of fund under the scheme w ill come

to Rs. 27.00 lakns “ as indicated b^.dow 5-

a ) Subsidy for maintenance of Staff. Rs. 21.45 lakhso

B) Rent Subsidy Rs. 2*55 ”

C) Assist..inee for Counter & Strono Room. Rs. 3 .0 0 ”

-Bs_. 27.00 lakhs*___

Acccrdingly a sum of Rs. 27.DO lakhs is provided for the year

198d-ag.

3.^ (i\y) Farmers Scryice Coop. Societias - 0*51 lakhs*

There are 45 PACS in the State. It is proposed that the

existing FSCs which have nji: peen pruuidcd with financial assistance so

far for maintenance of technical officers uill be giyen subsidy for

defraying the cost of three technical officers as detailed below s-

(a) One Agril. txtn. Officer @ Rs. 1500 X 12 X 1 = Pvs. 1 8 ,0 0 0 .0 0

(b ) Two V/. L.^iJs . 00,, © Rs» 7 50 X 12 X 2 = Rs* 18,000*00

subsid'/ will be provided at a tapering scale for 5..years

first 3 ycsarsj, 56.66^ for the 4th year C;nd .33«33^ for the 5th year*

4 FSCs were proposed to be brought under this subsidy in 19B6—87. This

year too i.e. in 193B—89 those societies will continue to receiye

subsidy^ The fund requirementt^^ill be Rs. 1»00 lacs in 1988-89*

The expenditure on this account w ill be meet out of the

provioion in the budget of Agril. Department.

Besides this the newly organised FSCs are entitled to

uov/ernmervt subsidy for the followj.ng category of staff on a tapering

seal:- of 100^, 65.66^'': and 3 3 .3 3 ^ during l.'t, 2nd and 3rd year

respL ct j.yoly. A 48

a) Cashirr-cum-Accountant -1

Hj * 0 00x 12x 1 o.»« M\s* 9 | 6 0 0 # 0 0

b) Salesman 700 x 12 x 2 :4^s. 16,800*00

c) Group ’ D ’ staff including Ni.-ht Guard Q Rs. 500 x 12 x 2 =^s. 1 2 ,0 0 0 .0 0

T o t a 1 ss Rso 3 8 ,4 0 0 ,0 0

It is propcT.Gd that societiss which ha\io not yot been assistfed under this schanc will be provided with si>bsidy during the 7th Plan Period and a sum of Rs. 0.51 l^khs may be provided for the year 1988-89 on ad—hoc basiri for the purpose#

3» (v) Assistance under Universal Hcmborship Pjograjjimo -- Hs* 4 2»50 _lakhs_«^

The schemf.; mdor the title '’Universal HembGrship Scheme" is

in-opGratinn since 1977* The schemo aims at encouraging and assisting

the Weaker secticn of the popul tion to become mGinbers of the Agricultural

Credit Co-operativos* Initially a sum of Rg* 10/~ was given as grant per

new member ta enable? him to purchase share of PACS* This amount was

considc’red too inadequate and war. raised to Rso 50/— since 1983-84# This

ochemc har, helpe'd fnainly the Bargadars and Patta Holders to become membbro cv; PoCb and thuj be eligible for production credit under the SCP*

Tar-juts for incroaGC cf membership during 1938-09 has been proposed to

bo fixed at d5,0C0 and a sum of H:* 12,50 lakhs is required for the purpose

andtiiereforej the ,-jf;id sum may be providc-jd for the year 1988—89.

3 ,( v i j Subsidy to LA'.Pa - R;.* 5<.91 Irkhso

It is enviGaqed that during 7th plan peri, od 64 new LAWS ujiil

be oryanif-^ed in selt^^t .d areas of ITDP districts so as to make the number

of LhF'lPS 130 in total. Under the approved pattern fu ll cost of pay of

the following staff of LAi'iPs is subsidised by'the State Government for

3 /onrso

i) executive Officer

ii) Field Officer-cum-nanager

i i i ) Night Guard-cum-Weighman»

The existing pay stracture op the Field Officer-cum-Manager and

r'ii'-iht Gurrd Cum-Ueighman would require upward revision during the 7th

plan as under.

i) Executive Officer (Hnputation from Govt, Deptt.) Rs. 1,8rQ,00 p.m.

i i ) Field Officer-cum-Planagor Rs. 1 , 8 0 0 . 0 0 p,m.

Guard-cum-iileighman Rs. 4 0 0 . 0 0 p.m.

Rs. 3,.0D0..0Q p„m.

It is propoaed that during 1988-89, 5 LAMPS will be fully

assistGd and 20 LA'^Pc will be given subsidy on tapering scale of 56^ of

thL cuat of niaintmance of staff. The total requirement of fund will

be (i5» b*91 laki'is. A 49

SCHEME NO. 4 s Investment in share of [:DopGrative Organisation - Rso QQ, 00 lakhs

(a) InuGstrrient in share of Cooperatiue Organisation (S .T * Credit) Rs. 5 0 ,0 0 l0.khs>

The State Cooperative Bank, the Central Coopcarativa Banks and the Primary Agricultural Credit Societies are assisted by the State government by luay of State Contribution to the share capital of these institution* Fund for this is made available by NABAHD out of i\lRC

(L.T.O.)# Fund to enable the State Government to contribute liberally to the share capital of Central Cooperative Banks/PACs*

PACs are entitled to contribution upto Rs* 1«00 lakhs each

considering the merit of individual cas-'s.

It is expected that 100 PACs will be eligible for state share

contribution d Rs* 10,000/-, 100 uill bo eligible for contribution

@ Rs* 15,000/“ and 100 societies <1 Rso .25,000/- each.

100 X Rs. 10,000/- Rs. 10.00 lakhs

100 X Ks. 15,000/- Rs. 15.00 "

100 X Rs. 25,000/- Rsc 25.00 "

Rso 50.00 lakhs

A such, a sum of Rs. 50*00 lakhs may be provided for the year 1988-89.

(b) Investment in Shares of L<»D«3s. out of LoT.O. Fund - Rs. 3 0 .0 0 lakhs.

For augmentation of oun resources and lessening the burden of dependance on interim finance of the L.D.Banks they arc assisted by

contribution of State Shares out of the loans procured by the State

Govt, from N.R.C» (L.T.0. ) Fund, administered by the IMABARD. The

Assistance provides the cushion of fund required by the L.D. Banks to

implement the lending programme under the system of procuring funds by

•floatation of Qebcntures and reimbursement of the relevant amount disbursed. As a normal case, the assistance'is made available to the

L.D'. Bs. to the required extent uhich fulfil-the eligibility norms set-cut by the NABARD in this respect. As per the NASARD’s guidelines on rehabilitation and revitalisation of tiie weak L.D .B s* the banks identified for rehabilitation are also to Le assisted by contribution of State Shares during the period of implementation of the relevant

Action Plan. On this score for assisting the said categories of the

L .D .B s * , the requirement of fund for 1933-89 is shown below s-

F o r 8 Land Development Banks fulfilling normal terms and conditions of e lig ib ilit y Rs. '6 * 0 0 lakhs

Second Year’ s assistance for 5 Land Development Banks implementing the Action Plan of Rehabilitation Programme @ Rs. 4.00 lakhs per bank. .o. .. Rs* 24.00 lakhs Rs« 30.00 lakhs. 50

LOr^G TERfl CREDIT

Target and AchiGvement s

In the Long-Term Credit Sector in Uest Bengal the investment

credit at the base level to the ultimate borrowers is dispensed by

24 Primary Land Development Banks and 2 Branches of the West Bengal

Central Coop. Land Development Bank Ltd. The increase in the credit flou during .the Sixth Plan period uas 1:-S3 than luhat ujas anticipated and the gajouth of the investment was not steadya In the last two yuars

viz* 1985—86 and 1986—87, i.e. in the first two years of the 7th five year Plan, certain improvement in credit flow wrs achieved. It indicates that the factors creating continued stagnation in the expansion of L.r.

Credit have been largely overcome, Improvement in the flow of investment

credit which has been effected in the last two years would be revealed

from the information furnished below s-

(Rs» i n .l akhsj

Year Loan issued Recovery of the Demand 6th Plan. T a rg et Achie Percent Amount collec- percentagi period. vement age of ted(including of collec achieve- in t e r e s t ) tion. ment»

1980-8-1 1400«00 615*45 44^ 5 8 0.70 40*59^ 1981-82 1200.00 646*77 54^ 6 3 1 .9 4 3 3 .5 4 ^ 1982-83 1000.00 680*60 68^ 78 3*73 39*61^ 1983-84 900«0G 653*59 72 ^ 8 9 3 .5 5 4 6 .3 2 ^ 1984-85 1100.00 703*29 64^^ 1097 * 20 47o3B^ 3600.00 3299*70 59% . 3987*12 4 1 .8 0 ^ .

7th Plan period

1985—85 1380.00 846*30 61*325^ 1 1 31.4 9 46*385^ 1986-87 1585*00 1052*66 66*42/0 1194*59 44.945^"

The factors mostly responsible for the unsatisfactory growth

of investment in thq. Sector is the failure to recover the loan and the

consequent shrinkage in credit eligibility of the concerncd Banks* The

repeated flood and drought in several parts of the State during the last

couple of years in succession besides shattering the rural economy,

greatly affected the collection of loans during the past few years

resulting in huge accumulation of the overduos* The problem is

aggravated further due to wide occasional fluctuation in the prices of

jute, potato k etc., frequent price hikes of Agricultural inputs and

implements, unremunerative prices of the Agricultural Produces, power

shortage and delay in energisation of the electrically opera^ted

irrigation installations, failure of wells, shallow tube wells etc*

defectiwe Pump sets, Pouer—Tillers, Tractors etc* acquired by the

loanees out of the loans r^f the banks, dearth of knowledge in scientific

farmin_] of the farmers in the remote and backward rural areas and weak

management in seme of the Land Devolopiiient Banks coupled with the

absence of the technical expertise and business acunion* A «= 5 1

The land DouGlopmBnt Banking structure in the State is not financially

strong enough yet to absorb the shock of normal business aducrsitise due

to occasional odds including natural calamity*

Some of tho modest achiev/Gments worth mentioning in this soctor

is that during the last fow years 70-75^ of the loans want to the share of

the ueakor sections like small/marginal farmers and scheduled castes/tribes

members* To yet rid of the limited scope in inuestments in the convent

ional schbTi.03 like Rinor Irrigatianj Land Development etc* and for

diversifying investments in neuj composite schemes on various items like

piscicultures forestry, horticulture and the schemes on processing of

Agricultural produces have, recently been introduced in greater number

for implementction by the L-nd Development Banks# With the requisite c

change in the orjoperative Rules financing of nonfarmschemes has been

permitted and it is expected that flou of investment credit in the non-

farm sector of economy in thu Rural Arcrs Lu'iH further strengthen the

Rural Economy* Taking into account the e lig ib ility for the loans and

the schemes in hand for implement ction th e f'rimary Lend Development Banks

and Branches,of the Central Land Dcvyelopment Bank took up a scheme-uiso

target for lencjing during 1986- 87 as follows which they achieved closely*

(Rs* in lakhs) i) Minor Irrigation 483*50 ii) Farm Hechanisation 225*00 iii) Betel-vine 62*00 iv ) Banana ' ' 3*50 v) Bullock & Bullock Cart 39*50 Vi) Poultry 26*25 vii) Fishery 133*00 viii) Horticulture 4*00 ix) Sericulture 9*00 x) Dairy 16*75 xi) Land Levelling 32*50 xii) Othcr(Bio-gas, Piggery, Cashew-nut e t c .) . 32*75 1068*75

Wormal g 74.25

Toital s 1143.00

P.£Q.g.rBfnmii .ij3j:L_Lej-iding

In the Seventh Fiue Year Plan profile the targetsfor lending

in the L.T.Credit Sector fixed for 19a6~07 and 1987-88 at Rs. 1380*00

lakhs respectively. On the basis of the: preceding few years' perfor

mances in investment the State’ s Programime for the Floatation of

Debentures and loan-investments in the Sector was fixed by the NABARD

at Rs» 1050*00 lakhs for each of the above—said two years* During

latter part of the year 1986-87 with the signs of the improvement

being observed, the floatation of the Debentures for 1986-87 was

enhanced by the NABARD for a further amount of Rs* 200*00 lakhs*

It is believyed that the above said target will be achieved in ful

by tho Banks during 19B7-B8 also. - 52

Sinco Gatisfactory pcrfornancG in Colloction is the

preroquisitG for drnual of funds for thu desired Icndingy all cut

efforts including cnforcin:' of lugal stops against wilful defaulters hsvc been taken up for boosting up the collection in ti'ie State, In terms of thu guidelines of the NABARD for the Rehabilitation and

Revitalisation of the identified woak-banks in the State the

implementation of the Action plan has already been started* For

boosting up investments and to cover larger serment of credit business

in the potential neu- schemes f:'r financing by the banks have been

encouraged and they have als-T taken up in right As an impact of thw steps tak_n fjr tl-,^ improvement of both recovery and investinont

it is expected that the target for lending as envisaged in Seventh Five

Year Plan profile r:r the year 1988—89 with the purposewisG break up

shown below may be ■chieved despite some sorious handicaps croatG-d duo to unprecedented flood as well as draught in a number d istricts resul— tins lower percentage of recovery during the last few years*

(Rs* in lakhs )

Target of Lending for 1988»«89,

i ) Min-r Irrigation 95 0,00 ii) Farm Mechanisation 190,00 iii) Pisciculturc 380,00 iv) Plantation 190,00

v) ,Sullocks> Bullock—Carts, Goboi>-gas, Dairy, Poultry etc, 95,00

«i) Godown, Cattlo~shcd, Farm house, levelling, soil conservationctc, 95,00

1900,00

RGquirement for the Scheme i

For the aforesaid growth in the long-term sector the

financial requirement in respect of the schemes included in the plan

is shown below g~

^ cho[iLe_.No_.. 5 s Supply of Lopg Term Credit ( rs. 12,00 lakhs)

! he followir-g schemes are included under the above

broad—head S”

SR/- A » 53

(a) Subsidy for appolntnient of &apervisors - Rs.1 .00 lakli.

The relevant plan of the Districts show that out of vacant san ctioned posts of Supervisors in the land Development Banks^ 10 such posts will be filled up during the year. As per the approved pattern oi’ assis tance, the State Government' s financial involvement in this respect vrill be as follows s-

Subsidy for 10 Supervisors, 10O/i^ "assistance for the 1st Year's expenses, @ Rs.10,000/~ per Supervisor - Ra.10,000/- X 10. R,s. 1.00 lakh

(b) Subsidy for opening of Branches - Rs.1 laldi

For the expansion of Credit activities and for ensuring service to the people belonging to more interior r-jral areas and for ensuring schemetic utilisation of the loans, it has been proposed to sot up 21 new liranches in the Land Development Barking Sector during the Seventh Plan Period.

As envisagt^ in the District Plans it is expected that 2 liew Branches will be set up during the Year. In the existing pattern of scheme for subsidy, the State Government's financial involvemc3it will be as shov/n below

100^’ Subsidy for the 1st Year for Costs of 1 Branch.______Salaries of Branch Personnfel. Branch Manager 1 @ Rs. 12,000.00 Accountant 1 @ Rs. 10,000.00 Supervisor 1 @ Rs, 10,000.00 Clerk-cumr-Typist 1 @ Rs. 10,000.00 Night Guard 1 Rs. 49,000.00 ?relirin.nary e:}rpenses for P>arniture etc. Rs. 10,000.00 Contingent Expenses for Rent Stationery etc. .« Rs. 4,000.00 Rs, 63,000.00 Assistance Re-^uirement for 2 Branches Works-out, Ra, 63,000/- X 2 = T?s.1 ,26,000/- say Rs. 1.25 lakhs.

(c) Grant-in-aid for Risk F’jnd - Rs.9.73 lakhs. The Scheme for providing out-right grant-in-aid to the Laiid Development Banks towards Risk Fund as an encouragement to oxtcmd. loans to the waker sections was introduced with emergence of S?DA. Subsoouen'ly, it was extended to ether areas also, not covered by.

SIDA, with the burden of assistance borne by the State Government# assistance was provided as per the schcme in a year @ 3foon the fresh loans issued to the Weaker Sections in the proceeding year to A ^ 54

to covor the risk involvement for the invvestment amongst them in oru^:;

that poss'^ble bad and doubtfaldebts on this score could ba adjusted v/i I'll the said F-and. In this respect besides the contribations made by Sl^i^A the direct assistance of the State Government in other areas was extended; to the Land Development Banks during the years 1975-76 to 1981-32 u-.iiniiGrr" uptedly. ‘The scheme yielded good results by way of encouraging the bariliic' to ext end/earmark ed-lorger amount of finance for the members belongiiig to weaker sections* But the flow of the said assistance to the Land Duv, Banks remains suspended since 1982-83. Meanwhile with the inception of D.R .D.A. covering all the areas and merger with SFDA and other Developinen-'; -agencies within it the position has charged# Recently contribution of

Risk Fund assistance to the banks has been arranged through D.LiDA in respeci of financing IRI)P Schemes only covering the target group for the said programme. In Lar^l Development Bankirg Sector besides the IRDP Schemes the term loans are advanced on various economic schemes of the small and ra3.iginal farmers not included in the IRD Programme. Such invcstmcn'::s involve certain amount of risk of certain amomt of the loans turni.og bad and doubtful which the Land Development Banks with existing finraicial capacity can hardly absorb out of their own resources. On the other hand the bank ought to be encouraged to cover more members of weaker sections for financing in pursuance of G-overnment policy. It has, therefore, been proposed for continuation of the Govemment assi.stanoe towards Risk Fund of the Land Developmont Banks in respect of the.non-

IRDP loan cases of the specified category financed by these Banks.

In the Annual Plan for 1987-88 the target for lending in Ltuid Development Banking Sector was fixod at Hs,1 585.00 lakhs. It is expected

that advancing of loans to the farmers by the said banks during the yeor will be achieved at least to the extent of Rs.1300.00 lakhs (approx.). Out of the said loans a share of 25^ amountii::g to Rs.325.00 laldis will account for the loans to the Maiginal Farmers in the schemes not covered under I.R.D.Programme and for which Risk Fund contribution from D.R.D.A. will not be available to the Land Development Banks. For cKtending the said assistance to the Land Development Bariks during 1988-89 the State Government's financial involvement will be as follows Risk Fund Grant-in-aid on invest ment of Rs.325.00 lakhs @ 3% Rs.9.75 lakhs

Scheme No. 6. Gontribation to the Debentures of the C.L.D.B. - Rs.40.00 lalchs.______

On the basis of the programme of lending for the Sector as iriclud'ed' ih the Sevehtl: Plan tlie'Requirement of Investment by the State Government for 1 988-89 was envisc^ed as follows ______■______— Ti______in lakhs_)^_ Programme for lending and floatation 5 Contribution by the State'cTovernment of Debentures as pr the 7th Five Yr. $ to the Debentures. Flop-ji______i ______Special ) Noriml T Total 1 Special ~) Normal ri'otal 1800.00 1 00.00 1 900.00 45.00 1 0.00 55.00 . A » 55

The achievements of the L .D , Bonks in_inves'tment during the last few . years were not upto the target as set-out In the Seventh Plan profile. It is contemplated that during 1988-89 the loon investment in the sector will be at least Rs. 1 500.00 lakhs -as Special and Rs. 50*00 lakhs as ITornal for which funds will be raised by the floatation of Debentures the year for the equal amount. ’The State G-ovemment’s financial_involvomGnt for contributing to said Debenfjres will be as shown belov/ t-

Special . . . Rs* 37.50 lakhs

Normal Rs. 2.50 lakhs

Total Rs. 40.00 lakhs

As per existing pattern^ 95^ of. the value of the Special Deb ai- tures is to be subscribed by the NABARD, The remaining 5/» is to be subscribed by the Central and State Governments- @ 2 ,5 % each. The State Government’s share of contrib’ation thus amounts to Rs.37 . 50 laKis on account of Special Debentures. In rospcct of Normal Debentures a sum of Rs.2.50 lakhs has been shovm as the State G-ovemment's contribution to Normal Debentures. Thus a total sum of Rs.40.00 laliis may be provided for the year 1988-89*

Scheme No. 7. IPailed Wells Compensation Pand - Rs.8,00 lakhs.______

In the lines of the NABARD's model scheme approved by tho Cfovt. of India this scheme relates to constituting a fund at the State Level and to extend assistance in writing off the infructuous loans locked in failed d’^ig-wells, shallow tube-wells etc, financed by the Land Development Banks ^ under .minor irrigation schemes. Under the scheme the concomod farmer is exempted from the loan harden and the bank's locked fand is recovered by way of releasing required assistance from the Fund in the event of the desired water for farming is not available from s'ach a well due to various reasons. The said corrpensation is available from tho f^jnd @ lOC^ for the Principal omount only. Tho interest on the outstanding loan is to be borne by the participating Bonk and NABARD on 50 ; 50 basis in respect of NABARD’s Refinance Scheme and by the Par tic ip at nig bank alone in ordinary programme of the Land Development Banks.

In Minor Irrigation Progranime including Wells, Pump-Sets etc. on amount of Rs, 70 0 ,0 0 'lakhs (approx.) is expected to be advanced by the

Land Development Banks durir^ 1987-88. Out of the same, tho costs for the construction of Wells will account nearly Rs,520.00 laldis. Since in Minor Irrigation Programme in the State, of the total target goes to the share of the Land Development Banks ani remaining is shared by District Central Co-operative Banlcsj Nationalised Banks, Rural Banlcs etc. it is expected that an equol amount of Rs,320*0!.0 leirhs will be spoad in connection with the Failed Well Schemes finarced by tp/- A » 56

by the later m.3ntioned banks during 1987-88, TTius, on account of finan cing _the V/ells, the total amount is ostiniatijd as Rs.640.00 laldis for 1987-88. It is Oistinatcd that 2i/b of the such Wells constructor may fell under failed category involving an investment of nearly Rs. 16.00 lakhs, the Pund for conpensation of which need be created in the y jar 1988-89. The finaicial involvoment of the State and Central Governments on this score at 50 : 50 basis will be as follows

(Rs. in Idchs)

Year i Estiinato:! annunt of in- 5 Amount of share ^ Aoo’ont of share of V vestment of the f inaneir:gi! of contribution | contribution by the I institutions to be !j by the State | Government of Tn-"ia Y compensated on account 1 Government © I @ 50^ of the ;j\m.d " V of failed wells construc-l of the fund S requirement. I ted in the proceeding yr»| requirement*______|______

-8^

Consumers* Cooperatives

In the present Socio-Sconomic perspective aimed at achieving an qgalitarian structure the Consumers Cooperative sector is to play a crucial role in the matter of distribution of osseatial commodities to both urbaLi and rural GOiraTiunities. Although linking of production with distribution under production-cum-distribution scheme has not yet been able to register -any marked progress, the Consumers Cooperative Sector has beai assijgned increasing importance as an inevitable organ for the success for imple mentation of the Public Distribution System. This has been feasible for various schemes sponsored both by the State Govt, and the Ceatrol Govt.. An amount of Rs.9.5 lakhs has been earmarked in the State Plan to imple ment the independent schemes of the State Govt, while required fund has been provided to supplement the Central Sector Schemes for rehabilitation of weak and sick wholesale Consumers Cooperatives. Ghe anmal plan for the year 1988-89 has been prepared with due consideration to maintain. the momentum of progress already achieved in handling the essential consumers goods, particularly in the rural areas. It is expected that

bestowal of financial assistance in the shape of State share, i?urnituro/ Fixture loan and grant, godov/n construction loan and managerial subsidy v/ill continue like previous years and this will enable the Cons^omers Cooperative to pay their assigned role more effectively and meaningfully.

■ ■ • ■ ■■ T^he 'yectr '1'98'6'-87 recorded'^ several ■ achieveii'ientg in 'ttie ■Co'ris'uul: rb'' Sector. Anx)ngst the ongoing scheanes. Bid hannagar Whole sate Consumors' Cooperative Society Ltd., a newly roistered society, has been sanct ioned State Share of Rs.5.00 lakhs and Rs.8. 50 lakhs for the Departmental Store during the year 1986-87. Everythir^ is now set for inai^€r---'3.tion tp/- A » 57 of tho Departmental Storewith sclf-sorvice facility in the G.K. Market of Bidhaiinagar shortly.

Nine (9 ) 7/holesare Consumers’ Cooperative Societies v i z ., Calcutta 'orth S'ab’arban, Barra clcpore^ Birbmm, KPK, Krishnogar, Basirhat, Banl^dra and Puralia were sanctioned Rs.25 lakhs fox 10 Mobile Van Shops, xh^se Kobile Units are expected to be puessed into service within a month or so. The ob.ioctive of Mobile Units of Cooperative Stores is to cover the slum areas and various housing coir^Dlexes v/hcr^ the number of the public do not get supply of essential consumers' .articles due to absence of a consumers’ iiifrastructure of permanent na1?are.

Calcutta vVholesare Cbnsumers ’ Gboperative Society has cai’ricd out impressive renovation work in its departmental store at Hatibcgan with self-service facility. Renovation work of tho said Society’s Samavayika at Chittaranjan Avenue is also going on for which necossar^^ finaaciol assistance was sanctioned during the year 1986-87* i£>r sotting up of a large si^e Departmental Store at Manicktola Civic Caitre Conplox of the C .IoT. State Government has already sanctioned a total sum of Rs.58 lakhs. The C .I»T . allotted about 4000 sft. shopping space and tho work which is being carried out under expert guidance of NCGP for the proposed Departmaital Store is in progress and the shop when opened, will meet ne long-felt nued of tho consumers’ of the contiguous areas.

The shop is scheduled to start f^onctioning v/ithin 2/3 months under rehabilitation programme, Behala '^olesare Consmners' Coopei-ativc Society Ltd. was s-anction Rs.28 laichs during the same year under the Eeha- bilitation scheme for revampirg the society and opening a Departmental Store with fully self-service facility with a shopping spare of nearly 3000 sft.

Since the 1st day of its, opening it has registered a phaiqmonal success with on average daily sale between R$,1 5,000/- and 20,000/- v/hich reached the level of Ri55jOOO/- during tho Pujas.

Ibr setting up two other Departmental Stores at Garia and

Bo-ran^ar, Jadavpur and North Suburban ?/holesare Cons-’omers' CooporativQ Societies have also been sanctioned a sum of Rs, 22 laldis which will have their own building, plans for construction of which are awaitijag municipal sanction*

The total number of sanctioned projects at the end of 1986-87 starting /rom inception of N .C .D .C . sponsored Rural Consumers' S^cheme comes out to 176 covering 2970 PACS in the rural areas.

Daring the financial year 1 987-88, NCX also sanctione^d finan cial assistance for i>No Students’ Cooperatives and the State Govt.also tp/- A ^ 58

son.ctionod Rs. 7.18 lakhs upto Suptember, 1987 for the same parposo#

In tho Anm al Plan (lon-Plan Dcvolopmont) for tho y^^ar 1987-88^

an amount of Rs.137#50 loMis has be on provided for distribation ox consujr.,.

articles in rural areas.

Scheme No. 9. Urban Consumors Cooperativus - R.s.20.00 laldis.

1. State. Share - R.'^ 16,30 laldis^ Out of Rs, 16.30 loJ^hs, an ai'nount of Rs.9.30 lakhs has beon s>.t

apart to contribute 25f' gs Stat^ G-ovt.-’s share of contribution to'>;ardfj the total rehabilitation cost of three wholesare societies.

The balance Rs,7.00 laldis is earmarked for State share p?;o"tici~ pation in the share capital of 6 (six) wholesale cooperative 0 n,'i1.00_ lakhs to each society and 9 Primary Consumers Cooperatives ? Rs.10,000/~

each and one Students’ Cooperative at the rate of Rs.1 0,000/-,

2. Loan ~ Rs.1 .80 lakhs.

Under the scheme, five priifirijry societies v/ill be assisted to constract its ovm godown as per existing pattern. Pour societies will receive assistance © ^ti25J000 '- and one will require bigger amount of Rs.50,000/ for construction of storcge godown of Dep.artmoital Stores. Pour Societies will be provided with Rirniture and Fixtures loan and grant Rs. 10,000/-. consisting of loan axid 25^ grant. Loan component • being Rs.30,000/- has been allocated in this fund.

3. Grant - Rs.1.90 lakhs.

Grant porrtion for the provisions of Pumiture.and Pixtures to 4 primary consumers’ societies amountirg to Rs,10,000/- © Rs.2,500/- each along v/ith managerial subsidy of Rs.1 .80 lakhs to 2 canteen societies hr^c been provided in the draft plan. ,

Scheme No- 10. Distribution of-Consumers articles in Rural Areas - Rs.^.00 lakhs.

There are only a fe/7 Consumers Cooperatives in rural Bengal. But the function of the Consumers Cooperatives is primarily shouldered by the Primary % r i l . Credit Societies in the Rural areas. In order to strengthening its capital str’acture and to enable them r’on its con sumers fanction, an amount of Rs.2.90 laklis has been set apart for state, gth^e.. cgntribut^^ the ,sh^re -capital of these.. sQcieti^ss ^ approx. to eo.ch society.

These societies w ill'be further provided with loan and grant., for fu m it’ure and fixt^are and construction of godown for which an arflount of Rs.1.80 lakhs has bei3i provided. tp/- A ^ 59

Managerial subsidy will bo provided to the society to repl.uiiish

its loss'upto Rs,2 j 48G/- per year per society and for this purpose an. amount of Rs.0.30 laldis has bedi provided.

(a) State share . . . Rs. 2.90 lakhs. (b) Loan for lUrniture/Pixture and Business premises. Rs* 1.10 laldis. (c) Grant for Furniture/Fixt'are and Businviss premises. Rs, 0 .7 0 lakhs. (d) Subsidy . . . Rs. 0.30 laldris.

Total Rs. 5*00 lakhs.

Scheme No. 11. Development of Agric^altural Marketing Societies.______

11. (i) Share Capital to Marketing Societies - (Primary) - Rs.66.50

(a) Share Capital to Marketing Societies - Rs.13.93 laldis.

The provision of Rs.13.93 lakhs may be kept in the Sto.te budget for the Year 1988-89 to provide the share capital assistance to the Primiiry Marketing Societies in the ratio 1 ; 3.

(b) Subsidy to PMS - Rs.1 .00 laMi.

In order to compensate the loss sustained by Priiaary I.larkotir:^ Societies including t\vo Yqgetable Marketing Societies namely Ban^-aon cuid Baruipar Vegetable Marketing Societies in. purchase and sale of the i^;ri~. cultural produce from members not covored under the Price Support sc';.iome^ the Marketing Societies may be provided with s’absidy for creation for special price fluctuation fund. This apart necessaiygrant for

f subsidy to PM S may also be provided. A s>am of Rs.1 .00 lakii may bo provided in the State Plan for the year 198S;-89.

(c) Construction of Main Godowns - Rs. 41.57 lakhs.

(l) I^DC’s Normal Scheme ~ Rs.13*89 lakhs.

The NGDC have already accorded their approval for constraction of nearly 53 units j'^ach of 250 M.T. capacrfcy under the scheme, about three years back. 'lie first instalment of assistance has been provided in the penultimate year's budget. The m second instalment of financial assistance has not yet been provided to all of them. This apart second instalment and cost of escalation for some of the units approved by 'TCLC have also been provided for covering of assistance out of State contribution, an amount of Rs. 13.89 lakhs may be: provided as grant in the State

Plan for the y^ar 1988-89. tp/- (ii) i n Pro.ject - Rs.27>68 laldas>

As pc;r tha impl.-;mcn.tation echedulod under tlit; NCDO-III ./orld J3arik: Projoct, 20 Units ^ach of 2 50 M.T. and 1 0 Units each of 1000 M, capr city are likoly to be saactionod cbaring the 1988-89. The total contriba- tion out of the State Badgot for these 30 units would be Rs.27.68 lakhs calculated on the -basis of block cost to the tune of Rs.2.67 lakhs for 21.0 M.t'. capacity each and Rs.8*50 laldis for 1000 M.T. capacity v;Qch. As such the said sum of Rs.27.68 laldis mpy be provided in the State Plan for the yv^ar 1 98'^-89.

(d) Margin Money to PAI^.S for undertolcing Fertiliser and other Business ~ Rs.10 laldis.

'."/ith the introduction of cash and carry system by Benfv^d^ ,’:ho Primary Marketing Societies are to purchase Pertiliser frora thera on the basis of cash poyraont. So, with a view to helping these societies for doing business in Fertiliser so ttiat they iiiay obtain cash Cr^;dit -^^eili-^ ties from Central Cooperative Baiik, an amount of Rs,10.00 lalths h--'s .,bc.-n estimated for providing in the State Plan Budget for the yQcx 1938-89* This assistance may too <:^a,rmarked for 10 societies at the rate of ns.1 *00 lakh each.

11. (ii) Assis 'uance -to Apex Marketitig Societies - Rs. 28,00 lakhs#

(a) Subsidy for Special Price fluctuation fund - Rs.1 lakh,

Benfed purchased produce from the grower members of the . - either through their own Braixihes or throi;gh PAI'.IS in order to coiapens'*:Tbe the l.ss sustained in this business not covered uoiler the price Support scheme, Sibsid^r for creation of special price fluctuation fund may be given to Benfed. For this purpose, an amount of Rs,1 lakh may bo provided for State Plan Badget for the year 1 988-89.

(b) Construction of Apex (b^offer) godowns unler rlCLG-III Proj ect - Rs; 27*00 lakhs. As p^r implementation scheduled under NaUC-TII Project, 10 b’aff^.r godo^vns are likely to be sanctioned during the year 1988-89* .The total contribution of State Budget for these 10 units would bo Re.27.00 inkhn. col culated on the basis of Rs.2.70 laldis as Sta^e G-ovt.'s contribution for each such godown. As such an aiDount of Rs.27.00 lakhs may be provided :iii the State Plan Budget for the year 1980-89#

ll.(iii) Organisation of Jute Grading Units and Balirg Plants - Rs, 15.69 lakhs. Under the'schem^! six unitV are" Tikeiy to'' bb' taken'up''durih,^^''Bhe year 1988-89. This aport second instalment of assistance may also bo provided to the units no^/ under construction, A sum of Rs.6,30 la ’^iis for ^ - 61 new six units and Rs,9.59 Inkhs for second instalment and „sc.'il.:^tion for units under construction may be provided in the budget for tho yr* 19Si--^9*

11 - (iv ) Construction of Rural CTOdovms - Rs.77.79 laldiG. (^) NCIXi^s %rm al Schomo - Rs.30>69 lalihB. Nearly 409 godov/ns of 100 M,T, capacity alroady sonctionjd by xTGIC and it is necessary-to provided with socond instalment of assist.'nco, ’Uiia r.t art cost of escalation for some of tho units ar^ also being approved. by NCKI for \’^ich ossistonco out of the Stato Budget is to bj provi(.‘.od# An anount of Ri30*69 lakhs may bo provided for tho State Plan budj^-^t for • tho year 1 988-89 for this purpose,

(b) Undur I^CDC*-III Pi'ojcct - Rs.47«'iO laMis.

As p^r the implementation scheduled under tho i'C!DC-IIi Voi-ld

Bank Project, 150 Units (Eacsh of 100 M*T* capacity) are likely to be sanctioned during the.yoor 1988-89. Tho 'total contribution o'at o':‘ the .^tate Budget for these 1 1X) Urilty would be to the tune of P3,47.10 Vklxi, calculated on the basis of block cost of Ri1 -57 lakhs per units, as an amount of R>47.10 lakhs may be provided in the. Stato Plan ’i.3ud3et for the year 1988-89.

11 , (v) State Share to IFFCO - ?.s» 50»00 iakhs.______

'7ith a view to pcirticipatin^. in tho share capital of J.'^jX'O by the 'f/ost Bec^al Stato Cboperative Marketir:g federation Ltd . (D'.;7.7'O) , a sum of R s.^,00 lalchs bo provided in the Stato Plan for contribu tion of share capital to I']’’^'K;)0 during the year 1988-89*

11. (vi) Stato Share to KEIBHCO - 5.00 lakhs.______

In order to participate in the share capital of ICRIBIICO by the BEHEED, a sum of’ Rs,5-00 laklis m£3y.be provided in the State Pl£^n for contribution of share capital to ICRIBHCO duriiig the year 1980 •^9#

Scheme No* 12# Development of Procossirig Cooperatives - Rfw 53>00 lal^s.

(a) Loan for I'largir. Honey to Rehabilitated Eico Mills - R&25#00 lakhs,

Host of thvj rict; mills broi^ht under tho Rehabilitation prQ^ramme are furth^-.r roouii'ed to bo fiiancially str^^thoned v?ith . a loan assistance'to ]7rovide unigin money for iiioir workir\g capiLnl, A' . 6 2

It has been tentatively docidod that such sociotijs arc to be financially strengtboned with such assistanco for the purpose. a total amount to bo roouix’vjd for tho purposo has boon ostiifiatod at Rs.25-.0O laldis. So, an amount of Rs»25*00 IcLkhs may be provid'Xl as loan towards margin money to these socijjties ,\mdo_r the State Plan Budget for the ;year 1988-89.

Share Capital Assistance to Hiee Mills and $^it^"?roCe%siiig ‘BdcietiW ^ ^ 5 .0 0 laldis. ^

An anDunt of Rs* 5«0©f.ilald3iS in ibljie ^t'attgi.COvcdg et for the. year 1988-89 f6r~'t7/b nav units‘bf“'iMit^'Procossing Societies in 24 Paiganas South Earjge and Hoog-hly range ;at the rate of Rs.2.00 lakhs each and Rs.1^.00: lal?^) for^ rv^itaj^Lsation -offc cAe ;efistij.Tg scyci'eljj'-.

( c ) . r:j ^tp^ C\il :Pa?0:Ces3ipg .&Qciet;l.QS- - : R.S. 2 5 .0 0 laidis.

The increasing production of oil seed invarious ports or the St^te has necessitated to give assistance for oil processings On an estimate, 4 such new societies may be required to be provided v/ith assistance during the year 1988-89, for ?/hich Rs.20.00 laldis may be required and for revitalisation of one existing society in 'Jadi^a :y^xige Ri 5.00 Iqkhs may be provided in the shape of loan-cum-share i^50 j 50)

Hence, a total sum of Rsi25.00 1-^hs be prf^ivic^ed in the Jtate Plan Budget for the year 1988-89.

Scheme No. 13. Establishment of Cold Storage - Rs.45.00 lakhs.

(a) For establishment of cold storage at Satpalsa in-Birbiium District, a sum of Rs.1 5/00 lakhs may be provided in the State

Plan Budget for the year 1988-89 being the State Contribution '.O' 12-|^ for total cost of Rs# 1Q8.00 lakhs. _ Another:RSi, 30.'00 Ickhs may be provided in the Budget for the proposed establishment of thjree cold ! storage in North Bergal District.. A »» 63

lUreGticfli & Adnto i s tration ^ ^ Rs,20.0Q laKhs. /

In the 7th P l^ mder ’’Direction & Administration” necessary provision has been made for i:pgradation of some f-unctional posts and also for 1:5)gradation of RaJige and Zonal Officers. There was also provisions for construction of Kange Offices and Zonal Offices whj.ch are not housed in rented accommodations* I|)to 1987-88 no expenditure has been made either for i:?)gradation of Posts or for construction of Office buildings. In the Annual Plan for I 988-.89 the follo\-Jing provision may be made.

a) Out of 3^2 C.D, ELocks, 33? Posts of C*I* liave been created. In the newly created 7 KLocks the Posts of Inspector of Co-operative Societies has not yet beai created. There is a long standing grievances o f the Inspector Posted in HLocks - thatj there is no clerical help provided to them so far. Submission of reports and returns has bc^en posing a problem as it is becomng increasing^ difficult for them to cope with the volmc of correspondences after doing their field work. Hence it is suggested a spost of a clerk should be created in the Block Office for the Inspector of the Co-operative Socie ties posted in Hl.ocks, A token amomt of Rs,^ lakhs may be provided in the Annual Plan for 1988-89.

b) All tlte 3 2unal Offices and 20 Range Offices are now housed in rented accommodation. Only Burdwan-I Range Office is located within the Collectorate Campus. I t is therefore, proposed that in the Ainual Plan for I 988-89 an amount of Rs, ^ lakhs may be allocated for starting preliminary work for construction of office building of atleast 2 range offices. At Asansol, the District Administration has already agreed to make availa'^ile a suitable plot for construction of office building. Another rajige in North Bengal may be sqI.g^Am-A for construction of the Office Building of the A,R.G.S,

c) For ipgradation of different Functional, Range and Zonal Posts, a token amount of KIO lakhs may be allotted in the Annual PlaXi for I 988-89 •

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SchGme Alidlt of Oo>»qpQrative 7 Ks^lQ.OQ l&chg/^7r-

The nccGssity of separation of . audit from administration was folt in tha yo-ar 19 385 whan a scIioniG for separation was prepared for implGmentation, but the scheme was not approvod. All major States of Indiaj such as U,P,, KamatnJ^a, Tamilnatoj Punjab, Andlira Pradesh, Orissa, Biha.r had airOcady separated the audit from administration.

West Bengal Government has also decided to seprarate the audit from administration in ttjig State, A Scheme in this respect has been prepared and is now ixider active consideration of Jin'ance Department of GoVeramont of V7est Bengal.,The implomentation of.the scheme will be started as soon as the scheme is approved by the Finance Department, Accordingly an amount - of Rs,10,00 laXhs may be provided on ad-hoc basis for implemai- tation of the scheme for the year 1988-89.

Scheme N o ,l6 Co-op era.tive Trainin.g; & Education 7- l a k h s c /

O') Go-operative Education Rs,l^.^K) laKhs. The West Bengal State Co-operative Ihion is shoiildering the entire responsibility of the Co-operative Education Scheme i,e . the mcTiiber Education Scheme, The District Co-operative Education Instructors of the West Bengal State Co-operative liiion are imparting education to the general members includitig the members of the mancaging committee of bifferent types of Primary Co-operative Societies both in Urban and Rural Areas. For imparting Co-operative Education, they-are holding tempo rary Camp-Classes. Besides the IM.strict Co-operative Education Instructors, there are some Lady Co-operative Education Ins tructors of the State Co-opera.tive Ihion, who are also holding such classes in Urban a.reas for spreading Co-operative Educa tion amongst the members of the Wom.on^ s Co-operatives and Co-operative Societies fonned with the students of the Schools ;ind Colleges, At present ea.ch Co-operative Range area is normally manned by one District Co-operative Education Ins tructor V7hich is considered ina.deq.uate in view o f the magni- tude of the task of spreading Co-operative Education in the fi'eld o f ’Co-opcra'ti've movemen't. The entire education schemes like the training programme in Junior Co-operative Training Centres are fully implemented under the administrative control of the West Bengal State Co-operative Ihion in co-operation with the concemed District Co-operative Ihion and with

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ccnt porcGnt cost boing bomG by the Stato Government, The State Co^operatlvG Ihion has a pr.-)poSirCL for creation of n m posts of restrict Co-opero.ti-VG Education Instructors, L<^y Co-op V. rati VO Education Instructors etc. '

"b) Go>«operative Training Scheme Rs,6.1Q IciKhs.

c) KLnpjicial Assistance for TrnjjiinR Complex at Bolpur - Rs.'^,00 l.-iXhs^ / ^ "

d) BinancieJL assistnncu for staff of l^strict Co-operative Uiion Hs,2.00 IpJkhs./ " The District Co-oper.ative Ihions are pl.aying a vital- role in the field of Co-operative Movement in the State Par ticularly for implemontation of Co-operative Training nnd Education Schemes, exhibitions, debates etc. in District headquarters and rurnl areas. The Training and Education Programme etc, of the V/est-Bengal State Co-operative Ihion are rnlso implemented in co-opertition \^dth District Co operative ..Ihions, For mjuntenance of its esta.blishment cost, the District Co-operative Ihions are raising fees from the Co-operative Institutions in their respective areals. The West Bengal Co-operative Developmait Fund Committee has to give grrait to all Ed. strict Co-operative Ihions ,as the fees are not adeOLuate to meet their commtmant. In the ba,ckv/ard Districts, Collection of foes from Co-oporative Instituitions is also very little as most of the societies p.re either \fea}c or defunct. On the part of the CiD.F.C. it is not possible to provide grant at a more higher ra^te. llm c e a provi-sion o f Rs,2,00 ln}chs is req.uired to be made in the Annual Plan for I 988-89 for providing a.ssistnjice towards grade pay only.ta3d.ng into account the middle stage of the gra.de pay scales of employees of the .District Co-operative liiions fo^ one office assistant and one *D*. Groi:^ employee. The financial. avS si stance in the shape of gran"t-in-aid covering the basic pay only may be giv^ through State Co-operative Uiion at a uniform rate and for the present it may be given for 3 years only. For the current yea.r a sun of Rs,2,00 l.aKhs is kept for this purpose, 3) Financial Assistance to Neta.ji Subhas Co-or>erativG Traininf^ College - Rs..^.50 l:]l^hs,,/~ , The Neta.ji Subhas Co-operative Training College at Kalyani under the administrative jurisdiction -of. the National Council for Co-operative Training (N.C,U,I,) has bec3i caterj,ng to the training n^eds-of the intermediate'level officers of the Department and Go-operative Institutions as w ell, m.rdnly of

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WGs't Bang.ol. I t has a schemGs for oxtonsion of its CollogG ond HostGl accommodation, xihich h.->,s TDoon considGrod nocGSsary. The said collog3 authority hnd approachGd tho Stato CTOvommcnt for financing, help for'the said schcmG, It has boon proposed to contrihuto a sun 'of Rs*lO,00 laklis by phasGS spread over 3 yjo,r£. A sun of Rs,2,^0 l-akh-s has already been released to the author!'t^i of the Training Coll eg g from- the-, budget of 1986-87* Provision of Rs.H-.DO ipjchs'had already begti made in the budget of I 987-88, Now in the 3rd year a final provision of the balnnce'amount of *^.3.50 loJchs may be provided for during I 988-89.

Scheme No,17 Infoniiation and Publicity

The State Co-operative Ihion is implementing the prograramo of publicity and propaganda on Co-operative Movemait in different ways, -A provision for Rs.1.00 lakh raey be made for the pri:pose.

Scheme N q,l8 Urban Gredit' Co-opern:tivus - ~7as.i.oo ifOth./'

I t is considered noCcssa.ry to mpjie financial assistnnce in the si ipe of State share cmtribution to Urban Banks/ Prima.ry Credit Societies in ojrder to strengthen their capitaJ. base and also by v7a.y of managerial subsidy for maintcsnanoe of their staff* It is proposed to assist h IJrban Co-operativu Banks/ Employees^ Credit Co-operative on a,d-hoc basis on merit by way of share capital assistance and mana.gerial subsidy during the year I 988-89 as follows

T 1" rn "0j'osVof ^ ' 'V X' '^otal I ^ “ >Socluty j to be > assisi:.Jxce.> assist.anc-i assisted. ) , Hs^_( .Hs, Share Capital h 20,000/- 80,000/- assistance. Managerial ^ ^jOOO/- 20.000/- •Subsidy. ; . I 5OO5OOO/- , i , e. Rs,l,00 lakh.

Scheme No, 19 Housing Co-bDerr^tives ^

. . . . ^. The êiasitog, je^^^jasion .pro^g:â^nie p f. Ct^Qp fjra 'Â - Housing hall continue in nert year also within the fraxie work of Seventhr-Sive Year PInn. The organisation and develop ment of Housing Co-operative Societies a,re guided and implemen ted by an Apex Housing Organisation i , e , 5,V/est Bengal State

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Co-operative Housing Federation \d.th its affiliated more than 800 prima ies. With linatGd rosourcos and despite so mony^ constraints the society is trying its best to extaid its acti-. Vi ties not only in Urban Areas, but in semi^ urban and rural ^ areas too# The increasingly higher rate of interest charged by the Life Insurance Corpora,tion whiph is the Principal Source for its fm dj is one .of the' retarding factors. The State GoVem- men.t i-s assisting the society both in terms of money and manpower, Ateiips a^re being m.ade to open now avoiues of Co-operative Housing in collaboration with West Bengal Housing Board, Calcutta Impro vement Trust, CaJLcutta Metropolitan Development Authority, Hudco etc. Till the Sixth-5ive Year Plan5 the Housing Federation Was adeQ[Ua.tely financed with State shp.re 'to enable it to have its borrowing power increased to get loans from Life Insurance Corporation of India* The Goveinmait already participated in State share in order to ena.ble it to get adeauate finance from the Life Insurance Corporation of India, During the year I 988-89, larger alloca.tion of fmd is not considered necessary as the previous amount of State share \d.U maKe it eligible for higher borrowing power, it is therefore, proposed that during the year 1988^89 . a sum of Rs.l.OG lakh may be provided as state share participac tion to the Housing Federation Limited, Besides, a sum o f Rs,0,25 lakh may be earmarked for assisting in the shape of managerial subsidy to these Prima.ry Housing Co-operative Societies which are financiaJLly weaJk aJid whose members are predoiTiinantly persons belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes commmities*

Scheiyio N-o, ^ Other Co-^operatives - 7Rs.7,oq InXhs./

I n t r o d u c t i o n s In order to create self-employment among technically qualified persons Gcvemmjit have been oncouraging promotion of Co-operative ventures by the liiCTnployed Bigineers* Co operatives^ During 1983-8^ the number o f such societies in the State Was 55^ havj.ng a total. raembersliLp of 7^707 out of which ^0^8 were degree and diploma holders* These societies executed works Valued at Rs«906.27 l a k h s ‘during the year 1983^8U-, During the year 1983^8^ such societies have ppjld wages amomting to Rs«213*5? lakhs to its members and Rs,78*25 lakhs to others employing a total number of 12267 persons.

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Those sociotios also suffer from dearth of capitnl nnd the State 'rovemmcnt has hem assisting th€2n in the shape of share participation in Is3 ratio. A, IhaiiPloved Biginoors* Go-ôpcrativus - Rs.^,00 Inichs, There are nearly 55*0 meniployed Shgineers Oo-opurativci In the State most of which are working. State share assist.'i'jica has beea rendered to 67 societies so far. The liienrployod Ehgincers* Co-operative are playing a vital role in minimising the nmber of mejnployed persons partiCTiLarly amongst tho Diploma holders in Shgineering. In view of this i t is proposed that State share assistrimce of Rs.3.00 laJkhs including th.^ reaulrcmGnt of West Bengal State Rigineering Federation may he provided for 1988-89. B, Teaûardcan Co-oi3erauives - Rs.0.20 laKh, .. For the dovelopmaat o f Tea Garden Go-ôporatives tho Annual Plan for Jnlpaiguil ULstrict proposed for Govemmoifc assistonce of Rs.2,77 laichs req.uiring for such co-operatives in 5" HLocks, Although a total sun of Hs,l,Jo,000/- was earmarked under this head in tho Armual Plan this year no proposal in thJLs respect igotil now has heen received. A provision of Rs.20,000/- for the purpose may he made for 1988-89 in the context of the nnnunl plan chalked put by Jalpaigurf. District in view o f the fact that because of s l m In the tea market there may not bo immediate scope for fomation of now society in this sector. C, Labour Go-opcratives - P.3.I. 8Q lakhs. financial assistance in the shape of state share, loan and grants are available in favour of labour co-operatives. Such assistance have been released tp ^1 societies so far. During the year 1988-89, 20 Nos. of s'uch societies may further be provided with Government assistance, A sun o f Hs.l.Bo lakhs may be provided for the puiposc* L. Transport Co-operatlVQs - Hs.2.QQ lal^hs. In the Annual Plan for I 988-89 adopted by Hbvjrah, BurdWanÎI, I'îdnaporoi-I, Midnaporo-ll and Midnaporo^lll Ranges’a sum of Rs,3,00 lajchs have beai proposed for Govt, assistance indor this head, Ih the State Annual Plan for I 987-88 a provision of . Ks. 2,00 lakhs was ma.de for the iinnuajl Pla?^ for I 988-89 a pro- ^/Ision o f rirailar amomt of Rs,?.,oo lakbs may be pro-yided.

contd...... A ^ 69 CentrapLy Sponsored SchGmo^

ScheiriG N o .l AgiricuLtural Credit (S tabilisation Fund') 1 - Ss.6 1^.00 lnkti.s./ ...

ContinU'TncG of centrally sponsored scheme v iz . AgricuL- tural Credit (Stabilisation) Ftnd for State Co-operative Banks has heen intimated by the Goveitimcnt of India m der their t letter dated 23.7-85. The State Co-operative Bpjik has to nain-< tain the State Co-operative Bank Agilcultural Credit (Stabilisa tion) Find at a level of 2^% of the f m d and the Central Govt, v7ouLd contribute towards the gap, i f any, between the share of the banks and the balance actually available in the Fund, In 1987-88 thG gap is Po.i25.OO lakhs. To guard against unforeseen circumstances necessitating conversion of S.T, Loans into M.T* Loans/rep basing of instalment of M.T.Loans, a provision of Rs.65,00 lakhs is made in the budget for 1988-89, The entire amomt as may be roQ.ULred w ill bo provided by the Government of India.

Scheme I\^o.2 Loans to Stato Co-op orative Bank for reloaning to Central -Go-op-orative Banks for non- ovprdue cover - Rs. ~lakhs.

While sanctioning S.T. Credit Limits in favour of the Central Co-oporative Banks, the NABARD stipulates that the CCBs will be eligible to draw -upon the sanctioned credit limit to - the extent of their current outstanding loans with their affi liated PACs. The CC3s v/ith high over dues, specially in uiidevelop. ■ Gd areas can not draw i:pon the crec'dt limit because of their ina.bility to maintain non-over due cover. As a result i t docs not become possible for the banks to fulfil their target of investment by draWal of credit from the lip ox Bank. Ihder the scheme the Government of India, provides long term loan with matching contribution through State Government to the State Co-operative Bank for reloaning the sajne to the CCBs to enable than to maintain non-overdue cover for fulfilment of investment ta^rget. Rc^uLrecent of fmd for 1988-89 bas been estimated at Hs.55*00 lakhs as central assistance. Similar amount has been provided nider State Plan Soheme.

Scheme No^^ Failed[ip-xea WellsWGJ.XS uomporComD^saction Find 7- R3. 8 .OQ lakhs./

In the linos of the NABARD* s model scheme apprvoved by the Governmoit of In-iia this scheme has been devised to cons titute a fund at the State Level and to extend assistance in writing off tho infructuous loans locked in failed dug-wells,

contd.. . . A 70

shallow tube-wGlls, ‘boro-wolls etc. financed by the Banks •under rninor ir r gation schomes, Ihd'-r the schGnios the concerned farmer' is freed from the loan ‘burdGn and the banka s locked fuid is recovered by way of releasing reQ.uLred assistance from the Fmd in the events when the desired water for farming is not availnbl from such a well due to defective infrastructure. The said com pensation is available from the Fund @ 100^ for the Principal amouit only. The interest on the outstanding loaJi is to be borne by/the participating Bank and NABARD on 50 J 50 basis in respec-d Q.f NABARD’ s Refinance Scheme and by the participating bank alonej in ordinary programme of the Land Development Bajnks, In l^inor Irrigation Prograjnme including Wells, Purap^sets etc. an ,amount of Rs,700.00 lakhs (approx.) is expected to be advanced by the Land Development Bank Sector during 1987-'88, out of the saine the costs for the construction of Wells will a.ccomt Erearly 320,00 lakhs. Since in llinor Irrigation Prograj:iime in the State, ^0^ of the total ta.rget goes to the share of the^ Land Development Banks and remaining ^0% is shared by District CentraJ. Co-operative B.anks, Nationalised Banks, Rural Banks otc« i t is expected that an eQ.ual amount of Hs.320.00 lakhs w ill form the ext:xit of loans duo to the Wells to be finan ced by the later mentioned banks during 1987-88, Thus on account of., financing the Wells5 the total amomt is estimated as Rs.6U-o.00 lakhs for I 987-88, It is oatimated that 2 :0 of the such VIells constructed nay fall mder failed category involving an investment of nearly Rs.l6.00 lal^hs, the Fund for compensation of which need be created in the year 1988-89. The financiaJL involvem(3it of the State and Central Governments on this score at Jo t 50 basis will be as follows s- ( Rs.in lakhs) Estimated amount of Ar.iount of Amount of investmait of the' share of con share of con-) Year financing institu tribution by tribution b^r j tions to be compcn- the StaJ-e the Govt,of sat.ed on account of Government India § ^0% fai-led wells cons-’ @ of the of the fund true ted in the pro-- fund req.uire- reCli^Lremcrxt. cceding Yea^r.______ment.______1988-89 16.00 8.00 8.00

contd< 71

SchonQ No.^ AccGleratDd Devolcpmant of :Gonsi3nGrs /Qo-.Qi3eratiTeg R s .l 0 9 .^ l;iXhs«./

This Scheme ic in op oration since 1971. It has been proposed to contjjiLic the 3cheme dioring 7th FIv q Year Plan nlso. The Govcram^nt of India ha? been liberolly providing flnancinl assistnjices mdor the fJcheme to the Gonsmers^ Co-operatives in tho iirbcai areas for expansion of 'b'usinoss in Cons'urners^ Artic^LOS, Govommcn'c of In^dia. have changed the pattern of financial assistance proposed for Developmont of Gonstimer Co-operatiYcs m der Gaitrally Sponsored Schemo durin^ Seventh Plaxi 198>-90 (Starting from 2nd Year of the Plan, i . e . 1986-87) vide Government of* India Ministry of. Food and ^ Civil Supplies (Department of Civil Si:pplies) No.0-11011/8/ 86-GPD dated 19th Jaaiuriry, 1987, It is proposed that during the year 1988-89 assistance will be giv(3i as per tho changed pa.ttem of assistance for oponj.ng of Departm-.ntal Stores, Large-Sized R.etail Outlets, SmaJLl Sise Retaal Outlets, B.cnovation of existing DqDartmental Stores, Opening Self Ser\^ice Gontrcs by tlie Wholesale Stores 3 Selected Primary Consumers* Go«operat:'.ve Stores etc.

« / s d II, RURAL OEVELOmENT Speeial Programme for Rural Oeuelopment e) Int'igrstyci Rural Dev/elopment Progranme (l,R ,O .P )

1*1 The Integrated Rural Developmpnt Programme is being implemented through the Panchaynt Sanitis in all the 341 Blocks of this State under the supervision and guidance of the? District Rural Developonent Agency seti up in each district# The objective of the programme is to raise the families which are below the poverty line above the sane through income genersting oconomic activities with Government subsidy and loan from financial institutions. Such families belong to the categorise of small and marginal farmers, landlbss labourers, rural artisans etc# The subsidy component of the progranmP is being shared by the centre and the state on ^ 5 50 basis,

1*2 There were considerable difficulties in the earlier years in the implementation of I#R«D#P. This progrsmtne got accelerated from the 4th year of the 6th plan. The State has been exceeding the physical target since then. In 1986--87, the State e>ccQeded the physical targdt fixed for the year by 28.7 2^*

1,3 It has been indicated by the Govt, of India that outlay for IROP w ill substantially increase during the 7th Plan period. There will be considerable increase in coverage also. It has accordingly been presumed that during 1988-89, the targetted number of benoficiaries would bo subs tantially more thai the target for the year 1987-86 including the old beneviciaries who were assisted earlier but could not cross the poverty line. It has further been contempleted by the Govt, of India that average investfjiont for beneficiary fonily should bo at least 6000/— in order to enable the family to cross the poverty line at one G,0, The subsidy c o n t^t obviously Will be around Rs,2,000/- per family. About 10^ of the subsidy amount to be disbursed is likely to be spent for infrastructural assistance also*

1 .4 . For successful implementation of I,R ,0 ,P , a few posts namely, One Assistant Secretary, Two subject matter specialist, one Economist, two Investigators and 2 Computers have been created at the State headquarters. Creation of 341 posts of Extension Officer (Audit) and 341 posts of accountant are under contoTiplation, Services of Joint have also been fully utilised for successful impiementation of I,R ,0,P « and their pay and allowances are also being borne out of the I ,R ,0 ,P , account. The financial implications for the above posts has been estimated to R8,293#00 lakhs of which Govt, of India would share 50^ of pay and allowances for the pofets of Extension Officer (credit) and Accountant at block ievel amounting to Rs,7 9,00 lakhs, dd/ - 2

1.5 For the Annual Plan 1988-89 a total sum of Rs,2481.00 lakh has bc-en proposed for expenditure during the-ye-ar. The programme is implemen

ted in the districts* and-major• portion o f . the emount would be sptnt in the districts. Only small amount of Rs*l00*00 lakhs has been earlnarked for the State Headquarters to meet organisational expenses etc,

1.5 Th-i programme of Development of ^omen and C hildr^ in Rural Areas (DUiCRA), a progrf^nme launched as a sub—scheme of I*R»D*P» is currently being impl>^ented in the districts of Bankura, Purulia and 3alpaiguri districts. The sc^^^me is being extended in the 24^Parganas (South) diet—

ricti The p rop osed outlay includes the amount to be required for this progranme also.

b) Drought Prone Area Programme (D,P,A*P) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

The scheme is implemented through different sectors viz. Soil Conservation, Dryland farming, Irrigation, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services^ Forestry, Fisheries, Lac and Sericulture, The objectives of the programme are restoration of ecological balance and improvgnent of produc tivity of local resources viz, land^ water, livestock and human. The strategy durihg 6th plan was mainly directed towards area development. Out unc-‘er 7th plan the priority will be given to schemes which •will

ensure maxijnisation if employment and income of poor and backward farmers with appropriate concentration upon the areas mainly inhabited by Schedu-- led Castes & Scheduled Tribes people. The scheme is now being implanented is 20 blocks in Purulia, 7 blocks in Hidnapore and 7 blocks in Bankura, The incorrplete irrigation schemes of D ,P ,A ,P , are now being gradually completed by Irrigation & Waterways Department depending upon the availa- bili';y of resources,

c) Integrated Rural Energy Progremme (X,R ,E ,P *)

i) Programme of the Development & Planning Department,

During the 5th Plan p e r io d Planning Commission initiated a new

progrmime Integrated Rural Energy Progranme with ? view to optimum u tili

sation of all possiblG sources o f energy for.meeting domestic and produc tive energy requirements of the rural areas. Blocks have been taken as units for- execution of such programme. A,number of states were covered du ring the 6th Plan period, , -2,, The programme has beoi extended to liiest Bengal in the Seventh Pt an ,v- St vhsfe IreiJnv deeidi&d v at-1 hQ - f i Esfe - in st ^ CQ vttx l.aun c.h .th^ prog?af^m f - in- five i3 locks in; t,he, following five districts selected oy the State Planning Bo ard i, S,^deshkhali~I Block in North 24-Parganas ii, Taldangra Block in Bankura, ill. Hariharnara B lock in i^urshidabad, iv, Rajgunj Block in Dalpaiguri and V, Kaliagunj Block in West Dinajpur District d < : i / B - 3

3, The BHiL rrojnc:, in SoncJashkfiali—I Block of North 24-Parganas and Taldangia Block of. baikura District for community sphane in two clus ters -f tillages in oach block sarctionod in letter no. 45/288/86-lES

dated 6 ,t)o aiii-! ujen ikj o 16«12«oo oT Gout;mmtint of India in the Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources during '1986—87 at a revised sanctioned outlay of Rso2{j,321 lakh with allotment of Rs.2.50 lakh out of DNES share of Rsc10e355 lakh is running well and is expectod to be comple ted within stipulated time^ Rs, 1 * ^ lakh released for salaries, training m d extension during 'i9S5~87 by the Planning Commission could not be uti lised owing to non-filling up of posts in the State and two Block Level IREp, Cells, Planning Commission (RE Divn,) havt since sanctioned Rs,5 ,^ lakhs for meeting expenditure on accourLt of State and-Block Level set-ups during the currf^nt financial year 1987—88 including the unspent balance

of Rs, I.A t lakh of the previous year« Creation of regaining three Block Level Cells is under way,

4, Out of total Qllocaticn gf Rsc3o.00 lakh for 1987-88„under this programme, the share of the !3ev3lopmEnt & Planning Department is Rs,18,00 lakh and that of the Coctage & Small Scale Industries Deparbrient is Rs.12.00 lakhs,

i i ) Proq>:anms o r■ tha Cot^ago & Small Scale Industries Department,

The State Plan Programme supplements the Centrally-sponsored Schei,. s in settina lip Btogas Plan':s and popularising Solar Cookers taii)ards use of non^-conventional energy sources^ The scheme with .en outlay of Rs, 12 lakh for 1987—88,. The perfoifnannes it’ noted below f,

( ' i 1986 - 1987 ][ 1987^ 1988 )[ I (Actual) i (Tentative) I i) Wasons to be trained (iMo) 600 6 40 j I ii) Beneficiaries to be provi- I I ded with Solar Cr11s(No,) 210 500 ^ i t Y iii) Rural people to be educa- ^ ted in NoC.E,Sources(i\loo) ^ 3000 5000 J K iv) Sen in ar-cun—Demonst ration - 200 blocks ift 16 Qistrictsi B - 4

RURAL QIPLOM M T

National Rural Employment Programme (N»R«E«P)

Tho object of the prajranmG is to gencrote additional gainful anploynent for the unejnployed and under onployed persons, both men and Women, in the rural areas* The progranme also envisages creation of durable community assets for strt^ngthening rural infrastructures which will to rapid growth of rural economy and stedy rise in the income levels of the rural poor. It will also improve the nutritional status and the living standard of the rural poor. In the programme construction of roads, small culverts, community buildings, primary school buildings, uorks relating to water supply by digging masonry w g II s and sinking tubewells, soil conserva*tion, social forestry, minor irrigation works and other works benefitting SC/ST fanili^ s directly etc., are to be under taken* During 1987-88 actual Budgetary cash outlay for the programme is

Rs, 38,48 crores, including matching Central assistance. For the year

1988~8** an equivalent sijn of Rs , 38,48 crores including matching Central assistance is proposed to be provided. The proposed outlay is inclusive of organisational expenses and otht.r ov&rhead charges. Capital content of the outlay could be around 80^ of the total outlay.

2, With the proposed outlay the targeted employment generation could be aroun’d 118,00 lakh of mandays in 1988~89 at the revised wage rate of rvs,16,34 perm^inday,, Thn rrnployment generation may go up if additionality in the shape of foodgr?iins are available from the Government of India during 1988-89 also.

3, Elaborate monitoring system has been established. Officials and non-officials of Panchayat Semities and Zilla Parishads regularly visit the villages for inspection of ongoing schemes and also the Gram Panchayat Officers for inspecting the records, Monthly meetings at Panch^at Samity level and at the District level are regularly held for collection of monthly utilisation reports and for sorting out functional problems, if any. The Monitoring Cell at the district level critically examines the monthly reports; the Cell has necessary Statistical personnel. There is an Engineering Cell also at district level headed by an Executive Engineer for monitoring the technical aspects of the programme, ^ district level Special Committee under the aegis of the D,R ,D,A, r e v i^ s all the R,D, Programmes every month. The Central Monitoring Cell and the Central Engineering Cell’ a't '^tKe 'Statb ’He'&'dtjuiarters' regejlarly'manitor vths J^rp-g^?^—^ mme by frequent field visits also. The State Level Co-ordination Committee headed by the Mini step-in-Charge, Rural development, meets at least once in 3 months to review the progress of the Progranme, L A N □ RE FOR S

1. The Lanc^ r;Gfo-.nns oroGrcmm. campri.ses Plan SchtifTieG on Land Rcforns, E) Hl?n SchCHiSs an Public Works ond other constructions.

