STATE PLAN PROPOSALS 1989-90
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ANNUAL PLAN PROPOSALS 1989 - 90
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o oo G O N TENTS .-'0 0 ooo G. GO iOO( ages Oi, Q OOQOO O'-! r- r-n oooo - xxii OOO Section I : Introduction oo o Section II ; Sectoral Progra.iaincs I* AGRICULTUEE & ALLIED ACTIVITIES
□ Crop Husbandry A - O oo 1 11 or, ooo ■■■'I,'-; oooo Soil & W ater Conservation A 11 oo.-o ooooo OJCJO ooooo Animal Husbandry A 1 2 - 2 8 rnooo onoo ODO O ooo •)0 0 oo Dairy DovGlopmcnt A 28 - 51 GO □ O Fisheries A 32 - 56 Forestry & Wild Life A 57 - 45 o O oo OO ooo Pla.n tat ions A 45 - 48 OOO oooo OOOP 00 0 20 ooooo Food,Storage & Warehousing A 49 - 50 ooooo ooooo oooo OOOO ooo Agricultural Financial ooo oo A oo o Institutions 50 Co-operation A 51 - 82 \ o I I . RURAL DEVELOPI^ENT o oo oo 30 0 ooo oooo Special Pro/?raiaiiie for Rural oo 00 ooooo Dcvelopiaent OGOOO ooooo 0 0 30 0 oooo ODC'l ooo Integrated Rural Development Programiiie (iRDp) B 1 - 5 Integrated Rural Energy Programme (IREP) B 5 - 5 o o oo oo Rural Employment ooo ooo oooo oooo ooooo ooooo National Rural Employment ooooo ooooo onoo Programme (NREP) 5 - 6 oooc ooo ooo oo OG o Land Reforms 7- 10 o other Rural Development Programmes Community Development 10 - 14 o o oo Panchayats 14 - 16 oo ooo OQO oooo oooo mooo I I I . SPECIilL AREA PROGRAMIIIE OOOOO ooooo oonoo oooo Other Special Area Programmes C 1 - 9 OOOO OOG oon oo oo o IV. IRRIGATION & FLOOD CONTROL o Major & Medium Irrigation D 1 - 9 Minor Irrigation D 10 - 14 o o oo Command Area Developnent ^ 14 - 15 30 ooo 000 oooo Flood Control D 15 - 18 oooo ooooo ooooo ooooo ooooo ^ .energy oooo oooo ooo 300 Power E - 00 oo 1 12 o o Non-Conventional Sources of Energy E 15 JCL-jLJi...a..X,ja o Integrated Rural Energy oo ooo Programme E 15 oooc cxjono3 0 0 0 V I . TiiJPUSTRY & MINERi^LS ooooo ooooo ooooo Village & Small Industries F 1 - 12 oooo oooo ooo ooo Industries (Other than Village & oo oo o Small Industries) F 15 - 51 n Mining F 51 - 55 o □ o o o o O □ O O n o O O L:0 oo 00 on OQ Of.' oo OO Of.) 00 OO oo 03 oo nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn rvir» nnn nnn nnn nnn nnn nn n nnn nnn □ilCCO } nc;nc. n ontKJO o..n- o o n r C O o n cry. 'X j ‘ : a j n o o :r ;C }G O ;OUUO Ui?j f G ' 0 ' ; 0 n^ f 0 O rM 'fj (j ./, o . "n . ' n ...G CO C'; G.J'O u . n n c o'-'n"’ a in jc :j ) J.:;: a:U j J,. O'. - Li U lJ Li OU/LJ G j L) p G iJ c G' GO on ~in ’ n r nc: o- a ., oc: J(. a o ) J O 0 '• b V r - O Li " o 2 - r-!T VII TRANSPORT pa ^e s ooo ijhjnc CJj... ^ 'O )Q Civil Aviation G 1 "JL ’V. V- O: ■ ; n Li It''- . '0 O JUC Roads S: Bridges G 1 - r:C: -J n c OGO 5 c l ; l:p 'jn "'f. o Road Transport G 5 - 6 Inland Water Transport G 7 -^9
G VIII, COMICTICATIONS H 1 DO S i on o o'^ao IX. SCIiili'^CE. TEGMOLOG-Y & ENVIRONWT ..P?' no 0 0 o QUO no Scientific Re search (including vS & T) 11-6 nr onoD on no iJJCOCO ono OOOG no Ecology & Environment I 6 - 8 o X. GENERilL ECONOMIC SERVICES SocretariG-t Economic Services o no □on State Planning Organisation J 1 •jQOC 0 0 no ooo no OCX) n no Qoo no Survey & Statistics J 1 - 2 oonoo n::]ooco nooo aoouo ono ^ivil Supplies J 2 q ;XjO oo C on o other General Economic Services n District Planning J 2 - 4 o o no Weights & Measures J 5 f 00 noo ■inn 0 nooo r.jr.. , r'n nnooo Tourism J 6 - 10 noooo no:iooo OOPO XI SOCIAL SERVICES ifjpf'on ooo orro Education General Education K 1 - 8 o Technical Education K 8-10 n oo t J..} ooo COC QOQO Sports & Youth Services K 10 - 17 ^ loonon OODOO ■*' ■'' 0 OOO no Art & Culture K 1 7 - 1 9 'n.nc. ■; onoo ooo nnc 00 Medical & Public Health K 20 - 26 o Water Supply & Sanitation K 26 - 28 Housing(including Police Housing) K 28 36 o oo ooo Urban Development(including State cor r nooo 'jn" K.'j c noo oo Capital Projects) K 57 - 44 ooo no onno Information & Publicity K 44 - 4 6 T' ■ ' ono . nn ooo welfare of Scheduled Castes, f-! Scheduled Tribes & Other Backward Classes, K 46 - 57 o Labour & Employment -p □nooo onoo Labour & Labour Welfare- K 58 - 76 noooo O' ..c r onooo Special Employment Schemes' K 76 - 77 GOOO ^'•cnn 0 □no ' ' T' . "1 oo Social Security & Welfare K 78 - 90 o NLitrition K 90 - 91 XII. GENERxlL SERVICES n 00 Stationery & Printing L 1 f ri -; r-^ □no nooo no coo Public Works(including Jails) L nr d 1-15 r . ' r' On rtoc vn-'fi; ooco (Oon oon n.i 8° n *******
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1989-90 is the terminal year of the 7th Five Year Plan, The jreparation o:^ Flan for this year calls for a stock-taking of performance cf the precoeding yearrj besides dealing v/ith an everview of the economy in the contoxt of prevailing socio-economic situation of the state and the compulsion of the economy leading to the proposed size in the yoar*
1, Overview of the economy,
1.1 It \/as mentioned in Vol. - I of 1980-89 plan proposalr- that in 19G7-88 12 out of 16 Districts were affected v/ith near deluge damaging crops and other assets worth several hxindrcd crores of rupees. The state GDvornment had estimated a requirement of about Rs,25C crores for restoration repair and relief work. During the year, the Government spent arount Rs,75 crores on account of relief and restord.tion and the balance restoration work spilled over to 19S8-&9* "i-'hus, while the State Govt, was yet to recover fron the ravagvjs of Hood of 19G7-86, it had to experience further wraths oi nature in 1988-89.
1.2 This year, though monsoon camc a bit early, there was not much of rtinfall till the third week of June vjiiCn heavy rainfall was reported from almost all the districts of the State, Hardly had the State recovered it self from tliu’ impact of the heavy rainfall in June, the State was rocked by tremors on the kflst ;^ugust which caused considerable damage to public and privaue property in the Kill areas of Darjeeling district. Preliminary estimates indicated that an amount of P.s, 147,50 lakhs would be required for rcstora.tion of damaged buildings and roads, Worse still was in store for s/est Bengal in the second half of August when there was heavy precipitation in North Bengal district s. All the rivers of North Bengal were flooded due to the excessive rain causing overflowing of banks and innndation of large areas. But the severity and duration of this yeai^’ s floods cannot be ex— only in terms of local rainfall or some breaches in the embankments* Even vmen rain?> ouaacd, flood viators set^mod to have rushed through the
rivers fron ouTside the State, a lew dayis later some areas of Nadia and Biiohum districts were also llooded a,s a result of spate in river water, As c. contcquunce, :.urin^, and from second half of August, 19S8 the districts 01 Jalpaiguri, Goocnbehar, ¥est Dinajpur, Malda and Ilurshidabad had to fc-sr the brunt of heav3^ floods. It is worth mentioning here that the How oi water by 2 meters above danger level through the Ganges since August, 18 added to the severity of flood in Halda and ¥est Dinajpur, The itfest Bengal being a State in the tail end of the river system will always have to carry a burden of floods even t'/hen there is normal rainfall in this State, The catastrophe eccur;ed wh.en portion of left embankment on Ganges in Llalda district gave ai'ay. Contd,,, - 11 -
1,3 O^ing to non-cxocution'of the protective measures at Siia-ultala as per rv-commendation of the TechnicaliiAdvis'.ory ComLiittec of the Farakka. barrage Projects, the aarginal loft oaibankment of the river Ganga at Siimu,l-l- tala W8.S breachod by eri.,oicn for a length of 1500 mtrs. This caused dC'Vfas.s- tating flood in large areas measuring about 35 sq,miles in the Kaliachaik Police citation in I'lalda district. It it: proposed that the Planning Commirisssion should take steps for implementing protective measures necessitated due itoo i'aiakka barrage construction, as otheri/irjc largo areas of Malda and Mursihii- dabad will romr’in increasingly vulnerable to recurring floods and gallapilnnl: erosion,
1 .4 I'he flood affected almost all sectors of the economy in the fl.ocDdi ra,vaged districts and the* requirement of fund for restoration of damages was estimated at Rs, 1 25«»lakhs and j..laccd before the Central Government for* consideration,
1.5 , It may be further m^^ntioned that during the plan year 1987—868 the State Giovernmcnt hcid to spend little more than F;^>,75 crores of which IiS,25 crores were met by effecting non-plan cut and balance Rs,50 crores fr onm the normal budgetory provision, Kad there been no flood, the State could easily invest a large part of this big amount in Plan sector. In the cur:ro)nt year also, the restoration work is likely to take toll of plan investment as the Government tf India has so far I'oimbursed only the margin money to the tune of Es,25 crores leaving the entire burden of restoration V7 ork to the State Government,
1.6 i‘'ollowing the memorandi'm submitted by the Government of Bcnga^,! a Central study Teaiii visited the State betvreon October 4 and 8, 1988, They made an on-the-spot assessment'of the damages, in order to make available, as per the existing modality, furth>^r central assistance to the State Govifc, They held discussion in detail with State Ofxicials and met t,]iP Min-i sler-.iiiv Charge, Finance, Development & Planning-, They appeared to be fully satis fied with the- documentation and sector-wise allocation made by the State Government. Out of the margin money. But till date.no upward revision of the Ceiling of expenditure has been made by xhe Central Government to d.o .ius'cice to the flood affected people of the State,
1 ,7 The review of performances of the pr-.st years reveals that despite natural calamities in successive years and lack of adequate support from the Central Government on rustoration account, the State has continued to make significant progress in most of the sectors of the economy. The SDP series presented in the table below show the growth rate achieved in the first thjree years of the Seventh rlan,
1 ,8 Estimates of State Domestic Product of Wost Bengal by.Industry of Origin at constant (1970-71) prices (in Rs,crores ) for the years from 1984- 65 to 1987-88, Contd...... tp/- -Ill -
______. (Annual compound) ig84-8T’ * 1985-86 T 936-87 ' '1987-88 ------Ce)______(P i ______iPs.,J______CEL___ A' l^ rlc u l'^ u rQ (includint;. forestry and fishery) 2113,41 2154,55 2148.33 2343.68 B Industry (Kanufacturing & Mining) 711 ,51 738,11 776,51 871.29 C Construction 200,45 217,71 238.19 264.22 0 Electricity, Gass & Vater Supply 44,63 50.74 56,31 61 .36 E transport 252,69 2 5 8 J 9 269,71 278.86 ethers 1512,85 1607.39 1686,79 1807.84
4835.54 5026.69 5237.35 5627.25
Ainnal Growth rate 3.95/0 4.19"^ 7.44^
Source - Bureau of Applied iJcenemies Statistics Vest Bengal, P = Provisional, Pr, = Preliminary, T = Tentative,
1.9 The SDP has been .incrt.'aRing steadily frum 3.951^ in 1985 -86 to 7*4/^ in 1987-88. It is encouraging to note that all the components of the SDP arc on the steady rise excepting Agriculture which suffers little fluctuation due to oscillating price movement in Jute and mesta though in fcodgrain production, the State, thanlc.v to its La,nd Rcforn measures and decentralised planning has developed remarkable resilience, Hov/ever, if the present situation continues, there is no reason why SDP will not rise at more than 5 percentage rate in the last two years particularly when size of plan outlay has gone up by 10,03/^ and 1?.25/» in 1988-89 and 1989-90 res pectively. Based on this very reasonable projection, it may be concluded that the 7th I'ive Year Plan will end up w ith an average anrirml /growth rutw of 5 P‘-r cent and it is this realistic projection, largely based on actual achievenent, which will be the starting point for decisions on vital Eighth Five Iea.r Plan issues like rate of growth, marginal rate of savings, incremental capital output ratio and invGstr:ent requirement,
1.10 It has been mentioned in the earlier plan proposals that basic plan approach as has been adopted in the State of Tw'’est Bengal during the 7th Five Year Plan consists of "agriculture with redistributive land reforms and industry with due emphasis cn small scale units with the ne cessary supuort of certain crucial '‘Mother" industrial complex” . Increase in the purchasing power of the common people, according to the State Govt, is essential for the growth of industries. The fundamental basis for that is provided bj^ Land Reforms. The strategy of channelising the resources tp/- of t h e ,,. — IV -
of tho state to snail and narginal farners and bencficiarics cf land ioforii.s Eioasuros continues, not only bccausc this scgcients of the rural population arc socially and eccnonically weak but more so becausc of the hard cvidcncc of superior productive evidence un their part. ¥ith the inplenientaticn of land refcrns in ¥cst Bengal, the State has now reachodi ra position where 5 according to National Sanple Survey, nearly ^Ofo of the t:o-ktal land IS owned by the snail and nra'ginal farners as against the national ligure of about 29 percent as evened by thc; snail and narginal farners, Aes strategy for devclopr.:ent of agriculture, special enphasis has been place;d on smaller irrigation projects uaing labour and local resources adequate;Ij/y, It 13 primarily on the basis of land reforns and this extension cf irrig;a— tion facilities, together with other non-land inputs that it has been p o ssible to increase the ^.tate's acricultural production significantly in :k recent 3/ears, The total foodgra^lns production of the State increased f'riom 74.53 lakiis tonnes in 1976 to 9^*26 lakh tonnes in 1986-87 which became ?a record production for the S'tate, In 1987“68 despite severe floods, it has been possible to cross the previous year's record production and reach am all tine record production level of 105 Icddi tonnes,
1»11 It is mentioned that due. to considerable fulfil.nent of two funda— mental preconditions like land rocoros and reg"ular election to Panchayats,, decentralised planning has been Introduced in the State right fron the fzLrrst year cf tho seventh five year plan after its successful experiment in one district in 1984-85* The introduiction of decentralised planning has broi:i§‘j'ht radical cliange in the nethodologjr of plan f emulation and inplementation cf plan in the States‘ithin overall priorities, the plan budget of each concerned department is broken do)vm into the state level items and tho district level items. Eudgetcry provisions ef the differunt departnents for district level ite-ns are disaggregated and comnunicated to the l)itjLr.in-t Planning Connittees and significant parts of these provisions are then taken down to the level of Block Planning Connittees. '/7ithin these budget^ory parameters, Block Plans are formu’.lated by the Block Planning Connittees starting the ;':xercise from the lc;vel of Gran Panchayats. These block plans are then integrated into thie district plan at tho district-level after discussions' at the District Planning Connittee, Such plans are con— pleted for each of the districts and they forn an integral part of the State Flan. Through this process; of decentralised planning, it has now beeii possible to devolve nearly 40 per cent cf the entire plan budget of the state to the connand of the District and Block Connittees. This per centage Gt decentralised allocation will further increase in future,
1.12 The Plans prepared at the block and district level following tho nethodology as explained above ne.cessarily reflect the choice and perccpti(0n oi the local populace. Koreover, the involvement of the local people tp/- through,... - V - tircugli the Panchn.y'its/i'laniiin^^' Coi:ii:iittccG in the- projcct/progranno in~ plc-cn-cation ensures cfficicnt utilisation oi the funde;, gcncrr,tion of ivxiLiun oiiplcyncnt, flcv/ of goods and scrviccs to the nost doL;erving section
wi The people j uoni'coring at the grass roit.'t and better co-ordination anong tie dii'i'erent departuents lessening thcrcbj- in the duplication of efforts.
