Confidential Draft Annual Plan Tamil Nadu 2011-2012 Government of Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission Chennai Government of India PLANNING COMMISSION LIBRARY Class No. _ Book N o ._ ______T I S 8 P ______ Confidential JJtsr^T 3TTH>T fj Planning Commission \ sTffci ?T r.jB .'s.S S ] Acc. No, l ib r a r y Draft Annual Plan Tamil Nadu 2011-2012 Government of Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission Chennai Contents 1. Annual Plan 2011-12 - An Overview....................................................1 2. Agriculture and Rural Development.................................................. 18 Crop Husbandry................................................................................... 18 Soil and Water Conservation.................................................. ......... 20 Animal Husbandry...............................................................................21 Dairy Development.............................................................................. 22 Fisheries...............................................................................................22 Irrigation and Flood Control............................................................... 24 Other Agricultural Activities............................................................... 26 Rural Development.............................................................................. 29 3. Environment and Forests.................................................................. 34 Ecology and Environment................................................................... 34 Forestry and W ildlife......................................................................... .36 4. Industries and Minerals..................................................................... 40 Large Industries ................................................................................... 40 Information Technology.......................................................................42 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Village 8b Small Industries)....................................................................................44 Mining and Metallurgical Industries..................................................46 5. Energy.................................................................................................. 48 Power Development............................................................................. 48 Renewable Energy Sources................................................................. 49 6. Highways and Transport.....................................................................51 Roads and Bridges...............................................................................51 Surface Transport............................................................................... 53 7. Social Services.....................................................................................55 Education and Sports..........................................................................55 Medical and Public Health.................................................................. 59 Social Welfare....................................................................................... 65 Nutrition...............................................................................................69 Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes........................................................................ 71 Labour Welfare and Employment Services........................................75 Urban Development, Housing and Water Supply............................. 76 8. Other Sectors......................................................................................87 Scientific Services and Research........................................................ 87 Art 86 Culture....................................................................................... 88 Tourism ................................................................................................89 Statements...............................................................................S-1 to S-56 1. Annual Plan 2011-12 - An Overview 1.1. The Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12) was formulated with the broad objectives of ensuring steady and sustainable economic growth coupled with social justice, safeguard the livelihoods of people, and to improve the quality of life of the urban and rural population. Accordingly, the Annual Plans from 2007-08 to 2010-11 were evolved within the Five Year Plan framework. 1.2. However, the near normal production in Agriculture during 2007-08 over the extraordinarily bountiful previous year along with low growth in the industry sector yielded poor growth of the State’s economy. Low overall growth persisted during the following year, 2008-09, partly due to the rapidly developing global slowdown which peaked in this period and led to negative growth in the industry sector. Industrial recovery in the next year recovered a high growth rate of 8.96 per- cent. - Because of the robust Services sector, the reduced growth of the first two years of the Plan have been recovered although agriculture grew slowly despite several normal rainfall years and industry could not sustain high growth levels. A variety of subsidies and a substantial increase in social welfare benefits mark this period during which inflationary impacts on food prices seriously affected people’s welfare. 1.3. The Government has identified priorities in tackling the imbalance between rural and urban amenities, poor health indicators among the urban poor, and the physical quality of life of people. A boost to growth is planned by focusing on the infrastructure and power needs of industry and on revitalizing agriculture through modern technology and the efficient use of resources. It is in this backdrop of achieving a higher growth trajectory that the Annual Plan 2011-12 is formulated for a proposed outlay of Rs.23,000 crores. State Economy 1.4. The State had set itself a target of 9% economic growth with 4% growth rate in agriculture, 9.2% in industries and 10.1% in services sectors during the Eleventh Plan period (2007-2012). During the first two years of the Plan from 2007 to 2009, the state achieved moderate growth rates of 5.91% and 5.77% mainly on account of a growing Services sector. With 2.08% growth in Agriculture and 8.70% in Industry, the year 2009-10 yielded 8.96% growth in the State’s economy. A further rise in the Services sector in 2010-11, enabled overall growth of 11.30% despite low levels of 1.98% in Agriculture and 6.78% in Industry. The Gross State Domestic Product and growth rates of the state for the first four years of the Eleventh Plan period are displayed in the following table: Performance of the Economy from 2007-08 to 2010-11 (GSDP at 2004-05 prices) 4 year Average GSDP Growth Rate Growth (Rs crores) (%) Rate Sector (%) 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010 - 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010 - 08 09 10 11 OS 09 10 11 (AE) (AEP) Agriculture 29978 29543 30156 30753 -4.63 -1.45 2.08 1.98 -0.54 Industry 90010 89360 97137 103721 3.20 -0.72 8.70 6.78 4.43 Services 182223 200751 221004 253169 9.32 10.17 10.09 14.55 11.02 GSDP 302211 319654 348297 387643 5.91 5.77 8.96 11.30 7.96 1.5. The economy of the State is dominated by the Services Sector, accounting for 65% of the GSDP followed by Industry (27%) and Agriculture (8%). Among the Services sector during the period 2007-11, Communications posted a robust growth of 17.9% which was followed by Banking and Insurance, Real Estate and Business services with 16.8%. About 40 per cent of the State’s workforce is employed in the Services sector. 1.6. Per capita income (2004-05 prices) for Tamil Nadu has rose to Rs.46,823 in 2009-10 from Rs.40,969 in 2007-08 registering an average growth rate of 6.91% for this period. Agriculture 1.7. Agriculture remains an important sector as it provides livelihoods to about 40 per cent of the population. The Eleventh Plan aimed at increasing foodgrains production to 115 LMT from an area of 42 lakh hectares in 2011-12. Actual foodgrain production during 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 were 65.82 LMT, 71.01 LMT, 75.05 LMT and 85.35 LMT (anticipated) respectively which shows steady increases in production volumes to recover the sharp reduction in the first year of the Plan. However, growth levels continue to be poor and well below the target set for the State. Hence, it is proposed to revitalize this sector by rapidly expanding the adoption of resource-conserving technologies of micro-irrigation and innovative technologies such as SRI techniques in paddy. Precision farming in horticulture crops. Pit method in sugarcane. Foliar spraying in pulses and by gearing up the State’s extension services to work proactively with farmers. These measures are expected to raise crop productivity and thereby achieve the target set for the Eleventh Plan. Industry 1.8. Tamil Nadu is one of the most favoured investment destinations due to its abundant skilled manpower, adequate availability of physical and social infrastructure and the proactive policies of the State Government. According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), the outstanding investments in Tamil Nadu as at March 2011 was Rs. 7.75 lakh crores, registering a growth rate of 12% over the same period last year. In the Manufacturing sector alone, the state attracted investments of Rs. 1,65,476 crores as at March 2011. The Annual Survey of Industries for the year 2008-09, Tamil Nadu ranks ‘First’ among Indian states in terms of number of factories