1*1 Jnder Pl3n S'^he^es of Land Reforms we hevo four schsmes namely j- i) ScKen'ie for reuisicn of Records of Rights in nine districts Qi' che State undor Section 51 of the West Bengal Land Refonr.s Act, 1955, ii) Jntegratec! Schene on LoiTd Reforms, iii) Strength9-ning cf Reurnjo Adfninistration and Updr-.ting of Land Records. iv) ' Speci'^ic additions to ths West Bengal Survey Institute at BariCal for ungrad^ticn of stcndard of teaching from 2 years’ ccrtifalcate Couxse to 3 Years Diploma Course*

Undar Plaj-:; Schem "D on Public U!o:rl

~~Construction of :^ircui't Ho 'Js g *^ iii).l^lnor & nisccliaiieo4is items of construction,~~

~~2 , Surv^ey and SottTement nperatiorr for the Scheme for revision of~~

Records of Rights, in nine districts of the State is being carried out , under the plan-sec to u'h'.Jo the five ofch3r districts are covered in the non- Ian sector, .Seit•l0ne^^t op‘3r-' ’'ion.- under the nrnvicions of *Jest Bengal

~~Land Refoims Acl, 195C in the trerisferred territories comprising of~~

~~Purulia D istrict and I^?lsmpui- 3ub-.divj.sion n f Ulest Dinajpur D istrict has~~

~~been taken up -and the work ' r. in progress,~~

2.1 uiork relating to Survey & Settlaneni: Operao..on .mainly cqmprises i— i).-Eytf9rsive revision of Records of Rights, ii) Detection & l/asting of ceiling surplus land iii) Identification and redarding of sharecroppers, iv).-Schen e on Institutional Finance for Sharecroppers and assignees of vested land, ..v) House sites for the^.iandless agricultural laboures etc,

~~3.1 Revision of Records o^' Riohts^-~~

~~Stage of ][ Total Progra-J Work done |[ Unit wo rk K mrr, e (,Mo, of j( -upto 3o,6. i Units^)______~~

~~I i) Kanapuri cjf' if Bhujarath P’oure ' 41„7 58 3 7 , 9 8 0 j~~

~~I ii) attestation Khatian 4, 5 6 , 3 0 , 6 2 8 2, 12,29,535 {~~

~~j iii) Draft Publication nouza 41,7 50 2 5 , 9 9 5 I~~

~~I iv) Final Publication Mouza 41,7 58 . 1^706 I B - 6~~

3.2 Detection and \isstin j of Ceiling Surplus Land. A) Total Land! Vested j 20,6 5, 578 acres Figures upto 3o.5,07 in Acres. i) Agricultural 12, 55,709 ii) Nun-G jricultu ral 5,77,820 iii) Forest 10,0^^,952 iu) Others 27,095 B) Area of ucstod :\jricuItural Land taken OGSsession of upto 3o,6.87 11, 11,665 acres, C) Area of Agricultural land distributed 8,36,06 9 □) Total No. of ben-ficiaries of vested -17,26,517 Agricultural Land of iJJhich i) Scheduled Caste 6 , 42 , 36 9 ii) Schi=duled Tribe " 3,28,77 9 iii) Others 7,55,213 iv) Institutions/Societies/Others 156

3.3 Tdentification and Registration of Share'Croppers. IManes of Share croppers recorded in the Records of Rights upto 3 0 .6 .8 7. i) Scheduled Caste 4,09, 401 ii) Scheduled Tribe 1,6 5,139 iii) Others . 7,95,885

~~13,70, 425~~

~~3.4 Snhemes on Institutional-Finance j ‘'hl.3 is a schemy creation of land-based asset for the landless~~

and land poor by uay of providing them with non- land agricultural inputs to make them economically self-reliant, Linder this schemes, two separate schonus nanely ’’Special Component Plan and. ’’Tribal Sub—Plan” have been designed for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities respectively* Under the scheme financial assistance to the extent of Rs,250 per acre is given to each beneficiary as outright grant. They are also allowed a soft loan of varied amount regarding from Rs, 520 to Rs, 920 per acre at D.from the nationalised banks. To the beneficiaries not belonging to S.C. S' S.T, community the amount is given as soft loan. Performance of the Scheme

T,r^ al iiyb- ,, 5- d V' v -V- JOvt^ . -; ’ w , \ Pl^n ' ! ' P l ^ " 1930-8 1 5,217 5,217 \ A 193 1-8 2 1,00,345 31,213 1,31,558 \ i 198 2-03 1,92,026 59,8 51 2, 51,877 J 5 1983-0< 1,32,299 55,573 2,37,872 J i 1,71, 112 45,188 2, 16,300 J A 1^0 b-e^ 1, 30,395 39,228 1,70,123 J 1986-07 30,18 5 38,014 1,26,199 1 1 / B

~~3,5 House sites for landless, agricultural labouras etc. t~~

~~This is a scheme fdr implementation of tha West Bengal Acquisition~~

~~of Homestead Land for Agricultural' Labourers, Art Is ens and Fisherman Act,~~

~~197 5 , Upto Dune 1907 ? ,2 5 ,0 1 1 fs m ilis s hav^ been provided w ith homestead~~

~~land out of which 94,6 50 and 43,971 fanili^s belonged to the S,C, & S,T,~~

~~communities respectively,~~

~~4, Pro-iranme for Updating of Land Records J-~~

~~The Records of Rights now under preparation reflect the position~~

~~as on 15,2,1971 when the fanily ceiling land was enforced in this State,~~

~~With the introduction of West Bengal Land Reforms (Second Arienchient) /let,~~

~~1901 it may be necessary to prepare Records of Rights afresh in some of~~

~~the arees of the State,~~

~~4,1 Integrated Scheme on Land Reforms $~~

~~Integrated scheme on Laid Rtjfotms has been devised to ensure -~~

~~updating of Land Records and continuous maintenance thereof and to~~

~~introduce raiyat wari system in this State, The aim of the scheme is to~~

~~extend the existing machinery of Survey & Settlanent Operation uoto Gram~~

~~Pmchayat level instead of C,D. Level existing at present. The Scheme has~~

~~gained added importance with the introduction of West Bengal Land Reforms~~

~~(Svc n:^ ;'-'ment) oci:, 193 1,~~

~~5, Schemes on Public Works Construction t~~

~~The Sevanth Plan proposals on Fljblic Works and other Construction~~

~~of this department, anongst others include f -~~

~~i) Proposal for construction of Circuit Houses,~~

~~ii) Proposal for Specific additions to the West Bengal Survey Institute at B.andel,~~

~~iii) Construction under upgradation of Standards Schemes,~~

~~iv) Construction under strengthening of Revenue Adninistration Schone,~~

~~v) ninor & Hiscellaneous itgns of Construction,~~

~~6 , Construction of Circuit Houses t Circuit Houses in the districts were built in the pre-.independence~~

~~days and some of then have outlived their normal span of lifi, Moreover,~~

~~these were built suiting the needs of those days and accommodations avai~~

~~lable therein, in most cases, are not sufficient to meet the requironents~~

~~of the present days.~~

~~In 1986-07 acininistrative approval tn the tune of Rs,26,00>000,00~~

~~was given for construction of two Circuit Houses — one at 3alpaiguri and~~

~~the other at Burduan out of which Rs, 11,00,000*00 c»uld be sanctioned~~

~~leaving balance of Rs, 15,00,000,00~~

~~In 1907-80 there was budget provision of Rs,10,00,000,00 on this~~

~~account which means that whole budget provision of 1907—00 the work rela~~

~~ting to construction work of the aforesaid two Circuit Houses cannot be completed,~~

~~d d / B - 8~~

~~Requirement of a new Circuit House in the following districts is~~

~~considered essentially necessary.~~

~~i) Darjeeling (Sadar)~~

~~i l ) ‘ j< r'i^^a g ar, -NatJjfa '~~

~~ill) Kalyani, Nadia ' " -. '1 ■ . - iv) Barasat (The hew district headquarter of North 24^Parganas)~~

~~v) l»|idnanore (Sadar)~~

~~vi) Bankura (Sadar)~~

~~vii) Walda (Sadar)~~

~~At the existing rate of construction, a minimum sum of Bs* 15 lakh will be required during the year 1980-09, i~~

~~7* Proposal for Specific additions to the West BengaJL Survey Institute at Bandel t :~~

~~On the model of naynanoti Survey School, no^ in Bangladesh, ”The lilest Bengal Survey Institute” was established at Bandel under ach»inistra-~~

~~tive control of O.L*R,S, West Bengal* The Institute conducts 1 year~~

~~Dunior Certificate course in Surveying followed by another 1 year Senior~~

~~Certificate Course; There is no scope anywhere in West Bengal for further~~

~~higher studies in Surveying. There is heavy demand fpr the course and~~

~~pil the rtijdertp get gainfully anployed in no time* For skill~~

~~foimation and onployment generation, upgradatlon of this. Survey Institu~~

~~tion is necessary. It is therefore felt necessary to start a 3 years diploma course in surveying in the said institution where the stud^ts~~

~~will acquire knowledge with modem technique of Surveying* The scheme involves non-.recurring expenditure of Rs *80#SD lakhs and recurring expen~~

diture o f Rs * 5*G0 lakhs per year* The expenditure is debitable to the head ”2029-00-10 2;-Su rvey & Settlem ent IQp©ratione-Survey Schbd l-^Upgra.ding of Institute-PI an Schone*

Present years demand i s Rs* 58 lakhs*

~~Q* Scheme in respect of strcngthoning of Revenue Jiciminist^ration af-..:Updatiffq gf t M d RlcsTda 4 A .Centrally Sponsored^ Schgire^~~

~~The scheme provides an expenditure of Rs*2,90,000*00 of which~~

~~Rs, 1, 45,000*00 is to be given by Govarnment of India and the rest~~

Rs* 1,45,000.00 is to be given by the Stage Government* The scheme is to be executed within the Seventh Plan Period, Ule are yet a non-starter for partcity of fuod and now we have requested GoVBrnment of India to give necessary concurrence to our slighly modified scheme and revised schedule so as to enable us to implement the scheme during last two years of the peilod* v

~~3 / ts~~

~~The scheme comprises of i-~~

~~1« Construction of 050 units of R*I. offices at Gram Paichayat le y e l © Rs, 32,500,00 per unit.~~

2« Schane for modernisation of instruments for continuoua revision of records of rights* The instruments are to be installed at Head Quarters (i.e. Directorate of Land Records & Surveys)* 3, Hodernisations of instruments and other accessocies for imparting training at different levels for different aspects of Revenue Ac^inistration*

~~For 1988-89 the estimated expenditure for implementation of the schgne are as fdllou/s~~

~~1* Construction of R.I.Offices 1,30*00,ROn 4oo un its @ Rs, 3 2 , 5oo/- unit~~

~~2* Purchase of equipments to be installed at headquarters, 12,30,000~~

~~3. Purchase of equipments for imparting training 1,45,POO~~

~~1,43,7$,001~~

~~. The ^tire amount is to be provided in the State Budget out of which Rs.71,97, 500.00 will be re-imbursed by Government of India,~~

~~9. Construction Under Uporadation of Standards Scheme s~~

~~Under the schoniB we have got 16 2 lakhs spread..ng over a period of~~

~~1985-86 to 1588-89.~~

~~The Scheme provides the following constructions works i-~~

~~1, Construction of sub-divisional level office Buildings at unit cost of Rs,5,20 lakhs.~~

~~2, , Addition and alteration of the existing S,D,o, level office buildings at unit cost of Rs,1.015 lakhs,~~

~~3, Providing amenities to the C.D,Block level office Buildings at unit cost of Rs.O,25 lakhs,~~

~~4, Construction of Village level office buildings at unit cost of Rs,32,500,00~~

~~In the year 1986-87 we have spmt Rs, 36 lakhs !*er im pi orient at ion of the schane.~~

~~Present years allotment under the scheme is to the tune of~~

~~Rs,50 lakhs which we expect to spend in full.~~

~~Our n.ext years requirement will therefore be Rs,^8 lakhs,~~

~~CCniv]UNITY DEiyELOmENT AND PAMCHAYATS~~

~~Community. Development Programme~~

~~This programme consists of the following component schemes and the (Proposals schene-uise are given below i~~

~~(a) Strenqthenino of Block Organisation~~

~~This component scheme is d e sig n ed to meet the requirement of~~

~~Block acbinistration at grass roots level in rural areas for execution of different rural development projects of all the Departments of the b “ ±u~~

~~state Government in collaboration with Panchayat Bodies. This cxjfnponent~~

~~scheme covers the establishment cost of 341 Accounts Clerks and the entire~~

~~establishmmt cost of the six bifurcated Blocks including staff of the~~

Animal Husbandry Oepartment under C,D,Pattern*

~~A sum of Rs. 50,873 lakhs has been proposed to be spmt for the~~

~~purpose during 1988-89,~~

~~(b) State Institute for Rural Development.~~

~~The Orientation and study Centre has been upgrades as State~~

~~Institute for Rural Development for imparting training in rural Develop- mmt on sharing of expenditure of 50 f 5o basis between the Government of~~

~~India and the State Government. The sharing of expenditure has been dis~~

~~continued, For strengthening of this training centre a sum of Rs.1,05 lakh~~

has been proposed for 198S-89 as against Rs* 1,00 lakh for 1987-.88*

~~(c) Provision of vehicles for the Blocks~~

~~For quick and efficient implementation of diffrrent develop~~

~~ment schemes in rural areas each block is required to be p ro v id ed with a~~

~~vehicle. Out of 341 Blocks vehicles have so far been provided in only~~

~~232 blocks, many of which have mean-while become liable for replacement~~

~~due to running for a long period of time. So 109 Blocks are yet to be~~

~~provided with new vehicles in phased manner. But due to ban on purchase~~

~~of vehicle and small provision in the departmental Annual Plan compared~~

~~to the approved outlay for the Seventh Plan (1985-90) no fund has bean~~

~~proposed to be spmt during 1988-89. So additional funds are necessary~~

~~for this purpose,~~

~~(d) State S^^ctor Schgnes j—~~

~~These scheme include the following sub-components i 1, Sgnmelans s The Ssmmolans are essential media for batter~~

~~coordination among Panchayat representatives, general public and the~~

~~official functionaries for successful implementation o,f rural development~~

~~progranme.~~

~~In view of the difficult ways and means position arrangement~~

~~for one Sanmelan either at block level or at district level will be made~~

~~during 1988—89 and a sum of Rs.0*052 lakh has be^ proposed for the~~

~~purpose,~~

~~2* Strenqthenino and promotion of Hahila HondalsCSamjties^t~~

~~This scheme envisages establishment of Hahila Samity in each~~

~~Gram Panchayat area (i Rs, 1410,00 per Sanity and revitalisation of the~~

~~existing weak Hahila Samities, Although quite a good number of such nahila Samities have been set up during earlier plan periods, many of~~

~~■^h^' Hav'e betoftie'wfeak ^n^ a considerable number of Gram Panchayats are~~

~~yet to be covered by aplahila Samity, This also includes improvanent of organisational structure as also for supervision of the scheme,~~

~~A sum of Rs, 1,57 5 lakhs has been proposed to be spent during~~

~~1988—89 on this account. B - 11~~

~~Housino under other Rural Develocment PrograminQ~~

~~This scheme envisages construction of AcJninistrativ/e Buildings~~

~~for Block offices and construction of residential complex in Block for~~

~~aecoimnodation of employees* So far achiinistrativQ buildings have Iseen~~

~~•ompleted in 197 Blocks and funds have been allotted for construction of Adninistrative Buildings in another 34 Blocks, In the remaining 110~~

~~Blocks Aduinistrative Buildings are yet to bo constructed. The work is~~

proposed to be done in a phased manner, Hany of the already completed buildings are yet to be electrified and this work,is also proposed to b© done in a phased manner. Completion of construction of Acininistrative

~~Buildings in all the Blocks w in also enable the Government to avoid the~~

~~recurring expenditure on hiring of accommodation for Block offices, fo»~~

~~this purpose adequate fund is re q u ired to bo provided under the above ©eheno. As plsh outlay proposed for 1988-89 is within the ceiling of~~

~~current year*^s (1987-88) level plus five percent increase over that leyGl a sw» o f Rs, 12*6o lakhs has been proposed to be spent fo r cottsttUctiol^~~

~~Administrative Buildings and meeting cost of electrification during 198&.89,~~

~~tUV Social and Community Services Hotisino.~~

~~The schcsme providps fund for i—~~

~~a) Allotment of house-sites to landless labourers etc, of the~~

~~rural areas on vested/acquirod land,~~

~~b) Grant of financial assistance to the boneficiarias of the~~

~~schemes, construction of huts on lands made available to them^~~

~~It is proposed that housa-sites u;ill be allotted to 7,4ft fan|^~~

~~lies of landless labourers ^ d construction assistance will tjo~~

~~given to 4,344 families during 1988-89, To fulfil the above~~

~~targets a sum of Rs,84,525 lakhs has baen proposed as the~~

~~expenditure for 1988-89,~~

It may be stated in this connection that unless 10^ increase ov&t the level of outlay for 1987-88 is not allowed, the department will not be iw a position to fulfil the bare commitmmts of this department in respect of all component schemes.

~~ogo o o o o o o o o o o 00 o O DO 0 0 o o o o o o o o o§o B ^ 12~~

~~. ?.Al>fGHAYAT~~

~~Under '* St at e Planthe_^ f pllowing S^clieme; ., have been proposed s -~~

~~iruction of^ buildings in 3 regions for Panchayati E j , ‘frain ing Cefl;c_re_g~~

At present there are 3 Panchayati ilaj Training Centres and 3 Regional Training Centres located in private buildings. It has been proposed to consti'uct 3 permanent P.R^T.C.'s, one in each Revenue Division of the State during the Seventh Plan period. Construction of one P.R.T.C. has <- already been taken up at an estimated cost of Rs«80 lakh. During 1988-89 an outlay of Rs.20 lakh is proposed for this purpose.

i i ) . Training of Panchayat Fmctionaries Under this scheme training is to be imparted to all th^- key functionaries of Panchaj^ats as well as to the ordi nary members of the three tiers of Panchayats in order to enable them to perticipate in rural development schemes in more effective and meaningful way. Dux'ing the training sea son in 1 ^$tr8:9 which follows the Gruneral Panchayat Eleccions, 1 988 a total sum. of-tvS lakh is proposed tj be spent for the purpose.

) Programme of_ yi^sit ,f_or study _and visualisation Under the schome it has bjen proposed 1:0 send some office bearers of Zilla Pari shad's,'Panchayat Samitis and Gra^a Cv Panchayats as w^-11. as some' G-ovt. functionaries to different parts of India to study the work and acliievcment of the Panchayat Institutions in other States to exchange views with their counterparts and to initiate action prograaimes. It is also proposed to take part in different exliibitions to high light the activities of Panchayats. During 1 988-8 9 an outlay of Rs.1 lakh is proposed.

i ) Research and evaluation of the working of Panchayats It is necessary to evaluate the success and failure of Panchayat bodies in order to improve their functional efficiency and capability to deliver the desired services.

~~, - Jt,4 s,p;rQpp-^e(|^ ^ - 4o. ,a,%- base level. During 1988-89 a sujn of Rs.0.5 lakh is proposed . to be spent for this purpose. B ^ 13~~

) I ncentive Grajit to Paiichay_ati KaJ. Bodies, ±or rosovircef mobiiiSci,tion This Gchomo provideb for incentive grants to the G-rajn Panchayats oo encourage them to augment collection of uaxos, so that thoy can porform thoir obligatory duties and execute some development schemes of uhoir o>7ii. The amoimt of incentive grant proposed is equal to the c-unount of taxes collected in a year, subject to a maximum of Rs.5000/- in each case* A total outlay of Rs.50 lakh is proposed for the year 1.988-8 9 ^

~~DISTiilCT PLM Under »District Plan’’ the following scliGmes haye ~bQ.en proposed~~

i ) Strenffthonin;Sc of implementation machinery The Panchayat Bodies, viz. the Zilla Parishads, the Panchayat Samitis and the Grram Prjicha,yats taken together now constitute an integrated and well-lmit systcan for rura.1 development in V/est Bengal. Under tliis scheme the Panchayat bodies are assisted to strengthen their administrative machineries so that they can effectively implement differ ent rura,l development schemes assigned ‘co them. It i s pro posed to supply them with Bengali ci: Nepali Typewriters, ; Cyclostyling machines, Steel almirahs, ¥>;-;hicles etc. for that purpose. An outlay of &.1 2 lakh is proposed for 'che year 1 988-8 9.

ii) Grants for construction of Panchayat Ghars The scheme provides for assistance in the form of matching grant to Gram Panchayats at the rate of Rs.14,000/- per Panchayat Ghar for construction of thoir own office buildings. An outlay of Hs. 10.50 laJkh is pro posed for the year 1 988-8 9. iii) As si stance tj^ Panchayat bodies for setting; up nurserieV ajad maintenance thereof

The sohemo provides for sotting up of nurseries in the Gram Panchayat o.reas for free supply of plants and seedlings to the villagers to encourage social forestry and releasing maintenance cost for the nurseries already set up. Rs. 1 la.kii is proposed to be spen'o* during 1988-8 9 for this purpose. B - 14 i V) Expansion f office buildinA's of Zilla Pari shads and Pjxn^laya^ TMs Bcliome provides for expansion of office buildings of Z illa Pari shads and Panchaj^at Samitis to arr ange additional accommodation for the elected functiona ries and personnel deputed by the State Govt. During 1988- 89 a total outlay Rs#50 lakhs is proposed for the purpose.

~~) As_sistan_ce to Panchayat bodies foi* construction and maintenance/^of homoeopathic dispensari*cT^^~~

With the active collaboration of the Health and Family Welfare Deptt. 421 Homoeopathic dispensaries have already been established in eq_ual nmber of G-ram Pancha- yats and these Homoeopathic dispensaries have become imme nsely popular to the villagers. Under this scheme it has been proposed to sanction to the G-ram Panchayats concerned a lump grant of Rs.3000/- to each for the purchase of essen tial furniture, equipments, apparatus and medicines. An outlay of Rs.3 lakh is proposed for 1 988-89.

Vi) Assistanc.e _to,Jjr for constrLiction of s t Q j i The Gram. Panchayats regularly receive various kinds of commodities from different agencies of the Govt, and protected storage facilities are essentially needed. To meet this requiremont it is proposed under this scheme to sanction a grant to these Gram Panchayats which have already completed their office buildings for expension of their office buildings at a cost not exceeding Rs#20,000/- in each case. An outlay of Rs*5 laKhs is proposed for the year 1 988-8 9.

~~Arrai%^ement made for the strengthening of the m 0ni t o rinff mTchani sm s and rep o rt in^ ^sy st em~~

Quarterly meetings with the District Panchayat Officers are held for the propose of fixing quarterly targets and reviemng the progress of expenditure and phy sical achievements. This arrangement which has been working well has no additional financial implication. I I I . SPEClAli. AxCSA PlLQOtUuldB^ ProsraiiiiaGS of DovGl^'nmcnt ob Plarinin/t Departrient

^ ) Backward AregoS Dovslopmeiit of Nort]:! Bengal In addition to soctoral prGgraanios undortaken by the various departments special, provision is being made in the Annual Plans of the State since 1 973“74 for taking up schemes relating to the improvement of roads^bridges, drainage and other infrastructural facilities,specially in the rural areas of the five backward districts of North Benga,l. In Darjeeling district, only Siliguri Sub-Division is taken into considera^tion as the hill sub-divisions ot this districts are already covered by the integrated Hill Areas Development Programme. The outlay under this pro-% gramme is generally distributed among the five districts of North Bengal on population basis.

It is proposed to continue this Programme in the rural areas of these backward districts during the Seventh Five Year Plan Period 1 985 - 90. The agreed outleiy for this programixie during the Seven-ch Plan 1 985-90 is Rs. 100.00 lakhs out of which on outla.y of Rs.2l .00 lakhs was provided for the Annual Plan 1 987-88. T’ e proposed ouf^ ay for the Annual Pleji 1 988-8 9 under th is programme is Rs.30,00 lakhs.

b) The Jhargram Subdivision is decidedly one of the most backward aroas in West Bengal. This sub-division of Midnapore district comprises eight blocks covering an area of 1185 >.29 sq.miles with a population of 7,41,182 of which 2 9 ‘ 4fo are tribals and 12*6^ are scheduled castes.

2. Special budget provision is being made by the State G-overnment from year to year for integrated and accelerated development of the specially backward Jhargram Sub-division by filling in the critical gaps in the sectoral allotments by other Departments. Such activities are formulated and implemented through the Jhargram Dev.Board which is headed by the Minister of State of Jhargram Affairs. Its objective is the alround socio-economic development of this especia lly backward area.

~~In the yea.r 1987-88, there is a plan outlay of Rs.104*00 lakhs for th is pr''gramme and Jhargram Development Board so far approved the allocation of funds as indicated below s- o - z~~

~~1 ) I r r iga'Lon 58.91 2) R>^ads,Bridg\;S Culverts 37*33 3) Education 1 .40 4) Misc.^llancous Schuncs 0.60~~

98.24 Tho balT,uico aiiiouiit of Rs.5»76 Inkhs is yot to be approved by th.^ Board for imploiJCiitation of scheues in difforont soctors. 4. Tho schones that aro boiiig iU|3loiuontv;d with the funds provided by tho G-ovt. include Minor Irrigation Sch

5# Jliargran has aultifarious probleiis- Ail these pro- bls^ns cannot be conprehensively tackled viith the United resources pla,ced at th^ disposal of th<> Jliargran Aff^eping the constraint of resources in view, a plan outlay of Rs#10 9*00 lakhs in proposed for the Annual Plan 1 988-89 to c.^ntinue the developnent prograi:ine in that year. This outlay is proposed to be utilised with ohe reco- nnendation of Jhargrcjn Developnent Board especipily in the key sectors like Minor Irrigation, Village and Snail Industries, Drinking V/ater Supply, Roads. Bridges £^d Culverts, BducQ.tion,Pronotion of Socio-ocononic and Cul tural activities etc.

^) Pevelopuent o;f Sjunderban Areas , •:, , - - Bud£i:to,ry S-llQcation., of . Siunderban. Developnent Board V V V V V V ^ - for year 1 987-88 has been fixed up at Rs.791 lakhs of which provision for lEAD assisted, Sunderban Developnent Prv/ject i s to the tune of Rs.7l2 laidis and an anount of Rs.79 lakhs is earnarked xor a'on=-IFAD ' ‘eject. It is ^ stinated tha.t about Fs.400 lakhs has already been spent (upto October'87) c

■under different progTOixine uleouiits of Simdorban D^;iVfelopnent Bo-ard a,nd it is expected that the- total cocp-.ndiGurci of Su]^ derban Dovelopni^jnt Board will covor uh..; Qntiro budgetory allocation, Tho oxponditurc 'andor IPAD assis'bud Sundorban Bovolopiuent Project uay uxco^..d 'chu budget rrj" allocation* In that case augi:acntation of budgetory provision of Sun- derbaji Bevelopraent Boa,rd uay/required.

The xotal proposed budgetory provision for Sunder- ban Developuent Board for the yecir 1 988-8 9 is around Rs.800 lakhs of which the IPAD Project has the najor share of Rs#716 laichs while the cillocation for ITon-IFAD progra- nnes of Sunderban Development Board is to the tune of Rs*84 lakhs. The IPiiD-Assisted Sunderban DGvelopuent Project has received the 2nd extension of the loan closing date upto J-'one ’88 a3ad it is expected that the Px’oject will get further extension for another year i.e . upto June 1 989* So considering the progressive expenditure of nhe IFaD. Project the budget allocation under this head is substantially high. The Non^-IPAD prograi-ne will take over nainly spill over works with very llttlu new work.

The activities in 'Ghe Agriculture /j Allied Sector include Agriculture extension & Research Support, Fisheries Developnent and Special Forestry Prograaue. Irrigation Plood Control Sector covers the execution of renaining work of Master Sluice & Closures H.P.Sluices, Bxcavation and re-excavation of derelict channels - & Ponds and main drains etc. Execution of 2 M'os. of MasT;er Sluices and closures are expected to be completed during 1 988-89* It i s expected that Construction of 10 flos. of H.P.Sluice, excavation of main droan of 15 km and 60 of derelict channels will be excavated during tho year.

In transport & communication sector there are pro grammes of Construction of 80 kn of B.P.Eoa,d, 80 Eos of culverts, 5 Nos of R .C .C .je t t ie s , 5 i'^os of .o ffic e buil-. dings & staff quarters.

^ ) A Q A. ppyelo>pm^ t of ..Hi 11. Aro a s With a view to accelerating th>^ a3-l-round development of the backward iiill ar..as of Darjeeling district, comprising of DarjeelingyKurseong and lalimpong Sub-division, the Pro grammes for Accelerp.ted Development of H ill Areas of this State has effectiv^-ly b^en in operation from the beginning of Fifth Plan Poriod. Tiiis progrrjuc.^ is fuiided both from thti Sp‘oCial Contral AssistcV.ico pud tho Stiito Plrai Budget. The Special Contral Assistance „.s an adaitivo co the State Plan outl-a.y for d iff ..runt devvjlopLiontal schoLi.^s exccutvod in the Hill Aroas of Darj;..cling District by difior--;nt Dupartnents of this Govt, fron thoir own dcparti-iontal Stato Plan Budgot. Like other Dopaxtn ;nts this Dopartjav;-nt also has State Plan Budget for Accclorat-.^d Dovelopuent of Hill Areas. The State Plan outlay under 'chis Budget head is specially meant for bridging the critical gaps and providing linkages between difforjnt hill developuent schemes taken up from the State Plan outlay of oth-c.r Dopartuent and the Central Assistance additive. Sone recurring and essential expenditures which cannot be met either from the Central Assistance additive or from the State Plan Budget of other Deptts., are also met from this Budget head.

2* The Planning Commission have approved and allocation of Rs.4455.00 lakhs as Central Assistance additive for the Accelerated Development of ItLll Areas during the Seventh Plan period, 1 985-90. 1'he annual allocation for the year 1986-87 was Rs.92l .95 laklis and for the year 1 987-88 is Rs.1044.00 lakhs. The propos d Central Assistance allocation for the next year, 1 988-89 is Rs.918.00 lakhs (approx.).

3. The required proposals mth particulars in respect of the State Plan Budgcit outlays of other Doptts. for the hill areas of Da.rjeeling district are submitted by the respective Deptts. separately. However, from the figures furnished to the iiill Affairs Branch Sectt. of Developmont & Planning Department by the local officers of these Deptts. it appears that the total amoimt of plan outlay of all these Deircts. far the h ill areas of Darjeeling district during the Seventh Plan period has been proposed to be Rs.7843 .07 lakhs.

4. In the Seventh T'ive Year Plan in respect of Darjee ling hill areas the Planning Commissi->n have approved of about 50^ increase in the Central Assistance additive " dllo'cdtio^ '^ove'f ^he^'aliacatio^ tHe^ Sixth '5'ive ■Y&a/r- v v- v- .. Plan for this area. The allocation in the' State Plan outlay of all other Deptts. for this area have likewise increased. These increases have widened the critical gaps between these tx^70 allocatioxxs to bo bridgea from the State Plan-Budget of this Departmunt called Hill Affairs Budget. ■ C -^-5

The alloc 0.t ion unclor this li, A. Bud get is th^rrbfore 'go bo substantially increased. A'l oxp’..nditurvj of Rs, 100.48 lakhs and Rs.96.2l lakhs incurred during th... yoar 1 985-86 and 1 98 6-87 rospoctivuly. Th-u all'jcation for t h e year 1 987-88 is Rs.104*00 lakhs under thi Hill Affairs Budgot. Tho allocation for cho yoar 1988--8 9 is proposed to be Rs. 109.20 lakhs.

~~2 • iJiP D.;vulopiaont and P lannj.ng jmd Gountry pXa h r i i xUont" ‘~~

Works for preparation of outline dovolopnont plan for a tourist contro at Mirik in Da.rjooling District has boG3CL progressiBg satisfactorily. Outline Dovolopnont Plan for jaigon in the District of Jalpaiguri and that of South 24-=>Parganas arc under proparation. D - i

~~IV. IRRIGATION & FLCCD CCNTRCL~~

~~INTRCrUCT^CN~~

Tha QGographical aroa of 'aiost Bengal i s 87,853 sq, Tho po-- pulfltion of lilGst Bengal is 54,49 millions (as per 1981 Census). The goo- graphical area in the StatG is nearly 2#7^ of the total land area of India while its population constitutes about 8/^ of the country*s population* The population density of 614 per Sq* K.Ho stands as tho second highest in the country against all India average of 221 per Sq. K.W, Excapt for the Himalyan foot-hills in the north and Chhotonagpur plateau on tho uostorn fringo, tho state of Utest Bengalis a flat plain criss—crosscd with rivors anr' intercepted uiith many sducor**shapGd depressions or basin® subjected tD flood spills and uator logging during the mohsoon period, tibst Bongol jSro-* duces various uarioties of crops other than food grains e .g .? toa, juto, • fruits like mango, pino-applo etc. The pressure on land is an obvious out-* ccmo of this high population density, which has result in enormous problt-ms

~~in the field of Irricption and F lood Control of the State, To solve th: scj problems it is necessary to increaso tho agricultural production by inrten-~~

sivo irrigation and protection of tho agricultural land and crops from the ravages af recurrent flood damages# This again calls for the highest pri ority in investment for irrigation and flood control sectors and for sub stantial allocation in the Plan B'ldget under these soctors#

~~ir r ig a t ic n sector~~

~~BACK^GRCUIMP~~

The State of West Bengal is covored by extensive net work of rivors, canals, innumerable tanks and water reservoirs. The arterial system of the not work is served by the rivers Mahananda, Teesta, 3aldhaka, Torsa, Raidak and Sankosh in the north.The Bhagirathi-Hooghly, a branch of the Ganga flows, from the centre to the south of tho State, in the north*"south direction. The Playurakshi, the A joy, the Oamodar and the Kangsabati rise in Chhotonagpur hills of Behar and flow through the western part of the State, The other important rivers are the Rupnarayan and the Haldi falling into the Bhagirathi-Hooghly and the Subarnarekha falling into the Bay of Bengalo The average rain fall varies from 1200 mm to 1800 mm in tho Gange— tic West Bengal exceeds 3000 mm in the Sub-Himalayan West Bongal* But, duo to extremely cratic distribution o f precipitations, failure of crops is a recurrent feature st even during Khariff season. Again, from the end of - ♦ October to the beginning of Ouly, the rain—fall is too scanty to meet the water requirement of Rabi and hot weather crops, ’ Cvor since its creation, in August, 1947, the State of biost Bengal has been encountering heavy pressure on land as the rr-ajor parts of fertile land went to Bangladesh, The problems ujere further aggravated by the large scale migration of people that followed partition, rOoro food w®s ’ o be produced with more of lands, to extensive irrigation and intensive cropping. D - 2

It is Gstimatod that an Irrigation potential of 6.11 million Ha. can ultimately tP creatod through Major, Medium and Minor Irrigation Schemes. Break-up under different categories is giuen below J (a) Major and Medium Irrigation Project 2*31 Million Ha, (b) Mir - Irrigation Project I i) ixirface water 1.3 Million Ha* ii) Ground water ,2.5 Million Ha* 3*8 Million Ha*

Total t 6*11 Million Ha*

The potential croat- d through Major and Medium Projects (based on SurfRcq lijater) upto the end of Sixth Plan period is to the tune of 1*18 6 Million Ha*

THE STRATEGY FOR THE FCRMULATICM CF SEl/ENTH PLAN "Irrigation” calls for an emphasis on investment in Sov^nth Plan to boost up agricultural prc'c.uction* Unfinished Major Irrigation Projects which are in advanced stag-e of completion and are capable of yielding full benefits in the Sev/enth Plan, would have to bo coifpleted during the plan period, and be adequately funded on priority basis* Accordingly, the remaining works of Kangsabati Reservoir Project and the Barrage & Irrigation System of '0 \l C would be ccynpleted in •all respects by theSouonth Plan and these projects would adequately be financed on priority basis. Similarly emphasis has also been laid for adequately fir&ncing unfinished Medium Irrigation Projects of Seventh Plan, which are in advanced stage of completion* Irrigation Projects, where full potential has been developed by the Sixth Plan, would be treated as completct proje^ct and would not be' spilled over to Seventh Plan* The performance of the Mayurakshi Project has been techno--economically reviewed and evaluated in this respwct. Since this Major Irrigation Project has developed full irrigation potential by the Sixth Plan it would not be continued to Seventh Plan and no provision for this project has been made in the Seventh Plan* Any start of new Major and Medium Irrigation Projects has to be res tricted* In fact, the strategy for Seventh Plan programme for Irrigation has been spelt-out by imparting top-most priority for completion of all on-going % Major and Medium Irrigation Projects. But, due^paucity of fund it may not be possible to complete all the on-going schemes within 7th Plan period*

ThereiatP, however, a few new Major Irrigation Schemes which are pro4 posed to be physically commenced in the Seventh Plan for which some provi sions of outlays have been made in the Seventh Plan. As some token expendi ture was already rnac^ q^airisib ibhe^e schoniLs in Si>^h .Plan, .thesp schemes have V ' v' V" v" \ V V ' v" £ v'" v" v'~ V v" C“ v" v ' v ' v" v' v' v v' v" v" v' v* v" v* v’ not been treated as entirely new ones| but categorised as new schemes of the Sixth Plan, The most important of these is Subarnarekha Barrage Projuct in the district of Midnapore, As this project has been proposed to be financed by t|-p World Bank, considerable provision for implementation of this scheme has been made in the Seventh Plan anr! Annual Plan of 1900-89* - D - 3

~~Some other important ncui schemes are Sccond Subj-stagc of Phaso—I of~~

Teosta Barrage Project on the loft bank of river Toesta in the districts of Clalpaiguri and Coochbeh?.r, Daraker- ,.j.—Gandheouari Projoct in the district of Bankura, A joy Reservoir Project in the districts of Birbhum and Burduan, and Upper Kangsabati Project in the district of Purulia dnd Bankura* It is very essential to start at least a few ncu schemes in the Seventh Plan in right earnest, so th?t there may not be any plan vacuum after the existing on— going Irrigation Projects arc completed*

During operation of Plnjor Irrigation Projects c.g», riayurakshi Reservoir Project, Kangsabati Reservoir Projoct and Barrage and Irrigation System of D V C, difficulties have boon faced in optimum utilisation of water resources. In many cases there yero huge seepage losses in the canals. In some cases the outlets are too big, resulting in ujastago of valuable irrigation uiatcr. There is acute shortage of water during Rabi season. In order to reap the full benefit from these Projects, moctornisation is ussen— tial for which provisions of outlays have been made in the Seventh Plan#

Emphasis has been laid on the modernisation of Major Irrigation Pro jects for consideration of the Irrigation potential already creatcd. The modernisation of the Projects would help extending Rabi Irrigation. The modernisation works would prevent loss of irrigation water through seepage and facilitate efficient water manaqcment by construction of requisite out lets^ field channels and water courses, Uterabandi water scheduling and con junctive use of surface and ground water. In order to stabilise the utilisa tion of potential created by different irrigation projects, high investment priority is to be given for modernisation works and introduction of Warabandi.

~~The Kangasabati Reservoir Project, the Mayurakshi Project and the~~

E3arrage cc Irrigation System of ^ V C -to be modDrnised to a great extant in the Seventh Plan by necessary financing. The modernisation scheme of the Kangsabati Project is in advanced stage and construction of some additional

~~Barrage is tt bo urgently taken up to help Rabi Irrigation apart from other works of modernisation for which adequate financing has to be mact? from the beginning of the Seventh Plan.~~

~~In order to effect greater efficiency in management of water resources,~~

40 Ha. blocks will be converted to 5-0 Ha. blocks by constructing suitable infrastructures in the Plojor Irrigation Projects. This will ensure greater utilisation of potentital creatcd so far, thereby reciicing the gap between the potential creatcd and that utilise d. A dequate provision for this work has bGon made in the Seventh Blan. The command areas of the on—going or completed Irrigation Projects, have no problem of sr.linity and water-logging. Hence, no investment is reeded on this account. Medium Irrigation Projects are being executed in the dis tricts of Purulia, Bankura and Birbhum and necessary funds would bo provided for the virtual completion of these schemc-s to draw full benefit during the D - 4 Seventh Plan period*

~~No unapproved Irrigation Project hos^ been taken up* t a r g e t s GF ir r ig a t io n POTEIMTIAL~~

Target for creation of i X Target for utilisation of Irrigation potential . I Irrigation Potential. During the il Cumulatiue jfjuring the jtumulative year , .;vear(*QQG Ha.^(»ODD Ha.) Ivoa.r(*000 Ha>)X(*ODO Ha«)

1904-85 — 1185.77 - 1070.11 19C5-86 /' 14.60 1200.37 16.25 1086.36 19&6-87 17, 50 1217.87 16.9 6 1103.32 1987-G8 20,94 1238.01 22,05 112 5.37 1988-09 . 73.69 1312, 50 ■, 27.50 1152.87 1989-90 ; 93.66 1406.16 122.22 127 5.09 220^39 204.98

Irrigation potential/of 0.22 million hectares has been proposoc! to be created during Seventh Pfan, thereby creating the total potential of 1,406 million hectares at the end of Seventh Plan* niL>~TERn APffiAISAL

The total target for potential to be created during the Severith Plan uas origina. lly fixed as 220,39 TH«HA, But during the review it was antici— pa.ted that a potential of 212.15 Tli»HAo will be created by the end of Seventh Plan(achievement 9 6 ,3 0 ^ ), But to create this anticipated potential it is required to fulfill the target of 156 TH.HA, during the remaining two years of Seventh Plan, It i s , obviously not be possible to achieve this target with the balance of the outlay of Rs. 54.00 crores ^or the last two years of the Seventh Plan. The major portion of the targetted potential wil] be created through ToLsta Barrage Project for which the available approved outlay will be about 16 crores for tho next 2 years. This is too meagre to cope with the requirement. Besides, it is felt that enhancement of the outlay is also unavoi dable in some of the major Irrigation Projects. It is estimated that the total requirement of Irrigation sector during the Seventh Plan will bo 279 crores against the original provision of 195 crores. An additional fund of h3*84

~~back-grcund and strategy for DEyELcmE[\rr~~

Be^gal^^hQU ^ -sn|aU ^ rivers. Almost evory year, the State is ravaged by destructive floods bringil wide-spread disaster to the people inhaviting its flood prone areas. Various problems like congestion of drainage, bank erosions complicate the flood si tuation. F lood problems in North Bengal, comprising the districts of Cocch- behar, Oalpaiguri and Darjeeling are cJue to heavy rain-falls leading to severe bank erosions, land-slides in the hills, bank spillings and change in river courses. D - 5 ' F lood problems of Central Bengal in tho districts of Malda, U/ost

OlnnjporG and Murshidabad, aro duo to inadequacy cf draiangc facilitius* Dank spilling occurs along the Mah'^nanda, Ganga, Bhagirathi and also sovoro bank erosions take place there along# Problt-ms of South Bengal are from acute drainage congestions in tho low lying areas die to heawy rain-falls and the terrain being very flat, tidal ingresses and drainage lockages are responsible for uido—spread in undation of agricultural lands. Tho problems arc further intensified by cyclonic storms anc' coastal erosions. Flood prone areas of West Bengal are estimated to bo 3*766 million . h<-ictares. Cut of these areas, about 1,622 million hectares have bean pro~ vided with reasonabio protection from floods and drainage congestions (as achiewed upto tho end of Sixth Plan)* Drainage channels and embankments constructed upto 1904—85 are 6665 KoH. and 15996 K.Fl. respectively^ Immediate problems to be trek led are severe bank erosions in the di fferent reaches of the Ganga* Bhagirathi, Mahahancfe , Tecsta, Torsa, Jaldhaka, Raidak, Kaljani etc. Large areas and many villages with important instslla— tions are laid lusisto by such bank erosions. Heavy and costly bank protective works are required to be undertaken to save vast areas from scoures of erosion. Severe drainage problems are faced in the districts of Malda, Hurshi— dabad, Midnapore, Howrah, 24-Parganns etc. Owing to heavy rain falls. The accumulation of water in the low lying areas cannot be drained out due to high water levels prevailing at tho outfall rivers like Ganga, Mahananda, Ajoy, Playurakshi, Rupnarayan, Damodar etc. In the Sunderban areas there are adr!itional complexities owing tc tidal effects leading to drainage conges tion. Many drainage schemes are required to te implemented to relieve drainage eongestion and to free water logged agricultural lands for more food production. It is proposed to bring nearly 2750 Sq.K.Ms. unctJr protection from flood and drainage congestion cLiring Seventh Plan period# This will involve a cost of Rs#105.0B crores. The works involved are execution of drainage schemes, bank protective works, anti—sea erosion schemes etc# A few comps?ehonsivo Master Plans tc tackle flood control cum drainage problem have already boon prepared by the Department, the works mentioning of which are S—

i) Ghatal i'laster Plan| ii) Tamluk Master Plan? iii) Kandi Area Integrated F lood Control cum Drainage Scheme5 iv) Sunriarban Delta Project | v) Improvement of Lower Damodar Area*. All these Master Plans involve drainage cum flood control works and woulc; render immediate benefit with increase of agricultural productions. Therefore these Master Plans receive top-most priorityi but these cannot be D - 6

~~commcncGcJ in right anmust without adequate av/ailcbility of func^s, Tho~~

~~flood control Scbomr-s arc to be gi''On spc’cial funds r-,s r'-xomfnondori by 3,11,' Scin Committee for the aQricultur^l production of cnstcrn rugional Stetos. ^~~

~~Apart from the said Wastor Plans thcro arc a fcui other Major Sci^mod involving jxpcn'ltur-’ of h3#5*00 crorcs or more "s (nontioned belou/ 5~~

^^ni nnco Schama's *

1) Urgont Dcvtjlopmont of Sundorbf^ns; 2) Ghoa-Kunti Dasin Drainage Scheme? 3) Faratia-Nagartala Basin Drainage Sch-Jmu in 24~PargarBs| 4) Rc-c* c-ovation of To lly's Wullahl 5) Improvement of Bagjola Drainage Khal? s) Ro-cxcavation of River Baramashia for improvomont of drainage congQstion for Harishchancirapur otc. 7) Haron Kultigenj Dasin Drainage Schemc| and 0) Dhagaujanpur Nandigram Drainage Schome(Phasc-l) # D* Anti"ni}rosion Schom-^s i 1) Schumus for protr-ction of right bank of river Ganga down—strcam ’of P^rakka from erosioni 2 ) Ncrth Cengal F lo'od Control Schemesf 3) Protection '^f right bank of Ganga in district Murshidaty^-V. § and

~~4) Protuction bath banks ef river Dh^girathi in district Murshidabad, niD-T£Rt^ APPRAISAL ff SEUErfTH F IUC YEftRPlAN~~

A demand of additional grant of i73*05.00 crorcs over tho alloted amc’uii of hs# 135*00 crorcs in the S.-ycnth Plan period has already been placod beporo Planning Commission to meet thu ur^^ent expenses necessery for the Ganga Anti- erosion works and important droimgc Schemes* FUfjQS UNOER N ,R ,£ ,P . a7L R ,L .£ .G .P . SPEAD5.

Funds ferth-ecming un'i3r the NREIP, RLEGP etc* would be utilised to meet expenditure pf labour oriented component both in flood control and irrigation works*

~~S£CTCRAL CUT lays IN S£V£:^^^H PUmm~~

~~Yoar-uisc provisions of outlays for the Seventh Plan're indicated b^lowJ- Year Irrigationfes*crores) Flood control Totolfc* creras), Cis* crores) ______~~

1st Year (1905-05) Actual 39.2l(actual) 17.ll(actual) 36#32 (actual) Expenditure 2nd year (l906“G7) 51*02 (actua l) 1G*64 70.46 (actual) 3rd Year(l9C7-QQ) 49*97\f-roposed)25.00(proposed) 74*97 (proposed) 4th Year (1900—09) 40*0Q(proposcc')25*45(proposed) 73*45 (proposed) 5th Ye^r(l9Q9"90) _ * * 195*00 10 5.00 300*00

~~To be alloted after r-visicn of 7th Plan Outlay* D - 7~~

~~CENTRAL a ss is t a n c e IRRIGATION SECTOR~~

~~Bulk of the financial outlpv in Irrigation Sector is consumod for~~

mooting oxpcindituru c'' Tcsct::. Projoct, In order that tho fiarojuct can run on schodulc and un-nocGsscry cost ; ovor-run bo avoiriod, an odoquato year-to-year financing of the project shculr! be guaranteed. It is not possible for tho Stato Gouornmont alono to rritjct the financial burden of such a gigantic project* Honoe , thc CentrQ ohoulc! come up with sufficient financial assistance to muot the year-to-year cost of the projrct.

~~CENTHf^L a s s i stance F LOGD COl^RCL SECTOR~~

Central assistance for flood control schemes is scarcoly available* It may be pointed out that a water—logged area if woll drained would produce crops as much as can be produced in a well irrigated area. Thcreforo drainage schemes deserve practically equal importance as in tho case of ■ irrigation schemes* Central assistance is necessary for implomcntation of some Major Flood Control-cum“Orainago Schomes for which tho Stato alone is not in a position to provide requisite funds* It is desirable that Flood Cr)ntrol Schemes should bo completed as Carly as possible*

~~TIC strategy for annual PL/\N 1908-89~~

In the Irrigation sector the guido-lines laid down by the Planning Commission is to complete the on—c ng projects withr t further titre and cost over-run^ The capacity utilisation in this sector is also of paramount importnnco for ensuring optimum return from our investment* The 20-Point Programme has to be implemented vigorously* The tar get ^or the various con>- ponont of this programme h-^.s t :■ be fixed realistically, aftet taking into account the resources and capnbility* It is very important thPt implementa tion is ensured within the targets with all determination* Tho tribal Sub— and the Component Plan for Scheduled Casto should also be implemented with determination. The amount of flow from State Plan to this Sub-Planj once determined it should take place as such* THE ffiCGRAf'1|viE OF DEUEL. PHENT FOR THE 'ANr^UAL plan 1980-89 As per the guide-lines stated above * priority has benn fixed for implementation of the works of on-going Hajor and Medium Irrigation Projects

of Sixth Plan or earlier period. Although an outlay of Rs*25*00 croras has been provided for the first sub-stage of Stago-I of Phaao-I of Toosta Oarrago Project fcr 1908-89 it is desired that an additional allotment of fund for the Project will be made by the Centro in the shape of Central Assistance to expedite completion*

~~Among other major schemes, tho Subarnarekha Darragc Project has b^ en~~

~~proposed to be taken up in tho rin ^ or.rnest if the r-quisito World Dank~~

Lean is r-ceivod for whioh substantial prevision has been made in the Annual Plan 1988—89* Adoquato provision ’rias boen made for modernisation of Kangsabati Project and also for conversion of 40 Ha* Dlock to &-0 Ha# Clock for Major Irrigation Projocts. D - 8

~~Spccial priority on tho abov/e lines has toon given to the follouing~~

on-going Projects an:' scheme during the Annual Plan 1987—88 * 1) T cost a Car rage Project* 2 ) Kangsabati Project. 3 ) Carragc & Irrigation System of D U C (Extension and Improv/cmont) 4) Medium Irrigation Schemes in the district of Purulia* The fcllowing two important schemes are under consideration of the Planning ’Commission and oxpected to bo taken up ciJring 1987-80. Hence necessary fund has been provided further in the Annual Plan J 1 ) Subar n'^rekha Darrago Project in the district of Hidnapore, 2 ) Upper Kangsabati Project in the districts of Purulia and Dankura.

~~FLCCD CCMTRGL R^OGRAmE GF DEUE LCPHEIVT~~

Eight regions namely (i) fîdnaPore, (ii) Hooghly and Howrah, (iii) Nadia and Hurshiabad, (iv) fâlda and West Oinajpur, (v) Darjeeling, 3al- paiguri and Coochbehar, (vi) 24—Parganas, (uii) Durdwan, (wiii) Dirbhum have bet-n identified* \iarious schemes have been prepared and are under execution within the limited rosourcos available to the Department. The anti“*erosion works have heen identified in 18 (e ‘ htcen) different rivers of Ulest Bengal and the coastal areas of fîdnapore and 24-Parganas for which suitable schomes ' are unr'or execution. The important schemes under this sector cliring the Annual Plan 1900—89 are (i) Urgent Development works in Sundarbans, (ii) Ghea-Kunti Casin Drainage Scheme in the district of Hooghly, (iii) Dubda Dasin Drainage Scheme in the district of nidnapore, (iv) Mahananda Embankment Scheme in the district of Malda, (v) East Mograhat Dnsin Drainage Scheme in the district of 24-Par ganp,s, (vi) Improvem,.nt of Lower Damodar area in the district of Durdwan, Hooghly and Howrah, (vii) R.osectioning of Tonga Khal in P.S» NanfJi- gram in the district of Midnapore (viii)'Ghata 1 Master Plan in the district of f’lidnapore, (ix) Anti-s^jrosion ucrks on the eastern banks of river Hooghly in the district of 24-Parganas, (x) Schemes for protectiLn of right bank of river Ganga and Padma down-stream of F arakka Barrage upto Jalangi in the district Gf Murshidabad and (x: ) F lood Control Scheme under North Dongal f l:ôd Control Commission in the district of Oarjeeling, Dalpaiguri and Cooch- behar , (xii) DhagwanfXir Nandigram Drainage Scheme and (x iii) Haroa Kultigang -Q^sin^ lDr^n^' Scfefe(Pha^-^l>; c- 1- ^ ^ D - 9 SALIENT FEATURE CF THE IMPCRTAiMT. irii I GAT I ON PROJECTS

~~(l) Mayurakshi RGSQrvpir PrujQct 8~~

LocatGd on western fringe of Wpst Dongal in tho district of Oirbhum, rTurshidnbad and Durduano The Projoct consists of a mesonry gravity Dam (Canada 0am) across th^ river (^ayurakshi at Mcssanjore near Suri of lungth 561*42 metre, and height 47*24 motro and 4 nos, Darragcs namely t

Tilpora Darrago «o across th!-‘ rive^r Mayurakshi near Suri in dist. Dirbhum* Kopai Corrago •• across, tha river Kopai & Kultore in district Dirbhum. □uarka Darragc •• across the rivor Dyarka at Doocha in dist. Dirbhumo Drahmani Darragc across the river Drahmani at Daidcra in dist. Dirbhum* Tho ultimate irrigation potential is 250060 Ha, (Kharif 23061G Ha» ".nd Rabi 20242 Ha.) This project was ccmmcncod in l94Q and complet. d in 1D55* Tho extension and improvemtjnt works of the project were commenccd in i960 and completed in 1905* To extract further benefit from this completed project, schemes for modernisation has been proposed to. be taken up and a sum of

~~Cs,5,0Q lakhs has boi^n provided in the Annual Plan 1988-09 a n d f\s,200,00 lakhs hc^.s been earmarked rluring th^ . Seventh Plan period,~~

(n ) KanqsaLxati Resorvoir Prc.iect i Project bonc'fitted area covers tho districts Dankura*, Midnapor^J and Hooghlyc The Project consists of 'Knngsabati—Kumari ’ Qam situated at fiukut— manipur district of Dankura on rivers Kangsabati and Kumari about 3 KJlo up-' stream of ■ t heir confluence and threo barrages viz? Silebati Darragc Tarara— fani Darrago and Dhairab Danki Darrarc. The length of the Kangsabati Kumari “^am is 11«27 KoM» (including intermedipto l^ykes and Hillocks) with height of Kangsabati uam, Kuma.ri above bed river being 39.63 FI and 41.15 M re,sp..ctively.

The created irrigation potential by the end of 1986-07 is 393*00 ThtHa, with ultirreto figure of 401, 66 Th» Ha* This project was commenced in 1957 and works are in final stage of completion. It is expccted to be complated within Seventh. Plan period, - A Jsum of Rs, 500,q0 lakhs has been provided during 1900—09 for this prbjuct and it is cstirmted that an additional potential of 700Q hectares shall bo created r!ur ing the period* A sum of 5. 12*00 crores has been proyi- dcjd to complete the project during the Seventh Plan period, -

& Irrigaticn System of D U C • The Project is benofitting the districts of Durdwan, Daritf D,\,C, is a Multipurpose f^ivoT l/alley Project with throe main purposes being (i) Flood Control, C2) Irrigation, (3)PowGr Gen'^ration^ he Darragc « Irrigation System deals with Ir r i^ t io n only through Durgapur Darragn connecting Pratappur in the district of Dani

~~abutments is 692 * 2 H with design discharge through left bank main canal &~~

~~7 s 3 right bank jain canal being 250 oc. and 64.26 m / r»ec. respectively.~~

~~Target irrigation potential cf the project is 515.30 Th.Ha. (Kharif~~

~~393.93 Th,Ha. and Flabi 121.45 Th,Ha«) Cut of ujhich 464.00 Th.Ha.have b^cn~~

~~Croat^ d by end of 190 6—07. A sum ofRs.90,00 lakhs has b-^^ n prouidt-d to create another 5000~~

hectares of potential during 1900-G9. (lU) Tecsta Parra no Pro icct s The bcnofittod area covcrs the districts of lilsst Oinajpur, Malda, □ ar jo'jlinrj-, 3alfBiguri and Coochbehar in the State of West Dcngal. It is a Hultipurpose River Velley Prcjuct. Tq cope up with vast project liko this, the constructional prorrammo has be^jn sub-divided into throe phases a3' t

Phase - I .. Providing irrigation facilities to an area of about 922 Th.Ha, by diverting Tccsta and Mahananda river uaters an either side of them by constructing OarragGs across these rivers. Phase -II . . Construction of a high storage Dam on the river ToLsta , nearSovak Dridgd in Darjeeling district has b^-^e n ‘pro posed. The dam uould supplement irrigation during dry season. It would also modorate the flood to a great extent a generate a Hydol Pouor to the tuno of 600 ,Fl<>liiB (approximately), Phaso -III • • Linkinig up thf^ rivor Drahmaputra with the river Ganga by c! canal to rovidc r^vigf’-ticn facilities*

Phase — I of the Project ha.s been divided intc three stages with StagG-I being further divided into three sub-stages. The main components of the prc^sent'schem-: in 1st Syb-stnre of Stago~I consists of f (a) A tarrago (length 901.5 n) across the river Toesta near Gazoldoba in the district of Darjeeling. (b) Teusta t^laha.nanda Link Canal (length 25.7 5 K«M.)

~~- (c) A _barrage (length 207.2 h ) across the river Hahananda at f ulbari in the district of Oalpeiguri.~~

", (d) fâhananda Tâin Ca.na 1 (32.05 K*Mo) off-taking from right bank of -• the river Mahananda at its Oarrago situ and terminating tu the rii'cr Dauk. (0) An Ar-ueduct across ttie river 01 ahananda 20 K,n. off the main canal (f) A barrage across the river Dauk at the outfall of tlTO lâha.na.nda iâin canal. (g) An Aquoduct across the river lâgar. -(h) Dauk Wagar Hain Canal (01.07 Km) from the Dauk Oarragc of Nagar. Aqueduct.

~~(1) Nagar—Tangon Hain Canal (SO.OO K.n») off—taking from river f^ngar with tail enrJ at river Tangon.~~

~~- - vn_v- ' V '■ V ' .V ' V ■ V ' V - V ' V ■■ V '■ v" i ' v-” V ' V-" V'- i v ' ?■' V ' V ■■ V ' V £■ V V - TPie 'Projcct , in its first Sub—stage of Stag~~

Tho cost of thJ ProjL'ct for 1st' sub-stai c is Rs. 425^54 crores and for 2nd sub—stage is Rs« 111. 60 crorcs. A sum cf [Is.25.00 crares has been provided for 1st subr-stago or stago-I of the Phasc-I for the Annual Plan 1900-09. D - 11

A sum of Rs, 120,64 crorcs and Rs*5*00 crort-s hauc bson allcxsated rcspGctivoly for the ujor! s of these tuo Suhr-stn s of the Project during the Sev/onth Plan period*

Subarnarokha Oarn o Prc.ioct s The bcnefittod are?, covers the district of l^idnapore. The Project on* v/isanos harnessinr the rivers Subarnarokha and Oolong by constructing a narrefc at Dhosraghat across the river Subarnarokha# Project assures increase, of food production through irrigation water in the district of Midnapore* The cost of the Project is Rs. 150*55 crores,and the ultirrPte irriga tion potential targets of l30,n0Th.Ha* A sum of Rs* 1000*00 ■ lakhs and

~~R3*1400*0D lakhs have bean provided for the Project in the Annual PJ^n for~~

1900—u9 and Seventh Plan 1905-90 rosp:ctively*

(Vl) Upper Kangsabati Project t The benefitted area covers the districts of Purulia and Dankura« It is on irrigation schcme by harnessing rivcr Kangsabati by eenstructing a Dam end Canal System for augmenting agricultural prodjctions thorough assured uat T supply in the df'ought-prone areas of Purulia a'nd Oankura districts*

The C>am shall bo locatod near OansaKDolong, district Purulia, 32 KH* up stream of existing Kangsabati Jam. The Dam is of composite typo having con- creto spill—uay and non—overflow section with tagging ©arthen dam and dyke* Cost of the Project has bee estimated to be Rs. 43*00 crores* Tarc^t irrigation potential is 59.00 Th*Ha* The work will commence in 1989-90 and a provision of 100,OG lakhs hns hcan made during Soventh Plan period* (VIl) r.edium I rrigation Schemes in thu district of Purulia*

There are 22 noso of medium Irrigation Schemes being executed in the drouffit prone'arer.s of Purulia district. Out of these 22 schemes, 5 nos* havo almost boon completoc! by the end of Sixth Plan. Syffjiciont funds have be^’n provided in this Annual Plan for these on-going schemes which are almoot completo. All Qf them are planned to be completejd by the Seventh Plan period* A total sum of Rs. 370,00 lakhs has been f3:ovided for these schem s to crcate a potential of 1690 Ha, during 1900-09* ^’urther sum of [ss*2 60*2 5 lakhs has been provided to complete as many schemes as > possible during 1905-90* D - 12

~~5H:C I AL cm PONE NT PLAN~~

~~For the bGniJfj.t of t he Sc he du lo d C - st g s»~~

Cut of the Plan proposals for Irrigation and F lood Control Soctors, cDrtFin schomos benefit aroas of Scheduled Caste population concentration uithin the State, The floy of fund to component Plan for such axeas is % indicated bo low J-

~~Proposcd allocation for Special Compon-’nt Plan~~

~~Plan Period irrigation t F lond Control T Total - ______Xfe.. Iskhs) )[ C\s. lakhs) lakhs) 19 00-03 1439.69 391.8 6 1031.55~~

~~VI Plan 1983-04 510.54 97.78 608.32 19 84-0 5 731.84 164.25 096.09~~

~~V,I Pla.n Total 2 602.07 653.89 3335.96 (1900-0 5)~~

~~190 5-06 935.36 109.54 1124.90 190 6-07 1287.82 2 60 . 79 1548.61 VII Plan 1907-00 1120.00 31 6.46 1436.46 00-09 800.00 332.65 1132.65~~

~~TRIDAL AREAS SUD-PIAN~~

Many of the Irrigation and Floo ’•! Control Scb-mes .included in the Sauenth Plan (l905-90) and Annual Plan (1900-B9) benefit areas to triba population concentration. The flow of fund f r cm Plan allocation to the Sub~Plan, as proposed, is indicated below s-

~~F louj of fund to Trifc[al Suh>-Plan Plan period ^Irrigation I F lood Control 1 Total X (Rs. lakhs) K C^s, lakhs) I . (Rs . lakhs) 1900-03 1239.60 2^9.55 1449.15~~

~~VI Plan 1903-04 42 6.80 52.88 479.60 1904-0 5 391. 54 43. 60 435. 14~~

~~VI Plan Total 2057.94 306.03 2363.97 (1980-0 5)~~

~~190 5-0 6 401.70 64.41 546.11 VII Plan 190 6-87 647.36 03.17 730,53 1987-00 602.90 80,39 -683.37 1908-89 533.50 94.63 620. 13 D - 13~~

~~(1) HINCR IRracATICM anu (2 ) ccpiriAND area o£vE:Lc.pn£f\rr~~

~~Tho Sovcnth Plan Outlay fixed for differont programmos undor Rinor \ IrrigGtion tiiing arc shoun belou 8- (gs*;.^ror£s)~~

~~(a) Minor Irrigation Programme under Crop Husbanr?ry Sector ••• 15*00~~

~~(b) Mihor Irrigation Programme • • • 121*00~~

~~(c) Command Aj^oa Dcivolopmont ^ 9 ,0 0 Pro gramme TOTAL tt 145*00~~

The outlay of Rs* 121,00 crcxrcs oarrnarkod for rOinor Irrigation Pro- . gramme i s , howQvor, cxplusiv/c of r^*20*00 crores propoet-d for cost of on^r- cjisr.tion of cJiffuront minor irrigation installations uncfer West Dongal POinor • Irrigation Project (assisted by World Bank) during the Soyonth Plan period# Annual allotm^Jnt fqr cost of onnrgisation would, boujevQr, pass throucjh the plan budget for Minor Irrigation for Qffectiv/o implomentation of tho programme It is proposed to crcate additiorpl irrigation potential of 425,00 th*

hs. during the So VO nth Plan p:)riod of which 350 th* ha* would com^ from ground water and 75 th* ha« from surfaco water sourcos*

~~t^inor Irrigation ProgrammP f or .1900*»09 ^ * -^-UT fQce liiater Sc ho me#~~

A total outlay of Rs*573*00 lakhs has boon proposed during 1908-09 under this Minor hoad including Rs, 150, 00 lakhs for World Dank Schomos* With this outlay, water transmission arrangomont of incompleto R oL.I, Sch^nus, ^completion of flow surface and Drair^ge schemes, conv/crsion of die sol operated Ro L. I, Schemes into electrically operated ones otc* will be taken up* .

0* Ground liMter Schemes*

A total provision of Rs* 1501*00 lakhs has been proposed during 1900-89 under this Minor head including Rs* 1315#00 lakhs for different World Dank Schoncs* The prov/ision will'" bo utilisod for residual works of 200 D.T,Ws, conversion of diesel run deep tubouolls into eli^ctrically operated schemes, modernisation and ciovelopment of St^.to owned S.T*Ws, installation of S.ToUt with submersible pumps where water levels havo gone beyond tho reach of centrifugal pumps, ctc. Rs*45*00 lakhs has boon provided for survey and in** vestigation of ground water and sur^co water rosources# Rs,5#00 lakhs has also b'en provided as State’s share under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for procurement of equipment by thoStato Water Investigation Oirectorate* As dugwells am being taken up under the World D%nk Project, a token provision • only h-is been pJroposed under the normal head,

^-0. .n e r a_ 1* (a) Direction and Ajministration* An amount of Rs*29*Oo lakhs has ttJon proposed under this sub^minor D - 14 hi-3cd including {^•20*0'J lakhs for World Dank Schamas*

Derinal State. Hinor Irrioation Cprporationo Tho Stato of Wost Dcnrsl has fixod an uni^'r*?. ‘r:ar rato © Rs.5#00 por acru inch for the ^rposc of realisation from th& bonoficiarios of all minor irrigation installation installed by State as well as Hinor Irrigation Cor poration. Tho Corporation cannot naturally, tht^rcforo, realise oconomic uatnr rato from tho minor irrigation schDmt-'s installed by thorn. Undor tho cir- cumstancos, thoro is no othor altornatiuo but to ®sist tho Corporation by mooting their administrative oxpcnsus and other shortfalls. Accordingly* an amount of Rs.305«0Q lakhs h'^s bojn provided in the outlay including contri** buition, to the chard capital, of Rs,25*00 Jakhs and water rate subsidy of Rs. 180*00 lakhso □ • Other Expenditure* A total provision of f^. 92*00 lakhs has taon pDoposed under this sub-* minor head including a provision of Rs.SO.OO lakhs for World Dank Schamos. Tho provision will be utilised for survoy investigation anc? preparation of minor rlrainagc schemes, op^timisation of Minor Irrigation Schamas^ construction of office buildings, distribution of low lift pumping doviccs, installation of solar pumps, uindnills, etc. seminars, publication and exhibition for extension and dovelopment of Hinor Irrigation etc. Thu abov3 provision of Rs*92*00 lakhs also includes J^in amount of Rs*5*00 lakhs towards cost of en'-r**’ gisation payabl-i to W. D.S.E. 3* This Rs. 5*00 lakhs is part of (vs*280Q«00 lakhs proposed for cost of energis-tion of different minor irrigation installs^tions under the said Ulorld Dank assisted project during the Seventh Plan period and stipulated to be met from the budget provision of Power Department* liJprld Dcink Aided Hinor IrricP>tion Proioct* An amount of Hs. 1535*00 lakhs has b-en proposed for different minor irrigation schem-s under this Project* The details of financial outlay pro- posi’d during l90O*09 under different item of works are shown below *-

~~Proposed provisions for 1986^09 (Bs* lakhs) (i) High ca pacity D.T *li/s • j 720.00 (ii) ;dium capacity C.T#Ws ; ( i i i ) S<.T.U. with submersible pumps 150.00~~

~~(iv) S.T.'al# with centrifugal pqmps 250.00~~

~~(v) Dugwells 195.00~~

~~(vi) Laying out of water transmission arrangement of R.UIs 150.00 (vii) Cost of energisation 5*00 ' ■ V (viil)- "GtHert -schome-sv' - ^ - v - ^ t-' v - v ■ - v -; - v - v - v65*-00 v~~

~~TOTAL it 1535*00 D - 15~~

~~' Duo to lato siQninc of tho agroomont practically no lijork coulc..' b-s~~

unciDrtakGn undor this project cliring 1905-86 oxcupt starting of construction of a few nos. of dugwclls, Advanco paymont of Rs, 694.00 lakhs hss, houcjv'or, b>on mado to tho WoCoSoEoCo during 1905-06 for energisation purpose. Somo prorr::ss in relation to the dugwoll component of the project has b=^'-n achieved and raimtwrsem'-int claim to the tune of Rs. 15*00 lakhs has hPen FBreferr.^d so far. Some tenders rol'^ting to procuremL nt of materials and services for He' oT • Ills, ReUoT^liis, L, D«.T»Ws & SoT,Us and also have boon finalised and others arc in process* It is proposed to make up the backlog of work arising cut of th-: initial delay in starting the project in course of the rStnaining project period. Crop Husbandry Under the Centally Sponsored Scheme for assisting the small and mar ginal farmers for increasing agricultural production Rs* 315*00 lakhs has been proposed to be spent as Stat^. *s share en Minpr Irrigation purpose during 1900-09. As per Government of India norm of Rs*3*50 lakhs per block for 341 blocks of tho State, the State’ s share of expenditure should have been Rs. 596*75 l^khs. Out taking into consideration the performance of the financing institutions and other factors, a realistic vieu has be^n taken to fix tho outlay of Statens share of cxpcndituro at Rs«3l5*00 lakhs during 1900-09. Physical benefits. As against the creation e f additional irrigation potential of Rs. 53*70 th. ha. in 190&-C7 and anticipateij fechievomont of 04,10 ^ th* ha. in 1907-00 , the irrigation potential prjposed to be created during 1900-09 is 04*50 th. ha. cut of this 49*50 th. ha will como ^ron ground water and 35^00 th* ha from surface water sources* I t i bal Sub-Plan S .C .P. Rs*610.20 lakhs being 20.27^ andRs.176.60 lakhs being 5*79^ of thre total outlay proposed by this Department are earmarked for Spc^>cial Component Pl^"-n for Scheduled Castes and Tribal Areas SubipPlan respectively. It is ex pected that about 12,000 Scheduled Castes family and 4 , 500 Scheduled Tribes family will be benefitted during 1900-*09* 20-Point Programme ' ' ' ‘ * i,j In,the revised 2 0«»Point 'Programme, the Hindr. Irrigation Projects rs well rs Command Area Development Works have bocn included* * The achievement and targets in financial and Physical terms hauo boon givon in the revised statements TPP—I & "I PP—2 • f^onit orinn Spocir.l emphasis has boon given on this matter. To review the Plan performance on quarterly and half^carly basis regular meetings ar'e held with tNi 'directorate and Secretariat level officersc There is a provision of Rs. 1,00 lakhs in tho Finn budget for 1907*60 for creation of monitoring cell at the D - 16

~~State Hcadqunrtors of tho Agricultural EnginP::ring Directorate* Rs.l.OC lakh$ has also b'-m prolosoG; for the pun sc during 1900-09. n~~

2, CCrWAND area DEVEL..m£f\rr Command Arr.â DovGlopmcnt Prcgrammo will continue in throci major irri- Qatiôn commands of Kangsabati, Oamocfir Valloy '-^nd M^yuraks.hi* 2. A programme of constructing field channels covering 22.000 he* is proposed for 1980-09* The anticipated achievement during 1907-00 is 15*00 th» ha* There arc cortain regions in th^ command areas uiN^re irrigation water does not reach and cannot be covered by flou irrigation uith the construction of canals and channels. In orcS3r to cover these aruas dêp tubeujolls, shallou tubnyells and shallow tubcuells with hand pumps are being installed with the subsidy nvailable unutar the scheme* Such subsidy has bcon granted to indiviriual sm^-ll and marginal farmers and liiest Bengal State Flinor Irriga tion Corporation* Thcso activities will continue during 1900-09*

~~3* The progress of the scheme in liiwst Dengal has beon however severely~~

restricted bccausc of various contra.ints* The holdings of the farmers ar^ numerous and fragmented which calls for land consolictition* Cut not much progress could be made in this regard for various socio-political r-’asons* This has prevented efficient l-^nd rianagGment necessary for field channel. Secondly size of the outlets in the three commands, particularly Damodar Volley, has been very large some being oven upto 10 cusecs or 20 cusecs. It is necesj sry therefore, to have the water courses first* It is expected that under varirus modernisation programme of the Irrigation Department such water courses will be constructod which will facilitate construction of field channels from outlets of .smaller size on the water course, U'.stly, there is no provision of land compensation under this progrr^mme* It is only through pcrsuation that farmers having lands close to the outlets are b inr made to agree to allow use of their Ir.nd for construction of field channsls for the ben-fit of tail ondors* For this reason the Deptt. is also entrusting the wi^rks to the Panchayats in preference to thJ c n- tractors as far as practicable, Dy and large, the Pa-nchayats are showing encouraging signs in the matt er ,cf motivating the farmers and securing their co»opcration*

~~4* An outlay of Rs,l55.00 lakhs (State *s st^re) has been proposed during 1900-09# E i~~

~~M E~~

~~Programme of the_Ppuer Dej^tm enl^~~

~~A • ELECTRICiV[_3S330t~~

~~Half the period of the 7th Five Years Plan has since passed and U8 are in the 2nd half of the 3rd year* The following important events hav\ taken place during last one year •~~

"I. Planning Commission in December’ 86 has accepted ^’in princi ple” the feasibility of installation of 3 x 210 foy Power Projects at Bakresuer in the district of Birbhum subject to adequate financial provision being made by the State Govt, in the State Plan.

2 , Loan agreement idith 3apan for preparation of Detailed pro ject Report of Purulia Rjmped Storage Project of capncity around goCniiJ has since been finalised qnd Memorandum of Understanding has been draun in 3a pan betujesn Government of IndiT along with Govt, of West Bengal and Govt, of 3ap^n*

3, Ijje have taken a view of not installing 4o o / 22QKV/ S/Stn« at Durgapur and in lieu terminating Kolaghat-Durga pur 400KU Single Circuit line to NTPC’ s purulia S/S and accordingly matter has since been moved to MTPC/CEA.