1.13 For i:cre effective co-ordination and tiiiiely execution of the jDiojectSj the Chief liinister and tlie Developnent L Planning Minister fre quently visit the District-s and actend tiae ncetings 01 the District P3aiming and Co-ordination Councils. Konitcring at the district level by the highest £iuthorit.‘'^^s of the Governiiient indicates the tremendous eraphasis given by the sta.te on district planning,
1.14 01v_-se nonitcring a-t the state and district level for efficient utilisation of ricarce financial re sources hias bee one increasingly n>.'cessary boca-jse of che large clain ot plan resources by Povjor and large and nediun indu3tries sectors. The large and uediun industry, which is the princ concarn of the Central Governnent, had a growth rate of nearly 10 percent during the period fron aid-fifties to nid-sixties. Index of industrial production in the State (Base s 1970 = lOO) indicating overall industrial acti^>-ity relating to the large and i.X'diun industries stood at a level rougrhly arDund 120 in early sixties, then fell all the way to 105 in early 70’s and fiially of late has started picking up and has reached the level of i34 in 1937. '-^‘hc policy of selective freight equalisation destroying the natural locational advantage of certain industries in this region and progressive decline in central investment in i.iediui_ .md large industries in the state aru the two Liost inportant factors behind the frll since cid-siztios. In povcr sector hardly any investment was iiado; in seventies resulting in nere 95 M'-’J addition to total installed capacity., In its sincere attenpt' to cone out of such difficult situation, the s;ta.te Governnent has not only got to allocate higher rescurces for industries sector alone, but it is nai'ing large inves'cnent in powor sector to ensure adequate power for reritalisiitiv.n of the indusvry sector* Owing to higher plan allocation to puwor sector and co-operation froii socia.lly responsible workers, there had been an addition of 322 lo" to the installed capacity during the period between 1977-73 and 1983-34 and late r bctvreen 1985-86 and 1986-87 there has boOn lurther addition of 520 The progress of work of the power projects in the Sta.te has however recently suflered a setback because of the closure of il/s, A .B .L ,, Now that the M’/s . i-.B.L. have resuned function ing, expectedly, there will be an expected addition of about 420 within the feventh I>’ive Year Plan, The state is already saddled with big problen of unenployr.cnt and for a significant s^liition of this problen, it will hav'e to go in for industries in a big way i;n the ijigth Plan, Higher rale growth in agriculture i.aj/ also be envisaged in the ensuing plan for incro-'-sed effective denand for ino.ustry and also for a significant tp/'- in p a c t ,,.. “ V I
liupact on the ctandr.rds of living of rural naGsos, All these will natuirrally generate hiGher denand.for power and to noet the situation, the stat The r-..vi.ew o f the iiain scctors of the econoii5^ Dade below. U 2 Ae:riculture 1,2,1 it has been possible to significantly increase State's agricial— tural production during the 7th Five Year Plan. The total foodgrains production had reached a now height of 92.26 lakh tonnes in 1983-84, tho torninal year of 6th Five Year Flan. Fron this, it rose to 96.?6 1 akb toiinos in 1986—87 which bc-came a record production for the state. In 1987"“88 despite severe floods, it has been por.sihlc to cross the prcvioiiss productioin Ti-vnl c;f 103.05 laVh tonnf'-R^ This is a donons Lra lion of the r:*e- s-ilior.nc attained by the State as in none of these years' we;t.^.hoT i+n > on was favourable to agriculture in the state. It is prj.nnrily on the basis3 of land i-cfcjri'js c^xtons-; nn oT i rrion f’noi 1 i ti (,s together With othCDr inputs that it has beon possible to achieve such record .in np;-rionT ttiro production. Year by year account of the progress of agriculture, during the 7th Plan is tabulated below s T a b l .^CL...... XXjl Hsic . /tpun^v^is},______Achieveiient in ca.ior ap;riculturai crops durin^^ 7tli pTam Cf ops “ 8 6 ...J9.86-.87 .1.987-88 J.9..88-8^...._. 1989-9.0* c Pr oduc ti on Area Prod] ..^ re ^ i Prodn . A^.'t i c.i p at e_d Area Prordn. ,'lreal Prodn. 54.75 54.00 89.00 54.50 90.0«0 1 , Rice 79»90 53.76 84.63 92.71 4.00 8,010 2. i'/hea t 7.39 3.98 6.83 3.74 6.74 4.00 8,00 4.00 2,50 2.7(0 3. Pulses ' 2,64 3.54 2.00 3.63 2.27 4.50 other 4. 1.5-0 cereals 1 .34 1.19 2,6 b .94 1 .33 1 .30 1 .50 1 .50 Total Food 5. 102.20 grains 91 .27 62.45 96.12 63.06 103.05 63.30 101.00 64.50 5.00 4.350 6. Oil Seed 2.34 4.23 2.64 5.90 5.06 4.00 3.10 7. Jute L 4.50 50.0'0 Kesta 76.25 5.32 50,24 4,39 36.81 4,00 40.00 1 35.20 8. Potato 27.33 1 .73 35.43 1 .GO 37.87 1 .50 33.00 .60 Propose d t ;-L r ge t, tp/- 1 . 2 . 2 . . . . . - V l l - ,2tc'. it v/as r^onticncd in the I'lid—teri:. Appraisal that unless there had :akcn placc- a brcak-tiirough in Anan Prcduction, it night not be possible reach the 7th Plan foodgrains production target of 105 laldi tonnes, ':hcugh th^ foodgrains production has reached the level of 103.05 lakh ioFjncs in 1987-88 and the realisation of 7th Plan target looks a bright ics&ibility but in view of recurring weather aberrations and lack of ade quate quality seeds, the state has set a target of 102 laidi tonnes of food- £rains in the terminal year. The state will however spare no effort to reach the 7th Plan target thrcLigh its continued effort in land reforns aad extension of irrigation facilities together with supply of other non- l?.nd inputs, 1.2.5 The achievenent of the state in Oil seed production has been excellent. It will perhaps not be out of place to say tha,t a near break- tirough has been achieved in this regard. In 1970-71 will Oil soecl production was ,59 laldi tonnes fron which it rose to 2,35 l<-ikh tonnes ii 1985—8b, In the yea.r 1986-87 r. a target xfas set at 2,60 lakh tonnes aid the achi'venent was 2,70 lakh tonnes. In 1987-88 against a target of 5.05 lakh tonnes, there has been a spectacular achievenent of 5.06 lakii tonnes. This enrrnous production has been posi:;'ible due to record production oi ’T i l ’ , In 1906-89 a target of 5.10 lakh tonnes was sot which if over^— tiling goes right, nay be nore than realised, 1.2.4 Production of potato reached a record level of 55.45 Ir.kh tonnes against the target of 35 lakh tonnes in 1986-87. In 1987-88 however, the production has surpassed the level of 1986-87 and attained the all-tice record of 57.87 lakh tonnes against the target of 55.00 lakh tonnes. In 1988-89 and in 1989-90 the target has been set at 35.00 la!^i tonnes and 55.20 lakh tormes respectively. 1.2.5 In Jute and Kesta both the acreage and the production have been steadily falling since 1986-87 due to disastrous fall in price of Juteand Mesta. The acreage and production level of 7.51 laidi Hectares and 75.90 lakh bales, respeccively of 1985-86 have fallen to 4.59 laldi hectares and 36,81 lakh bales respectively in 1987-88, 1 Agriculture I nputs 1 .5.1 Supply of quality seed in right quantity and in right tine is con- sidured very crucial for higher growth in agricultural production. For stepping up supply of quality seeds to the farners the State Oovernnent had set up State Seed Corporation in 1980 and has recently entrusted the ¥est Bengal Conprehensive Area DeveloiDr.ent Corporation with the task of increasing seed production in tlio project areas. The production of quality seeds has been significant in the first three years of the 7th tp/- - V l l l - *Flan. Apart froi:: prod-uction, the Govcrnncnt also distributes ± seeds tcj I'lri.iors citen in forr^ of uini-kits. The production and distribu.tion of seeds -ire shovm in table - 2 below, T a b 1 e -_ _2 ______( *000 tonnes ) Production c-: jjistrj.bution of Geeds ■ 1 9 8 5 - 8 6 1986 - 67 I 1987 - 66 1988 - 89 i4nlici^at^i) 1 , Produc'Cion of Seed A, Cereal 6.06 5.27 7.47 11.550 B, xulses 0.44 0,07 0.096 0,150 C , Oil Seed 0,31 0.35 0.588 0.890 D , tj u V e 0.06 0.10 0.035 0.800 E, Total 6.48 5.85 8.186 13.390 2, ijistribution of Seed A, Cereal 15.02 20.09 19.036 22.526 B, Pulses 0 .9 8 0.72 0.955 1.053 G , Oil Seed 0.84 1 ,11 1 .308 1 .458 D. Jute 1 .07 1.59 1 .816 1 .650 E. Total 19.71 23.51 23.115 26,687 1 . 3.2 I'ven thoiigh there has been significant increase in seed supply, but production of ^eed in the State lags behind the supplj^s-nd supply i ‘ts>elf lags for behind the requirement. In the 8th Five Year Plan much emphasisi will be £iven on seed production so as to reduce the gap between requiremient and supply to a reasonable level, 1 . 3.5 Special rice pioduction programme, a thrusc programme in easterni iegion in the 7th Plan has been continuing in full swing in the State, The basic objective of this programme is to increase rice production by ( 1) accelerating the pace of creating irrigation potential and ( 2) by increasing fertiliser consumption per hectare. The gap between the potential and actu8,l yield in -i.ir.an veriety is very big in whole of eastern region and more so in ¥est Bengal, The S ,R ,P .P , has been launche:d for exploiting this potential. As the beneficiaries of land reforms and small and mar-ginal farmers are superior in production performance, they are supplied with input bag i , e . , minikits in large number in S ,R ,P .P . area in particular and in other areas in general. The figures relating to minikits aru given in the follovring table. tp/- Table-5 - IX T a b 1 e - 3 Year/Number of minikits (in lakh) ,1^83.-86 ■ 1986-87 1987-88 1* General Prograinme 11«55 14.02 14.99 2, Spccial Programme 2,72 3.00 3.67 As a result of this prograKijne of distribiition of rninikits, the coverage in high yieldin^^' varieties has been 10C percent in summer rice and wheat, 43 lercent in Aus paddy and 40 percent in Iman paddy. Coverage *jith im proved varieties has also been ezcclient in potato, oil seed, sugarcane and vegetables, 1,3*4 The increase in irrigation facilities and distribution of improved seeds have been supplemented by increased fertiliser consumption in the state. In 1985-86 fotal fe_ tiliser consuiiiption (NPK) was 4.0 8 lakh tonnes which rose to 4.99 lakh tonnes in 1986-87 and 5.61 lakh tonnes in 1987-88, In. 1986-69, the fertiliser consumption is likely to reach 5.80 lakh tonnes Tiie ever increasing level of foodgrains production is partly explained by t’le increasing trend of fr.rtjliscr consumption in the state, 1.4.1 In the state of ¥ost Bengal particular stress has boon laid on minor irrigation which iias the advantage of being holding specific, cost effective and efficient in terms of utilisation of the potential created. In the first two years of the 7th Plan 105.05 thousand hectares of addi tional minor irrigation potential was created. In 1987~B8 against a target o:' 84*44 thousand hectares 57.86 thousand he-ctares of potontiA.1 vin.fi 0¥ing to the Vorlk Bank stipulation for procurement of materials, the minor irrigation programme could not raake much headway. The problem has since been solved and expectedly in 1988-89, the state will achieve considerable success in creating irrigation potential under minor irrigation sector, 1 .4 .2 In 1986-39, large number of Shallow-tube-vfolls and dug-wells are being constructed under Special T'ood Production Programme and the State Government have decided to sini:/construct such sources on the land of marginal farmers and beneficiaries of ].and Reforms, Around 6c,000 Shallow tube-wells and Dug-wells V7ill be constructed under this programme during 1988-89 for v.hich commensurate augmentation has already been made in minor irrigation budget, 1 .4 .3 The major and medium irrigation schemes also play a crucial role in enhancing the irrigation potential in the State, During the 7th Plan period, he emphasis has been on increasing the utilisation of the tp/- potential...... X - potcntia.1 crcatcd by thu major irrigation projects tlTroagh modcTnisa.tnLoin and renovation and in completing aost of the 24 Mediuni Irrigation schemccss in the districts of Bankiira, Purxilia and Birbhum, The State Government have been making very sincere cffo'rt oven by straining the exchequer be;yoond limit for early completion of Teesta Project. Flow of central assistjannce lor this iorojoct has so far been unsatisfactory and not in time. Insp;itte of fund and other constraints, the project has been steadily progressi:ngg and tr ia l irrigation has started. By 19G9-90, the terminal year of thte current five year pl'ii, 79 thousand hectares may get irrigation from i:h‘C Project. The preliLiinarj.es for starting construction of fBubarnarekha barrage project have been completed •".nd actual construction will stari: offf from the year 1989-90, In major raid medium irrigation sectors a potent iaal of 33.25 thousand hectares were created in 1985-87» A further potential of 12,94 thousand lit^ctares vras crcated j.n 1987-88 agadnst the target of' 22.50 thousand hectr.res which viorks out to roughly 59^^ of the target, 1^4,4 It has beon men ti onod In part of this chapter that- the flood affects a large part of the stace every year. There are somie areas uhich arc flood prone. It tias become an imperative on the part of the btate' Government to provide flood protection to Ifn-goi ij-'tiotR of lixnrH, In 1985-86, 198b-B7 nnd I 907--88, 60,000 hectares, 70,000 hectares and 65,000 thousand hectares were respectively provided vrith flood protec ti.om coverage. In 1983-89, the taigot is to protect 80,000 thousand hectares from the flood ravages. It is mentioned in thi.s connection that since 1987-86 a considerable part of di.strict plan scheme fund is being utili.sced for implementing flood protective schemes in various districts. 1.4.5 It is reiterated that vast areas of Halda and Murshidabad get flooded every year, VJrosion on Murshidabad side also continues to remains a menacing problem. Separate cases T e being made out for submission to the Planning Commission for -immediate remedial measures, 1 *5 1.5.1 Land Reforms form the centre piece in agriculture and rural development policy in the State of ¥est Bengal, A thorough-going land reforms is being carried out in the state with the active involvement of Panchayats anci the success in large measure that has been achieved in thte state is essentially for participation of rural poor tlirough the Panchayc-ats in the implementation of land reforms measures. 1.5.2 Uptil now 12,56 lakh acres of ceiling surplusagricultural land have vested in the state of /rhich possession has been taken for 1 1 ,40 laMi acres of land. Till the period, of 30,6,87, 8,36 lakh acres of agricultural land have been distributed among 17,26 laidi beneficiaries of which 6.42 lakh ^e^-ong to the Scheduled Caste and 3.20 lakh belong to Sch. tiibe# ^ - XI - 1 .5*5* In a recent past decision of the CTOvernment of West Bengal, all undistributed lands possession of vrhich lyinS with the Government have been transfej^red to P'lnchayats for development, Riaintenance and comniunity use. 1 .5*4 Supplementing the above measure, a major tlirust has been in recording the names of the share croppers in the village record of right thus provid ing tlie tcnnurial security to the share croppers, T5.3.I date around I 4 lalch sh^ecroppers have recorded .their names, 1 *'5*5 The Government intend to net in more land in the interest of achiev ing higher level pf production and tc transform this intention into pract ical :.ction . The v/est Bengal Land Reforias Act has been amended changing therein the definition of land. In the aniended Act, Land meang» and includes land of all description, Neccssary Rules for iiaplenentiris the ^uaended Act have been framed and other preliminaries arc under process of completion. Expectedly this will bring a sizeable quantum of land to the aitatc coffer and large number of landless peasants w ill be its b c n e fic i^ ie *. 1.6 Rural ^development. 1.6,1 The Plan sector of the Rural Development comprises Int^srated Rural Development programme cjid National R-ural Lnployment Prgg5:*|ian!e. As these are poverty alleviation programmes, beneficiaries of lani reforms, rurcl artisans and landless agricultxiral labourers are largely benefitted froQ them. Panchayats are in full charge of implementing these jrograiames and through then the involvement of benefioiaries is fully ensufed^ In all the proceeding throe years of the 7th Five Tear Plan, the achievciiiKnt in both the programLies have exceeded the target and in the current year also it is expected that the targets will be more than realised. T a b 1 e - 4(i) . (E% in lakhs) 1987-68 1988 - 89 . .. . . Name of the Proftraiiine Actual Sxp T a \ .l .9. - J - X iil 1987 - 8t:. Name of the i-'rogranrie Actual Acnievement Targetj Anti. 1. I.R.D.P. No. of families. 