~~I , Generation s a ) On-going Thermal Band el Thermal Power S tation Sth^jjnjt (1 x 210 W \if) 'Power Project has since been completed and has been in~~

CQmmercial operation for the last few years but there are certain minor works like Air Conditioning of cer tain artjas are yet to be completed and the same is expected to be completed by narch*88*

Kol^^ghat Thermal Power Station Consoquvant upon formation of West Bengal Power Deve lopment Corporation and upon transferring Kolaghat Thermal Power Project (both Stage—I & Stage—II ) to the said Corporation virtually there is no on-going Thermal Power Project under liJBSEB* E = 2

~~^) £.nr:9 _J^ldhaka^~~

~~Both tho Units h'^ue long bonn CQmmissionod* Construction~~

~~of additional dG-siltinQ chimbor nt th3 int^kG uns t^kon~~

~~up under this Project* This work his just been complGtGd nnd some minor design probloms have boan Gncountorad ujhich~~

~~are being tnkon up with CbiC, Tho Proj-ct is bning cansi-~~

~~dcred as complots in all rospects. Whatever balance piy-~~

ments arc due, those will be paid within r'1arch’88*

R.^_fn_m-a m 51 g e-I I Tho entire tunnel of 3,7 KFl long his been completed except some finishing work* For other major ciuil work like diver sion structure, desilting basin, forebay tank, spillw=iy structure and penstock, orders having been placed, contrac tors have commenced work and work in every field is in progress. For the balance major civil work i .e . Power Stn* building, order has been placed on n /s , NTPC and the con tractor has started work. Due to widening of crack zone in penstock alignment as also due to slides occured in [^onsoon'87 around Forebay, Power house, Rammam - Intake etc, there has been some set-back in this work. The Pro ject site was visited by CUC and GSI and they suggested to take some protective measures & accordingly they are designing for necessary ch'anQes which would call for some major modification. This would involve extra time beyond

the schedule. The drawings for Power house also are under preparation & expectf?d to bo released- soon* Delivery of TG sets from BHEL, Bhopal has commenced. By October'87 around 40^ of the equipment ordered en them- have reached site, Tho bal'^nce portion is scheduled to be completed in *1986-89, Order for EOT crane is almost finalised. Tenders

~~have been invitisd for I'^KU Switchgear and step-up trans~~

former and 33KU Switchyard equipment* S pacification" for the rest of the major electrical equipments are under preparation* Equipment lay-out botli inside and outside Rower House have since been completed*

During the period under review the progress has greatly ..hampered because., of th.e pr^syîling ^ UQ'Ô^rds .^situati F* 5^' v’""' ^ V V’ V" v’' it v' v v- v‘ v' due to GIMLF movement & it has become difficult to main tain any schedule. However, we have revised the schedule considering slippage already occurrea and it is expected that 1st two Units may be commissioned in October*89 and other two Units in February»90 subject to restoration of normalacy of the prevailing disturbed situation there. E = 3 iii) ( 3 x 3 x 7 . Sf^lil) This projcct is for installqtion of throo Poucr Houses which compriso 3 x ’■ 5 l^lW Bulb Turbim. Units, c^gînst this proje^ct, loan amounting to 8025 Flillion Ysn

~~(Rs«5350 lakhs @ Ru„1 = Y 15 t s on riay*S6) is to ba rocGivyod from QECF, 3^pin out of total ostimats of Rse11105 l^khs.~~

~~Orders for infrastrtjcturc work of all the throi,-? Powor~~

~~Houso iocatinns hauo sinco bom pl-’.cjd, tiiork has also~~

~~boon started in Fall No. and in othor ar^^^s the work~~

~~is Gxpocted to bd started soon,~~

~~ThG main tenders for civil work under one package,~~

~~covering a l l the three Rouer Houses including by—pass~~

~~channels having been received and after completion of~~

~~detaifbd evaluation and order in final decision st^ge.~~

Similarly limited global tenders under OECF condition, eloctro-mechanical equipment under one package covering TG sots, EOT crane ind switchgaars having been received are in final technical evaluation stage. Thereafter price bid shall be opened, Ordor is scheduled to be placed by February’88* Specification for other electro- -mechanical equipne^.-': undor the 2nd package are undor preparatione Tenders are scheduled to be invited by n arch’88.

~~In view of various additional clarifications required during tender evaluation stago, thnr-3 has been a slippage~~

~~of about 5/6 months from our r3arlier targetted schedule. Such clarifications becnme necessary since considerable deviation in the offers from our Specification uirre observed,~~

iv) A ugment-i ti on of Fa z_i jlxtgnsion S chqme x ^*2 (vi,u) While the major civil work like Intake, flume, dosilting basin, Forobay and spillway have been more or less com pleted, Construction of Power House building has been started. Related civil work for penstock has also been

~~started. Tender for fabrication, transport ^nd erection of penstock is under finalisation,~~

~~TG set hRS since been deliverod, [^ost of the major equip ment for Power Houso and Switchyard have been ordered. Target date of commissioning is December *88♦ ■ ■ f ~ ^~~

~~^ ) Rin ching t on A ugmen tn t i ■ in S^cncjrp As indicTtcd ^'^nriinr, bhivS mny ba r.Jitor3tod trnt instill'3—~~

tion of -1 3rd cn-J TtL jnit has sinc-j b'0:^ii d'jfcrrod, Houovcr, und.T this prij.ict ths auQmontation of the FlumG oipncity and imprav/ornont oT tho rond communication facilities h^vo been rot'^.incdf. Though tho nbovo iiork s sch.^^dulod to be completed by Mirch*88 but in viouj of preuTiling disturbed condition, thero hTS boon slippages m d 'as pnr rovisod schedule the entire work sh^ll bo complctod by DocGmbGr*88,

~~Thorm^l~~

~~^') Bikrosunr Thormal Poijor Pro inet (3x21 Q^W) Planning Commission has accnptGd’in principl:^’ the feasibi~~

lity of installation of 3^21q MW Powor Rcojocts at BakrosuJar in the district of Birbhum in Doc,’ 86 subjoct to adoquato financial provision being madu by tho State Govyornmcnt in the Statu Plan during 7th 5 Yoars Plan ^nd also obtaining firm coal linkago from 5LC nnd clOTranc3 from Statn Forest Oopertmont for Ash disposal. Out of 600 cros of land for the projGct, 369 acros of land has since ber;n “icquirGd.

~~30 acrcs of uostnd .land is yet to bd acquired and 2q1 acres of forest land stilx aij/iit rolease fraii the Forest Deptt# Negotiation for acquisition of the said forost land is in progress^~~

The Projcct requirvjs erection of a-dam on Bakreswar river for creating an adequate untcr rjsorvior so as to maintain supply of water during loan period of three months. Action is bning taken for acquisition of 1 50 acres of land re quired for the above purpose.

Govt* of bjest Bengal having received two proposal for financing and execution of the Power-Projrjct from two private sector organisations foru^rded the same with their observations to Govt, of India for consideration and clearance. It has been understood that a 3rd offer . has also been received by Govt, of India* Decision is yet to be emergod from the concGrnod Ministry at New Delhi,

MoanLuhile besides acquisition of land, some infrastruc- ^tura 1,.uicirk îpO. gf plan lay-out, . V v” v' v" v'~ v' v"' V v"' v" V V 5^" v" V ' v" V V v’^' v'* v" V' V ' v " v’^ v \ survey work for th îlw ^y entry and exit and Inplant railway Marshelling yard, installation of small town ship, Guest House, accommodations for construction agencies otCe has been taken upa A provision of Rsc^ÔOO l^kh has been made for the project. State Gov/ernment

~~will rrnke speci^il pro'^ision of fund qs ?ind ujhen necessary,~~

~~) Sa gar dig hi Thermal Pouier Project X 210 nijj in 1st stage and 2^ x 500 l^liJ in the 2nd state)«~~

A revised project report for installation of 5 x 210 in first phase and 2 x 500 1^ lii in second phase at Sagardighi in the district of F’Ourshidabad u0 s submitted to CEA in December 1905# Ue have been in touch with various departments for o obtaining various clearances for clearance of the Project

~~from Government of India,~~

~~Hydel~~

Rammam Stage»I (2 x 15 RUi') Project Reports submitted to CEA in February^ 78 and the queries of CEA/CUC were repiiedi CEA in ^85 suggested recasting of the project fsatur@sllke Intake, Tunnel, Forebay^ alignment of penstock, Power House etc, and revision of estimates, CEA desired submission of fresh project reports incorporating revision as stated above,

Uator a n d PowGr Consultancy Services (indi^ ) Ltd, (UlA PCOS), Government of India I dertaking has been eng-^ged for pre paration of a fresh project report as per guidelines of CEA/CWC, The revised Detailed Project Report (DPR) is nouj schedu.'.nd to bo completed by f'larch *88, i i ) Rammam Stage-1II , Field studies and investigations required for prepara tion of Project Report have been completed. UA PCOS has been engaged for preparation of Project Report as per

~~guidelines of CEA/CljiC. The DPR is now scheduled to be~~

~~completed by Harch *88.~~

~~Southern gen e r a t in g s t a t io n 2x67.(cesc lt d ,) Orders for T/G set and Boilers and EoD^T* Crane have been placed. Civil construction work viz. pile and pile caps etc. are in progress.~~

Order for fabrication and srection of steel structure, CW discharge ducts, 0,^0 plant and Coal Handling Plant have already been placed. Orders for other mijor plant and equipment including electrical equipment are expec ted to be placed shoxuly. Erection of Steel Structure, R.C. Chimney etc.^ to bo taken up during the year. t “• o order for tel-^nca non-criti cal items and scruicp facilities will be plRccd, A il rr«jar construction ucrk including proc-

~~^ion of boilers -ind Srjts uculd con,. 3nee.,~~

~~_^omjri i ssi oning Pr o9- ThG Target d^tc of Commissioning Unih Mo, I is J^nu?iry 1g9l and Unit-11 is July 1991.~~

~~L STATION S T A G M (3_ _x_2l0_ (liJ,B,PoD„CoL,.).~~

~~Out of 3 units 2 Nos. 210 FiiJ Units have boon corrimissionad and put undor operation* Earlier targat uas made for commi~~

~~ssioning of Unit (\lo*I of S t3.g0 I by P^arch 1988 but in viou~~

~~of prowailing uncertainty of ABL'S purformanco due to their~~

~~liquidation petition with Hon'blo Bombay High Court it is~~

~~likely to bo delayed further,~~

~~KOLA GHA T THERmi POliJER STA TIGN STA GE.^J I (3 x 21 0 fv] y Units)~~

~~Turn-key contract on-BHEL for all thg threa Units except for~~

~~Unit 4 Boiler Package ('^yarded to ABL) was auarded to BHEL.~~

~~Turgot date of commissioning of Unit No,4 is March - 1989 and remaining tuo units at an interval of six months thero--- after. Commissioning ite of Unit No*4 s bound to be doiayGd~~

~~since ABL is not functioning at work site from October 1986,~~

~~Construction work of unit No,5 and 6 arc in progress. Though~~

~~construction activitit^s for these units are not presently~~

~~at par strictly with time schcdulo butovery efforts are~~

~~being made to make up the short falls* The revised project~~

~~Gstimato for KTPP Stage II is now 78094*00 lakhs exclusive of intarest.~~

~~For construction of KTPF Stage II sanction has been recsivcd~~

~~from IDBI for Rs*207 crores and from State Bank of India for~~

~~Rs, 25 crores as Term Lean.~~

~~For 4oOKVi sub-stati.onj_ burn—key contract was awarded to~~

~~BHEL and this is likely to be completed by 2nd quarter of~~

~~1988-89* E ~ 7~~

~~II, Transmis s ion & Distribution~~

~~Kol:ighat^3nnr.at- .400 S/C lie. , J 1 3 3 KHJIs~~

The rr;jcti.:n work of thu untirG route liRs complctGd on 4,6,87*

~~Th : lino lu'is jnorgisod at 22OKU from Kolaghot Thormal flniiJGr Station~~

~~Switchyard, As por contingijncy schsjmG taken up the abova line is being~~

~~'jtiiisod for cva cu'^, ti on of poujor from KT^S to 220KVi Howrah S/s« The~~

~~bjinporary 220Kfc^ tbrrninal arrangement at 3oorat end is also rm dy for~~

its cn'jrgisati:;n*

~~The line howcjucr cannot bo onorgiscd at its ratod woltigo i,o«~~

~~at 400K\i till camplotion -of 400KU suitchyird at KTPP Stagc-II end,~~

~~2* Kplmhat ~ Durgapur 40QKI/ S/C lino (170 Kf^V) g~~

~~The orcctian contractor, n /s , ET^C Stoclal have born working on~~

~~this lino. The upto-datc oroctian progress aro as folloius s~~

~~a) Stub-sotting - 405 locations have bofin complctod out of 474' locations,~~

~~b) Eroctirn of sup5r-structurc has boon camplotcd ^t 138 locBtinns,~~

~~Tho alignnxDnt involves crossing of river Damodar noar Durgapur~~

~~for which spocial boro-pilo foundation will hava to bo rosortod to* Tho~~

~~ordjr for Boro-pilo f-oundation has since boon awarded to Fl/s* Afcon and~~

~~work is GXpcctod to be com plot'd by f'lay’88.~~

~~Erection holdup duo to non-availability of cioarancc from the~~

~~Aviation dcpartmont near Pan"tgarh strotch involving 30- locations has~~

~~rjcontly b. cn sorted out and the work in that stretch is about to be~~

~~started,~~

~~Consequont upon dropping of installation of 400K\y Sub-Stn, at~~

~~Bidhannagar, tho said line has bojn proposed to bo terminatGd at NTpC’ s~~

~~Pirulia s/s# Final clcaranco about above dGcesion from NTPC is still~~

~~being aup.ited. In vioui of time, lag between completion of the said line~~

~~and 4Q0KV/ S /s at Kola^hat Stage—II Project, it has been docidod that~~

~~tho iino may have to be in itially operated at 220KV and the same would~~

~~be terminated to one end at Board's oidhannag'.r S /s by connectinq it~~

~~cit one end to one of the 400KU D C lines between Forulia & Bidhannagar~~

~~uiniln the other end at Kolagh^t 220KV Sub-stn, This clearance is also~~

~~auAitod from NTPC* BecausG of fund constraint-and-in vicui of major~~

~~changes, ths line lost its priority, As per revised schedule the same~~

~~is expected to be complntnd in Dune^89,~~

~~^ • Kolaghji_t»-P3ngali 400K\y S/C Intor*-sta to line (liiost Bong a 1 p orti on upto Orissa Bordor at Aadh^rkuri),~~

~~The total length uri-th Uost Bengal port on is ibout 150 KM,~~

~~Orders have been divided almost 1 50 350 ratio between Fl/s, Er C and E 8 _~~

~~!l/r, TATA Expert, ijjhilc both m vo compl^^tcd tho f i m l route suruoy, d9sign~~

~~nf all typjDs of tcwer for tho lino soctirn ontrustod to H /s , EMC h w o been~~

~~cloirode, Tha dcvSign of ’A ’ type _owcrs of Fi/s, T^t'. Exports h'ls boon tes~~

~~ted and clcarcd* Stub sotting work is about to ba started by both tho~~

~~contractors. Final completion schedule has been fixed as June *89,~~

~~400/220/1 32k\J p t Joerat,~~

~~The S /s UBS initially energised at 220KV for euacuation of~~

~~Farakka peynr. The 3ub-*stn, has been switdied 'over to 4G0KV' in F e b ,'87~~

~~with its three tiays (line - one including reactor, transformer 315 POVA~~

~~bank •“ one, Bus Transfer - one). The 2nd 315 Ml/A transformer bank is sche~~

~~duled to be cemmissionud by December,81, neanuihile loop in and loop-out of both the 220KU Bichannagar-Kasba circuits havo been completed, 220K\i~~

~~lino bay to energise 400KV Jeorat-Kolaghat lino has also been e mpleted,~~

~~1st & 2nd lOO^UA, 220/1 32kV transformers are expected to be commissioned by Fiarch^BB,~~

~~Balance work in respect of 220KU and 132KV shall be completed by December*88,~~

~~^ • PurQa pur (B idtennaga r) 400/2 20KV/ S /^ .~~

The project of installation of ^QOKU S/s at the above location has been dropped. Since long ue hau^ been in negotiation uith NTpC to transfer various 400/220KU equifi nt to their Paru.: .a s/s with the con cept of hawing single s/s in that locality and IjJBSEd would be getting power at 220KV at BidhannaQir Sub-stn, and till new no fin^.l docisi ;n

could be arrived at, rioanui^ilc, installsti .m of one 400KV S /s at Aramb.ig, in lieu of the above locnti n is under active consideration, liJe have already idontified a suitable land for installation of a 220KV Sub-

~~stn, and its acquisition is undnr process, 400KV would be superimposed at a lator date there. In regard to transfer of liJESEB’s equipment to~~

~~NTPC’ s Parulia S /s for augmenting transformer capacity at their Parulia~~

~~5 /s is s t ill under consideration by NTPC,~~

~~^ * D PL-Bidhannagar 220KW P / C l i n e (6 0 KH ‘),~~

~~The left out job comprises of a soctiDn between Highw’.y and~~

~~DPLS/s Switchyard, The work is progressing with completion schedule of~~

~~•ontir o line latest by December *87,~~

~~KTFS-Haldia 220KV P/C lipjl (59 Kf^) ^ ^ ' ^Consti^uf^f^rf^ this" 11 n^ IBS ^eferred^f ar' ia^nt^c§f >^ssi>rQd vtdaeic—~~

~~growth* The matter hn s b'^en revived with the possibility of setting up~~

~~of Petro-chemicals and based on that it has been dncided to take up orcc-~~

~~tion of this line and 220/1 32k U Sub-stn, at Haldia, Completion may not be~~

~~much of a problem, majority of t j.s line rraterials .laving been procured~~

~~urtJer IDA lean are available. It is targetted to be completed by 1990, ' E 9~~

s . purga p u r ~ R is h r a c ir c uit) .22^QK\j_j/C line (222Kf*i S/C •+• 38KM D/C) There has been a revision of the scheme and now it h^s been decided to give priority to the ^.nstallatian of a s/C 220 K\J Rishra— j3erat line because of additional load coming up in the Rishra area and super imposition of 220K\i system there has become comparative* In vieu of setting up of 220KU S/s at Arambagh, this has been decided to drau a s/C line from Durgapur to Arambagh and ?^rambagh to Rishra. But in

viGUJ of the decision that initially 400KV Durga pur-Kolaghat line ujill b3 onergissd at 220KV and there is a strong possibility of Iqoping in and looping out of this line at Arambagh installation of separate Durgapur-Arambagh and Arambagh-Rishra lins is being dnferred,

9* Jeerat-Lakshmikantapur 22GK\J D/C Xin% with the provision of .LILD._of, .Sy^s „(T.0 Dun to non-availability of land at Baruipur for installations of 220/132KV S/s (Sanctioned in 7th Plan), it has been dacided to supor- imposo the 220KV/ system at our existing Lakshmikanta pur 132/33KV S/s*

~~lD«Augrnentation of Hqyrah 2_^^^ S/stn^ by _3rd.15CMUA 220/1 32|<\j ns/^orm_er^ Work has benn taken up. The work is targc3ttcd for completion by 1988-89.~~

^ * Santal^dih >• ChQndil 22 Q kV Intor-^tate Tf^iisjm^si (98 ) ♦ There has been inordina^cD delay in completion of the lin^o due to various reasons amongst which Forest clearance being tho prima one* This has since been cleared by the Forc'st Department, It is expected that the line shall be completed by Docomber 1987#

~~^ ^ ^2 Ky System Emphasis has been given on the following 132 Kl/ lines and associated Sub-Stations for speedy completir;)^, to combat with Ibhc load growth.~~

Hi.il i 1 32 KV P/jLJ-AnP.. KH_).. There has been slippage due to some problem in right of uay. Board had to involve in litigation uith the working contractors also who was persistently failing to his commitment. After cancellation of the order, the work has been taken up departmyntaily and as per revised schedule it is expected to bo completed by December ^87#

~~ii) Joka - Falta P/C lino (28 KM)~~

~~Though the major portion of the line work has boon completed~~

but boaauSG of right of uay problem the line could not bo complQted, The matter has since been taken up with the parties and as per revised target it is expected to be comp„ ted within this fnanciai year suPject to arriving at a solution with the parties. E ^ iC

~~i i i ') G oka rna - Ka tup S / C .1 ir; on D/C ..tolucr (56 Uiork is in prcgros^, A fnatorials have s'ncc bocn procurud and it is targjttGd that the job uoulci bo coiaplGtcd by juno *88.~~

) Ourgapur liklino X2^ KM ) Stub sotting work at 21 locr.tions has so far b-on complotGd, Furthur progress cinnot bo nvadc; for iiPnt of for^-^st clDaranco ujhich has been -feakon up by ECL with the appropriato authorities in Govt, of India. Cl"arancc is oxpoctpd to b:.' rocGiv^d by ond of N'ovombcr ’ 87.

v) Rammam Stage ^ Ii to NBU via Darjocling 132 KU P/C lino (90 KT'1.1 Aftur completion of theroute survoy, spocification has been praparod and tenders are expectcd to be invited by December '87. It is oXpected that because of torr=iin and other difficulties it uould tako minimum of 36 months for its completion.

Birpara - Alipurduar 132 Y^j s/C lino (55 KflJ. Commencumcnt of its orection work ii>as deferred dye to its low priprity but in viuu of load growth in Alipurduar and Coochbehar arcBs it h^is boon docidi3d to start the work soon with the only change tt^Tat the lino is now being proposed to be tormina ted at Coochbehar Sub-Station via falakata to avoid j^ense Forest ■'irea -is per earlier routo.

v ii) Doba gra m - Katup D/C 1 ~u (25 KH) Survey conplGtod. Erection order and orders for all line mato- rials have boon placed. Target dato for completion is 1989—90. v iii) LILO of_ o_n^_ _circuit of Durgapur— Bandel 132 K\i D/C linn at Satgq chia 3_J^^.J. Order for supply and v^recti'-in of tower has been placed in i^.ay ^87. liJork is expectnd to bo completed in june '88 as per order*

~~) Stringing of 2nd circuit of nalda^.Dalkhola line (130 The work will be taken up during 1988—89.~~

~~of 2nd circuit of Durga pur^ - 6ishnu.p_ur line The tender for the aforesaid work ha#bson- finalised recently. Order will be placed soon. The work will be completed during 1988-89.~~

^ i) -Gpkarna-Berhampore 132 P /c line (30 ) Ordor has since been placod. Priority of this line has been giv-jn in order to improve the power situation at Berhampore, the dist- r^'ict iic^dquar^'e% bf'tfie^di'sttict’ nufshida&Ta'in'■lieu'af Satga chia-Katwa ‘which was included in the 7th Plan project. A forrral proposal for this work is under process of referring to CEA.

~~Xii) Jeera t-Bara sat 132 KV/ /C l ine (20 Ki^ ) Survey work has just been completed. Target d'^te of Completion of the lino is 1989-90. E - i l~~

Bcjsidss aboVG, the foilouiing sithII lines -and Rssoci^tijd sub- stitiuns hiuj DGon onuiSTgcd for caking up construe *:i!in during 7th Plan pnriod* (i') LILO of oncj circuit of Durgi pur - Bandol at proposed Khanan Sub-stati nn, (6 KPl )

|ii) LILO of ona circuit of Bandel-Rishra 132 kM lino at nTh:3spur* (iii') LILO of ono circuit Bishnupur-Hijli 132 KV D/c line at Chandrakona* (3 KM) (iv‘) LILO of Bishnupur-Hijli D/C line at iMimpura, (10 K^i) (\/'),LILO of Kclaghat - Haldia lino at Tamluk, (1 i

~~X iii) 1j32_ K\i Sub-Stations Construction work for all the folloujing 132/33 KW Sub-stations been taken up and work~~

~~(i) n oinagur i (ii) Satgi ,chia (iii) Ka twe (iv) Ukhra~~

~~(V) Fa Ita (ui) D eba g ra m The work of the following 132/33 KU Sub-station shall be taken up in~~

~~(i) Chindrakona (ii) Nohospur (i i i ) Tamluk (iv) Baharampur (v) Bara sat (vi) Bankura (vii) l\! impura (u iii) Khanyan (ix) Raiganj~~

~~Xiv') A ugmentati' ;n_ of the existing _Sub-S ta ti^ns~~

~~In ordir to meet the load growth in different aroas of Unst Bengal State Electricity Board within the current year augmentation of transmission oafxicity have been proposed to be complGtod in the 12~~

~~f oil oltdng S ub-S tions~~

~~Locrsl Existing ca'jTi city ^ g mon_tG d_~~

~~Bishnupur 2 x ‘12,5 fWA, 132/33 KV/ 2 x 20 1^'IVA Complctod~~

~~S'?, inth in 2 X 12,5 rs\iA, 132/33 KVi 2 x 31 ,5 r^VA 1jomplotod~~

~~2 X 16 WA, 132/65 KU 2 x 31 ,5 MVA,~~

~~□alkhGl-. 2 X 7.5 i^ViA, 132/33 K\i 2 X 1 2 .5 FIVA, Compictod~~

~~Tit'agarh 2 X 20 ni/A, 132/33 KV 2 X 31 ,5 (v]VA , + 2 X 12,5 ri'JA, 132/25 KU + 2 X 20 RVA,~~

~~Ragunathganj 2nd 7,5 rWA, 132/33 KU 2nd 1 2 .5 nvA~~

~~Hizli 2 X 20 ['WA, 132/33 KV 2 X 3 1 .5 nVA~~

~~Lilaah 2 X 12.5 132/25 KV 2 X 20 riVA,~~

~~Bcldanga 1x3 +1x1 66/11 2 X 3 I'lVA,~~

~~Raiganj 2nd 6 .5 MVA, 56/11 KV~~

~~Siliguri 1 X 3 i^ivn, 65/6.6KV 1 X 5 HVA, 66/11 KV~~

~~NBU 2.X‘t2,5 nVA, 132/33 KV 1 X 31.5 nVA in placc of 1 X 1 2 ,5 nvA~~

~~Thii folloujing augmantation work uill bu complGtod during 1988-39~~

~~1 . NBU 2nd 12.5 MVA, 132/33 KV 2nd 3 1 .5 m ,~~

~~2, "llipurduar 2 X 10 MVA, 132/66 KV 1 X 16 + 1 X 10 MVA~~

~~3* Dharampur 2 X 30 WVA, 132/33 KV 2 X 3 1 ,5 nVA~~

~~4, Sait Lake 2 X 20 nVA, 132/33 KJ 3 X 2 0 nVA~~

~~b# Kolaghat 2 X 20 WA, 132/33 KU 2 X 3 1 ,5 P'lVA~~

~~6, I'laldn 2 X 12*5 MVA, 132/33 KV 2 X 3 1 .5 (^VA~~

~~7. n dxsa pa tag ram 2 X 31.5 nVA, 132/33 KV 3 X 31 .5 MVA~~

~~8 , Lakshmik-intapur 1 X 12,5 f^VA, 132/33 KV 2 X 1 2 .5 nUA~~

~~9# Egra 1 X 7,5 r^VA, 1-32/33 KV 2 X 1 2 .5 nVA~~

~~10« Gckirna. 1 X 12.5 (VIVA, 132/33 KV 2 X 1 2 .5 i^VA, 2 X 2o nVA, 132/66 KV 3 X 2 0 FIVA,~~

~~11* BuLham-pur 1 X 3 I'lVA, 66/33 KV 1 X 3+1x7’.5 |V1VA~~

~~III, Rural EloctrificBtion s~~

~~Targot for clcctrif icn ti on of villages and pump sots for~~

~~1987—88 U'jra 1600 apid 8000 ryspectivoly uhich arn cxpoctod to bo achiG\TGd~~

~~ddring the poricd, Thn targrjt for oluctrificatinn of villages and pump—~~

~~sots during 1988-89 arc 2000 and lOOOO respcctiucly.~~

~~» Feasibility Studjps g V V V V g^ojalafrh' Thc.^iTv^l^Pb_y^ '"Pgo fo6t V ~ ^ ' v-" i” x- v> ■~~

~~The pro-foasibility report for installation of 3 x 21o MU GDno-~~

~~rating Units at Balagarh in- thj district of Hnoghly has boon submittod tea~~

~~CEA in April 1987» Ictivitins for preparation of Dotailod Feasibility~~

~~Projoct reoport dop^rtmentally an. Cloaranco from uioiious dopartmrnts arc~~

~~in prograss. E J-3~~

^^^ Pump S tongo Sj3^s Prc-faa sibil ity report la s submittod to CÂ in 1980. Further invjstigiti jn ind fi-did studios likn coll/ctian of Hydrnlogical dqta, prcjpariti'-'n of topognphicnl survey m-ips, soil invastigi ti ns and do— fcailjd goological inuostig--.tion aro boing conductud as par guidolinos of Ori tho basis of further inuostigitions and fiold studios aonductod during 1981-85, i proposal was submittfid to Govt, of India thrsugh Govt, of West Bengal to obtain financial assistance from QECF, Govt, of Da pan for Curthcr field studit;s and preparation of Dotailod Project Report (DPR), Lcnn agrGemcnt has since been finalised in October, 1987 botujcen Govt, of India and OECF , Govt, of Japan, Tho amount of Loan assistance is 628 million yen (Rs,54l lakhs as on Sây, 1987), out of uMch 188 million yon has boon allotted for meeting tho local cxpensos including supplemented §icld studios and investigation which is being continuing by the Bo^rd Consultants both Local and Foreign for prepn— rati jn of DPR will bo eng^. god following the OECF guidance, ii i ) jûcl^jc Power

Ue were in the look out of suitable plot of land in West Bengal for installation of a NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, Two sites were located near Dantan .and Kadirat J Char inM idnap o u District which s rejected by Site S.ilection Ccmmittee, Departmrnt of Atomic Energy, i'Juclear Power Board, Govt, of India, Thereafter we h^ve since lorated two more sites, one in Gopiballavpur in P'lidmpore District and tfie other in Simla pal in Bankura District, Both the sites seem to bo suit^ able provided adequate iiPter is available for which concerned department has been moved and a uniting their report,

~~S urvoy & Investigati ,n s Certain investigation work for tho following scheme are being continued and for which provisions are being kept,~~

i the S cheme (Continuing)# 1, Rammam Stage - I .(30 (viw), 2, Rammam Stage - III & IV/ (90!niil). 3, Rammam Stage - V & Great Ran jit (200 HW ). 4, Balasan Stage ~ I (12 nw), 5* Balasan Stage - II (40 Mill)# 6 , 3'ildhaka Stage - I Extn, (9 7, Oaldhaka Stage ~ II Extn. (4 M W). 8, L'^jdhamri - Dilpa (4 Mlii), 9, Mongpu (5 WU), 1Q, Mini i^icre Hydel - 38 Site (33 nW')* b) New 5 chemes» (i ) Micro Hydel (33 S ite s), (ii ) Tcosta Low Head Scheme (60 E J-4

~~Durgn pur~~

~~Till 198-7 Dune D PL uas icier the ^dminist 3tiue control of Public Undertaking Department, In Duly 1987, the org-'^nisati'in has been transferred to the Department of Pouier,~~

~~^fojjjej^J^m£on^j;Tt_qf_^ During, the Seventh Five Years Plan Period (1985--90) the total~~

~~agreed outlay on power sector of D PL uja-s Bs« 21b 1,00 lakhsj schGme—ujiss allocBtion of which are as follows s~~

~~i} 6th Unit of Power Plant Rs»1 ,931 ,Oo lakhs~~

~~ii) Renovation of Existing Units of Power iPlant Rs© 150*00 lakhs iii) 7th Unitof Power Plant - Rs® 100#00 lakhs~~

~~Totals Rs*2,l8l#00 lakhs~~

~~On Going t~~

I , iy:h jJnit _(1_^_x_ 11 U) of power Plant (R.3_vi_s_"d Project cost Rs.9T^*^2gV22'TaT' Out cf tho agreed outl'iy of fc,l93l,0D lakhs total sanctions TGcaivGd from the Government including Plan ^dvanco of Rs*3O0*00 1-^khs up to 198 7-88 amounts to Rs,2,l4fl 75 lakhs, break-uo of iJnich is as unders a) for 19 85-86 Rs. 850,00 lakhs (including Plan Adv. Rs.300.00 lakhs) b) for 1986-87 Rs. 690^75 lakhs c) for 1.987-88 . . . Rs* 600.00 lakhs

~~Total ? Rso2, 140.75 lakhs~~

The total amount recoived upto 1986—87 has already been spent. Out of the Sanction received during 1987-88 D'PL has already spent Rs.29l.45 lakhs upto 30,9.87*

During 1988-89 plan allocation of Rs.29*53 lakhs which is tho balance amount of tho Revisjd 'Project Cost has been received. The pro ject has been completed and is on commercial operation w .e ,f. 1 .1 ,8 7 *

The load is howE?ver restricte’d due to high approach temperature in the Cooling Tower, Rectification job in the Cooling Tower has been under— . taKun-.an.d .,expG.ct,Gd to be completed by March, 1988* There are. some balance ■ ^ i' v-' V'- V . V - r- r- V" r- v"- i- r- t- ^ t' 't- I" r- 't- i - c - v - v - v - v- v- - works like road, drainage, coal handling second phase (by O') flighting of coalyard and road etc. which are expected to be completod’ by tho end of i'larch, 1988* E 15

~~II* R.inouTti'-^n & nodcrnisatiun of existing units of Power Pl^n (l-V)~~

~~- Rcvisod Proj r-’Ct Cost '"-,3,594*59 lakhs~~

~~a ) Cuntra 1 S octar - Ri.2 ,1 9 9 .9 7 l^khs~~

~~b) St^to S octnr «- Rs*1 j394,62 lakhs.~~

During thu sov'jnth fivc3 yrnr pl^n poriod total ngrocd outlay for the State Soctor m s R:,*150.00 lakhs against which it h^ s rocoivcd sanctions from tha Gowt, upto 1987-88 amounting to Rs.l 50*00 lakhs,

~~Yoar-uiisu break up of which is as follows s~~

~~for 1985-86 ... Rs. 18.00 lakhs~~

~~for 1 986-87 *., Rs* 5 0*00 lakhs~~

~~for 1987-88 *.* Rs* 72*00 lakhs~~

~~Rs*1 50.00 lakhs~~

The IProjoct -ostimatcs under CBntral Soctor and State Soctor hauii boon rovisod. The rruisod nstimato und^r Stato Soctor now stands at R s .1394*62 lakhs in place of Rs*408*39 lakhs ostimatod oarlier* This' is du j to inclusion of 3 Nos, eomploto new ES Ps in DPL Units No*3-, 4 and 5 costing an amount of Rs.1200*00 lakhs and also addition cjf now schomus (a) Renovation of 6 Mas, Coal fordors (Units 1 &-2)» (b) RnpQir and ronovatinn of boilor bank tubjs of Unit N o.4* Wo aro to install 3 Nos, now ES Ps of 150 Hg/n^ out_ t omission at our Unit Nos.3, 4 & 5 as par la tost statubory rGquircmont of Central E'nvyir onmont Dopartmont. Central Pollution Boird has not agrood to original Pollution louol of 650 mg/^ The pollution lovcl hauo to b9 150 for which 3 Nos, now ESPs arc to bo instailod* D PL f^lanagomGnt may be prosocutod as pc5r prjsont statute and total shutdown of tho powor plant units 3, 4 & 5 is now approhcndod, r'laroover, the Contral Environment Ocpartmcnt will not givo its cloarance for our proposod 7th Unit if Dpi docs not ins tall ESPs for controlling chimnoy outlet at the loval of l50(^g/M^»

In view of the above, tho plan outlay for the 7th Plan (1985-90) in respect of Renovation and [^odGrnisation of Units 1 to 5 may bo incroasod so that funds for the installation of new ESPs at Units 3, 4 and 5 aro mado avail.Tblo,

~~5 CH E?1 ES s~~

7th Unit of Pe’-jJe_r.,Pl_a_n (Projoct cost Rs.18,139*00 lakhs) During tho sovonth plan period (1985-90) total agreed outlay was Rs*100*00 lakhs, against which the Government has sanctioned upto 1987—88 Rs.38*00 lakhs i.c , during 1986—87 Rs,10*00 lakhs and during 1987-88 Rs.28.00 lakhs. E 16

~~During 'i985~87, D PL sptuit an amount -f Rs,"l0,00 l^khs of ujhich~~

~~Rs, 3,86 Inkhs s for soil tostinQ nnd tho balnnca of Rs,6,l4 lakhs uns~~

~~spi:nt for the prrjcurumant of sta , Fur th'; y^nr 19''7-8S, it procurod-~~

~~sto”! at a cxDst of R3»22,00 I'^ikhs and bal^ncc i*r* Rs*6,00 lakhs will bo~~

~~spont in rniscollanyous works, , . ^~~

~~Tho pa city ;if thn pnposGd 7th Pouor Unit has boon revised tc HCr'IU instciad of -arlic^r proposal of 2 x 21oF!W in viow of objoction~~

raisGd by --cho fjational ■'Airport Authjrity regarding height of tho Chimnoy* Thj rtjvisnd Prnjcct report for 7th Unit has bD.on submittud tc tho Contral Electricity Authocity for its cxaminoition and approval,

~~B, PRDCmm E OF C!\LCUITI\£LZCTR1C SUPPLY COR PORATIOM LTP^ •~~

~~Uork relating to Southern Gonorating replacement 2 x 67*5 is likely to start within the current plan year,~~

~~El\iERGY2 JPojJp£,i\ion■“gjnventi;jna 1 Sources of Energy (iMeuj & Renciiiablt^ our ces of Energyj^~~

~~Dovolopmnnt & Planning Dcpartmr nt has recently boon declared as~~

~~n::dal Deptt, for dGVoloprnent and utilisati ,n of all sources .of Non-conven—~~

ti nal energy in the State* PrograrTTies relating to this sphare arc mainly implemented through different imp.LCminting deptts, concerned of this State, This Deptt, uill allocate funds to fcho concorned Deptts, uiho may have their oui budget provision to moot tho critical gap, if any.

~~During 1987-88, ug have allocated Rs, 1 ,3 1 ,250/~ to tho C«& S^S^I, Deptt, as State subsidy @ 50% of Central subsidy for 210 l\los, of 1 cum-~~

bie--Qas plants to target groups of people. Under consideration are a proposalfor sanction of about Rs.6,00,000/-. or mere as State subsidy for 500 ''*oSo of 2 cum, bio-gas plants and another proposal for sanctioning

Rs,1 j50, OOO/- to that Departmnnt as State subsidy for 3qo nos. of Solar Cookers on requisition from tho Forests Department for distribution amongst the target groups of people living belouj the poverty line in the forest peripheral belt on 100^ subsidy basis, i.e., bal-incc of cooker price less Central subsidy admissible. Proposal for installation of Solar Photo-Uoltaic Street lights from Uost Bengal State Electricity Board (Power DepartrrDnt) is also likely to bo received during the

■- v' v' V" ■ /vPi'_vX v" p' P' v'~ t'- v'' P ~ v" V-' V’" fr-’' v" i?'" v?" v'' v" V- V i'~' v \ current year p 987—88) and wo may have to meet the critical gap on this account too. Ue have received rovalidation order from tho Department of Non-oonventioml Energy Sources, Govnrnment of India of Rs,2,50 lakhs for Urja Grams Project-, against lapsed allotment of previous year(1986-87), E » 17

A r-juTlidati:;n order of Rs,3,00 iTkhs ut of sqnction- d outl'iy of Rs*3,93 Inkhs (approx) for windmi \ pump projoct Lnst I'^.psod 'ilIat[9Gnt of previous y d r is cxpGctcd from OWES* Further ONES hiuo so far rolD^sod Rs*2,50 lakhs in favour L^f th'j C, & S, S„ lo Diroc- fora to out of a sancti nad outlay of Rs.lO.OO lakhs for Solar Thormql Extonsion PrcgrammG (STEP) 1987-88 • Tioro funds will bo ruloasGd to cthor Dopartmonts in rocoipt of in forma ti^n of thoir rGquirnmcnt.

~~This Dopartmont may ralso util iso its funds through its own agency if such agency can bo sot up in future. F ^ i~~

~~UI, >INOySTR¥ AND nilMCRALS~~

~~Village and Cnell Industries~~

~~COTTAGE & SHALL SCALC INDUSTRIES ■ ,~~

The proposed outlay under /finaal Plan, '19fi3~89 in \1 & 8,1,. Sector (excluding Handloofp and Sericuitiire) is Rs* 756 „00 lakhs against "T 17,00 lakhs for 19B7-C8« 2, The outlay is intended for the promotion of the Sectors Df^SSI, Khadi & Uillage Industries, Handicrafts. Coir and.Lac, The Seventh Plan Schemes are being continued^ The objectiv/Qs are to create gainful oppoi?- t-inities for additional employment and sustenance of the on-gq:ng emplo;^ mont in the \J & S,I, Sector. 3, The SSI Sub-Sector primarily em^^hasis on the Elntrepriieurship De/elopment linkages with financing Institutions, HodernisatiDn of Tech nology, Provision Inr:?!^ti^'es, nlquity supoort to SSl/Leathfr/Ceramios Co rLr> ration^ 4, The thrust in the Artisans' Sub-Sector is on the orcanisation of Coopx, Marketing support through State Handicrafts Corporatrnn/Apex

~~Handicrafts Coop/State K\Jl Board and provision of Sales Reb-ates, Skill Develoment/ReiiJ iiaterial oupply thro~~

~~I -935-86 S I 1987-83 t (Actual)______( ( Antir^ipated) »/ -r-- I 804 950 1, 100~~

The physical targst for 1988-89 is 1200« ii) ^Modernisation of SSI„ The sch^3 stipulates to preside guidance in industry- specific motivation saninars, ma^'gin moriey assistance for modernisation not exceeding 25/o on tne pro jeer, cost for fixed assets and inuerest- subsidy on Bank rate^

Trades so far covered by Seminars include Lao-Process.ng, Bakery & Confectionery, Surfac&-Coating. Brass ?c Bell Metal, Additioially, during 19B6-C7 and 1937-83^ the trades o f fo o d & allied, ceramics, fruit processing, leather products and Adiiesives has been/iuill be covered. The entrepreneurs of the backward Districts of Purulia, Bankur?, Birbhum, DarjsBling & Dalpaiguri are also bBing covered, proposals for modernisa

tions are being sponsored to financing institutions, iii) Research & E7e\/elonment and Common Service Facilities^ In the risld of Electronics, the State Electronics Testing rtev^jjrfwervt £entre u i u be assisted,in f-^mviding training & serviring iit, Eiertronics f^roufss ,/vf ronsumers/ln-dustri-al/»pmfX>nents« T’enhniral approVal.is bei«g ac»irded to -Electronics Projects, Till ’31*3^17, mf9* units and 35o electronics servicing units, have- come up

~~- 'I ■! n ho *j+-.T f w K tho oommaJt-s9rv/icG~~

infrastructures in Glazed Pottery (Bankura) and Artistic Toys (Nadia) Dokra Industry (Bankura), Fishing hooks (Bankura). Sfn.a 11 djj^tjrie_s_De^ t Aqency, SIDA (a State Govt, Agenc') has been undertaking linkage functi-ons'in settinc up/Expanding SS: Units (with investment in plant and

. Flach.nery ovt-^r Rs,. /. lakhs) in the sDBcified Districts of 24-Parganas(North) 24~'arg"anas (South), Calcutta, Bunl'î^-r, Hooghly and Hourah with the finan- cir institutions, 3I3T, State SIC, St^te Electricity Board/CESC etc, for c)aranco rf proposals uîthin a time~frb.rt5. Since 1983 middle, till Harch, V’7 , as a result of SIDA, 120 units have •^'-,srtBri functioning against pnk sanctions of 210 cas&s, State Govt* hai been contemplating to have • imilar setûps in Districts to provide timely clearances of proposals,

v) State Incentives* The provisions include grants for Fixet Capital invcstmfcrnt (Balancing to Central subsidies) and other specific' items- and Return of Sales Tax as interestr-free loar^ The actuals during iq6-R7 were Rs,236,76 lakhs on these account. The est ji,ated amount for 19.07- q is Rs,20 9 , 50 lakhs, ^AA/'SSf iiin'ts were assisted under Subsidy progremme (Site & Ctntral) fin ring & 1986-87, Equity SuoDcrt to State Corporations, a) The West Bengal Small Industries Corpcration vuii continue its ohjRctives in setting up industrial/commercial estates, dev coping area, supplying essential raw materials to SSI Units,' helping them >1 marketing of specified’, products and undertaking special projects. The pr.-^raj,pQ of setting up estates/areas-cumulatives as at the ,-nd cf 1986-87 w 3 29 Estates + 9 Areas,,

Equity proposed for 1987-88 and 1988-89 are Rs,110 lak^/lOQ lakhs respectively, f'" 5^ f"" f" f"" V VVVVVVV*-*--'-- b) The uiPst Bengal. State Leather Industries Development Cojpr ra tion mainly undertakes programmes of training in footwears, marketip.c of leather goods of SSI Units and providing common service facilitieg ir tanning and leather. The proposed outlay includes Rs, 25 lakhs as Ecuity F -

~~^ ^ U X I n \ n 1 1 t ' ' -j ^ r ! i < *■ . ' t I ■ tK ( 1 f i cia H 1 cl| > S 1 Lt I s ( tJ 1' pl'OlIJO t i O—~~

~~ral and service faci3.it/ work in l8?th©r yruup I j oitof'itting prim arily S.C,~~

~~teneficiaries).~~

~~'jii) PistriQ t Industries Ce:-ntrQs»~~

~~With the addition of North 2A^Parganas D istrict u'^'der the~~

~~Centrally sponsored sche-.m? and Calcutta undar the State Plan Scheme, the~~

~~“otal numbt r of D istrict Industries Centr^ s is no^ 17, These Centra's haue~~

~~3Gen undertaking progremiGs of ElDp, financial assistance, assistance to~~

~~3 & SSI Units on accoun; of Margin r^oney/lnfcentives, Small loans/Grants,~~

~~S k ill development in anisans’ sector, 3elf-£jiiployment of educated unemp~~

~~loyed, ' Bio-Gas Develop^nt, Sponsoring of institu tion al finance proposals~~

~~and linkage activitie; with State Corporations/SISI/Agencies conct;rneF'~~

~~w ith Raw m aterials, -o^er etc*,~~

~~The impac. of the tilC-efforts w ill he seen below j~~

~~\ 19BS-f; I 1986-37 \ 19B7-8B )( ][ A Cl. j _____ 'I______Actuals 1 Tentative ][______j[ j 13471 14794 15,DOC 16,000 | I______(Excluding Units under IRDp/lSB) ______t~~

~~ThB out.'ay for the DiCa undtr State Plan component including -Calcutta Die is R3,66 .50 lakhs during 1988-89.~~

6 , The n ajo: Schemes in ’ Ccttace’ Seccor will include g i) In ' Haidicrafts' sector, assistances will rendered for training and servicing in the trnce.;s of Carpet-liieaving/B rass & Bell metal Dokra/Sea-Shell, (orn etc. State Handicrafts Corporation and Apex Coop will be supporti^' with Cquity an(" Grants for marketing activities and expanding pr«‘'<''‘»r!-t.onal/SalGs infra^ttucture. The D|,strict Industrit j Centra’s assist the supporting organissh- tions ’ ’ dev'^]o^jnient of Clus'Ar’rs of handicrafts artisans by way of (jgcs-r^-n — extensi:n and procuremert of pn^ducts. Additionally, evf. ry year, )ifM(Mi i-!vaf ts corporation supply , the basic raw materials of conchshell

<:o the concv med artisans of the State by o l Ik procuroênt. The total plan outlay durimj '<^00-89 is -oi-upufted to be Rs, 49,25 lakhs against Rs. 49.00 lakhs in I9d7~88 in Har.dicrafbs Sector as a whole, i.l) In 'Cu.lv' Sector, the ouUay 1988-89 of Rs, 1 2 , lakhs, is for the strengthening the brown i ;bre production & training infrastt^|lr>-. tuê an support to the District InDjstries Coop Soiî^tius to take upon thtj functions of husK—production/processing and marketing. The Additional outlay next year is ror developing an Infrastv'j-cure in 24~Parganas(South) District* '

iii) In K & \/ I Sector, the proposed oi'-lay is Rs.6 8.5o lakhs. Besides strengthening the liiest Ber.gal Khadi & l/ill:>ge Industries Board in taking up the financial assisbahce and tr'ining functions, the outlay will be utilised for providing sales R6^3te on Khadi products, c

~~- o~~

FQllouing proqrarRmss hsvt; boep, proposed for implt-mtc3tion during 1988-89, 1. C0~0 PER fiTIM IS AT ION PROGR im E ; 'oiith an objective of helping the weavers to bt=CGm?^ m:-imbe;r3 of oo—oparativfe's, to strengthen tho financial base of those co—opt-ratiues and to provide financial assistance to the- sooiutits for appointing paid manager, a series of ongoin^. schemt's havt) basn proposed to continue during 19BB—89, The schemas for suDolying looms to the loomless Woavcrs and constructing common Workshed for th arc also proposed tc continue. So, with a yi-:UJ to co-op^-rativisation, the follouJing centrally sponsored schanes are proposed to continjc dur.’ nn 1986—89, Thesi-^ sch-jnt.’s are funded on tho princiole of matching contributions from the State and the Central Governments s— i) Share capital loan to handlr-om weavers, ii) State participation in the snare capital of primary i i an d lo uni cu- o pr r a t iv ^ s , iii) Hanag- rial aasistance to prrTiary weavers’ co-opi-Jratives, iv) Supply off looms to the nif^ribi r weavGrs of the co-operatives formed exclusively with th3 loornU^ss weavers, v) Construction of com.mon for tfvj WGcv.--r m.r^nbers of the co-ot'Brativ Gs - ith the loons less weav:-rs,

~~A programme for co'/srin*^. 6000 mDrc looms under the co—opt^rative fold by organising 60 no-op>'rativts durinQ 1988-89 has been proposed,~~

Hanagerial assistance is propnsed tc b .* provided to 15c Cui-operatives including 6o new ones, 10 more industrial tvp;^ no-operatives will be organised exclusi vely with the loomiess weevcro urich ti'ili provided with common workshed and looms,

~~9, n A R K E T I N,G_ s As in other -^^ttagG industries marketing is a typical problem in the case of Haridlooip, industry toe deserving special attention. The rt;spon~~~

~~sibilxty of marxetijnj iitxil<;ir*..m siliu'i 1 ritixod mainly ky 3 State Level Organisations The ii/est Bengal State Hsndloom Weavers^ Cooperativb~~

Society Ltd,, The ^Jest Bengal Handlonn’ & Powerlnoin nv-'/q Io ptifc:ili r.oiporation and Paschim Banga Resharr. Silpi S?inabay nahasangha Ltd, Primary handloom weavv-rs’ Cc—cp' rativc-s tilso through th( ir own ret-il outl-.ts miarket their own products. In view of stimulating these organisations sn as to enable

~~thtm to make more vieornus marketing arrangonents the following centrally~~

sponsored schemes ars proposed to continue j;- i) State participation in the share capital of the biast Bc-ngal State Hancioom sheave rs’ Cooperative Society Ltd, (Apex Society). ii) State par:icip -.tion in th’' share capital of Paschim Banga Resham Silji Sgm abay ahasangha Ltc, (Silk Apex Society),

~~dd/ F c~~

i i i ) State participation in tho share capital of the liiest Bengal Handloom & Powerloom Development Corporation Ltd. iv) Special subsidy on handloom cloth. The activities of the Apex Socitty as well as Apex Corporation

have Gxpanded to a grt at exterit over the past few years, Sal’^s turnover of these two organisrations^ have been r'-ported to have increased from R s,20.35 crores and Rs,5,3c crores r. spectively in 1981-82 to Rsv41.2C

crores and Rs, 1 2 ,5q crores respectiuely in 1986~87, Numb or of their retail outlets have incrOr'sed from 1C 5' and 47 respectively in 1981-82 to 130 and 7 1 respectively in 1966-87, During 1988<-89 the Apex Society and Corporation have proposed to achieve a sales turnover of Rs, 50 crores and Rs. 20 crores respectively and have a progrcmme of opening 15 and 10 neii; retail outlets respectively,

~~3. R A ui n A T C R I A L 5 s~~

Insuf fici ancy of raw material supply in the Strte is a chronic problem which th'-:; Hondloon 5ndij^'if ai^st Bengal has to encounter. Civil construction'Works of two coopf-rativfe Spinning f'lills ^t Bankur-^ andi^lidnapore are going on in full swing. Orders for machineries have also been placed. The spindleage of th-2 existing co~opc rr-tive spinning mills at Seranpore 'have b^en expanded to 18608, Durinq 198R-89 it ir^ proposed to be insreasad to 2500G. C': ssary funds have been provid(;d in the Plan for 1988-89 in order to complrte those projects, At present the Apex Society and the Corporation are distributing yarn to the primary co-operatives against supply of finished products. In 198 5-86 approximately 3o lakhs

~~Kgs, of yam and in 1986-87, 4q lakhs Kgs, of yarn wort' distributed through Central m ark eting o rgari isations,~~

4. 'Forking c^.p it a l s A big thrust is being given to augmf-nt the availability of cash credit from State and Central Co-operative banks undei- scheme of financing hahdloom cn—operatives; Total cash credit limit sanaijunoLl fur ths v^pox Society and the primary co-operatives increased fuom Rs,5,50 crores in 1982-83 to Rs, 20,00 crores in 1986-87, It is expected that the cash erf- dit limit would further increase to Rs,30,00 crores in 1987-

~~1988 and Rs, 40.00 crores in 1988-89, The S ta te GovGrnm~~

~~loan, ulorking capital loan from Stai.e Go’^trnment fund is also p ro vid ed~~

to the newly organised and revitalised orimary co—operatives, 5. I^QDERMIS^.TION -J...... " I- V ' —v' C' r" v" t'- ^ ir- j-" 5" F" t*" r" i-- ir- jt- i-' ir ^ nodGrnisntion of looms has been devised es the ideal procedure

~~to active qualitative as well P-s qua-titative improvement of production.~~

Old, obsolete and worn out looms have been made to give way to new, improved and modern type of looms. Since the beginning of the 6th Plan more than 15,000 looms hev'e been modernised. In 1985-86, 797 new looms

~~dd/ n~~

~~■i^ers given including Chitt^irFr; j an o :ia i-p.otoTB atic ■■jrdiS, imorc''t "'ii:~~

~~looms and i : at; c, looms, c:"di.,;.on fT--ndemisec y rif'-ing im’^rcusc^ n- '’•esscrias to thtom iik-.' doDby,~~

~~healds, pte*.,. ,;irG -a^ldo otrj, Tn ■19uP;--a7, 8 45 chii:to-''~~

~~v"^!3Ti 1—autG''.'^ :''g;.c Icora j, -ilG ■ J.v nl.ff’-io inn^s and 21 Halabar typ • .'■••~~

~~idOT'^i introC'jcpd ov r and abcv j '-^occ>r:''ii.ing 787 .'c: - 'th laocie:;'-.~~

~~r*.9C' like nobt..y, jagquar-d, -jt.-..;:-:! roeds etc, 'r, ^jr7~?r. •■?, C-.ans.t: ot r- ^er^i-ing 27lo looms i.eon fixnd. It has becn n-:..-jn - d that 26§0~~

~~I'-jomo ’•••ill rodfc^rnisco ...... i90'"~~

~~6 , :ElF'^rl sC'-'Cr^ES r~~

Under th •:■ cr;r t-'ri ly onr -i^p-od s q,„-! s'; ruction no use- cu"~workshec ^or th--i u.'oaVorG, cc•"'■•- ;.rjction ..•• •.•‘.^5 hnif f.'Oo a 1 's'-! •• beta-i taken up, iGuC nousG-ui-.-iiinrks^'j": proppsi^/^' \;c ssnctxcn^^d d.iln g

~~19n8~n9 in addition to icr',. J'.nus'-:‘s targe^ted to be sancti'^nod during~~

10:37-83*

~~Th-: prvvi'jus Pr :viiiert fund Sch*'-:.- e r UJ- 'j^ycs inti-Qd^j.ct.''" by tho~~

~~St'j.te Gnvf^'rnn 0 n t tias been c 'jitnb' y ar, ^ndpd to taKt the e.d\/an tay- tho~~

~~Central Sh ere th e a char: <2 ni-r .tfitTif and nond.-' ticns o f the (. jntrally~~

~~soon so red thrift fund scheng, 15,CCU ‘^.oa- rs arfc pro pn sad to ob cove rad under tht> scheme by •• 'g end of ^~~

~~Of late a new .'^cben.p- been introduced for • ;yt crwi-■ ••:; m’Xiicpl~~

~~f acilitie s to the uieavsr'^'* 1636 '.'i'-'-rs provided u?ith ^DBctecles under this~~

~~sch^'rr.e. Qtjring 19e7~eBj 26DG ;r;- are expecttd to bo provided uji^;:,h~~

~~sppntaclea during 1936~09,~~

~~In addition to above, a^f'-qu^Bte provisions have been r.-ad" fo:,~~

~~dGsigr. dGVClcpr,Gnt, p u b lic it y ,t r a in in g of ujeavcrs both technicel managerial in the Annual Plin/f.?r 19BR--89,~~

~~7 . ResEARCH AMD Da/EL?mE!\:T~~

~~The 'oiGav'.-rs p.tq nory'/ent ion ally ??.ccu--tcmr, ed to wesvin^ of t r 'd i—~~

~~tional fabrics. But in vi^y of intr:jfi!.ining c'.v--rsification in oreduccs~~

~~n^cc3ssity for som e rosea/nh H tr^aininq cent^"'! I .ad Ion q been f-ilt uJhich~~

~~C 2 VG birth to the Re sea ":c a and Training Cantro at T sri luk in ryidn^.pors~~

~~district ^and recently at fanticur in Nadia district, Rcscarch ar^d expori—~~

~~nr ant ujcrk has been goinq on in Tar. luk R-searcn Centra in resp'-^ct~~

~~cifferen t improved types of furnishing ^3b:-ios, •■■ lao some ujeauurs from~~

~~different cn—operative soc5 eties tank training from- this centrB« Fvi search~~

~~and 7 r airing Centre'at 5-.?ntipur hc>s recently bean set. up a':: th the purpose~~

~~o f upgrading the sk ill of the ui';avfIn view of diversirieeticn .an4~~

~~also ou-antitatlve i^iprovament in precucti'-n. br--.ining in imprev-ed~~

~~technique cf ujeavi-.g will b-e irfparted in this centre. This centro ■•Jili;>y.-:’ ^ V- Q'cart its optrati:3n in nr-, linvc. HrPlER" a,.0 0 > AiE " mRT»iENT p:DU3TRl&::S (^) rvDUSTPv f~~

~~nbjtjctiyc o'" vv:rci S;' ;■./c tho dai:;> base in th\^ Pc''ev:lGom~~

~~inriu:--;‘:ry ^pr ^nsL;i'.^n;:; ::. ::ntific planrs Lng arid £jxp>lp':;io(i & f~~

~~ov9.ic Of-;<2nt, prnror*s .:is '■;. ‘ 'u-ar ■ ; i^uryev cf po>--srloosTi industry is \ goinq ^-c OG in h?*. ■.;^ - - ii o vi:..cn of m ^cM n^ry cTC dii :'if>-~~

~~^o^.inn nf rr:^^'uct:" f'nenci- I :^-5: ist cc under incertiue schGmc f<,~ [n^QT-~~

~~Inom inouc':rv has ^v-^»vr prr.o'*®ed* T-voai? 1?3 also orov/isions of fn-irgir, .nanoy~~

~~f^; T- -n^;Crlco~ I;’; t \~~

~~rnner=t " - ■;i'^ir :’'Mo'" u;"g share cacital •.: f Po•-•■&'rlr: ;,~~

~~^•0 —oper-?.ti VC's i " lend icng valt to bo recuirsd to strengthen "M'-lr "inarv-~~

~~cir] h'^se and ^Jittraci banh' fin-T-B Ejo provision of fu’ d for this orn^ocsi-~~

~~haa Q.;.:-’ pro posse in the ^'-nnual, -7~~

~~In order t-:: It. prou a tho ^uk'* ' i -'od e fficitn ty of •^h-? '- ..a'-'*.-. ^~~

~~anDaoGG in Pnweriori'a indi-st rv, rhbv-b ia a^rangr^nont for ira.ini; sg I'p th© \ '-^Oc^/hra in a. orav/va caa.-inioua of Po^-j'-rlaon ueaving, Tho PoW':.rJaorn S-. ■.'ia:;.~~

~~a at f^akahincarl,. 2 -—Parga' bsaing utiliaed for tha aurpa?;:-.~~

~~-^3IF~R\ rvD:j3TRY ?~~

~~:^Li:\/oy af !-~~

~~margin mo nay sahara ^ar Ho v&ry ’a.c;-vs -rry also in I'iau of axtaading . aoan—~~

~~t:-'/a r.v an trap T-oa sura fa ■v>--ttlr:- aa r-, c.xaaaalag thia indus'^.-ry in ^hc~~

~~StatOs, iJith a aae-' to a':::^-raisat,^; j " n =;ah;'nary and diuvraifiaati ; af~~

~~arc.QJcts? inaantiue scrit-rns- far Kavi" ; / haa aean arooo'^od, Som-a ^■:a;,.--.s in~~

~~r3 ?D9 o.t of CG~D pf^ r ^ • 1 1 V i at Ion : ■ *; :.>.•• 7 in'^ustry has "'■a^^n .:am .-vua., Tuo~~

~~Hosi&ry Co—operatives one in ^or-ca Hcuit-ah rad aaothar in ■■~tLy :n' '-1l dwan~~

~~daatriat hava reasiat d fin-'^ciaj. "ovistanaa ire tiio shap ■ l ‘;.i~~~

~~cipatior in their aquity whim -' ill an'ibla than; to rti at nora ■ nrK.aa~~

~~caaital from banks, aaaoR;^ity f c i caching up a training aaatra j u.. • .ntly~~

~~felt for training of ay rv iso rr/' a.ctis^-s of Hasiary indaatv.. S- _ in~~

~~order to upgrade the skill of thr ■-a rata^-- .'a' ia prapaaed xd maku aarenr-.3 ~~~

~~mant for training far Hosier'/ Indy:x-ry*,~~

~~(C) RiZ;OWiADL GAHMci^TS IMD;jST:7 S~~

~~A survey cf Readym ade Gam ants induat r'-' har ^een proaoi-eo r m3~~

~~Uf'dart ak-an * Aa in Po'^erloom raid r, s.a ry industry, _a \his industry also~~

~~thara are margin money sohamOj 5naantii/e saheaa aaLi 3 o|Y::3ti - fci st^ca par~~

~~ti cioa.t ion in the equity o f Raadyaaoa Ua aara a ai—op e r a M u e s ,~~

~~Hill DovGlopTiGnt .%athora .• has sanctioned non~re«jrring oxrrnditura~~

~~far Tailoring Institute to be s^t ra at Darjealing District, budg;. t provi,-~~

~~■e"Sfctj?»- t«(fej3£rin:^'i^pter^dj£tuS^:^-o^- ^ ^ I- h-~~

~~at present tharc ar^i three tailoring institutas urQior thi'.s~~

~~D-iraatarate at fralday Caaah Bah-r ::nd Calcutta, It is praaoaed t--' r - der~~~

~~nioO thjQse inatituciana through mpcarnisation of naahine^ioa u re-;ruit~~~

~~T)ai“ 1; af'teahaiaal experts,~~

~~\ 5 e F I C IJ L T U P? r . ^~~

~~The 7 th 7 Qpij. t ' D-5.~'f cto TetG principally l?.ys stress~~

~~vertical QvxLi't*' c- Ihg X n , - .-Vetlpq assaotenc& and horizontal~~

~~sxpan^ic^ of Seriajltur;.■■ in non-trad;.tionI districts* Apsrt fr^;m mul~~

~~berry sector ,?^es 3 hss betn 3 iv ;;;• 1 m thg orqanisotion and -^xpar'.'^ion of~~

~~nop-nulbcrrv" 5:ectG r"vi.'hi::h principally ir^cludsn the Tasar Industr’' of the~~

~~St-tG.~~

~~Tnio Oirc.-ct.o rate p.r jp-ses 'i-'i projects Per 1936-c9, £arh Proj.ict~~

~~ccjn tains a nunibir -achericss uithin it r, fc id* h rief no to on the projects~~

~~is givsn~~

~~Proioct for nsugioariGnt o'i^ulbcjrrv Pr~duotion r~~

~~This Proj *-ct snvisaq&s incr-.^a3e of ocreaqc jndrr mulberry plants,~~

~~replacQ?ent of indigonous variety of mulbr-rry b y in’proved ones end nulti-~~

~~plication of imorovsd variety of mulborry plants* 3 ro ad iy, this Project~~

~~includes 3 sch^-es '.'xz, {:.) r'ettinq up of riulberry Itiolic-tion farm~~

~~"'or production .of :Lr.orovsd ^./"riety of mulbeT'ry plants? ( i i ) supply~~

~~of nulberry cuttinos to the ricu iCu risto? and (iii) Supply of f>-lor^ilts~~

~~an':; the like frr treatment rf pnii of -'.lorth Benqal districts to '-lisere~~

~~increasG'^* production of nulberry olerts under subsidvi,~~

~~2 , pro isot for ■■'inf-r Irriqot::-Gn for Uom^Iopmgnt oGriculture j~~

~~This is r> schRre acqpfc-ad during the 7th 5 yo ;r Plan to ensure~~

~~vertical growth ^f the Inde ';.ry by providinq irrigation facilitioa to the~~

~~sericu It u r ist s» Witn provision of lor-ga.tlcPj leef~yie?.d is axpooted to~~

~~increase by 2.5% which i^ill r.. ean increase of prGoeetion n^' ra'ai sil!-;, Tnis~~

~~Preject envisages providing oubsify in t lO I ,R ,D ,P , patt~in uJith :;;atchinq~~

~~Institutional "inaf^oe to tro So rio. itu risto„~~

~~3, P;:oiect for Institutioo al rinanoo !^'r. r Dsvo J nnr^ent of Sericulture j~~

~~U n d e r this Project ass i at an c.-. in the form of subsidy end Institu~~

~~tional F In an C8 on the individual prcj ec;. 0 0 st of the Sericu Itu rists is~~

~~ensured. The projoct coac include;; cna.: of Pliantationj Cost of ioouts,~~

~~Cost of Rearing housQ and oaat of ^"^ouiornO’-’ts and impIeT';enta. The State~~

~~Govt, pattern of a.ssiataace on indivioual project io subsidy of the~~

~~project cost of serioulturists cooing undaj' 3, Co, and marginal~~

~~farmers' category while 25” subsidy in case r,f qthar aorioulturi' ts~~

~~against in stitutio nal loan of 25;*^^ -''nd 5r% resoectively^ Tha bal.-n.ce of~~

~~the project coat b--. otjmes the ben ofioiaries contribution,,~~

~~Pro i ect f or 0 eIo am ent of Seecj Groania ption j~~

~~This Project includ'iis, broa^'^ly speaking^ schemes like s~~

~~(i) Setting up and m ointenance of Composite Units; (ii) Setting up and maintenance of C-rainages^ ( i i i ) Setting up and maintfcneoos cf Yeung 311k~~

~~;<^orm Roaring Hcusean (iv) Setting up and maintenance of Extension Ctjotre~~

~~uith Chauki Rearing Centres ,and (j) Organisation of Seed Legislacion uith~~

~~a vieu to supplying of Oeasos free layings to the rearers* 10~~

~~Proiect for PsvelopuQnt of Quality Rau Silk & Febric Prgductiop g~~

~~At tho GnQ of the 7th 5 year the target of Productioi • cf~~

~~ra'o.‘ silk has been s’it at 11,65 lakh Kgs, Impro'~~

~~silk X3 ossential to otsure grGator markGtabiiity, Uiith this obiect ...n~~

~~uis’oJ some scht?nes have b a<3n taken up undor this Prnjcqt, The sch-inf s arsj~~

~~(i) Establishment and rr,aintmance of r'ilatur-s? ( i i ) £lstablishm'-nt of~~

~~Rseling Units^ (iii) Setting up of Drying Ch.2mbers| (iv ) Reolacem ;nt of~~

~~in.aegenous Charks by im,prcwtid cnesj (v) Setting up of Twisting Plants~~

~~and maintGnancr thereof,~~

~~, Pro i~~

~~This is a nc-;ijj •'^reject introduced during 7 th 5 ypor plan. One of~~

~~thB baffling probloms of ScricjlturG- in the State is lack of ora.-nisBd~~

~~markQting systan, Ms a ®gsu It middlgr) Gn rrap 3 rich harvest in th^' ;.:roC;;;ss~~

~~at:. th:i Cost of the primarv growers. Besides, there is a constant "i^'f.'tua-~~

~~tinn of prices in silk trado. So, in order to eliminato tha miu'dlcmp' as~~

~~^ar S3 practicable and to ensure stabilisation of silk marKst in v:.h^ St.^te~~

~~this project is imoleme-'ntsd. This prrTjeict includes schonGs liku^~~

~~(i) Op<:Ding of Harkoting Contros in different districts! (ii) L3^3bIi3h-~~

~~m^nt of Cocoon P^arkots® (iii) ^stablishfflent of Silk Marketing Ccrporation~~

~~'-Jith Uarf-'housing fa c il it ie s ,~~

~~7 , Pro.icjct for l)q v q ,; pcni^'vnt of Field Training & Exporinpsnt s~~

~~'•iiith the plans snc- progron-smi-'S of Cxpai ;sio- .• Se .iou Itur--~~

~~incre^^ase of production of rat;--si 1^., tht.- rc;ouir-rr,tnt of technical r’anpower~~

~~has also b-, er increasing.Besidss, to.. s3riculturir.t.s of this st-,, t arr-~~

~~also to bo trained up '^'ith mod'-.m cerhniquG and knn'i^-how* In orotr to~~

~~Gnsuro availability of tr'^inod technical pf^rscnnel of tho Dirt'ctoiatc~~

~~and also to inpart proD^^r training tn tho farrriGrs, Dunior Courfee ' raining~~

~~and Senior Course Training in Suriculture, Farmors’ Training are or':ani-~~

sed by this C)irectDrate*

~~3- Proi'--ct for Rg~orqanisaticn & Modernisation o f Sbricultura $~~

~~Quring the 7th Plan period varii'us devulopmGntal progr^.mt.s i avG~~

~~botn propostid to bs implern'-'nted. In order to implai.ent this programmes, the~~

~~existing acbinistretive st^^t~up noeds to be dacentralisGd^ GXistir.q aeri-~~

~~CLilturo units modernised, Rural Organisations strengthen Qd and axpanaed.~~

~~Broadly soeaking. this Prc>,ject includes schemes like t (i) re-r.rganisation~~

~~end rnodurnisation of Sericulture units^ (ii) Setting up of Bl.ick jevel~~

~~Demonstration farms and (iii) Setting up of Glistrict Organisation (iv)~~

~~Introduction of Disinfection Squad in Seed areasj (v) E stt, of Dcrtonotra- -r i' *- -S' - ■«" t- »' ^ «-■ »- ^~~

~~Proiect for Dsveloj^nent of S .':ricuIturc Co-oDeratives s~~

~~In order to ensuri- peoplo'a particioation in Sc.'ric.j Itu re~~

~~DGvelopiiental prograrom&-3 and to dcvt:;lop a sense of self-reliancf' an^og~~

~~th'" farmers at^Iarge, thir pr-'-Jt. ot envisages setting up cf Seric.'Iture F - li~~

~~Co~operativ;es, both for Rearers and Reelcrs. The Co-bperatiuEs uill be fiven assistance and Institutional Finance in its initial periods. Publicity & Publicat^n of Sericulture Industry~~

The Sericulture industry is a growing industry which h:is boen undergoing various changes in its different aspects. Package of practices for rearing are changing, new rac^s of silk works are heino dc\ys loped, new varieties of mulberry plants aro being recommended by various Research Organisationso To carry the message of laborahory to thfi^ld, an effec tive publicity programme has to be developed* Some public'5tiori3 also n^ed to be brought out for mass education. Besides, prizes and auar c's nnc^d be awarded the good farmers as incentive.

~~Specia Component Plan for SchGjjjlo, J. Cg st_e_s l~~

Under this Special Component Plan there are 2 exclusive pircjects for the benefit of the farmers belonging to Scheduled Caste Community. The Project are s (i) Project for Development of 3ivoltine cocoon pro

duction 9 (ii) Project for Block adoption for economic development of Scheduled Castes. Besides this, specific flow of fund is also ensured from other projects of general nature described above. A briaf note on the exclusive projects is as follows 8

11) In order to ensure increased production of quality rcw-silk various measures have been undertaken. Under this project a farm of 257 acres was set-up at Antbarifalakata in the district of Zlalpaiguri. The Project has the following objectives S-

i) Upliftment of economic condition of people b-loncing to 3oC, community in North Bengal districts. ii) Commercial rearing of Givoltine and FL silkwor!-c to feed the Government faiatures? iii) To provide cuttings and F 1 layings^ next to introctice sericul ture in norv-trai.’itiona 1 districts of North Bengal and to cover 1000 acres in peripherial areas.

12) EF oJjgP f.QT. P.H.f PJL P.e,v.«.pf. Ppp.p.le Ap nor^i, to Scheduled, Caste^ C o * Under this project demonstration farms are cet“ up ia selected niocks whore there are concentration of people belonging -u SC community. Tr i ba 1, C qmpprg nt Su^^Plan Under Tribal component SuL-r-Plan to be financec' out cf State Plan budget, tho folloying 2 projt:cts will be implemented exclusiv/ely for benefit of the farmers belonging to S.T« community. Apart from this, flow of fund from other general projects is also ensured. F - 12

13) Pro.iect f pr__ Area^,DeveJ^cyDiment^ of_J[nt, in ^JA£in!2ij=LF£. *

In order to assist the tribal and encourage thsm to take to seri culture various schemss haue been adopted. Under this project demonstration farms are set up in the areas where tribal people pre~dominate,

~~1 P^^ojsp.t f or deyelopment of non-mu3faerrv sericulture industry~~

This project is designed for development of Tasar and, eri-industried in the State, This project envisages modernisation of existing Tasar units raising of economic plantation, implementation of Block plantation schemes, ! revitalisation of Eri culture in 3alpaiguri dist, development of Tasar reeling and training centres, establishment of Pilot project centre, establishment of Tasar yarn bank etc* i (ptiiGr^ and Sma3.1

I . Programme of the Co.-.ia e r ce _ I Ad^st T ie s B ep>"j • 1 * I?^du&cria^^ Ipppj-i-lJ... West i3engal Induai;rial Developii^ient Cox^orationJ.'td ^ ' ' ' ' ■ ^ w b i i k D ...... ' ....* ?...... a) Investmcii'j b ) Market _ B p j’r p w ln ^

~~1 .1 •* WBIDC has be-'ii pro^viding assicoance to :aiduBtri3.^ for large and medium scale and also promo-jin,j ;:i\d ebtaol.l- : shing industrial uni'ts in uiie joint/assisted seccors.~~

1*2* Th3 main rosourcos of uhe Corporaoi^jn uo ii..ea'. t'lc. above expenditure a:er -a) State _G-overniii:-nt investmanu in the share capi caJL ox i/vJoXjJ0 j b) Market. i3orrowiiig under Stace G-ove„-uiienc G-uarantee ; c) Kafinance As si stancf: from IDBI ; d) Recovery of loa^s,

~~1 . 3 # FuT’ds received from ‘Jrovii . by way of investiiier~~

1*4« CommiDments alr'eadjr grac.ood for di sburonmen np equity in 1988-3 9 icr three proiects are as follows i ) Damodar Cement Slag Ltd. (Joint SecGor ■■uo be co^nmissioned by uhe end of 1988) Rs.232.OC l:uiis ii) Sunderban lerciliser Ltd« (Assisted Unit) Rs® 50,00 iii) Micro-Accessories Lud* (Assxsced Unit) Rs*2S5„«00^ l-ti-hs In addioion, io is anticipated -jhai; an amoun/w 'Hs.230*00 la_.hs will be rsquired for another three j'o.tnC' sector units viz. S'aeel Pi. oduct s at Mai da (lts,1 5 *00 lakhs'; iNi'itro-Chlorobenzone uni-v; a j iialdia (iis.1 40,00 la^disj ard Acrylic Fibre miit at: }ialda a 45 .00 lakhs) • fhe require^ ment under the Assisved See*;or , has been es Jima'ued at k3.70.00 lakhs. During the cu-:-‘eriu year,'glie corporation has ^:o xr.r utilised is.79.95 J-aiL'ir 'oowards equity participa\:ion in .joint'-- seccor/aasisued sec-K^r miius as also zlIi providing margin money for dislyurseixient of usria loans, Mo^ever^an asbessmsnt of j;he commito0d l i a b i l i t i e s in ohis regard dur.ang tna currenG year has shown a shortfall of ':s o 20 ,0 0 lakhs which may be provided by Gove, as inv-^sti.ient; s^Jipport.

1 #5. During the year 1 987-83^ the ¥i3ID0 has c.lready d is bursed (upto '3Q*9*Q7')y Ro,55 *75 laldris .^s equity oo its joint- secto.v- and assisted unics. ihe total cominituenjb for • 'B 7-88 in this regard is us, 3 5 0 .0 0 laichs. ihe Corpora.t;ion's joir^;- sector project for iioj:iuf act are of Jelly filled cables has been coniiiii^isioned in 1987‘-'8B. I t s two Ouher project,^ v iz , G-ranulated slag cements and Para i-jitrochj-oro Benz erne ^v;'th a toi;al project cos'j of i;3. 5 4 o O crores are bC bs compl.roed in 1 988^^3 9.

1 *6* In view of the progress made by WBIDO in imp 3. ein or ting its joino-secjor a.:id assisted sector projects ^.nd the programme for 1 938-8 9, the ic.^.iowing outlays are proposed for approvc^l in Annual pj_an 1 :BQ-3 9 s-

~~a) Investmen'G .♦ r;s^770 .00 lakhs b) Mamet Borrowing ,• Ks.220*00 lakhd~~

1 .7« The Corporation acts as an agenr of "he Si;at3 G-overnment for op era.; ion or 'uhe Brace Inc en wive Schtmns for large and medium scale industries. In order to attract new p.nrre- preneurs to set-up rh^ir industries in the Suaje,the Stare Incentive Scheme was liberalised and consequen'i;ly the ejri^ mated liability on a,c count of incentives has in or ease a con- siderabl3', bp-o rhe end of xiarch, 1 986, WBIDC disbursed a total am oulut; of Rs.5404.56 lakhs to various ;mirs under differen'b Incentive Scheme,

1 *7.1 . During 1 987-88, WBIDO has already disbursed '1^-^390.84 laklis towards ince;i^:jves (upto 3 1 st uctob-^r, 1 987) and app-- lications involving &.81 4-00 lakhs have also been receivt>d. The uOtal ancicipated claims fo;/ incen-.ivfts duving the currenfc y e a r 's expecued to be well over Rs.1 0 0 0 .0 0 laiihs and may, therefore, have to be carried forward for dis--

I .8 , In considerauiun of uhe aforesaid facts,, it is pro posed that an outlay of h-.800,00 laKhs be ax^proved fi>r 1988-»89o • 5 • 25/= SpA.^fflP. The o bo active cx die above scheiiie is jo ^acou^'-a{,;e the existing industrial iiLiios in .large mid medi'am scale '^o achieve

higher p:.roducT;ion through diversif ication of proauc Im o u ^ ex-- paiision of installed capacity^ liioderniLsa'^ion and jrehajilita-’ f tion of plant and machinery and induction of advanced tech nology ioj:- oconoiaics of scale. Under the scheme, a maxiffiviii amount of loejx of PsoO ,00 lakhs i s available to cj). in d iv i dual uni'j/oompany for r..n approved proo.ect -fhich envisaged ' investment, i 3i addi'cional fixed assets* Ihe loan is be dis bursed after commisaioning of the approved project, iji; far during 1 937-»d3, no case undar the scheme has been fr^i^.lised.

~~1 »9»1 . A token ourlay of Rs<,15»00 larhs is proposed for ".he . Annual Plan 1 988-39 for disburseiuent of 3.oan under tne Scheme to the claii^ien:; u n it s .~~

2 * Pj^b-py. Corporat';^-0]^s i ) West iSengal Electronics Industry Developmeiit Corporation (w» B.E.I.B.O,) 2.1 . In addition go the 13 existing projectsythe y;i31lJ0 ha,s also talien up a nuiiiber of new prooects from 1 ..}86-87 , In factj an investment [:3»10.13 lakhs was made in 1 986-^87 in three Companies, viz,' Webel Communication/industries Ltd. (EPABX and f elephone . Instruinent) , P .C .ji. Pro jeer and Web el P rec isio n In dustries Irad. During ohe current y<âr, e;irjm,ited investment :ln eight new pro jects (rncluding two of th-. afc're-- mentioned ^h'êe projects) comes ô as.257,00 lakns. fiie re quirement for 12 out of th^ exiS’crng 15 uni<;s would imiouît to Ks,549.00 lakhs. All ^-he existrn^^ unijs have gon3 in'jo coLuaer-=- cial produccion and 'cwo of tnese units viz. W:^bel Video Devic'^s L td . and Webel lil ectro-Ceremics L t d . w ill shojrbly be re-structured and mcgor expansion/diversification work 1ni.erein undertaken. The estimaGed requirement, for 1 986-39 for the new prooect is Rg.5 0 .0 0 lakhs and that for the existir...g pro jects i s Rs*540 .00 lakiis*

2*1 ol. The infra.structural d.ev3lopment work a'i; '*.;he Co.;’p 3— ration's Salt Lake Blectrenics Complex is almost com^)lotc< and the remaining work w ill be complîted b y ''1 937^^88, It is also expected that fifty pcrcent work of tiie Standard Derigix factory and sevsntj^-five percent work of the common faci lit y centre -jill be completed by the end of 1^)87“ 38r Construc tion of 55/1 1 irv sub-Si; at ion and d.rawal of feeder cable from 152 KV .fjub--station to 55/11 -r/ sub»-sta;ion will dso be com pleted by .;he v^LSLB duirng 193/“88. F 16 2*1 .2* At t;ie Jalpa3.bU..'-"i Bl^cvjronic Coilipj.ojc, a p:.-oj 3ct o ffic e of :.h3 WBiillDC has b.-;sri opened. The WBIIDC has h-eon entrusted wich the cons'cji-uction work of two &ht-)ds f'^r entre- ^prisneurs for which founda'ciion work has alr-âdy be on comple ted. It is expected bhat 'aite dev3lopx.ient work and construc-- tion of two^snads will ba completed by 1 987-oO* fha v/BSSB also w ill supply construcui<,^n power during 1937'88:. Land acquisition •■:roc-3 3din/_,s are being in itia le d fo:i the Bpaikura Electronic C^înplex. I'he esoiiâted requir’^Lijna of fund for these coinpiexes an.' vu..- l i d D work during 1 '980-6 9 i s i 1 5 .GO lakhs* The WB'illDC' w ill also re.i'-D.re about "j,45.00 lakhs for promotional; activi'cies a.nd softwa^re d-:'velopments.

2.1 *3. The proposed outla.y for 1 968-89 for auccospf-u.ly carrying oug the progr/EOnuievS already undertaken by -;he WBiilLC is SIS folJ.ows S“ a) InvesG^ient . . fis*550.00 Lukhs bj Loa.n . • u3.400.00 c) R. & D. •• ■' Total .. 005"*b0 1 akhs • ii ) West •l,,Ph4£^aceu"tJ.c ooneii^lcf:^

2.2. Eiolo^îcal tsots l± K .e lyro^ôn, Sterilith etc. havê b--3en started at the Dru/^- fesuing Laboratory tuid it Is pre sently Cai;?ring pri]icipally to tho needs of .ki sxiiaLl.'. x in d u s t r ie s . There i s a iorograuime for renovauioi.i. cind expan sion of -jhe uak':3n ov 'r ui:iit of i-i/s.Infusion (l) Ltdc by wa^/ of underuaking th-.:; rouairing work of the roof and procure ment of equipments lii^ce Korlifishery iIPLO etc.

2*2 .1. A joint-secto.- Cv>ixipany in i.n-. name and style Hindusthan hyto chemical Corporauioxi jjud, ha,s been fo::Taed to rim the i?'rac"Gionation utiit at Telipara. The now compcmy is continuing ahe oxis'Ging production and also taking steps for expansion.

2 . 2 . 2 . Project report tor :he Pharmaceutical KorLiulaiiion Scheme has been complct-d and a collaborator Bslected. The projv^cG cost has br-n ^sGiiJiaoed aG L:;.72 laiihs^ As uhs pro-- ject will be implemenued in the joint-sector, the W'BPPjJO wili: be req.;.drod to contribute zSyo of i.he equrlty c a a it a l. .The.,^EiX-haa ^t^r^-.l<|a|i -f jnr^l^eetcv i-

2.2 .3. Commercial Productr m of GAP r.nd Oi-ip the unaer 8-Hydroxy quinoline, projc-co hr. vo been Suar:ed but uhe manur- facturing process of G-H-i is yet ';o be fully standaraised. Steps are b'^ing 'Gak';n therefors for cap'Give conversion of 3-HQ bo xialogenated nydrcxy--quimoline. 2 .2 .4 . For the Basic-jJrug Projecc -which comprices of i) Aspirin from Salicylic i i ) Papaixi from papaya lai;ex and i i i ) certain an'jioioi^ic foiinenta'Gion m<3-i;hod.preli minary i’7ork ha.s been started and civil viovL would be s'caroed soon for 'Ghe Aspirin project for the presi^nt . Eroccion, coininissioning- cJ.id tria l rmi would be completed dui* ,ng 1 938-3 9^

2*2*5. Portion of vh land j.cquirGd at loroJ.poxa, Jalpaiguri for setting up the Pnytochomical CoLuplex has b -.-n dvivelopud and construction woriv like sinid.ng of deep tuba-well, buildin^ etc. has bên stari:ed, I'he p^ôgr^jme for 1 ;)06-o;^ i s completG essentipJ. oil/oboresin project and go start wonc for B-Ionone and O'Gher pro jo cijs, based on for^îgn t-jclinoio^;^y.

2 .2 .6 * Cultivation on coiiinercial scale of oh a medicinal' and aromati.c plants like. Ipecac, Citronella, L idon 'Grrrx's, Palma Rcza etc. is-bv;;Ln;^. conGinuad as per sch-,dule. jlarves- ting of Specac .roots will ctart from this y ja r .

2 .2 * 7 . The Phyro-^cneiaical formulation projecu would be imple mented in Ihe Joint^S'-ctor. i^ecessary projcct r up ora lias been dravjn up and uhe projeco cost has been estimated a'i; as-^2.00 lakhs. The project repoix has been submit ;;ed to Aie Sta-'je Planning Boa.rd for apprevail-.

~~2 .2 .S * For successful implementa'ciov.. of the picograiirie for 1988-3 3, an outlay o± .55 .00 lakhs may b approved~~

~~i i i ) >ju^;,ar Industries jPeye.lopmant C^p^c^ioTo~~

2 .5.1 « The West 1. .igal Sugar Industries Development Corpo ration has no;: d ^en luncrionin^ healthily almos-i; sinct^ its incep'Gion. The principal r asons for malfunctioning o;.' ^The m ill are,ainongst other^ non-availability of a.dequate r‘i-^,ar- CcHe for crushing at rhe mill and lower percentage of recovery due to intermittent crushing and eld and obsolete machinery ijcid equipment#

2 . 5 .2 . The obviate uhe basic cohtra.ino of non-availability of sugarcane, the VJBSIDO has 'ceJcen certain positive oteps. A comprehensive schf^me has b- '.n taken up for developmcnb of sugarcane in the Command Area of thu Ahmedpur Sugar 11 and about 2400 a.cres of land has been brought under oEuie cultivation b5^ a ss is tin g the cane growers througxi inpiit loans . The anticipated availabl.li.lty of Bu. cardu '^’ing 1 987-”88 i s abouG 55?000 I'-i.-C. During 1 988-'3 9, tne poses to undertcike, In no—ordination with the xigricu3-tu:’e F “ 18

Depti:. caiie cultiv:vGion in about 3500 acres of land wijliin the Command Area. The expected availabilitox suga,rcane thus I'j-ould rise to about 75'?000 M.'i', in 1988-8 9. To maKe the aforesaid comprehensive cane Levelopiiient Schf:mr^ really fruit-- ful and viable, the Kinistr^' of i'ood and oupplin G-ovt. of India has be-^^.n cipproached for a soft loan of ns.2|4.00 lakhs from Sugar Developrxient Fund.

2*3.4. According to the rocommendation of 'she liJxpert-Team from Kauional Sugar Insoitii jo of Kanpur, som- bcSlanc-Lng equip ment vTixl h.'.ve oo installedy in phases, at ohe m ill to jnain- t a in the capacity at 600 T .G .D . In fa cj, Jh..; m i l l 's c..ipaciGy itself requires 'CO bo expanded go 1500 T.G.D, for making it

visible • During 1 987-33, the first phase (part) of installa tion o f the bal all cine -equipment at a cost of ils »25 *00 ] akhs w ill be completed. X)u.ring 1 988-39y the rdoiaAniing equii-ment for uhe first phase and that for the second phase of ins tallation of bal&mcing equipment ^,11 be ‘jakWi uxd for which m achineries worth Ks.33.40 lai!:hs w ill h^ve to be pui^chL^sed. Besides, Ghe factory has to be .cmovated and overhanded by replacement of machinery and equipments for iiieeping ‘.he mill in rimning condi^;ion.

~~2. 3 . 5 * Por proper imp 1 m entacion of ilic- W.BIDG' s programme for 1988-8 9 , an outlay of I’s.100.00 lakhs is proposed for ilnnual Plan 1 988-89.~~

i V) Se^btinj^ uj3^ ,Pi..Jit l^ild juT^ " 2 .4 .1 . During 1 985~o6 and 1 986-8 7y 'Jhe new Jo;uat-Seeior Company viz. Haldia Petro-chemicals Ltd. (iIPL) was fo-:raed and relevant papers were submiGxed uo the G-ovt. of India. Revised feasibility roporu was dram“-up and license ^gree- ments with some process licensor were concluded. iievLsed Letter of Incent in the name of ,he new joint'-sector Gomxjany ha,s been received from l-he ^Jovt. of India, specifying t he items of meu'iufacturo and ca p ac ities. iUilP clearance hns also been received. Aj)plication seeliing approval oo a change in the product^-mix has been submitted tc the jcvt.of I n d i a . In the meancim j, pro cess licen sors for liII the limits were identified, agrenmenc s signed and foreign collaboratiion t" ir ir r' r" sp ^7 ^ ’t’". r' iT i" ^ r" 't~ 't- rr i" 'ir ir- 't~'t- r- r~ 'i» approval from xhe Govo.oi india oD'cainea. App±:uCcTCion for

~~financial assistance has been made to the ID j3I . ? ^ 19 ^~~

2*4.2. Tlio application for term loariy which y^RS- submitted to 'IDBI in September, 1 986 considfred by an Advisory Coiniiii-- ttee of the- Institution, i'he Project proposals were reviewed by the HPL in the light' of uhe coi-'iment s ma,de by ;.he Advisory ^ Committee and revised proposal was subinitted in March7i937. The revisio^ involved ch .ij^’es in the product-mj.x c.nd the revised cost was estimated a,'o us. 1400.00 croros.

2 . 4 . 3 . The Advisor^/ Coxnmittee has been apprising 'jh'--: lo-an ai^plication closely. The financial institutionc^ latest con- temple'uion on the project cost puu s uh.- estlaaoo at Rs *: 472.00 crores. On 'che basis of ;he debx-equity re^uic bein^ 3 ‘1 for Haldia Petrochemic.al Project, the WjilDO will Jiave to bxing in, therefore about 96.00 crores as promoters contribuD.i.on, calculated at 26% of f3uch enuj_ty.

~~2.4.4. Til' State Gtovt. have already released r3.17.i97 crores for the Haldia Petrochemiccils Project and may h.wt. to .release, therefore, the balance 'uuount of about fe.7o.00 eror s vor~~

full contribution to ••;he equity by 'oh<' WjSIDO. a s th.j rance from nhe financiail Instituoion lias bson delayed, th^- current year's iarovision of Ds.24.75 crores for ohis pro^ect may not be fully utilised. According to th revised pn?.fc ing of p articip a tio n in equit;y of 'jhe tIPii by The ivBIDG, xhe current year’ s reiiuirement would be about uS. 15.00 crores, and for 1988-89, i"'^ would be !^s.25.00 crores accc;rding go e st im at ed pr o j a ct io n .

~~2 . 4 .5 . It is proposed that eui ouclay of 1^3.22.00 crores for bhe present may be provided in the xUinual Plcin for 1 938-39,~~

2.5. With a view to informing- che general public of the activibies of and, ao the Scjue time, exhibiting and popula rising the various produces produced by 'Gh^v State Government Directorates/ Uhdertakings/Gorpo:^avions and uh-^ir joinv-sector subsidiary unijs, it has been decided by the State uovt. GO S0'G up a Complex here, on Ghlines of Ghe 'Prcige;;i . Haidan’ at New Delhi. Tliis i^Jxhibi'Gion Complex will also

~~provide an opportuaity to Gh- Industrial entrepreneurs 'go exhibit and populcii'ise their jjroducbs and may acG as a poten tial market tnerefor.~~

2.5*1 . On Ghe basis of 'uhe feasibility studies prepared by the CMDA the Central Park at Bidiiannagar had been tenta-cively identified as che appropria'ce place for the s^t'Ging up of facili'Cies fo_ exliibition and encertainment etc. Howev>or,the 20

~~overall facilities of this site as also of OGhor alo jrriative si-fes are being examined’ in dotails. No final decision in thr- raatter of seuection of site has yet been -JEii^en.~~

~~2 . 5 . 2 - J'or meeuing tii^ co'st of land and o'Gher i n i i i a l expenditui'-., £in outlay of Rs.25 .00 lakhs is piropos'^id for 1988-8 9~~

~~v i) _up^ of she OaljDutta^~~

2.5.1 . Under SI .Ho . 4 - Depar oxuental Enterprises - Orient a.'^ Gas Company^ s Qnderuaklng - Supply of Gfas xn G-r';ater Calcut':a Ar^a-’ y oh3 sch^m-^ fdistriJUi;ion of G-as to b<^ r^. ceivx^d from bhe G-ovi;. of I n d i a 's LfC Plaxio ao Daiikuni to uhe indus^^ trial and domes'cic consuin i-r of the Greater Gal cut t* a Area, has been discussed,

2.5»2. A corporation has b--^en set up for administering the afo resa id scheme of d iG trib u jio n of gas and aJ.so for over^ seeing the -work connected oherewitn, under the name and style of ’ G-reater ■ CaJ-cutce. Gas Supply Corpox’ation Ltd.* wioh an authorised capitdl of Rs.17.00 crores. Sc^rjps have been taken for providing -'ih' Gorporation v/ith an iniJial fxrad of Io*5.00 lakhs, in the form of equityp for enabling it to meet the initial expenditures. As, hoi/ever, \-,he manner in which 'Gh:: Corporation may be providec; wi ;h 'Gh"' fund for ex penses relatin g to the comp lea ion of the scheme and running Lt thereafter is yet to be decided, it has boen proposed to advance necessary i.ind ;Jo uho Cujrporation as loan for the present.

~~2.5.3. It is proposed that an ouL.ieiy, of :'s. 100,00' lc.khs ma\^ oe provided for the OALGAS for the Annual P la n 198o*-39.~~

^ • I.NpUSTiilAL h x EAB i) West Beng.il Industrial Infras‘Uructure DeveloDmeno coô>}^v>c¥‘ Acqm^_si;Gipn^ jrad aev€âpiuen;u of land^ for indu strial centre^s_ ...... ^ ^ 3.1. i] on-aval lability of basic infra s'urucuure has b«-^n It-u^^g Largely responsible for the hi oh jx’to sluggish indus'orial ievelopmea-j in th'. Stats. According to the guidelines in bhe Seventh Plan, specific emphasis has been laid on infra structural development and tlie WBIIDC has undertat:en a . ‘r Îtifels’' fe2an®s^ bricts of tho Statincluding backward and NoÎziduetry iistiricts. F 21

~~3 , 1 .2 , Work orirtha dovelopmGnt of 94 acras of lan:J at the~~

~~. has beon c-pntinued and total exP-'nc'ituro upto~~

~~19nG-n? ^or the Cnntre is Rs. 11C^Q0 l^khs incurred for acquisition o^ lar/',~~

~~divelopm^nt thereof and construction of road etc. The development works l-Tauo~~

~~practically been complete d anJ an area of about 2 6 acres have b^en alloov.ed~~

~~to industrial units,, A sum. of !,3, 55. OG lakhs has been deposited with tN: UrjoEC~~

~~for construction of 33 /11 KU sub-fstation and internal electrical distri~~

~~bution lin; . The Sulj-station is nearing completion. At present, the po-jHr is~~

~~available from the existine Qric' of yoSEG,~~

~~3.1.3* About 160 acres of land hav/e be.in acquirec' near Uluberia for~~

~~establishrnent of O’-it of the total ,crojGct cost of~~

~~;,;;»55u.0G lakhs, Cg. 3G0.0C lakhs will be prcuiufe)d by the Iu3I as term loan,~~

~~the sanction for which has been received by the liJDIlLjC, The balance Ha, l9G*nO~~

~~la!~~

~~the sencticned loan of Rs,360,00 lakhs from the I 3BI , the UBIIX has received~~

~~i'3. .125*00 lakhs and the Govt, of Weet Seneal has sanctioned an intera-st^f roe~~

~~loaii of Rs, lon.no lakhs. Land d •velopm;:!nt in this grewth centre has bv: ..n~~

~~completed, Uork relatinrj to road construction is almast complete and ijork~~

~~relating to construction of:, industria 1 sheds is exp- eted to be compl'tad this~~

~~year, Arrangements for power supply a^e being made and sinking of one tubeu 1.’’-~~

~~for water supply lias been cempleted,' Allotment of land and industrial shoe's~~

has since boen started*

~~3 ,1 , A. J n ^ y s t r x .-Aptricts~~

~~^bout K:1 acres of lan:i has been acquired at [j^^anina^r^jj;ar~~

~~j3 l_p_aij]uri. twon for setting up a Growth Ci-ntre ± an estimated cost of~~

~~na.GOn.Orj lakhs. Necessary project report has been approved by the I jDJ and~~

~~sanction for a term loan of R3,200,00 lakhs in terme of th- WID Scheme has~~

~~been received from the Bank, Soil inveistigation has been completed and cons-~~

~~,, truction of internal road upto *B‘ stage is in progress,. Ucrk ralating t ?5~~

~~arrangtment for water supply is in progress, Receipt of necessary cstir.u te§~~

:• from the.' UBSEB for supply ■ pow^.T i& beihg' awaited. 3c 1. 4. 1, f,or e st ab li shing a Grouth Centre at Danku3.ia« , land .fnQasur ing n bgut 173 acTos have be^-n acquired noar• '6'iehnu.pur. T|-io dDt'oiled ojecV r e ■ th-^ scheme has been approved by the IDBI for Central assistance under.; n'.IvJ’/ sc hem- # The Bank has also sanctioned a term loan of R3, 200o0Q l^khs. Constrvic— tion of internal road and work relating to arrangemt-nt for water 'Su; ely has n tak. n up. ■

~~3-l*4*2, Possession of 134 acres of land at Cooc Bel-iar has been.takeh' 'ind~~

the site ...has been approved by the Govt, of India uciL.fer the NI'J Scheme*

~~Wecessary CFR has been approved by the I OBI a n d the Dani<.^s sanction for a~~

~~term lean^ of Rs,20ri„0[' lakhs has been r eceivcd. Uork for development cf land~~

~~has been tak^n up* F 22~~

3*1*4,3* Possjssion of about 164*37 acros of land at i^alda has txcn tak>-’n- for the n a Ida Croujth C'Jntre. T h© siti;^ h&s bG::;n approved by the Govt* of India unriur Sch'..^r,i‘Js. IMocassary (Project cost "s* 600.0-1 lakhs) has bo-jn approved by th'J luDI and th^- Dank *s sanction f or a torrn loan of 1.3*230,00 lakhs has boen recoivcd. Land filling work has boon undcrtakon and th-^ target date for completion of th>- Centro is Jun^^, 1909*

3 .1*4*4. The Govt» of India has approvoH a situ measuring 214 acrJs cf land noar . Naxalbari for sotting up of the Bagdoora Growth Centro under NIJ sch. me*

~~fi.cGssary land acquisition procsGdinns have bean startod. Tho I'-'BI has approved th'J 'vR'^ and has sanctionf^'d a term loan of hs*200,00 lakhs.~~

3*1,5. f" or setting up of growth c-:^ntrBs under the NID Scheme , t.h-j State Govt, have so far released Cs.2 50*00 lakhs. In addition to the aforesaid schem' s, the liiBIIDC has also initiated action for extension cf the existing growth centre's at Kalyani and HalcJia anc! h^ve taken positive steps for two more Growth Ceiit.rss at Khanyan in the district of Hooghly (230*00 aer;!s) and Cudge Budgr/’ (24-Parganas) '36 acres.

3.1.G* For prop-^ir implementation of the programme of work already und^r— taken by 'aJBIIDC, the Stato Govt.'s share of expendituxe oljring 1900-09 will be as follows 5- , ' a) Continuing Schemes * •• us.2G0.Cn lakhs

~~b) Ncw Schemes . • • ks.2^60 *0O^^lakhs Rs.46L)«00 lakhs~~

~~3.1*7* It is proposed tlnat .an outlay of ns.*450 * 00 lakhs bo approved for the IJOII'X for the Annual Plan 1900-09. ’~~

ii) Industria 1 Hcusing Project at Haldia* 3 .2 .1 * The main [project for the sotting of an Industrial Housing complex at Haldia is already cnm^lete* There arc, howevc^r, some residual work like sinking of deep tube-well, boundary wall etc* y^^t to be done* Due to adminis trative difficulties, work could not be taken up in the current year* 3#2.2. An outlay of Rs, 3*00 lakhs may be approved for 1900-09 <^or comple tion of the: remaining work specific:d in the above paragraph*

Zone a_t f a lj^,a» 3*3*1. T he State Government have been developing 100 acres of land around the Falta ,EPZ area for creation of social infrastructure facilities outside th" Zone. This area is being developt^d by iiiest Bengal Industrial Infrastruc— ..turn Development Corporation (uJSIILC). Some of the facilities proposed to bf:J

~~created are S—~~

~~r- c-Hfiu^i ^ ;jdif f,3 r.ent cat .^qries of emp 1 eyee,s in F EPZ j V V V V r c V r- v~ r-' ^ r- ‘r- 'r* ^ ii) Banking and other public utilitiu^s?~~

~~i i i ) lIi cat ions 1, P-ledical and fljcr eati ona 1 facilitic~~

~~iy\ Industrial sheds for sncillarics etc.* F ^ 23~~

~~3 *3 .2 . Tho total cstimatod cDst of tha project has boon approved nt~~

~~r;.i* 13-11.00 la!~~

~~I .-I. I agri.'icd to financc thJ industrif'. 1 soctor to th« axtent of Rs.4nn.00 la.khs~~

~~I'-nly and th- h^^lanc-: amount of Rs,240.00 lakhs is to be prouidod by tho~~

~~3tat3 Go.vJrnrnont as intorost frao loan.Thu Statu GovGrnm^nt havo rol^ascd~~

~~th> entire amount o^^ i;s.240.00 lakhs. For tho housinr soctor State Govt, will~~

~~ha\/a to tear th:. nntirc.-: cost (Rs*391*00 lakhs) of the Pr.ojL;ct. So f a r ,~~

~~rj.lQD.OO lakhs have bec^n raljasc d for' the purpose, '~~

3*3.3. Construction of 26.02 Km. of roads around Falta under Phase I of ■ C (instruction, ha's been o cm pic tod. It is exfEcte d. that 40^ of construct J.on of road under Phasc~ri construction will be completod during the current year. During 1900-09, the programme is to completo -at least another 30/^ of rood construction under Phase—II .

~~3 .3 .4 . West Bengal State Electricity Board (bJCSEo) have bean authorised~~

by the State Government to supply 20 riU of power to the Zone in stages. Out of the total requirement of 20 PHii of Power. 5 MW power has already been’ made avaiJjable to the Zone and another 10 MU ia.expected to be supplied shortly. The entire requir-^ment of power 0^ 20 HliJ will be supplied within 1907~-03.

~~3 .3 *5 . Work for 'iJ^it.'.r supply arrangom-nts^ drainage, common facilities service and ccnstrueticm of sheds is progressing in full suing. It is ex~~

~~pected that by the end of the current /ear, 60'/j of the water supply re quire— m-ont, 70)j of the drainage work, 10") of the common facilities' service and' shed construction will be completed.~~

~~3 .3 .6 . The prorrammr.^ for'19GG-G9 is tc C':mpletej ^besides another 30^ of road work, 50^ of the work under 'Industrial sector for the development of~~

~~social infrastructure: facilities around the Zone and also to complete 50/^j of the total work under the ’ housing sector*. ' '~~

~~3 .3 .7 . It is proposed that an outlay of Rs*241.70 lakhs be approved for FEPZ for 19GC-09 as below S-~~

~~a) Social infrastructure outsiet3 the zone araa. . * . Rs, 140.00 lakhs-~~

~~b) Road net-work Rs.101.70 lakhs~~

~~Rs.241.00 lakhs F - 24~~

~~Qs,P.art.rn.^nta 1 £ntGr_py.isp s -~~

~~Oriental Gas^ Company*s Uncjortakino - Supply of Groatc^r Calcutta Arpa.~~

4*1# - Tho schemo for supply of g^s tc th::i Creator Calcutta Ar^a which is b' ing implafrnsnted through bh^ agency of the CMl-A , onuisagcs renovation and roplacamiint of the existing distribution pip.- lini-s of tho OGCU, laying of nPw pipe lines, setting up of Pressure - reducing stations, gas holders etc. for building up a complota n3t*-uork capable of rocaivinn and distrib'-?ting 3p million cu* ft, of gas to ba r.ceivGd from the LTC Plant at Dankuni and th:^ OPL, ■

4»1#1* So fL.r, abfxjt Rs. 10. GO crores hsua been invested in tho project and the CncA 125 Km of Pipe lin^s for the distribution system, hav/.: nado arrangements for tendering for different components of the system and d.'signs for FPvS, ring mains, gas holder etc* 200D0 gas m&ters hawcv also been procured for soruicp connections* Some old pipe lines uithin the Calcutta ar^^a have already been replaced#

4 .1 .2 * After a detailed discussion with the iOG I, a revised project report showing the project cost at Rs,5l«0n crores has been submitted to the Oank for a term loan of i-3#34«00 crores. A company in the name nd st yl^j of 'Greater Calcutta Gas Supply Corporation Ltd. (CALGAS)' with an authorised capital o f Rs#l7«D0 crores has b^en formed,

4*1,3# In ord^r that the CN'iA , as an agent of the Govt* can go on with its programme of work for laying the pipe lines, mains etc* construct the Pressure Reducing Stations and Gas Holding Complex etc* connected with the distribution system of ges, it will require Rs.341.5n crores during th- next year• ,

~~4 .1 ,4 . It is proposed that an outlay of ns,341#50 lakhs be approved for '.'he project for the Annu^sl Plan 19G0-C9,~~

~~( i ) ^herrie_^ of the Directorate of. I ndustries.~~

~~(si) f^-OPF_p,anisation of t}-p. Directorate, of Induetries_,~~

~~5»1,1» The objective of the scheme is to strengthen the Directorate of Industries by reorganising and strengthening, in phases, its different ce 11s,~~

The chGmiPal cell of the Directorate is proposed to be ta|- (ChSmical) # Due to a ijniinistrative difficulties, no positive action in this regard could be taken as yet. The requirement for 1900-09 has been esti mated at Rs,2,0 0 lakhs. ' F 25 .

~~(b) Settinn up of a Monitoring Call in^th-' ^irGctorate of~~

For ensuring implb'm'e.ntation of tho industrial prdj'.:cts approved by' issuo of industrisl liconaas, letters intant and UoGoT„Uo ropistra~ tion, it is proposorj to S3t up a regular and compact monitoring cioll within tho Oircctoratu. To begin with, it is [iroposGr: to pu^chaso a computer m' Chinc end to crt'atG at l.Jast ono post of O^^ficsr and fow posts of staff, Th*:; ^•stimatad requircm'-nt for 19GC-

^p'Or qanis-ition of tho I nclistria 1 Rc arch Laboratcr y(irv!-) 5*1*3• The Stats Hir■■^ctoratc of Industrios conducts a two yoars* coursJ (incluGiye of .six~fnanths ’ in-plant training) in Paint and Varnish Tcchno- lory at the IRL, Canal South Road, Calcutta, The succGssful trairrj ’S a:.'0 awar.dod ctDrti^inatos by the Director of Industries, lilast Bengal. Tho 'Jxis-- ting laboratory rco ds renovation and some expansion to copo with the prJsent work~load. biith a view to upgrading the ’ Paint and Warnish Technology (Tc'chnologists) ’ Course to a *n« Sc. (Tech) ‘ Course, a comprehensive scheme tiDS also been drawn up by a Committee for the purposa, which is now undor examir^tion of the All India Council fcrTechnical Education, Go ver .'sm nt of India, The Scheme envisages construction of n-w building, laboratory and workshop. The requiren-Rt for l9G0~u9 for all th-" above work has been es- timsted at Rs*2.50 lal

5*1,4* At thtj instance of Commerce and Industries Department, GovernrH‘?nt of West Csngal, a Regional Centre of the Central Institute of Tiedicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, a ^Qnotituent Laboratory of the CSIT, has been functioning at Tung, Darjeeling since 1977. This m s established with a vi 'w to giving a firm R & Q b^se to the growing and processing of medicinal and aromatic plants in the region. The CinAP Gpcined the said centre subject to availability, free of cost of land measuring about 30-40 acres in the District of L)arjeeling and subject to the sharing by the Govt* Ulest TJengal 5D'/o of the total pxpt^n^ diture, ijJhile identification of a suitable plot of land is yet to be-; fina lised, the State Govt, 1-ms to share t h ‘ cost of running the centre. An outlay of Rso 1*00 lakh is proposed for this scheme during 1900—09,

~~Setting up of a Pelytechnoloeica1 Clinic ~~~

5<.1*5. . . For smooth enc' efficient development of inrJustry, the apparent gap between technology generation and technology U'cilisation should b-; bridged. With this e;nd in view, Pclytechnelooy Transfer Centre has been set up at Calcutta with th- assistance of the CSIR ^ Cover,-iment of India, in a‘ r -nt—free accommodatieii rbout I5OG sq.ft* provided by the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Under the terms of agreement, the State Govt, are to b^:ar, for tiie fDr-:scnt, 50 pt.n:eent of the total e xp" ne'itLii i' for runnine the Centre, F ^ 26

~~An outlay of R3.1.25 lakhs is proposed for 19G0-G9 for th3 ach^mo,~~

(f ) Subvention for projBration of a sholf of Prpj 5*1.6« In thj Srjv^'nth f Plr:n(l9G5-90) , an outlay of Ha. 15*UQ croroi h >3 bJJn anrsed upon for taking up schbm-G strictly on tho basis of viability 1':. is, thi-ryforo, necossary to got prcfjarGd projoct rjports on some sc3l cted sch^ m-So C0sid: s, to stop up invostrn'::!nt in tho bsckward araas, proj^ict pro*^ fil-s on soliBctod industries aro to b' got propa.red so that t|-p sntrcpr-J- n.jurs can bo pursuadod t ' taka up such induKtri3s with tho available! infra- ntructura. During th;- curront financial year i.o , 1907-00 a sum of Rg. 1*50 ld;hs :s Rxp^cted to ho sp^nt for preparation of District Prcjoct profile’ s. An,outlay of n.i*2.0G lakhs is proposed for 19QG~cg for this ch rns.

( q) Govprnmont's grants tu Roscarch Cjntros fpr^i-'ff• 5*1#7« As a part of th3 programmo for oncouraging rosoarch and d’:^v>^lonmont activitios in tho Stato, th.: GovarnrnJn'c havo Loon giving grants tc such bo~ dijs and authorities ovary yaar, Th3 Advanced Contrc of Cryogonics Rnsr^.arch, Calcutta which is engager! in a uj" 11 co-ordinated and comprohonsivn planning fc;:: tho utilisation of the knoulodge of Cryoqcnics in tho main thcust areas including agricultural, biological, mo dica 1 n J e nvir onmcnta 1 s c i ’ncwS, has be-jn rc'coiving Stato Govornmcnt's grants for the last fnui yJ-ars. The centre s-';jks adequate support from the State Govt, for carrying out its r^s arch prct grammes*

Curing 19u7-0u, a sum of fe. 1.25 lakhs has already boon released 30 far the centre for carrying out its research activities* For 1900-09, an outlay of Rs*2*50 lakhs is proposed for the echome*

(ii) 5, £.0yil^iA9XL pf. and, suros. - Pj^nop. ovQr_. to_ the l^i.-tTic^ Syr,tom, of UJoiuhts Measures - 5*2*1. The agreed Seventh Plan( 1905-90) out.lay for this scheme is r:3*100*0d lakhs. The folloujing programme has been taken up for implementation during the Seventh Plan 8 (a) Rationalisation of tho Head Quarter Office of the State Ijteights and rioasurGs Organisation! (b) Establishment of the Regional Secondary Standard Laboratory at Siliruri? (c) Strengthening o^" the existing District offices and Inspectorial uni'.s of Weights and f'leasur-s Organisation ; and (d) Setting up of the Calibration Unit for Taxi metres, Storage tanks ate.

~~5*2.2* During the current fint’^ncial year ioO* 1907-GC , a eum of R3.2.70~~

lakhs hes been released the purchase of 15 sets of working models. The departmental building at Kankur—Ganchi is bL-ing extended. Elnfprcement Uino, V ' C' V ' V ' v" v'“ 5'" v'" v’" i ~ C" V v' v £' t F * v v v v v' v t ‘ v i- v v v v-■ Laij C. 11, C;.'ntral Laboratory, inspectorial uni-.s and -istrict Offices of 27

~~t h ’3 bJoights K f^GasurJs Organisation aro bf^'ing strongthoncd to meet tho incre-Lsor' uorU-loarl for onsuring consumer's interest in tl->-i State.~~

5*2.a , oluring 19CG—G9, ^jorkinr model balancrs, u/Jigh^.s, etc* are proposed to be |.\jrchased at an estimated cost cf Ks.A.QO lakhs* A sum of Hs. 10,25 lakhs will be r quirt;J fur carrying out the programmes far streng*- th-ninq the diff-ir^nt units of the Weights and Heasures .Urganisation. A calibration un^t for taxi motor, storago tank etc. is proposed to be set up at Salt Lake for which an expenditure of Rs.O.OO lakhs is estimated fjiring 1503-09 towards procurement of land, office expenses and maintenance of staff for creation cf additional district offices and for acquirino poeeossir.n of the arVriinistrative building st Darasat, a fund of Rs*7*CG lakhs ii'j-11 be acquir::d*

~~5*2,4, It is ixcPosed that an outlay of Rs.2 6.00 lakhs be approved for 19G0-G9. F - 28~~

~~II* ProqrLi'nmB of the Public Untiertakinq Department~~

~~1* Durqapur Chernicala Ltd.~~

~~The following scneme is proposed for inclusion in the Annual~~

~~Plan, 1980-09 t-~~

~~** Expansion/nodification/Rectification of the existing Plants"*~~

~~The project hes bsen continuing from the 6th Plan period-~~

substantial progress has already been achieved in its implementation*

~~The project cost as assesosd last year was around Rs* 9.G0 crores* Due~~

~~to price-hike and the proiramme b-^ing extandsd, the to\:al project cost~~

~~will increase considerably. Upto 1906—07 Rs* 436.05 lakhs was released~~

~~from the State Plan Budiet for che project* An expenditure of Rs.64.93~~

~~lakhs is anticipated durinvj 1987-06, An outlay of Rs. 95.00 lakhs is~~

~~proposed for tho progra'^e for 1900-09,~~

~~Besides Ourgapur Chemicals Ltd. has proposed a No. of new schemes as indicated below Tor implementation during the 0th Plan period~~

i) Conversion of Hercury Cell to Membrane Coll*

~~ii) Expansion of Phthalic Anhydride Plant to 66QQ T.*P.A* by~~

~~installing 33QQ T.P.A* new stream based on Orthoxylene feed,~~

~~iii) Di-octyl Phthalate capacity 3300 T.P.A.~~

~~iu) Poly-Vinyl Chloride capacity 3300 T.P*A.~~

~~v) Cpichlorohydrine plant 3000 T*P.A* capacity.~~

~~Vi) Tric^iloroethylnne capacity 6600 T*P*A.~~

~~vii) Linear alkyl benzene capacity 30000 T.P.A.~~

~~viii) Styrene Monomer capacity 30000 T.P.A,~~

ix) Hydrazine hydrate capacity 300 T.P.A*

~~x) HTH (Hightsst hypochlorite) Export-oriente.d project capacity 5000 T.P.A.~~

xi) Stabel Qleachine Powder including line cleaning capacity 10 TPO*

~~xii) PNCB, OMCG and Oown products.~~

~~In order to get the above new Schemes included in the Gth Plan~~

~~certain preliminary action including preparation of Detailed project~~

~~ReportvS need be taken from next year. A provision of Rs. 5.00 lakhs~~

~~is proposed for 1900—09 for preparation od Detailed project Reports on~~

~~the proposed new Schjjmes on the basis of p r io r it y .~~

~~2. Ulest Dinaijur Sfjinninq, Hi 11a Ltd.~~

~~The project for construction of a Spinning M ils ijJith 25000~~

~~spindlej at Raigunj, iJest Qinajpur has been completed excepting ins~~

~~tallation of 11 Nos. of Reeling nachines. The Hill is scheduled to be~~

~~fully commissioned with 25000 spindles working in three shifts and seven~~

~~days—a-week basis by 3anu.:ry, 1900. 71.43/^ of the spindlos have already~~

~~been cornni3sioned and the Mills has already started commercial production~~

~~since Docember,' 05. F 29.~~

The total project cost is Rs* 1048,23 lakhso IQBI & IFCI hsue sanctioned total term-loan of Rs» 400*00 lakhs* Upto 1936-87 a sum of ,^2, 625.41 lakhs was releasad from the State Plan Budget* An expenditure of Rs. 14oB2 lakhs, is anticipated during the year 19a7Tr88o

Teesta Fruit & Uecjstable Processing Ltd* The Company has .been set up for implementation of the project for processing & packaginj of fruits & v/egetables of North Bengal* Approximately, 10 acres of land has been acquired in Oalpaiguri for the

project. Steps for dev/elo|iment of land have been/are bGing taken. Boundary Uiall, Fencing Wor;:, Approach Road and Culvert hav/e been completed* Sinking of tube-wellsj construction of water towers, gates etc, are in progress* Soil survey has been complctedo The project is expected to be commissioned in 1989—90.

As assessed earlier, the total project cost is Rs. 400*00 lakhs which is likely to be escalated to some extent due to price hike. It is expected that Central Govt*’ s subsidy and Institutional Finance will jj be available for the project. reliminary diccussion with IFCI has already been halcl and tlie outcome thereof is encouraging* Upto 1906-37, a total amount of Rs* 53^50 lakhs was already released from the State

Plan Budget for the project. Thc3 antici pa.ted expenditure during 1 9 8 7 —88 is Rs. 70*00 lakhs*

4* S_ynd e iio SLh._Sug a rb e_ej:_ p ro ces 3 in Company Lt d * ■ The company has been.set up for implementation of the project for production of Industrial Alcohol and other chemical derivatives from Sugarbeet* The project stipulates cultivation of Sugarbeet in some selected areas of Sundarijan:; and processing them to Industrial Alcohol. A small unit has already been set up in Nimpith in Sundarbans for production of ’ Khandsari' and 'Beet molasses’ on experimental basis and the results of the experiments are encourif^ging* The company has been proceeding in the implementation of the project on the basis of the Annual Schemes against yearly allotments*

Upto 1986-87j, a sum of Rs, 55.00 lakhs was releasad from the State Plan Oudqet for the project. An expenditure of Rs. 49.00 lakhs is anticipated during 1987—08 for its programme for installation of a Distillary and an Effluent Treatment Plant. A token provision of Rs. 2.00 lakh is proposed for 1988—89 for the project.

5. ,iiiest Bengal Agro-Textile Corporation Ltd. . ' The project for production of fibres and textiles from agro- waste has been entrusted to the company. The project is scheduled to be located in North Ben.jal. The project is still at an initial stags* About 70 kgs. of fibre out of 150 Kgs. have been extracted on basis* F 30

The total projcct cof:t is estimated to be Rs. 340.00 lakhs upto 1986-87 Rs. 4.00 lakhs only was released from tho State Plan Budget and a prouision of Rs* 5 .0 0 lakhs is made for the project for 1987-88, An outlay of Rs* 1.00 lakhs only is proposed for the project for 1980-89.

^ • Kalyani Hills, _Ltd . All the machineries of both the units, of Kalyani Spinning Mills Ltd. are very old and outliv/ed their normal lives# It has now become absolutely necessary to renovate and modernise the mill so that the productivity can be improved to make the company viable. Accordingly, a programme for RGnovation end Modernisation of the Mill at an estimated cost of Rs. 900*00 Lakhs (approx*) has been forked out. A total sum of R3* 180.00 lakhs is required to be provided from tha State Plan Budget on account of promoter’ s Contribution and the balance requirement is pro posed to be met by Institutional Finance frot.i IDBI. A provision of Rs. 15.00 lakhs is proposed for the programme for 1988-89 on account of promotor's contribution and the balance to spill over next year.

• Elect ro-Medical & Allied Indur. tries Ltd. The company hao proposed two schemes indicated below for inclusion in the Annual Plan 1988-89 s- i ) Modernisation of technology and C&D Laboratory# i i ) Replacement of obsolete plant and machinery.

~~The company started its operation in 1961 in collaboration with~~

M/s * Picker's X—ray Corpn. of U.S.A. Since the technology of such X-Ray equipment has considerable improved and upgraded throughout the world, the company is required to upgrade its technology and to improve the quality of the X-Ray equipment manufactured by it so that it can complete in the market with other manufactures. Besides, most of the plant and machinery of the company installed about two decades back have outlived their normal lives and require immediate replacement. In view of the ai3ove an outlay of Hs. 13*00 lakhs is proposed for the 1st scheme and an outlay of fc. 4*00 lakhs is proposed for the 2nd scheme for 1988—89*

liiestinghouae Saxby Farmer Ltd. The company has proposed the following scheme for inclusion in the Annual Plan 1988-85 s- Pr£g^a|i_m.£ fox f i f t t r f i x 'icrf^'ttT^-^' ^ 1. Plating shop of Tangra Division* 2, Commissioning of the newly purchased machinc tools and acquisition of other tools at untally Division. The total cost of the ijrojramme is estimrted to be Rs* 17*33 lakhs* A provision of Rs* 17*00 lakhs is proposed for the programme for 1988-89.

~~c;p F ^ 31~~

~~P'HQ&SmiS OF THP] mDUsgp.IilL Rl^GONSElUCTIQN DEPAROI-MT. r t T'he expenditure under plan head for the Department of Industrial Reconntruction is norrally incurred for the follov/ing cat^ories~~

~~A ** j^aymont of compensation for nationalisation,~~

B - Expenditure for formtion of new Companies pursuant to nationalisation ar?d contribution to the equity base of these nevv Companies* C - Expendit'are relating to replacement of old machineries arid addition of balancing facilities#

~~2• Payment of Compensation for nationalisation~~

~~Out of 13 I (EcH^) Act taken over units under the control of the~~

~~Industrial Reconstruction Department, 9 (nine) Units have already been nationalised. Plan expenditure for a sum of Rs; 165.00 lacs is prox^osed for 1983-89 for pa^nnent of compensation.~~

~~3, Expendit^Jire for formation of new Com.panies pursuant to nationali sation and contribution to the equity base of these ri0/y C!oiaparjd.e3»~~

Oît of 13 (thirteen) I (Eeil) Act taken over units, 4 uaits h ê beoT' nationalis3d prior to 1987-88 and 5 units in 1987-88. Nationalisation ])ill in respect of anoth-r unit has been :^jr/aiting assent of the President. It is e^cpected that tlie rt;mc?ining 4 I(D&R) Act taken over units vri.ll be . natioLialised in course of the nex'- financial year (1 988 - 8 9 ;, In addi- tiou to 5 CoiupLaies nationalised in 1987 88, Government of v'/est i3et:gal has purciased from the jli^h Coôit H/s* Garter Pooler Efigineering Gb.Ltd. The Ifejârtment proposes the following expenditure for 1988-89 for contri bution to the eouity Efxtiqj would be nationalised units and the unit purchased from the High Coux't avd also for formation of holding Companies >

The Onrter Pooler Engineering Co* Ltd# Rs. 15 lakhs, ^rriuconate Limited L'r. Paul Lohjnann (l) Ltd. 5 Rs. 2 lalchs, Indian Health Institute & Laboratory Ltd. jj ' Lily Bisc-Jiit Co. (p) Ltd. Rs. 10 lalchs. India Belting & Cotton IlillD Ltd. Rs. ‘3 laldis. 41ok Udyog Yenaspati o: Plywood Ltd= Rs. 1 4 laldis.

~~Apollo Zipper Co. Ltd. Rs. 5 Inlrlis.~~

~~The above release of equity is to be utilised as liHrgin money for procuring asuistanco froxii Banlcs for implementation of modernisation/ di’^ ersification progrpianes.~~

~~4. ^^xpenditure relatirg to replacement of old machineries and addition of balar.cj.ng fp.cilities.~~

~~Almost all the m it s unde. • the Industrial Reconstruction Dept o* tp/~ Contd.... F 32~~

ire badly i n need of substantial injection of xunds for replaceinont of old roachineries and changing technology and product-mix* However^ in view of p^Qucit^r of funds it has not been possible to initiate any effec~ tive programme iii this respect. On scrutiny of the proposals received from the units, the Department proposes the following e3q)enditure to meet the ninimuiri need of few units on priority basis.

a) 'il'Dgle India B'Tacl. ines 40.00 lal^is Por installation of one Hori & Tools Ltd, zontal Boring Mach?jae* b) Shaliiuar Works (l 980 yLt'- 25.00 *»■ por replacement of esnential plants and machineries#

c) MjO Pipes & Tubes Rs» 23.00 .':or'or viTaivital sparesj major repairerepa Go. Ltd. new installation, repair and renovation of common fac:‘.liti.03 *

~~d) India Paper Pulp Rs. 24.00 For meeting expenditure against essential capital items for replac ement/reconstruct io'-i for keeping the plant running.~~

e) Lily Biscuit Co.(p) Rs. 23.00 For one Automatic pack;in^;^ ma Ltd. chine, conversion of Larley to flour (Wheat) and also for re pairs of building, f) Til as tern Distilleries Rs. 20.00 j?or mod emisation-cum~.Re'^lac ement Limited. » programme by installation of an additional Extra ITeutral ilcLio- lol Distillation Plant for the purpose of production of superior and fine quality cl- chohol required for the produc tion of standard I.M .’T.L. products to be at per in quality with other competitors in the markot producing superior qualit^l and premium Brand. g) Alok Udycg Vanaspati Rs, 6.50 For meeting expenditure iJi conn * PI,wood Ltd. ection with a Trolly line and Porm Lift. h) Sree Saraswaty Pross Rs. 16.00 For one photo type setter Ltd. (latest model) and 6 nos. Vydro-- lie Hard Pallet a^uck.

~~i) Apcllo Zipper Co.Ltd. Rsi 7-50 Per an Automatic Double I"3a,ded Hetallic Zip fastemer chain making machine with electronic spacing device needed for mo dernisation.~~

~~j ) Krishna Silicate & Rs. 1.00 ?or repair of old Machineries Crlass Works Ltd. to keep the unit running#~~

~~k) National Iron S: Steel Rs.142.00 Based on a viability study ' . V-i - I - - i-J-c-;-. J c conducted by a reputed consul-~~

~~posed for this unit for 190^3- 89 ?is phase are capital expenditure.~~

~~tp/ - F » 33~~

~~0? THE (H^STITCJTIOML PEWCE) DEP./egiO^T WS3T B'mC^AL pmA^IGIAL CORPaRATICH ■~~

The West Bengal 'Jinancial Corporation is a premier lendfri;-; axis‘uituoion. in the State. The paid-up capital of the West Bengal Financial Corporation mainly consists of the contributions from the Crovernment of \7e-st ?3or^'al c-nd the Industrial Development Bank of India. The authorised c a p it a .o f .Tost

Bengal Pinancial Corporation has recently been enlionced from R.3*10,00 crores to Rs»15.00 crores after aiaendment of the State :?inancial Coriôrations :.ct, 1951 by G-ovt. of India, Before the said amoadmcanit of the State "iijiancial . Corporations Act, contribations both from the State G-ovemraent aid Industrial Development Bark of India towards share capital of West Berigal înaiicial Cor poration would exceed the authorised capital of Rs. 10.00 crores* lakhs was sanctioned by the State G-ovt- in favour of West Beiâl Financial Corpo ration during 1986-87* In this connection we would like to mention here that the State Govt, should participate in equitj^ of '/BFC to the esrfcent of Rs*155 lakhs in .1 987-88 as requested by the IDBI mainly on the ground that (a) ,the amended SFCs Act has widened the scope of financing small scale units to an unprecedented extent, (b) the re-finance eligibility of the X3DC is a fim- ction i»f its capital base; any shortfall in the share capital contribution from the State Govt, will odversely affect the resources position of the Corporation and (c) W'B'FC is virtually the only term lending cêncy for various schemes in the small scale sector and o,lso of the Self-employment scheanes. rience the WBFC needs all the s'apport from the State Government if we are to nake our 5.mpact felt in these areas,

Rs.80 lakhs have beeii. released so fa r for the year 1987-83 and the remaining provision of Rs,75 lakhs would be released very short3.y. It has been observed that there has been a steady Increase of Y/BPC activities on an average of over the . last 5 years. Increase was by 23^ 3.ast yea::, 'x'his may go further up next year. Keeping this in view v/e would si:iggest that on amo^ont of Rs.200.00 lakhs be provided for the next financial year i .e . 1 988-39 as against Rs.1 55*00 lakhs :‘n. 1987-88. The proposed increase comes to o, little more than 29/'.' over the current financial year i.e ,1 987-88.

~~GRAITTS TO ^y?.ST BiaC^AL FSTMCIAL CORPORATION FOR RUITFETCf PHEN5URTT! > g ASSISTM CE CELL~~

~~The West Bengal Financial Corporation constituted a S«D?lai Cell via,~~

’’Entrepreneures 'lssista.nce Cell (EAC)” for providing guidance to the nev/ as well as the existing entrepreneures and also for assisting tlieni with all necessary information/assistance for establishment and running their indus trial ventures. Finance (institutional Finance) Department agreed to provide assistance to the 7/BFC for r’jnning its Entrepreneures' Assistance Cell- Another #ffice at Siliguri. is going to be opened soon. Hence, a provision for R&2.25 lakhs has been made for 1988-89* t p A F 3 4

~~M I . N__ I N G~~

~~MINING^ GEOLOGIG^^ SURVW~~

Schomes of the Directoi\nte of >iin(3S aiid Min:;rp;is s 1. The Directorate of Mines and Mineralsj West Bengal which plays an important role in identification and develop- m&it of the State^ s rich Kiinerol resources, fm ctions through the following wings i) Geolo.'^ical Prospecting Branch at PuruLia. ii) Mining Estate Branch at Asansol, iii) Mining Education Branch at Rani gem j*

Reorganisation of the Geological ProstdectinBranch s 1 .1 The target far the Seventh Pla?i is to contji^ue prospec ting work in the district of Purulia for Ghinaclay in Kharidura and other areas, for ]Doloinite and other base metals in Khari dura, for gold in Kumari basin and investigation for base metal along PuruLia-Bankura shear 7/^ne, Evaluation of clay resources to set vp new ceramic and refractory industries in BLrbh-un district and evaluation of greavel and clay in Burdv/an district ' i« also are to be indertaKon during the Seventh Plan, 1.2 Duilng the current yoar, prospecting for clay and Dolomite in Khariduara and for Gold in Purulia is being carried out. Detailed contouring, geological mapping, drilling and sampling are being done as per prograi'ame is 2^--Parganas and Purulia.* 1.3 During I 988-89, an ou-blny of Hs,^,20 lakhs may be approved for enabling the Director of Mines and Minerals to carry on its programme for prospecting as per programme.

Setting up oJ^=it o f_“yie_ G .P , Braxich in North Ber^gal s 1,U- The targe for the Seventh Plan under its scheme is to undertake prospecting of coal and base metal in Darjeeling district and to evaluate Jay anti Dr:>loraite deposit in Jalpaiguri district, 1.5 During the currant year, prospecting for base metals in the virgin areas lying bet^^êen Samthar and Gorubathan in Darjeeling district has been indertaken. 1.6 An outlay of Rs.lô liKhs may be approved for I 988-89 i for tiTis scheme, >D0q e n tr ^3^s^tion of Estate Branch s 1 .7 The target is'^ fc''esiJafeiVh^'mihteg'^ o¥:^êi i?i vea<5^ the districts to spread the network of mining activities, 1 .8 During the current year the target is to process 200 mining lease applications and to assess a royalty oi* Bs,30,00 lakhs besides carrying on \i± th other statu g o ry works.

-/sd contd,,,,, 1.9 ^ outlay of ^s,3.00 lalchs may .gpproved for tills schema for 1988-*89. Ebcpansicm_ of tlie G ,P. Branch at Piiriillg. ; 1.10 liider this scheme, GVal'Uation I s done of the resomices of cl'iinaclay in Bc3jikura ojid MJnapore and of gold in Biirdwan distx^ucts, 1 .1 1 During the curr^.nt year^ the target is for prospecting, of fire clay deposits in Ramgarh, Bankura and of gold in Bhuchungri, Ed-S'^rict Burdwan. GoologicaJL mapping, reconnoitary survey, pitting and trenching in these areas are also in tho prograumq for I 987-88, The prograjiiiTie is to be continued during 1988-89 also, 1 .1 2 An outlay of Rs,3*0C IciKhs may Ibe approved for 1988-89 for continur^ncG of the programme as aforesaid,

Exp an si on o f. th e Pi r 0 c to rat 0 o f M nos and r^Iinerags ; 1.13 llo progress of v/ork has yet he'Sn maxle under this scheme. 1 *1^ i\n outlay of Rs.0*3^ leJ-chs may he approved for 1988-89 for this scheme,

~~KTNING^ O O W O R A ^ 6 'U~~

~~VJEST BMGAL mmjOi & TRAmiG GQl^Olli^ION LTD, ( WBMPTCD .~~

1 , VJH1I)ig has hecn ongac^' ' in development, exploration and trading of industria.1 mnerals in the State, The activj.ties of the Coi^poration have as long 'bean confined to the districts of Purulia and Birhhun. Tho Coiôx\ation has since extended its mining activities in North Bengal, A hrief writert;^ on the . project of the Corporation and proposed project-wise allocations of plan fund for I 988-89 is given below s- (1) Pq.chami Hatâcha Stone VoJiln^^ Project s 1 .1 The pr.jject is coiTiposed of a Basalt îine and a stone aggregate plant adjacent to the mine in the district of o Birbhun, The design capacity of the project is about 21,000 of stone aggregate per annm on one shift basis, 1.2 The project being about 17 km. aây from the nearest rail head at Mollarpur transporting stone chips to the con sumers is highly expensive. As a result marketing of stone chipvS in and aromi Calcutta which is the main market coiild not bn substantially developed. With the guLdfjice of the. State Planning Boa^-'d it has been recently possible to sell stone chips to soDc: of the Govt, consuning departments like P,W,D, find CMDA it is expectul that in the next year the Corporation •would be ablj to sell siseable ainount of stone chips m th the assistance of these departments. (2) Rock P ho ST) hat Q and. Gilnding Prp.j ect 5 1 ,3 This Project is compojed of an Apatite Mine in the B0lc3ih area of the ?-urrlia Listrict snd a Grinding Ihit at ^ Rangadlh in the sam^ District ahc at 10 lo:u avâ3^ from the rnine. The rui-of-nine from the ApatiOG Mine eit Beldihîs transported to the Rangadih Grinding Ihit 5 goruiid., bagged and sold to consumers till over India as a Direct app3JLcation phosphatic fertilizer* The Corporation haG haen getting central subsidy for selling this matsricf.j -!-hu hr./r.d nr.n’ij of which is ’’PuriiLia Phos”, Because of poor demand for the product in the market the Corporation couLd not sell more than 10,000 to 11,000 tonnes in a year* Recently some publicity prograjnme has heen ta}cen ■op hy the Corporation^ The initiaZ!. response to this puhlicity programme is somevxliat encoura,ging4 It is e^qjected that the Corporation would he ahlo to sell more amount of Purulia Phos than i t did in the past* The brisis 01 the expectaticn is a likely hreal^-through in the Assam and the North Bengal Markets. (3) Mnlti El reel ay Pro.I.oct 5 1,^ Uider thJ.s Project a I*^.reclay Mne is operated in the Eistrrlct of Pur-ulia* There is substantia;], demand for this high alumina Pireclay in the refract<::)r:r industry. The Corpora-* tion is selling tM.s iiûreclay to a Central Govemment organisa*- tion Bharat Refractory Limited. It is cicpGctod that in view of increasing dofaand for this tyue of hi_ch aluiTiina Ilreclay the Corporation would he ahle to seir. more ;^nouit of T.alti Plreclay, in the next year. The 1988-89 Plan has oeen dra.wn w^.th that obj ective. 1 .^ This Project for extraction of rough Granite Blocks is- yet to take o ff in a CoLtnorci-JL Scale, A g present some preopaA rative semi-commercial operation is being carried, out by the Corporation* Rough HLoclcs are being e:ctracted for selling to. the prospective exporter. The Goremment has already been i reciuested to considei^ setting "up a joint venture company to exploi| exploit this Granite deposit. The 1988^89 Plan has, however^ been drawn on the basis 01 the continuance of prôperative semi commercial operation stated a.bove^ . - ....,.(^).. Investment in ...... V V V V V v*“ V ' V V* V i V V V V V V^ " V ■ V V i. V £ ■ V V ■ v" C ' i ' v ' E ' i ' V ■ V’ 1,6 The Corporation holds 50/o sha-‘"e'in N,B.D,L, For q.uite some time N,B,DcL„ has been as?kj,ng for increasing the Share Capital in order to finance its proposed plan for higher produc tion, Rs,? lakhs has been earmarked for K ,B ,D ,L« in I 988-89,

~~contd, F ^ 37~~

(5) Coal Minin P roj act jgi Noxth Ban„gal » 1,7 A bankable report on the proposed mining in the BagraKot Coal area had already been, prepared and submitted to the Govt, On clearance from the Forest Departnieait the Corporation woiild start the project. The total project cost vfouLd be aromg Hs,20-laKhs, Rs,5" lakhs has been earjjiarked for this project in 1 9 8 8 -8 9 . - ■

(^) ^tlscellaneous Prospecting s 1*8 The Corporation hr,s always bean carrying ou^ some preli minary prospecting and deTelopmont work to find out new mineral resources for future activities. ? lakhs has been earmarked for this item in I 988-89, 1.9 ^ outlay of Rs.80.00 lakhs is proposed for the W.B.M, D.T.C, for the toual Plan I 988-89.

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~~VII • TnhNSpOt-^T~~

The Flying Training Institute at Bjhala is unJ of th>-i oldest Flying Training Instituto in India, it has bj>^n dacid^d to ujigrad^' tho facilitios in thj Training Institute, thrcugh do-vJlGprn^nt of land, ccjns- truction of apprcsch road, administrative building, st^ff quarturs, hcstJl and purchasu of oquipnunt and training aircraft, Th^' total cost comos tu Ra. 110 lakhs to dj sp^nt during th

~~ROMPS Al\IQ BKIDGE.S~~

~~1 • Proqrammt.^ of thu Piotrapolitan DovolQomL^int Djipartmont Soc^'0cMjoc:^hlj^ Riyo r^ Bridqo Pro.ioct~~

Provision fcr tho projoct undor Stato plan consists of agoncy chargos, ustablishmont cost, ri-hnbilitatiin and cost for land acquisitiun • For thosu itoms of works no contral assist-ncu; in tho form of loan or grant is available although tho Gout, of India is financing tho projoct on I'-jan basis. Govornrr.jnt of India will provi>'j Rs* 80.00 croros of additional loan assistance to nv-ot thw cjst .;v^r~run of Rs. 100.00 crcrwS in ccnsuquoncj of timo GU-,-r-run p r o v id o d , Tho St^.to Govurnmont priividos tho remaining Rs. 20.00 cror^Se Accordingly, prevision has buon madj in tho 5tato Annual Plan.

~~2* Proqrammo of j^no_ Public bJcrks □opartmont,~~

Tho Public lu'orks Qopartmont has a strotch of 6000 Kms, of roads of which tho Statw H ig h w a y s cro 2510 Kms, najor District Roads 1950 Kms. Ordinary District roads 966 Kms. and villag_' reads 573 Kms. As those roads nro vory old and thoir conditions arc dilapidr.tod, thoy roquiro not . only strongthoning and widoning, but also comploto ronovation to copo with tho on rush of tho existing hoavy vehicular traffic - and moro traffic onviscgod with tho industrial growth to como. During tho Sovonth FivJ Yoar Plan the Dopartmont havo a target of widening and strengthening cf 220 Kms. of existing roads and 20 Kms, during the Annual Plan, 1987-88. During 1935-87, the Department has completed widening and strongthoning of 30 Kms, of existing road stretch.

~~3 , Proorammu.. o f . , . ,Public iti-rks (Hoads) Department~~

The Gouornmer.t has nivon special att-ntir.n fer economic rejuvenation of backward ar^r.s by acc^l^r- tinr inductrlal growth in brckward districts. It will requiro n-cessory infrastructural facilitiwS U li!