2,50,405 2, 51,354 2, 51,354 2, JI.R.E.P. Lakh Mandays 161,60 215.70 215.70 * — XIJL - 1,7e AniiiP.l Resotirccs Dcvelopnc-nt 1.7.1 In Aninal Rcscurcc Scctcor, the nain enphasis has be on oii incr'c0.s3cd producticn of nilk, neat, egg ct 1.7.2 Production of eggs in the state has also increased sign-ificanti;.;/. It has increased iron I656 cillion in 1985-86 to 1925 Liillion in 198^-87 and then to 2155 liillion in 1987'-“88. The target of 196c.'-89 is to produce 2175 nillicn. The state is likely to reach the 7th Plan target of 2208 nillion without any difficulty. 1 .7 .5 The ? tate Governnent is making sustained effort for ensuring better health coverage for anina.ls, Inuring 1988-89, s 9 more Veterinary Hospitals and 55 Additional Vetc;rin:’ry dispensaries 'Jill be co;.iplotcd. Lotcal youths arc being trained by batches and afxer the training is completed, they are encouraged to take tc customs services. Each cf them is supv)lie(d with a kit containing first aid materials* They meaningfully supple;mcn-t to the Government services at thic primary treatment level, ^•8 Fisheries 1.8.1 The performance of the State Government in Fisheries sector h.a.3 been excellent in all the years of 'uhe 7th Five Year i-lan. Fish producti.on in the State against the item inland Fishery has increased from 4.2 0 lakh.s K .T , in 1986-87 to 4.45 lalvh F-.IT. in 1957-88. The production is likely to tp/- . . . , rise ...... Xlll rise to 4.30 lakh M.T. in 1906-^9. The target for 1989-90 has been fixed it 5.12 lakh M.T. which compares very favourably with the total 7th Plan :arget of 5.20 lakh K.T. In marine fishery the achievement in 1987-88 was .62 lakh ri.T, In view of' increse in supply of trawlers, the production in narine fisnery is estimated at ,75 lakh M .T, The target for 1989-90 is .88 lakh h .T . against the 7th Plan target of .80 lakh H.T. The steady rise :n production in Fishery sector has been possible due to (a) increasing jroductivity of the water bodies already under pisciculture by successful application of modern technology (b) bringing semiderelict, and hitherto \in“Utilised water arreas under pisciculture and (c) by stepping up the flow of assistance to fish farmers through fish Farmers Development Agency £nd tlirough Fishermen Cooperative Societies. 1 ,6 ,2 . In fish seed production the State has actually achieved a break Ihrough. The fish seed production has risen from 5000 million in 1985-86 io 6100 million in 1986-87 to 7000 million in 1987-88, The anticipated echievement in 1988-89 is 7100 million. The target for 1988-89 has been fixed at 7250 million which comfortably exceeds the 7th Plan target of 7000 million,. It will not be out of place to mention that West Bengal Supplies 75/^ of India's fish seed requirement in the inland sub-sector, Tor few successive, years the State has re.-ceived the hignest productivity sward in the fish seed producticm, 1 .8 ,5 . The other important activities are (a) social fishery, (b) inte grated duck-cum-fish farming (c) intensification of sevjage - fed fisheries liith financial assistance from the Govt, of India and (d) development of reservoir fisheries. 1,8,4. Recently the State h^s taken steps for increasing the area of trakish water fishery which has a great potential in the coastal region cf Midnapore, North 24-Parganas and South 24-Parganas, ¥ithin the plan year 1988-89 a brakish water Pish Farmers Development Agency may be set up in each of the above districts. The UUDP has come forward with a proposal of assisting the establishjnent o:f two model brakish water fish farms at Digha and Alampur, The State Pl.anning Board, west Bengal, has given clearance for setting up a brakish water fisii farm at Nayachak, island at Midnapore District vjith objective of rehabilitating poor Fisher men in the Island, 1,9 Forest 1,9,1, The coverage of Forest in the St,ate of ¥est Bengal is still below tne norms. Owing to competing dema;nd for land by various develop ment sectors the scope for expansion of forest area and traditional fores try system is rather limited. Consequently th’e State has taken the social forestry as also the i^'arm Forestry as priority/ area. At the same time there has been an optimum emphasis on ecoTxomic and commercial plantation and fuel-wood plantation. Achievement of the forest sector in 1986-87, XIV 1927-68 and 1968-89 is tabulated, bclov/ s- Tabic No, 5 ( tiiOusand hec taresj 1 t e m J186-87 ' .1957-88 J.968- £^_ 1, Soil conservation areas covered under l^''Grcst 3.146 3.226 6 ,052’ 2, Plantation &. quick growing sipices 0.040 1 .277 1 .5 17 3, Economic a Coinmcrcial Plantation 1 ,231 1 ,201 1 .026 4e Bocial Forestry' 10.104 17.675 .25.5 25 5e Rural fuc-1 wood plantation 0,780 2*250 1 ,690 1e9.2 In tree plantation, wh.ich.is .point no, 1G of lPP-1986, the ijcr- formanco'of the State upto 1987-38 has been excellent. In 1987-88 against the target of 1400 lakh, tree plantation the State’s achievement was 1391 lakhs. Apart from the area covered by the State’ s Perest Dcptt large area is a,lso covered under social forestry under such program.mes a NPvE|^, RLEGP, etc. The panchaya.ts at ¥est Bengal also have social fores try programme of their own. Tine most important achievement of the Govt, in this sphere of activities ha,s been the creation of awareness among th people about the utility of tre;es. 1 , 9.5 It is strongly felt tljiat for bettor si^rvival of forest area the poor forest fringe-dwellers should be econonically rehabilitated, ¥ith this end in viev? four pilot projects in four oco-climate zones of t>:c State viz. the hill areas, teraii area, lateritic area and deltaic Sunder- ban Area are being ccnterdplatedl. The Government of India have been app roached to sponsor the projectfcb with ^Ofo grants. 1 . 10 , Power 1.10,1, In power sector the installed capacity increased by 320 in 1985-66, In 1986-67 and in l9©7-88 no additional ’capacity could be added due to the closure of I'l/a, ABL.. Now that m/s, ABL hT.s started function ing it is expected that in the last two years of the 7'h Five Year Plan, considerable addition will be maade to the total installeo. capacity, I'le generation of electricity in Scest Bengal has increased rema^-Vably during the first two years of the ?th Flan form 6750 iiU in 1964-85 to *^640 f U in 1986-87. It has further risen to 8891 in 1967-88, The plant 1 ^^<3_ factor has also' increased from 56/'t> in 1966-87 to almost A-2J'o in 1987-'*^, Greater attention is now being paid to minimise the transmission losses and to improve the quality of the distribution system. The Calcutta Electricity Supply CorporaiionL has also substantially pro.grcssed for . creation of Southern Generatimg Units at Calcutta. To meet the incrersed power demand in foreseeable fuiture, the Govt, of ¥cst Bengal has decided to start imiJlementation of Bakreshwar Ther^ial Pov^er Project rignt iron the current year, XV 1.10.2 In the Rural sector 1350 .villages and 1 604 villages ^ere electri fied in 1986-87 and 1967-88 respectively. In 1988-89 the state expects to electrify 1850 villages. Number of tutaewells energised v/ere 4342 in 1986-87 and 8003 in 1987-88, For intrcoduction of Spqcial Food Produc tion Programme much larger number of tiabewells may be energised in 1988-89. However target for 1988-89 has been fixed at I 5160. 1,11, Industry. ' Large &.■ Medium Industry 1,11,1 The growth rate iti large industry has been rather low. During the period 1981-82 to' 1987-88 the industry (registered) has recorded a growth rate of 2 . 9 ^ . For accelerating the rate of growth the State Govt, is making special efforts to set up new growth oriented industries. As a mother industrial complex a Petrc-chemical Complex has been plr.rined at Haldia* The State Govt, has already made considerable expenditure for creation of necessary infrastructure for the complex. The down stream prpduct. list was prepared long back and submitted to the appropriate authorities in the Govt, of India, but the Govt. of . India has not yet issued necessary clearance for the project. The State Government has also adopted a policy of promating industries in the joint sector. In the first tliree years of the 7th Five Year Plan 22 such projects were promoted. Apart from promoting joint sector projects the Governmentihas made considerable progress in creating industrial infrastructure in the State, Two growth centres one at DabgiraL: near Siliguri and another at Uluberia in District of Howrah, are nearing completion. In the five'-‘'no industry districts’"of the State, i,e,. Jalpaiguri, Bankura, Malda , Gooch- Behar and Darjeeling the work in Raninagar growth centre in Jalpaiguri is in full wing. In other four districts the growth centres arc at varying stages of construction, Besidtos, growth centres at Budge-Budge, Khannyan, Kalyani (Phase-Il) and Falta are also coming up. The existing facilities at Haldia are being extended by expansion of the estate area by 200 acres, 1.11.2. The State continues its schemce to provide incentive in medium and large industry sectors with a view to encouraging private investment. In 1986-87 and 1987-88 Rs,7 crores and ffis,7.70 crore’S were respectively disbursed incentive, lii is expected tlhat in 1988-89 a fund of Rs,.8 crores will be disbursed on this account, ■i 1.11.3. A new corporatioti styled Grea'ter Calcutta Gas Supply Corporation L t d ., has been set up for ensuring steady supply of gas in Calcutta Metro politan Area,. ' B . Cottage L Small Scale In dustries 1.11.4. The basic policy of the Govt, of West Bengal is to set up as many small industries-as possible for optimum utilisation of the growth achieved in primary sector as vrell as the dev^-l This also provides substantial enaployment to the urxcmplo.yed youths* TThe success in thisendeavo-nr may be gauged from the fact that in 1935-86 aand 1986-87 15471 and 15794 units '^e.re respectively set up. In 198-7"88 19,550 units were set up. In tiie State of ¥est Bengal the total numtoe:-r of such units has now reached 2,6>0,000, The picking up of industrialL pro duction index as has been mentioned er ’lier, is essentially due to hiig^her rate of growth in small industry units. The State Govt, provides assits- tance to them which consists of arranging institutional finance, ensuarring the supply of in-puts and providing marketing facilities for the finrsm ed products, 1.11*5. The sustainability of tlhe new industrial units largely depe’ncds upon the quality of enterpreneur • For development of enterprenourslii p quality the Govt, provides necessary training facilities. In the fir stt three years of the 7th Five Year Plan 29OO persons Here trained by thie Cottage k Small Scale Industry Department of the Govt, such training is3 also imparted by the Youth Services and Rural Development Departments 1,11,6 Besides, under the States' Scheme of Self-employment for Reg;is^*^ tered Unemployed 9490 units were set up in 1986-87, In 1987-8G a littlie over 50 thousand cases were processed and submitted to Banks which are being sanctioned by Banks in graduial process, 1..11,7 To supplement the efforts: of District Industries Centre, a Sta'te Government Agency, Small Industry Development Agency has been set up providing one widow facilities and covering six districts of the State, Since the middle of 1985 upto 50,9 .88 605 cases have been sponsored vritfch project cost of Rs,110,28 crores. I n 1987-88 alone 48 cases were sponsioired with project cost of Rs.12,00 crore.s. The West Bengal Small Scale Indus trial Corporation (¥BSIC) suppliers essential raw materials to 559 u n its and helps in marketing the product^s of SSI units. It also sets up indxisB- trial estates for SSI units* Upto 51 ,5.88, 21 Industrial Estates ha-ee been set up, 1.11.8 Units sponsored by industrial corporation and others are also assisted by the ¥est Bengal Financial Corporation, In l98b-87 and t987-*'88 4882 units were assisted with loan amounting to Rs.9097,20 laklis, The units assisted by the Corporation hiave generated employmen'G for 52,465 persons during the said years. ‘ It is worth mentioning that the corpora tion has till date assisted 11,279 units. The cumulative amount of assistance stands at Rs.22,589,08 laikhs. 1 . 11.9 Increase, in foodgrains pr-cductien and other agricultu.ral actir- vities due to land reforms and conssequent choice of labour using techno logy has resulted in upward rise in. the average wage rate of the agricul tural workers from Rs,5.60 in 1976-77 to more than Rs.15.00 in recent years. Consequent increase in the purchasi.ng power of the common people in rural areas has immediately shown itself in terns of an increase in the demand g. for... X V 11 for m ss consuDption goods sucli ;ass handloon prcdvicts. The prodL---"tion in handloom industry in the State nixed with Cotton and other fabrics increas ed from 372*4 million meters in 1985-86 to 383 million meters in 1986-87. It has further increased to 590 million meters in 1987-88, On production side the Govt, pursues the polic;y of encoiiraging the growth of viable co- -operative societies and‘wiping out non-'^iable cooperative societies domi nated by vested interest. The number of effective cooperatives has .■ increased from 1 296 in 1984-85 to 1556 in 1985-86 to I4I 6 in 1986-87. This has further increased to 1510 in 1987-88. Insufficiency of raw mate rial supply in handloon sector is; a chronic problem, which the State has to encount'er, ¥ith a view to tac.kling this problem, the Governiicnt has taken step^ to supply yarn througih Central marketing organisation. In 1987-88, I892O bales of cotton yaxn and 67>500 kgs. of polystar >7erc supplied against 21,805 bales of cotton yarn and 67^500 kgs, of polystar yarn supplied in 1986-87, The basic policies of the government in boos ting up production in handloom sector for meeting the growing mass demand are (i) share-capital loan to handloom weavers; (ii) State participation in the Share-capital of Primary haindloom cooperatives; (iii) Managerial assistance to primary weavers cooperatives; (iv) supply of loom to the member-weavers of the cooperatives; formed exclusively with the loonless weavers and (v) const];uction of cOimLion work-shed for the weaver-mombors of the cooperatives formed with the loomless weavers. 1.11.10 SericultiAxe is a very old and important agrobased economic acti vity of ¥est Bengal, For whatever reason it did not rcceive necessary attention in the first decade sincte independence. But right from the 6th Five Year Plar. the Government of Uest Bengal has laid stress on this sec tor for the reason that this is an activity vrhere a farmer can get the highest return from his land and a large number of rural people can find employment in it . Required assistaince is now provided by the Government to marginal farmers and also vested, land assignees. The assistance provi ded has included from supply of cut;tings, provision of land and access to improved rearing facilities at the Collective rearing centres. As a result of this measure the production of r:aw silk increased from about 7 lakh Kgs in 1984-85 to 7.40 lakh Kgs. in 19816—87. The production has further incre ased to 7.60 lakh Kgs. in 1987-88. Besides, a multi-state sericulture Project V7ith the financial assistance from the World Bank is under consi deration. If implemented tliis will sxibstantially add to the outlay of sericulture and boost up production correspondingly. 