~~Tf o ’•? -OoportiTur • has pr-.jparjc! c rr. .stur pien for~~

~~20 yjars p^riccJ from 198n~2000 basing :;,n tho minimum r'-quirum-nt for~~

~~Sector ♦ This is gI so t. ^ nuvw.nco plan for Psur uoc^^is in thd Stiitu ,~~

Th..r.j aro curt,'-.in iinpDrtc?.nt p.nc! cost inducivJ timo bound prujjcts ncui undjr ox.jcutiGn ;:.f this D^ipartmjnt, Fund for such prcgr'-minos arc r-quir*jd to bij provido'd ajponrtjly as has bujn don- in thj piist* Ro ^-l1 conimunication in Fait a ux;:ort proc.jssing Zo h j i s on^ of such important projcicts for which fund yes provis^^ci sapc.rr.t-jly,

Thj targjt for 1936-87 was for construction of 10 2 km, of nw-w roads and to connjct 237 villaoos which w«s echiuvod during tho yw-ar * Th^ target for 1987-80 is for construction of about 104 Kms, of now roads to connect 836 v illa g e s ,

■1 *

Tho objuctivG is to bring doun thvj ago profile of tho- existing floot through acquisition of nJU busus and through r^building/ranovation of old sorv'icaablij busjs for bottdr uffucti'jo utilise nio n. Provision has baon mado for purchcs^ of float units yith c uijw to (^) ensuring effdctiu^ utilisation of auailabl.. capacities o r Unit L> '.:' ^.ngu Shop, and, (b) n^ducing thu down-tirr^ of cff rr ■ d t ropJ-cement of dufuctivo major conipcn-nts by nuw/cvorhc.uled onus^ Tho civil construction and purchasu of plant s and cuipi.i^ntc including purchc.so of othjr vehicles havj bjun provided to gi'w the necessary infrastructural back-up. Tho

~~Pl"n schemus are -^s undai •~~

~~SI.~~

~~IMam-^ of the scheme Mos. (Rs . in lakhs)~~

~~^ • A c q u i s i t i o n_ p f, ne w tausa s~~

~~a) SADQ ©R3, 7 .0 0 lakhs 30 210~~

~~b) £D (i Hs. 4.20 lakhs 130 545~~

~~2. Rebuilding of old buses 190 190~~

~~3. Purchase of Float Units - 80~~

~~4. Civil construction works including Electrical works ~ 90~~

~~5. purchase of Plant & Machinery including other vehicles ' — • 44 ^ Total (1-5 ) - 1160 G - 3 2.~~

~~Th. N cB »S „T oC, has r.chi^Vw '. e. mcjor br-Gk th:;augh in t-jrms of out shedding, Fluot utilisation end trcffic Jfirnings. Thj obj.^ctiua is to~~

stnbilisu thJ p^rforman antj thwrc-aftjr provi for ntjcoBSary axpnnsiun in suruiCtj capf’c i c i o s , Luri-<-iin nic.-.tic-9Liuiuni- ni.jaburw'S hGvo alrwGcly bucjn tako-n to soluo thj problem of aVvjr-mCinning -"t th^ unskiilod and inr.clyquatw manning at thw supervisory -nci technical Iwvcl • Th^ Plan schwTTioS rrJ as uncj<-.r ;

~~Si * No j\iaiTiJ_ p th~~

~~1, Cost of 50 Str.ndaru bus^s at thu ratj of Ks, 4.00 lacs ..jGch Rs. 200*00 lacs~~

2* Purchasi.) of float units fe* 1 3 *0 0 ’*

~~3 , Payment to Calcutta ImprouJrfunt Trust for Construction of Building in Calcutta. Rs* 10^00 " 4* Cost of construction of Central Workshop at Cooch Bohar. Rs* 10*00~~

~~5* Cost of construction/duv^ldprn^nt of diffjrjnt d.jp~~

~~TctaJ. t - Rs* 2 4 8 .0 0 lacs~~

~~3 . Q*S.TcC~~

During thj yaar 1988-89 t j Q«S,T*C« plans lay str^jsc on th_i iniproVLJiTKint and djUijlopmujnt of ujorkshop ^nd dopots f-cilitius with a viJui to incrJP.sing tho fluicit utilisation* It plant co incroasu thu fljot utilisation to 70 p^^r cunt from cno prt^ownL. I wujI of 50 por cont by thu and of tho plan yjar 1988-89* To mucjt thcj transport no^jd of thj backward araas of Purulia District, tha Q*S*TcC« plans to construct a dopot at Purulia with a provision for 50 busas* Thu now survicos arJ propoScid to bo cpunod to cennoct tho backward araas of Purulia district with the ■ Hjadquart^r of tho District. Tho Plan schumus aro as und^r ;

~~SI »Np_» Nama^ ^)_f Scho mo_ h m o u n t 1* Acquisition of na,w busas 7 nos* Sami Dalux T ypui for long distanca SaruiCcS Rs* 30*94 lakhs~~

~~2# Ran.jvation and rJbuilding of old busas Rs* 48,00 ” ( 60 Nos* )~~

~~3 • Ckjvalopmant of workshop f a c i l i t i a s ;~~

~~a) Purchasa and Installati,..n at' c ;ld pr cuss Typo Ratraading Plant including Cost of building Rs.10.00 lakhs b) Plant & nr.chin^rias for City Da pot Rs* 2*50 ”~~

~~c) Purchasa of float Units Rs. 9*36 ” 21.86 ”~~

~~> r> n / __ G 4~~

liSiSii _Ajji ■ .o, y-n_t_.. 4» S. i-. P.-9>J- - a) Du\yulopnv;nt of City (Ccncrutu Bay) Traffic Building Ha* 28,00 lakhs b) DovcjlopiT*jnt of existing gar£gG s i) Construction of an ovJr-hj::.d tank Rs.6,20 lakhs ii) Construction of sh^d in thj n-july duuolop-d aroc Rs* 10 lakhs iii) Traffic Rust room, Training hall and administrative^ build- Hs» 26 >20 lakhs Rs. 54,20 lakhs

~~Construction of Qupot ct purulia PhasG-I Rs« 25,00 ” 5, Staff accommodation including ujator connjction, Rs* 20,00 "~~

~~Total Outlay i Rs, 200,00 lakhs~~

□uu to inadjqu'-ti3 inVvj stmc^nt for about thru^j dccad^js for runwual/ rcplacjmjnt of rolling stock/track/ouor-hoad systems, thuj entire systum of C.ToCo uas in a statj of sjrious djcr.y and all brr.nchus of thJ systom uciro in urg^-int n

2• pth;j_r^ V V V r- ii)e--db-rfe-t^ut^ro‘r ii) R/S Tyrc's . ( 1500 Mos, ) 45.00 iii) Complutj ulactrical uquipm-jnts for tram cars 30,00 iv) Baarings ( 200 Nos, ) 10,00 v) Ronubjal of tram track (including cost of rails) 185,00 vi) RjnwUjal of OH system 30,00 v-1 — Amount ,Sl .^l\!g_, p f sch^ mu s in_ I skhs) vii) Sjrvico -quipm^-nt & m'xhinwri--s 15,00

~~viii) Maximum traction truck 20.00 ix) OthGr compon-nts of tram cars (springe^ n.Sc ShJijts) 30*00 x) Lighting & Building mociificfjtion/ construction 30*00 3* Rjnouc-tion of trcm cars 120*00~~

~~128 2.00~~

~~Sitting up of travi-^1 and transit depots at district hur?.dquQrturs and Calcutta^______^ ______~~

This is a continuing schjmkj • Undur this schjmu bus stand and passjngur shultors ar^ constructod in thu districts end in Calcutta to cator to the noud of thw* public. An outlay of Rs, 30 lakhs is proposjd to bu utilised during tho financial yuar 1988-89 for tha ongoing and n^uj pro j.ict s,

~~Rij»-.orqanisation of_P«V_«Qo« Calcutta~~

To strtingthvin thu institutional fram^jujork of transport survicjs in th^ city, it is proposed to r<--organiS(j and rationc-lisu thu Public Vohiclus Diractoratu (PVQ) , Thu; m-asurîs contemplated includj ru-location of thj administrativj offic.i and tusting/inspjction units, modernization of dr.ta storagj and rjiîuval systums jtc* Amount naîor & Hinor huads of yorks (rs, in lakhs) Name’ of sc ho mo

~~1 , Hodurnisation of uohiclu registration, taxation, licensing systoms including modernisation of dnfurmation man-J.goment systum*', , 10,00~~

2, Dri\/ors’ tr'-'ining and administration _ 5*00 3,, ■ UohiclG testing 7,00 4* Administration of vohidus and drivers on th-j road* 3*00 5* Training and visits of officers and staff to cities in SoC. Asia hawing similar systurns and infrastructuro’S i* o , Hong Kong and Singapore 1*00 6* Gonoral insfrastructurus devJlopmunt (s-jtting up (Maw paribahan Bhayan, Traffic Safety Division etc*) 14.00

~~Total ss 40.00~~

~~Re-organisation and expansion of Transportation and Engineering Dire ctprste ______^ ^ ______.___ • _~~

~~Issujs relating to traffic and transport tion are getting increas ingly co^TipleX and large in size requiring professional, competence to G - 6~~

~~claaT with thum. In recognition of this situation, g Trcffic end Trc-nspor- tction Planning and Cngin^oring Qir ctoratu has bjjn ostnblish^d u/ithin~~

this Dw-pertm^-nt whij rospond to rdl work TujI ting to planning, monitcring and alsc analysis. The* jxisting cor^j unit is b^ing uxpiindud to ctt^ind tu such njvids. This yJing has air^;cdy d;^li\/..r,^d a larg- numbwr of traffic jnginvjuring impruv/tirmint projects, ru^^d widoning, twrminsl planning, road r.nalysis ond is also engagcjd in planning r.nd allied functions. An amount 'jf Rs, 15 lakhs has baun providud for thj purpusj ,

~~^D.^PiJr.t^ition^ opd r at ion impru vq.ny n,t pr jgr ammo~~

~~Thu on-going schomos undjr .this hjad ar>:3 as follows 5~~

ImprovGrnant of B,T® Road, Imprbvcimunt of Qum Qum Road and 3i3ssorj Road Intursucticn, Dunlop Bridgo Bus Terminus, Dak shineswar Truck Holding placo, Improvumont of Bank Stand Bus Torminus, Baghihati Bus Terminus,

~~Of thuso on-going schomos, Improv^mont of B ,T , Road/Qum tXim Road and jGssorj Road Intursoction/Baguihati Bus Tarmihus will bj complytud~~

during tho curront financial yoar* A nominal amount of Rs* 1 lakh oach (total Rs. 3 lakhs) has bjun prouidod in tho budgot to takc3 carG of any residual work*

Qunlop Bus Torminus will’ bo a major Bus Terminus at tho North, £lnd jf Iho cityo Thu total estimated cjst is Rs# 1 ,1 4 ,4 3 ,0 0 0 /— and thu projjct will bo complotod in thrco yoars, A sum of Rs* 30 lakhs has boon providjd in 1988-89, tho socond yoar of tho projoct impl-montation, A sum of Rs. 6 lakhs has boon allottod for tho acquisi'cion of land for construction of Dakshinoswar Truck Holding placj, Improvomont of Bank Stand Bus Torminus uili bw complotod in 1983-89 for which a sum of Rs* 10 lakhs havo boon providod,

~~Tho total outlay for tho continuing schomos como'S to Rs* 49 lakhs,~~

Tho dotails of tho n^w schomJs aro givjn bolow s SI. Rough Cost proposod■Alloca- IMamo of__sch‘-^mo ^£,stim-\to tion in 1988-89 Ks* Rs* 1 . ConnciCtion of Canal Uost Road to Gouinda Khatic Ruad for 200 lakh 10 lakh diuoring lorry traffic of the city, 2* Construction of a road from Gaznaui Bridgo to C.ri* Bypass 180 lakh 10 ” and Sait Lako to connection Cossipur Road, B.T* Road, - -■ Kar, R.oad .an,d Shyambazar by V ' r- r- r- t" f^.rr i" r* rr,r"f ^ tr t" ^ I" 't’~ tho 'Sido of Ultadanga Canal, 3 , Transport Oporetion Improvomunt Plan of A ,p ,C . Road from S .N , 100 lakh 30 ” Banorjoo Road to Raja Bazar Tram Dopot including widoning, buslano, intorsoctijn impr.: v-'mtjnt otc*

~~nag/-. Sl^ Rough Cost proposed />lioca- of schsrne R£ J~~

~~Canstruct:Lon of P-' ''^estrcain 0v'3rp5i^'^se s -~~

~~At [vioulali 30 lakh 30 lakh~~

~~At iJltadungo Circular Railuay~~

~~Stotian across Ultadanga 20 •’ 20 " CriT^al to provider accsss to~~

~~s'Ccit.tGn B XfT.pro jij:rent of the inter S2 ction of C ^ru 5ypa83 ana Sait 10 ID ” Corin:;ctor to rouca eccident risk-~~

~~iniprove-ment of the in'cer■section ■) n 5' of fv22:rul Islam Ssrani and Ultaclanca Hain Rcao nar Hudco Housin; to incr^^^nse troffic capacity» .~~

~~7. Cha^nolisa^:iQ^ of Chcuringhae Read frur binin Sarar.i t-: Ky- T p f! Street for improved traffic fii an aQire n t snd s aTa t >-,~~

~~. Be-alienm^jnt of i 'iayo Road (Gun.' f'.anak Sa-^ani ) at park Strs£? t-Cho Jrinqhes Read Crossing to raduca traffic d-:-, ''v~~

~~Publicity campaign^ and traffic managfc;iT’.;r't on r e incjuoing 3 " cost of aido liko road markings, signsj etc,~~

~~10 Spacial Projects 50 ”~~

~~Tho total plan outlay u.ndar this ho ad comas to i>* 240 ]jakhs.~~

~~Details of tho Spocial projects are as bsloui s Fo3Si]jiiit3^ PDS-~~

~~oast-uest road~~

~~Vuhicular traffic in the city of Calcutta is incraasing at a~~

~~rapid rata* Numoar of registerad rnotar vehiclas is almost closa to~~

~~4 lakhs and ths annual growth rate is about 10 parcant, Tht^ cantral~~

~~ar-a of tha city was found to attract more than 3 lakhs 20 thousand~~

~~y:-'hicles during avarage bjeekday covijring 12-hour period in 1935 Littio~~

~~rnora than 2 lakhs vehicles approachsd ths city cantra from north and~~

~~s.-jU'ch directions uhil.; the r^st from east-uest dirsctionsp At the~~

~~currant growth rata, the voluma of traffic is axpscted to be doubled~~

~~in lass than 10 yaars tirr.s , 'Jith tha application of all sorts of damand~~

~~man^garriant wi ,r.j.uua s ^ ± 'c u.ili ba axtramaly difficult to maintain a van~~

~~tha current lavsl of rriobility Uihicii i s reasonably poor frcrn any~~

~~standard r ^o it :^.s ab Golutal y nacassor y th^b one north-south and one G »= 8~~

aast-iLiest roeci should bo u p g r s d e d to exprsssucy stanciard by way of addition cf flyovers, Considaring ':he scale and complexiti3s inuoivad in such a projscty it is essential that a datailed tbchno-^'Eonomic feasibility study inclU':iing the prijparation of the project plana should .ba carried, out first if it is principally agr-3ad that ona north-south and one sast-ujest road should be upgraded to such b standard uithin next dacado, "^he cost of such a study including the preparation of the proj:sct plans is likely to be around i;s, 10 lakhs. This funo may be Specially alloted to either to the Transport Qepartnient or to the Cl-lQA for this purpose. Plan allocation is u3« 10 lakhs.

~~The intensive use of tiie roae facilities by the ever increasing~~

~~traffic volumes and other road users requires implementation of necessary~~

~~road safety measures in order to at least maintain the current level of~~

~~road safety* Tha safety measures are to be adopted in three fcllouing ar^: as •~~

~~i) in fixed facilities like roeds intersections, terminals Gtc, ii) in carriers i«e , vehicles both mechanical and bodies (inside and outside) iii) drivars.~~

It is suggested that the programme may be started modestly with tii3 first group while preparatory works relating to two other groups may b'j initiated in the form of plannif.o and pragramrne developmento

~~In orc^er to improve the safety lev/el of the fixad facilities,~~

accident prone ar-as are to be idantified and their causative factors other than tha vehicles and driver are tu be found out through djtailed investioation» In most cases causative factors will be deficient geometries of the road layouts, improper placing of fi><5iid objects like light posts etc, inadequate or obstructed visibility, inadequate cljaranca from the moving-paths, absance of aids to guide road users, imprnrjr locations of entrancu/exists etc. Two other important causative factors for night accidents are inadequate street lighting at critical locations as well as absence of delineaters with glow signs at locations wh^re vehicles havi, to take a sherp change of path.

~~For this purpose, it is proposed that spacial fund of .is* 10~~

~~lakhs may be a l l o t e d for the financial year 1988-89»~~

' " 3," " iiTp?ny|rr|.Trp/5\Btra,^CDr|i|G.^ i'' Petro Corridor from Tollygunge to Esplanade has been improved g.^narally fallowing the Restoration Plan prepared by Lhe State Government by the Hetro Railways ’rlth their fund, in meny places, howev-ir, work is proceeding and lilcely to be complete,a -rj.ti'.ir. n-xt y...- .,r * fvloiu, there G - 9

~~are two issues which rtimain unresalvdd till date, Onj is widi^ning of Chouringhao Roed batween P^rk Street and Birla PlanatoriUJn. Unlass tram~~

tracks are rem oved on thvi we stern side, the road can not be uidaned. Choujringhee Road also' remains ill-lit on tha uastorn face due to this r.-ason* Th.-3 Svijcond issua relates to the section from Birla Planatorium to Tollygunge Tram depot uihuru ths road has bean reasonably improved or under the process of improvement, Houievar, this improvement does not include installation of illumination system of same standard following in other important places of Calcutta, Also for traffic managument a number of traffic control devices, information system?, guard rails, passenger shelters etc* are required to be provided all along the Corridor, For this purpose, a special allocation of fund to the tuna of us, 20 lakhs may be provided. This expenditure ujill not, however, include

~~widening of Chowringhee Road north-south of 3irla Planatorium.~~

In order to ensure traffic safety and improved mobility via National Highways it has been the declared policy of the Government of India to construct way-side amenities including holding places for trucks at suitable intervals on National Highways, The fund for such schemes should reasonably come from Government of India, So it is proposed that

~~a special fund of Rs* 10 lakhs for this purpose mey be provided in 1933-89.~~

~~JfiANSpPHX~~

~~Inl ofid^ J r ^ n ^ p r ^~~

It is becoming incrc>asingly evident that whatever efforts are made to improve tha surface modes of transport can only lead to marginal improvement because of the low road surface area in the greater Calcutta region. No effort was made earlier to utilise tho river Hooghly, a natural water-way, which flows through the congested areas of Calcutta and Howrah, It is only during the past few years that conscious and systematic efforts are being taken to develop ferry services along and across the river Hooghly to serve as a Complemivntary mode of transport. This being an energy efficient mode of transport has assumed even greater importance now.

It is proposed to enlarge/expand the existing ferry service facilities by pressing more number of ferry vessels into service and also by setting up of additional terminal facilities at selected sites, namely, Ballyghat, Belur, third jetty at Howrah Railway Station, Sazarghat ( near Chandpal Ghat ) , It is proposed to construct 4 ferry [VJSSQls at an estimated cost of Rs* 25 lakhs each. G ~ 10

Thars has been a pjrsistant dcmohd from the public and the industri3s located at Haldia for setting up of a modarnised \/3hiclu-.cuin- passangsr ferry service connecting 24-parganas with the industrial corr.plGX of Haldia* This typo cf ferry service uuuld speed up the jconomic developmcint of the areas related to the hinterland as uell as romov- some of the transportation botv.lenecks that exist in the present system. The project Cost will coma to about Rs« 60 lakhs. Quring the year 1983-39, a sum of Rs* 30 lakhs has been provided for in the budget.

~~The schemes are as follows %~~

~~Amount~~

~~1 . expansion of IliiT Navigation Cell 16.00 (including establishment cost )~~

~~2. Acquisition of fJrry vessels under 100.00 •Tr^insport Department.~~

~~3 . Ferry service across the river Hooghly 104.00 at selected sites,~~

~~4. Construction of administrative building, 5.00 Creu Training Centre, Purchase of office equipment,~~

~~5 . Expansion of I .W ,T . Dock yard 5.00~~

~~6. Provision of terminal facilities 30.00 in Sunderbans.~~

~~Total %% 260.00 ii “ 4i~~

~~U III. COnP^UNICATICN~~

Major part of th2 communication h?.s bcj^n olnboratod in Ch^ptor UII, In this chc^-ptor only Rural'Roac! of various Qrados which constitute an im portant part of thi-' nut~u/ork of ctTnmunicction will bo ctealt with# Physical prc.ross Ims boon romarkabi-; in the rur'^^1 road sector unctir MNP in the first throe years of th-:; 7th Plan 5 it is oxpcctod th^t 73^ of the plan physioQ 1 tar got will bn achieved. In the first tuo years cf the 7th Plan, 91 KeMs of rural roads ujere constructed upto black top against a target ef 200 Kms for the 7th Plan (XJriod that is 45.5 porccnt of the 7th Plan target ij: re completed in the first tujo years of the 7th Plan. In the next two years of the 7th Plan, as per the plan target only 54 Kms# of rural roads need be constructed which means 27 Kr.s. per year* Thus there is scop.: for enhancing the 7th Plan target for r u r d ro^ds under N N P*

Rural Roads are improved und^r N R E P also. Under NREPy the village link rof^-ds are wideneci and sfcrongthened even upto the brick work that is upto ’D ’ stage. Later on such ro^^'cJs are taken up by the PW(Rcau3 ) for bl'^ck topping. The achievement in the first two years of the 7th Plan is given below*

~~N. R ^ P igS5~8_6 190 0 0 7~~

~~(X) K.Ms improved 15,100 9 ,653 (2 ) Culverts constructed 2,163 621 ( 3) lilopden bridges 47~~

~~In the liistrict Plan Schemes fund also a considerable amount cf meney is allotted for repair of Rural ro?^ds. I i~~

~~s c ie n c e ^ TECHNCLCGY & ENVmONriElMT~~

~~UEST BENGA L SC lEfMCE & TECHNC LLGY CCRRITTEE~~

~~SCIENTIFIC.research ^~~

Ul.jst Bonnal ScicnccJ & Tecl'nolory Committc.' has br.Jn sanctioning funds fot> R&D/SccT Projjcts/Schami:;s cn subjects consic!cr-Ki usoful be tha socic.^-tyc, For this purpose funds src teinn provid&d t^: tho« U nivor sitiJ s , R'-sjarch Ins- titi;tos, otc. , fcT carrying cut scientistic researches* In addition th C mmittso is trying tr ascertain the felt tDO'-'s of the people and tryinn t::^ service their needs with the help cf'DRuA/ycluntary agencies/Sci^nce Clubs

~~• ■tco~~

2. The West Bengal Science & Techn'^logy Committee has 15 Study Groups £nd e number of Sub-groups on different branchos/sub-branches of Science fov rendering necessary aduiso and guidance t;: the Ccmmittee nn research prjpu- 83 Is and other activities relating to the respectiv'Q streams of Science "c Tochnilcgy. About 100 Scientis'is from differ-^nt Universities, Research Ins- titU'-.es and Technical Dopartmonts of Govt, are Tiambers of these Study Groups/

~~Sub—groups#~~

3, The West Bengal Science & Technology Committee has not yet been able to ■: eve lop even the minimum infrastructural facilities required fnr its smooth functioning, A s a result it has net possible for the C'.'mmittoo to do proper jUGt'ico to its assignments# In case the pr:'posal materialises in the nL^ar f^uture , the fund requirement may exceed the pr> sent estimate. In any cace it ijill be necessary tc strengthen the secretarial support for the Committee, The set-up of the Committee's office uill have to bo suitably augmented for the purpose#

4. The fund requirements for 1907~G^' and 1900-^9 are indicated in the Statom -nts GIM—1 and Gf\l—2. The Science & Technology Committee has reported t’nat there are about 20 - ongoing schemes with total approved outlay t.f r;c,77*13 lakhs* The Committee have also proposed 22 neu schemes with total estimated outlay of Rs#40.13 lakhs*

~~5, No expenditure could yet be incurred on the scheme for setting up of R'-’mote Sensing Centre* 1-2~~

~~^ LQJrPPJ.~~

Tho Dg partmont of EnvironmL'nt mas sat up in 3unP, 1902 as a *NOOAL^ DpartfTic^nt fur cH.roction and co-ordination of moasuros f''T abating onuir n*~ mental pollution, for onwircnm^'ntai protoction ...nd fcr [jromotinQ dc'volc,;-

~~PR'-nt consistant with t:nvircnmontal consorVGti-.;.n»~~

i . Em iR p« WTINFCRp]\!^ AMD AjiJARENE_S3_ Thu lonn history of environmental dograciation calls for all round of forts t oi.jarris prot.;ction anfj imprcn/omt-nt of onvir onm-nt * It is ncoossary, in tho first instancJ, t:' arouse public int.x3st about onuir.'rnmonta 1 auaromss. Grants aro paid to ncn~gnvornm'mt institutions for organising st^rrdnars, c-xhibitinns, other auarcnoss programmGS etc. Tho DojDartmant brings out pos- tors, loaf lots otc* on onvironmuntal issuGS for distribution amongst tho public. Somo publications, in this regariJ hauB already boon issuod and tho <=’cllowinn publications aro proposod to bo issuod during 1900-G9 8

1) En\/ironmontal Status Report for the Stato 2) Ccmpondium on Environmontal Guidolincis*

^ ^ ' RE3EARCH..AND p£yE LC.mE^ The pronrammo of Environmental B.esaarch and Studi-:s is anothor major rosponaibility of this De partmont.T her3 are serious environmental prubl''ms in different areas. Grants are paid t:. differ: nt institutions and Univ/orsity

~~Processors, for undertaking research and studies in different areas. UlN:r3ver thore is a tachnology gap or data tess is not urj-to-date.~~

It has been proposed to sanction grants during 1900-09 under this pro gramme for different research projects, some of which are indicated below S— 1) Studies on insecticides/pesticides and their impact on environment ar.d hHialth. 2) Environmental impact analysis of the environment around Darjj^eling T own, 3) fionitoring of insecticides/pesticide residues in edible fishjs in fresh water pond. 4) Studies on extent of water pollution and its effects in some major lakes in and around Calcutta. Pf-IPP.^3GIC At present, two Zoological Gar dens—A li pore Zoological Garden and Padinaja Naidy Himalayc-in Zoological Pferk, Darjet’ling-are und:.;r the acininistrative control of the Department of Environment, Grants are paid to these Zoo V' S-srTi^nfe" teryltfee development. ^ *■ '■ ^ ^ v’ E' t r * r ' r " ^ i ~ -j.,... In the Plan Budget for I9uu-*n9, a provision of Rs. IC.OQ lakhs has iXJOn sugg-.vsted for financing different developn-nt schi-.-mos of the Zoo Card; no. An indication of some of the schemes is given below 8- 1 ) Renovation of Rhino enclosure at Alipcre Zoo» 2 ) Construction of Group ‘D ’ staff quarters r" Alipc-ro Zoo, 3) Soil ccnsGrvation work anc' Gxtcnsion of foot path of Darjoolincj Zoo*

4) Dsvclcpm-nt of l-ak^ area in Aliporo Zco*

~~5) R I'crnstructiGn cf collapse J boundary wall of iJarjSGling Zoo. e) Construction of catch water drain, ucc^:) n staff quarters, renova tion of aviary cf Darjorlinc: Zoo.~~

~~I ^♦ £XTENSIQU LF ZuC^GARCO.. Th'^-; Aliporo Zqq is now located in an ovar-crowdod aroa cf th-3 City nf~~

Calcutta. The Gard^^n has no scop-- for its oxtonsi_n. Tha animals of thv Zoo ars much strained by tha hustlo and bustl-> of the town. It is , thorofcr^-^, f;. It nocGssary to establish anothor Zoo in any place nsar Ca Icutta/i-l-a.jr ah.

Suitable site for tho purpose is b. ing soloctod for acquisition. A provi~ sion of Rs.5.00 lakhs has b^Jon suggestod for the yoar 190G~G9 for moutincj tho preliminary exponsos in this conmction such as land rLquisition and dJvr*- lo: m-nt costs.

^ • m-YD botanic g a r d e n . The Lloyd Botanic Garden is the only high altitude facility of its kind in the whole country* The Garden, though a tourist attraction in Qar joe ling, is iirimarily intended to provide research and conservation faciliti'^s to studonts of Botany and scholars. A provision of ns,4*00 lakhs has h-on suggeo- ti)d in the Plan Budget for 1900-09 for renovation, repair and improvomjnt of th'-' Horborium Glass House, Nursery and Orchidium of tho Garden.

~~f^IR.. PDLLUT I ON,~~

ho U:.st Bongal Pollution Control Board administers the Central Acts for Control and abatem^ o,t of Air and Uator PolJ.'jtion in the State, Tho Board also administers th-' Water (Provontioii Contrul of Pollution) Case Act -'Q77. Tho provisions of the latest Environm:^ nt (Protection) Act, 19C6, will also b" administered by the said Board. In the Plan Budget for lQ0G~u9, a provision of rE'.30*GG lakhs has been suggested for implementation of tho ^^olloying sch'm. s under the programme for Prevention cf Wator , industrial and Air Pollution S 1* Strengthening of Regional Offices and laboratories at Barrackpur. 2* Sotting up of a new Regional Office) with i-aboratory facilities at Siliguri.

3* Establishmont of a Central Air Laboratory for the Board* 3A. Further mocfcrnisation of the Central Watv^r Laboratory of the Goard. 4* Survey of Air Pollution at Calcutta*

5. Ambient air quality monitoring atCalcutta. Cm Ambient air quality monitoring atdifferent locations outsire C;-lcu^ta. Monitoring of water quality o^" different water courses in the State. 7* Publicity and mass communications programmes. 0* Implemv-ntation of the prov.lsions of the E nvironmont (Pr otection) Act, 19u6 in the State. J ^ 1

~~^ 2. S ECR ET AR lAT^ J L..? ^~~

~~!• SJATE^ PUx NNI-NG ORGA l\ilSAT ION~~

The State Planninr Organisation u-eis ccnotitutod in 19C0—G1 under the schomJ ’’ Strcn^thGning c?f Planning riachinary” . Provision is bîng ma.Jo L'v^ry yjar to msôt th-- organisational oxponsi-s of tho Statc' Planning Organisation. Under thJ organisation a numb-^rof group *A * posts of tochnical cxpt^'rts and on^^ post of Joint SooriJtary and ons post of Junior Accountant havu bo. n croa— i tud rnd fîllorj up« liiith tho intr ociiction of dacontra liso d planning and os— talis'nrncnt of Planning Committaos at th- District and Block i-uvols, th- Stato Planning Bear d roay also r^'quir-j to bo strongthono d uith tochnical and suDoorting non—tochnica 1 s-rc-’f*

~~Furthor the State Planning Board h^s to un-.'crtako publication of docu-~~

m' iits anr' maintain a good rc^forenco library.Thc: Board uill also no:.d oquip- ni-ints in connection uith its official work. A sum of Rs.J.SO lakhs hss bjon [T^'oposod to muiit tho capital oxpondituro on this account in 19uG~G9. In vi-'.u of" tha abovo, th- plan outlay of Rs.5.25 lakhs has boon ,Trc~ pc33d for the yoar 19GG~G9.

~~2 . JSJRICT_NN11\!G^ C0Ri]nTE_ES_c~~

It Ljas docict3d that uith the onGot of SeuGnth F ivo-YfJar Plan, Annual p.nd Fivo~Yoar Plans'would b'.' "formulated i^rom th*J grass-roots level conforming to the local nnr ds and situations in order to c-nsuro active - participation and involvement of the comnion people in the Plaiining exGreise, Uith this end in view and for achieving the c.bjective of decc3 ntra lisc d planning. District and Block Planning has been introducbd from th- financial year 19C5-CC.

~~Provisions of r\3.36*0D lakhs were made in the Annual Plfjns, 1905—06~~

and 1906-07 and ns.37.G0 lakhs for 19C7-GG. For the Annual Plan 1900-09 , the fjroposed outlay has been fixed at R3.30.05 lakhs. This is meant for me...ting the staff costs snd contingencies for preparation, implementation and monitoring of the District Plans and the Block Plans. J - 2

~~The allocation for Tourism in th- Statu Annual Plan Budget for 1907*“CG~~

~~uos Rn.l20 lakhs. Th.; Plan Outlay for l9nC-'G9 is proposed at ns*12 5 lakhs at~~

ci Ic'jol hiijhor than thq 19G7-un Outlay*

~~\ draft outlin^^ of tha plan iDroposals ^or 19C0-09 is furnished undor~~

~~t hiJ ^ G1 lou/i nr a ds/Su lD~hRa d S—~~

~~(i) 1 K pmont of - Tpurist. t liM-s. iA-i~ Rs. 2G .lakhs~~

~~The State Govt, sijbmittu5rl to th:?' Central Govt, a schr'mo of r.s.GG~~

~~Ipk.hs for construction a floating, ladc':- in tho Sundorbans* Tho sch-.rn'^- is~~

~~still under consid^ration of tho Govt, of India. The Govt, c" India is agrGC9-~~

~~ablo to consider fundinc; of the project providod tho Stats Govt., bsars tho~~

~~cost in oxcssG cf Rs. 50 lakhs. The Stats Govt„ has agrood to this proposa.l of~~

~~th!:j Govt, of India for joint funding of the. proj'-;ct. RuCGntly on tho advico~~

~~of th'3 Gov't, cf India Tourism Oeptt. has c^ocided to rovise the schem'2. Accor-~~

~~dincj t^ the rovisod scheme thsre will be two tourist launches with overnight~~

~~accommodation facilities. Tho matching provision in ths annual plan budgot~~

~~for 19G7-00 undor this scht-;mc has mostly boon raappropriated as th:.-ra is~~

~~lit t l likelihood of tho entire amount te;ing spont during the c u m n t finan~~

~~cial year i«e„ 19G7-0G , thc3 sdhomo s t i l l bei ng in the pipe:lin3, Hence the~~

pi'0 vis ion*

~~(i i ) ^ojistruction of J^ourist Lodge a_t_ Cigha — Ts* 30 lakhs.~~

~~The Central Govt, bias sa nctione d ns.40.17 lakhs for a schenr: of~~

~~crnstruction of a tourist lodge at Digha, It has bean decided to r .vise the~~

~~p ic n and ostim&tGs of the schomo ke.-iping in view the increased tourist f lou~~

~~and the demand for the typT' of accommodation and ot.her amenities no..'t-«'ec.1 by~~

~~tourists at Digha. The total revised project cost u/ill bo around m3. 120 lakhs~~

~~out of which the construction cost will amount to P.S.G3 lakhs appr oximat? ly~~

~~uhilo th'; Govt, of India w ill be approached for relaase of an ad-ditiunal~~

~~amount of Rs. 9 lakhs for the scherdL; , Tourism Qoptto has decided to p?;ovicb~~

~~the balance fund required for the purpose out of the State Plan budget.~~

~~The provision made herein takes care of the requirement during l900~G3#~~

~~(iii) Construction of Tourist Cpttacie at Sapar Island - Rs* 1 lakhs,~~

~~Sagar Island has an excellent possibility of deveiopment of~~

~~beach tourism. Tourism Cloptto is interested in doveloping necessary infra-~~

~~structure in the islan.. A Yatrika under construction by Ghartiya Yatri Avas~~

~~Vikas Samiti will serve a limited pur pose„ A scheme for construction of a~~

~~^ 'm |it^Sg^|r^.slartd_ ^s~~

~~mittod to the G o v tc cf India for indusiion in the Central Sector Annual~~

~~•Plan 190G~09. The provision is for site development and other cxp-nses for~~

~~tii- project for which the State Govt, is required to provide fund under the~~

~~schema; for Central assistance. J - 3~~

(iv) j-°rLA Island - Rs, 1 lakh Bhartiya Yacri Auas Uikas Samiti, a registored society sporr- 3or d and funded directly'by the Central has commenced construction of a l.iO-bRd Yatrika at. ^arar Island mainly for tho pilgrims* Th' provi sion is for extending facilities liks water supply, olectricity, etc. for which the State Govtc is committed under the scheme.

(v) Tpurist_ Accpmjnj3_c!ajLJ.pn_.at^ PoPch_ 3ehgr - Rs# 1 lakh There is at present no tcurism infrastructure in the die-. trlct of CoochlDehar. Coochbehar district with its histury, temples, forest areas and th=; picturesque Doears nearby has a gcod tourism potential. It hns been proposed to set up a tourist centre in Coochbehar Raj Palace ccmplex and accordingly a scheme for construction of a 36-bed tourist lodge at a n !ist ima ted c ost cf Rs, 52 • 03 lak hs ha s be e n se nt t Ci t he Ce ntr a 1 Govt. f or inclusion in the Central Sector Annual Plan 1930—C9. The proposed provision .=T, is for expenses viz. yater suoply, Blectricity, furniture, furnishings, etc. to be met by the State Govt, unc!er the sch--;m^' for Central Assistance during

19 no-09. (vi) I.eu£istÂccommpj:^tipn_ at^ - Rs* 1 lakh. It has b'ên the policy of Tourism Ue ptt. to develop sate llite tourist centres around Calcutta as holiday cr ue.'kend cutlets for citizens of the metropolis. Falta, on the bank of the Hooghly is on- such ie’eal spot and idth the development of Export Prccessing Zone in the area it will have the necessary infrastructure. A schome for construction of a tourist lodget 2Gth 4G beds at Falta at an estimated cost of Rs. 66.72 lakhs has been submitted to th- Central Govt, for inclusion in their Annual Plan IQCG-GD, The provision is for land acquisition and other expenses required to be mot by the State Govt, during 19GG~09. (vii) Ijiyrj-st-facilitj.es_in^^^ „ 2 lakhs ^Ji£-£JTL.iract Sankura di striot^» A scheme for construction of 2 tour^t centres with accc- mnodation facilities at fânkrajhor-’ and Dhilimi.li and 2 day centres at Sdarbanda and Andharjhore in the western tract of Hidnapore and Dankura dis tricts at a cost of Rs, 44*60 lakhs has be ’n sanctioned by the Govt, of India. The 'iroposed provision is for Ir^nd acqu-isition and other expenses to [jc mf’t by the State Govt, under the schem' for Cjntral assistance,

(viii) Tourist Cpttanes at hukutmanipur - Rs, 1 lekhs It has been proposed tc extend tourist facilities at Hukut— % manipur which is growing very popular to the tourists by way providing ack'itionel accom.modation. Accordingly a schune ^or construction of a 3C—b)d tourir;t lodge withCtay Centre, restaurant and clock room facilitius at an ectimated cost of Rs,21 ,51,0CG/- at Kukutmanipur has been sent to the Guvt. of India "^or inclusion in th' Cjntral Sector Annual Plan 1900-09. The pro- v.-.sion is for land acquisition and oth;: r ancillary expenses to \jii met by the S ', ;rh;; Gn\/t. Cix) C Qnst ructi on of_^_aona t our comjjjpjgt ipji ^ >>3l3fciJXU

^x) ~ 1 lakh The State Govt, has proposed to tho Bhartiya Yatri Avas Vikas Sarniti construction of a Yatrika at R-arnpurhat in crdor to provide acco- mnof/'tion to th^ tourists visiting the famous ,pilgrimage at Tarapith which is vcory n.'ar, Tha provision is for expens s to bo mot by tho Stato Govt.

(xi) Lx^-iisjon^ amj imjprpveiTK^nt^ ~ Ks. 10 Jakhs Tourism Doptt. of the State Govt, and its undertaking liJest Dengal T ourism D-ve lo pms nt Corporation ^td. (lii« B«T . [j*C o)' t ogo b hor won a chain of 44 tourist lodgos. The provision is for expansion of soms3 units and imprcvB- mt-^nt of facilities in the existing lodges,

(xii) Touristy Cottages at (^.ip.dhya_ Hi_lls ~ 1 lakh The Central Govtc has sanctione d Rs. 0 , 5l lakhs for construction of tourist cottages at Ajodhya Hills, "'^h'-’ proposed provision is for a n d — llariss and for commissioning of the cottages, Ge n;3r _a^1 Dir opt ipn_ & Adiiiinistr ation

~~(i ) T ouri st Or ga ni sati_o_n.(i nc lu ^ d in ^ _ n i s a t i_ p ji ^ of tji)Uri_^_JmfjDrmatJ.pn,^^- R.o* G lal^hs~~

~~This provision is on account of POSLS that have been creat d for~~

op'^ration of very rcc.ont plan schemes for maintenance of assets. It is also proposed to reorganise tourist information and assistance services and crcatu a tourist water craft operation cell with suitable number of posts created. Hence the jDrovisicn, (ii) Organisation of Planning & Plan P'lpnitorinq. Cell “ Rs. 2 la!

~~(i) li?odlixit'itin^ of^t^rracc;'t_3m^G^s_ -Rs. 0*2 5 lakhs~~

T hs Central Gout, ha g sanctioned Rs, 3.52 lakhs for the schomc of ^loodlir'ihtinQ 4 terracotta temples at V/ishnupur. Th<:^ total projsot cost is ostimGt.:d at Rs. 13^C7 lakhse T h'J balance fund idll have to be prouidscJ by the atatc Govto- Fiost of tho Gxpenditurs will b:^ incurred out of the budget pro vision for- 1907-GG* Tho proposed provision is for meeting any residual penoc'G.

(ii) T quristr esprt at Gadiara — R;., 1 lakh*

~~The Central Govt, has sanctione d Rs. 16.93 lakhs for construc” tion cf 2 cottaqos with 4C beds at Gadiara which is being developed as a tourist resort for providing uie&!~~

~~( i i i ) p P J ^ r f X ? . P j - *“ ^ lakh~~

~~The State Tourism Depttc proeosas tc create a neuj tourist complex at Salt Lake as U dayacha 1 T ourist hostel at Salt by the~~

WoOoT cDoC p servos a very limited purpose providing mainly dormitory accommo dation. A part of thf hostel has also been converted into the office of the UoDoT^OoCo T he f-TT upose d t ouriet, c crnplex apart from providing accommoda tion with 3~star category hotel facilities will have convention facilities with modern arrangements. The scheme is proposed to be taken up. uitli Central asiiistance. The provision is for meeting initial expenses in connf^ction with preparation of plan etc,

~~(iv) J^cJJdti^ - Rs* 1 lakh~~

A scheme for construction of waycide facilties at Durgapur was submitted to the *^ovtc of India and is certainly to be sanctioned during 19u7-uC. Another scheme for cotistruction of wayside facilities at Mecheda n'ar the junction of Ho He 5 and the road to Digha has been sent to the Govt« of India for inclusion in the Cu^ntral Sector ^nnual Plan 1930~09* T h-j pro posed provision is for meeting expenses to be met by the State Govto uncic^r th:- scheme,

~~(v) I.£5i~~

A new tourist centre at Bijanbari in Darjeeling Hill areas is pro posed to be set upc Bijanbari has a temperate climate being at a comiteratively low altitude and is one of ths altsrnatiwo routes to Sandakph\;*-phalut the high—altitude places of trekkers* interest o A Day Centro and some Trei'kers' huts are proposed to be built up in the initial sta e* Hence the provision. J - 6

~~ii,~~

~~LpMT- nV — Rs* 15 lakhs~~

Promotion and publicity of placss of tourist inter.-"-t is onci of the most important activitios of th^ Tourism Deptto A ccmprehensiva publicity plan QO^^s a lorui ’ojay in promotinr tourism in the State, It is pcopcsfid to nu!)lish hinh quality publicj.ty materials, produce documentary and audiovi suals, participate! in important exhibitions at the state and national lovcl, nrnanise and participate in mcetinr.s, sjininars, convsntions scckintj to promot?. toursim in the ststOc H'?ncu th~ provision, ■“ laklis. This prevision is for acquisition and renovation of tourist coachc-s and cars anci acquisition of new watercrafts for river cruiscs. A n w tourist launch is already under construction and a scheme ^ or acquisi- tior. of anoth-!r tourist launch for cruises on the river Hooghly has b'-^en in principlo approved by th^:' Gov't* of India for Central assistancG^ 1 lie proposed provision will also take care of any residual expenditure for the former and any riiatchinc; fund r:3quirf!d to be provided by the State Govt« for the latter •

~~I n\yestment _in. pMbJdc^^Sectj:'r_.;\. Oth^^r^ in t ,i~^„ .ifiest Qest Bengal tourism O^'volopment “^.orporatiori — Rs, 5 lakhs The provision is meant to broaden the equity structure of the~~

~~Traijn_iji^^ - Rs« 0.50 lakh The [^rovisiori is for providing training crurses/refresher courses to differont categories o^ tourist officials,~~

Tj:?ur^^sub^si dij^s^,tj3^ £ dupat iona 1 I nst itytij3ns^ - Rs• 0 • 50 la 1 ^h Th'2 provision is for continuinc the sch^'me for tour subsidies to educational institutions, etc, ^Knouj Vour. pi strict J _ Scheme - Rs • 0 • 7 5 lak h The provision envisages continuation of the scheme for acquaint ing meritorious school students ojitii the history, entigrity and cultur ’ as well as tourist spots in their respective districts,

f--.pi-litj-_^S-. f -Rs.l.OD lakh he scheme is aimed at ‘Facilitation* of adventure tourism, grants to privc^te organisations for organicj.ng adventure tours, etc, Total Outlay under ^ e.nd *B*

~~= Rs.12 6 lakhs. J - I~~

~~M l SW j s T~~

1, Scheme regarding tte installation of f^lni-Computcr in tho Office of the Bureau .of Applied Elconondcs and Statistics. The above schemc has-been approved e.s a Seventh Plan Schrpe. The nini-Computer syster, is intended to meet fully the current and future require- ^m- nv. of data processing of the Bureau in replacement of the existing con-

~~vr- ntional data processing aystom which has outlived its utility, T schoiii i~~

~~;could nee be implpmented during l€-u5-06 and I9u6~u7 owing to adninistrative~~

difficulties* It has been proposed to implement thG schem" during 19G7-uQ anri the anticipated expenditure is expected to be Rs* 5 lakhs. The scl^nie is also proposed to, b'^ continued during 10C0-C9 for which an outlay of n3*4*0Q

lakhs will bi3 necessary, 2* Strengthening of the Analytical Capabilitisso The scheme has also b n approved for impl'mantation during the Seventh Plan peiiod for develop ing appropriate expertise for effective analysis and interpretation of the already auailablc data for use of the Govt, ccheme entails the staff strength of 15 (fiftean) employees. ”^he staff proposal is under considera tion of the Govt, and an expenditure of Rs# 2 Jakhs is anticipated for im*^ plementation of the scheme during the current financial year (l907*^2n). As this will be a continuing scheme, an outlay of n3,4.20 lakhs is proposed for the next year (l9GG~09), '

~~i-.?lkPF.9iP.?.4£~~

The Food and Supplies ^^eptt. he^s a Quality Control laboratory un 'er the Directorate of Insp.jction and Quality Control. This laboratory was set up in pro-par tit ion days and the analysis was limited to rice and wheat only. But of late its use have been increased in manifold works co vering analysis of various food articles such as wheat, edible oil, oil S30 ds s wheat prociicts bread, pulses, etc. ^s such the laboratory requires ui>-to-date instruments as a step to its modernisation and efficient fune- tieningo aesid-s, two zonal laboratories (one at Durgapur in Gardhaman

district and other at Siliguri in North Bengal) hayc been decided t j bo sot up for analysis of food articles. ^ sum af Rs. 2 lakhs have been [Jcoposed as an outlay in the Annual Plan 1900—09 for purcha.se of equipments etc. J - 8

~~2» Implamentation of ConGUmGr PrptGction Apt « 1906 s~~

For protection of interest of consumers the Govt, of India ''^nactad tha Consumor Protection Act in ID0 6 and as p'Jr provision of tho l^ct th-3 State Gcvtc will have to constitut-^ a Stato Commission at the Stc.to lavfil and ono Oist, F or urn in each district. Nocossary rules have been framed

by the State Govt« Thnre mill bo paid members in the Commission and Forums, ^appointment of staff uill also be requirvd in the Commission and the F orumc. It is hoped that the Stats Commission and some of the ^ist. Forums will start functioning from the early next financial year.

T ti3 estimated recurring cost for each year for the bodies in the entire State along with norr-rccurring expenditure excluding that for jxir- chase of vehiclf-s and fuel uould be around R3. 75 lakhs* An outlay of la: hs is being proposzd for 19GO-OQ f or , setting up of the State Commission anc! as may .^istrict Forums as possible#. J - 9

~~OTHL'R GENERAL ECG^iOP1IC SERVICES~~

~~The institutitonalis'!d decentralised Planning syst^rri introdijc' d in~~

~~Bon pal from v ho first y'.'ar of’ tho Ss\}-- n’.:h has thro:-;--t5,ur Ji'achi- nory at the local j.g v c I, the d istrict, thorr arn two tiars on:.’ a d-'Ii-~~

■:>^rativ/o and approving body d siyreitad as the uistrict Planning and C-.-or*- di nat i on Council (CPCC) and th-. oth‘-r bviip.c; the oxccutiuo arn’ of ^ h'.'- JPCC functionG as tho actual Planning agoncy and is knoujn as ths District

~~P-lsnnin^i Comm5.ttso (uPC) , At tha M ock l ;vol, the Planning a coney is tho niock Planning ^cmmittoa vDPC) <>~~

Thn osssntial ides is ts dsccr^tralisod tha formulation and iin- plsnr-.-ntaticn cf Plan pr ogramtnc^is t' tho oxtsnt possible:;, to r':solva prn*- ssing local probloms as par tha parcsptions of tho ooiTimon pscple and rrioro fLindamentally to inuoluo tho populace in tho Planning process.

~~he Planning ^ommittoos have boon so constituted at tho local~~

~~louoj. as tc give duo otv' adequate roprnsontotion of tho pocplos^ ropr'oson- totivos and tho rural bureaucracy i.o, eloctod Panchsyats, TLAsj fiPs anxi~~

~~• '■.strict and block*~lo \/jl~of ficers of tho functinnO'l cGP’Srtifantco Tho MinistLr~~

~~thi district is th^ chairman of tho D»PoC«C(y Sabhadldpati Zilla Parishac!~~

~~Chairman of tho iJoPoC- and Sabhapati Pancteyat Sajnity chairman of thJ~~

~~' h: Oistriet i^'’'':\gistrat ■ is tho .r~Socrotar y of both bho ;JPCC and tho~~

~~U t.PoCoj tho BoDeCo acts as the P'lomb-.r-SooriOtarv of tho bPC,~~

~~”'^ho iJoPsCo a,id tho B«P«.Cc hav-^ boon o'jncoiuod as the urnbrolla~~

~~organisation ujiuch u il l function as tho ca-talysts o^ dovolopment at tho~~

~~district and block lovolo Th>-' programmes und activities of th- lino dopi/.rt-~~

~~m-;nos are being cho.nnalisod through th'3s..; orQ^.nisations. Tho defiBrtmonos~~

~~furnish the district and lilock-u/iso break-up of t h ; soh-mos along uitri thrir~~

~~fin en cis l orojoctions to the DoFoCe anr! E»PcCo a^tor completing th- disagnre-~~

~~gcti'.on oxarciso o^ thoir Plan budget. ThoroaftJr, the district and blook lovol~~

~~officers are fin a lisin o the priority and location of the schomos in consul~~

~~tation OP"’ with tho advicG oi^ th S ' bodies. Our oxporiomoc of the 1. jt one~~

~~and half years goes tc suggest that there h^is boon much hoad^uay in Qcl'd-ving~~

~~this horizontal co~or dinstion wfdch is one of tho important pro~roquisitos~~

~~for tho success of doc...ntralised planning.~~

~~F low of institutiinal credit has to bo ensured in tho priooity~~

~~sectors so that it supplement cover nmonta 1 of foot in the locsl deyolopm; nt«~~

~~Do\.'Otailing district credit plan into the district Plan assumes importance~~

~~ill this rospocto While tho constitution of th- district Planning ^^ommitteo~~

~~■ nvisages district l-.;vol officers of th- banks as tho invitees as an,' when~~

~~necessary^ the douetailing'~exercioo is complotod aft-r interaction botw..on~~

~~tho L«jP«Co and th" lead bank of tho distrxcto The flow of th-.; eredit~doposit .~~

~~ratio in the districts Is scrutinisod and rai, dy whore: found necessary, The~~

~~tiol~~

~~otata Planninij DcpartiMont nine? th'' lattor ? in turn, take thG;rn to th-^~~

UvjgI Cankers* CammittuG Por snttlom-nt, h- m-^^thod-'.O-ogy of planninr; that has adopted is that block sp'cj.fic an.-= municipa lit sjjJGcif ic sch uhicb hav(. boon includ*'- d in hi?, '^lock ond municipality Plans nrt intc^nr^^bo;! at tho dis-rict loyol in '.h^^ -|'‘istrict Plan documont, Thj prioritis^'='-ti:;n is mad":; accordinr to local h^^^ds ; nd availaj-ii lity of funds. Tho draft docum'-' nt is discussot' in th^State Planninr' Eioarci wiiioh is alt'ondcd by th': officials of tho lino do p.r;rtri‘;'>nt s.

* lio 3« P, B- ax-'iminv'-'S it on t h' lin::s of S fa t q-p rio ritie s ai'a' un tie g tho !:no't.s

~~'jjidch stand in thu way of htorizontal co-ordination, noroo'jor, a vi^'u is takon~~

~~'.ho 3t?:to~lGvol in rospocct of tho schomos uhich have inter-district~~

~~overtones* T ha district Planning ^ommitt o incorporatos the advic;.^, whoro~~

~~ndcossaryj in tho documsnt and places tho same bofora thci D«PoC«Co for~~

~~appr ova 1.~~

The D..PoC<», uhilo: formulatino tho district Plan, doturminos tiho critical gap of dov'olopment which is th« total requiromont of fund to finance th- -chomos enlistod in the document as pc^r the porccption of the poonlo minus tho availability of r'Gsourcos from tho possible sources includinc institutional firâncG* A sc prirato budgot haa d has boon introduced in r.ho ctato uith effect from I9u5~06, namely 'District Plan Schemes* (DPS) unJer ti'-n. administrative control (cf the H>ovrlop)mc-nt and Planiiing ^cparrtmr-nw and fnn.'s arv pl-acod at the disposal of the district planning authori.ties to meet this gap. Allotment of func' on account of is contingent on the approval of the’ District Plan cJocumont by the D«PoC-»C and incorporation those critically important schemes in it. District Planning ômmittoo is ompoujsred to approve schemes with est im^^ted costs not ^^xcooding ilups ;s five lakhs, while the Dlcclc Planning ôimmitteo has the power to an prove block-speoif ic~ schem-^s with estimated costs not oxceedinn Rupees fifty thousand. The poo/er to approve scht^mos ujoto a C'Ortain value by the local Planning bodies without reforoncc to the State/othoT authorities is a step towards achieving firian~ cial decon^sralisatinn. In 1906-G7, croros was allotted uncfer District

Planning Schemes(DP3) and there is a jJrovision of *'Rs.2 4 . o D crores in the current year. An amount of |Rs,24,40 crores is proposed under this head during 190G~Cg, ^ ^ ^ *4-,^ A J- 0,A HJvT R'\ L^ EDU_C5JJJ^^^

~~1. PROCRWiE^OF SCHOOL EDUCATIOIM DEPTT,~~

E^LEHENJA RY^ J2 UJ:3 TJ£N/^SJ:£0ND3 RlXPil^lI™ ^ During 1985-86 i .e . the first year of the 7th pl^.n, a 5-y 3' r plan UBS prsparRd with both fin^ncia.l and piiysic^'l t^^rgets. By a simple :r;'.thme- ticsl cBlculation th:'^ physical targets of the 5 years uers divided into 5 annual targets. But the fir^ncial prov/isians usre not calculated to m?at the rsquiraments* Obuiously, with a 5/^ increase over the last year, I0!:|o addi tionality in physical a chiev prnf^nt cannot be financed in the succeeding yGar,

Frcm 1985-86 wp set for ourselves an annual target for establishing 50 additional higher socondary units, 150 high schocls, 250 junior high schools., 20c primary schools, besides creation of 50G additional posts in thn higher sacondary, 1600 in the high school arsa, 200Q in tha junior high arr.a and 2250 in the primary area. Since 1985-86, uje have actually set up 100 higher sacondary units, 450 high schools 750 junior high schoolsand 212 primary schools. Besides, since 1985-86 ue have o?F2ated 800 teacher and non-teacher posts in the higher secondary area, 6500 in the high school areay VOOO in the junior high area and none in the primary area. Therefore, durlnr, the 7th plan period, we h^ve cre5t?d I9I 86 posts including the posts rsnuici'd for z m appointment for the new units and we require R.',29,26 crores only for- their salary alone on the existing pay scales. On the other iiand, wm have a toteil' provision of Rs,1,l6 crores in the primary ar^a and R3,12,46 crnres in the secondary area (including higher secondary, high and junior high schools) in the plan provision of tha curicent plan period. This itself justifies' our additional requirements for the current financial year. This additianality is itsslf a little over 46^ escalation over the current year’ s existing plan provision.

~~Assuming. that ws w ould be alloii;ed to expand education in thf' accep ted plan framework we would then have three kinds of plan budget provisionss~~

(i) teacher - non-teacher cost in salary | ■ (i i ) compulsion due to State commitments 5 and ( i i i ) all other development work like nationalized text bookS; repiQir of school buildings, incentive programmes for scheduled c^ste and scheduled tribe children, etc. K - 2

~~'jJe have alraady explained t\ip. sscalation required for the first~~

~~'Xjroup of programmes. For ch.? second group, fnV9 two p'^rticul^.r progra-~~

~~mmes, noo-formgl sducation and fmid-day meal. The non-forr’.a.l education~~

~~^ system is being prcjectissd in Lhe cBttern laid down by the Govt, of India~~

~~for uliich Govte of India will share 50% cost in most of Lhe it^-ims and 90/a~~

~~in some, Th<^ projootisaticn cost: in the plan budget will be around Rs,95.00~~

~~lacs in the next year in addition to ths exist-ing crcrqs,~~

~~Regirding the 3rd group of plan provision are assumino on.ly~~

~~riS3 over the existing provision* On this three sets of assumptions ue~~

~~hav:3 prepared c^ur pi'; n proposals for 193B-89 which h?as led us to this lat her~~

~~courageous formulation of about 103% escalation over the current yaar's~~

~~approved outlay.~~

~~It is now for a policy die ci si on iJi ether any of these three assump~~

~~tions can be curtailed and such a decision has to be against the background~~

~~of two commitments already giv'jn. by the state Government g~~

~~(a) There is a national corf^nitm--?nt co ui'iich our State Govt, is a party for reaching uini'-'ersa lisa tion of elementary education within 1990 in the priniary area and 19S5 in tne secondary ^~~

(b) There a State comimitmant for establishing further 150 units of higher secondary, 150 units of nigh, 500 units of junior high and lOOQunits o. prinvary schools during th^ last 2 years of the, 7th pl^n,

~~S.P^„CJA L EDUCf~~

~~Total provision for 198 7—8 0 under this sector is Rs«70,00 lakh. This~~

~~provisicrt is maa.nt for d istr ib utio n of literary prizes, promotion of Urdu,~~

~~[iBintsnance of State Book Board, publication of Rabindra Rachanabali etc,~~

~~Gurr 3nt y e a r ' s provision is not adequate to meet the requirements. The pro~~

~~posal for construction of the administrative building of the liiest Bengal~~

~~Urdu Academy is under consideration of this Govt, There is also a proposal~~

~~for setting up of Hindi Gc?demy,~~

~~H total provision of Rs, 79,52 l^kh has been, proposed for 1988-89 for~~

~~maintenance of the existing schernes and for implementation of the above tijc~~

~~new projects. j~~

~~Current year's provision under this Sv^ctor is Rs,73.70 lakh. This~~

~~provision is meant for development and maintanance of Govt:, College of cirt- r- I'afed ft n^Stu8i^s*'eic,^ f his * ^~~

~~provision is also meant for maintenance of different Voluntary, organisatinnr~~

~~such as RoKo Mission Institute of Culture, Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya~~

~~Sammslan, Institute of Historical Studies, 'academy of Fine f\rts etc, Thare~~

~~is a proposal for publication of f^ncydopeedia in Bengali,~~

~~^ total provision of To, " j»,52 lakh ha's been proposed for 1986-89 fcr maintenance of th^ existing cammitments and also the new projects. K ^ 3 EDUCATIOj^^pEf^RTf'irNT^,~~

~~^liyE:RSm,^,UCATI^ s~~

The Uniuersxty Branch controls the foilouing three plan heads viz. (1 ) ”2202-.Genera 1 Edn«—03—University ^nci Higher education—1 O2^0i ssistance to Dnivorsiti8s-State Plan (7th plan)-Devolopm9nt of IJniyersities-Graniis^in- a'dd/Contributions” , (2) ”22O2-Ren0r--il rducation-03>-ijniversity and oth»5r higher educa tion-102-!\ ssistanc-3 to Univnrsities-State pltn (7th plan)~tstt, of a n'^Lj university at Fiidraporg and (3) ”2202~G!?nsral Education-OS-Univer*- sity and Higher Educa bion-102^3 ta t*=3 plan (7th p lm U Estt, cf the Institute of Corrsspondence coursB-Crants-in-aid/Contributions". For the ourr^^nt year tbs alloc?.tIans ara Rs.l94 lakr for (1), Rs.aS lakh for (2) and R:,2o 1-^kh for (3) abcve.

The first head concsrns the Development and expansion of the State-- aided Universities in the shape cf construction of Buildings, r-urchase of Books, Journals, Furnitur>', equipments etc, U,G,C, has alraady sanctioned a number of constructional projects for different universities on sharing basis kiith the State Government in the 7th plan# Because of some procedural d3lay on the part of the Universities, sorat of the proj'^cts could not be sent by the Universities for obtaining 5 ts. te Government' s share. It is ex pected that out of the allotment remaining for (a) above during 4:his year, U3 will be able fco meet some of those constructi-^m^i projects. Still a sufficient number of projt?cts rernairi to be considered during the next finan cial year. The State Government also nay be require-i to sanction some schemes to be financed fully by the State Government in the i>)ining’ financi^i year. Another important project uhich has already been startiH in the Integrated campus of the CBlcutta University for liiich we have aln^dy sanctioned R:.J,Oa crore and proposed to sanction at least Rs,50,00 1^'h during the financial year* Sufficient fund will h-^ve to be provided fuc- this project in the next year.

Out of head (1) stated earlier, ue ai.lotted Rs.90,00 l'^^h for books, journals, furniture etc, during the last financial ye-^r, This ye .-c also uF5 hav-;i already released Ra,3a,0Q lakh and shell propose for a further se in the last qu'r'cer of this financial year on this account. It is im^^^rg-tive tiiat at least the same ratandard of allotment should be maintained in tu neXt^ financial yjear, lije thus can say that for the Development of the Univ^-j^^ sities including purchase of books, jourrels etc, as discussed earlier, our requirement for the coming year ujill be to the tune of R3,36 5*00 lakh.

Under head (2) stated earlier, as is uioll knoun, V/idyasagar Univer-- sity at nidnapore will require a substantial aTiount to start and continue •'di9 constructional projects in phases i n , the first two phases being almost complated. Since the Rost—Graduate courses have already started and Under Grar’ijate Colleges of the district hav?^ been affiliated to it, it will also require a substantial amount frjr purchase of books, journals, furniture to. K - 4

~~its groujing Library and Laborntorips, Ws thus estimated that our~~

~~paquirsmmt in this respqct will bP, almost R3*15Q l^kh for the coming fin-in-~~

~~ci^l ysar,~~

~~, In respect of head (3) as stated earlier, ue rray ^ dd that the Stats~~

~~GoVBrnmgnt has taksn a decision to start an Institute of Correspondan~~

~~Courses to b3 a ffilia t e d to the Calcutta. University, Opinion of the State~~

~~Planning 3cBrd has been obtained and vieujs of the University hav^ be^n sojgh/b~~

~~for* A token sum of R3,20, qg lakh may ba provided for this proj>act during the~~

~~next financial year.~~

~~During the last throa years of the Seventh Five Year Plan, 37 new~~

~~i'\iGn--Gov-::^ Collegt-s have been s e t up and 72 additioaal posts hav-3 bc^n sanc~~

~~tioned 'ray and allouances of the incumbpnts posted against these, posts are-~~

~~to be rn^t from the plan budget. During 1988-89, there are propolis for~~

~~setting up of 5 new Colleges and a f f il ia t io n of 30 new subjects. Besides~~

~~non—recur ring grants are to be ss«ncti insd to the Colleges, sanctioned prinr~~

~~to the seventh plan period, for purchase of equipingnt, furniture, books and~~

~~journals otc. Expenditure for these projects is to be met from plan budget.~~

~~The building of the Haldii Govt, College is und^-r- constructi on and~~

~~the buildings of existing Govt, Coll^'gos ^re to be repaired and reconstruc~~

~~ted, These expenditure is to b>i met from pl'^n budget,~~

~~Uith these aim in view, a totil provision of R?,.85 5,40 lakh has been~~

~~proposed for 1988—89 for University ^nd other Higher Education against the~~

~~current y ea r's provision of Ro,5 p 7,00 lakh,~~

~~TECrl^m L.^E^^ s~~

~~The Draft Annual Plan Budget on Technical Education for the y^ar~~

~~1988—89 has be^n formulated to m.eet the expenditure for the Development~~

~~Schemes* In this connection, the following schemes may be highlighted »~~

~~(a) n odernisa tion, removal of 'obsolescence of existing Technical Institucicnss~~

These includ'^? 2 Engg, Colleges, 4 Technological Colleges and 25 Polytechnics, These Institutions wsro mostly established about 25/30 years ago. Some Institutions are still older, Thess Institutions require adequate fund for modsrnisation of laboratories, removal of ob sole see net:; and repair of buildings in a phased manner,

~~(b) Introduction of new Courses in the arpas of weakness &~~

~~-fr ir- p - S^-ht^'Oioty ^ ^ 't-' r' r" r* V V V~~

~~It is propos-^d to introduce the following new Courses in some of the existing Polytechnics -~~

(ii) Diploma Course in Archibeoture for Boys at the A„P,C<, Roy Polytechnic, Calcutt=i, K 5 (iii) Diplon'Q Course in Computer Engg, at the AoP»C, Roy Polytschnic, Calcutta* (iv}Diplofi^ Course in Electrordcs at th-a Ghosh Polytachnic, Calcutta,

~~(c) Completion of Schemes already startsdg^ Th« construction works of two nei^ Polytechnics —~~

Oh3 at Contai and anothor at Rainanj are almost compltite and one CoursG in Civil ’^ngg, is started from this session 1987-88 and two more Courses in "utornobile Engg* & Agricultural '^ngg. will started froni the next year. The building at Contai is GXpe’cted to be completed and ths same will be hand^^d over during th? year 1998—89* The Polytechnic at Contai is toxpactf^d to function from th ? sessijp 1988-89,

(d) Construction of Students' Hostel, Staff Quart9rs in scma of the rural 3? hilly Institutions has b<'5como necsssnry espe cially at Darjealing and Raiganj, Students are nou^-^^-dgys being admitted on the basis of tha 3oint P'ntranca Examination '^nd it is found that 70 to 80^ of the student are being adn^itted in the Poly technics in rur^l areas coming from Calcutta and South Bengal, Raiganj and Darjeeling are t wo areis where private accommadation for such students are not available, it is also difficult to get teaching staff du9 to acute scarcity of accommodziticn and it is, thereforo, felt that staff- Quarters and Students* (lostels at Raiganj and Darjoeling Polytechnics are to be constructed on priority basis,

('<3) There is only one Women's Polytechnic in this state and it is situated in Calcutta and it ins to cater to the needs of the whole state. There is no Hostel accommodation for the firls and as ouch girls who compete from I'Jorth Br-ngal and other parts of the state in the Joint Ei^trance Examination cannot avail thn opportu«» nity of Technical Education Sue to a ccommioda ticn problem. A ' piece of land at (Hastings (College of Education) is made available by

■:.he Dp i , li/est Bengal for construction of a L=^dies Hostel there. It is now necessary to provide fund for construction of the building*

(f) The Sfeice Gevt, set up an Export Committee to review the staff-stnicture of the Polytechnics of the State, The ^ i d Committee submitted its report 'J.nd it is proposed to imple— msnt the recommendations of the said Committee in phases. It is, therefore, necessary to provide fund for the above purpose. K 6

(g) Th:3 C&lcutta Gout. Engg. Co.llogf? at Salt Lake City, Dalcutta has bean approuod by the Gout, of Ijjest Bangal and a piaco of land mnasuring about 2q acrt?s has alraady boon purch-^sed for thf? same purpose. It is proposad to start the Collogo from the sessirjn l9Sl^S9 and the construction of building his got to ba s^artad Immediataly, i\s such a rsasonable fund has bean provided for this pur pose,

{h) Establishment of now Polytechnicss (i) An Expert Corninittna uBs set up by the All India Council for Technical Education and it has rQcommondtvd for establishmen c of a new Polytechnic at Haldia offering Cours'3s on Instrurnf^ntation Technology, Chemical Technology a Electroi- nics* Tho Haldia Dauelopmant ^\uthor-ity has agra ^d to provida a piace of land fran of cost. It is proposed to start preli minary works during tha next yoar for uhi cfi provision of fund has been rrade,

(ii ) ' This stats has got only onti bJotiiGn’s Polytochnic, ujhereas evory other states hauo 2/3 JilornGn's Polytachnics, It is, th-aroforo, strongly fait that another 'uJomon^s PolytBchnic in North Bcjngal should bs astablished for uhich a proposal'is pending with the Govt, It is proposed to acquire a suitable piece cf land during the year 1988-89, for which provision of fund has been made?,

~~(i) It is also proposad to start a n^siu Courso in El-actro- nics at degree levol at 3alp5iguri Govt. Engg, Collage for ujhich fund has been recommended,~~

~~(j) It is expected that the A ICTE/UGC ra\fl!:issd Scales of fHy have to be introduced during the year 1988-89 for'tlia teachers of Engg, Colleges, Polytechnics and Technological CollegGC~~

~~of the State* Necessary fu n d required for the above purpose during the yoar 1988—89 has been provided,~~

X f m n jN G 5 1 ,0 Tlie Institute of Hining, U^ist Bangal is undar the lining Education Dranch of the Stats DirEctora.1bp^ of ^Ana,a anii- iapefa-|.si.- fnfttitis^- Inst itiitcfV h- i>* -P- -p- V- P- 'P' ^ ^ vocational training is imparted in thren courses covering Hining Industry, Thara is a serious shortage of trained personnel in riining Industry and as suQh, all the trainaes have assured supervisory jobs. In virjw of the prass^. ing demand for trained personnfol, it has been dac?:ded to double tho int^ka of students with provision for adn:itting freshers. K - 7

1*1 For effective implem ntation of tha uxjsnsion scheme of the Institute, it is nsc^iss'nry to incraaso the numbar of class rooms as wall as the compismtTit of teaching staff5 sides expansion of tho laboratory and workshop faciliiiss* During 1986-87, training has been imported to 90 studiints on the av/srago for 4 year [zart-time r-Uning Diploma Course* Tha intake- of studpnts has been incrras.^d to 20,

~~2 * An outlay of RW9.00 lakhs Rs',8,00 lakhs for extvnsioh of the institute building and Rs.l .00 lakh for* '^Xfi^nsion of training facilitieSy h'-';s bsnn proposed for 1988-89•~~

~~Y OUTH_~~

~~1 • S TO3S5j\!p YOUTH^^^ DE.PTT.. '~~

^ ♦ J ' PROVg:l£,Nl Of, S PORTS & GAnES <; - ■ • The. provision is for granting financial assistance to the Stata Council of Sports and difforent Sports organisations in the State for organising various ccBching camps, tournaments, Stat.j, intsr-State and N-atioaal Championships etc. The provision is also for mseting expondi- tur?- toujards imparting intensive coaching to the boys selected for Sports Schools* These Sports Schools are being selectsd on tha districts wisn uhers intensive coaching will be giv^n by experts/ coachcs for davslopmont of the Sport^s talent*

OF..KhlLip,.! RAP1 S TAD im ; The provision has bq<^n for the devslopment and maintenanca of Khudiram'Anushilan K-J?ndra which is’ training csntrc for the young boys and girls for diffsrent disciplines of Sports viz. ~ tables Tennis, /athletics, Bad f'^inton etc*

3• ,^5 .™ LISHljFNT._QF_,EjSJER_i\l._M Il4G 0_F.,NA TIONAL. jN 5 TITUTE OF S PORTS s No provision has besn made for this projpct as th-' State Govt's commitin^nt for infrastructure and land has bo^n fulfilled,

.E^XRNS I M Of: GAt^lEy:& S PORia r or • 'yJOr^EN 3 The provision has bsen proposed for the development of .Sports & Gaiti-as for women only* This includes sarfction of financial assistance to % tha womsn’s organisations of this Stat« for particip?, tion in v-^rlous National & Inter-Nationa'l fleets in the Countries and abroad, «

5* SCHB-IE f or FL0GD_ l i g h t Ii\iG SYSTEM IN. THE’ ENCLOSED GROUMDS g The provision has been proposed for arranging flood lighting sys tems in the East Bengal/Aryan Ground and also for the up-keep and deve lopment of High power lines already functioning at I'lohQn 3agan/CoF,C. ground* K - 8

~~5 . pE:yE;ko.;i^l^XLA sTApjun s The provision has bsan proposed for the dBUelopmant and intsnance of f\lntajx Indoor Stadium including ir-conditioning plant,~~

7. SA^ROBA R_ SJApJUR. A/JD S'UBIRS SA M A R F^UiV ghT ta’ *s Governmsnt in the Sports Deptt* has takm o\/«r the possession of Rabindra Sarobar Stadium at Dhakuria and Subhas Sarobar SwiffrninQ pool :rb Osiiaghata frorii the Calcutta iiTiproup;n9nt Trust for better utilisation of thasro two Complexes as Coadiing Cpntr^s of Footbill, \iolleyball, H ockBy and Swimming etc, under the tr ined coaches of the West Bengal Stats Council of Sports, The prowision has been proposed for the development and ifr’intfinance of thes-^ two complexes as well as for making payment of th^ AnntBl dues to the C, I, T, for their use by the Govt, as a lessee,

8* STADlUn COf'l PLJEIX AT .BJDHAN NAGA_R s The provision has been made for meeting expenditure in connection ui:;h the Servicing of loans taken by the Society for Sports & Stadium on Govt's gLerantee for completion of che 1st F^ia se of tho work of tha Salt- Laka Stadium,

~~9* PJpR^S .KC^.TEJr-. s The scheme for setting up one Sports Host*3l has already taken been~~

in hand. This Hostel w ill i"Bve 300 bsds. This would be throwri open to both boys and girls ^nd the games for which it would bp utilised are football, volleyball, swimming, athletics, gymnastic and basketball. The promising children of the age group of 10 to 15 will be a^^lected from amongst the - children having a good performance in the various evpnts of Sports of the different districts to provide tihc^m intensive facilities of training and ccHidiing in their respective discipline. They will have to stay till upto their junior and sub-junior level. All expenses of this Hostyl will be borne by the St=ite Govt, Thj messing, books ®nd facilities for concern'';d games and coaching in academic subject will be prcvidad, Uest Bengal State Council of Sports will provide the sarvices of expert Coaches,

It is proposed to grant financial assistance, on accepted pattern, tousrds construction and development of stadium, swin^ning pools, gymnasia and play grounds etc, in all the districts and .sub-divisions of the Stats. B'3sidr9s, davcilopment and repairs to the galleries in the three enclosed ^’Wotinis^'oF €h*^" feicfit-fe Wi^'dF Vj^bpbsfe~ri® uh^fer ® tPlil' V V K » 9- '^[OWRAhL DJSJRJCT^

The provision is for the on going scheme of a S'badium at Hoyrah town. This scheme is expp,ct3d to be complptpd by 1989* The Ilnd Phase of construction work of Hourah S wimroing' Pool is being taken up during thfs next financial year*

~~The prowision is for thrsr on going schenss of construc tion of Stadium at Barasat, Naihati and Basirh&t, These schemas are expected to be completed by 1990*.~~

2. S OUTH. R RG A NA S, The provision is for tuo on going schemes of construction of Stadium at Oadavpur and Daimond Harbour for Ilird pmse cons truction of swimming pool at Taldi*

~~riLDliiPORJ. PJSTRJ^^Lj.~~

~~Ti"iB provision is for an on going scheme for construction of a Stadium at Contai,~~

~~5> H_OD_G_Hi.Y DISTRICT. The provision is for an on going sch;^me for construction of a stadium at Chandra nag ore* The construction woi-k of the stadium is expected to be completed by 1989-9 0,~~

6 . BURD'jJAN DISTRICTo The provision is for an on going- scheme for construction of a Stadium at Burdbjan Town* This is expected to be c-ompleted by 1989-90*

The provision is for an on going scheme for construction of a stadium and an on going schenv? for construction of a swi.Tnn- ing pool, both at Berhamporp. Town. These two schemes are expec ted to be completed by 19G9-90*

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~~The provision is for an on g o in g scj-ierne for construction of a stadium at Royal F&lace Ground, Cooch Be^sir Town which is expected tc bs completod by 1989—90.~~

~~The provision is for a schefrre for construction of a Sports Complex at GalfBiguri Town,~~

~~1 0* WJST_ D The provision iS ’.f'Hldri on going scheme for construction of a Stadium at Balurghat Tbwn which is lik?ly to be completed by 1989-90* K - 10~~

~~The provision is for an on Qoing schame for construction of a Stadium at SiliQuri Town uhich is lik-^ly to b^? com pi st’:3d by 1988-89,~~

~~^^2. BJA^jllfLpJSXRlCTo. ^ provision is f or t uo on Qoing scheme for construction of Stadia at Suri =?nd Bolpur Town, The sdnsmes ars f^.xpeoted to be completod by 1989—9 0,~~

'^3. NADIA DISTRICT, The provision has bsen made for somR contribution toiiprds a scheme for construction of a Stadium at Kalyani by K"lyani Notified Area Authority*

~~The sdiernG is for construction of a Stadium at Bsnkura To ujn •~~

1 1 , s Ths provision has be^n mads for effecting devslopment works of tho Qistrict Sports Councils in the field of Sports & Games at thR Uill- agM level, 16 District Sports Councils are at present uorking in this S ta ts?,

~~'^2 . SAF^GAnjS, s Thf; provision has been madr-' for merting spill-over requirement of South Asian Federation Gamss,~~

~~2 . PROG RAMfc . Of_ THE .S.PORTS, XQU,TH. S.FR yjCES .(Y_QUJH. S^.Rli iCCS.). P^.PTTo~~

The Department of Youth Servicps which uas created in August,1972 has already set up Youth Offices in 335 Blocks out of 341 Slocks of this Stato, It has also District Youth Offices in all the Districts ujith vi U± Directorate which has bean overseging th?? activities of Youth Offices at different Isv-also The Department has also been the controlling authority in respect of eight Nehru Yutak Kenoras in this State, As ups earlier indicated in the approadi paper of Seventh Plan Proposals cf this Depart- faBnt, the ai.i of this Department is to implern:^nt different sch-nme so that eV3ry youth gets the benefit of at least one scheme given the coverage, scope of financial support of the programme, With the limited financial , ^ ^ ^ s , - ^ resources, the Deptt, 1-b s been taking up different sdiemes so as to encourage the youth in hs’lping himself to tho usys of the ijorld for a better mind and body. K - 11

2. This Deptt, has 25 youth hostels in the State# Newly constructed youth hostel in Salt Lakf? provides an accommodation of 974 people. It has baan, sxp^rienC9 of this Doptt, that lack of accommoda'cion stands in the UBy of organising State leuel programmes, where there is a good number of participants from rural areas all over the State, This Youth Hostel will

~~mitigate such problem.~~

3* Siliguri of Darjeeling district occupies a very strategic posi tion and-considered to be gate-u/ay to North-East India, In order tj cat-'r to the needs of the youth of 'jJest Bengal, a big ■ stadium with a youth hos tel is very much needed, liiith that objective in view, this Depp.rtmc^nt h.s constructed a stadium with youth hostel in Siliguri which will meet the long—felt needs of the people of entire IjJest Bengal,

4^ ' SCJE\iCX_CJ_yBo In order to c r ^ te Scientific au^reness amongst the rural people this Department has alrrady formed a working Committee for detailing different procedural matters for promoting Science Club movement through Science Clubs and organisations. This has been done after, meeting repre

~~sentatives of Science Clubs from different districts of the State,~~

5* n ount^ineering being a very popular activity of the clubs of this Staten, the Department have drawn up a scheme of setting up f'1 ountaineering Foundation, ^\part from promotion of ountaineering this will'also encour age adventure programme.

This Department ^las been emphasising the importance of providing facilities for sports and for dev-aopm«-int of play fields particularly in rural areas. At the initial stage, under this scheme the cost of esta blishing play ground ujas Rs,5o,000 per play ground, 50% of this cost iijas to be born© by this Dep3.rtm^nt and 50^ by locBl contribution. There were certain pre-requisities which had obviously to be satisfied. These indi>- ded a cltsr legal title to a plot of land sufficient to cover the sport facilities for local youth. The nBnagnment of the play ground should be entrusted to a local organisation of good repute. In absence of clear legal title, right to use the play fields has always to be ensured in all cases,

A s a result of evaluation of this scheme, the amount of local contribution was decreased so as to facilitate implementation of the scherne, ccordingly the amount of local contribution uss reduced to 25^,

■ \ Committee consisting of Sabhapati of F&nchay^t Samity and Block Youth Of^-:cer and cthnr members has bt-en identifying the needs of local youths and purchasing sports equipments accordingly and supplying these equipments to them. K - 12

~~Sj30.RTS_ CH.ING s~~

It has been noticed that the rural youths b^diy noecJ co^ch.inQ iff*

~~differ.-^nt sports d is c ip lin e s . During th~~

werj organised at th" district leu-r^l, OurinO '1980-81 n*. 3,l(no/- uern 9=int>*

~~tioncid to iriach of 327 blocks for organisinn co=?ching cT^mps* Tn ? c->^chin9~~

~~03i;.ips iinrp, on four disciplinns viz* footbTll, volleyb^il.l, keb di 'nu Kho~~

~~Kho Ljhich arc popular in rural areas, '^ny two of t^Q above four discipli^~~

~~nJs usre selsctad by the local authorities keeping in vieu th? loc^?!~~

~~n e^d s. DurinO ')98l-*82 similririy an amount of Rs,4,500/- u^s sanctioned tc~~

~~each af 31 large siz^d blacks and an amount of f^5,3,750/- was s^inctionr^d~~

~~to each of 296 blocks for organising co'^ching camps. From the r-^ports~~

~~auailablo it appears that abc^ut 85,000 youths participetsd in such coach~~~

~~ino camps. During 1984-05 thcrs uas a provision of Rs.8.0G lakhs under~~

~~this scheme, "^jiart from thu non-r«sidential typ?? or coaching camps, resi'-~~

~~dantial coac^iing cai. ps ucrs also organised at thr< district lf3vsl, Th:’ aim~~

~~of the Deptt, is to train a large number of youths in different sports~~

~~c!isc4plin«s and in the process spot ths local talcjnts from the larre~~

~~nuiiib^r of pnrticip=ints, Th"^’ MIS coachas '=itt3.cl->c?d to Nehru Yubak Kendras ui2 ro u t il is e d in impsrting sports coachincj in such c2 ;;ps, '^pjrt frorr the~~

~~klS caachDs ijell knoiun fo o tb a lle rs urr--* -\lso asso c ia te d in t h is prngnniffis,~~

~~I'lVall such ccaching d^ntps tiffin ups also arr'*nged nnd for residential~~

~~coadTing ca ^ps, everything li^s arranged free of cost,~~

~~CONST.RUCTIOM .QP N.D SUPPLY. OF ST_K:__EQUI,^TNTB :~~

~~Keeping in vi«^u; that physical culturc ap^rt from being a part of~~

~~lifr^ of youths ir. a sine qta non of b^Ung a good sportsFTF:n, the D ep tt, has~~

~~been impl ^m->ntinQ th« schemes of purchase of Q y n n asf.c equipt^rants and~~

~~dou >lopinQ Gymnasium on a rnoderat^’ scale. In each c *S ‘, r3,25,000/*- is prn-~~

vidud for purchaso of gymnastic equipments or devoloping existing gymnasia*

~~.TO-P.tio n. AfL s M ountiinPsring is a very popular activity of .the clums of this~~

~~Statii* Ther-' is a large number of mountaineering clubs in yast Bnngal,~~

~~ThQSJ clubs undartako mount-aineoring expedition each year in different~~

~~puaks of t^ie Hiimlayas, financial assistance is given to these nioiiiiUjin-.~~

~~enr.:.ng dubs, Lac^c of sufficient mr.untaina«ring equipmwntR soiuatimes~~

~~stand in the iisy of organisirw expedition aach ypar. Keeping this in~~

~~th« Dsptt, has spt up a mountaineoring Rquipiient store in Cilajtta at a~~

~~cost of Rs^o.GO lakhs and difforpnt clubs are given mountaineering equip~~

~~ments from this store, Expedition, hauever, involve a snail number of~~

~~youths, but large scale trekking securos a pgrticipation of largs number~~

~~of rural youths and this promot;;s a spirit of =5dvynture and srnse of~~

~~discipline amongst the youths. It a.lso offers thorn the facility for stu-~~

dy\ng the flora and fauna of tha, country, 'i.lith tha above in v Iq u the Deptt, has proposed in th® S^vpnth Plan a sch-'mi.-? setting up of Tiountain- □ering Foundation ijnich udll look ifter jwery asp^ct.s of moumiainDBrinQ and trekking. This is nou bning looked after by thi’ H,r»,I, Dar.ionlinp. K - 13

Ors of the important scnernes of this Dp pirtm‘■’nt is to promote touring Insbits amongst the youths which mest th<^ir educ?-tion"?! n89d ^nd provide active recreation* Students of Secondary Schools, Higher Secon- dayy Schools, Colleg-ps and Universities are given this facility,

YOUTH HOSTELS^ s One of the objectiues of this Department is to set up a good number of Youth Hostels and develop the existing ones inside and outside the State, There are 24 Youth Hostels inside the State, These Youth Hos tels are located at different important locRtions. One Youth Hostel now is outside the State i .e . in Rajgir. Objectives of these Youth Hostels are to ma[

In order to provide large scale opportunities to youths in culri'- ral activities in rural a:-’'-'as the Deptt, has taken up schemes to construct Open-A ir-Stage in rural areas* At the initial stage the tot^l cost of constructing one 0 pei-v-A ir-Stage W3s >^.,14,000/- of which 50% w't s Government grant and 50'/o was local contribution,

~~kater on after a mid course evaluation of the sctienie it appeared that the amount is not adequate for construction of an Open~Air-3tagn« It~~

~~UHs accordingly increased to igc40,00 q/- of which 25^^ will be the contri>- bution from local people^ Uptill now 190 Gpen~Air^Stages have been cons tructed in rural areas,~~

5J3TE. FE:sj_^jy_ s The Youth Services Deptt, has been holding youth festival each year for securing active participation of youths in cultural activities and to encourage them in healthy cultural pursuits. The youth festivals are. held at the block level^ at the district level and at^the State level. The programme for youth festival includes following items Children items « Sit and draw competition, recitation, songs and dances by children and sports meet etc, Sporits events for student and non-student youths, C Iturai prngramme including Datra performance, staging of drama, one act play competition, recitation, folk songs and danc^^s. Seminars and debates. Exhibitions, K - 14

There is 3 local committep consisting of S^bhip^ti of r^nciT-ygt Samity, BlGd< Development Officer, Block Youth Officer ind others which organises the entire shou, For Block Youth r--^stiv'3ii a sum of ri:-, 5, Qi iO/- is allotted to each bloci<. In 197B, the State Festival ua s held in Cal cutta, in 1980 at Siliguri, in 1903 at Ralyani, in 1 9C6 t Berhampur .apc in 1987 at Bhatpara, For implementing State level festival there is hich pouered Committee consisting of the Chief rinister as the C!'itiir'ran, Youth S ervi ces f’l inister as Uorking Chairman and the Governor 3s the Patron-in-Chief, ^boft 50,00 lakhs of people are involved in these Youth Festivals and as competitors about 5 lakhs boys and girls parti cii;)a te. The State Lev^el Committee also sent representatives to participate th-.; Unrld Youth Festival in 19 78 in H^v^na,

~~DIST_RTCJ L F ^ L s-~~

Under this Deptt, there is an independent Block Office in each Block and independent District Office in each district. In the Block Youth Office there is an attached informtion centre iijhich dissemin-:t^^s inforrati'jn to rural youths regarding all important matters including employment*

~~SJ3 TE_Y OjJTM_ Cmj RE^ ^ C.ie nf the important scheiv.es nf the Youth Services Deptt, is the~~

construction of State Youth Centre in Calcucta, riaulali in Gslcutta d 9 Storeyed building has be^n constructed on 1Q cattahs of land involving an expenditure of R3.35.0D lakhs and this is the State Youth Centre. This serves as the meeting place not only f or the youths of this S mte but for youths from all ever India, m this State Youth Centr-?, there are

air condicioned auditorium with a ccorirnodation of 40o se-its, a State Library, where books mainly reQuired for research work by youths have been kept, Youth Hostels for boys and girls, a museum depicting frer'dom struggle of India, a store of mountaineering equipments, vocational training centres. These ar^ also some other schemes to be tak ^n up in this State Youth Centre later#

PLlilR ICT. Y_OJ ,'nI CFNs Thare is a sch-^m'--^ of Hr>-hnhi iBiiinrj n.-fBti'iuo ''unt.l) rtfiiLtt! ±i> f.Ue districts on a smaller scale, ^n amount of Rg.1.00 lakh has alrp’ dy been allotted to each of the Districts of Malda, Purulia, Tiurshidabad^ Hau/rah, £- t - V* V V V V '^4i-'FSr^ahi tNferth)’, *14 So^'hl'y 'f 6r 'trfe *'cdns'’tr'Ljc^ion'‘ o¥ B istr ict'^ Y ouf h^ Centre, For Purulia ^ another Ks,3.00 lakhs of rupees has already be^n allotted. Approximately a District Youth Centre will involve ^ cost of Rs,7.00 lakhs* The District Youth Centre has already be^.-’n completed at

~~Purulia • K - 15 ■~~

Tt has bepn noticed that unBmployRd rural youths cannot take up '■'suit^btfe econohifeiiy ui^ble. schemes'as they, ha.ye not > ths requisit' '~.i/p"-r r ■ I;!-;!; b'!rv-..;n 1 tionaly bca'tio'h^l ttaih ihg *' In drd^r_ to'ramovye these di f fioultles, uocati1 tionaly p ^ e'l ' f % joi':3 3.r^.’ M b ;.; ^ ■'train'ing|.'is'organis'id in different,areals .by .thiq DefBrtnr^nt for tl- ,. I |4 I Lj'^i f T ■■'■"1 ■■•'''■’ fit f-o'v j -. , _ t'; I h J ) hfT’' ; Ti'■ U ''o tine;(Tiployed youths. In orcler that, vojj:a,tional, training imparted to the V ’Hjn'.' “ ■. rr--.'; cj nd 3T; - "i J ■! i.O'i "iO . youths .does npt ,pe,GomG. meaningless, a scheme, is fjorjnul?.ted far th:^. youths who have compl3,t9d the training and the y ouths ,ar-e. encpui"aQ-Qd tn take up f 8 '-Id''' 'J ■" t? »Gi.,rj'c such aconomiealj y viable scheme,s in consulta tion with tianalizad banks, ■tiv ’S'i : J J: j i w-; exi kj -n i: e-:;i:.j.0 f;0 3 Under 5 chRduled Caste Component Plan, :U ocs tionpl T-ca.ining jls dmpartGd to l;i-‘ .InI, ^Ciiif innCib Scheduled Caste youths and this tm-ining cow:=r-s,,itemsrlika type uritinr , ' cycl(5''r^|ifiirahg , Wt- m dkih^/'tlath' prihHhg ,"'p^^ training, mat m^.kin-' rt)irri-'^'£)^i

- J f c B ,' Tc>j^qt;iL:l#I.TRGm T im ; 'io^ if'For p ^ - 0 m o t i ; b ^ i tof^^gp^tdon“[th•p^beptt*"'^T)a s5.-tq ken up th3 ■ sGhefn^s of na'tioml integration. Thr^re is a provision of R:,i^2e>!Q0 lakhs for this scheme during l987'-86. The objective of this schema is to promoto inter-state pxcNange of ideas and organize seminars,

~~Qt^riCE building g ■^hr^ purpose is to build up infrastructural facilities in the forni of office buirdings, auditorium etc* on a perman;^nt basis.~~

~~h ; : Sicisnce d u b s fi^ay play majdr rols- in creating scientific auercB- ness amongst the rural youths and' people,~~

■ - : ifP'JID.™ Qlj:. 5 OCl^CUIrCQN a^1}lC APIIW_ITI^S J3F s . . , There.4s a largs? nu,n)bt:r . of,: you;th-Clubs In'the S tate,.;.-soi,ie of uhich play a ood role, in different activities. The Socio-Econnmic acti vity of these clubs need energisation and suitable encouragement from the Government,

~~' lOUTKr-M " 1 - .-lO.~~

This Deptt, has already s^t .up'B1dc4< Youth Off i66 s in each Block of'the State, Attempts'have been rnade to open Block S'^buth Offices in all WunicipBlity in phases so that youths residing in municipal areas will get the benefit of the youth programmes in the first phase, 40 Block Youth Offices in 40 municipalities have already been functioning. Actions are being taken to open 20 offices in 20 municipalities during 1988-89,

~~The purpose gf this schemG is to control ma int-=?na nee of build ings and Youth Hostals undf^r the control of. this D..apartment. K - 16 ^RJ & CULTUR^~~

~~soj . OF ^ _~~

Cultural. Policy and. planning in thff State cannot b° dissociated from general perspective of the heritage in the various Fields of creative activities. It is also essential to keep in view the present dvecadent tarsnt in th^ cultural area of the State, rray the whole country. The main line of approach is, ther‘=^fore, b-sed on tuo corner-stones, viz, to encou rage and assist, directly and indirr^ctly, the promotion of hsal'chy and progressive cultural activities and secondly, to disown “'nd innore th-D morbid cultural aberrations. The other side of the policy necdss'irily li'^s in the pi-eservation, conservation and disssmina tion of cilture, partiuijl'i- ly those of the tribal folk in different parts of the State which other wise UDUld be dried up uncared for. Lastly, a renewed emphasis on prese:e~ vation, d o cum'^n tat ion and promotion of our varied folk cultural haritage is to ccntinus to constitute an Lnportant segment of governmental and government sponsored activity.

It is viewed that there should be some minimum number of forums, both in the urb^n and in the rural sites, where different cultural per formances ,nay be organised on non-commercial arrangements. Construction of theatre halls, art gallery, Rabindra Bhavan,s public halls, etc, do, there fore, for'^! a sizeable part of the plan programme^- Besides, in order to aid and assist the did and distressed persons in the field of cultur-^ and alsc to give a financial support to the various voluntary cultural organi^tion in the city and in muffosils areas, financial allocation have teen propose^ in the Plan,

So far as Tribal Culture is concerned, two Centres have already been opened and will have to be expanded duiring the Seventh Plan* In Darjeeling district, a Nepali Academy is working in the advisory capacity to uphold ind promote th? different streams of Mepali Culture. An Insti tute of Folk Culture has also be-?n proposed to be set up with a view to fostering the growth of and research in folk cultural activities in the State, S Dine amount of enthusiams amongst the folk artistes as also younU'si scholars in this non—elitist but rich heritage that could bu generated during the 6th Plan should be nair^tained and tiken foruiird, r- r ‘ F' 6"- 't’- 'i ' t ' r- 't" 'tr r* ir 'tf- 'ir f’- I" r- t'- t-- I’- t’' r ' i ' e ' e - p- Thus the overall idc^ on the part of the Government is to play a profitotionai role in t:he field of culture. This may be done by lending financial support to the deserving talonts and organisations after bring ing them out of the clutches of different vested groups* The heritage is to be kept up, th^^ decadence has to be tackled and the headw=^y is to be made. K 17 ,

^ • Ar chaeol og y % State ^ rchaeologicHl Gallery was set up at 1,S.N.Roy Rc^d, C&l. during the Sixth Plan Period, Compensation of the land has not yst been paid as the acquisition proceedings is not yet complete.Provision sugges ted for funning cost of the Gallery,

g^xploration and Excayati.qn 5 Ulith the appL'oual of the Gov/t. of Indi^, exploration & excava tion one carriedout, Provision is required for this purpose, A sum of Rs,l7«46 lakhs has been paid as compensation money of this year.

Grant _irva_id to ^rcjgepio^jca 1 ^useums • There are several !^rch&eQlogical Tiuseums in the state run by private bodies. The works done by these organisations are commendable. They are sanctioned grants for running the maseums,

(a) The bulk of the conservation uing in currently dons by the P, lii. Department which is far from satisfactory. The Archaeological Advi sory Board has suggested cr^tion of a full-fledged cons—ervation win^ to supervise the work, A srrell unit uas to set up during the Sixth Plan Period, This is continuing,

~~(b) The State Govt, has taken possession of a large number of historical monuments. The provision suggested for maintenance will be utilised to keep the monuments in proper sh?pe,~~

-Rykl. j-. pn s « Emphasis has been given for publication of books on Purakirti Services, A book oft Gour and ftindua by Abid Ali is under printing# S»?ve- ral guide booksy picture post cards and catalogues are proposed to be printed. It is also proposed to pring the reports on excavations already undertaken by the Directorate of Archaeology,

Security arrangements for preserved monuments g The historial monuments taken possession of by the Stats Govt, are often pilferred, r^any of these monuments are situated in remotest corner of the State, i\lo guard ha s so fare been provided in these monu ments, It is , therefore, necessary to privide guards, at least to the important sites,

& rOuseums * 1* These Regional Huseums in the areas rich in archaeological findings are propos<3d to be set up during the Seventh Plan Period on modest scales. These nuseums are proposed to be set up at Chandraketogarh in 24—tergan^s, Chandrakona in Midnapore and Ffeikbira in Purulia, One museum uill be set up during 1987-88, K - 18

~~2, The Departmsnt runs an Ar ch3 go logical HuS9um, But fchsr? is no trained rsrsonnel in the art of . useoloQy, It-is proposed to create a~~

~~Museology Wing under thn Directorate of Ar®haeoloay to.~~

~~OTHER EX FCND ITUREj~~

Construction & Renovation of Rjb 11 c Hallsg Uith a vlGLd to pronioting cultural actiuities particularly in the districts, it was decided to encourage construction and renovation of public halls in th3 mofussile areas, Th9 scheme was introduced in the 6th Five Year Plan and is to continuR during the 7th Plan period also* The money will be spent in the providing iiiatching grants to the sponsoring institytions,

JillNe{iQli A c~^ demy s Uith a view to promoting cultural activities in ths hill areas of Darjeeling district and giving support to research work, seminar, publication & other usoful cultural activitif3s for the development of Nepali literature and culture in general j the schemg of setting up of a Nepali Academy could only be initiated but not completed duo to certain administrative reasons*

~~field of cuJ^turpj This is a continuous scheme by naturp and continuing in the 7th Plan,~~

cultura i^ institutionsg This scheme aims at providing financial assistancaJ:o the diff~ erent cultural institutions and troupes engaged in activities connected with drama, music, folk cultura and fine arts. This scheme is continuing*

~~5, Q uHrds f or drama^ music and art_and paintings g This will be also a continuous scheme by nature.~~

Printing & Publicationsg The object of this scheme is, on the one hand to bring out different literary works of outstanding and significant nature directly by the Government and on the othar, to encourage and assist both the new and veteran authors in the matter of their publications circumven ting the clutches of tne vested publishers,

• Setting JJl Institute of Folk Ctilture% cr- ■^h%--Qb jaQt lofr-pp-cs^cjtir^c^-atof- difeuipiifjre tarad ^rcoortdi^ t’*- nation among the artistes, workers and scholars in the field of folk cul ture, the scheme of setting up of an institute of folk culture u^s concei- vad. In oaurse*of the last few years dome actions were taken touprds this end but a large portion of work is yet to be done and hence the continu ance. K - 19

A small museum and a small library has b^Pn arrangad at the S'tate laViil with miniEium-staff and furniture. Annual prcDQrammG for furth? extension ^nd expansion are to bo t'ken in the cnmlgg years, I 8 . Setting up of a Trij^a 1 ^^ulture Centre; Two such centras wars set up during the 6th Plan period ana at Suri and the othcir at Jhargram, The declared objactives have been to prs- S'3r\/8 and promote the typical cultural heritage and activities of the tribal people in the suitable areas O'f this concentration* Two mor i centres have been opened, one at '^lipurduar and the other at Rjrulia to cover the requirements of these areas. These contr-?s will accommodats museum, library, discussion room, etc, and will cater to the various cul tural needs of the tribal population,

9 • iiR .of". 3n 3 , ^ ibit ion Ha 11 2 This scheme relates to the functional part of furnishinq the art gallery t,jith paintings and other art objects, different working mate rials and provisions for staff and other contingencies. The exhibition Hall is nearing completion*

~~^ Con struction D evel opment j^f_ Rj"ib_indra CulJ^ral J[nstitutinns» For construction of Rabindra Bhabans at Chandanr.agar and Asansol iTt.tching grant has already' been sanctioned,~~

A State Flusic Academy was set up for the pjrpose of carrying different research and proraotional work in the field of music and its development. It will also organise seminar'and workshops and such other functions as may be deemed necessary 6or the purpose of dov el opment of music. Besides, it has also been decide^d to create and set up mtisical archieves, archieves of musical instruments, audio visual unit and a library* Preliminary steps have been taken in this direction by creation of a State Sangeet A cademy by Government notification and though some other work relating to purchase of /u rn iture, s::-und equipments and books on music have also bean done, the scheme will have to go a long iifiy for its full execution* The proposed outlay for '1987-88 is R:,4*00 lakhs,

” This hill has already been commissioned during 1986—87 some amount of expenditrre will be incurred on construction which is rerrraining due and a recuri?ing expen diture for staff salary etc, luill havs to be p^id* (ii) f’ladhuSudan l^aqdia ? The revised estimate for this proj ct is .13,85.54 lakhs. The amount allotted till March *84 is F::;,20,60 lakhs. For faucity of fund construction w^s held up, Work will start in 1987-88, K - 20

~~( i i i ) T^hap_tr-9_^_Cc^jDlex_ a t na_nik^^^^ s This is''^n approved~~

schrmo. For unnt of fund, construction work could not b*

~~st'arto.d, Uork of construction will ba tak?^n up in 19R7-88.~~

~~13, rastern Zonal Cultural Centroi~~

~~Tht2 cantre tiaG been sot up at Bolpur* Stata GoVBrnm-Jnt's shnra~~

~~of contribution is F.5*'^*0D orora, out of unich Ci, 10*00 l"ikhs hns p^lr~~

~~during 1985-86,~~

~~SSJXQA®. a cgidamys ^ B=»ngl^ Academy to promot??, G n c o u n Q e , "^ssist ^nd dissQfnin~■';<=)~~

~~in the field of Bengali l^nPu^ge and literaturs u/hich on joys ■3. glorious~~

~~heritage has already been set up. The objsct of this 'Academy uiill cov'-^r~~

~~various fields of literi^ry activities, such ^s, public=ition of books ^nri~~

~~journals, research on literature, l=»ngLRg3 -ind dialects, trmsl^tion,~~

~~compilation of dictionary, preservation and documnntation of irr^nuscrints,~~

~~organisation of seminars and workshops and other literary confer'Jnccs,~~

~~creation of literary archievas etc,~~

~~1 i , .Set^tijng^^u^ _of ^P_^_^^lchoki ^ r ^ ^ s g~~

~~\ Tor duvolopm^nt of litorature, public^tton etc, of S^nthali~~

~~Rjblic, an Mchoki Prass has been proposed to be set up,~~

~~Uest Benqal has a glorious tradition of dramatic activities,~~

~~Th*>re are hundreds of nroi pa Thretres ind Jatra groups striving he;=irt and soul to preach ujhat is best in th^ fisid of dranw. To n^ke these~~

~~efforts more effective and congenial, need for establishing a 'Natya~~

~~Academy* is strongly felt.~~

~~This Government has already established Sangeet ^cndemy, Rangla~~

~~'Academy e tc . Provisions for e sta blish ing a ’ Natya Academy ‘ may bo nrids in~~

~~the V/II Plan.~~

~~SAnskriti p.hvayans~~

~~Thera is a plot of land moasu^-inQ about 60 Kottah at I’ltadanga~~

under the possession of the Dpfsrtment of Inf irrrs tiori and Cultural ^Iffairs, This plot of land may be woll utilised by constructing a multistoricd building to accommochtB the newly created P^schimbanoa -BanQla Akademi along with the Rajya Sangit ^cadefny, Folk Cntertainment Section, Lok Sanskriti Farshad as well as proposed fJatya Akademi, The building will also contain a library, a meeting room, a seminar hall, a snBIl covered stage and an op?-n air theatre, Tha building may be named Sanskriti Bhavan. In fact, a tont^tivo plan has also boon prejsrcd for the purpoSij,

It m y b'?. mentioned in th&s connection that the Bangla Akadgmi is now housed in a portion of the building occupadd by the F,E,Section, At the time of inauguratim of ths5 Akadarni ths Chief flinister felt that the place is not at all suitable for thci ’Akademi and it, should br shiflted to an appropriate site early. The building whi^ro the F,EI,section is situa ted is in a dilapidated condition and thc5 building has to be demolished, As such F.E,Section and Bangla Akademi are required to be ramovod, SanQit i^cadsmy & Lok Sanskrit! ftirstt^d are situated in the rented hous'.i in far ,off placGS, K,~ 21

~~HEDICAL A^JD PUBLIC HEALTH PiograiTime of the Department of Health & Family liielfare~~

~~Uihile formulating th a Annual Plan 1987-08 the Working Group of the Planning Commission had rBcommended concentration on the Minimum Netds~~

Progranme as it was foun d that the achit'vement under this progrr:Tnme st the end of the 6th Five Year Plan was far below thti iGv/el that ujould hauc; been necessary in order to maintain the activities required to reach the goal of ’'Health for All” by 2000, The idea was to concentrate on prov/ision of health care facilities for rural areas keeping in view the population projections.

In order to concentrate on provision on infrastructural facilities for provision of health care facilities in the rural sector, the other sectors have to be necessarily down graded in view of the limited plan outlay for 1988-89.

~~As against the total 1987-88 plan size of Rs,2670,00 lakhs as much as Rs, 1154,75 lakhs had been ear-marked forHinimum Meeds Programme,~~

Even so it was found that there was heavy spill over of expendi ture on account of Hinimum (\ieeds Programme from the 6th Plan. Out of Rs,11,55 crorfes earmarked for this sector, almost Rs,6,00 crores were rsquirod for the epill-ouer schemes. Creation of new assets had therefore to be restricted to about Rs,5,45 crores,

~~UJhile the Minimum Needs Progremme is no doubt a vc-ry important sector in the health strategy of the State Government, other sectors cannot be neglected altogether.~~

At the end of 1987—88 it is obvious that the performance of MNP sector needs to be geared while at the same time maintaining the demand of activities in other sectors, Uiith this end in view a provision of R s ,1162,45 lakhs has been proposed for HIMP sector against the anticipated plan size of Rs,2800,00 lakhs for nodical and Public Health Schemes in 1988-89.

Since the major portion of the expcnditunj under MNP for 1987-88 had to be ear-marked for spill ov£ r scht'mes, it is anticipated that not many infrastructural facilities iJJould be created at the e^^nd of the current year. The emphasis for 198 8-89 is therefore on completing on-going schsmas to avoid cost over run. Since not much outlay was available for ox;her sectors during 1987-88 not many neuj schemes under these sectors could be taken up. Since R s ,1162,45 lakhs are being e^^r-marktd for MNP sector, the other secto :s will have to be cont&nt with a strategy of maintenance rather than one of upgradation.

~~Annual plan 1988-89 has be^en drawn up with the above aim in view with the total plan size of R s,2800,00 lakhs. K - 22~~

A brief description of the oroposals is given in the following paragraphs, Bdlcsl Scheme s Establishment of Htalth Centres and Rural Hospitals In West Bengal th-2 rural population is about 400 lakhs according to 1981 census. The total number of Health Ctntres and Hospitals functio ning in thLi State .-^t the ond of 1986-87 was as below : i— ^ ----- 5 J P.H.C. 451 I { Sub-Centre _ , , , 766 5 ][ I Rural Hospital 4 4 1

~~In the proposal for 1988-89 the following provisions have been made j-~~

~~K j[ Target ][ Anticipated achievement j[ I I 1988-891______1987-88 ( ( i j P.H.C. 100 100 J ][ Sub-Centre 1300 500 I I Rural Hospital______30______3p ______^~~

~~Besides provision has been made for execution of constructional programmes under the scheme end taking up of neui conatructions.~~

There are four sub-diuisions in the district of Cooch Behar, Only one Sub-divisional Hospital started functioning at Dinhata in the year 1978—7 9, During 1986-87 the new Sub-divisional hospitals at Tufanganj and riathabhanga uere opened. During 1988-89 the hew Sub-divisional Hospital at nakliganj has been programmed for opening. Thus it is expected that all the Sub-divisions in the district of Cooch Behar will have full fledged Sub-divisional Hospitals by next year. The existing district and Sub-divisional hospitals will be upgraded and improved in regard to accommodation, equipment and personnel.

It is also proposed to make improvem-nt in the exist-ing hospitals in Calcutta and in the district to provide for new services particularly specialised services which are not available at pre sent. Provision has also been made for improvement of treatment facilities in the existing teaching hospitals.

In the annual plan for 1988—89 provision has been made for opening of new Blood Banks in the some of i:he Sub-diuisional Hospitals* Provision r- t " r- I" t- r- ‘r- i~- c- r' 't- r- r- r- 't' 1"- r" 't~'t' r: tr~ r' 'tr- I- r- r- {>- has also been made for purchnse of new ambulances for improvement and strengthening of the State ;%nbu'lanne Service,

Taking ovrr of Non-Government Hospitals, Provision has been made for d ev e lo pm iJi t of some of the Non- Government hospitals taken ovtr by Government, This basically involves bringing the personnel of these hospitals under Governrnv^nt rates of pay dd/ K - 23

~~and allouj''nces and upgrading some axisting facilities.~~

~~Grants in~ aid~~

~~Provision has been mado for paymont of grants-in-aid to Non-~~

~~Gov/ernment hospit^ds for thair deuelopnient and also towards paymtints of~~

~~charges for reservation of beds,~~

~~Hedjcal Educational Rpsearch~~

~~At prc-^sent th^jre are sBven n t d ic o l Colleges in tho State 'iJith a~~

~~total seat of 7 55, In the annual plan far 19B8--89 provision have bsen made~~

~~for :~~

~~i) Improvement of existing medical coll&ges~~

~~ii) Improvement of libraries of l^tdical Colleges, iii) Development of some of the departments in the existing coll£^ges,~~

~~iv) Reconstruction of some of the old college building~~

~~v) 0th*. r development programmt-s for the State Medical Colleges,~~

~~Post Gradur^te H e d ic a 1_ Education & Research~~

~~Provision has been made for strengthening and improvement of the~~

~~I,P,G,n,EI, & R, Calcutta and other Post Graduate Institutes, Medical~~

~~Research and Introduction of Post Graduate courses in certain specialities.~~

~~Prevision has also bei.n maoe for improvement of fa c ilitie s in~~

~~Dental Education, Nursing Training end training of para-Medical p-)rsonnel.~~

~~Other systgn of H :^dicine~~

~~In the Annual Plan 198B-B9 in adequate provision has been made~~

~~for creation cf neu treatment fa c ilit ie s in the I,S ,M , and Homoeopathy by~~

~~opoiing neu dispensaries, hospitals beds. Expanding the existing facili~~

~~ties ?¥id payment of grants to non-Government institutions for th-ir~~

~~development.~~

~~Provisions has also been made for improvement and expansion of~~

~~training facilities in these two systems of medicine.~~

~~Provision has also been mad-3 for opening of new dispensaries as well as setting up of a Research Centre in Unani System of Medicines,~~

~~PUBLIC h e a l t h & 5M^■iITATI0N~~

~~^• Control of Communicable Diseases~~

~~M alaria~~

~~The revised plan of operation of eradication of malaria~~

implemented in the State at the instance of the Gov^ mment of India w ill conti ue to operate for reduction o f malaria cases by 50^. of incidence each year and prevention of death from malaria totally.

~~Other communicable Diseases~~

~~Provisions has also been made for control of Kalazar,~~

~~Hapaness Encaphalities, Gastro-enterities etc. K » 24~~

~~II, Other proqr'Tnme s~~

~~Pr^vuntion o f Food Adultorntion Tht. provision has been mado for setting up of Regional Squads and also for strengthening of the Laboratory seruices,,:by providing equipment and staff,~~

Qruqs Control The provision has been mada for expansion and strengthening of the State Drugs Control Dire ctorate by recognisation of Regional rnd District Organisation, Besides, provision has been made for devalopment of the Central Public Ht alth and Drugs Laboratory,

~~Health Statistics and Uitp l Statistics~~

The provision is for improvement of the State Bureau cf Health Intelligence, strengthening of District Statistical Cells and creation of neiiJ posts of Statistical Assistants for improvement of the H anagement information systan. K - 25

~~2 < Prqgrarnme of the Labour Deptt. • jlanployees* Ctate lasurance (M .B.) Scheme s~~

This scheme relates to .(i) . extension of E.S.I. Scheme to ? (ii) opening of New Service Bispensarics sanctioned under the 6tL '-i/e Year Plan in the areas where the scheme has already been im plem ented(iii) tension of f^all benefit to the. areas covered under 'extended benefits*.

i) ]?or extension oC' E.S.I. Scheme to Ealdia Industrial area j-n jhe district of Midnapore, accommodation for Service Dispensary, queirters for ^ i'ledical Officer and, other staff will have to be arranged. HealfA Depart ment has ensured reservation of 1 2 beds in the State Hospital at Vialdia for E.S.I. patients and will arrarge for specialists treatment jhe beneficiaries. Steps for acquiring a suitable plot for construc':ion of on

E .S .I. Hospital have been taken. lil.S.I. Corporation has approved the p2:'o- posed extension and to the opening of one 2~doctor Service Dispensaa:’:' ini tially, The proposed extension is esqDected to start tov/ards the osid of the year 1986-87, financial iiiiplication of the proposal is "s. 1.25 Irichs (state Share).

Ii’or extension of E .S .I. Scheme to Siliguri industrial arei-ij suitable accomiaodation for one Service Dispensary, residential quarter for Iloi.iacJ Officer has been arranged in the Housing Block at Sil:w'^uri by purc'.aso of b-iilt up accommodation at a total cost of Rs,8,85,900/- to be borne entirely

~~by the E .S .I . Corporation. E .S .I . Goiporat?Lon has been moved for Lir^cess;ry sanction and funds.~~

~~For reservation of beds and for ancargement of Specialist s -j:^ 1 cq~~

for the beneficiaries, in the North Bengal Medical College assistaixe from State Health Department has been sought. Steps for selection of a aui'.able land for construction of an exclusive E.S.I, Hospital have also been ^aken with the assistance of local f3dmlnistration at Siliguri. Financial ijiiplil- cation of the proposal for the proposed extension is R^1 .02 laliis in 1987-88 so far as bhe State Govt, is concerned.

~~ii) Out of 25 Service Dispensaries sanctioned in the 6th Plan^ 17 Service Dispensaries were opened in the plan period. The reminin^ 8 service Dispensaries are to be opened in 7th Pl~~

Craria and Budge Budge ;ireas of 24-Parganas (South). During 1987-Q8 addi tional Service Dispensaries inay be opened. Financial iraplication for openirg of each Service Dispensaries is 0 .7 Idchs (state Zhare),

~~i i i ) During 1986-87 Insured Persons' family units number;Lng about~~

~~1,45,000 have been brought under f^ill medical care from expended benefit,~~

~~tp/- K ~ 26~~

Additional number of 1 , '30j000 I ,? , family unit-s are also proposed to be bro’oght under full care during 1986-87* Steps v/ill be taken to provide full medical care to about 1 lakh I.P. families during 1937-33, T li c additional expenditure on this account will be met out of this scheme*

~~An amo’ant of Rs,2,00 lakhs v/cas provided for 1 987-88o An aixioun-: of Rs.3.20 lakhs may be provided for 1 983-89.~~

~~^• Opening of Central Pathological Laboratory (Up-^radin^; of Pathological Laboratory of S » S .I . Hospital, Manicktolc..~~

The E .S .I, Hospitalj ManickL-iola functions as a referral hospital undel' the E ,S .I . Scheme where investigations of difficult 3io--chemistry, Histopathology, Micro-biology ojnd l?.Taema.tology cases ore made, needs^ upgradation.

The financial implication is Rs.2.04 lakh (state share). the scheme is yet to be approved by E . S . I . Corporation and sanctioned by Govt, Provision for Rs.0,10 laldi \vas kept in 1 986-87. For 1987-88 r:s.0#20 laldi was provided. The same amount may be provided for 1988-89#

~~5• Extension of Central Tleclical Store of E .S .I . Scheme.~~

The scheme relates to the strengthening of Central iTedical 3 tore and creatioi of additional posts. No expenditure, has been incurred in 1986-87 as the proposal is avvaiting clearance from E .S .I . Corporation since June, 1986. The present .-moreased workload is being mana^^ed by utilising services of 40 members of staff of different categories belong.- ing to different Rajyabima Ousadhalayas by retaining them on deputation to Central Iledical Stores. Besides, there is a proposal for rationali sation of Central Medical Stores.^ Provision for Rs.0.125 lakh as in 1936-

~~87. was also made for 1 987-88. For 1988-89 an amount of Rs.0.15 lal±^ is proposed to be provided.~~

~~4 • Mprovement in administrative arrargement relating to j;. S.I , Tm .B.) Scheme, " ^~~

The scheme relates to strengthening of the Directorate of (M,B.) Scheme by creation of additional posts of G-roup 'A' and other postr for the decentralisation of Administrative Medical Officer's office. Posts of Directorate viz, Dy. Director (Admn.), Assistant Director has been cre ated but yet to be filled up.. ITow posts of Assistant Director e-aq->3c:ed

~~-|io^b^- fiV^fd $hp.trof- -^ipu^y^^D^^ctoi? - Is’elik^l;^-^lo eu#- r- filled up after the special pay for the posts is sanctioned by Fin?i.iop J}cpt-u.~~

Decentralisation of the Administrative Medical Officer’s of-ice can hot be carried out due to non-availability of suitable r-ccoinriioda.tion at Serampore, Hovirah, 24-Paiganas even o:fter open advertisement in newG-- papers. oirrraltanelusly, construction Board has beai asked to propr.ro a con-ud w . K - 27

~~Plan & Estimate for renovation of one singlestory building and for L:dditional cor jtruction for extra accc miodation at oerampore.~~

The provision in the State share is Rs.1 lalui in 1986-87* A pro-- vision for Rs,0#l0 laldi \7as kept for 1 987-88 for recurring exp end :l pare, like salary etc. for the additional staff sanctioned. The same amount i.e.

~~RsrO.IO lakh is proposed for 1988-89.~~

~~5* Setting up of Physiotherapy Centre.~~

Phj/3iotherapy Centres are needed in different '.fi’.S .I . Hospitals for rendering out-patient services to beneficiaries. The Corporation hc.s advised to set up such Centres in Hospitals where Orthopo.edic suri^eona ^re available on a cluster basis, ]?inancial implication of the proposal for Rs.0.8 lakhs (state share)♦ The scheme lias been recast accordir^lj^' and referred to E.S.I, Corporation for approval in July, 1986, A provision for Rs,0.125 lal^hs v;as made for 1987-88, Rs.0,1 5 lakh is proposed for 19aS-89.

~~Establishment of -Curses’ I'i’ainin^^' Centre.~~

The scheme has been imp].emented and is continuing. In the second- year after its opening in Iiarch, 1985, 40 trainees are receivir^^ :.r, ining. It may be Dssible to take an incr eased number of trainees from .;ku cli/87 when accommodation in a hostel for troinees may be provided in the .^It Lake nuarter com_plex constr^ucted for E .S .I . Rs, 05 lakh (state share) is the likely expenditure for 1 986-87. For 1 987-88 a provision for Rs#0.6 laldi V7as made as a continuing scheme, Rs,0,75 lakhs is proposed for 1988--89.

~~7• Opening of Ea.jyabima Ous^adhalayas.~~

It is a continuin^5 scheme. Out of 28 Hajyabima Oustadhalayas sanctioned 15 have been opened in 5th & 6th li'ive Year Plans, la 1 90G-87 one Rajji^abima Ousadhalaya has been opened at Halisahar and 2 more are going to be opened to be decided soony 1 2 Eajyabima Ousadhalayas -re y^ to be opened. Posts required have been sanctioned. In 1 986-87 a prov'.- sion of Rs.1 lakh (state share) was mme, For 1987-88 the same orovioion was made i .e . Rs.1 laldi(ctate share). For 1988-89 Rs.0,50 laktis is p-o.ooo,-=u,

~~8. Strengthening of Pathological Laboratories In S.S.I. Hospital other than Manicktola Hospital.~~

~~In the scheme deployment of one Bio-chemist in each of the seven hospitals and purchase of costly ecuipments for the Laborat-.jirles have been proposed. Total Financial implication of the proposal~~

Rs.0,85 lakhs (State Share). The scneme has been prepared after collec tion of relevant date from different hospitals and has been referred to Labour Departmait in July 1986 for consideration and takixg up with the

~~Contd K ~ 28~~

~~1,S*T. Corporatioa for necessary approval, A provision of Rs.0.1J) li-Ckl:~~

~~(state share) has been inade in 196q-87. The provision for 1987-8o was kept at Rs,0,15 laldi (State share). J'or 1 983-89 Rs.0,25 lakhs is proposed.~~

~~9. Hospital cost for Insured Workei:*s & their familiesy~~

~~The scheme includes the proposal for opening of additio‘:^''ri 50 beds in (T.B. ) Hospital, Belur. Necessars-" posts of 9 (nj.ne) I '-edicil~~

vOfficers, 24 Group 'C ’ para medical -'nd 38 (thirty-eight) Group 'a/’ created are being filled up. 12 beds have iilready been connrlssionod ir. 1986. The remaining beds will be opened gradually with the joiniiJ,3: of additional nursirg staff sanctioned.

One X'Ray machine at a cost of about Ri4 laijhs (sta.te share, laldi) has already been purchased for E .S .Io Hospital^ Budge Budge. Six more X ’Ray machines (2 big, 2 medium and 2 small) and 10 E .C .G . machilnes have been proposed to be purchased this year for the hospitals. :int:.:;e provision for Rs.2.00 lakhs iBay be utilised in 1986-87. For 1987-88, provision for R.s.2.00 laldis was made for meeting the continuing schemr of 5O additional beds in Belur T.B» Hospitals for purchase of other costly o-^uipmants, J^or 1 988-39 Rs.3.00 loiths is proposed.

~~10 Iiig^rovcment of ambulaMoe service under Employees’ State Insuran(Te (Medical Bgiefit) 3 cheme.~~

The proposal relates to purchase of 13 additional ambulances. ■State Crovernment approved the proposal.But E .S .I . Corporation stalled this sanction on grounds of admissibility on the basis of norms. T h e question //as taken up v/ith the 0 orp6ration and discussed in the last .ulodical Benefit Council meeting held at Bl-iuboneswar. In the moetrlA’^" it v/as resolved that for each centre having 1 laidi Insured Persons, 3 oiiibulanccs and for every additional 30,000 Insured' Persons one more ambulijnce should be allowed. The matter is being reviewed by Corporation. Eov/evor, in 1985-86 purchase of eight ambulrjices has been sanctioned as replr.cemgnt of 5 condemned ones and 3 new ones and an e^cpenditure of Rs.8,07,233A (state share is R?.1.009/- laMi) was incurred for advance payment, deli very of five ambulances has been received in Ssptember, 1986, i^xpendi- t’ure of Rs.0.06 laliis (state share) has been incurred upto the end of 1st »^uarter of 1 ^86-8 7 . lie f’ond may be utilised if purchase of propo- sei^ number.of 11 ^ (QlQven\ ambulances are sanctioned by U .S .I .Corporation f- f 1 - r - r - t- r - t ' r- r- r- r- t ' r - I- I - ^ as per the proposed revised norm.

~~Provision for Rs^l.OO lakh (state share) was kept for purchase of 0 additiona’’ ambulances for 1 987-8C. a»r, 1 988-89 R3.O. 5O lakhs is propo sed to be provided,~~

~~Contd....o K - 29~~

^ • Opei^in,:^ of Fcunily Welfare Centre*

Iho scheme relates to ope>::iing of family welfare ■units in all V5, . S.I. Hospitals except Belm" T.B. Hospital. The scheme is staff oriented. j .S .I. Corporation has approved the scheme provided the staffing prf.orn

is according to the E ,S .I . Corporation's shares and ^he expendl'jaro is ¥/ithin the ceiliiog limit of shareable post. It is awaiting scaction of Ctbvt. Provision for Rs.0.90 lalcb v/as kept for 1 986-87. The same /as :?e~ pleated for 1987-88. For 1933-89 Rs.0.40 lakh is proposed.

~~12. Iniplementation of Ir-omnisation Programme.~~

The scheme is a part of the sclieme for family welfare and is 'ijiain'.;; staff oriented» It is also to be implemented alongwith the .Oti.ii].y .7''lfa:?e activities in Scheme Jo .11 above. Ho fiond has yet been utilised in .1 986-. 87. This was carried over to the next year and a provision for R-.0.25 laMi was made for 1 987-88. ^i^’or 1988-89 Rs.0.25 lakh is proposed.

~~^ 5 • Opening of Central Blood Bank.~~

The scheme relates to the open-jj:]g of a Central Blood Bcuik in the S. lo Hospital, Manicktola, It has been ap^Droved by E. S» I . C-jrpo- ration and sfinctioned by Clovernment. Posts have been created. One '..edical Ofiicer ( Pathologist) has been appoitited to Co-ordina,te the work of openin^g the Blood Bank.

~~The entire provision of Rs#1 .00 laMi ( State Share ) iii 198u.-87 in expected to be spent. In 1987-88 provision for Rs. 1.00 laldi was~~

~~kept as a continuing scheme. I^br 1988-89 Rs. 1.00 lakh is prcpor^ed,~~

~~14. Opening of Biigineering C e ll,~~

~~The scheme is not likely to be Implemented this year. Trcvx3:lon for Rs. 0.10 lakh was kept for 1987-88 as; a notional provision. j?or 1988‘--c Rs. 0*10 lakh is proposed.~~

**5# Strengthening of fleet of vehicles.

The scheme relates to the purchase of additional vehicles for the Directorate and office of the Administrative Medical Officer with the object of improving the frequency of inspection of Ins^oranco panel doctors, Service Dispensaries, Chemist Sriops ( both private and Uovern-- ment ) as also for extension of the scheme in new areas. A^xpendituro for purchao0 of 2 ( two ) Ambassador Car*s and h 1 (one ) Jeep has been estimated at Rs, 4.50 laldis in total. The state share for the year 1986 - 87 is Rs. 0.40 lakh. The amo^^t for 1987-88 was kept at

~~Con cd. * >.. K » 30 at Rs. 0#1 5 laldi. For 1988-89 Rs, 0*15 laMi is proposed.~~

~~1 6• Opening of an occupational thereby and Eehabilitaoioii centre.~~

~~The scheme includes (a) opening of on occupational health cenjre at Maniclctola* (b) opening of a Rehabilitation Centre at J3udge~~

The schemes are still under consideration of E .S .I . Corporation for approval, A provisions of P> 0.20 lakh was made in 1 986 87* ''-}:e same was carried over for 1987 - 88, For 1988 - 89 Rs. 0.20 lalih is proposed.

~~17. Drw? testing facilities for I;. S. I. Scheme.~~

The scheme is for testing »f drugs by random sampling on the basis of complaints from beneficiaries. E . 3. I. Corporation has alreod^v" agreed in principle to have sample of drags tested from, the 'Test Bengal Pharmaceutical and Phytochemical Development Corporation Limited. Vest ing of drug samples has already been started. :Q\md of Rs. 0.05' lalch vras utilised in (l986 - 8 7 ). Provision for 1987-88 was kept at Rs. 0.05 lalch for continuing the scheme. For 1938-89 a sum* of Rs. 0r05 laldi is proposc^I.

~~18, Scheme for In-seivice training of Technical and Para medical staff.~~

It is a continuing scheme. The fund is required for p.a;;/iiient of course fees and T. A ., D. A. etc, for the trainees. In 1986 ~ 8'/ train-■ ing to'18 (eighteen) Medical Officers, 2 (two) Nurses havQ beengiven under the scheme. Proposals for training of new sets of Medical Officers and Para-i!edical Staff have been taken up and are under the consideration of Government for approval. The entire fund of Rs. 0.05 laldi provided in 1 986~87 was spent. For 1987 - 88 the same amount was provided# '?or 1988 - 89 an amount of Rs. O.OS lakh is proposed.

~~All schemes aj^e state sector schemes.~~

~~tp / - K - 31~~

~~iiJATER SUPPLY ANP SANITATION Programme of the Public Health Engineering Department~~

~~(Non-.C.n.D. Areof bJest Bengal)~~

A total outlay of Rs.2400 ^00 lakh has been proposed during 1988-89...... , ' ^ ' Summary gf proposed outlay during, 1988-89 and the approved outlay and anticipated expenditure during 1987-88 under the State Plan are given belo'j^ }

~~1987-88 j 1988-89 ][ I t e ri I Approved ][ Anticipated { Proposed j( K outlay K expenditure j[ outlay, j[ j______! ______t (Rs. in lakh~~

I, Direction, Admin, etc, 50.00 50*00 20,00 II, Urban W-ater Supply 56 3,00 6 87,00 6 20,00 III, Rural Water Supply (HNP) 922,00 1600,00 1680,00 . I\y, RCFA Part II U/S.Scheme 90.00 90.00 44*00 • Sanitation Services i a) Rural - Low cost sanitation 26 .50 26 .50 7.00 V Mela etc, 13.50 13,50 10,00 b) Urban -

~~Low cost sanitation 11,00 11,00 9.00 \Jl, Sewerage Services 4.00 4,00 10,00~~

~~Grand Total j State Plan j 16 30,00 2481,00 2400 , 00~~

I, Direction & Administration etc. The proposed outlay during 19,88-89 is Rs.20,00 lakh. This amount is intended to be spent for establishm m ts in the Public Health Enginee ring Directorate created during the V/IIth Plan period. The proposed outlay during 1988-89 has been reduced compared to the approved outlay of Rs,50 ,00 lakh during 1987-88 keeping in view the restriction on creation of new posts.'

II* Urban Uiater Supolv t The proposed outlay during 1988-89 is Rs.620*00 lakh. The target is to commission Haldia Water Supply Scheme (Geonkhali Based), Alipurduar and Kharagpur (Devalpur) Water Supply Schemes and also to achieve adequate progress in respect of other ongoing schemes,

I I I , Rural Water Supply { (a) l^inimum Needs Programme (P'ilMP') s The proposed outlay during i988-83 is Rs, 1680,00 lakh including provision of '\Q% of the outlay for maintenance. Accelerated Rural Uater Supply Programme (ARP) ; Anticipated outlay during 1988-89 is Rs, 1680.00 lakh. Break-up of the proposed outlays under tha two progranmes between piped water supply and spot sources has been indicated as below j

~~1987- 88 1988-89 fv] |\| pI ------* * * ][ Approved^ Anticipatedproposed outlay ______( outlay i expenditure (Rs.in lakhs^ 381 1100 1100 Spot 541 500 580~~

~~Total s 922 16 00 16 80~~

~~A .P.P. 510 1100 1100 R.B.T.lii. 412 500 580~~

~~Total I 922 16 00 16 80~~

Emphasis would be given to complete/commission the ongoing piped water supply schemes. All the problem villages identified upto 31,3,87 will be provided with atleast one source of drinking water by end of the current financial year. The target during 1988-89 is to provide additiorial sources in the Partially Covered Prob]em villages to raise the service level and also in newly identified problem villages, if any.

~~R.C,F.A. Uiater Supply Scheme Part II ; Financing pattern for the Scheme is as below t~~

~~Rs. in lakh I a) State Government , , , 286 ,00 Kb) Gove^rhment of India — 1436,00 \ (Coal Deptt,) y V c) Government of In d ia — 1046,00 ’ (A.R..P). 2768.00~~

The State Share for execution of the scheme during 1988—89 has been proposed provision ito be Rs, 44,00 lakh, With this the full amount of State Share of Rs,286 lalkh would be contributed for the Scheme, Eastern Coal Fields Ltd, have contributed Rs, 6 13 lakh out of their Share of Rs,1436 lakh. Total expenditure for the scheme upto 3'1stnarch, 1987 is t-

I/, Saiitation Services j (A) Rural t An outlay of Rs,7.00 lakh has been proposed for Rural low cost sanitation during (1988-89, The approved outlay during 1987-88 is Rs,26 , 50 lakh. This amount includes liabilities for schemes sanctiont^d K » 33

earlier. An amount of R s,10,00 lakh has besn proposed during^1988-89 for providing sanitation facilities in i^ela, Exhibition etc, (b) Urban - An outlay of Rs,9,00 lakh has been proposed for conv/ersion of dry latrines in Urban areas. The' amount will be transferred to L,G, & U.D, □ apartment for

l/I. SeuiBraqe services s An outlay of Rs,10,0G lakh has been proposed during 198B~89, The amount is intended to be spent for progressing the works of the ongoing schf^me for Ranaghat Municipality, The scheme envisaged the effluent from the house hold latrines to be directly discharged into the s.eujerage system. The seuerage carried by the sewers would be tre-ated in Oxidation Pond before, it is discharged into the river. The estimated cost of the Schem-^ was Rs, 41,73,500,00 as shown below .

I i) Sewerage ^ Sewage treatment | I for a population of 21,000 Rs,28,06,000.00 | ][ ii) Conversion, of 16 15 • latrines ][ I into sanitary latrir.3s Rs.11,70,000,00 \ T Y Y iii) Providing sewerage connt-ction ^ 0 to ^0 existing latrines i J having septic tanks, Rs, 1,88,500.00 ^

~~1______I~~

The Gove.rnmf-nt of India greed to the execution of total scheme (estimated cost Rs, 41,73,500/-) for benefit of 21000 people subject to the condition that the central assistance would be restricted for cove rage of 10000 people (which was the population criteria acceptable under the cant rally sponsored programme). The Government of India did not agree to provide any fund for the purpose? of conversion of dry latrine and also for providing sewerage connection to house hold septic tanks. The share of the Government of India was assessed to be R s ,11,86,7 25,00.

A sum of Rs. 5 lakhs has so far been released by Government of India and the sanctioning programme was abandoned at the end of the 5th Plan, It is necessary there^fore to provide fund by the State Government for complete of the Scheme, K - 34

~~iHXJU.Sifie, .Cuij;i.ijaiiJ.G, p o i a t k . Hcu§jj«)~~

~~1 * Prp3 r ^ t he _Jj o Lijin2_~~

Th^J State Housing DjportiTk-.it nou implemani. four kinds of Social Housirir Scherr.dB v iz ., (1) Housing Schsme for Economically 'ajt;c.kar Sections of ttie Communj.ty (urban) (2) Low Income Group Housidg ’Sch-me (3) Fiiddle Income nrou;j Housing Sr.hsiiia (4) Rantal Housing Schema for a Stata Gou-rnmBnt Lmpxoyees, Besidaj^ the Housing Departrrerri.. also implsnTant Land 'Acquisition and □av/i^lo:.i,.-n" Schari-B in the outskirts of the city of Calcutta and Siliguri for getting land for con Gl^ruction of buildings as uell as for distribution of deualopsd plocc - s housa-sivas among the people balonging to the various inconie bracka'cs.

As per advice of tha S:ate □evelopment and planning Qapartme.nt, ttu cj.ra cf tha 7th (Seventh) Five Yaar Plan has been fixed at Rs, 2600.00 lukhs only in raspect of Housing Department, It may be mentioned that tha Tiarkat Oorroujin'; of Rs* 550,00 lakfis for-the Oengal Housing Board has bean included in the tocal allocation. During the last financial year i . e . , 198&-87, the Housin;: Uapartm nt got allocation of Rs. 459.00 lakhs for implementation of various Socic-l Housing Schamas and he antira amount has been utilised,

Tha Annual Budget for 1988*-89 has bean fixed at Rj, 525»00 lakhs. Tha propjaad outlay of Rs, 525,00 lakhs includes Rs, 110,00 lakhs as Market 3orrcu.lnj by the Uie st ^angal Housing 3oar^* ^ sum of Rs* 325,00 lakhs will ba spen"^ by '-ha Housiiig Department itself for construction of Flats and Houses and for davalop- mant of plots of land for departmantal construction of Fla;.s and also for distribution of House-sites among the paople belonging to tha T; .1 ,0 ,/L ,I .P o/R

As regards physical uargets in 1983-89, tha Department will ba able to com.plate construction of 880 flats uihila the individuals will ba able to r,ompl.rte| ccnstrucL,ion of. 600 houses by availing of the House Building Loan from thw Dep-rtmant, The Department also expects to develop 15 acres of land during th’. yaar 1988-89,

~~2, Pr p^r^miiie s pf^.the^panchaj^at^&_ Com muni , Provision^ for Hpu^se_sitBS-cum-construj:;tipn^^^^^^~~

1, The scl'.amas provides fund for ~ a) fHllotmant of huusj-sites to landless labourers etc, of the rur^^^l areas of the State on vested/acquired lar.d. b) Grant of finai.ciai assistance to tha bana ficiaries of tha schanijs, constructiofi of huts on lands m^ide available to them. It is ■ ?'"p^cpT3fead- ^ti;il>-t3© leMst-i25-q£-t^ c7-,?40& tf'aijfiiiit'S t-a f- f>- ' landless labourers and construction assiscance will be given to 4344 families during 198 3-89, To fulfil the above targets a sum of f\3. 84,5 2 lakhs has been proposed on tha expenditure for 1983,89, K - 35

3, Proor^imme o_^^the Home It is Common knowledge that hirsd accumrnodation for Govarnment office:::: in district and sub-divisional h-adquerters has become very scarce. Officers on trar.sferable servic-3 find it extremely difficult to procure sui'r.£.ble rasidd-^ tial accornmcuation, liJtLth the idea or remov/ing this difficujty a number of projects for residential accommodation were taken up and some of them have already been completed* It will appear from G !\1~2 Statement th-t 4 (four) projects (Si. 3-6) under Housing are under implementation in 1987-88. In addition to this work i'-S proposed to be taken up in three other old projects,

~~(1,2 & 7) , In ov-her words, the nunt>er of projects proposed for 1988-89 comes to 7 and thu details thereof are given belou.~~

It may be pointed out here that agreed outlay under Housing in 1937-u"; is only ri; * 8 lakhs. Construction of Q .H .’ s Bunglou at Baras^t being V3ry urgent, the major share of the outlay has been earmarked for the st-id projec ,, leaving almost nothing for the others* The other projects which were sanctrlc' '■i

much earlier but could not be completed for want of funds ?>ra held up mic—l.; y with all the consequential difficulties and escalation of cost. Con structj.^, /i □ ,n ,^s Bunglouj at Bc^rasat should, there fore, be treated on > sepo.rate focti,;; and fund required for this project should be met by way of special outl£.\. The proposed outlay of Rs* 3,40 lakhs for 1988-89 is much too insignifican. finance th3 prog. amme already in h;jnd for which balance requirement isR;;,23„27

~~lakhs as shown above,~~

4 , Sc he ne o f _t he^ Exci se _ Qep art nie n t, Construction of residential quarters for the txcise Officers at 46, Christopher Roadj Calcut.,a. The service of the Excise Officers are transferable when the ufficerc a:ce transferred to Calcutta from the other districts, they are put to great difficulty for want of suitable accommodation in Calcutta, It has therefore been djcidjd to construct- a building in Calcutta for residential accommodatiori of the Elxcise Officers, In 3-dpaiguri also a construction of compound lilall of

S. l ' s quarter is being taken up *

5 , Prp3 ramme_ o f .Hpnie^ The SchemtB envisages construction of a multi^.storied building at High Court Tram Terminus for accommodation of h,L*As and Group *D' Svaff of the iJe st Denqal Legislative Assjnibly,

~~^ gmme_ p_f t he Pub 1 ic^ s_ ttep ar trriw^ nt, > -~~

~~In the Seventh Pive^-Year Plan (1985-90) and in the IWinual Plan (19G7- 88) provision has been made for construction of residential quarters for Officers and Staff, K - 36~~

~~of Siieltdr for_ ;^ha Homeld Ss_ (l YSH} Prp^ram^^^~~

Thfi year 1987 hcis bysn cl^-signatad the International Ya^p Qf Shelter for the Homeless bythe Geniral Assernbly of the United i\|ations« On that b£.sis the State Go\rernment has formul;ated a phasud Programme for constructing houses far the shelterless people in che rural, semi-urban and urbnn areas of the Stabe with the direct involvement of Panchayat Raj Institutions/Hunicipalities in tht matter of selection of beneficiaries and supper vision of work to be done. The Programme envisages construction of hous<3s and latrines for the homeless pcopl-- on vested lands including provision for waler sources and approach roads to the housing pockets. Construction of Roao s/Houses should be as per model di,Gigr.e and estimates. Out of the three models suggested, riodel-I and Fiodel-II as uhe case liiay be costing 6500/- per house is both for ru^'el and sami-urban arecs of the State nodel-IH Consting 8,600/- per unit is for urban areas,

~~2, Hs a pcirt of this programme, the State Government reluosed a sum of Rs, 60 lakh during 1985-86 for extending benefit of shelter to 600 homeless familiis.~~

During the y-ar 1986-87, a sum of Ri, 1 ,85,00,153/- ut's allotted to the Implementing Agencies out o f the total budget provision of R',, 2QQ,G0 l£*kh. Target for construction of huts/houses for the sarre period ujoS 2040 houses. Total No, of houses constructed for the same period ujas 7 97 huts/houses as

renorted by the Implementing) Ag^nci^s, The State Government has provided a suni of C3, 178,00 lekh in thu jCTiniual plan for 1987-8 8 for extending benefit of sheli.er to 1815 homeless famiilic;s under "IY5H" Programne*

The State Government propose to provide a sui.i of Rs* 315,0 0 lakfi in the Annual Plen for 1988-89 for extending benefit of Shelter to 3210 homeless familiw’ s in all the districts of the State und^r this programme,

8 , proj^ramme s^the^ H The following schemes are proposed to be implemented by the DepS'rtment s- A) Third (3rd) phase construction of 7'| nos, of Staff quarters for the 1st Bisuakarma Battalion of tlie liJ «B ,i\! .F , at Qurgapur, This is a Continuing scheme, B) Construction of Oa.rracks, Officers' Quarters, Guest House E.tc, for the y ,B «^j ,1/,F o at Salt Lal

9 , ProgramnB_ pf_the^ judicial^ pvjpartment, The progr-imme envieagies construction of r-sidential quarters for Oudicis] t- i- I- r- I'- 'tr- 't' i'* "t" Officers at various Stations of the State under the up-gradation schemes,

P/. Deportment, It has been proposed -to provide c.s much residential accommocetion as possible to the Officers and s'Caff of the Directcratw of Commercial Taxes, Tho important centres where such schemes are proposed to be implemented are at Salt Lake, Beliaghata, Purulla, Midnapore, Oalpaiguri, Behai a, Sonarpur, K 37

~~Baruipur, 3orasat, b- rrackpors & Houi-ah, At Asansol fcincl Cooch Bahar construction of sid^jntial coiiipluxas ara almost complJtd , At Qurgapur a plot of Irinc! has allott;id by the? ADDA,~~

~~11 • Prporammd^ cf^ th>:;^~~

Under th^ PolicG Regulations, all policarn<=!n ara antitied to rant-frvJw' accommoc i.tion. Tha total strsngth of th;3 Statj Polic;2 is about 76,000 of uhich suG-ordinato ranks ( i ,8 , from Constable' to S , I , ) accounts for than T

~~Insp-'ctor and abovO? al^o the number of existing quarters is luss than 40>c, This highlights the njod for construction of quarters for policeman in all ranks,~~

~~Undar th^j Upgrad^tion Prugrammo undar tha T'^comTOndation of the~~

8th Finc-nca Comrrdssion, an amount of Rg* 51*75 croras is to be available from tha Govarnmanb of India for building uo family accommodation for subordinate r a n k d u r in g tlie 4 yaar 'period 1985-8 6 to 1988-89 • For that purposi3, an Action Plan hod to ba prepared and got approved by the &ate Level Lmpoutired Committes as u^ll as tha Inter-TOinisterial Ejnpouered ComffiitteL; of thw' Gov'^rnmant of India,

~~’ The said approvo'd pi an i s as follows s~~

~~H^P^U G Lousr Grand _ T p t ^ _ 1985-86 119 285 404 2058 2462 1986-87 175 65 240 1100 1340 1987-88 24? 301 548 2478 3026 1983-89 247 301 548 2479 3027~~

~~953 1740 8115 8115 9855~~

( It is, houuvjr, apprah^ndjd that unless additional fun de are made availacl=j to make uo for the escalation of costs during these years, the actual achievJinent will be much lass than the targets set in the said /’.ction Plan ) •

For construction cf quarters for senior officers and barracks for the: constables, the entire money is to come from State *s resources. In vi3UJ of the financial constraints, not much can be allocated for this p u r p o s e , • jJRJAN_ DEUELbPi^ENT ( 5.ncluc':J.r,j ccate Capital Project)

~~1* ' Progr-Jnme of the Loc?^’l Gouernmenlw & Urban Development Department~~

The are presently III uroan local bodies including 35 urban local bodies within thg Calci ,.ta Pietropolitan Areao The urban local bodies uithin C«M*A* have been brought under the C U D P and therQ has been a massive prografnme for financial assistance to these urban loccl bodies whereas the urban local bodies outsioe C*M.A« have baen cornparativej[y ignored due to financial constraints® State: GGVurriment cs per recommendations of the West Bengal Development Strategy Committee in 19B1, have decided to' offset this regional imbalance and higher allocation of fund to the tune of Rs« 2127 lakh Was proposed for tiie urban ,Iocal bodies outside C*)'!*A. for the year 1988—89,

In the meeting of tho State Planning Board on 23rd October, 1987. Government in this nepart;.i£jnt was advised to restrict the allocation to ti',e limit of Rs, I-5GQ, la i;h A c c o rd in g ly the Annual Plan for the year 1938-89 for -his ^epci. rtment is drawn up as below i- Develoi :,iGnt of Piunicipc.l Areas Rs« 436 lakh 2. OevGlopment o!^ Municipal Ar3as(Water Supply Facilities)Spot Gourcas* -- — Rs« 28 It V 3, Special Com-jonant ylan for Scheduled Castes programr,! 3 for Liberation cf Scaven gers by cdnverslcn of s-^rvice prives into aani-.ary iatrintis in municipal towns* Ps. 200 It 4, SpTicial Component Plan for Scheduled Castes Development of Municipal Areas Rs* 10 II 5* Bustae Impravemlrrc Scheme outside C*n#P,A. Rs* 289 ti 6. Urban Bp-.'c Ssrvices; , “ - - Rs* 11 It 7. Integratcci'Det'Glnn.i^-.nb Small'oc F.ediu.-i TownsRs. 300 It 6. Institute of Loc'.l Ccvt. cc Urban Studies Rs. 12 It 9. Central u'flgatif:)n.. Board, Rs* 1 It 10. Directorate of local Eodies, liJest Bengal Rs* 5 It 11. Setting up of 3 I raining Sc Research Institute ^ --_ Rs. B !t Total 2 § Rs. 1300 lakh*

~~2. Pjoora.i.mu o" the Development a Planninn (T&CP) Department~~

~~The Town opd Country Planning Branch of the Development and~~

Planning De partmant 1 r cGncarnsd with planned development of rural and urban ars-r.s in ijjftst Hongal excluding Calcutta fletropolitan District*

Authority, (2) f!a~‘iia Development Authority and (3) Siliguri—Dalpaiguri D.ev6lopment Authortiy and three ^-lanning Authorities, namely, (1) I'lirik Planning Authorit^j. (2) Daigaon Planning Authority and (3) South 24-Pc.rganas Planning Aubhnrityi hav^e bt:en sot up so far for this purpose* A K ~ 39

But the resource position of these Authorities is still far from adequate to meet the planning and dev/dlopmental needs of the areas under their respective jurisdictions. Considering the importance of the functions entrusted luitii these Planning/Deuelopment Authorities in terms of the West Bengal Toun and Country (Planning and Dovelopment) Act 1979, it is imperative that ader-uate funjs are prouided to them. Any restraint in this respect will cause adv/erse effect on the overall plenning and infrastructural deuelopraent of these regions which will in turn cause considerable slowing down of the pace of planned development of the areas* Keeping this in background, we should give top-most priority to the funding position of these Planning/Development Authorities. The main functions of these Planning Authorities as enjoined in the West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development ) Act, 1979 are (i^ preparation of existing land usp maps and register, (ii) preparation of outline development plan and detailed developiitent plan, (iii) regulating land use in the area so that unplanned -jnd haphazard development and growth of land use do not taks place. Besides the above functions^ the Development Authorities have one more function, that is, execution of specific Development schemes envisaged in the plan. So far these statutory obligations are concerned, these Development Authorities have already made much headway, (-reparation of existing land use maps and register and their publication is almost completed. The work of preparing of detailed development plan have also been made much progress* Execution of many development schemes, like improvement of roads, water supply and drainage, construction of hospital, community centres, parks, etc*, have been completed by these Devyelopment Authorities during the Sixth Plan period when financial assistance of the order of Rs. 13oOQ crores was given to them from th;:^ State budget.