1.12. Health 1,12,1 In formulating Annual Plan for 1989-90, care has been taken to raise the activities to a required level so as to reach the goal of "Health For All by 2000 A.D," The idea is to concentrate on provision of health care facilii:ies for rural are.as keeping in view the population projection. XVlll 1,12,2 Health cart' in the state thus begins uith effeotive ccntrol of population and fanily welfare prograniie, and also with the progranne of innunisation of children. Over the last few years a large nui.ber of peir- sons have cone forward to a,ccept different types of populi.ti;.n cr.ntrol measures. In 1986-87, 556,685 xiuLiber of persons accopted the birth con trol measures. In 1987-88 another 481372 persons have cone undorF the birth control measure. Even though the State fails to achicve 100/i tar get in this respect but the quality in inpleuentaticn of the proaraoiie; has always been ccnmendable. The reasonable explanation for higher quality could possibly be spread of education specially anong ■'.ronen, social awareness of the people and leadership of Panchaj^ats, In the innunisation children, which is point no.8(d) of 20-Point Prograume, the success of the State is considerable. In 1987-88, 3.77 lakh children were brought under innunisation* In this progranme a child is declared innunised when all the tliree vaccines (I^PD, Polio and BCG-) are adriinis- tered, 1*12,5 The effect of the above two progrannes on denography has a ll along been excellent. The end-results of this national prograir.e are s i) reduction of birth rate and ii) reduction in infant nortality rate, T]ic table belcw will reveal that the State is ahead of national perfor— nance in both the results. Table - 6, Current level Target INDIA WEST BENGAL (iJa tiona' 1 • Annual Growth Rate {fo) 2,07 1 ,92 1 ,66 2, Birth rate (per thousand) 32,5 28,47 27.00 94.6 76.69 87,00 is rapidly narching towards na- tional targets, 1.12.4 Special effort has been nade in the State to take institutional health care services even to the gran-panchayats level. The nui.ber of prinary Health Sub'-centr..s has reached the cumulative figures of till the end of 1937-88 plan year. The target of 1988-89 has been fixed at 1000 such Sub-centres, Similarly, the number of Prinary liealth Cen tres increar.ed fron 1155 in 1985-86 to 1152 in 1986-87 and then to 1264 in 1987-88, Each of the health sub-centres is provided with services of one health worker whose basic function is to provide information, regard ing preventive health care and carrying on these activities with the curative health system. The ob:;ective of the State Governnent is to bring the entire rural populativ.n under modern nedical care within a reasonable period of tine, 1.12.5 In the traditional curative health care sector there has been signaficant increase in number ^f hospitals a.nd also in the number of Tn 1 O Ac; nn,: o 1 1 r ^ n 4 - ^ t----^ - i _ ---- XIZ' One LioPG hospital has boen added in 1987-63 r.^ising^the % p M l nunberr,cf:- hospitals to 161, Besides few sub-divisional,,, hospitals haS|-^l^o been, ■upgraded, as a natter of fact, since 1987-88 the , ioprovcuent of f -divisi( nai, district and general hospitaij^s has beeri taken as ^ pr^o^'ity prograaue. In 1988-89 enphasis has been given on fighting against Kala-- -azar and .cn'chephalitios, ^•’*2.6 Proviivion for supply .of clean dr inlying-water constitube a fundanontal health care Gcasi^e. The policy of the ^Sl^ate has been to ensure supply of clean curinlcing water in every village. The 1987-88‘plan year ‘bega.n with 1807 number of villages uncovered with any spot source for drinl.ing water. But the achieveL:ent during the year . 1987-38'was the cfEaticn of 4118 nunber of spot sources. Thus there is actually no problen village as such in the State of l/est Bengal. T]io present* p61icy is to augiient the drinking water availabil^ity bj,-,. creation, of additional spot sources in big villages. During 1988-89, 1875 nuribor of spot sources would be created for augnentation of drinking water facilities, ’••''2 ,7 Nutrition ; In order to supply nutritious food to children of* the poor rural households, two Nutritic.n PrograL'ines are being carried out in the State, The Relief and Social Welfare (Velfare) Departnont and Educativi^n Departnent of the Govt, of ¥est Bengal are iinploiiifxiti^g thoRo . progranines. The Relief and Welfare Deptt. served 12.14 lakhs children of the age group 0 -'6 years in 1987-88, ^.3.05 lakhs wouen. were alsp bene- fitted in 1987-88, froa the progfauiie being inplenented by the Relief and Social Welfare, Department, With a view to checking this drop-out in tne* ' priDCiry school the Education Department (School Educaticny runs nid-day nieal progranne for V7hich the outlay is being enhanced every year,* 1,13 Educaxion. 1«13.1 'i'he reiioval of illiteracy has been the core of the Governiu^nt - policy in education sector. In the battle for removal of illiteracy,, ; , ■ main enphasis has been on, univc;rsalis9.tion ofelementary education- and.' , providing facilities for non-fornal and Adult Education, In eleuentary educaticn, the state has nearly attained the objective with,9^»G2 per-^ cent of children in the age group 6-1C years having enrolcd in xDrinary schools in 1985-86, In 1987-88 the enrolenent has reached 99^^ covering 8 6 ,5 8 lakh children of the above age group. The target is to reach 100^'^ coverage by the end of the current yis plan year, 1.15.2 This renarkafele achievenent in universal primary education pro- graLii^iO has been possible because of the extensive progran'ine of the Govt., for setting up elementary schools so that at present 97 percent of the villages in tho, State have an elementary schools within' a radiiis of 2 E.M. The Government have also given due consideration to the task, of consolidating primary education 3>ster;i by extension / renovation of g,. prinary... XX ;-.rinarr school tuilding and by increasing the no, of teachers so as to: reduce the torohcr-pupil ratio. In 1985-86 and 1986-87, around 2000 prinary school buildings nave been extended/renovated. The panchayats have also cone forward to accomplish the task of renovation and iopr ovT-e— nont by utilising NREP, RLEGP and District Plan Schenes fund. In 1987-68, altogether 1 1 6o school buildings were renovated/extended under "Operation Black Board" progracLie, It is expected that in 1988-89 also another 1100 primary school buildings will be extended/renovated, 1,15.5 it schene for providing oid-day neal to school going children so as to improve their health and also to prevent drop cut is also b eln^g inplenented by the government. Under the nid-day neal progrr.niLo 26,5 lakh children were covered in 1986-87, In 19^’7-S8 also coverage has becen of the same order. Compared to the number of children cnrolcd, this coverage is still not very satisfactory. Financial constraint stands im the way of satisfactory level of coverage under this prcgranne* ® ■ • 1.13.4 The rising figure of enrolement is also indicative of the enormous demand for education in the rural areas in the state, a pheno menon which owes much to the state goverments' decision to ma,ke school education free and also to supply text books free of cost to the studentbs, 1.15.5 With the near universalisation of elementary education in the State, Junio High Schools and Secondary school education has also ine- creased pheno..enally in the state. The total enrolement in classes VI to VIII was 28,57 lakh in 1985-86, This increased to 50,62 lakh in 1936-37 and then to 52,97 lakhs in 1987-88. In Classes IX and X, total enrolement mn 1935-36 and 1986-87 was 9.77 lakhs and 10.62 lakhs respeo— tively. It has further risen to 11,55 lakhs in 1987-88, In 1988-89,the) state has already reached the target of enroling 11,85 lakhs in above two classess, 1 . 15.6 The formal education system in the state has been supplemented by Non-formal and Adult education. For such education a new Department styled Mass Educatimn has been created. In 1985-86 total enrolement in Non-formal classes was 5.51 laldis which had risen to 6.26 lakhs in 1986-87 and then to 7,15 lakhs in 1937-86, It is expected that in 1988-89 3,15 lakhs persons will be enroled, 1 . 15.7 Further, for those adults who did not have the opportunity for education, adult education centres are being opened under various pro grammes. In 1937-88, 18,576 centres were opened and in 1988-89, the target is to open further 19,500 centres. Total participants in the centres in 1987-88 were 5,19 lakhs which nay rise to 6,72 laldis in 1988-39. 1 . 15 .3 The state considers these two programmes (1) Non-frrmal and ( 2) Adult Education as priority area and the outlay against the progra mmes has increased from around Rs„ 150,00 lakhs of 1988-89 to Rs.700.00 lakhs in 1939-90. g. XXI 1,14 Externally Aided Pro^iects 1.14.1 Externally aided projects a;.re now regularly monitored by the State Govt, as they fjoum an integral part of the State Plan. The State has been implementing the following externally aided projects ; 1 , Calcutta Urban Development Project'-Ill being iraploiaentf^d by the Metropolitan Development Deptt, (IDA-assisted) ; 2, i) Social Forestry Project (1987-IN) ii) EEC-assisted I'orest Project (^oil Conservation in river catchments) ; iii) Agro-'Silvi Cult-ure and Silvi-Pisciculture Project, All the above three projects are operated by the Forest Department. 5. IPP-IV operated by the Health and Family Welfare Deptt.; 4, World Bank Tube-well opera t-ed by "the Minor Irrigati n Deptt.j 5, North Een^al Terai (Dutch) operated by the DepartmovTt of Agriculture ; 6, IFAD-assisted Sundarbans iDevelopment project operated by the Development and Planning Department ; 7, IM-assisted Fisheries Projects operated by Fisheries Deptt,; 8, Urban Basic Service (UNlCEF) - operated by the L.G, 8: U.D, Department 5 9, Teesta Canal Fall (Japan assisted) being implemented by the Power Department 5 External aid is also likely to flow to certain other projects like Subarnarekha, Project, ^eTiculture Development Pro-ject and Purulia Pumping Store, 1 ,14,2 CUDP-III is a spilled over prcoject of the 6th Plan and will con tinue for the entire period of the 7th I'lve ^ear Plan, The total 7th Plan outlay for the project has been fixed at Rs, 151.28 crores againr.t which expenditure has already been incurred to the tune of Rs.1C2.10crores upto 1937-68. 1.14.3 In the Forestry sector the pro)Jects are progressing very success' fully. The total expenditure of the thi’ee projects was Rs,595.83 lakhs in 1987-88, 1 . 14.4 The main tl'irust of the ITorld Bank Tub ewe 11 Project being imple mented bj'- the Minor Irrigation Deptt. is sinking of tube-wells and cons truction 01 field channels in CAD area. Owing to the World Bank procure ment guideline being at variance witli the State Government produrerrvwnt rules, the project did not progress satoisfactorily, liirom 1985-86 to 1987-88 against the tc^rgetted outlay of R:s,42,50 crores, only a sum of te,15,78 crores have been spent. The comiplication regarding procurement has recently been solved and it ±b expected that the prograLime will be largely complv-ted. within the terminfil ye.ar 01 the 7th Five Year Plan, 1»14,5 The IFAD-assisted Sundarban Dev'elopment Proj;c.ct is successful both in physical and financial terms, Ii.jcpanditure in this project was Rs, 15.63) croros in the first two years of the 7th Plan. Th.. expenditure g. xxii in 1987-88 was Rs,6,02 croros. The project is of high social u t i l i t y as i t largely serves the members of the Sciieduled Caste population in tlie area. The extension of the Project into a new phase is under active consideration of the Government, 1.15.1 It is against this background that the state is entcriug into the terminal year of the 7th Five Year Plan, The physical targets for the year 1989-90 for different sectors have been set taking into consi deration the perfornance in the different sectors in the first tliroe years and a half of the 7th Plan vis-a-vis the targets set for -.ach sec tor of the 7th plan as a whole. It is worth mentioning that the targets: for the 7th Plan have been significantly influenced by the availab ility of financial resources. Thus while the state vrould have op-ted for hi.glie:r physical targets in different sectors in the 7th Plan due to rising demand of the soci^'ty, the resource crunch has forced it to scale down the physical targets. The State Government will be under particular strain for financial allocation under the annual plan for 1989-90 for power, industries, transport, irrigation and flood control, education, rural water supply scheduled caste and scheduled tribe v/elfarc;;^ mctro)- politan development and nutrition sectors. Large allocation will have ^o be made for Bakreswar Thermal Power Project, Kolaghat Thernal Project and Teesta Canal Pall Project, In case, the Haldia Petro-chemical Complex obtains clearance from the Central Government, the sh-.re of equity participation of the state government will assume a Is.rgc propor tion, For matching provision against Special Food Production Pro&raniae and also for quick completion of ^;?orld Bank Tube-well Progr.amL.o, a l l o c a tion of minor irrigation sector has to be considerably stepped up. It has been the policy of the state to complete as m any on-going irrigation and flood control projects as possible within the 7th Five Year Plan. Besides, Subarnarekha Project will effectively start from 1989-9C. As a consequence. Irrigation Waterways sector will claim a big stop up in outlay for 1989-90, To encourage self employment of the educated youths, the state government have floated self-employment schemc for registered unemployed youths (SESRU) which will require margin monej'- of around Rs, 12 crores. Committed expenditure for CUDP-III for m e t r o p o litan Sievelopment and matching of assistance from the centre for the construction of the second Hooghly bridge have to be made during this year also. Removal of illiteracy and upgradation of scope and standard of secondary and higlier education also require heavy investment during 1989-90 plan period. The State Gcvernment have taken a progranme o f creating additional drinking water sources in each of the partially covered vil3iiges. All those are tc be added to the requirement of minimal growth of plan expenditure in other sectors. A - 1 SECTION II ; SEGTOM L £ROC-PJlliI-IES crop' :rJSBAI^^MY I* FKEFATORIAL ; The State of ¥est Bengal originating from the Eimalayan hills in the north and extending up to the Bay of Bengal in Scath has a total geographical area of 87.80 thousand sq, JI.K. By virtue of location the state has a diverse physiography, hydrography, soil terrain and climate. This diversity as well as specificity of agro-climatic situation has on the one hand enriched the state to grow a wide variety of field crops while on the other hand exposed it to various pedo-climatic problems. The food production of the State is continuously increasing, but it could not out-pace the food deficiency due to increase in population. The state has to support about 8fo of the Coi^ntry’ s population on 2,8fo of its culti vable land. Moreover, it is found that of the total geographical area has already been brought under cultivation. This is considered much in ezccss from the point of view of human pressure on natural ecosystems. Hence any further claim on land for increasing crop production will be a suicidal proposition. The land hunger has been further accentuated by continuous use of arable land to satisfy other developmental needs. Despite such constraints, the state is earnestly/ striving towards self sufficiency in food by raisin( the cropping intensity through mult:|>?.'.. cropping. The progress from plan to plan and from year to year is also commendable, Achievements in regard to production of food-grains, oil seci. and potatoes are quite noteworthy. Attempts are also being made to boost up both productivity and production of pulses about which the state is much deficient, "■^he net area sown in the state is about 55 laldi hectare which on per capita net area sown comes to nearly 0,10 hectare. To encounter this enormous pressure on land, the extension machinery is geared up to advooc/Lo multiple cropping in larger areas through better land management, develop ment of irrigation resources and adoption of recommended package of practices to boost up production. It has so far been possible to raise the overall cropping intensity of the state to about 145?^ and there is further possibility to improve upon it . The projected population of the State is estimated to reach 68.06 millions in 1989-90 (calculated at 2,5/® compound increase cach year over 1981 Census) and the estimated requirement of food, including pulses plus 'lO'/o for seeds and normal wastage, has been estimated at 1^51,17 lakh H.T, The food production in 1985-86 was 91,27 lakh M.T, and in 1986-87 was 96,10 M,T. The final foodgrain production figure for 1987-88 is 103,05K,T, So the gap between the production and the requirement is gettinr narrower, tp/- A ~ 2 The snail and siarginal f?arr.i production process of the statce. The faming operation over Go^c' of lamed is lircctly controlled by the .-sriall and marginal farners uany of yhoin„ -by ^ virtue of the land ref cm meas'ures, are now owners of such lands, This sense of possession has generated high incentive and cnthusiasra anonig tjhen for investiicnt to’.irards better .'production. Moreover, noasures lilce saf'c-- g‘ua,rding of interest of share-tcroppers, inploDontation of niininuLi w^i.gc .Act and provision of old-age pension to farr.x-rs have generated a sense of S'-ooi',]: security anong this rjost dcpri’ved class of the society, I I , TH5 RiST ACHIEVSjIBNTS ; 9 The infornation furnishe’d in the tabic belo^ shows the pcrfornancc in foodgrains production fron 1950 orr-^ards and also the figures of food— grains production in the State- during the first throe years of the Severnbi Flan, 5-Year Plan Annual average Annual average Percentage increase Re;n. r:.:d Period* area, under food production at every 5~Year food crops. (in lakh H .T .) leap. (iri lakh Eec ♦) 1950-55 48,18 46,44 Base 'y e a r *Pr(od-uc t; 1955-6o 50,99 ''-7.03 1 .27 01 1982-63 : . 