~~2* The position of the three Development Authorities is enumerated below s~~

1 • Haldia Developrnent Authority_« Narration of the importance of the Haldia in the industrir-I complex of Ulf-;st Bengal is quite unnecessary* Out endeavour is to develop Haldia as an Urban Industrial Complex and important Growth Centre in the map of Jost Bengal* Enornious investment in both private and public sectors at Haldia is contemplated for fulfilment of this endeavour. The role of the Haldia Development Authority in this sphere is crucial. The responsibility of the infrastructural facilities in the area lies with this authoiity. If these infrastructural facilities cannot be offered quickly, investment in both public and pri\/ate sectors in Haldia will be considerably decreased resulting in slowing down the process of Gettinq up in iuitrial units in the area* The petro—Cheinical Complex is going to be set up at Haldia which will completely change the character of the region, both in terms of development and employment K ^ 40

~~opportunities* In the prccGss of execution of this project quickly, the~~

~~Haldia Development Authority has a big role to play because this Authority~~

~~is entrusted with the responsibility of providing infrastructural~~

~~facilities in the area* iloreover, water supply is a \Jcvy important thing~~

~~for industrial expansion of any area® Haldia Water Supply SchemG(~~

~~(Gsonkhali) is now nearinj completion* Any delay in prov/idino fund lor the~~

~~the purpose will result in delay in completion of the project. The Haldia~~

~~Deuelopment Authority hcs already availed the LIC loan for this scheme in~~

~~addition to the budgetary support of the GnverniTient• The amount of the~~

~~loan is Rs* 9*00 crores out of which Haldia Development Authority has~~

~~already availed of Rs. 6,0 0 crores. It is exp^?cted that in 19B8-'39 they~~

~~will take more amount of this loan« The responsibility of sanctionini fund~~

~~fund tj the Haldia Development Authority for payment of interest of thia~~

~~loan of Lie as well as repayment of loan instalment lies with this de~~

~~department. As this is a contractual agreement, sufficient fund must be~~

~~given to the Haldia Development Authority for this purpose,~~

~~2* Asansol-Ourqapur L'->evelopmc:nt Authority.~~

~~The importance of the region under this Authority in'terms of~~

~~industrial growth hardly rGt^uires any narration. There arc various~~

~~industrial set up in that area and poviding infrastructural facilities~~

~~to these existing industrial units and future ones is mainly the~~

~~responsibility of this authority. This Authority is executing schemes~~

~~like Water supply,' ro:-'d cor,inii;nication, housing etc. As we have not been~~

~~able to provide them sufficient fund in spite of their repeated requests,~~

~~their works in these directions have been considerably slowed down.~~

~~3 • Si 1 i g LI r i~_3 a Ip a i g u r i Dc velcpm e;nt Aut ho rjt y~~

~~The areas under t!‘;e Siliguri-Dalpaiguri Development Authority~~

~~have great strategic importance because this is the link'area between~~

~~Assam and the rest of India, and these areas are near our northern border.~~

~~This Authority is undertaking a number of development Schemes for which~~

~~Ue should render them all required financial assistance.~~

~~3* The work of preparation of existing land use map/register by~~

~~the South 24~Parganas. Planning Authority is making progress.~~

~~4* The annual plan proposals of the Development and Planning (T5:CP ) •,~~

~~Depar.tment for 1980—39 have been drawn up agcinst this background. In~~

~~. order to meet the needs of this Department, ws have proposed outlay of~~

~~Rg. 7 oOO crores for 19B8~ag whicln is considered to be even below minimum~~

~~^ ‘■for ‘■•tfre '‘os's Jht^'i^l ^'f^' t^'E^Dfevfelfeplfei^t.^’A&tferiMas trHfe h' h-~~

Planning Authorities already set up and proposed to be set up*

~~V- K - 41~~

~~3* Prograimne of the MetroDoli tan De-valo-pment D^partmoit.~~

A. Calcutta Imp rov em en t Trus t ; In all sixteen schemes haVe 'been recommended fo3? Inclu^ sioh ^ t h l n the Mn-ual Plan 1988-89, Out of these sixteen schemes, six schemes are remunerative in nature and the other- ten are mainly non^remnierative schemes, the main purpose being widening of roads, 2, Within the ronunerative schemes two major Civic Centre Proj acts - one in Maniktala and the other in Gariahat are mder execution. These are going to create huge amount of Shopping, Commercial and Cultural ac'ti-vltiGs in two parts - of the City, There vrotCLd be a good amomt of employBgit genera tion due to the execution of these projects. Most of tho facilities generated in Gariahat Project haVe already been disposed of, A live storeyed office buLldingaat Mgjiiktala has already been let out to State Bank of India* Actions have been taken for disposal of shopping facilities nearing completion vdtldLn the project. The other Area Development Schemes, in addition to opening out new roads, will enable the Trust to develop comp rehen si voly some of the congested areas of the Citir and provide facilities lUce Grox:^) Housing, Individual Housing, Shopping, Commercial and Other activities, 3* As regards non-remunerative schemes the main concen tration is on road widening project. These non-remonerative schemes include widening of Bentinck Street, itoherst Street . extension beyond S,N* Banerjee Road, Baishiab Sett Street widening, IILtadanga Railway underpass, extension of Manicktala Main Road to Salt Lake, extension of Belighata Main Road to Salt Lake, improvem^t od Deslpran Sashmal Road and development .of Dhakuria Station Area. ^~fc)wrah Improvement Trust 2 The Plan proposals for 1988-89 are designated for execution of some general improvement schemes envisaging planned water sugyly^ developmant of sewerage and drainage, roads snd other civic amenities and pa^‘k schemes to provide aji open area space to the residents of congested city of Howrah* Kalyani Tovjnship ; To meet the basic infrastruct-ural facilities to the already covered areas and to ext nd such faciljLties to the ■uncovered areas in the Kalyani Township I 988-89 annual plnn envisages as part of Seventh plan outl,ny installation bf sewer flashing units, construction of water lines, sinking - of deep tubewells and electrification, construction of commii- nity hall-cun-auditorium, setting 1:^ m,arket and construction of Park at K?ayani. K 42 D. Urban Hene^al Schemos In the Q.M.D.A. To ease the internal tr,iffic olrculation pr.-^blems in Calcutta, .specially in ^,Araid the CLCitral Dusiness district, where most of the St?.te G-cand Central Government offices and offices of the SGa-utory Bodies5 mercantile firms and finan cial institutions are located, rationalisation of the existing land use vTith a view to release some land for the roa.d system would be helpful. Relocation of the Jetties and Godoi-jns of the G.P.T. .along the Strmd Roa.d v/ould give land for substantially \-d.doling of it and thereby to open expressway facilities for relief to traffic and providing a diversion route during the period of Metro R.ailways Works .along CoR,Avenue, Besides, beaUr- tification of Kadapara dunping ground near Subhas Sarobar has been included under this scheme. E. Augmentation of Water Suo^aly in Bldhmnagar T own s hip ( S aZTt^ YaK eV ';

A^ p r e s e t vJater s’qDply to Eidhannagar To\mship i s done by si:|)plyins ground V7at-:r throiigh 8 0 ” dj_a deep tubewell. For this, the area has been divided into a number of water tower zone each having a populrtion of 20,000 (approx.). There are 1^ overhead reservoirs in Sectors I,II & III, Each //>ne is fed from overhead reser\ôir o f I 5255OOO g_al3_ons caoacity and 60V staging height, 2 . HLdhannagar i3 a new plannod toT'-mship of nearly five sQ-Uare miles area cand is growin'g at a ver^r fast rate, Various types of residential and co:n"morciaJ. complexes are coming 1;^. Though the present population has roachod onlj^ 2"^% of design population, water scarcity is being felt even now, Tubewells are becoming defunct \d.thin five to six years, pipelines are being choked with iron deposition due to excessive iron content in the ground water; pumps become out of order very freq.UGntly, The q.uality of ground water is very poor^ 3 , The master plan ( 19 6 6 -.2OOI) for water sT^pply, sewe rage and drainage in Calcutta Metropolitan District recommended surface Water sv^ply^ in'cer aJia, to BLdhannagar in viev'7 of the poor luality of the ground water of the area. Keeping in view the a.bove recommeoda.tion and to meet the increasing demand, C.M.DÂ, bas prepared a project report for 3 t:5)ply o f water fromsurface. soVrce W ifei fiiJn â^d'"Eolith\ D vm Dum Municipal va.th a cost estirinte o f Rs,39^67 crores to ensure sipply of reqi-ired auontity of water to study areas, execution of the schoiê in entirely is necessary. But consider- , ing the fin a n ci.al,. constraint,^ the scheme: has been proposed to be executed in twp phases, - K 43

For the field work (tr ia l pits aPd soil investigation for construction of mder groirid reservoirs and punp bouses), the detailed desiryi end preparation of tender documents and other preliminary works and also for augnonting the capacity of the present s\:^ply s?/stem to mieet the grov/ing Water demand in Bidhannagar,

Calcutta Metropolitan Developiaeit Authorj.ty State Canital Pro.1ect« The main thrust of the Annual Plan he implementa tion of the Third Calcutta Urban Development Programme (GUDP-III) which includes a few schemes ta}cen i:?) mder IDA-I & IDAr.II pack ages which remained incomplete and had spilled over to GUDP-III. Some of the on going schemes, not included in any of the IDA prograjiimesj have alsd been provided for in the over, all alloca tion of Rs,6l.l6 crores for 1988-8 9 . The schemes for which pro vision has been made are essential, componants of the overall plan to meet the minimum needs for Urban services at .affordable standards in the Calcutta Metropolitan Area i. e,, the area served by the Municipal Corporation of Calcutta and Eowrah and 3^ other Haanicipalities and Notified Areas,. 2, Ma.ior Schemes^ .,g;rQiJipwis e are discussed below 5 S') Municip al P^3velonmen t F r o,^raime( K« D. P) , This includes vp.ri jus developmr-nt works, multisectoral in nature, covering, water supply, Sewerage and Drainage, Solid Waste liLsposal, conversion of service pri^/les, Improve ment of Roads, Marketing fa,cilities,' Bustee Improveii]ents etc, which are indentifi.edj planned and executed by, the Local Bodies "and cover activities restricted to the jurisdiction of- the Municipal and other Local Bodies concemed. This is one .of the important segments of CUDP-III programme and has made appreci able progress:* b) Trans A Municipal Infrastructure P.rog^ranime (TRIP"^ * This provides for planning and execution by C.M.D.Ao of critical infrastructure in Water Sippl3^, Drainage, Sanita tion and Traffic Transportation Sectors etc* fôm which bene fits be shared by two or more Local Bodies.“Some of the major schemes pertaining to tliLs groi:p already in execution and for which considerable investments are rf?q.ui:red tp be made during 1988-89 are s- i) Ba.ranagS,r Kama.rhati and S.arajiTpore Water Treatment,., Plants- s- On these works^ a, total investment of 'cho order of crores is enVigagod. Major contra^cts ha.V0 been'â3ârded and expenditui'‘e during I 9B7-88 is anticipated to be iis,7,5 croros. - K 44

2.^$ of work of Barron gar Kaniarhati Water Treatment Plan m d over ^0% of the Serajnpore VJatar Treatment Plant have been completed by August, I 987. 11) Improvement of Various Trans-Municipal Canals arid augmentation of pxmping capacity of different stations* These are of vitrol importLince f^r reducing VJater logging during heavy r;d.ns in various areas. Progress of work of the follov/lng projects is. indicated ■below 1) Antimalaria Khr^a * * ^0% 2) Bhatpara N?iha.ti Nikashi .. ^0% 3) Out fall sl-ulce at ^0% Ghatra Khal.

Q) Ga3.cutta Howrah XMtro :QnXe‘) Investment Profyrajnme (GIlEP')> This programme involvin,': investments i-jithin the jurisdi ction of Calcutta Municipal Corporation and Ifowrah Municipal - Corporation aims at optimising the use of the existing infras tructure • from the investments made inder IDA-I & IDAr*II, The m,a3or on-going projects whero hea¥y in'^estment are reQ.ulred duUng 1988--89 are (i) Durgapur Bridge and various road works (Jeerut Bridge has since been completed a n d ^0% of the works of Durgapur Bridge has been completed arid 90^ work completed in respect of Gaznavi Bridge), (ii) Tallah - Auckland Water Mains, (iii ) Augmentations of capacity of four major drainage Pnmping Stations and Diamond Harbour Road Drainage scheme to reduce water logging in Calcutta City proper, (iv) -Solid Waste Management in Calcutta City a n d How rah involving mainly procii- rement of vehicles and eq.uLpmQits ,.md (v) Sewer Disposal. d) C.M,A, - wide Complementary Progr.a:nme (CMAGP) . Tlus programme includes C.M.D.A. initiated and Co^ ordinated Health Programme, Employment oi'iented Prvjgramme and Panchayat Development Programme. A substantial investmoit of about Rs*230 lakhs has been envisaged for the Health Programme alone by C.M,D,A. This will be si:pplemoted by other operating agencies viz. Health Department of State Governmcsrfc and various Municipal Bodies. The plan envisages creation of a large number of Health Centres, deployment of Honorary Health visitors. The target is to provide medical benefits to about ^-dstel! W e l l W 's Sof- economic status. e) C.M.D.A. also participates in the implementation of the National minimum Needs Progrojnme.

~~contd,,. K 45~~

~~f) Shelter and Urban Renewal etc. C,M*D,A, has taken xjip Various schemes for Area Develop, ment ^nd Urban Renewal) Substantial investment during-1988-89 is expected on the follo\7ing schemes~~

i) Area Development Scheme in East Calcutta. ii) Area Developmcait Scheme in Bast Calcutta Extension, i i i ) :^aishnabghata P a t u H Area Development Scheme, iv) West Howrah Area Development Scheme, v) Court-GiJii-GoimiierciaJ. Complex at Sealdah,

On account of resource constraints the Calcutta Urban Developmeit Programme III, which provides the basic frame work of the CMDA* s activities, got off to a slow start. Difficulties also arose in the case of land acQ.uisition etc. The progress of work nd invostmcant offinds could not, therefore, keep pace \d.th the projection given to the'World Bank and accepted by them for. the purpose of providing part reimbursement of expenditure incurred. Many of these cons-- traints have been ovor-come by most of the Sectors and satisfactory level of investment is expected in 1 9 8 8 -8 9 , The propo'sed investment of Rs,6 l , l 6 crores, whLcli is the minimum req.ulrement during I 9 8 8 - 8 9 to achieve the objective, may be approved to eliminate any slippage in the implementa tion of the Projects, K - 46 4 • PROGRAI^dS XEVi^LOPI/nHHT & PL.AITFPTG- DEP/JITE.E^T PITtHA DEYEIOPICj^TT SCRiSLE :

~~1 • Cb,1»ective Digha Development Scheme came into being in 1 956 as a Plan Scheme with the two main objectives v iz, (a) Development of modem tov/nship and (b) Development of tourism at Dagha.~~

2 . Achievement ;~ a) For development of a modern township an area of about 1100 r.cres of lond was ac<^uired and a comprehensive land use plan was prepared. ■'O.Liost all the plots in the Residential Sector, Holiday Homes Sector, Mini Jloliday Homes Sector and Economy Hotels Sector have been leased out and housing activities have already gathered pace. Supportiag facilities like ;vater

supply?’, power supply, road connexion, market end parks have been provided. To save the Djgha Township Area from the erosion of the beach and bank ly the Sea, a protective embankment has been constructed and schemes for afore- station were undertaken. Illumination and beautification programmes of the beach have also been implemented,

D-aring the current financial year the plan outlay of Rs. 16,00 lakhs_ has already been allotted for execution of some internal road schemes, ele ctrification schemes, a forestry development scheme and the main drainage scheme of the Nehru I-laidan Ha,rket#

The problem of bank erosion and movement of sand is still creating Environmental ha?;ards: in the Dig ha Coast. The Oentre for study of Kan and Environment has submitted final technical report and the same is under exa mination of different levels.

~~There is an Advisory Committee v iz . Co-ordination Committee for Development of Digha which recommends need based progranrries in a rc^'ular manner.~~

b) For development of toui'lA^i Digha tourist accommodation has been provided at a modest scale for all sections of tourists* To ensure orderly movement of buses and for the facility of the tourists a l^jcz’arious bus terminus has also been constructed,

~~3. Proposed Provision for the Annual Plan, 1 938-89 i- The programme for 1988-89 enviscges, as a part of Seventh Plan~~

~~-gcfeeme^- f- r- i- prepared by the x^dmi.nistrator, Digha Jfevelopment Scheme and approved bj’’ the District Planning Comrrittee, I.Udnaporo are proposed to be inplemeiitGd during 1988-89,~~

~~tp/- K - 47~~

~~mgQRmTiaT MJ) PUBLICITY~~

~~SGHEIffiS OF THE PfSXDmVTiqT & C U L ’m i M j AFFAIRS~~

~~/DEP/qm/LMT, / ,. . .~~

The Departmoit has been reorganised into three distinct win^^s so far as iioplemendation of plan programmes are concerned. They are Inform;i~ tion \7ing, Film Wing and Culture Wing*_ Schemes taken up by these wing for implementation during the year 1987-38 are discussed in the follavJr^ notes ^Jinder three broad heads,

~~I* mFOmiATION ;~~

~~The area of activity of these wing has been v/idened. Strees has~~

~~been laid for strengthen the rural oirganisation. Schemes have beeLi draJ'Tn up to gear up the rural information machinery. Schemes drawn up by this wir^ are as follpws, :~~~

Direction & Administration 1 • Oonstruction of .Information & Culture Complex at Head Quarters ; There is a severe scarcity of accoranodation at Writers’ Buildir:gs several offices of the department are housed in rented houses K scatered throughout the city. To do avvay with the diffic’jJ.ties and to bring all offices of this department under one roof - an Information. & GUlture Complex is proposed to be constructed at 85, Acharya Jagadish Chandra

Bose Road, Calcutta. The land is ovmed ly this Department* The total estimated cost of the buildin,g is Rs18,00 laldis*

~~Information Centres~~

2 , State Level Information Centre at Siliguri : The centre was opened d^orirg the Sixth Plan period, A buildiue: with auditorium and library and other ancilliary facilities under construction. This is nearing completion and expected to be opened to public next year.

~~The total revised cost of the building is Rs.122,00 lalshs. Upto the end of 1985-86 the expenditure was Rs.51.07p. Current years provision of~~

~~Rs.7*00 laldis will be fully utilised. The balance amount w ill be required during next two years.~~

3. Setting up of Inf‘ormati»n Bureau dn different States : During the Six-bh Plan three Information Centres were opened at ./^artala, Bhubanesv/ar and Madras. It is proposed to open some such centres in Rajasthan, Maharastra and Kerala during the Seventh Plan period. One such centre has been sanction for Rajasthan. It ±n proposed to open the centre this year. The information centres opened during the Sixth Plan'Period are also proposed to be equipped with Audio Vis'aal

~~Units.~~

Settir^ up of Information Cell in Rural Areas : The eacisting information net work is proposed to be eictended to village level. Under the programme at least one village level Govt. ..tp/- Contd.. . . K 48

~~Sponsored Information Cell is proposed to be set up in collaboration with Gram Panchayats. ‘The work will be completed 3Ji phases.~~

~~5, Setting up of Block ]Level Inforrno.tion Centre ; Information Centres o.c the G-overament now extend upto Sub-divisions.~~

~~It is now proposed to extend these centres upto Block level.~~

■ Setti^ig up of Information Osntres at Kalyani, Haldia, .Bolpur and Sundarbans ; ■ . Salyani, Haldia and Bolpur have recoatly be0:1 declared as iib- divisions. Three Information Centres have been sanctioned at these places along with one §t Kakdwip to serve the S^'undarbans. Proposal for oponjjig two centres during the current fin-ancial year is under examination. The annual running cost of each centre is Rs.30,000/-.

~~Press Information Ser'/ices ”7• Setting up of ^leprinter Service linking Calcutta with districts : For '’uick dissemination of various infornntion and relea.~~

Field Information 8 , Appointment of Field Workers .at Block Level ^ The schemfe was takei up during the Sixth Plan period. It is con tinuing during the Seventh Plan. The Field Workers organise publicity

~~vYork at village level. At pres^ent there are 90 such workers against 341 blocks. It v/as proposed, to coveB? all the blocks by appointing one such~~

~~worker for each block. But due to inadequate budget allocation no addi tional post could be sanctioned during 1986-87. 30 new posts are proposed to be created during 1 987-88,~~

~~Strengthening of A.V.Units ; • ,~~

The scheme envisages replacement of Projects, CreneratorSy Vans which constantly go out of order for long us^. It is proposed to replace these old and worn out equipments in plhases durirg^ the Seventh Plan period.'

~~Strengthening Exhibition Set up~~

~~To cope with the increased volume of exhibition work it v/as proposed to strengthen the e^diibition set up by including' nav hands both for e^dii-~~

.;D|t|oi|s .ai|d go¥il#-^o^- ^e^t.ikQn -r- up for implementation due to inadequate f ’Jind provision and also demand of large amoujit for construction of a permanait pavilion of 7/est Bengal at Pragati Maidan, which form a part of Scheme. It is now proposed to strengtheniiTg the :^hibition Unit by producing exhibition ld.ts. A-provi sion of Rs.2.00 lakhs hasbeen s’jggested during 1 987-88. As per agreemait

~~contd. , , » , K - 49 with tha contractor executing consti*uction v/ork at Prc^ati Maidan, tlio work~~

~~v/ill be completed this year for vvhich the State G-overrment w ill have to oay the amount as suggested in the revised estimate.~~

~~Installation of a T>V.sets for Coirniunitr'/ Yiev/lng ;~~

The department' has been, suppljirg T*V,sets to various public insti'fctions under the scheme. Upto 1 985*-86 270 such sets have, been distributed. Rs*1#35 lakhs was spent for the purpose during 1985-86. Rs,1 ,75 lakhs will b3 spc3n.t during current year for the parpose. 40 suoh sets w ill be distributed d^.iring 1987-88 at an estimated cost of Rs.2,25 iGdihs for vvhich similar provision hos been sug^^ested.

~~Setting up of Video Publicit^^ Unit at H.Q. :~~

~~d h e VCP Units is being set up at H,Q, during 1986-87- The unit will be manned by one Sound Mechanic-cum-Projectionist and a Helper. One more unit w ill be set up during 1^7-88#~~

~~Conversion of ELxed Point AV. Units into Mobile Units :~~

All the A ,V , Units excepting 14 are mobile ones. It was proposed to con-- vert these 14 units into mobile units ty providing vehicle and a driver#. One such unit is being conv.erted during 1‘986-87. T^vo units will be con verted during 1987-88.

• Setting up of a ?old Entertainment Unit at Siliguri : A Folk 'Qitertainment unit was set up duririg Sixth Plan period. The ’onit is capable of producing dramas in veiy limited scale. Some more posts of drama artistes with technical hands are to required. A SoA'?

squad consisting of 14 artistes is to be created to make it a composite one. But due to inadequate budget provision these posts cannot be created. It will also not be possible to talce up the expansion programme during 19o7~88 due to tight financial position.

2* Setting up of a Sor^~ Unit and Jatra Unit °« The Scheme was taken up for implemoitation during the Sijcth Plan period but could not be completed. The po;sts required were created but could not be filled up. The ^onits could not function effectively as it v/as found necessary too'eate some more posi:s to roake the units seli- -dependent. But for inadequate provision no expansion prograiime could be taken up durijng 1985-86 3Hd 1 986-87. It w ill not also be possible to take up expansion programe during 1987-88 dur to greater demand of fund in other programmes.

Photo Services Setting up of Colour Photo Laboratory : Colour photography has assumed a great impoirtance during recent times. But we do not have any colour photo processing labora-^ory. These jobs are being done through private agencies which is costly and also delay

ing. So it has been proposed to set up a Colour proces3ii\^ unit in our tp/- c o n t d ..... K ~ 50 existing 3 & VV processing irboratory. Only machinery and equipmentE; and, technical personiiel are required. All other dufrastruct’ore are available.

~~Film 1. Film Festivals ; (Bengali) i 'The department will organise festival of Bengali film Y/ithin and outside the State,~~

Development and main~benance of ^.Im Production Unit : The Film .production -rjiiit is going to be shifted to erstwhile ‘^uQdlia Film Studio which has recently been handed over by Doordarshan to this Department. The building w ill require Jjimiediate repair and addition and alteration. Moreover for' its civil and electrical maintenance P'^/D v/ill be entrasted with the work. .

2. Setting up of a colour ]llm Laboratory ; ■Estimated project cost of the recently commissioned colcnar iTilm Laboratory was 527 lakhs. Out of this IDBI will provide Rs.264 laldio by -/ay of loan.' The balance will have to be paid by the State G-ovt# by way of purchase of equity shares of the corporation.

According to the report available from the Corporation the cost of the project will amount to n:;:,627,40 lakhs because of escalation. 'Ihis means an-additional Rs,100 lakhs w ill have to be provided tov^ards the cost of the project,

~~3• Setting up of an Ar~t Film Theatre and Film Archive The construction of an Art Theatre Complex was taken up in the~~

Sixth Plan. It was completed in September^ 1985 and ’Christened' as ilandaii, Randan has by this tirrie coatributed to the State ."Ixchequer more thor^ 1:3.5' lakhs by way of earning thro’Jgh the rental and organising film festivals. A sum of Rs.10 laldis has been proposed under this head. Out of the esti-*- rnated cost of the project for construction of Nandan (Rs. 211 laidis approx#) uptil nov/ a sum of Rsi193 lakhs has been allotted to the P. W,D, The balance amount of Rs,l8 lakhs has to be allotted. Moreover for some addi tional work 13*2'^ lakhs w ill be required,

4. Acnuisition of Studieus ; An additional e:?penditure of Rs, 12.45 lakhs has been incurred for malcLng pc^^ment to the owners of the 'jfechnician Studio in terms of the orders of the Honourable High e Court. Meenwhile a tribunal has been formed for assessing the compensation to be paid to the erstwhile owners of Technician Studio'"for^e(|uipi}er!t ^oVeffniiT^tr-

~~Gbntd...... tp/- K - 51~~

~~5# M.naacial - .AsgistDXice f or constraotion of Cinema Houses :~~

~~In the next financial year we propose to keep earmarked Rs, 9 lakiis for giving financial assistance by way of loan for construc tion of at least 3 (tircee) cinema houses in the districts.~~

~~I-^odemisatioh of otudioH and Laboratories s~~

Since after takeover of the ^chnicions Sbudio in 1983 Status '^uo is .being maintained. It has been decided to handover the Studio for management to ¥est Ben^^al ELlm Development Gbrporation. To i'Tiprove the facilities of the studio it will be necessary to shift the dubbing theatre of the Studio to erstwhile Radha Film Studio.

~~7. Film Festival :~~

~~The development will organise festival of Bergali Films within and outside the State,~~

~~Maintenaxice of ./est Bernal Film Centre, Nanian,~~

~~This head of account has been opened with the concurrence of~~

~~Financ e Dep artment. K - 52~~

~~WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES, SCHEDULED TRIBES & , "T o THHR backw ard GLASSES./"~~

I n t r o d u G t i o n ; 1 , ^ The Scheduled Castes and SchediXled Trihss popiXLation of West Bengal, n-umbering 121*00 lakhs and 30.7 lakhs respectively as per 1981 censIIS5 constitute 27.62^ (S .C , - 2199^, S*T.-.5 .^ 3^ of the Statens total piopuLation, Major emphasis has heen given- to cater to their welfare needs in consideration of their hack- w^rdness in educational and economic fronts and the handicaps- ; suffered in enjoying social serv^ices and infrastructural faci lities, Besides providing the reQ.-uired thrust in the in5)lemen*^ tation of various policies and programmes of the State Govt, towards the developmait of these commui;3.ties the plan programmes specifically Quantified for con ting ence on these segments of population are implemented through (1) the Special Component Plan for S.C s, (ii) the Tribal Sub-Plan and (i i i ) the Scheduled Castes, Sched-uled Tribes and Other Backward Classes Sector Plan, Aromd 1?-16^ of the total Annual State Plan outlays are earmarked for flowing directly to their benefit,

2, In consideration of the growth rate and investment trend the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes Sector Plan received priority attention both at the State Planning Board and Planning Commission levels. The outlay approved for the 7th Plan md^r this sector is F^S.JSOO.OO lakhs, v/hich is of the 7th Plan outlay of Rs,lfl25,00 crores. approved for . this State, The percentage allocations during the subset.uent Annual Plans were, however, stepped vig slightly in apprecia« , tion of the need for higher investmait mder this sector. The outlay of Rs,1300,00 lakhs as has been proposed for I 988-89 has similarly been arilved at a slightly higher percentage than the normal rise. Taktog into accomt the expenditure figures for 1985^86 and I 986-.87 and the outlays for I 987-88 and I 988- 89 the balance of outlay available during I 989-90 out of 7th Plan outlay of Rs,J800.00 lakhs comes to Rs, 129^.1^ lakhs only. Obviously this is re

On an appraisal of the Annual Plan performancGs "under this sector duiring 1st 2 years of the 7th Pirn i t appears that leaving aside the 8 th Jincijice Gominis si on provisions ±n the plan the expenditurG indor normal plan provisions has been qm te Gneduraging, which m il he evident from helow s- ( Normal Plan' J Expondi- V Y e a r ■ /Percaitage ) < ■ Provision ) ture, < AcM-OTomait) Rs, { 198^-86 922* 73 lakbs 902. lakhs 97.8k ( 1986-87 1028.60 ^i^- 1036.50 100.7^)

~~The physical achievements have also heen Q.uite remark^ -able, as will, he apparent from the following ta,hle~~

^ 7 ~ r ~ TTthTlari Total ( target )Achlcv- ( Achiov- ) target ( of 3 ._____ ( ______; emont,. ( ement. ;______( years i) Awardees 9;,21,932 3 ,0 6 ,8 1 ^ 9 , ^ , 7 0 1 m der edu* BjO^jVsi cational grant schemes.

~~) ii) Economic 11,30,000 2,^1,712 7,19 j T6^ -assistance 2, 78, 0^^ 2,00,000 to S*C« families* [iii) Economic 2,56,100 77?lS^ 2,05,^12 assistance 7^,228 5^,000 to S.T. families.~~

It is necessa.ry to maintain tliis trend for which higher alloca tion mdor this sector v/ill ho justified. In fact a nmbur of decisions cleared by the Planning Gonmassion partic-ULarly in the educational programme can not be in5)leraented for f-und constraint,

: The Department of Scheduled Gastes and Tribes Welfare of this Government is responsible for the implementation of the schemes m d er the Scheduled Castes, SchediiLed Tribes and Other Backward Glasses Sector Plan. As a nodal Department the Scheduled Castes and Tribes V/elfare Department has also to co-ordinate, monitor and sipervise implementation of S.C.P. and T.S.P. and the Special Gontral Assistajice Programmes related to these Plans. The committed level of expcnc3iture has -also increased manifold during the successive plan period. The machineries responsible for implementation of the provi sions of the protective laws, namely. The We^it Bengal Land Reforms Act, the VJest BciigaJ. Reservation of vacancies (in Govomment Services & P-'sts) Act, The Protection of Civil Rights Act utc. are oj-so roquLred to be geared vg for their K » 54

proper fucictioning, Tho admnistrativo apparators lias, however,, reasoinod still in its priinltivo fomi. Duo to ban on croation of now post3 the structure of tho existing District, Sul>-Division/ Region and KLock machj.nw;ry is i l l equipped to cope with the increasing tolume of work. Administrative structure has to be straigthaned,

P r o F a n m e s s The Sched'’Jled Gastes, SchediXLed Tii-hes nnd Other Back ward. Glasses Sector Pl??ji ha.s ‘bec.Ti divided into 3 components, namely, educational development, econojnic betterment and health, housing and other promotional programmes. Brief des-* cription of the schemes contained In those programmes are •• given below Educational Development i The State Education Policy for free universal education r^Dto Glass-5CCI, free sipply of text books at th« primary level, Gstablishmc3it and-construction of primary schools'^ as per minimun needs and 8th 'Flnmco Commission norms also covers the Scheduled Castes and. Scheduled Tribes student popvaation. The si:?)plemantal programmes implemaited -under this plan are to simport those students with Ashram Hostel facilities at the primary level, providing book gr^aits, hostel cha.rges, examination, fees, maintenance grants etc. at the secondary level and .creating siAtable eduoationaJL infrastructures through construction of Various hostel9, coaching centres, residaitiaJL schools etc. The schemcatic pattern of those programmes are as follows :« ! • Ashram Ifostels atta.ched to Primary Schools s Thif scheme intends to benefit the Scheduled Castes and SchedULed Tribes children of the families having annual income not exceeding Rs.3,600/- per annmi. Previously for construction of a hostel with a provision for 30 children a ceiling cost of Rs,50,000/- was fixed. It is no longer possible to complete hostel building within the present ceiling limit. The ceiling cost per building is therefore proposed to be enhanced to Rs,80,000/-* Primary school children residing in these hostels would be provided with boarding, lod.ging, clothes, medicines, books, etc, free of cost, * V r ^ V i Ie^ 'fdr^ 1987*^8 8 'W e '^bbtfli f f©^'^ completion of hostels m der construction and for new hostels. All the Ashram hostels at primary level are run under Govern ment m an ag em en t^’

~~con tcl,, . , , . K - 55~~

Book Grrmts rmd Bxairdnatlon fogs s Book gmats aro pnid to ScheduLGd Castos & ScheduLod Tribes students roading in seconda,ry stages at tho rates noted below ' V r77” ’*Tio7^ Glass « VI ... Hs.30/- Class -VII . . . i%.70/- Glass ^ VIII ... ns'.yo/- Glass - IX ... Rs.90/- Glass - X ... Rs.50/- (* For help books only)

Grants are also given for payment of Examination foes at the rate prescribod by the Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal. It may be noted that tloB Sf?jiie beneficiaXy may be awarded stipends for more than one year. About 6,00j000 studoits (approx.) are expected to be benefited under the scheme including committed budget during - 1987*^88. During 1988-89 it is proposed to increase this cover-:, age to more than 6 lakhs.

3. Hostel charges at the SecondaiT Sta^e s The. object to the scheme is to pro'Hde Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Trj.be. students a.t Secondary Stages with hostel charges. At present 60,000 studaits are being provided with hostel charges @ Rs.lOO/*- per month for lo months ,in a year (i.e. Rs.lOOO/- per year). The figure is likely to go ip during the next financiaJI year,

~~Grant of Malntenrince Charges to the Dav Schola.rs at the Secondary Stage s~~

The object of the schapxe is to grant maintenance charges to . SchediiLed Caste arid Scheduled Tribe day scholars at tho rate of RS.-20/--per month for 12 months in a yea.r rea.ding in Classes V to X and belonging to the families having annual income 1:5)to Rs.35600/-. In case of Scheduled Tribe all the eligible day scholars are given the stipends and in case of SchediiLed Caste awards are given to a limited No. of day scholars- on the basis (\ of means-test. At present ^7^000 Scheduled Tribes and ^ ,00 0 Scheduled Castes day scholars are being benefited uider the scheme.

Kx ten si on of Host el Facilities ; Location of schools, both primary and secondary, are not always contiguous to Sched''JO.ed Castes or Scheduled Tribes ha,bitations. Accordingly exttnsion of hostel facilities to K - 56

SchediiLed Castes and Scheduled Tribes students has been accepted as a basic pre-reauLsite for propagation of formal education among these population. It has been seen that extension of such facilities has contributed largely in attracting Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students -within the fold of formal education. In consideration of the need and resources a nunber of validations have been introduced in this scheme from time to time. These are , a) AshraKi Hostel foi* Primary students, b) Ashram Hostel for Secondary students. c) Construction of Hostel buildings for boys attached to High Schools. d) Construction of Hostel bullrings for S.T. College students, e) Construction of Girls* Hostels -under Centrally Sponsored Schemes,

Necessary provisions have been proposed for talcing construction of Hostel buildings during I 987-88 and 1988^89, 6 , Coaching- arrangemoit for Sched-uled Cactte and Scheduled Tribe students reading in School ; 2O 5OOO Schedixled Caste/Sched-Uled Tribe stijdents are likely to be benefited m der this scheme.

~~7* Improvement and expansion of the Residential School for the Tribal Girls at Belpaha^ in the tistrlct or iSfcaporo!~~

The residential school for tribal girls at Belpahari is no-w a fiXll-fiedged Higher Secondaiy Institutioup The nunber of students has been enhanced from 2 ^ to 360. The provision proposed in the Plan is for completion of bouidary -Walls, construction of staff Q.uarter consisting of 8 uiits, construction and repair of q.uarters for Class IV staff and for maintenance of the addlti.onal 120 students etc.

8, Improvement of voifeLng condition o f the Bovs* Hbatels and Girls^ Hpstals started previously out o!^ the fmd cloned by this D(yarfai(3it Including provision for repair and ccm^ p 1 eSo n o f. "in c'ompl ete boSl din ^ s ......

~~The aim is to provide addi*bional amenities in the Boys^ and Girls* Hostels and to complete the incanplete buildings.~~

9* -Scholarships to mezltorloiis Sched-uLed Caste & Schedifl.od , Jylhas .studants.iu2a(anfl -i.a se^condaiy, stascs- e,- In order to cncourago the ScheduLed Caste and Scheduled Tribe students in general.it has been decided to introduce a scheme for awarding scholarships to moiutorioi:is students of secondary schools. Quccossfiil students obtaining at least 60% marks in case of Scheduled' Casto .ind ^0% marks in case of

~~contd.. . . . K » 57~~

ScheduLed Tribes in the Anntial ExajidnatLon (for Glasses. y □nd Madhyamik Exajiiination for those complGting the st-udi.GS^.in Class X v/ill t e awarded a cash pri^ie of Rs^loV"*-<2ach*.^ Economici Betturmont * Th i mjin thrust m dor theso progranmiGS ai^ given throiJgh " Land Reforms aid povorty olloviabion progroramos. In^iTovomGnt of the traditional slcLlls of the SC/ST artisons and involvemmt^. of the SO/ST Gntrepr'Tsneiirs in the new technology has also beai . aimed at iHder the Ilrm. The fuictioning of West Bengal SchediXLM Caste & ,9ch :6ulad Tri"bej=; revolopmcnt a^nd Tlnance Corporation .and

the West BcTigaZ. Trihal DGVelopnunt Co-operative Corporation Xtd,. have been dnfliicd precisely to live ipto this espectatian, Ihder the Lnnd .Reforms Prograjnme of the State GoVermiiiGn-'t-• there has boai ccns:* der^nbie .cr^r.se ±n the. nimber of landed peasantry’- among B.O^ '^nd S*T„. T ill 6.U-2 lakhs, ,S.-G»- an4.„. 3»29 lakhs families wero assigned rested lands, .The..assl*i»-■ gnees of vested l:nds to^êtliuzv with sharo^ci^ppersj-recorded - uider special: drivê, constitute about 56.5^ of the totgil assi^ • • and share-croppers o f the Stato*. these assl^d^QSf. Shi;rG4 cpopp ers, smjÛL an d marglii al fajriners arnong -^C/ST have be(^: ' bro^ht- in dor ^ Various cconorrrL c dGVolopmait i^^ôgrainiSe s m ^,,C;,P^ f ^ d T .S*P , Bfi^jio^Tnai-^ oriented programmes propose, to Slversi fy the. occi|iation of th- SO. & ST j. who ..are predoiisljian’tlsr: : agri;cul'^^f^ laboiJirGrSj through difforenti ,types of :■

g(^eratlns schemes. h. • ■ ir ■ V ' ' The West Bengal Scheduled. Castes and SphGdx^d p(^Qlapiiient & Plnance Qorporat5.on ,1s assisted \|:ider the f wl-gh m^tofltdng assi$,tra:^ce in -rV ^ laargin money loon scheme o f ;.the Ool^ratton ,hg,s assumed a ke;5F role In promQ.ting^med;l^:mteIm aahiGv;c^mts 4 u i ^ the 1st 3 yea.rs. of the 7th_Plnn und^r this pyp^gr^arame as ;

~~■3^-^=CatOd b(^OW . ■ ' 1~~

i t ' ... ; . . - i / ' X 3 a X 'I» V M . M i L . ? p Q i n r i i e s C . h 4 * - l ; ■). '• 1 . L-lf'klf& M l. f.Hs. i,ik h s \) ■ . -.“J v«. • : 1 9 8 5 ^ 8 6 )■ ; $ - .c . , % j O O r > y o a . o o 1 , 1 6 A l l - S.T. £ 3 , 6 C 0 l 81f , o | • • 7 ^ .. ■ ■' r- j i 9 8 6 * 8 7

S.G ,,. ; ' 8 1 , 0 0 0 6 3 1 ^-8 o a y j ? 7 6 ^ 6 1 2 ^ ^ 2 < 2 1 , 0 0 0 S . T . - . ' ...... ■' 1 6 3 . 8 6 2 3 , 4 ? 1 1 ^ ? , . 0 9 . V 1 9 8 v« 8 8 S*C. : ? 9 , m 6 1 ? . 6 1 ■ it i ^ ' S .T * » } , 7 ^ o 1 6 1 . 9 5 ) In View of th^ fact thc?,t the Gov^'imn-XLt of India have* hot> y 0"t C âoptod nriyspc^D^^'schoiB^^ ) 'C o i t a l made by 1ô Stattk Govîî2im‘t^cd^^^^ ' "'^fniltii^"t rthd fe)ip5ration is fAcjiii Q l f ^ in C0,riying o’lt its progmTinie for tho SchdcljalGd Tribes aZthe ' ill g 1986-87 ’Was; excoGdcci, :• .’ - ^ThG^ jMi^^tiîcI:;-SQtâ^ cKf! thG & with ;only and Field Officer ■''it the Stib-iDivlslonal'levol' hardly ^justi^f^ itiihiiBmn ' sisaff ^ ^Bosides p Grfb^SiM cataiyta.e I*oSg '&k^Q: -tS :^t®vtain irmmâBx ^sl?ti?bn for <^ffic±ant;'.rûvolvin.g o f-.the;M,.M,;L. Thu tJbîôâtiM

~~htitod capitpJLaccomt -wil3. not ba adQtiiats~~

-|4iilit of atjô^: M of* cc^traDL'grants t . ‘' ^. of ''India- mdy 'cîSifel 'o £* - alloGatin g s ^ o g i%n ts sp eci fo^ > such reorganisation, ( ■ ; The Wost 6ongai. Trih-a Dovolopmont: Go-oporative Coiâ'ra- ^;'"''-^~Tta::^'-:Xta^‘"Ghd affiliate;! I M P S nunhering SO f. liê'j^so^ •' indertaken a nunhor. of 0,0tivities for^ the Scheduled Trib es' Gp-op e ]ja tiV g s trueture s in eon f0 xîi ty ndL'th the State' Govemmcnt p-olicy, Ihder

~~r~ ^ r- r- m|^''^Tvr- h~ i- 'ir ?•- K - 59 PHYSICAL M D Fmmcildj TARGES MD ACHIEVMMTS DURING 1285-86'TO 1987--88 OF THE mST BMGAL TRIBAL DEV'EL0PM3LIT /G0>^operative corporation LIMTED M D LAI^IPS./~~

Item ) Tjiit / 198 ^>^86 1986>.87 T ar get^ Acli ev- W argo t(Acfit ov- 'Target TA (AchiGV-;c ( OiilGllts ) (onGQlts emoQts l .M .F .P . Businoss: Sale Rs.lakhs No target 9?«12 72.83 16.69 Value f i x e d cle« Sale lias ponds on just crop Con started, di tion. Qnploy- LaKh 8 .7 0 7.6o 5.66 ment mandays 2. Consumer Business; Volvttne Rs.laKhs 3.2? 3.00 3.5b 3.2? 3.75 0 .5 0 o f busi«^ for three n e s s months \:5)to Juno*87. Outlets No. - 10 - 1 ? - 8 3.G rerU t ; M.T, Rs.lakhs 25.00 20.10 30.00 26.59 ^ .0 0 3 . 70-do- C o n s u m p t i o n Loan Rs, lakhs o.5o 0.28 0.60 o.i<-3 1.00- - -0^-

~~L a b o u r W o r k s ; W o r k value Rs.lakhs 20.00 15.0? 30.00 27.65 35.00 8 , 9Qr-do- E m p lo y ment Rs^lakhs 0.60 o.>+? 0.90 0.83 1.20 0 . 25-do-~~

~~P r o j e c t s : I h i t s N o . 2 3 If I n v e s t - mc3it Rs.lokhs 2.70 8.19 7.56~~

~~6 . T r i b a l s h o p s : I h i t s N o . 25b 16V 200 12lf 200 ^7 -do- I n v e s t ^ mcnt Rs.lakhs 5.90 ^.33 6.70 3.M+ 6.70 1 .7 5~~

T-rg^intna-ctta-Productlon Centres (T.G.P-G.') ; Thore n.ro 72 TGPG ccntres wldch aro rm dcpartmcntally. Those caitrss provido training both in traditional trades of- tho SC and ST as well as in somo now trades. Each caitre pro vides training @ 20 SC/ST trainees at a tino in trades like (1) textile, ( 2) leather, ( 3) oarpyntry, (^) soriciiLture,

~~contd...... K 6 0~~

(^ ) talloU ng & Imittingj (6 ) Othor hajiclicrafts, (7) lac, and (8X inisc. trades, • More such eaitrps havo been proposed to-be opened in 1987-88 and I 988-89, Each trainee is paid Rs.75/- p.m. durin(^- the training period which is usvieXly for one year. Ex*^trainees are pjLO\/j_>^v^^ wo, on'-*-* lyiixie gi*aJT-tj wiiich is of'cen

linked with hrnk-loonj to c.'stahlish thern in such trados. The products of these centres are marketed through a nmher of outlets aad'are si:|)plicd to d3.fferent S t a t e /C ^t r a l Govemmait offices on made-to-order basis.

~~Special Developmen t Progrnir-nios for S .T . Living outside I.T.DoPo/~~

lA^-th the approval of the Plnnning Comrdssion a scheme entitled Special Developmcait Prograê for S.T. people living outside I.T.D.P, areas was introduced inder this Plan during 198^ 86. The provision of Rs,l,00 crore as proposed will be spent on (a) family-oriented schemes, (b) extension of intras- tructuraJL facilities for their economic p re grammes and (c) or ganisation of group/commuiity or Cooperative Organisations as moans towards achieving thoir econonxLc attainments. Some fm d will also be utilised for tho development of the Rabhas, who are yet to be declaimed as prim itive tribes by the Government of India. According to the GovernTi.Gnt of Indi-a*s new stand the Tribal .y''xvjrs the cr.tirc tribal popuLation in the State and tl^t the tribals outside the project areas ahoiflAl also bo covered from the S,G.A, given to States, vath the same stand in view the Welfare Ministry has sliced out a liimp-sm from S .G .A , meant for ITIF for these outside popuLa-^ tiono Though this will benofit the leftôut S,T, population nunbering more than 60^ of Swaters totaa S,T. popiiLation,-the State Govomment ha.ve objectod to the way of funding this programme at the cost of I .T .D .P , programmes.The I .T .D .P , programmes are more or less committed in nature and axe viewed ir. its totality. Any abri:|)t change-over in the strategy will cripple the projectsc I t has been iJrgcd upon tbe Welfare I'linistry to provide special fuid for this purpose to augment this particular scheme m der the 'State Plan.. I t is ..expected, that the-provision of ra.lÔO crore proposed under this scheme for 1988-89 will be diiLy sponsored by the Government of India vjith higher dose of allocation,

~~contd...... K » 61 Health. Eonsln^ rgd Qther i^GQity Pro^rajnnies ;~~

The oriti?:’o provision proposed in the Backward CJlassos Sector PlaJ^ mdoi" this hrocad prograrjmGj in fact, arc moant only to supploBont the sectoral progrnnimGS. Thus the main tenance of T.B*, Leprosy and V.D, mobile clinics aJid beds for S,T, people arc boine mdcr Bacl^ard Glasses Sector Budget in the non-plan to make the health facilities.provided under State PIpri Progrnmmos avrdlable at their reach. The dug^well/water«si:^ply schemes will similarly be used in emeiVi gqit Cnses. to meet drought and other situation* These 14.11, no doubt, stpplomoit the sectoral programmes implemoited'for th e purpose. The roads, bridges and culverts scheme are simi larly of small works progr^jinnoj which cannot be implemented m d e r Roads programme of the State Government, This scheme envisages indort-^lcing construction of hime-pipe or R.C, ciiLvcrts, causevray, wooden or smrCLl R.G, bridges e tc ., at vuOjnerable points to link ST/SC hrmlets. The housing scheme iinplemaited under this progremme are meant, fqr the target grQi:^) people among the S.Gs* -ind S.Ts, who have little creditiworthinoss to absorb such lorji for uiproductive purposes. The scheme has accordingly been proposed to be implemented in the existing pattern with higher coiling cost, if possible. K - 62

~~L A B O U l i A l f D BiCPLQYMBM~~

~~^ • Pro,f?r^i^iao . f the Labour Dopartuent~~

Labour D ;partnont ±s cuncdrnod with two heads of dovolopnent nanoly "Labour cii Labour Welfare including Bnployuent'* and '»Enployeas State Insurance**. An outlay of fe«395*50 lakhs was provided in the Annual Plan, 1 987-88 out of which Rs,385.50 laidis was for ’’Labour and Labour Welfare including Eupl( yaont" and ,Rs.10.00 lakhs was for •’Enployees* State Insurance.’*.

It is proposed to Liake a total outlay of Rs.21,21 *91 lakhs for th« Annual Plan, 1 988-89 out of which a sun of Rs..2l 10.91 lakhs is for “Labour and Labour Welfare including Snployj^ient” and a suu of Fis.11 .00 lakhs is for ^'Employees* St eit In Gurcm c o .

~~Labour &_Labour Welfare Including. Epplo^ynent~~

~~1 • Pr^ogra^ine of the Labour Directorate Sonepe^ No .1^ Strengthening of Industrial Relation lyiaciiine^ a) Setting: up at Palt_a Pree Trade Zone~~

Creation of necessary pests for the scheme has since boen soTxctioncd. This scheue ,is therefore cai'ried forward to the finane..al yoa.r 1 988-89 with requireiient of Rs.l ,00,000/- for allowances,office expenses and travelling expenses.

) -C^yeation of^ the Office of Dy. Lab our Coniiissioner, BarraclEporcr'and provision of one Vehicle for the. o ffic e . The schene was proposed during the year 1 987-88, but till now sanction of posts is awaited. We do like to carry forward the scheue to the year 1 988-89 and propose an outlay of Rs.1 ,50,000/-.

~~ScheLie.ilo_.2. Strengthening of the office of the liefiistrar of Trade UnionVTcontinuing~~

The schene wa»^ approved and the; posts have been sanctioned. It is proposed that this be continued and fund provision be uade accordingly for the year 1 988-89* K « 63 Schei-ie, StrGngtlienin^^ of Enforcui-ient Machinory ^ ) .Creajfaipn pf^ i)jost s of 20. Inspecto r 20 Peon~c\3i4- Proo r V e r nt iiiui n ^ s ch on el

0?he sclieuo wa,s appruvod fur inclusion in ‘the plan diiring 1 986-8?• Sinew ciiun it Is being carried forward. Necessary sanction for creation of posts is expected in phases. Under this circunstances, it is proposed to con tinue-! the schene for the year 1988-8 9.

~~b) Great ion o f p o st s_ of_ Addl^.Jjabour Comnissi^ner- in- Ch arge""En^fl;l^ e ■,~~

~~This was proposed during the year 1 987™88 and the sanc tion of creation of the post along with supporting staff is expected soon. Therefore we propose to continue the schene during 1988-89.~~

~~c) Croatipn of posts of Head Clerk,U.D,Clerk, and l^ypists. a t ," t h c T 5 f o w ~ p r o p p o salT~~

Inplenentation of item A & B under this schene shall involve considerable increase of field staff which shall require staff supjjort at the Head Quart er level. At least one post of Head Clerk, one post of U.D.Clerk a.nd one post of Typist is essential for this pu2?pose. It is therefore proposed to give sanction of creation of those posts under this schene during 1 988-8 9.

~~Schene ITq .4 Inproyenent of Labour ,St.atisties, TQPj3 S -Uin^ sclrTen^eJ"~~

~~The schene was approved for inclusion in the Plan for the year 1 986-8? but till now no posts ha~~

Schene Ho_._ 3 Stren^h^ninjg S.tsite Labour Insti- t ut 0 (Tr"^ning Inst11ute- culi- Central Librai^^Mani cktola "TconVinuing sch"enej During the year 1 986-8? the schv.no was approved for inclusion in th« plan and necessary posts has been sanc tioned. Training facilities ha,ve beon inproved, seats of certificate course for Labour V/elfaro Officers have been increased. Besides Induction Courses, In-Service Refre sher Training Course and Seniners are being held during the current year. It is proposed that the schene is to be K - 64 carried forward to the year 1988-39 and a sin-i of Rs,1 ,00,000/— is required for this purpose.

~~iSchene N o • 6 tp^ tjie .Indicai Institute of )Sc cial" W:.a.fare & .B u s in e s ^ l l ^ i ^ T ^ n t l S u i njS: schen'e)~~

The schone is approved in 1 986-87 and since then it has hKikjii continuing, Rs.1 ,00,000/- is bcdng allocated every year. The schuue i s required to be continued with the sane amount of fund for the year 1 988-89*

~~All the sch^nes (1-6) are State Sector Schenes.~~

ipPUSTKlAL TKIBUjjAl- . M B p.nii COUHT A. Setting up of Industrial Tribunal & Labour Cour-fc; (Cp nt inuing S choael There are, at present 9 Industrial Tribunals-? at Calcutta and one each at Jalpaiguj'i and Durgapur and two Labour Courts at Calcutta. In addition seven Labour Courts/ Tribunals are required to be sot up at Darjeeling,Durgapur, Ser anpo re , Howrah, Alip ore, Barrackp ore and Fait a for the purpose of speedy settleount of industrial disputes. As a consequence of 1 982 iii:ienduent of Industria,l Disputes Act, adjudication of industrial disputes has becone tine-bound. It is,therefore,necessary to set up adequate nunber of tri bunals and Laeeur Ceuj'ts. These Oourts 'jould c.ilso exercise powers under Payiient of lA/ag^s Act, and Workiiien’ s Conpensa- tion Act. This is a staff-oriented sch^e and the provision for 1 987-88 is Rs.0.60 lakhs. For the Annua.l Plan 1988-8 9 the soi'Je axiount i . e . Rs.0.60 lakhs is proposed to be provided. This is a State sector Schene,

~~Strengthening of the Planning Cell of the Labour Deptt. T ^ 'n t i n uing Sch e n ^~~

The Planning Cell of thu Labour Deptt. is runnin^c short of staff. At present it is oannod by one Officero n- Special Duty, one Upper Division Assistant arid one Typist. To cope with the increasing work load it i s fait nece- .th/4 creation of additional posts.

The allotnont for 1987-88 is Rs.0.50 lakhs and the saLie anount uay be provided for the Annual Plan 1 988-89*

~~This is a State Sector Schene. K = 65~~

~~2 . ^ Prpgrcvame^ of ;chp^ Boilers plrpc'Goivvce A. Scheme-, j Sa'o Jing up of a i't;,sting Laboratory for Bxainination of ioilers •• Proposed outlay i s a CO no inui ciie^^ Rs. 3 .8 5 lakh s~~

Ths j3ir.-;c J u r a t 0 set i^p a Testing La]Dorc<-tory during th?^ 3rd Jive Yiar Plan where diffor m iv dost?:‘uctive and non- d'3strucj;iVo \).jqc3 on macerrals ojnxX w^^lding ar^ carried oirfc ae p-:-r r-'-'q.-iar-iments of 'Gho indi:an Boili;-: R egulations, 1 950 to ensur-^ saf-rj^/ of boilers and o'cher prf'ssure parts. Over oh'i year's 'cho T--vGtj.i%- Labora.ijoi'y has been v;quipped with various types of sophisi;ivja‘ced testing equipLi,.,nG required for uh 3 purpose vaid i t lias render3d valuable service to en-^ineerin^ induGo^._Loi che State in general and boiler indus’jrj.ec in P ar w j_ c ti_L .; jC’ »

•In tn •• yt.a.: 1 987-«38, an outlay of kS.4.75 lakhs was i^ade in tli , pl^^n ^.ropot'al for purchasing some essential testing, equipsent a...-.d for renova'Cing diffcjrent sections of the Labora'GO .y which nee:ijd expansion. It is anticipated- that Ghe full amoiini; would be utilised by i.he end of the j?i nan c ial y ear.

~~In the j c.r 1 988-3 9, a proposal for further stren gthening of the f vSJing Laboratory by addition of a few essenbical equipment and str.if is being made as below s-~~

~~1 . i'iet:^j.lurgical microscope essen'Gial accessories - One. Rs. 0.60 lakhs~~

A proposal for che purcnase of ;his equipiaent was ma.de at a 'GO oal price of ".s.5 ,23 ,779.00 (inclusive of all tcixes) to be spilled ov^.r to 1 987-’88 and 1 93G-8 9 with finemoieJ. comiUi Gment of R,.s-.4,64,1 3 8 .8 0 and Rs.3 9 ,6 3 9 .6 0 res pectively vide i -3-G er i^o.L/3069 dated 1 6.7.37.

2. Portable iie'cascope - One Rs. 0.25 lakhs Mixing of various uyp’ s of material^i at boiler erec-- tion sites due go defacing of makers' identification mark in p.:iint h..s becomt- an acute probleiU ;jn.d in a few cases it has led to failures of pressure parts of boilers. In order ‘GO sort out various giades of materials at si.;e, portable metascopes a.re “■ considered essential for use at sites by the Visiting Insp-'CGin.j Officers, v^hile oreer for purchase of one metascope in 1 9Q7-3Q has already been made, it is essential tliCuG one mor-^ met- scope of simila.. 'cype should be purchased in "Ghis year also "o cacer to '.hr? requirements of various ;joilor ejection 3ite »• simuluan' ously. K 66

3. ilciGallegTa.p hi c Sample I'olisli'.ir . . Une Rs. 1.00 lakh* With Gha proGur Ciiien-;. of second metallegraphic microscope, the ^nircaao^s of one modern polishing machine, machine th?. so phi st i c at ion of the new. equipment, has become esvseuuial. Accuracy ox, obsorvacions in aiiy me‘Gallegraphic analysic depends on oh. quality of s^JUple preparation and for saxupl^s uaider obs^.rvaGion a'c magnificajions above 500 X, it assumes greai; importance,

4. xief^vy Duty Hacksaw Macliire One Rs. 0 .4 0 lakhs One he::.v3r r.u'cj'- liiacksaw machine is required by the Testin^ Lajo;:‘atoj:^ for handling heavy and big samples and incx"'asing vol'ome of v/o;;k in uhe Welders* certification and othc^r sections of v^he Laboratory.

5* po'.;-;ntiomeoi:ic Cali-- bTiVocr .. One us. 0,35 lakhs Best breajmerros of weld^-joints, forgings ajid castings are manda-cory rr-M|uiremeno s of uhe I.B .i U 1950. In order to achieve deEirod ^jualicy-y all tne "cemper ,cure recording and indica a rn^^ inst r im en . s she ul d be very accu:... e t e quiring annual calibration of ;~ne same ac ohe make:cs'/owners' pre-- mises. So long, ti.ijse calibrations were being conducGed by the makers/owiers Jhemselves with hired instruments from the ohird paroy .ind che result submiox >d to 'Ghe Directorate. Sine.'-, uhese results are not alv;ays rolia.ble and the pre^- cision of calibr.n;o-.?.s ohemselvt s are not known, i;he Testing Laboratory propose to und :>rtako this call bra wi on work with ‘i;hv;ir o m maohine to onsure quality in best trea'Guiont processes.

6, Dead .i:;igh'j f est^r (i-iet^:i c) , , One Rs. 0.15 lakhs liyd:caulic t-.su's of boilers cind pressure parts are carried cub at the make rs’/owners' premises in presence of Officers of whe Directorate using pressure gauges provided by ahe makers/ownjrs. I.xi order t;o ensure, that the boilers are tested at Ghe exact design pressures,'chese pressure gauges need periodic checking and calibra-Gion against stan^- dard dead w6j-ghts. As 'Glhe Direc'corate nropose to undercajk;e tr fc- r- c- r- 't- 't- I- c - t r - ;r t ' r - r- t- t r- r~ e-- perxodic checKxng and calj.brauion of one pre-ssure gauges used in boilers c/nd oth^er pressure par'js, il; is proposed thax one ‘’Dead^-weie^nt C.alibrator(in metric units) should be purchased and inscallj-ed in xhe resting Laboratory imme diately GO exisure safet;y. K - 67

~~7, Porbaule Digital Thickness Tesbor •. One P-s. 0,60 lakhs~~

High ash condeno in coal used in power station gives rise tio fly-ash erosion of tubes in a boiler resul ting in their uhinning and ultimate failurs causing costly outages. It is,th0reforv=3, necessary dnat thicknesses of boiler tubes should bs- checked from time jo time during shut down or annual staoutory overhauling so that thinned tubes could be replaced in time and costly outages avoided. The modern method of checking thickness, in site, is by port£ible digital thickness testers which operate on ultra sonic principles and Ccin be carried to any part of 'che i boiler. The Directorate px*opos3 to purchj.se one such ins trument for the Tosoing Laboratory so ijhat power stations can be forewarned for taking necessary steps for unint(:;:.'r- upted power supply.

~~8. Officers and Staff .. •• Rs. 0.50 Ip.l-dis~~

B. Scheme Opening of Training Con'jre for high pressure boiler quality weldei's (Continuing Scheme) One ’ Training Centre' for traixiing boiler ;;[uality h i^ pressui'^ welders was started in 1986 and tliree sessions have already been compleued. In th e 19o 7-88, a proposal for further strengthening of the Centre T-rith r.dditional equipment and ste.ff was made with an outlay of Rs.2.50 laldis. I t is anticipated that full amoixat would be utilised by the und of the financieJL year.

~~1. There is a p^. oposal for f-urthfrj.* strengthening of the Training Gene re in the year 1 988---89~~

2. vV'jlding G-enerator Set - One Rs. 0 .5 0 laklis V/ith 12 trainees per session, while 6 m il be atcending theoreticcl, cla,sses the other 6 will be put up on practical training, 6 Welding G-eneratGr Sets are essen tial wMle 4 sets have already been pur shaded in 1 986*-87, proposal for the 5 t h set in 1 98 7-88 has already been sub mitted to the 'Govt, for approval, one more set i.e. the 6th set should be purchased in 1 988--8 9 to complete the first pho.se of ohe scheme.

3* Audio-Visual G-adgots - One Rs. 0.50 lakhs In order to jjnpart adequate and comprehensive trai-- ning within a lii^ioed period modern audio-visual aids like slides,YCPS with cassettes etc. are widely used in deve loped counaries and are also being increasingly used in K « 68 ch.iB country. One se*:j of slides c.jid ona projector were lour- chased in 1937-S8. It i s proposed that one YCP and a few cassettes on the subject welding should be purchasod in 1 988-8 9.

C, Scb-'iine *“ Opening- oi two branches, one at Malda and the other at necheda (Continuing Scheme) One branch office at nalda was sanctioned by the (xovt. in 1 985-86 wj.th a small set up. The second office at Mecheda was noo sanctioned due 'co paucity of fund. In 1 987-88 a proposal for further screngtheiiiii^^ of the branch office at Malda by crea'cing one post of Inspeccor of Boilers and two posts of Office Asst'cs. with an outlay of Es.1.50 Lakhs has been made,

(All are Stc.te Sector Schemes) 5 Qf ^'act 01- ie s Dir e ct or at e Scheme No. i) Opening of Branch Offices of the i'act ori es Dire ct o ra. g e ( (Conuinu:Lng Scheme) At presexit the x-'actories Directorate has the follow^- ing six branch offices for administrating the Factories Act ^ Paymenc of wages Acz and Mauernity Benefit Act and. the Rules frajned Ghereundorj, is ohe resptjctive areas,under their control s- 1 , Barrackpore Branch Office (for part of IJorth 24-ParganaSj ]}Jadi a j i-iur' shi d ab ad and Malda districts) 2# Seramporo Bra^xch Office (for Hooghly district) 3. Asansol Branch Office (for Burdwan diSorict,except Dur~ gapur Sub~Division,Birbhum and pui'ulia districts). 4# Durgapur BrcUich Office (for Durgapur Sub-Division aj:id B anicu^' a di st ri ct s) 5, Jalpaiguri Branch Office (for Jalpaiguri,Gooch Behar, Darjae.l_ing and ¥est Dinajpur di strict s) 6, Haldia Branch Office (for Midnapore district)

a) 0£8nlr^ p f^ a Branch Office, at_ The Seventh Brajich Office aa Kalyani (for Madia, Murshidabad cand Malda districts) has already been sanctioned and st^.rted functioning. The proposed outlay for the Br^mch Office at Kalyani for the year 1 988-89 ia Rs.l .30 lakhs. r- r 't- i- ^ I- r- t- ^ ^ -p- Opening p f a new, Bi\?.nch Off i_ce^ at_ pili,g]j£i This is a conoinuin^ scneme. Proposcil for opening of a Branch Office at Sili;^mi wich the fo?.lowing Staff is awai t ing ap p r ovaJ. o *- i ) lipper iJivision Clerk - 1 (one) i i ) Clerk-cuiii-Typi st ~ 1 (one) i i i ) SW’ioper cum vi/:-,tch.nen - 1 (one) K - 69

Ailotueiio for* 1 93‘7-88 was Rs.0.50 la.:iis djid the same 'ifUKa 1 4n tk. State Sector Sclieme*

Scheme No, i i ) S'.:::'ing;.xc-ning o f itesearch and .Oeva.lopine.a'c Wiiig oi 'r-he J’actories idr.icjor.i\;c: ih in i s a continuing Scheme• The pro- pofoal comprisGS of uh.3 following schenie s-- a) rtosearch îcL _ jjevelopment Wing - The oxi rcing set iip of the Win^ is requested to be stroi.ûh by creation c-.rtain additional posts. Ou; lay fo r 1 987-Q8 u-as Rs,1 .00 lakh, j?or 1 983-3- -q'.ic outlay is proposed for Rupees 1 .25 l a k b . b) Constructiq,i_ of _a compo^^;t;^3^_ building - This is a cor.tinuing scheui-^. The outlay for 1 98 7-8 8 7. ,£ .Sc0.50 li.Khs. Th^^ sejfle may be pro vided for 1 9o8--8 9 also, c) SeVijin^ ux) ox^ an Ijngin8 ery.ng^ Testing; Laboratory ThiG is Pu ccixGinuing sche.Le . I'c consists of creation of ce:.:-tain posts ar}d purchcise of some 'Casting cquipmonts, OuGlaj^ for 1987--88 was Rs.0*50 lakhs. The saê is proposed to be pro vided for 19Jo-8 9 also .

d) lietil Sur^'ey f or. polluGioix affecced areafi an/d trailing; This is a continuing scheme, In outlay of f:s,0 .5 0 lakhs is proposed for 1988-89. This is a Staac Sector Schtime. Scheme ilo. i i i ) OreaGio:.! of Ghemica,! V^ing of the Factories Directorate (Continuing Scheme)

~~This is a continuing scneme. The Coll has started functionirig.~~

Scheme i^lo, iv ) Gr^m js-in-aid 'go jhe Indian Insti- tute of Social Welfare and Business Via-iagoiaent for training of safety \j j. .’1ILC er ;:5 • This is a conrinuing scheme. Like pi'evious yuar a sum .f [13.O. 6O lakhs is xoroposed to be provided for the il^ouc;.! Plan 1 988-8 9 to be given to the In s t itu te as Grants-in--aid for conducting the safety course. Tiiis i s a Sta'Gt:- Sector Scheme. K - 70

'i'here a.re thxe- ori-goiiics- projoctB ar-d two new are propoeea clui'in- ’^he year. Th<- details are furnished belovT 1 . Con st rji^;iiion q 1 _a ,L ab o\iv^ We 3-fare _Cenure ~.cum~ iioIaaa^3pm% r\ :.JalcnB -

The total es-oim,_..oad cost of Rs. 14.85 laklis was approved by ohe ttau'e C:foverruaent for this project. The. , project includes che construction of a building m th provision of 23 ('C'?on-Gy -chre^:') beds for ‘che iloliday Home in the first flooi'= ai ' the ground floor a Labour vVel- fare Centro will HaV: 'wO bo started. The Board had. re- , ceived sc far a 'Gotal s-un of Rs.7.00 laidis upto the financia.^ y^ar 1 9S'S-’87» The Board had placed, so far a tc'jal StUu of r.s.i2o50 lakhs au the disposal of the cons-• trucGion Board Dj rt;C'Gorat . The construction work of this project has almost b...Gn completed and it is expeo- ted that the proj-)ct caii start its functioning x-dLthin feraaryy1 988. The Construction Board Directorate has -- b3on raqujstcd to submi'i; e. revised estimate covering the cost of construction of a kitchen and .Dining spacO- which were not included in the ori^^inal estmate* ■ It is pres'jimed that anotlor sum of Rs*3 laidas w ill be required for completion of -■ho aforesaid addi'Gional work- sinke proposed by the Board,

2* Construc;‘G ion of Bakknali_ lioliday Home — The total project cost of Rs.29.39 laldie has been approved by the State Govt., The Board had received so .. far a tota,l sum of lb,. 9 .2 3 lakhs up-go 1 98 6-87 • ject includes the constr^ucoion of a building with-the provision of 30 seat^^d Holiday Home arid another two buildings for stafi quartersv The Board had placed so far a total sum of uo,lP.25 lakbs at i^hs disposal o^ t'he construcGion Board Directorate 80^o of the construct. tion work has already been completed, i-iean while, a revised estimate for Rn,50.70 lakhs excluding the esti- • mates for electrical works aud generauor has' been received from thy Goi-structj.on Board Directorate and the same is now undei* ^::.‘iii!n\actoh of tna Boai'd, This is a state scheme. K - 71

~~3 • Consjrpf^ c\ Model Jjabour Welfare^ Centre~~

The total project cost of Rs.1 5 ,55 ,800/- was approved by the Sta-te Govb. The project includes construction of a Model Labour Welfare Centre for rendering Welfare activixi-s amongst the plantation workers of the loccility. The Board had rec^^.ived so far a total sum of Rs,9 lakhs upto the yoar ending on 31 .5»87 and the total amount ha,s been placod at the disposal of uho construction Board DirecoOi’ate. Mean while a revised estimate for about Rs.2l lakhs has been re ceived including some additional construction work such as proteccion wall etc. from the Construction Board Directorate. The said estimate is now under ezamina.oion of the Board. A sum of Rc>.3 lakhs is proposed for ohe year 1988-89, The cons truction of ‘che building has already be'-n completed.

4 • set Ging up of a Holida .^ Hpme at A^;;^dha^^ ^ "*

The Boaxd has decided to construct a Holiday Home at Ayodhayay Hi3.1 for the benefit of the workers of this state. Acquisition of the land measuring about one acre is ^Jinder process. It is estimated thao a sum of Rs.1 .5 lakhs will be required for procuring i;he land.