1960-65 54.63 96.29 19 .6 8 Gxtrcnc drcu 1965-70 57.45 60.35 7.20 yea.r was ezc] 1970-75 62,75 73.74 22.18 ded . 1975-80 63.43 eo,24 8,80 1980-85 60.75 83. 17* 3 .5 5 Annual foodgrains production £n 1985-36 - 91 .27 Lakh M.T. 198G-87 - 96.10 " ” 1967-86 - 105,05 ” During 1987-86 the foodgrains production of the state has oxccede.d the 100 lakh tonne figure. Moreover, the average food production 01 -thie first three yoars of the 7th plan has attained a ne-^7 height of 9 6 .3 Lakh tonnes. This is a very significant a.nd comnendable achievcnent indeed if ■we keep in nind the weather aberrations during the first three years of Seventh Plan. 2*2, Since there is no I'urther scope of area extension, the only strateg; open to the Ttate is to increase productivity and production by applica.t:_on of latest available technologjy in crop production and to raise cropping intensity by adoption of nultiple cropping in larger areas. The details in this regard are briefly discussed in the follov;ing paragraphs. agricultural EXTEl^SION - Agricultt”' 1 extension ±s a knovrledge intt^nsivc and econonically sustainable technology based on active participation of farners for n a x i i u r v ; tp/~ ccononic,. A » 3 ecoixoaic gains. In fact, ex^;ension is an open-air work education proor:.. to enhance the ± knowledge of the men behind the plough about ^I’Ldicious u : efiective use of inputs for. maximum benefit. It also creates a sort of awareness among tVie farmers to sense the pre-disposing factors for timely prevention and treatment of pests and diseases. Thus an expert handling of various agro-chemicals of pesticidal and nutritive value not only cut aown the production cost but also avert environmental pollution which, of late, is causing serious concern all over the iJorld, Success of extension servi...:? is therefore, not only dependent on profitable crop teclirxlogy but also on input supply and price support to farmers, 3,2 Through the feed-back process of e.xtension the location specific field problems are regularly reported. 'This widens the scope of need-basod research, A very effective channel of communication from laboratory to lanvi and again from land to laboratory is the;reby established for real benefit t-; the farmers, Extension, therefore, is a continu.ous process as envisaged in the T S. V system adopted by the State C-ovt. The technical knowhow is helping the farmers to get better returns. But the maximum production and profit can only be obtained when ideal conditiozis arc either available or rrcatcd for application of mod.ern technology in the farmers’ field, Infrastructui development as aid to er.tension ser^/ices are also getting improved and c... tended every year. But much remained to bo done yet. IV • AGpgcULTURiiL Rli.SEARCH s 4, A green revolution in agriculture can not be expected without s research back up. Every achievement in "the quality and productivity of crop is essentially the contribution of ^prolonged research worl: at the based. Moreover, agricultural research lHas a different dimension. Any particular result of agricultural research may not be equally adaptable cveryi'Zhere and hence the concept of Adapi:ive Research developed. The truth that is established by a ftindamental Research ¥ork is passed on to Adaj)tive Research for conrlnotnng 7;o-nal ta^n.als. The zonal recommendations are then passed on to the extension agency nitin.ate adoption by the farmers in a particular zone or location. Thus, tho bf^.se research findinrs through its path of extension may be furi;her enriched or deveiuj^^a to a river en its path of travel from thte point of origin through diverse lands, season and time, 4.,2, The Adaptive Research v/hich concerms the State Department of Agriculture has a d<^pendabli'' net work through out the state. There are 6 zonal Research Stations and 6 Commodity Mesearch Stations in tlie six identified agro-climatic regions. Besides, there arc 45 Adaptive Researci’. Farms i.e. in each Sub-division of tlhe state, devoted for the same purpose. Scientists in both zonal and ctommodity research stations are tp/- working,.,.. A - 4 V7 or king to identify location specific crop varieties in different sceaiscns, develop s^iiitable and economically viable cropping systems and also t:o fcrmulate pacj^age of practices for different crops. Soil testing and quality control of various agricultural iriputiS lik seeds, fertilisers and pesticides are also taken care of by the Stat(0 Dop of Agriculture, Wot that purpose the.re are 10 Soil 'testing, 2 J'ertiiliser Testing and a Coiiiposite Quality Control Laboratory to aid and suppor't the farming community and extension agencies of the state. V, DSVELOPI-SillT OF liAINFSS AGRICULTURE s 5, In view of the fact that of the cultivable area is prone to moi; ture stress, dry land/rainfed farming technique have better and wideir applicability to boost up total crop production of the^tate. The pr.'oblei is acute in the drought prone western districts of undulated topograpjhy rvr. lighter soils. Because of erratic rainfall like late arrival or early cessatiom, variation in qiiantum and distribution, the crop return is uncertain i.n t! c areas. jo overcome the hurdles some watershed management preoccts t^o mi., misc soil and water loss, encourage percolation/infiltration of rain for under ground recharge and also to ensure maximum water harvest ha^vc . been taken up. The dry land/rainfed farming also envisage proper and effective land utilization a,s per land capability classes under forcs’trj?-, grasses and legumes, orchards and situation specific adapted varietles's cf crops for maximum production. There is also provision f or subsidised sale/distribution of various agricultural inputs for early adoption and benefit to the farmers of 1the problem areas, V I, mj^UGTION AND HQBJLIZATIQIT OF INPUTS s Irrigation and drainage ; 6, Among all human endeavour for development, agriculture is holple-'ssly dependent on weather. More s sc where irrigation and drainage system is not scientifically developed. ¥hile the life of a plant is critically^ dependent on water, any oxeess of the same is also detrimental to p l a n t ^ro’^th. In fact, the main cultivation season of this state is ‘Eharif ’ which is basically dependant on the boha'vTDr of South ¥est monsoon. The SoutI:^¥cst monsoon often offers bountiful water for different stages o f cultivation of ’Kharif’ crops all over the state. However, erratic nature of the monsoon and its partial distributij-o... often interferes v/ith the proper growth of the crops in areas not covcre'- by canal^irrigation/minor irrigation facilities. Any significant break through in Agriculture in the state car only bu brought about through A ^ 5 the irrigation cind drainage systems on c'cientific fea.sis,.. At present about jGfo of the gross cropped area is under irrigatiei? and efforts and underv-,., to improve the sa.Ee by progressive tapping of ■gie available ground water potential/execution of nev projects in the major/medium/and minor irrigati. sector b) I i i) Seed is a low cost but a potential input. Improved variety' of seed is an essential prerequisite to' higher production which makes subse quent cultivation ozpenditures effective a.nd economic. This concept has generated high demand for improved seeds. To serve the public demand;th-.- State Department of Agriculture have established 223 State/District/Blook Seed F2,rms where improved seeds of different crops are- produced for distri bution among the farmers, ii) The State Seed Corporation is another State agency entrusted produce and supply improved seeds and help in the implementation of var i- •ievelopment programme of the J tate Government, Production of certified : through registered growers is another important programme initiated and ncnitorecl by the State Seed Corporation which is gradually expanding to '. the growing need of the farmers, iii) The State Seed Certification Agency is taking care of qualit-- control during production of ce:. tiiied seeds. At present there are four stations in Tollygunge, Burdwan, Eanlcura and Ilalda where the seed certifi cation work is being done, c) Manure and .T'ertiliser i i) Organic manure is the basis source of compli..te plant food which naintain the soil iiealth as well. Keeping this in view, stress is being given for production and distribution of organio mp.nure, blue green algae, azolla etc. The municipalities are also given assistanco to produce and distribute town compost and help crop production. In addition, there is ^ scheme for subsii^isorl distribution of Soil conditioner for amelioration of soils, ii) In the present day farmir.g tho oontribution of fertilizer to lip prodnrihivity is vital. With a view to incrr-piho -'-^f f i oi , the farmors are educatc.d to use the thi’oe major plant nutrients i,e, i'.itrogen, Phosphate I'ot.orjh Tn b^ 1 p.no.od dose. In 19Q7—88 approximately >,60 lakh tonne fertiliser, in terms of pl.'^nt mitrif-nts was used in the state in a ratio of about 5»2“1, ‘West Bengal is ahead of other states as. regards balanced a.pplication of fertd]iser. The fertiliser use is in creasing every year, Necessary steps are also being taken to make the fertilisers timely available in remote villages. “■) Plant protection i i) A healthy plant is less susceptible to pes'G and diseases. Special importance is given on clean cultivation, seed treatment c^nd ■t?/- increasing,,,. , A - 6 increasing awareness among the farmers about the menace of pest and cl.isecas I'icgular survey, surveillance, trraining and also timely earning to tlie ffar^.ci: effectively serve "liie cause of' plant ijrotection which is otherwise knovftTn asl integrated pest iidnagement, ii) In* tho event of any sudden, cut break, need based chemical c omtrol measures are recoiatiended tc puit effective ohcck on damage and also on ffurtht spread of pest and diseases. I n 1987-1:.8 about 4900 tonnes of pestici'dces (teclinical grade materials) v^erc used and crops on about 5^ lakhs 68 thicusa.i hectares were treated. Agricultural implemen.tg t Modern and efficient as'ricultural inplemcntB are not very wiide^ly uaed in the State, The age old country plough need replacement. Use 03f in- proved implements ensure effectilvc and timely operation at lesser cost,. Therefore, implements suitable; for sowing, intor-julture, plant protec tiion irrigation etc, operable in thio mini holdings cf small and marginal f.arruorr:' are distributed at 50^^ JQubsidjr, f) Credit i Credit is an important Input, The Govt, Cooperatives and ConncToir'.l and Regional Rural Blocks dist;rjibute crop loans among the weaker scictJion of farmers for investment in agricultural works and purchase of inputs3. This aspect is looked into car-offully and co-ordinatod, V II, ’t^LATESR COKDITIOIT s "Winter (Dec.. 1987 to I'eb,. l98o) The weathe„' condition of ifchc winter season was more or less favouirablc for the cultivation of Rabi crops in the State. Except Malda in the Tuib- Himalayan ¥est Bengal and Nadia and Kidnapore (¥cst) in the Cre.ngetic ¥o;st Bengal all other districts of tine State recorded normal to slightly cECjess rainfall during the period, 7,2 Summer (March. 1986 to May, 11988) Except Coochbehar in the^ Sub-Hinalaynn Vest Bengal and Howrah in the Gangetic ¥est Bengal all o-thier districts of the State recorded normial rainfall during the season. In Coochbehar the deficit in rannfall riij-ri ng: April and Kay hampered the cultiivation of pre-kharif crops in the distr'ict Besides the temperature and huaiidity conditions were more or less favciiir™ able for the crops, ^ Monsoon The districts of the Ganigcetic ¥cst Bengal experienced a vigorous start of monsoon in due time ( 8'U;h June), Except Bar jeeling,, Jalpaigiari, Coochbehar and ¥cst Dinajpur a,,lIL other districts of the State recorded excess rainfall during the noimtlu. High vrind and heavy rain in association with the passage of deep deprcsssion during the second week of June caus^ed tp/- considerable,,... A - 7 considerable d^.nage spGcio.lly ever tine Coastal rc£-'ion cf the "/bate, L'-uring July exccpt slight dcficlt in Furulia, Kidnap ore (East) end liowrah^^all other districts of the Statue rccordcd nornal to lightly ezceso rainfall. As a result of good and wol.1 distributed rainfall froa the beginning of the season transplantation of Aman started earlier than the usual tine in many districts. In the last week of August large areas cf Ccochbehar, Jalpaiguri and Malda in the Hinalayan and Sub-Hina lay rani ''/est Bengal and Murshidabad in the Gangetic West Bengal cane under the grip cf flood dus to very heavy raini;’ "; in the Hinalayan foot hills c.nd ad3ace;nt: Tarai region and consequent rise of the rd.ver level and inpeded drainag^e condition. But at the sane tine 6 out of 12 districts of the Gangetic ¥e:st; Bengal recorded deficit rainfalls physical target for 1989-90 Mm A NTICIFATEI) .iCHIEVEhEHT FOR Area in *000 hecct.ares under principal crops Ivane of the crop Achievenonts Achicevenents Achievenents Anticipated 1 985“ 86 19B6-87 1987-88 Achievenents 1 (i) Rice (a) Aus 485.123 637..3'50 616.173 650,00 70^'' (b) j.oan 4083.287 4059.. 2'09 4067,212 4050.00 410'.' (c) Boro 51^.333 679-355 792.164 700,00 650 > Total Rice ; 5078,743 5375-914 5474.549 5400.00 545c >0 (ii) Other Cereals 97.430 118„547 94.250 130,00 1 50. ■ (iii) "is^heat 305.131 397-664 374.186 400.00 4C0,'.-- (iv) Pulses ■ 420.979 353^562 362,794 400.00 450.,.- ■ Total Foodgrains t 5902,283 6245-707 6306,779 6330.00 6450, 1 C (v) Oilseeds 371,017 423-2-85 590.073 400.00 50c. (vi) Jute Mesta 771 .203 532.128 438,542 400.00 450,::' (vii) Potato 138,369 173-071 179.925 150.00 16^:. (viii)Sugarcane 12.866 12..479 11,010 11.500 1 2 , ■' Production in ’000 tonnes of Principal CropS (i) Rico (a.) Aus 540.620 710..100 655.300 700.00 750 ^ (b) Anan 6023.150 5694 ..150 6127.160 6100,00 625( (c) Bcro JJ-27.1 80 2058.. 770 2489.290 2100.00 200':' . Total Rice ; 7990.950 84 63..6 20 9271“ 750 8900.00 90C" . (ii) Other Cereals 134.021 265 ..735 132,724 150.00 150, ■' (iii) ^'/heat 7 3 8 .7 0 5 ’ 682. 630 673.910 800,OC 8CG„ . . (iv) Pulses ■ 264. 266' 199. 562 227,009 250.00 270.. Total foodgrains ; 9127.942 9610. 947 10305.393 10100.00 10220.CO tp/- (v)... 8 Production in *000 tonnes of Principal Crop; Nane of the crop Achievoncnts Acliiovenonts ^chiovci.iGnts Anticipatedntic ip; Tijar"" 19S5-86 1986-87 19S7-68 AchievementsDliicvei 1969 19SS-89 (v) Oilseeds 233.629 265,600 505.8^11 510.00 4r5C ' (vi) Ju e & Kesta 7624*750 5C25.850 5680,750 4000,CO 50)00.:. (’000 bales) (vii) Potato 2757.648 5542.566 5787.016 5500.00 35)20,0( (viii) Sugarcane 812,100 757.590 691,490 747.50 7^80.C( Cropped Area ('000 hectares) Achievement ichievenonts Achievoncnts .anticipated Tar;’go- I ten 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 Achievencnts ^989 “ 1988-89 (a) let >500 5500 5500 5500 55f0^; (b) Gross 7800 7800 8000 8000 8KC' Area under High Yielding Variety ( ’000 hectares) Nane of Achieveiuent Achievcnents Achievements anticipated T'ar Crop 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 Achievements 1 19-^? 1) Rico (a)Aus 185.00 254.00 288.470 500. 0c 500.00 ( b)Anan 150 6,00 151 i .00 1604.401 1600,00 1650.CO (c)Eoro 512.555 679.555 792.164 70c .00 650. CO Total Ri.-e 2001 .555 2244.555 2685.055 2600.00 2600.00 2)T-;hoat 505.151 597.664 574.186 400.00 400.00 5)Kaize 56.00 40.00 45.00 48,00 50.00 i) Rice 9000,00 • ii) l\nieat 800,00 iii) Other Cereals 150.00 iv) Pulses , , , 270,00 Tota.1 Foodgrains ; 10 220.00 v) Oilseeds 450.00 Vi) Jute & Mesta (’000 Bales). 5000.00 vii) Sugarcane , . , 780,00 viii) Potato • 5520,00 tp/- Ccnsui-pxion. ,. , ...ntioipated Target No,nc AchievenGnt; .chievoiacnts ;..chieve;.:onts 1985-86 1986-67 1967-86 Achicvcncnts 1989-90 1988-89 i)Nitro£cn(N) 256,82 3C4.C2 347.653 350.00 38C .(0 ii)Phosphate(P) 92.32 113.83 128,916 145.00 150.00 Potassic(k) 59.61 81 ,37 84.661 105.00 I 20,00 Total : 403,75 499,22 561 ,23C 6C0,00 650 cOC' Gonsuiipticn of 1-csticic.Gs in 'coo tons technical Arados uatcrials Achicvcncnts :„chievcnonts Achicvcncnts Anticipated 'i'arget 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 Achievcncnts 1989-91 1988-89 4.5 5.10 4.9 5.6 5.8 ^ndcr distrib-uticn of Fertilisers and_ Pcsticidcjg in *000 hi. •iichievenents Achicvcncnts ..lc}iicvei.cnts Anticipated ^ target 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 .ichiwvcacntc} 1989-90 1938-89 (a) fertiliser! 4100 4100 45^'0 5000 5500 (b) Ptsticidcs ^576 2952 3668 4190 4342 Tarfi-et of lertiliscr and Pesticides corsuuption and area unvlcr distribution (i) Total Fertiliser ccnsunpticn ('000 tons) 650.00 (ii) Pesticides (Tcclrinical ^radc naterials in '000 tons) 5.8 (iii) Area to be covered under ( ’000 ha,) , , , (a) Fertilisers . . . • • • 5500,00 (b) Pcsticidcs ...... 4342,00 Area covered ^^dor Soil Conservation neth^d (Cunulative '000 ha») Achievencnts iichi^v enen t s Ac hicv encnt s Anticipated j.arcet 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 Achicvcncnts 1989-9C 1 1980-89 179.30 186.50 194.36 2v^,36 216.36 tp/- A 10 static : West BenPcal IX, Outlays and Ezpcnditure (Rs. i n lakhs) Head /Sub -head Seventh 1987-88 ____ 1988 _____ 1939..-“9 0 ,_. .... : of Five Tr, Ac ttial Approv‘cd Antici Proposed Of' v/hichj X)evelopment , Plan Exp.endi- out lay. pated , outlay Capital 1 (1985-90) ture Expendi oo.'ntent Agreed (He,t ture Outlaj;. 5rantl _ 2 -Ji____1 ^cononic Service^ I , Agriculture & Allied Activities 1 .Crop Husbandry 7050,69 1325.20 1502.85 1576.75 1598.10 96.00 2.Scil and ¥ater C cnserva tion. 61C,CC 114.00 129.00 125.50 156,50 5.50 5.Feed,Storage & ¥erehcusing 200.00 57.15 52,OC 44.90 55.40 4 .Agricultural Research & Education. 161C.OO 318.71 344.5C 517.a: 404.00 5.0C Other Agricultural Progrannes i- 5 .Marketing and Quality control 759.10 116,27 190.00 179.00 200,00 , 55.00 Sub-Total;-Ij 10189.69 1911.552218.55 2594.00 ,2241.95 159.5L II,Rural Deve- lopnent 3pl.Programme for Pair a 1 Dev, 1 .Drought Prone Area Programme (D,P.A.P.) 1224.00 207.65 255.00 250,00 255.00 2,Of R-gral Development -Other Programme 2 ,Land Reforms 80,00 20,00 25.00 25,00 5.00 :>uV>-Total; -II j 1504..CC 227.65 280,00 255.00 260,0c 2,00 III .Special Area P r o g r amme 1 8 49 ,00 400.11 209.65 209.25 209.00 1 ,or .Irrigation & 155.00 54.84 52,00 52,CC 57.0c ^ «Sop.i?. 1_ _S ervice_s XI ,S.-;cia l Welfare & Nutrition i Nutrition 4«51 OR/uND TOTAL J 155C0.00 2575.95 2740.00 2758,20 29Cr,cr 162,50 (I+II+III+IV+XI) tp/- A 11 Prop:rai.mc- of the Cottap:e and Snail Scale I nd-ustrics Beptt. The annual plan schenGs t>r brocdlac farns, training in lac- processing and assistance to Lac-Processing Coops are being continuede The prinary thrust is on the production of brocdlac in departnental farns and distribution of brood, free of cost to the lac-gTowers, as selected by the Panchayat Sanities, Two new farns are being sot up in Chhatna (Banlzura; and Silda area (kidnapore) , which uay take sone shape by 1989-90. Annually;, on an average, the coverage of beneficiaries is around 35CO, During l9Sc-8' , the Purulia Zone Farn productions alone have ensured 3237 beneficiaries. Training is being continued in Khatra (Bankura) and Dhuliyan (Murshidahaa) Centres, Financial support will be given to the 3 coops, JJuring l9o9*-9<^ 5 a new scheno for uodernisation of Lac-processing units has been incorporate . The provision is Rs,1 lakli only. Most of the processing units, locatod in Purulia district, need inprovenents in process of cottage units to ensured nininisation of health hazards and anti-polluticn. In that view, it is proposed that grants will be provided to such units in the backward area i( : introduction of infrastructural and process nodificaticns under technical supervision, PrograLine of the Deptt, of Public Undertakings The Plan/Progrannes of this Departnent under Agriculturo and £1 Activities Sector inplenented thj?ough the west Bengal State I'JarehwUsing Corporation and the ¥est Bengal ..igro-Industries Corporation Ltd,, arc in cluded under’District Sector Prograunos* and constitute the District FI;.. CoLiponent of the Annual Plan of this Departnent for 19S9-9C. 2* West Bengal >^gro-lndu.stries Corppratipn Lij-ii^ed* The Co}:ipany has undertaken a prograrxi;e for setting up of a nunbor of agro-based industries including, intcr-alia, a factory for assembling punp-sets and other agricultural i.'plcncnts, rural repair v^orkshops in phases, during the 7th Flan period. An outlay of Rs.5C.CG lakhs has been allocated for thu programiie of the Conpany for the entire 7th Flan period i.e, 1985-9C. A sun of Rs,1C,0C lakhs was spent fron ? tate Pl?tn Budget for the prograiLnc of the Company in each of the first two years of the 7th Plan, A token anount of Rs,1,C0 lakh only was spent for the progranne in 1987-88, A provision of Rs, 6,G0 lakhs is nade for the progranne in the State Eud-get for 1988-89, An outlay of Rs,6,00 lakhs is proposed for 1989-90 for invest:.;ont in the share Capital of the Coiip0.ny for its progranne. ^OIL & ¥ATER CONSERVAMjSN s TBE STATE TAND US3 BOARD The State■Governncnt has set up the State Land Use Board to study different factors relating to land use, soil and water ccnsGrvaticn and flood control and to advise the Govt, in the natter of land use planning to ensure optinun conservation of soil, fertility and noisture, reduction of flood hazards and sustainable u.tilisation of natural resources like forest and graL’,ing land etc. The Board functions as a coordinatinr agency between various relevant Departnents. In addition to two studies viz,(i) Study on -Qptinisation of land u entrusted to the Centre for Studies on Manpower and Environuent and(ii)stul on ¥et Land Managenent by the Directorate of .Zetland Managenent, Govt,of undertaken during 1987-88, another study relating to Kaniganj Coal Field r.r: is expected to be taken Lip during l98(:-69 9 Central assistance to the cxtc:.t Rs,3,3C lakhs has been sanctioned by Govt«of India during the- current iinanei year in connection with strengthening State Land Use Board a A - 12 a n i m a l HUSSANCfiY The Department of Animal Resources Development, Governmfcnt of liiost Gen are concerned with implsmantation cf different schemes under Animal Husbarndry and Dsiry Development ProgrammBs in Uest Bfengal, Execution of various projcc't ■; tc ensure proper Vety, health care of livestock population of the State, .is in^lucfed in the resp onsib ilities of this Dfcpartmentc There are t hrei^ Dirorc- torates viz. (i) the Directorate of Ardmal Resources, (ii) the Directorate of Animal Health and (iii) the Directorate or Dairy Development undr^r this Department which are concernBd with execution of various schemers under the respective programmes* Gperation Flood Programrnes are also being impleme''ntte u in the State through the Project C;^ll und^r the administrative control of thi-' Departmentc In addition to the above;, there are two corporations viz. (i) ‘uJjst Bengal Livestock Processinr Development Corporation and (ii) West B«npal Dai, and Poultry Devsloprrent Corporation undc^r the adm inistrative control of thi: Departmento These ccrporations are also engaged in developmental uor ks uncS:'' Animal Husbandry Stctor with assistance from Central/State GovernmentG :?.s 'u : fr-'m abroad and also from Uior Id Bank. The State Government are to invest i-’ purchase of share capital of these corporations. In addition to the share caoital, funds are also provided to the Corporations as locins/grants-in—aild for implementation of some developrrentsl projects. On the bas5-S o f th e objectives, th^ schemas of this Dep-:irtment under different sectors may be broadly d iv id e d as follows S~ ^ • ANIj-^lAL HU5BAN0RY_ SLCTpR S (a) Schemes for development of necessary infrastructure which includes establishment of A«,I* Centres, State Poultry Farms, Fodder Farms, Dairy Demonstration Farms, Cattle and Poultry Feed Plants, Training Institutes for imparting training in Animal Husbandry Practice e;tc. and the schemes for providing ncjcessary marketing and distr ibut,ion facilities of Livestock products. Under veterinary health coveraigj programme, for proper health cover of the liwestock population, different types o, l/eterinary Units like Ambulatory Clinic Vansy Ueter inary A j_d Centres, Dispensaries, Hospitals, Disease In vesti gation Laboratories, Research Laboratories, Units to prevent out break of infectious diseases among the Livs-jstock etc. ar^ set up under the Ueterirary Services Programme of this Dopartinento (b) Financial Assistance to the farmers belonging to S„Cc, S„T, anci oth-r backbjard classes living brlow the poverty lint., Undur Animial Husbandry Programmes, there are schemt-s to provide fin-ncial assis tance to the poor farmers coming undt^r the purvi. w of different benoficiary oriented programme like IRDP, DF^^P, SCP, TSP, SLOP et « for crer;ting addition?-1 sources of income for the farmers interr^sted in Anir>al Husba ndr y ' practice , - 13 Uncfer AoH# Sector, there is a schem--; For rese ttlGm ont cf city kept animP.ls for removal of 10,000 milch cattlbis and 4,000 follouors from the T’lstropolitan crea of Calcutta and Howrah and their resettlement i,i four satelite Milk Colonies* S^FECIAL COriPQNEfMT PLAN AN': T R IB A L SUB~_PLA^J S Under Animal Husbandry Sactorj both infrastructure divelopriTJ nta 1 and beneficiary oriented nnirml husbandry Schem&s w ill be taken up for implemen tation during the Seventh Five Year Plan« DAIRY pElfcLOPr,EiVT SLCTOR s There are scherres to provide Hygienic Tiilk to the people- living in the city and suburb of the stats through Gstablishment of liquid milk pl::;nt3 and creation of necessary n^-t work for distribution of the processed milk. At present there are six Dairy Plants (including tuo set up under Operation Flood) in operation in the Stats„ One Dairy at Krishmgar has started fu n c tioning and the other at Berhampur (under Operation Flood) a.cs jlmosc ready for oporationo Total capacity oT the existing Dairy Pl-'nts including tK:= tuc yet tc bo operated is inadequate to mett the demand of the State. To f ill up the gap b-tuieen the demand and supplying capacity cf th ’ Dairy Plants taken together, it is necessary to augment capacities of the exis-- ting Dairy and to set up new Dairies* A n-w Dairy Plant, near Calcutta ijjill be set up during the Seventh Plan ptiriod. pPfflf\TIOf\i FLuOD m OGRAm E s There are schcm,es for giving financial assistance to Dairy Cc-cperat ivL s as well as organisation of Co-operativa Milk Unions in the State tc encourage the milk producer farmers of the State. Six such co-operative milk unions hflvo already bosn formed in the StatSo There are proposals for setting up more nilk unions in the State during the Seventh Plan period, PROJECTS UNDER CORPORATIONS s Funds have been allocated in the proposal for the Annual Plan 1989-90 for providing the tuio Corporations - viz. (l) West Bengal Livestock Processi .r Development Corporation and (2) West Bengal Dairy and Poultry Development Corporation with the loans/grant&-in-aid/Share Capital towards implemental:.o"i of different projects under Animal Husbandry and Dairy De ve lo;;.'me nt Sectors. In Animal husbandry sector the main emphfisis has been given on inc.rcas-- . production of .'iilk, meat, egg etc. not only to f ill up che present qe p but a.i.. for increased proeuction further. While doing so, it has also been kept in ran. that the bentCfits of such de vt; lopment comG to the target group of peopl.^ of liiost Bengal i.e. mainly Small, Marginal Farmers, Agricultural Labourers, Scheduled C.istes and Scheduled Trib s. Becauso of high rate of urbanisatii.n ?. the State and pressure on land animal husbandry may provirie nevimnr nr^n,-.t-- A » 14 for su If •employmont directly or indirectly through livostock farming and secondary and tartiary trado activities along with animal husbandry basod in d u s t r y . K??'9ping this in uiouj tho pLin size for 1989-90 has been proposijd to thj tu n o of Rg. 297.20 lakh i<,G. approximataly 5% ouc-r and above tho a p p ro v e d ouitlay for 1988-89. The Plan Programmes have been so disigned that the livestock product-s may increase over and above to the anticipated achie vetrt: nt of 1988-89 uhicih is indicated be low S- 19 88-89 1989_-90_ N ilk (OOO tonnes) 2840 290 0 E g g ((Million) 217 5 2208 Wool (i-akh Kg,) 5. 50 5 .9 6 Broiler (lakh No.) 72 81 It is also envisaged that about 2.33 lakh persons including Small/ Marginal farmers, agricultural labourers, Scheduled Caste a S che dule d T rib ie ., may havti an opportunity r.-f self employms-nt directly or in d irectly through 't'^ livestock farming and secondary or tartiary trade activities along with an:iM.^.. husbandry based industries* DIRECTION /\ PHI NI STRATI ON : Establish ment of Monitoring and Planning Cell. 3tre ncthe nine of di,fferent sub jcjct ma t _branches^ of D ir : c t or at e_ Head gup r ters and Reg ional o ffic e s , Tublicity yinPo 1. The work loatiii of the Directorate of Anirpal Husbandry has inertiase d to rreny fold by the end of 6th plan but prcportionate increase in staff both '.at Headquarters as well as at Regional level have not been increased to ccpe lup uith this increased work load. It is, therefore, propcsud to strengthen th.e Headquartsr and Regional offices, suitably to ensure smooth and efficien t ro-'c^rk of the Directorate. Due to creation of a new district i.e . 24-Parga nas(North) a neu set up of staff is to be created in the district for clerical, accounting monitoring and technical guidance in respect of different animal husbandry programmes.. Sim ilar staff strength is to be set up in 2 4-Pa rg^'s nos (South) under th is he;ad of de vtilepment. v e t e r i n a r y R E S E ^ £H ^• Scheme for improvemKnt of Hilk pro_duction by cross-breedinq Ja ir y catt le at Harinahata __(lC A R ) proj,ect_ jadth^ _5PJ.50 ,1CAR_,&_ s_t a te govt . s h a r e > The scheme yas orginally sponsored by the ICAR with 50S50 state a ICAr. sl")aro. But now it has been taken upas State Gcheme. It aims at nn.i nta ininc_^ th'"; animals of the project and also for effective ros EJUCATIDN and tr aining S 1 • Strencthep.inq and organisation, of Farmors T raining ccntrs-Infre st rue turo in ths d istrict of Dar.it^cling, With th- increasing activity of animal hu3ban;.jry in the h ill areas of 3arjo£’l_ng, it ujss mecfe'd tc oot up another Trainii.g contro at Uungra Farm, Kalimpong with a capacity to have IQ studunts/batch. Tha training period prcposod to bo fcr one month duration follout-d by exposure training for 15 day:. . For this purpose one class room uith hostel accommodation hav/e already boon constructed. But the netded staff uncter theschc;ms could not be created during Gbh Plan period resulting yhich it is 'r.ontinucd during 7th plan perir i toe. The provision has be^ n kept to meet the recurring expenditure for opcrc- tion of this Training centre. 2. Training of the Departmental officers & Field level staff in mod::r.~i scient ific Farmino. With the speedy development in animal husbandry programmo in tt^ rur::_ areas there is an increased demand fcr efficient services of technical offir.t : iijhc should be kept abreast with latest development in various disciplines relating (Animal Husbandry* Further, the br'se level workers should si mil's r; be re-oriented in the present day development programme* investigation s t a t i s t i c s s 1 • Scheme for samp le sur ve v on e st ime t i rm pi-eduction of milk/meat/eu g/ uioo 1 e t c . ~ (C e n tr a l l y sPon eere d sc_h-..;rr>'. ; lit h 50 8 50 s t a t e and c e n t r a l *^harcT)- S t a t e s h a re , 1 ne scheme aims at strengther,ing and expansion of the existing Statis tica l Unit of the Directorate as per th'.' recommendation and provision of 50^ share by the Govt, o^ India for establishing sample survey team ^cr estimation of production of mil k/rre at/e gg and wool in thti ^tate. The scheme Mas taken up at the fag end of the 6th plan period. Since the fu ll assets of the scheme cluld not be completed it yas n.icessary to continue during 7th plan period. ^ • c a t t l e DEUELOPTCNTr ^• The Intensive_C-a11le Development pro ject : The scheme aims at continuation of I»CtD<.P« Bur dujan—Bir bhum, Hidnapore sanctioned during the fag end of 5th plan period and ICDP, HouJrah sanctioned during 6th plan period* It also aims for setting uP of a new ICUP, covering the Kandi area of Hurshidabad. There is alsc a proposal for setting up a KoV Block in Ghatal area of Hidnapore district. During tho 5th & 6th plan period a ll th^^ office buildings, staff quartn- ; B u ll sheds etco ■'f a ll the C^S.C.S® proposed for XC;jPy Sur dwa n~Birbhu m$ nidnapore and Houji'ah could not he completed dut. tn ,i,'Gnt of vested land and sufficient fund under the budget. A ll the staff sanctioned und;-r the schem-s could net be recruited after observing a il the forrm lities required for fine;.