~~This is a Sta.te Scheme.~~

~~5 * Developmeiri; pi eri stiJig, i^jOjlal...Labour Welfare Centre at~~

It has benn decided by the Board t'hat some additional floors will have to be construc'God at Dum Dum Model Labour Welfare Central ;to increase the Welfare activii-ies to be r-m^- dered to the working class population of ehe area. A sum of Rs*50 lakhs will’ bw required for the purpose. The project also includes housing of the local Employment Exchango which is now facing acute space problem,

~~Works Dej)tt,. Welf are.~~

The objective of t h is scheme is to pi^ovide appren ticeship training oo sufficient number of degree & diploma holders in Bngg. P.W.D. has proposed a taxget of providing apprenticeship training to S.D.O. trainees in the 7th Plan out of which training has been impairted to 200 nos. of trainees so far. K - 72

~~EnPLOYiCIMT~~

~~1 • DIRECTORATE OF EnPLOYrTOT . Extension of EmploymGnt SGrvico s 1• OpGninq of noy Exchanqoss~~

In our earlier liJrite—up, ujq had proposed Gxtonsion of Employmont Servico upto the block lewel. At the present moment in this Stace, Employment Exchange Seruices have been extended upto Sub*“Oi\yisional leuel and in some cases, wc haue Employment Exchanges at special projcct sites as at areas of identified growth centres# In this pattern, there is a need for l(one) more Exchange \/iz. at Khatra ( a neuly-crcated Sub^Div/i— sipn in the District of Bankura)* We, therefore, propose tc open l(one) more Emrjloyment Exchange in this State* Annual expsnditurc on this score would come to Rs« 1.50 lacs, during 1988-89.

Two Exchangesj one each at Raghunathpur in the District of Purulia and Chanchal, in the District of Malda, hauc started functioning from the latter p::' rt of the financial year 1935—86, An expenditure of Rs. 1.32 lacs h^\jc been incurred in respect of those exchanges during 1986—87. Sanction has been received for opening of an Employment Exchange at Bolpur (a neuly crGoted Sub-Division in the District of Birbhum) at the fag end of the financial year 1986-87. Due to problc^n of accommodation at Bolpur, the Employment Exchange could not be opened yet there* However, Employment Exchange at Bolpur in the District of Birbhum is likely to start functioning soon. Annual expenditure forrthcsc Exchanges is estimated to be 2*30 lacs during 1987—88*

In addition, the Sub-Regional Employment Exchanges at Durgapur and at Barrackpore have become, \jery big and unwieldy, having Live Registers exceeding 2.5 lakhs(in each case). It is proposed that the Employment Exchanges in these tiiJo places may be bifurcated by opening of one additional Exchange in each case, under extension of Employment Exchange service. This bifurcation would cost Rs. 3.0 lakhs annually. This is a State Sector Scheme* Annual expenditure would be Rso5,BQ lakhs.

~~2» Opening of E.I. & A. Bx.~~

(a) In our earlier write'—up, we proposed to open 5 El 5: ABX in 5 Development Blocks, namely (i ) Khanakul-I, Dist. Hooghly, (ii) Karandighi, Dist* Uiest Dinajpur (iii) Gosaba, Dist. South 24-Parganas, (iv) Binpur-I, Dist. Pîdnapore and (V) Garubathan, ^’Di'st’* 'D5’rJ'e(ili^~^.“ ^^liCTDngfet^’tfeitjfe-epKtâpaûl^J, |.KfLr^n(|i^:i.-^ci_C^g£|ab^_ ^t.. (i) , (ii) & (iii) above, had! been proposed under special Component Plan for Schedule Castes (SCP) and Binpore'-I and Garubathan at (iv) & (v) above, had been proposed under Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP). Annual

(b) Similarly ujg propose to open 10 EI&ABx in 10 Development Blocks, namely (i) Chanditala Dist. Hooghly, (ii) Kotugram-I Dist, Bur'wan (iii) Raina~I Qisto Burcunn (i\j) Rajnagar, Diat. Birbhum (u) Saltora Disto Bankura iMayegram Dist. Midnapore (\;ii) Dalangi, DiBto Murshidabad, {\Jiii) Domkal Dist. Murshidabad (ix) Bhangar-I, Dist. North 24~Parganas ;:.nd (x) Sitalkutchi Dist, Cooch Behar* Amongst these, Chanditalsj Kctuorrm end Raina-I at (i), (ii) & (iii) above , are proposed t.'j be opened under Special Component Plan for Schedule Castes (SCP) and Rajnc.gc.r Saltora at (iv).(u) abovye, are proposed to be opened under Tribal S’-iJ-Plaee (TSP). The remaining fiv/e at (vi) to (x) are proposed be opcnod under normal Annual Plan. Opening of thoso 10 EI&ABx are proposeJ as the backlogs of Annual Plans ^ ending on

31«,3.87, Annual expenditure for SCP ’.Jould be Rs. 0.51 lacs, for TSP . . would be Rs. Q.34 laes and for -i normal units would be Rs. 0.85 lacs* Total expenditure ' or eponing of 10 EIccABx per year liiould be Rs. 170 lacs @ Rs. 0.17 lacs per Ll&AS.

(c) El&i.Sx in 10 moro Development Blocks, namoly (i) Bhagaban— pur, Dist. Midnopore, (ii) Indus Dist. Bankura, (iii) Sagar Dist. 24-Parganas (South), (iv) Balaqar Dist. Hooghly, (u) Barabani Dist. Burdwan, (ui) Oagatballavpur, Disto Howrah, (uii) Udaynarayanpur Dist. Howrah, (wiii) Sitai, Qist. Cooch Behar, (ix) Hatua-II, Dist. Nalda, (x) f''iahisadal-I , Dint. Hidnapore are proposed to be opened in the annual plan for 1987-80 Amongst these Bhagabanpur, Indus and Sagar a t .(i),(ii) and (iii) above are proposed to be opened under Special component Plan for Schedule Castes(SCP) and Balagar and Barabani at (iv) & (v) above • , are proposed to be opened under Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP). The remaining fivj at (vi) to (x) arc proposed to be opened under normal Annual Plan of the current financial year 1987~88. Annual expenditure for SCP would be Rs. 0.51 lacs, for TSP would be Rs. 0.34 lacs and for 5 normal units would be Rs. G.05 lacs. Total expenditnre for opening of 10 EI&ABx per yerr would bo fe. 1.70 lacs © Rs. 0.17 lacs per EI&AB. Expenditure for the remaining 4 months of 1987-88 fcr 5 EI& ABx of 1985-86, 10 EI&ABx of 1986-87 end 10 EI&ABx for 1987-88 i.e. 25 TI&ABx would be Rs. 1.50 lacs*

(d) for the year 1988-89, we propose to open 9 EI&ABx with 9 Development Blocks namely (i) Shyampur-I, Dist. Howrah (ii) Bagda, Dist. 24-Parganas (North), (iii) Banshiharji Dist. i^lda, (iv) Khanakul—II Dist. Hooghly, (v) Mangalkot, Dist. Ourdwan, (vi) Ne^uria, Dist.Purulia, (vii) Dhupguri, Dist. Jalpaiguri, (viii) Tapan, Dist. (''lalda and ^ (ix) Simlapal, Dist. Bankura, Amongst these Shyampurj Bagda, Banshihari,

~~Khanakul-II and I'longalkot at (i), (ii) , (iii) , (iv) and (v) above arc proposed to be opened under Special Component Plan (SCP), and Neturia,~~

~~Dhupguri, Tapan and Simlepal at (vi), (vii) , (viii) & (ix) above are proposed to be opened under Tribal' Sub-Plan (TSP).~~

SR/- Annual expenditure for 3CP wioule be Rs« Q*b5 lacs, TSP would be r r,5» 0«66 lacs# Total exp^ncii-ture for cpcning of 9 EIocABx per yeer ujguIc! be hS» 1»53 lacs 5D Rs. 0,17 lacs por EIocAB. Ope past of UDC is required to. be Groat0Q for. cp.ch EI&;M3e

~~( g ) In view of uhr.t hris been stated aboue, it is requested that~~

~~apprev-’ l may be aceordod to the opening of 25 ElIA3x in 1987-88 and to~~

~~thu Oi:i-nincj of 9 EIABx in 19)i3ii-93* In financial terms and amount of~~

~~Rs.- 1.50 Irkhs may bu prouideid in the RE for 19B7-88 and an amount of~~

~~hSo 1o53 lai~~

~~Annual expenditure for 34 E,I,j,/,o3x ujguI c bo Rg. 5*00 lakhs* This is a~~

~~State Sector Schem^.~~

^• QpeninJ of three S-pe oial_C5iy-.s„X?^ the physically Handicapped*

(a) At present there is one Special Employment Exchange for Physically Handicapped persons and thu same functions in Calcutta. The aim of this Exchange is to give necessary assistance/suggestions to the physically handicapped registrant. As per the recommendation of the ujorkinq group such special Employment Exchanges arc required to be opened in other districts also. In Plarch'87, 3 such cells, one each at DEE, Bur^>..uan, DCE, Sankura and DEIE, Chinsurah hr\je been sanctioned. It is pr'iprood to open 3 such cells with DEE (i) Krishnanagar, (ii) Berhampore & (iii) Suri durino 1987-88, Amongst these, DEE, Suri uiould be under Special Com -onenct Plan (SCP ) and DEE, Bcrhampore Li/ould be under Tribal Sub-Pl--n (TSP ). As such 3 posts of Employment Officers and 3 posts of Ty[:ist3 and to bo created. /Annual expenditure of Rs. 1.20 lacs is involved for ? ' ning of the 3 colls SCP expenditure would be Rsc 0.4D lace and for ! SP ■ nrJi‘.ure uould be Rs.. 0.40 lacs @ ivs. 0.40 per unit.

t-or 1988-89, iJe propose to open 3 Special Cells for the physically handicapoeo at 3 Employment Exchahgea namely DEE (i) Sonarpur (Alipore) j (i i ) 3alpai[]uri and (iii) l^alda. Amongst these OEE Sonarpur would bd under Special Component Plan (SCP) and DEE Jalpaiguri would und^r Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP). Annual expenditure per unit would bo Ro. 0. 4u lacs* Expenditure for remaining 4 months of 1987-88 for 3 cells already sanctioned and 3 dolls to be opened would bo Hso 0.84 lacs. Annual expenditure for 9 cells (3 of 1986-87, 3 of 1987-88 and 3 of 19^8-89) would be hs. 3.60 lacs. This is a state Sector Scheme.

■ _gp'end.nq of ^o^^-n|s Ce_U ; I ho workino group oif tho planiiiag commission recommGndod so'cting u,. of separate cell f'or women at each Employment Exchange. We 't- i- >- ?•- r- r- 't- r- ^ f' r' 'f 't' r~ t' t' 't' #>-•- pr.ipaserJ to open 4 cells one each with DEE (i) Chandannagore (ii) Sonarpur(Aliporo) (iii) Fiidnavioro Town and (iv) Malda, during 1985-66 which stil.^ awaito clearance from the Govt, for each cell one post of Lady Employment Officer and omo post of Lady L.D.Assistant is required* K - 75

~~Similarly, wt pro[j:-sc tc open 4 ouch cgII s with 4 EmploymGnt fxol*i0n§B3» gHe!£!(i) Sarcackprra ( i i ) PupgapUB ( l i i ) Hoyjpah and~~

~~(iv/) QEE Boj-'hampurc.. Amjngat thcso SREE Durgapur would bo undor Spucisl~~

~~CompcnBnt Pirn (SCP) and Dtic Berhampcrc^ u^'ould bo under Tribal Sub-Plan~~

~~• (TSP)• Opening of those 4 Uomsn's Cells r.rc proposed era tho backlogs o f Annuel Plano ending on 3i«3o07,~~

~~4(f-->ur) uicmcn’ s Cells at 4 (four) Employment Exchanges namely~~

~~(i ) Regional Employment Exchange, Cr.lcuct:^, D E E (ii) Surdujan, ( i i i )~~

Bum Dum and (iu) Chinsurah art. propiVoec! to be opening during 19B7—88*

~~The unit at DEE Chinsurah will be under Special Component Plan (SCP)»~~

~~Annual cxpondituro fnr tho 12 biomsn's Cells would bo Rs«4 ,8 q~~

lacs @ l;so 0*40 lacs per unit* For tine remaining 4 months of 1987-38, the cx.joncliture 'oIl.u I J be aso 1«58 lacs*

~~lor tho y -r 198J--89y we propose t 'j opeii. 4 uJomen^s Colls with~~

~~4 Empl'jyinor.t Exchanges namely DEE(i) Dalpaiguri (ii) Uluberia (iii)~~

~~Cental and (ivj Soramporo, Amongst these, the unit with DEE Jalpaiguri~~

~~would bij undor Tribal Sub-Plan(TSP). Annual expenditure for these 4 units during 1988—89, would be Tvs* 1 .6 0 lacs. /'>nnual expe nditure for 16 uJomen’ s~~

Cell would bo ijs* 6o6e lacso This ia a S'hate Sector Schema*

~~5* Stjmjthcnin th/~: StafT Training iinit (Continuing Schemc)~~

~~For imparting training to thc; newly recruited officers and~~

~~staff and to make tho existing staff and officers conversant with the~~

~~provisions r .f new legislations and ordoro etc* a wall equipped training~~

~~unit is essential for any efficient organisationo Thc existing training~~

~~unit of the Directorate is vary small and has hone of tho modern tranining~~

~~aids and equij.mont. /'.s.suohy it is propose.^: to create one post of~~

~~Employini'.nt Officer "nd one ['net :..f L.l'uAssiotont with financial involvement~~

of (1,3a 0«40 ikakhs*

~~^ * ComputerisatioQ of_ Employment exchange Operation s~~

~~For effect.ivc an - ‘ efficient running of tho Employment Exchange~~

~~Computer.isation is felt essential* Tho computerisation of~~

~~Exehangcs w ill in itia lly covor the Employment Exchanges~~

~~e ivCgister of one lakh or more applicants* There arc 9(nine)~~

yment Exch:-'.ng 03 wt.! furniohed bolou in. uJost Bengal*

I'^O B j\k^ii_e 2 l .«.-L>lchaj;iaLes^ REE Colcutta* 2. SREE Kiddorpcre 3, SREE Howrah 4« SREE Barrackporo 5 c SREE Durgopur 6, DEE Ba rasat • 7, DEE Burdwan* 8. DEE Bankura* 9, D£E Purulia* K » 75

~~DuriRvi tho finrnci^l yGc.r 1988—09 four Employrncnt Exchang (2S V/lZ • v3~~

~~3REE ( i ) 3arrr,cknr;rG (ii) Ho'j.-rah (iii) Durgapur and (iu) REE ColcuttG~~

~~may bG taken up for cc;TiputLrisationa~~

~~^ • Oponinq oj_ EJ'-II^ . ■~~

~~In order t.) enable thu National Employmant Seruico in this State~~

~~to builc up - a yiablu ERI system, Ei-II units in all 32 Exchanges need to be~~

~~opened* /,ca;;rdinily, openinQ Jf tuo such units at DEE (i) Jangipur and~~

~~(ii) 3:durghat wure proposed during 1985-86 (proposal pending with Gov/to)~~

~~It u.is therefore pro.;osed t;,; create 2(tuJo) posts of Statistical Assistants~~

~~and 2 (tuo) p.'-;ts cf LoD. Clerks for the 2 Erll Unitso~~

~~Similarly ue propcse to open 1 (one) FTII unit with DEE Barasat~~

~~during 1987—88 Annua l Emp;.r;ditu re for 3 units (2 for 1985-86 and 1 for~~

~~4 months of 1987—08, ^he exoendlture would be Csc 0,34 lakhso~~

~~For the y;;ar 1988—85^ wr propose to open 3 Erll units with 3 Employment~~

~~Exchango.-j namoly DEE (i) Arambag, ( i i ) Finhata and (iii) Contai, Amongst~~

these (i) ^ (ii) anov.; woulvJ be under Special Component Plan (SCP)*

Annual expenditure for these 3 units during 1988-89 would be Rs* 0*96 lakhs*

~~Annual expenditure for 3 E-n units would ;e Rr.o 1.95 lakhs. This is a~~

~~State S c c t D r S c h cu\ c .~~

~~^• St renqthnino of _dtatistical Unit and.. Stjaj:,istica 1 Cell (Continuing Sohomo)~~

~~It is felt nocessary to strongthen the existing statistical cell~~

~~of the Directorj.tej sc, as to enable it to coilect relevant information~~

~~and d:ita and to cempilt; the same. Accordingly, ♦it is proposed to~~

~~strengthen the cell by adciitional officers and staff* Therefore one post~~

~~of Deputy Director (Statistics), one post of Employment officer and one~~

~~post of Statistician are required to bo created* Annual financial~~

involvement works out to be lb. a.8Q lakhs*

~~S If-Emfloymcnt _j_cru:^nc: s (Continuing Scheme)~~

~~The objective or t'rr.. schemie is to enable the un-employed youth~~

~~Validly registered with Employmemt Exchanges in West Bengal for mere than~~

~~one year, t'-' secure finencial assistance from the Bank at low rate of~~

~~interest ror embarking on ecenomiically meaningful projects. The State~~

~~Government would provide margin me-noy up to Fb. 6,25 0/ - i.Oo 25% of tho~~

~~project cost. i he t-,:ta.l arr;Ount of loan admissible would also vary~~

~~cfelJiDrfai'ng^ e'n fei^oNjf ‘iho sdie^d. For this purpose a sum of Ra. 800.00~~

~~lakhs has been provided fc;r in the Annual Plan 1987—88, An additional~~

~~amount of i\3. VUQ.Ou lakhs will b.e the: minimum requirement in 1987—88 for~~

~~achieving the Self-Empioyniont target of 50,000 for 1987-88.~~

~~R/- K - 77~~

For 1988-89, it is o.ssumGcl that the SBlf-Employmcnt target will not be loss than 50,000 as in the curront year. On tho basis of this assumption, it is ti^stiiiictthat an amount of Rs« 1300,00 lakhs will be the fund roquiromGnt for mooting 25^ margin-money cost oh 50,000 5«E* projects to bo sponsorGt! by 65 Employment Exchanges in b'oat BGn^alo This is a continuing StatG’ Plan Schemeo

Extn* 28,00 lakhs 9 lakhs E .n,I. 2.75 1 ” SESRU 1300-.00 '* , 300.00 lakhs “ 1'33'^75’T^‘kl^ ‘"llF lT k h r ™ *

~~II- DIRECT OR.TE OF Er'ii-'LOYEES' STATE IIMSUR/.NCE / ( m iCAL b e n e f it) SCHEr-lE /~~

~~EMPLOYEES’ STATE INSURANCE~~

Under this scctor of dcv/olopmcnt we have 13 (eighteen) schemos*

~~All the schemes Ere continuing schemes* For the year 1987—38 wo hcWQ provision to the tune of R-i, 10.00 lakhs and it is anticipated that most of the prov/ision caul i bo utilised during tho period.~~

All tho schemes are State Scctor Schemes*

~~-X- *•~~

Under the Directorate of Industrial Training, West Bengal two major schemes are conducted to prouidc skilled Manpower requirement of the State. These aro Craftsman Training Scheme and Apprenticeship Training Scheme under tho Appren:tice ,',ct, 1961, Along with these two schemes, the scheme for Part-timie Classes for Industrial 'oiorkors, Advanced Vocational Training Sys;tem rand Entrepreneurial Development Training Programme are also conducted at I.T .I's , Major functions of the two main schemes-- are as follows s-

~~A• CRAFJSMt'N,TRia.NINjl 3Cl-IEr'E_ s~~

Training in this scheme is provided in Industrial Training Institutes/Centre in 24 Enjineering and 8 non-Engineering trades of 15 to 25 years ago group under aegis the National Council for Uocationel Training (N.C.U.T. ), D.C.E. oc T ., Government of India* Educational qualification fc^r admission to I.T»Is* varies from Class-WIII pass to Madhyamik pass depending on the trades* At present the training is impartori in the State in these trades through 17 I.T.'Is, and one I,T.C. and 5 private InotitutLs, Th.e t'otal seatin] capacity in the I.T.Is/ I,T,C. run by Government is 9896 , Number of trades so far introducted in this are as follows s- K « 78

(1) Electrician* (17) Building Construction* (2) □raughtsman (Civil) (1B) Pattern Maker* (3) Draughtsman (^Gch*) (19) Farm Hechanic* (4) Surveyor* (20) Welder (Gas & Electric)* (5) Hecho Ref* & Air (21) Plouldcr* Conditioning* (6) Hech* Radio & T*'J« (22) Carpenter (7) Watch & Clock Hechanic (23) Diesel Hachanic* (8) Machinist (Grinder). (24) Plumber* (9) Machinist* (25) Painter (General). (10) Turner (26) Book Binding* (11) Fitter (27) Cutting & Tailoring { 12) Sheet Hetal Worker. (men & Women) (13) Printing Machine Operator (23) Manufacture of Foot Wear* (14) Hand Composition & (29) Leather Goods Maker* Proof Reading* (30) Knitting with Machine* ( 15) Stenography (English)* ^ (31) Mechanic (Motor l/Ghicle)* (16) Wireman* (32) Blacksmith.

~~B* APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING~~

The Apprenticeship Training Scheme formulated under the Apprentices Act, 196*1, though independent, is really the continuation of the Uocational Training Scheme -and represents a period of shop-floor training which follous the I, T. I. training and precedes actual employment* Out of 138 traders so far designated under the Apprentices Act, ‘ 61, 64 trades have already been implemented in this State and arrangements for training in another 34 trades arc under the process of implementation. At present about 5500 trainees are receiving training in this scheme at different establishments in both public and private sector* The State Government arranges for Related Instructions for all the apprentices including those trades which are not in existence in I*T*Is. For the purpose 2 (two) Basic Training Centres - one at I.T.I. Hooghly for training in Chemical Group of Trades and other at Calcutta for training in non-I.T.I. trades have already been set up*

~~CRAFTSMAS^ TRAINING SCHEME s~~

~~The following projects under various stages of operation;~~

(i) Hostel Buildings at different I.T .Is *

~~(ii) _StiltiL.Q_yaxtJirs. for Group 'D' and Class III staff in I.T.I:~~

~~(iii) Water Supply Pro.iect at different I.T.Is. §~~

~~■ v" 5 t t t ^ 'tr~ i'- ^ t- t - | - - f--~~

(iv ) Repalcement of old & obsolete machinery at diffrent I*T»Is*

~~(>j) Purchase of n_ew_ jri achineries in I.T.Is for the trades to bi introduced undar diversification programrrie s~~

~~SR/- K » 79~~

~~(vi) AccpimgjleMB.-.oJ. Class Roorni For diffc.rcnt__I_«:L?X^g~~

~~(uii ) Cpmjqpîtci 3ui,ldin5,j^ôx.JS^^^ _îsuaf-Aid^,cui^^~~

~~(vyiii) Settin(3_ ung_w_ I_s_ t qv^ and Physically'~~

~~(ix ) Jif^ Social Studies t I>T.Is«~~

~~(X) DcFiciont rn_achJLn.cr_y___a^o_guipim^nt as :;.^r l «GoE« a- T» n:jrnis2~~

(xi) StronqthGning of Herd Quarters*

~~B» .M.AT I mr.L APPRENT ICE3HIP TRA Ii\l ING SCHEFiE s. Total proposed (.jutlay Ks» 7.15 lakhs for 1908—8g,~~

~~(i) £pnAt.ru.ctjL£n_ o/_ Hostel at I«>T»I»« Hourah Homes» The industries arc mostly located in Calcutta and sorrounding~~

districts. On onmpletinn of I»T.I. training, the trainees are normally S'lrouidGd with apnrenticGship training in Industries* But those appren tices face enormous difficulty in ha vying duitable accommodation for the purpose of complotion of apprenticeship training. At present there is only one hostel specifically mrsant f^.r apprentices and the same is located at I^ToI*, Tollygunge* The number of seats available in that hostel is cuitL inadequate# Improuei.iiert of hostel facilities for apprentices is therefore considered c’.ssential,

(ii) Stronqthenino of Head Quartors and Regional Offices i l ^ SJLlllI^^'i. ,j\!.Cit.ip n_G 1^_Ajj.PX9At ijies h_jjo_ J.rajl.ninfj To augment the functioning of apprenticeship training programme under the Apprentices Act., 1961 two Regional Offices howe been set up ~ one at Durgapur in 3urdujnn District anr] the other at Siliguri in Darjeeling District, These tuio offices are at prosent functioning within the premises of I.T.Is at Durgapur and Siliguri respectiwoly, Since thure is already death of accommodation in the concerned I.T.Is, it is consi^ierod that these two offices should be shifted to suitable hired buildings in area. (iii ) Setting u.:i of. 8a,sic T raining; C.t-ntre for Chemical Group

P/--X^iade^ .aj:_^hk)pohjb/j_ _ During the 6th Plan oeriod a, building for setting up of a Basic Training Centre for Chemical Group of trades, was constructed at 1,7.1:, Hooghly. Since the classes could not be started in the said premises for Want of suitable staff, apprentices in Chemical group of trades are required to attend A.T»I. at Bombay to receive their training. To overcome this difficulty, tho basic training centre is required to be started immediately. For the ,:)urpose some regular posts are required t u be sanctioned in ad^'ition to making provisions Tor quest lecturers. K 80

~~(iii).^Gtr.inQ up of Basic Training Centra for Chemical~~

~~During the 6th Plan ptriod a building for setting up of a Basic Training Centre for Chcmical Group of trados, was constructed at I.TcIo , Hooghly. Since the classes could not b.e started in the~~

s a i d premises for want of suitable staffj apprentices in Chemical group of trades are reouired to attend AoT e I* at oombay to receiv/c their training centre is rer.;uired to be started immediately# For the purpose some regular coots are required to be sanctioned in addition to making provisions for guest leoturrors*

(i\;)Setting up of J,a_s_i_c T raininq Cent re a.t Calcutta Technical School : Under the Apprentices Act<, 1961 many trades have been introduced which arc not in existence in loT.Is. For impartin : basic training and Related Instruction to the apprentices in such trades one basic ■ training centre has been set up in Calcuttao There is no full time staff and work is boinci carried out by deputing staff of the Directorate* To regularies the, system of imparting basic training properly some jrtaff are required to rovided.

~~III * Prog rame pf_ fiPpi. P-lJinni_np_.Dj3iD,aj:tjTi^nt^~~

~~ADPIJI Oi\!/,L E--V LOYHEMT,~~

~~£QLlCLflL.~~

Additional Employment Projrairime Was introduced in the State in the year 197 3*^74 as a Central Sector Scheme with 100^ central po-<5T Tin’tially the nbjoctive of the programme uas tc provide employment to the educated uniinip.lnyurl pRrsonb particularly in the urban areas* 1 he progrejnme had at that time three eomponentsj viz*j Training, subsidised Employment and 3elf~employmont« In the year 1974—75, houjGv/er, emphasis was laid under the programme mainly on self—employmunt scheme among the educated unemployed persons* Since 1970^79 the scope of the progress has been further widened to includs all categories of unemployed personc educated nr unGUcated for promoting self-generating employm-nt schemes in the field of industries, commerce and service and also providing assistance to employed persons for the purpose of creating additional employment according to the prescribed h- 't- 1^- ô^nrttâi ^hfcrfe fehûidrbe ffm^lsiytfrei^t ‘Îcfes^' one peroon for every Rso 2500/- of margin money. Unemployed persons from families having no sources of incomo, however, get priority over others* Special attention is also paid to the members of the s/C a S/T, othor backward c3. war~widows and ex—sGrvicomono K « 81

~~FIARGIN - JCR: S & CONDIT I Ci\j3.~~

Under the pro'ire.mmc margin money assistanca is providc-d to proprietory concoins/partn^rship firms, public/privato limited com companies arid co-opcrotiv/cr so cioti js f-;,r tho purpose; oF setting up cf new units in thu Cottcju tc Small jcalc Industircs Scctorj cstcbli.jh- ment of oncilliary units, promotion of agro basod industries transport etc# Such aasistanci: is also oxtondc.d to soiiomc for oxpcnsion ljF Gxistin.! small scalc units provided other conditions are fulfilled* Out. of the fund provided for margin m'sney to any unit, there should bt:, on an averc?nup one employinrnt In that unit for every Rso 25DG/~ cf m?.rgin money, ’ The extent of mergin money assistance is normally 10^ cf the total project cost as apprcued by the bank or other financial institutions provided that 2of: margin, money assistance is extondeble to entrepreneurs belongino tc s/c & s/T, physically handicapped entrepreneurs, ex-servioemen and Industrial Co-operations* T!to mr'rgin money advance cariies intc'reet d per annum, rnducoble to 4^^ in case of regul^Tr repayment* The loan .together with interest thereon is repayable in foru ei.iual annual instalments* rJepayment of margin money against Block Capital' starts after the term loan fro ■ bank/ financial institution with interest has been fully repaid or eight years whichever is earlier* Ropaymont of margin money against Working capital eommencer. from the 3rd year of the date of advance*

~~ACHlE'JEPiENT~~

Under the programme total investment cf margin money during the 2nd year of the Seventh Five Yi.ar Plan (l906<-87) was Rs* 185*00 lakh* During the current financial year (1987—88) cf the Seventh Five Yucj^r Pl.:,n, the full plan allocation of R3.Q4.00 lakh has so far been agreed for allotmt.nt to different implementing Agencies of Addition.'-^l Employment Programme* In terms of the stipulations in the guidc^linrs, expeeted employment generation during the 3rd y :ar of Seventh Five Year Plan period (1987-88) is 3360 approximately* K 82 SOCIAL StLCUR'ITY & liiaFARt: & NUTRITION

Tha UJjlfarj Branch of Relief and lualfars Qjpsrtmunt is entrust.id with thj rtJsponsibility of looking after thj welfare of children, uomenj agjd and infirm as ujell as physically handicappad and mmtally r^jtarded pjrsuiis, Th3 Qepartmant also djals luith th3 problem of juuGnila dulin- qujncy and vagr-ncy, Horcover, it impli-m-Jntg thi3 ICQS procjr&rrimti. Tha tot cl of thd plan outlay of tha Q-partment is Rs, 2250 lakhs, Tha outlay

~~and tjxpanditurJ in thj fir^t two yu-rs of tha 7th Fivj Yaar Plan ara slioiiXi balou s~~

T a b la _l^a Financial par for man ce lakhs) SI, No , J... R ___ Outlay 1 . Nutrition 135,00 50 ,33 243.00 183,70 2, Direction and ftdminii^tration 7.55 2,03 11,00 3, Welfare of the Heridicapped 26,20 13,08 34,70 4, WciTien Uelfare 20,00 17,32 29.50 5 , Child Ualforu 117.15 54,85 1G3 ,85 5, Welfare of /*ged and Infirm and Destitute 23 ,00 3,30 11 .00 207 . 52 7, Correctional Servicus 23,00 2.32 31.95 a. Other (Voluntary Organisation-CnQC) 23 ,00 6,9a 10 .00

~~Total s 425.00 150,26 475,00 391.32~~

~~In 1987-83, tha approvad outlay is Rs« 425,00 lakhs. Thus in tha first thraa yaars of the ?th FI on actual exponditura is axpactv:id to ba 46 , 25 pc;r cant of tha total 7th Plan outlay.~~

Nutrition is tha only aarmarksd sector of tha Departmcint and comprisas tha faading part of tha ICQS programme , The expenditure figura against th- actiuitias shows that thara has batsn considerable shortfall in expenditure, Tha main reason in shortfall may attributed to tha fact that appointriiant of 30 CQpOs of thirty prcjacts sanctioned got halt up du- to Ijgal complications. The shortfall in axpanditura

~~Could not th^r-fora be avoided. However, tha posi-\,ion has since improved~~

~~S’-t tif't t^lectifen SOpQg i’ntt dtHfor^ iioi^~~

7*52 lakhs and 10,07 l?.’khs of children ujdru respc^ctivuly couwrc^d undtir th. programme* The un-jarmarkad soctor can ba sub-groupGd into six hjcids from SliNo* 2 to SI,No, 7 as shoun in thoi table, Hchiiivjmjnt in somd of thj ar^aa is discussed bo low,

~~(a) ^Llj il_far_e^~~

A fund of Rs* 125,20 laklis r^pr-sd nting 12,80 parcdntsgij of tha total I'cli plan outlays cuuars a numb.-jr of schdrnas for thti promotion and uiv:ilff'.rG activititiS for t\i3 handicapped and muntally r^ftarcjaD parsons# Undor tha programmo the st^ta has bji;n able to r^ach significantly to all tha schemas, notrjabla bjing th;o ostablishmjnt of a Hom^> for manially rotardad children, distribution of prosthetic aid oisability pension, scholarships to handicappjd studants, vocational training and economic ri^habilitation grant to physically handicupp^d and mentally ratardod parsons,

~~Tha programmers ccvcir largo number of sch^m^is and Rs, IQl.lU lakho havo be3n earmarkdo for th^so in thw- 7th plan. [<3, 17,32 lakhs and~~

Rs. 7,90 lekhs could bj spjnt against an approuad outlay of Rs, 20 lakhs and Rs, 29,50 lakhs rospdctiv-^ly during th^j first two yjars of the plan psriod, Thi3 progri^ss was not satisfactory in tha second y^iar. Special efforts are baing madu to accol.jrats activitijs and bdtter rtjsults ar^^ dXpo'ctsd in tha tfii.rd yaar of tho 7th plan.

Correctional sarvicJo and juvw^nila justice programmu are consi— djr^id tha priority programme of tha Govarnmant, During th^j first thraa y33rs._^ it will ba possibl.j to spand Rs, 47,08 lakhs with programma to spand balanca Rs, 63,13 lakhs in tha ramaining two yaars of tha plan, Incidantally it may be mantion^d that invanila justica Act would vary soon Coma into affact from Saptairbar 1987 and would r-quirti highar allot- mant. Additional axpendituro- would howav-:;jr, ba sharad batwean tha

~~Gov3rnment of India and Gtata Gov/arnmant in the ratio of 50 g 50,~~

7th plan providas for Rs, 30 ,00 lakhs for assistanca to Public Sector undartakings which was allottad to tha Comprahansiva Araa DGualopmant Corporation for macting thair liability on Balwadi Programina after it was dolink^jd from UNICEF assistanca, Expactadly, tha antiro amount would ba spsnt within tha plan p-riod,

~~Othar sub-groups daal with on-going progr^-mmas and their achiau.-iiaant is on tha whola good.~~

~~nag/-. K - 84~~

~~J.fl i .L J ..P-.il~~

~~1 • prpgrammds^. of the, Rplic^f &_ '^Ifare^^ ^ Jfsra ) Dapartmunt~~

~~Thd proposed provision is raj ant for rnaating t h 3 cost o f thj~~

~~following ‘,-~~

~~1* Food for 30 projects sanctionjci in 1985-86 © 34 paisj par hasd pur day. 2* Food for 19 projects sanctioned in 198S-87 !l 34 paisa p'dr hdad~~

par day. 3, Pulsds for 80 old projacts sanctionad upto 1984-85. 4, Fuel and condiments for 110 proj-icts i .a , 15,100 centres, 5, Fuel and condimants for 19 nau projects sanctioned in 1986-87 for 2,320 centres, 6* Utensils for 19 projacts d Rs, 800 par centra. 7. Construction of Low Cost Latrina , 8. Setting up of Food processing Plant,

~~In mid-day maals, we are now hliving a provision of Rs. 3.15 crores in the plan budget and uje ara no luhere use thvs optimum coverage. According~~

to thj standard lc;id doun by the Government of India wj are supposed to cov^r tha entire rural primary child population for 114 days in a year uiith a 70 paisa per ccpita per day cost. At presi:,nt, uje ^ru covvvring 26,21,000 children of th.j relevant age group for 60 - 80 days a y^ar with

a per capita per day cost around 35 to 40 paisa * propose to raisB thw coverage for the ruriJ. student population in daaa^is I to U without charging tha total days and the par day per capita cost at pr-^sant, Approximately, in that case w.; shall have to cover 58,97,000 children which will ba a raise of 32,76,000 children requiring Rs. 1 0 ,6 5 'croro's in the plan budgjt in the next year as against tha existing Rs* 3,15 crores,

~~O;''] Jiik_ I~~

~~Cm^s^ructipn^ pf^ fiusli~~

~~In pursuance of the PrimiJ riinistar's 15 point Programme ebout~~

welfare of minoritit:;S, the fiinority Cell of the Home ^Political) Qjpart- mjnt of tha State GovernmLnt has taken up a scheme for construction of FiUGlim Girls* Hostels in tha Huslim minority concentratad districts. The schwine, when implemented, will meat the moat pressing needs of the Huslim girls in those districts and will thus solv- a long outstanding problem ^rS sfeS' i i y ^ t f c ^ Ftir^ tfie^p^ufeePt^^ feoft'striffc-iisn ^‘o#''^~ fe'tfchf " Muslim Girls’ Hostels in 11 districts is envieanad. During the remaining thraa years of the Seventh plan p.iriod the phasing will be as follows s~ 1987 - 88 , , , . 3 hoet^ls 1988 -- 89 , 4 hostels 1989 - 90 _ 4 h^st^-ls 11 host-jls nag/-. JL - i

~~XIX » Grjl) -ft ii-u_ . Siiiri y I Oil!~~

~~Sj?ATIQi.f£iiY_ PjilNTITO Moj^ernj.sa;cion_ of Govarmen-c Pres.ses.~~

t .■'O In order ^jo cope eoificiently '/jl ch 'Gha increasing worK load at G-ov^3?i.uiienG pr esses for prin'Gin/^- of gazettes, budget books aaid publications,, noi:ifications and reports from various L'epartraonts, ballot peeper, printing work of the Legislature e'GOo major portion of which is of very urgs^nt nature requiring delxverjT' at short notice, it is necassary to modernise the machinery of uhe Govt, presses.

1.1, An outlay of Rn.5cOO lakhs ma.y be approved for 1988'-8 9 to\mrds purchase of some spcj^re parts for different printing machines au Gho Grovt. Press at Cooch JSehar*

~~I PUBLIC. WiihB 1, Progrjjiime of the Public >io_rks .Dejpt^t > Koads (h Bridges »i -.f . n-n~~

Housing'. & Other.,jS^_l*^ln^ The schemes 'onder these heads are for easing the problems of accommoda,tion in Govt. Offices as also of r e s i dential accoinmodation for officers cind staff of the P.V/. Directorate* The Garget during the 7th Plan for construct tion of 58,250 m-^ out of which 18,800 has been cons tructed dui-in- 1 985-86 and 1 986-87* The rest is expected to be completed during the remaining 3 years of the 7th Plai..

2. the liome (Jallsj. The agreed outlsiy for Atmual Plan 1 988-8 9 in respect of Homo rJails)I)0partiaant is Rs*500.C0 lakb,s. But our plan schemes stand for a total of ;'s,648*06 lakhs exclusive of RsJ83.06 lakhs recel.veable from Govt.of India. Schemes under upgradaulon cf fruejriLLards of Adminiscration recommen ded by the 8til Fin.in.ca Oomminsi on and modernisation of Prison AdminiGtrationo both centrally sponsored figure in our plan proposals. Schemes uiiider i4odernisa‘bion prograriime have been approved by the ilnance Department and other con'- earned authorities wi'ch ’che Staue G-ovt. agreing to provide 30fo matching contribuxion.

These schemes aimed at toning up the Jail Adminis * J 4 iêôVîtin% ‘^'clie'^ Tûll%inJsVêasU'?U£Lg^' iD'e'^ter ^ " ameni'uies cind Housingfaciliaies to the j?risoners and Jail Staff, Bnhancing ths number of Jails for ordinary prisoners^ young ofi ;nderSy wo;caen prisoners etc. In fact vhe Prison a<âini strati on was starve of fund for developmen-jal work for a long time and now funds are flowing in anxl dev.Jlop^- mental work progressing with rapid strives.

~~3* Pro^rejiime of the Home (P & AR)Department~~

The Home (pobAR)Deparument is concerned udth implemen tation of the following 'cwo major schemes under the Beventn Five Year Plan i ) Admini s-cra'cive xteforms imder Public Works Seccor. i i ) Establishmenu of Administrative TraJuiing Institute aa Bidhctn Nagar (Salt Lake City), 2. The first scheme owes its genesis to the need for administrative reforms in xhe shc.pe of providing better working condition in ijovcrrunent oifices located in Calcutta, districts DJid Sub--divisional Head-quators. ilan^/’- of the (xovernment offices suffer from inadequacy of space. There is also lack of minimum a^nenities for the employees as well as the visiting public, x'-ioreover^ very often sections of the same principal office are sca-cuered in distairc iiired premi ses making it difficult for the people to get their work done, Wioh the idea of providing adequate space for office and bringing different sections togei;her, a number of projects for construction of office buildings have been taken uxd • Then again, wi i;h Ghe creation of !;he new districi- of K'orth 24“*Pargajias and setting up new Sub-divisions, cons truction of office building has been doubly necessary.

3* It will a,ppear from Gi\l'~2 statement that dui^ing the year 1 987-88 as many as 24 Projects (from Sl*1 to 24) are under different steiges of impleiiientation. Out of them, 15 Projects as at SI .1 ,8-1 2 > 1 5 y 1 7 to 24 are ^^xpected to be completed this year leaving a balance of 9. These 9 ar3 to continue in 1 988-89. In addition, 6 now x)rojects are to be taken up for implementation in 1988-8 9. In other words, the projects to be taken up in 1988-89, both continuing and L - 3

new are 15 as shomi below ;« Ncffiie of Projects 1 * Construction of AdJjiinistr?vCiv3 Building a,t Krishnagar, Nadia. 2* Additional three-storeys ovor i'reasury Wing of the Admn*Bldg. at Barasat. 3* Adjninistrativo Bldg. at Alipore. 4. Administrative Building i3erhaaipore,Murshidabad. 5 . Admini sijrativa Building at Burdwan 6. S * D .O .* s oific^3 Building at ri.a^ranathpur,?urulia and Aoquisioion of land, 7* Administrativ,^ Building at Suri,Birbhum 8 , S .D .O .’ s Office Building at xiampurhat,Birbhum 9. S.D.O/^s Office Building at Lalbagh,Murshidabad« 10. S,Ii.O.*s 0ffiC 0 Building at Jangipur,Murshidabad 11 • Special Repair to S.B.O’s Court Building at Uluberia, Howrah. 12« Jiepair to Cour'c Building of S.D.OGontai,Midnapora 13« O ffic s Complex at Asansol, Burdwan 14. Acqn. of land for S .B .U .'s Office Complex at Bolpur. 15. S . D . O . ‘ s Office Complex at iihetra, Ba-ikura.

4. It will appear from above that the total ainount nece ssary for implementation of these 15 projects is Rs.829.98 laklis. As against this tho joutlay proposed is l:s. 173.88 I* lakhs vjliich is 5% iii excess of Ghe current year's outlay of Rs.165.00 lakhs. In view of the total need, the proposed outlay is much too meagre and it may be considered whether a larger allocation in tnis sector is posbible. 5* The s;^cond sch.^mo of the. Department is Establishment of Administrative 'Iraining Institute at Bidhan Nagar (Salt Lake Citj^). This is a big project and che works have bean in progress for several years. The project has got a number of components viz. Civil construction, purchase of equip ments and aid s, and establishment charges. A por'oion of expenditure under civil construction and purchase of eqiiip^- ments and aids are covered by upgradation grant from the

Goverrment, of India. Speedy implementation of ohe proj :>cg is,therefore,necessary not only for the purpose of training of G-overnment officials but also for the sake ox securing re-imbursement finance from the Government of India. The outlay for the projcct during 1987-88 is Rs.54.97 lakiis;. The proposed outlay for 1938-89 is Rs.57-72 lakhs. Although the proposed outlay is in excess of the outlay for the cu^^rent year by Rs.2.75 Itikhs, it is Justified from the point of view of securing re-imbursement finance under the Upgradation Scheme which will expire beyond 1988-89. • Programme the E.xcise Department«

1e Construction of a multi-storeyed office building at premises No. 32 Sc 33, Bepin Behari G'.c.nguly Street; Calcutta*

At prssent Excise Commissioner’ s Office and its subordinate offices located in Calcucta are housed in private rented buildin'js at different placcs in Calcutta. It has been decided to construct a muiti-storcyed buil;iiny e.t thr ^ sboue mentioned site for accommcda'Cion of all the offices unc'ar the-: Excise Directorate in a single building in the interest of Excise Aclministration.

2* Construction of a building for accommodationof District Excise Office in Jalptdguri and of cjuarters for Excise Staff. The present district Excise Office in 3alpaiguri is housed in a private building. As a land is av/ailable it is considered expendient to construct a new building for the District Excise offic- at Dalpaigurio

3, Construction of c.'ompound uJall around the residential quarters of 3.E. in Dalpaiguri (knoiwn as King’ s Kothi). Tho land of the premises at King’ s Kothi, Dalpaiguri, is earmarked for construction of office and residential quarters for the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent of Excise and for Garrage and Barrack for Excise Drivers and Constables. In order that any porti.;n of the land is not encroadhed by any outsiders, it is necessary to construct a compound uall around the land.

~~4* Construction of a^ boundry '-Jail of the proposed Excise complcx~~

~~at Jaigson. To prevent encroachment by any outsiderH on the land of the proposed Excise complex at. Jaigaon. It has been decided to construct~~

a boundary uall around the3 plot of the land* 5* Construction of a compound wall around the Excise Warehouse and ganja go la and conversjicn of service latrine into sanitary one; at Diamond Harbour. For the purpose of safety of the property and to prevent encroachment a compaund 'Jail has been proposed to be constructed and from hyganic point of vieiui service latrine has been proposed to be converted into sanitary one.

~~6. Special repair to the Barrack situated at 116A, A.D.C.Bose *• i- ir ir i- i- t t t 1- i- t t t-^ t-1r-I.~~

~~The property was purchased by the Excise Department in a dilapidated condition whicch need through repair.' L » 5~~

~~7* Construction of a two storeyed building within Siliguri~~

aiarchausG compound in Oprjooling. Existing accomniorjaL.ion in the said uarehousc, is not sufficient*

~~It has, therefor^}, boun decided to build a tuio-storeyed building uithin~~

~~the campus of Siliguri 'aiarchoLise.~~

~~8. Construction uf an Excise Barrack and boundary wall on the~~

land possessed by Excise "epartinc.nt at Dalkhola in West Dinajpur# For accommodation of Excise Constablc-s posted at Dalkhola an Excise Barrack is essential# Excise Dep- rtment possesses a land there, and it requires construction of a boundary wall around this land to prevent encroachment*

9* Construction of a compound wall around the Excise Barrack and Staff Quarter at Hal in Dalpaiguri. To prevent encroachment by any outsider it has been decided to construct a compound wall around the Excise Barrack and Staff liUarter at Mai in Dalpaiguri*

10* Acijuisition of the premises No* 33, Bellilious ;^oad, Howraho The building is under rcciuisition for a long time for use as Excise Barrack. It has been decided to acr;uire it in the interest of Excise administration and revenue*

11* Requisition of the,-premises No. 74, A.3.C. Bose Road, Calcutta. The building is uncier requisition for a long tim^) for use as Excise Barrack and Malkhana of the preventive organisationunder the Excise Directorate. Its acquisition is onesidered necessary for accommodating the Barrack and r-lalkhana permanently.

~~12. Sinking of" a deep-tube w r II at Chandrakona Road werehouse in f^idnapore ~~~

The existir>L) deep tubewell at the said premises is very old ami it has become almost inopert'tive. Huge amount of water is essential to run the warehouse# i^siucity of water supply hampers Excise working of the Warehouse and thereby affects Excise revenue. It has therefore been decided to set-up a deep tubewell there.

~~13. Construction of a sanitary Latrine and other works of the quarters attached to huksan warehouse within Galpaiguri -~~

~~Construction o" a sanitary latrine for the Excise Staff posted~~

~~at the said warehouse and for the vendors is requirt^d there. There are some other minor works for up—keep of the said warehouse.~~

14. Constriiction o^ l ga3?age and repair of Excisc Barrack including quarter of Circle Inspector, Kakdwip and sinking of a tubewell at Kakdwip. For the purpo36 o” protection of the vehicles a garage is rrjcuired to be constructed and some urgent repairs of the Excise Barrack including quarter of Circle Inspector at Kakduip are required to be made. For the purpose of adequate supply of wate;r a tubewell is rcqured there. L » 6

15. Construction of toilets and rost room on the existing office Building in tho iCornpound of Silijuri Spirit Uarahouse - It is 3j very busy warehouse and- officers \Jisit this uiarehouae frequently for uj|ici'i a rest room as wgII 'kl': Toilets are neoessaryo

~~160. Construction of a two seated Latrine in existing SiliQuri Excise Barrack — There igl^tio proper arrangement of Latrine in this Barrack for which it is nscessary.~~

17. Construction of Staff quarter, liquor 'uJarehouse, Circle Office ey^.c.o at Kolaghat, riidnapcrE - In the interest of Excise Administrailôn these These constri|îons are necessary.. ^k I ' ■, kP.V.ernmGp b..re’s'id ent ial Bui Id inq ^ 16# Coni-truction of rssidential quarters for the Excise Department at 46, Christopher hoa.dj, Calcutta. The service oF the Excise Officers are transferable when the officers are transferred to Calcutta from tha other districts, they are transferred to Calcutta from the oijher districts, they are put to great difficulty for want of suitable accommodation in Calcutta. It has therefore been docidcd to construct'â building in Calcutta for residential acoommodation of the Excisd.Officers*

19. Construction of cjuarter of Officers on the land occupied by 1 Excise Department at Purana Hatkhula, Darjeeling - I There is no suitable accommodation for officers on transfer to Darjeelinq for which the constructidr^' is necGssary.

5« Prooramme of th;;: land & Land R|^ nrms Department. The Sênth Plan proposals on |pj|blic Works and other Construction of this DepartCT^t, amongst others incl^^^'S- i) Prti^Pjlâl for construction oT^^^rcuit House. ii) Pro^pÛ for Specific additidijjj^

iii) Const»ction under upgradation^.f Standards Schemes. iu) Consti^cticn under strengtheninV^t; of Revenue Administration 3 ch em v) Minor & miscellaneous items of Construction*

6• Construction of Circuit Houses t Circuit Houses in the districts were built in thepre~indepcnduicc: days and some of them hav/e outlived their normal span of life. Morsover;, rj'- f- r-, I’' f - f t ^ ^ I-' '-t t- t- 'ir t i-' s-* ^ I' '■ V V V cnssfj oJere Duiit suitin'! the needs of those days and accommodations available therein, in most cases, arc not sufficient to meet the requirenent of thu present days. L 7

~~In 1986-87 adininist ratius approval to ths tune of Rs, 26,00„00G. GC~~

~~Was .given for constn.jction of tuo. Circuit iJouses one at Jalpaiguri and~~

~~thti other at Burriwan out of uhinh Rs® ■ 1 1 ,0 0 ,OOU« --Q could- be sanctioned~~

~~lL3uing balance of ;-3, 15^00,000.00,~~

~~In 1907-38 thoro aJns budijet provision of Rs. 10,00,000*00 on~~

~~this accoi:nt uhich moans that whole budget provision of 19B7-8-8 the work~~

~~ralciting to construction work of the aforesaid two Circuit Houses~~

~~cannot be cotnp 1 eted,~~

~~Re-juiremant of a now Circuit Hougo in the followin.i districts~~

~~is ccndiored ea?antially necessary«~~

~~i.) Darjeelin ! (SaJar)~~

ii) Krishnagar; Nacaa*

~~iii) Kalyani, f\ladia«~~

~~iv) Barasa (Tha new district head quarter of North 24-Parganas)~~

~~v) i^idnanore (Sadar)~~

~~vi) Bankara (Sadar)~~

~~V i i ) Me la a (5 ad a r)~~

~~At the oxiatina rate of construction, a minimum sum of R-;. 15 lakh;~~

~~will b;3 raruired darin':^ the y- ar 1988—99„~~

~~78 Proposal for Specific additions to the wash Bengal^~~

~~On tha model nf Naynamoti Survay Schoolp now in Gangladcsh,~~

~~”Tha yjest Bengal Curvey Institute’’ was esta:.?lishsd at Bandel under~~

~~administrative control of DoLoH»3a liles’c Bengalo Tha Institute conducts~~

~~1 yearo Dunior Certificate nourse in Surveying followed by another~~

~~1 year Senior Certificate Course. There is no scope anywhere in lu'est~~

~~Bengal fur further hi iher studies in 3urveying=. There is heavy~~

~~demand for the course and all the passed students get gainfully~~

~~employed in no time'o Por skill formation .and Gmployment generation,~~

~~upgradatinn of this Survey Institution is necessaryo It is therefore~~

~~felt necessary to start a 3 years dipI.oma course in surveyino in the~~

~~said institution where the students will acquire knowledqs with~~

~~modern technique nf Surveying« fhe schemc involves non-recurring~~

~~expenditure of f's.. 80*50 lakhs and recurring expenditure of Rso 5«8Q lakha~~

~~per yearo- The expenditure is debitable to the head '’2029-00-102-Survey~~

~~a Settlement Operations-Survey School-Upgrading of Institute-Plan~~

~~Schemco~~

~~3 3 /- L - 8~~

~~8. SchGme in rGap^ct strep.gthening of Revyenuo Administration of Lllpdating of Land Records ~ A Cent rally sponsored Scheme.~~

~~The schemG provides an expenditure of Rso 2,90,000.00 of which Rs<~~

~~1,45,000,00 is to be give^n by Gout, of India and the rest~~

~~Rs® 1,45,000*00 is to be given by the State Govt. The schemb is to ba~~

~~executed ujithin the bevenith Plan Period, liie are yet a non-starter fo:~~

~~pancity of fund and nou -jse have requested Govt, of India to ^;ive~~

~~necessary concurrence to our slighly modified schema and revised~~

~~schedule so as to enable us to implement the scheme during last two~~

~~ycjars of the seventh plan period .~~

~~The schcrriG coiiipr.inos of construction of 650 units of R*I,~~

~~Offices at Gram Pc.nchayat level.~~

~~^ • Construction Undie r_ j^j^rad at ion of Standards Scheme~~

~~Uder the scheme uu a have got 152 lakhs spreading over a~~

~~period of 1985~86 to 1983—39^~~

~~The Scheme provicdes the following constructions works 3-~~

~~1» Construction of 3ub~divisional level office~~

~~Buildings at unitf cost of Rs. 5,20 lakhs.~~

2* Addition and altEration of the existing S.D.O. level office buildings at unit cost of Roo 1.01b lakhs*

~~3. Providing amcnitilBs to the C»D. Block level office Buildings at unit cost of Rs. 0.25 lakhs.~~

~~4. Construction of Ui 11-age level office buildings at unit cost of Rs. 32,500® 00~~

~~f P f n | ^ai^hf,~~

~~implementation of the schBms,~~

~~Present years all.otment under the scheme is to the~~

~~tune of Rs. 58 lakha which wii expect to spend in full. - y~~

~~6 , Prp^pamme^ of^ th~~

~~Di'j to incrwaS3 in manpow-^r as ujull as Gav/-jrnm«intal actiuiti;;iG with con ssqLicintial incr^aBj in r^cc^ipc and dXpdnclibur-, thJ wprkload in~~

Triaij'uriGS has also bean incrtic,sad manifold , hs a riJ suit it has bacoma imp -rativu to bring about overall improv^mtjnt in ths standard of Treasury and nccounts Administraticn • liiith that cjnd in v/i^w, it has buen decidt;d to upgrod^ thJ existing Sub-Trciasuri^s, bifurcate those Trt^asuricjs which era ov^srloadjd and s^t up n^u Traasurit-'s according to necessity* This will r uuiri^ construction of n^w buildings for tho TrJasurii^s as tha existing accommodation of most of the TrtnasurivJs and Sub~tr'jasurias are inadjruatvj to mti jt the njud, According to a phased programme for tha construction work is now baing implum-jntud, The proposed outlay of Rs* 54.00 lakhs for 1988-89 uiill bu utiliSijd for ths purposa during thj noxt y-cr ^,

In this connw'ction it may bcj stated that though the work of construction is actually made in the districts, it has nothing to do with tho District Administri-tion and thj entire decision in this regard is being talcan at the Headquartejrs on ths basis of the guidelines suggested by the 8th Finance Commission, So the questioni of consultation with the District Level Committee does not arise.

Further, as tfie expenditure for the construction of Treasury Buildings is actually incurred by the public Works Qupartment which maintains the accounts in this regard and no fiigur^j in the matter is available with us. The District-wise actual figures cannot be furnished by us,

~~( Parliari>.:intary Affairs ) Dupartment~~

~~The scheme envisages conetruction of a Library Building within the Compound of the Ulest Bengal Legislative Asstembly.~~

~~Programme of the Department of F.pod and Supplies~~

~~Acquisition of land in Calcutta itnd districts~~

The Government of the then provinces of Bengal constructed large number of food storage godouns all over the province during and after the 'aiorld War II, Host of the lands on which godowns were constructed were requisitioned during World War II, Government decided to acquire most of the requisitioned lands permanently phase by phase# Acquisition proceedings in rciSpuct of many of thuse lands have been Completed whil-j in som^^ other casds ar-j und:.r processing, payment on awards are made very y-ar out of budget provision on this regard,

~~provision of Pe. 7.00 lakhs as cost of 1 -nd is proposed for the Annual Plan 1988-89, Th^i amount would be spaint for those cases~~

~~nag/-. L - iO~~

~~uhar- oijard on ocquisiticn componsation is likJly to madj in tho n-!Xt~~

~~financial yc;c.r,~~

~~2 • ®13?uction/./S _2pdpwns__ and aLli;^jd_ uprks~~

During and aftwp thw iJorld ijJ&r II a larg- nuinbcr of food storage godouns kura cons’^ructdd all ,u-r thu prov/incjs as stat^o abov/j« Hsny of them b-'QomJ unfit for starBQv:' cf foodgrcdns. Soma of them Wc;r3 alr-'ody r'jRovatjd/ruconstructud atc„ Noiii about 150 such godcwns r<-quirti to be ruconstructcid in ploc

~~Provision has accordingly bwjn mad_; for oss^ntial and spacial~~

~~r-ipsir of godowns and also for n-w construction or r-construction of 3 godoiijns for creation of about 200 0 n«T« storage-; spaca »~~

This LXipartjriont has dacid^d to taka up construction of 4 (four) workshop shods and allied works uithin ths Laka Garagw campus in a phasjd usy at a total cost of Rs, 35 lakhs which was approved ouring the Sixth Fiva Ys^aar Pl<-n ( 1980-85 ') , Tha work is in progr^iss. Oiu such workshop is corr;pl-itw'd, A provision of 5,00 lakhs has bo^n madu in tha Annual PI -n 1988-89 to start with th^j construction of remaining 3 (thra.:;) workshop shjds,

~~.^PP/P. ^P. SFPPPP*. PPii~~

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~~Thd tuo-storydd main building at 11 A, flirza Gallib Str«tjt,~~

whîr- s>jVwral Dirjctorato bffic.js ar- housed and whJrci till rv3cantly thu riinis\.jr of tha Dupartmant had his offico, is a vury old building, Tha roofs on thoi ground floor and the 1st floor ara mada of Raniganj til..s in two Ijyars olacjd over uood^n barg-s, Tha public ItJorks Dapartmant opined that thw tiloswarJ no longer dapundabla and thj roofs required to b.. r-ipliced by R oC ,0» on^ if tha builciing was to be used* SacausG of acutj shortocjge of space and of funds it was djcided to use thu building ana to go for the raplacjmant of roofs* Hence, the prasant schema ,at an actimatad cost of Rs. 17,34 lakhs, Thare is also a plan t of |id(î|.g -^£)rê -^c^c-e^ fôpr-^to. |h^ |)U-^lgi|)g-^ sum. of P|* .8 |0[^ \Qkh .hQS ^ ^ . been proposad as outlay for 1988-89•

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Now most of the officjs of this Ojpartmunt at thu districts and sub-divisional h^ad quart.:;rs av^ accommodctw'cl in hirod buildings. Similarly all tha • Rationing Offices arj hous^u cn hirwjd/r-quisitiondd buil'-ings, ThurJ is dearth of aduqu-te spaccj in thoSw hir>jd/ ri^quisition-jd buildings uihiich ara in bad shap^'. The! anitary system of mobt of thjsa buildings £r.- aucifully unhyginic*

~~The Dupartmtint propose to tsk-; up construction of naui officu buildings at thj district and sub-d^vicional hdoC quarters anci also in~~

~~S,R^ ar.^as in phasjd mannjr. For this purposii an outlay of Rs* 4,00 lakhs hc.» buj;n propossd in the Annual Plan 1987-83 for th-^ abova purpose.~~

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~~9* Pro.g:raJiiin8 of the Uinance (Taxation) Dgpartment.~~

Tile /innuaa- Plcai proposaZ’.s contaijis 86 sohemes out of which 7 schemes relate to liiitry Tax Lircctorate and 77 schemes relates to Comrnercial Tqxqs Directorate. Commercial Tax Dlre« ctorate is the mn;]or revGnue earner for Government of VJest . Bengal. During the financia!. year 1986-87? the Commercial Taxes Directorate collected about 885 cr-'^res and Qitry TaX Directorate c-.llected ahout 80 crores. Collection of the Commercial Taxes Directorate is expected to exceed the thou-• Sand crore mark drarin,.:; the currejiit flnaJ-ici?! year and collec tion of aitry Tax Directorate may he aroui.d Hs.90 crores to Rs,100 crores. As the Commercial Tpjxes Directorate has been expanding very rapidly office accomraodation has become very much inadequate everyv7here, Beliaghata Sales Tax Complex It s e lf has become too inadeq.i:Late to accommodate thQ HGad' Office and the Sub-offices at Calcutta* So a multi-storeyed Bid.lding is being constructed at S.alt LoJke. Its construction is expect-;! to be completed by mid*88, /jiother multi storeyed building is proposed to be constructed at Tangra. It has been decided thfvb office building of the Com.mercial T :?x:es Directorate will be constructed in all the I^stricts, At Asansol the construction of the office buHd-ing is almost complete. At Coochbehar the construction of the same vd.ll commefiice soon. At Durgapur we have already taKen possession of the land for this purpose and the Chief Govemmeat Architect has been reo^uested to draw the plan of the pTiTDposed building. The construction of office building at Serampore is expected to be completed within this year. At Hbv/rab. and Halginj , we have purcha.sed built vep acco mmodation for office. At other places5 adeq.uate measures have been initia.ted to locaoe and acq.uire land. The checkposts play a vital role jji the administration of Commercial Ta.xes & Entry Tajc* I t has been decided to set ijg checkposts under the Commercial Taxes Directorate at all the border routesand to- strengthen set some checkposts -una-er the Qitry Tax Direct tora^te. Range offices m der the Commc3rcial. Taxes Directorate in districts will si;|)ervise the work of the checkposts. The construction of the checkpost at Baravisha in the district of

Vie have tal^en povssession of land at Orwo, Miclnapore for the construction of a checlcpost, VJe are awaiting clearance from .. Ministry of Tran sport 5 GoVemmvint of India j for the construc tion of Checkpost at Dalkhola^ V/est Dinajpur and renovation work of the Chec]:q}ost at DuburcUh near Asansol. VJe have

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directed out local officers to locp^s s.irltable plots of land for the cons true tx on of Ghecl^posts and Range Offices at other places. Nine new Schemes have Deen included in this years plai'i t 1) Range office at p-urulia. 2) G'mckpost at Keyagoriaj rdidnapore, 3) Holiday Home at Dig ha. 14idnapo-re, h) Checkpost at Noaparaj 2^^Parganas (North) . ^0 Gheckpost at Sikdeshp^j]curiaj 2^Parganas (North), 6) Checkpoct at •Tba-Ichapur, 2^-.Parganas (North) , 7) Chec'cpost at lirghangi^ Hooghly. 8) Gheckpoct at Suffiiada« Hooghl^^. 9) Taxation Tiiljmal at Galt Lolce* The proposed Holiday Home at Etlgha, will act as incentive for the e-inployees of the Taxation Department and its Directoratifjs Vie hoye propo‘-;e,lo lakhs should be made in the Annual Plan 1988-^890 As the Tribunal is to be set very ea.rl^^ the scheme is also required to be included in the current year’ s plan proposal* ./ill the 86 schemes included in the /jinual Plan are esS'^Txtially reQuired for eflicient adn'dnistraticn of Sales Tax and Fntry Tax, ITo cannot but manage the funding of setting vp - of new checkposts a.t or uci,al points., conversion of anew check- ports into master checkpoL’tg and construction of office and residential aocommoaaticn with an outlay less than 300 lakhs.

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~~iO* Programme of the Judicial Department.~~

A sum of 300.00 lakh has been allocated for this Depart ment in the Five Year Plan, 1985-90* Out of which a sum of Rs.197.rjC lakh has been allocated for General Office buildings and a sum of Rs.102.20 lakh has been allocated for residential quarters.

As per plan of action finalised with the concurrence of the High Court, Calcutta this department is to utilise a sum of ■^•292.30 lakh recommended by the Eighth Finance Commission for cons truction of court buildings and quarters and catering of amenities in Courts under the Programme of Up-gradation of Standards of Judi cial Administration in the State*

A sum of Rs. 90*00 lakh provided for financing Up-gradstion Schemes during the year 1985-86 could not be utilised during the Year, as the plan of action was not finalised in consultation with the High Court, Calcutta and the State Level Empowered Committee. During 1986-87 and 1987-88 sums of Rs. 98-00 lakh end Rs. 98.50 lakh respectively have been provided for financing the Up-gradotion Scher

~~It will appear that in all Rs. 196.50 lakh has b'een made availc*ble for financing the Up-gradation Schemes during 1986-07 and 1987-88.~~

Due to non-availability of Govt, land at Barrackpore and Durgapur proposals for construction of court buildings at those stations could not be taken up and accordingly the amounl: of Hs.196*50 la)th made available could not be utilised in full.

The Year 1988-89 being the last year for utilisation of the grants made available under the Up-gradation Programme, an estimated expenditure of Rs. 101.60 is proposed for inclusion in the annual plan for 1988-89*

Schemes covered by Up-gradation programmes having been inclu ded in the plan proposals, almost all the schemes outside the pur view of the Up-gradation Programme had to be left out during the last three years for want of adequate allocation.

Schemes concerning Registration offices including those for construction of quarters of Registering Officers could not be taken up for want of allocation- Proposals for construction of new Couri Buildings involving considerable amounts of expenditure at Durgaour, Lalbagh, Siliguri, Barrackpore, Alipurduar and Judicial Court compl;

contd...... L - 15 at 2 & 3, Bankshall Court could not b*e included in the plan proo . • sals for the same reasons*

A proposal for construction of a multi-storied court building after dernolotion of the portion wherein the office of tl''e the Sherrif of Calcutta is housed at present, has been recommended by the High Court, but the same also could not be included as such inclusion will require augm-entation of allocation to the extent of Rs. 3*14 crores.

It may be noted that all the above mentioned schemes could not be included in our statements as we have been asked to keep the ceiling limited to the last year*s plan budget plus increase over that level.

~~Y/ith a viev; to financing the schemes referred to in Stetei ments GN-I and Qvl-II this department needs the barest minimum fund to the extent of Rs. 107.63 lakh for the year 1988-89.~~

Inclusion of the projects under the ‘*Up-gredation Scheme” approved by the Eighth Finance Commission in the plan budget of this Department during the 7th Five Year Plan period so far has no doubt imparted a healthy outline to the said plan budget but in reality it has practically brought no relief to th.^ litigant and registrant public and other officers and staff of different Courts in this State as this Department has not beeri able to und^:r-* take most of the essentially necessary construction and repair works outside the 'Up-gradation programme due to acute p.^ucity of funds. It may also be noted tha1t the discontent among the registrant and litigant public is gradually on the increase as they are continuously suffering from extreme dearth of space in the existing Court buildings. Some of such Court buildings and Registration Office buildings are so old that they are in dilapidated condition and unless comething is done immedit-tely for their repairs or replacements, the entire matter may take an ugly turn resulting in angry outbursts by suffering people. It is, therefore, imperatively necessary that allocations for schemes not covered by the '*Upgradation ” pro gramme should be increased considerabl y.

~~11. Programme of the Home (Police) Deptt.~~

~~At present, 45 Police Statioins in the State (excluding GRPs) are in hired buildings. Besides, half a dozen Investigation Cen tres awaiting conversion into Police Stations are functroning from~~

LiOntd* . . . L - 16 hired buildings* Additional 14 new Police Stations are also to set up by the end of 1968-89. These also will require accommoda tion. Therefore, unless more departmental buildings are credtec’,, 65 Police Stations will be in hired buildings by the end of 19C:s-i ■An important institution like a Police Station being in hir-jd pr:. mises, is not a desirable thing. It has been the experience that the controversy with the landlord over the tenancy leads to unna- cessary litigations. Therefore, construction of thana buildings is a matter of great importance for the administration-

A good number of old Police Stations in the City and districts are in very bad shape. Some of them require i.-amedi te demolition and reconstruction. Here again, the need for more fu:. funds for police Stations arises.

~~Along m th the expansion of the State polic-^ necessitat. by the growth of population and other factors, administrative~~

~~buildings also require to be extended. Some of the old adminis trative buildings are also in dilapidated shapa and cell for major repairs or demolition.~~

Setting up a Base Hospital for the State Polico has been a long felt need. Recently, 5 acres of land has been procured for the purpose at the Salt Lake City and plans and estimates for the hospital are under preparation. It is desirable that the same be s

~~In making constructions, land is the first requisite. In most cases, land has to be acquired. Some provision r'-quiros . be made in the budget for acquisition of land. L - 17~~

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~~schi^m^'! fnr ccnstruccicn. cf a Rcli^^f compr'’x comprising ?x'li-'f~~

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U7D, S# ranorja'^ Road, Calcutts- 700C14 hns bu^-n drawn*

~~Thn R 'liof CcclDi'in, Gcragc, Stores and Jir'ctorat-/ Off5cJ ar i~~

~~situ a te d at 0 7 ^ , ci* N, nan.-Tju:} R e ad , prcM./ipusly a r. ntt.d b u ild in r , and n-’u~~

~~an ^c q u ir ^ d builMiR',. T h is prcposo-d R.: li'-’?' complex may accommodat-' \;.h-~~

~~otorcr), GoJown, Gar^rjc--, Officn both ;-ir .cturnt.) He S'cr-tari;_t ant' •'■.h-r-hy~~

~~sav- hur.'^ amount of f u n 's -s rent of Govc^rnm3nt, It w ill r^lso s':rv/a th-~~

~~short'^O^ accomnucf^-tion offic': bui^Llings fs a wholo.~~

~~Acquisition of rT^-'misc's of 07^ 3* ?>;, QanvTjcc R m d , Calcutta~~

~~m';af;urinf, 12*52 kottris of land has alrD-i!dy b-an completed and thj payr.i nt~~

~~''or the cost of acq u isitio n sa id iJroT-rty nmsiunting r.i* 6 ,4 5 ,3 D 2 /- h‘-'o~~

~~air. ady b^—n mcdn tc? owners th pr^mis*5s wibh th^ ccncurr'-'nci' nf Finonc-ii~~

~~■■•j^tt. and approval of JcuolopmGnt ^nd Planning usptt. out of ow'Jr;'ll f^avirK'a und'Jr plan budget of Uolf^'^rc 3ranch of this DD|,c;rtni3nt in 1900-G7 r-a~~

was no provision uncJor th-J r.'spfjctivo h^jar.; on account*

~~Cut th<; acc|uisition of lan'i of 137C, S . '«Dan:;rjJo Roa-; jui;t Iv siib~~

~~'c!: lan.is of 07^^ f'« OancTjeu Road h^s not y_t been compl:jth';d on'.' h--~~

,J3:oCJss of acquisition land is in pronross* This is also n'^'cc.ssary to mtikLi th.' Irnd/i’:jromis(^s mr.TC suitnl)L2 for th.; proposc-id Rolic:;f ct-mpl^.x*

~~Nou th: demolition work i.f old buildin.i,s at 0?A , j*^i*D;in. rja 5~~

~~Road (irnd alroady acquiror') is tc oonplp-i-'d by th-' currc-nt fin a n c ia l~~

~~yi^ar 1907—00 in ord r to nt'^rt construct;,n^j o^ficu cdciP1''x « 3 c tok->n anount~~

~~o f " * 2 .3 D lakhs has b 'o n shewn as a n t i c i p :t 9 d cxp^:ndituro Fnr 19G7-GC~~

~~uhich uiill bf! m^t out of o verall savings under plat, budget of U)--‘^lfa r ^ i^ranch~~

~~of t:iis 3' pE^rimcnt.~~

~~.y'y «r\;^rTT snutiT anr.ing Commission~~

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