-, appoint.,,ent. So it i:as n-ceasary to ccntinu.; the ICOP, Burdwan-Birbhum, -!ewra;i and Ridnaporo during the ?th plan period as plan schem-^so 4-. 16 Tha fund provided -durino tho v/^jnr is to ni^Gt tin- rocurrin.^ and construct ion cost i.if continuod ICDP? and aisc rund for the k^V* Block at Kandi a nd Gliatal of Hurshidabnd -lud Hidn^porii d istrict. 2 • Spo c j a 1 l i v o s t PC k br; i o di nc' P r o nr aiTi iiii:; S Cross brad aninna Is a ro comp^r^'’*tiv/o ly mor:; cl;licat:.! than tn., incJiyanotc''^ une. BccausG of t h ji : highoL retu jf orawth, prr; duct inn & nd c :\r ly r<:'-t ur i t y «> they require rcl<''t ivy0 ly higher inputs. With tha prcse-nt finGnciei roGourcJs it may bo difficult for th:. Small/nargina 1 i-''xm ^rs and ticrilo L-'bourcrs to successfully roar th-; cross br£^ d heifers up tr the? r.ijG of 2 :2 y'-ars i ,i » upto th'^ tima wh-.n thay aru dUo t:. calva. 3o the. schema ain’s at p.ovidirg subsidy on the coat a-; raarino frnrn tiio age of 4 months ta 52 mor.bhs tc G.-ca.' of such category of farmer and tha balanca being arranged as Ic*^-n from t ’-V- Nationalisad Bank. The schemo also aius for astablishmcnt of poultry & units for subsidiary occupatiiXio ~ ha sche ma also a5.ms for fr>aintaiainQ oh- S(aight) Ragionol cells along with, th'- ast ablis'nmanc of ad quarters c r i. 1 3 • St rejig t h;; rr'. iiaT. i nqhota—Ka lyani ccmplax. Har inghata-Kalyani complex f-£ a big organisation in this 5t-ta, Construction, rcjp-.iiriMg, r^novatinn for Food Godown, pa jdocka, piggary poujl shitJds, roads, ciraino otc, art: nccr'ad more or lass in ovory yaar* I or uncar I"' ttcso constructions and rencvGtion work, p)racticaiiy tharo is net rn^ugh fu '.r- undar thu non-pl^n budget t'; at up a ll the; a^:p..;nd;.turos rcqui:?ac' to taka: >.\r such essential work. «s such it h^^s bean pr*:"posi;d to taka up such can3t:cuc:ti and rerrvation work out of thn plnn budget. A • Distribution of cross bred r.nd buffalo buMs y ith rr£.int‘' The scham e e n v is a g e s t c e x te n d imprcv-i- b re e d in g f a c i l i t i u '^ to th o c-at^:! and buffalos uhare ^*1* could not bs oxtended to improve the local stock by distribution of cross bred and buffalo bulls for natural ccirvicc thrjroby augment production of milk with resultant uscalaticn of existing incorrc* It also onvissgos for rearing of cr>_ss-bred and buffalo hulls u p t o breeding age at Harinohata Farm b'.fore fin al distribution in case breajd-’b.i.: bulls aru not available at a resonablc- price* 5• Cattle/Livost cc k ^hc^y in c ludina crc-ss-brod bulloc kG. Cattle shoiij/i-ivastock chQu with crus??-bre ' cows, improved poultry, p ig g e ry e t c . a re r u q u ir c d to be o r g a n is e d re g u L - .rly in v a r io u s placfj;-.' to craate the interjst of the farmers of tho State tc rear cross-bred ciws, poultry, piggery etc. for higher production. Such: shows w ill act as a meot:, gri'.und for exot->anging views, adoption of bett: r husbandry practic^TS for Imi'-- mont of stock, markjting of th- o^'lled stock ctc. Inclusion of or ass-bred bo. I in such shews may help popularising the uae of such bu^leck. A ^ 17 6• C attle 3>:.A/elGpni6nt progrGmme uith natura l sprvica ujth n>?.intoncmcu allouancB in Sunderjjan Fveqiun(24-Psrqanas~South) . D u 3 tc irPdcquatp ro^d and transport f^-cilitius res'jlting difficult cpmmunication system in Sund^3r'pan artas, it is EJxtrt-mcly d iffiru lt tc ireintain sorvicG with regulp.r supply ci' uxtPnciod setinon* To imprcve ths local cattlci o f this rogion distribution of bull for natural sorvicc is an alternati'jo proposition. So the provision has boon kept for improvement of local cattle through natural servico by distribution of c r o ss- brG d bu 11 s u it h ma in t onaco a 11 oujanee.. 7 • RP place rnt^nt and Procurement cf b u lls for CoSi>C.S<. and purchase af genetic materials* In liJest Bengal at present there are 40 sanctioned centra Hsod Somon co llectio n St-r--^ ir:-n un.dcr the Animal Husbandry D irectorate, ujIx re exotic and exotic crcs9-bred bulls are maintaired for collection of somen and its utilicr-- t io n w ith a n et work c f 131 d €> centres, 1212 •■«I. sub-centres, 273 custom service unitso In each C.S,.CoS 8 tc 10 exotic bulls are maintainedo L'nd.;r l:h. normal condition j the life of an Gxotic bull is abcut 5 to 6 yoars. It is ^ therefore, required t,; replaco 20^ ot the total bull cf each CcScC., 3 at lijasi' ■ in every year to keep steady production of good Ci'-rren, The prograrnrne also aim s a t orocurerriL:, nt o f o th e r b re e d in g m a te ria l.s fo r th e d if f u r - n t farm s t inc.- to tiiTB for replacement. ^ • A r t i f i c i a l In s e m in a t io n Basud p ro c ramme f o r rj^a_1 ejripJLeyr,ient_ t_hr^ u^fi custom service. A rtificia l Insemination is ga:nino more popularity in rural areas. As a result demand for opining f\ „lc centres and sub-centres from time to time comes from new areasc But it is not always possible on our part to consiccr such demand as number of AoT* centres and sub-centres are fixeo for a scheine, To extend the fa cilitie s of 'AoI» on a very wide scaloj it has been proposed tc introduce custom service at a Inrge scelo to do A^Io unemployed young men witli some educational back ground may be selected from the proposed areas with the help cf Panchayat and may be trained up in thie technique of A *1«, service, "^hey rr^y be provided with some basic equipment rree of cost and extended seire'n from the nearest f^el« centre/ CoSoC^S to do A. I* wi\;ha nominal charge* 9• Establishment of a Dairy Demonstration parm at Rasuleur(Burdwan) The aim and object of the schem:; is to dcmonstratr ideal management of Dairy cattle and training of the farmers to be involved in setting up hou-^e r'-' units for subsidiary occupation under the scheme IoR«aF sche d u le d T r ib e s a t. Scheduled Caste programme. The scb^mo also ai'-iis at proper utilisation o7 fu ' - being produced in the Fodder Demnnstration-cu'-.-Seed Producing farm at Rasulp, t so that the f armers may ba ve kr,owlc;dne how bt-st the green for'der can be u tilie i for their cattle t.. lower down the cost cf production of milk* ^ ib 1 0 , C o n s tru c t ior / P v n owatio_n/F_i n c i ng^ ,^tc.c g f _ _ x istinq Co So pojitros/cattla Farms etc. Almost a ll the *1 *> Cuntrus and sub—contrao in this stata orn opGrai- ting inrcntf^d building. Samctimas it so hcppuns th:it tho rented buildinois aro not available in ciosirod rent.. So it is pri posoc! to hn.vD uur own ccntrG building to run thtj opc.^rationc Sim ilarly a ll tho C,SoCoS are not fan cG d p r o p s r ly and som ^ tim .s some ncijj c o n s t r u c t io n / r c n o v a tio n l i k e b u lls !h L :d , office buildings utc. are required for smooth uorking and nBintcnonco jf toffic; 11** Poultry 1 .^pme rt in tho d istrict-Infrastructur.; _inpliu 7- dinq construction/re ncvation/ro 1^ i , a j ; 1 d c ^tablishrront co I'lost of thiJ Poultry farms in tho district have beon sot un Frcm 1st plan to 4th plan poriod, uhuro ljg hauG cur cwn building, Hopt of thtr poulitry shc;ds, brcodcr houses of these farms required to bo rcnovatedo Juring tho current financial ytiar it is proposGd to take up such renovation a ndi cons-" t r u c t i o n ujork a t tho Sfcato P o u lt r y Farms in thu district of 2 4-Parqa n.:s(Noi & South, Burdujan, C cochbol'iar, Nadia & Uost Oinajpur. 12 • E-'sta b lishmo nt of o Duck Breoding Farm in the _d_istr ic t_ gf_ b^jst Dina jpui The schem.. envisages establishmc:nt of a Duck Breeding FSrm at Rainanj (W e st u in a jp u r ) f o r lO roduction and d is it r ib u t io n o f d u c k lin g s and h^-^tchinig eggs to the farrTT3’?s» For tho purpose alr'-ady on.; Ian;:' has boon ssl- cte d taiken possession in the district of 'Jest L)inajpur. 13. E s t a b l i s hme n t/ S t r e ngthe_ninq of L.avi.:r and B r o i l e r Farjri^^ It is proposed to establish one Broiler Farm ?t the existing State Poultry Farm, PiidnapGro for which constrjctien O'f Poultry shed, hia’ccherics ete w ill be taken up during this yearo sicies this r onstruction of ha'-.chery, poultry sheds w ill be taken up at tho -Stat Pcnltry Farm, Haringiiata uhcre already some construction works were taken up ciuring 6th '^lan p e rio d f o r Ois- tablishment of a Broiler Unit. The totf^.l provision for the purpose ic Rs. 5 . 0 0 lakh as Stat^ share* ^ dditional Fac i l itie s for taking up Uuck Breedinr programme in the ^xJ-Atinq State Pou ltry Farms. Duck rearing is gaining much popularity in the rural areas due to inlre- eiiction of a new technology of rearing ducks in land area(witheut letting the,: out in t^nk). It has assured better p rofitab ility, easy operation £ind remow.'..: hazards. Keeping few ducks at the villaigu f-.puse held is an old age practice ' this State, In such cases, the system of letting the ducks loose in the adjia cent ponds/tanks is s till practised. Keeping of 5 to 10 ducks in such eystcrr gives supplementary income to the fam ily* Therefore the object of the scnemie is to rear Khaki cambel duck in the existing State T oultry Farm. • SHl EP ANL UOOL i- s P rp_c_u r 0 nj-; n t_a n d di s t r ib u t io n _d>j, ,mut_to_n typ u r am f o r u pc;ra d i nq 1 oca 1 pn_ rirpdu^ '* * The clim'-'te conr'ition of Ucst Bwrngal i-;: net favourable f^.r she'ed re ar 1 e s p e c i a l l y fo r w o o l p r o d u c tio n , b ca u se th e r r ’ i s nc r a i n sha.doi,i a re n A ^ 19 ra in fa ll is more than 40^’. Th:j quality of ujool producGd'by th--- incigi-'ncus stock is rough ?‘nd course. So omphssis ro-'jirod to bo given over mutton production by crossing yjith mutton typa v^.rr i n o rd e r tc:. meet up th'- demand cf mutton/meat in tho State. During this y^-'-Tj it is proposed to distribute improved mutton typo ram by procuring from the outsido State in the areas ■aihera shced rearing is one of an old age prsctice, 2• Procurem^ nt a_nd_ d istrib u tion cf boctal bucks for uppradinq local ooat through Gram Pc;nch,a.vat luith maintenance allouanc^-^ • In lilest Bengal price of ge-at meat is increasing very rapidly for the 1? st decade. The local variety of goat knew as Black and Brcujn Bv..ngal are small in size with loijLjer growth rat- and feed ccnversion efficiencyo They are highly prolific. To increase the siz3 and growth rate, it is proposed to cross thi-m with Beqtal or js any improved meet type goat from North rn Indian on a massive scale. During the financial year too it is proposed to distri bute such bucks through Gram Panchayato . o Rs« lol2 lakhs. 3 • Construction/renovation/re Pair of th u ex istino shee.p breeding farm and sheep extension centres. The sheep breJding farm and she^3p extension centre constructed during 3rd ind 4th plan period requires renovation £-nd constructitn,, For this purpose the fund has boon kept to take up such renovation an(' construction workduring t he. c urre nt. f inci nc ia 1 year in the d istrict of Burdujan, Bankura and Purulia for proper sheltering of the animals* . ^ r-n i i i. .. Rs, 0.50 lakhs. ^ ^ PI,GGE R Y_. jJE VE L O M NT S "• ^“'^re nqt hen i n q and expa. nsion of bac o n f a c t jjr y . The existing bacon factory at Haringfiata was established during the early 19 60 with a capacity tc handle eight to ten pigs/day* I^ost of the machineries and equipments which wore installed hove spent their useful life and required immediate replacement. As such to strengthen this Bacon Factory to handle more anirrPls wit h e quipme nts and machineries necessary fund has been k e p t. 2• ^ t a i 2_lishm ennxL.c ontinua ticn_pf_j3io_ breeding farm Bi ianb^rj.., P'^'r je e l i n g . The necessary construction work for establishment of a pig breading has alr.^ady be.n completedo In order t' make operational of the said farm, t !■ . necessary staff under the scheme is required to bf^ created. Therefore, the fund has been kejiJt for maintenance of pig farm during the current firl^ncial y e a r . ^ ^ * oTu m L i y g ^ kgpyiENJ ” Animal Husbandry development prpqrarnme in CaA, J , Cc area The comprohti nsive area devel ojirrfe nt rorporation, West Bengal is conduc ting a ll round dovelcpmcjnt in sel,ct-9.d areas in this State Aninf l I'iucban.ry D.yelopment wcrk is one of their activ£tios for wiiich firr. ncial support is 20 2* S p e c ia l Cpmpcnjnt^ r'la n f o r s chQdulQd cr.stw-s i-iko 8c ho dul-d tr'ibLi s , the schudulLid cQst^ f liGs in this ^tate an:o poor and npocially bsckuard too^ To improve their ezonomic condition, a sourco of incorai in ths fjrm of LiviJstc:ck kscjpinc is ^dvocatjd ns th«-'y arc tco li.k o t scheduled tribos convorsant in livestock keoping. Tho fo llo u jin n scht:;m-s aro be-ing a d v c c a t^ d d u r ing t h e f in '^ n c ia l y e a r so that they can hays subsidiary incomc ok/qt and abov- to thoir pr: sont one. i) establishment and continuation of Stat£_J^^uJl± f The c'bj'^ct of thi; schtm.. is fc:r establishnr nt -.nd continu-aticn cf tincj district of Halda with a capacity of 1500 lay_ rs yith folloujGrs 7 or rDrodiuc— tion f in proved chicks and hatching oggs in th- district for rearing purp.'osc.« The building etc. of the farm has already been c ompL.;td. To run tlio farm, the fund has been provid e under the scheme, i i ) [^ JT T iJ;^ . based programme for tha subsidiary occupation on shorrp, house dairv/du'ck/pcultr y in deep littcir e improve the economy of the ;v. clie d u le d caste peopl-; in the State a source of subsidary income through the livestock keeping (fsiiiily based pro'~ gramme) has been advocated under the sch.-me each '.f the fam ilies w ill be previcfcd with small unit of gpat/house dairy/pig/sheep/poultry/duck ctc, f'cr rearing purpose so th-L they can have subsidiary income throurh such unit to support their fam ilies. The s.elvJction cf such fam ilies should be done with the assistance of PanchMvat Sam ities. i i i ) Subsidised distribution of fodder ^ £ C iiS j_ free: distribution of fodder cuttings, root sJ.ij3s_^inclu^^ ^ port and _ in c i,~ ^ .n t a ^ l char_ges_ and p ro c u r e r ~nt c f s c e d r ,ia _ l^ « The aim and object cf the scheme h&s already bonn GxplaincJd in schem j No, 5 uncjer feeds and fodr^er cb ve lopmento ^ ^rce distribution of fodder minikits inclusive transportation and other in cidental charcps. The schem C;, w i l l )o d , taken up in the scheduled caste areas for the uelfarc of the scheduled caste fam ilies* The aim and object of the sct^me is th^ same as explained in the RL.tiutiie no. 6 uncter feed and fodder c;bvelopment head. L st? blis.hiBjnt cf fodder extension ci^njbre_s_ J.ji_ 1D_ c pt^c_pJ:is_jef .lajnd in Panchayat ,1^.vg 1_^incj^^i£uj:cfPse_j^ ^cd_ niater ja Is.^ The aim and object of t l'ie achome has been explained under sch-mo nu*- 7 unrLjr feed and fodder development head. v/i) Establishment_and conti nuation of key vi 1la_o;-_k-PPIl Uiitii.^ ®I « s i n R a i na~ K han da q ho so. X^ur dua_nj[_ ajn c1j To provide fret: cross breeding fa cilitie s of cattlo in thw ec'nedulGd caste areas having transport fa c ilitie s good potential milk pocket and good breodable cattle population by setting up A*I» C-ntrc and sub-centre. 21 v/ii) 5t_rs_ncit,hc n.inr_ of^ t;xi.stin^. C,_Sc C_, ? § , In rr>?‘P.y of tho I »C c J . I-^>5 c, C^cSoCoS* A, I , cantruG -:n<^ l. st^.blisho d from 1 st plan t_- 5tii :ii-'n n - ..ric.th j ^qu.lpmo-n'C s liku stor iliz o r micrcsccp^ rofrigcr5?.t-jrs '.•;tc* uhioh l:o_. i-urc T nsod long Ir^.ck h'’\>o b conc; eld and spont th:-;ir fu ll lives. T ha r.'fo rt; th ;j .:-c!-.L=mc c a l l s v'cr rur.'l- -jm-nt of such o quip- nvjnts and appliances for an uffir^iojn’: functioning of \yj u n it s . V i 1 1 ) .’’I -Pi . ;jil;.j^ Liit h _ni^-ir.t>jfCnGi^;_^ ^r a a s J3£^„,?PJ^FL; J-LAy. J 1-; " j , j=^jVi.g^t-’-Dj;^Anu:;^tip,i'l.i-:.f . nigi nto_ncvncy_.a_lloyr . T h ; ai;7! ' n.i cbj^ ct o, th: cchiorriw i s to c’i s t r i b u t o crcss bred ^nd b u f f a l j bulls f o r nrturo-l scruic^ the ecus and buffaloes in thi; ar---ac u)ht-r 3 f\ A ^ f "c i-iti- 3 cojIu not bo c xto ndJG d :'u-i to logistical "an. Such bull u ill a ls o cj2t maintor.ancJ allo u j:in co f c r pr :pr:jr m aintdnanco and w i l l bo in su re d - 1 >') Jilf I - ^structural di^ volopm^mt for poultry i ncluding construction. The fund h^s been k,pt tf ccrmplut- the ccnstructicn of poultry shod and broodor house "^t 3 tatPo u ltry P'orm Kakdwip. x) Support to DackrJarg Poulti- v and Uistrib u tion of bcp.rs_}_ drakos bucks e t c . A].most t^vsry schedulod cast;;:; fam ilies rsar lithc-r goat/shee p/poultry/ duch etc. To improve their such indilgfc'nnuc stock it has been proposer! to distribute improved buck/boar/coek/(dr akc/ram etc. so that they can gut remunerative price for their Gconcmiical upliftment. 1 • I nfrastructura 1 cie velopmenit J.n^ r-spect of irrigation, Haringhata-Kalyani complex hass three fodder farms uhore 100^ irrigation facilities could not yet bt^en provic:.- d. T f jre ar '"till sonxs aro-cs ujheru , for fodder produotii-.n ujg .^^re to cfcpend ujpi. n rain water. In ordor t strengthen the irrigation . io ilities in the non-irrri.gated areas, infrastructural development for irri^ tio n is immediately needc^dJ to bring more areas under fodder cultivo- t i o n . 2 • RcLnstrjJctJLon.. ofia 1 b e 11 dino/fencinq/'ijaH inq etc, of fodder farm. There ar-j 10 fodr'-ir and seed ejDoduction fa^ms under operation in this State. Fiost of forJiS are required t.. bu fr,nc ■' tc nr^'^tect valua-iu fodder from grazing by outside cattlr„ In SiOiin- eases it r^qeires either tc build threshing floor or implem-nt shod or- in sorrre oasu-s s to re house e tc . To ta k e up such work the fund h":'s been kept* 3. Sphc fro f or de ve 1 n t of f'O idrfc r re s o u rce s in_ e ri.' S t e_ i no. 1 u din a e s t a !:l i s h jn;::_nt_ _ef_ For setting up on., for ;er f-n r'. in the eistr.et ef W.^st Din'ijpur for whict- a piece of la nr,; has a lr‘-'ady bf. .'n ava.ileele. This farni n-.t only acc as ..>Jmens- tretion ef fo^y^ r produotion but alsio pioduew fodder se^'. .is nd cuttings to moot the derr?:nd of the local rarmers tho (iistrict. out hf 1-nd is at present under litig a tio ‘.. As seen as the. ca^e is '.ver tH - In nr' w ill he u tilise l - V 2 2 4. Schgmc_ foT^Jt'f-Pt i-'X.. "^rf.ss^ InnJ. in thu ^ 1 strict cf rjj;.;Jdnn The object cf thu schv.rriw is 1 1. unrjurt?.k-.; r:; - .arch ujcl ! lopm-nt of local vr.r itiv: s ct [T zsq :T id lly tr« ct for ..j n;::- r;s yr -b n for’ ,.or for the c a ttlj and oth-r liv'istock# Tt'l • n-c-r-j. ry ct.n'v., .-ncti.jn und.-r tho sc he mo has already b-jon crrnplwt-Jd, But tho staff und ■ ; t' Kchom=.. is yat to bn created. A s soon ns th>.- staff is crootd d, thL farm iid-ll be stP.r to d« 5 u bsi disc d d istr i but io n o f f o_ud' soo ds/fru ? di?; tr ihur .von of fodd^^T g-\i-P ^no 1 u c~ i f'^i-, tr a n_s ppr t . nd o t hs r i nc i do nt n 1 c har cc- s SPii!. -Pr 00 ur.omu_n_t_ of_ s o Ej-ijjl" Tho sohomrj c a l l s f :jr d is t r 1l ution jf subsidise ri and frc-o distribution of foddor socds, root slip, outtin'-s, jto, t / thb rur .1 fr'.rmcrs osp-cinlly to thu category of small/niaroina i faruDrs a m; qriou Itur al Labourers fcr promotion of cultivation of groun foddor, ri; suiting which such class of poop lo could bo abl-; to roduco th- ccst cf production of milk, c^urinn tho yoar it i.s proposod to distribute Hybrid Napior and p:ira cuttinqSo Tho prruision has also been k^pt fcr distributicn of Kharif and rabi fodder souds along with the incid-.ntal charge for prccuromiont and distributicn upto the door stop cf tho cu lt iuator 8 • ^ •Froe_ distribut i o n ot fo.ddej:__m^inikits_ inclus ive of Trans]Jort a n d i nci- do nta 1 c bar go s« Tho success of cross brooding programmo is inescapably d-pi-ndont on tho success of fodr'or Uq vol opr-nt ‘*r ccrammo„ Dthoruisu the cost of production of m.ilk cannot be kt^pt at a roascnable l.v/ol, duo to high cost of cnc;^ntrato, rioroovor th<- groo n fed or has direct offset in g.;notical mako up ■''■nd prorJuc- tion cf milk, kOv-:ping th: s in viuu it is proposod that thc^ farrrs-^rs involved in roaring of cross bred cattlo may j l ; ncooro g..-d for cultiuaticn cf foddor fcr thoii cat! lo in 2 cottahs of land by fro': distributicn of foddor fnirdkits^ Each kit w ill cnntoin fodr’or so^.03s f; rtilizo r otc= including incidental chargos for preparation of kit anc transport cost. Uuring tho y.jar it is proposed tc H.istribut-, approxim-toly 10 ,000 kits in rlif'foront d istrict. 7 • EstablishmLnt of fodrjcr Gxtonsion contros in Panchayat Icy/ol inclusive of purchaso of seed materials• To popularise foddor prorrammj among rural farmers, it is essential tha;t the Panchayat Srmiti^s should bo invcluod in such footler development a ctiv itie s , keeping this in viou it is proposoc! t. ..'stablish foddor txtonsion Centres in each Gram i^anchayat t- dovc^^lop noc'ssary infrastructur>.- for mak:r.g a v a ila b ility of fodder see ds ^ root slip, foddor cuttings to the farmers within tho ambit of tho said Panchayat, Tho priority of this schcm_ will b'^ given to those, uho at least have one milking couj and at loast 10 ccttahs of land to spcve?- for cultiv^^ tion of rod'"or. The schomij may also b>- jxtond^ d to the farmers uho are yilling to spare IG ccttahs of land for cultivation Tor making availrblc; of fod''er seeds and cuttings for further prorogation in t he block ar<-as on c omrii.^rcia 1 basis. During the y^."-jr it is proposed to jstablish aoout l,dOD nos» of foddor Extension Controb, ‘"revision hos also buon kept fei procurom'- nt of seod m.atoriais fro.n the farmers uh:""' will cstablist'i such e xto nsic,. centres on commercial basis. .-V 23 • TRIiSfvL SUB^ PLAN s T ho trib 'l community in gonoral in t !>■- St^tr is very poor and socially b^ickiiiard too. T u .?rrt; lior^tu their economy, n scurct.' of inconic in the form or liuustock keeping mn y !jo oduoc^'’ted ;iincs they sro already o ■: nv^r s^nt in such farming. As such th^ schemes have b:on so formul--.tod s. thr.t this can nrti to thoir present inccme’subst-intia lly end also cenornte netirn.'^l ujoalth in the form of milk, nt-ot and ogg* p.chGme propospd during the ye'ir in question is as follows s 10 E sta ij 1 i 3 h mj nt a nd c o nt in u a noe o f J_FJ-P j-_ ip.n.-gJHi. Sjjb-c^ n tre s . In tho Tribal sub~plan ar'ja of 2 4-Pargan': , Mur shic'-ba tj, Durduan and Mdnaporc , the re crc some gccri milk pokets with good breedP'Jd cattle popula tion t'..’ taK.. up cross-breeding cn:eqrairf,-,c. for cnhanec production of milk. It is , th<-refore, proposed to sot up ^lo proiramme in thes.- areas t .. upgr'^de the local cattle so that the farmers involved mjy h. v/e substantial income through m^^rket in o o f m ilk nd s e h. of cr o8a bro d cettlo , I n v/iew o f th- '-.bcvr i t i s propoGec' to s e t up and c o n tin u e A * Ie C e n tre s and sub~centres in tiiese -:-ie::'s tc. rendsji frcj breoding fa c ilitie s to the cows of such poor and socially backward community c^f the State, 2. F r e e P i s t r i bu t i e n o f^ .J- Tc ameliorate the -conony r;f ch:; "'ribal fam ili . s in the 3tate , farrdliGS oriented programme like e stablishriie.it ef Hceoe Dair / has be en taken up in Tribal Sub-plan areas, s;' tliat oli.- r?-crn‘':'j's "By hav. substantial benofit by selling of milk and cross-bred cettlct l u .; tt high coet of cencentrate, the cost of production of milk cannot bLi k.'.pt at a roa'-'onable levolo Cut this can bo reduced by l^rouidinn green foddi ^ tc such c^^ttlc . As such it is iDroposed that the farmers involved in reaping of houscj dairy 'jc orcourage fcr cultiva tion of fodder in their own lend by free distribution of fodd^ir Minik5ts, 3* Support ef ^ckyard Poultry and d istri r ut ion of breedinC: mateTials for upcradino local stock of animals for hiohor productioji With the small holding it is d ifficult on the part cf the farmers to have a fair income from the land and their meagre, incomc.- needs substantial from allir;d source'. The n-ature of the land where trib a l fam ily reside provide some; sort of feed in th- form rjf waste, insects, worms and vog;)tation, which may be suitably utilised by taking proper scheme like rearing cf poultry birds under backyard syst^-i.i, hence th-- 5che(T. o It has also been proposed tc dis tribute breeding materials to upgracJe the lo ca l stock rraintained by such f a m ilie s * ( l ) F a m ily based oronramme fr.r .• s t a r lis h m e n t o f Go-''t/Shei-p/--'Uck / P o u l t r y in Deep lit t er Units, etc« The Ti'ibal faTdli-js in thi?:. State generally belongs t - either m-'^rginal ^ farm.r or ''’Agricultural Labourer eategory„ Uith thw small hol'r’ing it is d ifficu lt on the part of the fr.rmoi-s t;. have a fair incG:n..': from the land anr^ rheir iTi-ag;rG inccrTie needs substantial from allied sr;urcOc Sino^ che trib al fam ilies arc well conversant in liVcSteck kcepint: it is propos-d that family based livestock family may be advocatrp t. them th'-t they ^an nave subsi-.-'iary income by roaring such programme. ... 24 Uotorinary 3chGm -s includ--;d in d tc b-. Annuci.'.. .lg69-9C of t ho D irc-ctorri tr: cr n im a l H e a lth f cr m oiriy D ir :-ct c-ratL o f V/tjtin y v ic u s* S t r c nqt h^.: n in c, /\^fd ^ I ' -• I t is proDcs^ d th?.'.t the; p ro s , n- pure I"© so c e l l c f th^' Ot.-. Lii'/’Jlc ; bo str^ngthoruul if not snnctijr.ed :iijr inc 1989-90 tt o u i’: th--j r>.. qLiron... nt of -j uoar increasing d' rriands cf tho Gt^. to prccuru rrKjrc "nd moiJ n^jdicinL and sur gical roquisitcs for enhancLd nurnb'..'r of fio li' L'niis. « s t\i>: pit Sunt publicity uing tf th_; u „ h-oj... c’ by cnj Offic'-T in UBDUS found t-.' quit:; inGdoquati- tL soruc. the dual rol..; of public relatio n and education, it i:. cunsid,.rod us5s 2 nt ia 1 t'p t a so para to c o ll bo set up o >*- clusiuoly for t ho c^volciomont anid j'.’ublio ‘,:;la'.irn dt.rvic 3 and nub-u/ing for Education to educate the people in Vety* feaith ProoramniB, .[llj-PXLr:r£LJ niprov* m-nt o f tho I.nsor_^co T ra ining faci lit i^s. Unr> r tho oxisting systom thoro oro 2 traininr Institute for providing training t^ th- fiold staff of th; so aro in~soruico brainino Institute for th;^ V/oty. f iuld A ssistants , a no' Tni-sorvico Traininrj of Votorinar ians and which u iJ1 ccntinuo* Hos^p ita ls and »-q1 y-C l i n i c s » It is an accoptod policy r:f th. Govt, to inoroaso tho numbor of \/oty. Hospitals in diff. r nt districts 'an^' tc. improvo tho physical facilitio s of the Jxisting hospital with th^- ido-a to intensify Mnirn^". 1 Health Covurago Prograr.irn^. Somt. n-w ->tato ^nirral Hi-.-lth Centro forrnorly Stat^. Uoty, H ospitals bjill bo crentod and constructod in th.- y:jar 1989--90* Uotor inar y Ogsrx.. nso r io s s Rural Uot. rinory ^Hd and 5i::,rw/ic-o aro boino extended through Block Anin^^l H,ialth C-ntr^ forrrorly Block \/--ty, o Healtti Centre foorr^Jrly Adrl« i->ispc; p;,orio g . f^lohilo Animal Health Centre formorly mbulatory Clinic Vans ottc. would bo continued, ^ttompts would bo rrado tc provid3 atloast ?. Vo L' r zlrt-’r y Disponsar ios ir. each Panchayat Sarnities, Provision for conntruction cf i.s ipe nsor y builriros £nd staff quarters fur tiho Block Lt^ve 1 Disponsari'c would be consider--jd in phases to impr'^ve the working facilitios for these units. i~ir>'-ry ^id C -jitro^ s Th>- obj-;ot of providing onu 'Veterinary ^id Unit in each of Gram ra.nchayat, attempts w ill bo mado Ito establish more Animf^^l 0 ;v lopm^jnt Aid Contr-'s formerly U-ty^ ^id C^ntrois in thu- rural a'roas, Nobilo C linics i Through F'^obile Animal Health C^ntrt form'c^rly Ambulatory C linic U::nj prompt V ic tjrin a .ry S e r v ic e s ari.; 'oxtbenoied to th e -Icor st^.p of th e f a r m e r s . The common poopli; sp-cially the pteople of backward conimunitios get more bG nt:.fits o u t of th ^ se uans and iwotuld be more e n tru s t;^ r' to th e --.rioO.A, uorlcs of the State* 25 Cjj-pic aj- ,1^. b ora t ic s s 4 Animal Hq nl-t-'r, D i"'r ic L'lborat‘cr iue'f or.n-r ly clinical snd Invc-sti- gational Labcr'tcrios Lstr-'Llij-'ii--l„' 'L'r'ri'^ thu yoor 198&-87 and uill bc' nBir>- tain£jd» Stru n q th eninc, thc^ i At priiSt.nc f'u Sa-i 3 arc Li: i nr puvcha;so d con’crt^ ily -nr.l storod at tho Central nccLlcal Stcrcsj C. Ic itt ' ,nnd fr.jm thcrti'cs'-- arc c'istributod to fic;^ld units throuc'h tine :. i; 'T ic t Suj-Hcpotsc nrrr nrv. ffi’,.nti5 uoUld bo tc strfJom - lino both th..- r:i3trict systcTi an v- aUminjLstrati-:-n . i ths. Cf-ntral I'icdical Stores, f'r«-Jvi:-ion MouJr' also he n£ L; tc prcDcuru som:} nw-ui RofriQGratters and I^'icroscopj , V urnituru ctc. tc sup )Iy tho field unitr uhor j such oquipnt-nts cculc’ ny:. bo provided and uhj.r,. tho j qujipiiront hr.^s bocom'-^ quito unsarvicu ablo* "'‘ho i-xistinn building uould bo rcjnovatcr: and ropoir for b otter acco- mmccation cf tho Stores* R ^ o r Q-'n.i s'tion of tho L'isoaso I nWu,st iraticn LaboratoricB 8 3 Parasitic 'jiscaso I nv„: st ingat ionE 1 L-abcrat or ios h-vo boon o&tablishod during tho yoar 1985-8 6 and 198&-87 and w ill bo maintainod* R i nc.l>.: r post Era d ica t io n s Onu modolR^P Diagnustic i-.-’borator y has bor n c -nstr uoto d at Barasat* Arrangom' nt u ill bo mado to put th . samo. t;,. opcrato uith adoquato tochnical programmo for prompt diagnosis o FR»P«. uiiith mo--.;rn ti chniqu s, Tho control progr^mmo of Rindorpost: thrcugh mass v/^'ccination and sur- voillanct oontainmi:.nt vyaccinfition as in oporation would bo continued to put down tho infoction r ato to ” 7oro lovol” tc achiovo tho objoct tc stamping out tho clis&aso. S tro n n th o n in c i and E x p a n sio n o f O io lo Q ic a l ^^roduco d i v i s i o n s Tho Instituo of <^nim"^l r>oalth & Uofcy, Eiologicols h'^.s groujn up to nrf-ot up the not.;d of tho V>^ty, So-ruioos of 'ch-. State, It has 3 d istrict uings i Bio lo g ical r^roduction, Discaso I nvyost iga>.t£on and Rosoarch« Tho Biological '■‘roduco oivision has boon ro-oriontod with construction of now buildinrs and for furthor v-lopimBnt of tho Division ujould bo oon~ sidorod during tho 7th plan to moot up its roquiromonts of fund and sot up to maku this solf suf fio ioot in nroc'ucti.on vaccinos and antigen to cot.;r tho need of tho Stato, F Control * In adc^iti.on to tno uoccinf>tion and oc—ordinotc c! Rosoarch Projocts a cti— CfitiGs, Diuisic^nal Labcratnrioo uoul; • h.o-- sot up f :i ool.l. ct ing and processing moro m aterials frcn FHL, Outor'-'akr r:;crooni.V; t tiv_; C,,..ntral 1-aboratory* rnatic Control_pfIJ-Vc', ;■:>tocj^ j2J-J50asl_ f_... jji’A,ij.■ _P9i'i„ Bosidos control of Tuboro;il...s5.s, I'jI-ucl. llosj s ^ R »Pc , FPIJ und^^r specific control and othor spocial proj-cts 'j/itii o;c ijj-bh l- nti^l o.s3i.-rL?.nc'-- pro vision would bo mado dur,.ng th^ 7t:'. ; la ni ro-^ wff:,:t.i\7w c: ntrol of tho folic.wing disoasos t M ^ 26 ^^■nina i---:biwG C o n tr o l § Undor this och&fTK, c mpulsory VGccinaticn prcorgnrnc as in operation in grBator C<^'Icuttc a:":jas an'i dosti uclbicn of strcGt dcgs in Calc.'tta arvJas, uiould b- c.. ntir u: d and a rngum crfc ;s wruld be madL. t . cxtanc' thu areas of o p e r a tic n o f tho i> ;h:Tno, -2) -stab li3_hjii-^ric of U isor.so F t .--'Zone i Programm-j uculd tv rre(.’i_ during;, tho 7th T-lf-ri dJiclcp disoasc free— ^rrc around C;^lcutt,a PcTt w:i th m.-iS!S vaccination, Jffcctiut-; sur vc j llanco and ccnt'-iinnv nt Vr'ccin"tion anr' orf-.jr ©cszcciato j^rc.grammt;s. This is to avert the risk cf exposure- tc th. ino rming aivJ cut goinc a nine Is • S^ine roucir Control S The pres nt system r.i' ccntr: l cf the Suine f-u r in <"ig population uould bo further stre nrt ticnu d uitb, the oibject of stampinq out the OisQasos from the StatJ, Hs th^- Pio roaring is mainly practiced by th'J backward classes of people, the pr.3'.. nt system of [Da yin-; comp;-nsrt ion and o ducat ing them for the purpose liiculd b<- continued and str 8 ngthone d. 4) Poultry JisQasQs s The »'oultry Oiscase Investigation Laboratory establish^.-d at Garbota arrangement would be mac.'e tc dc:yelop a poulbry disease investigation not uork for important poultry disessa with assistance from the Central Govt, as Centrally Sponsor;., d Schcme alcnn luiith Pullorum & Harok's uisense Control» ■■Vp.terin f --.rv Rose arc h • The V-ty. R- si arch work of the Stata would be roprinicd and strcjno— thenfitj during the 7th Plan and would organise under the following bread h e a c ln n s s l) on Epic’cmioloQ.lca 1 Studies on FFiu Virus * vpina Centro. T h is 3chc;me s p o n s o r‘ c! by IC A R would be c o n tin u e d d u rin g th e y e a r 1988-89 for epidemielcgica 1 investigation of FMU and typing ov different isolates, collected from diffor-.nt outbreak;e to assess tb,e ruquirem-’nts of different typos and sub~types of th:;: virus to be available i or v-accine prodjction. C a t t le pi-ve l o pment t The system of usinr of diluted semen is beinr.; chancX:d in phases with tn e u t i l i s a t i o n n f frezr::n aemun f o r ujhich adpquat<= a rra n g ^ m p n ts would be made for establishmsnt of more frozen snmon units* Other expenditure S Sr-ecic'.l Comoonent Plan f or Scheduled Caste Une'er the programme ad d iticnrl infrstructure would bo considured in the areas having cc ncentration cf scheduled casts population and 18«147o of Stated Plan would be allotted for this sic.-iomo. A 2 7 i) State Animr?,l Hrjalth Contra i ormoT.ly ototo l/i-ty. Hcspitols nru consicter^d to be c.inu of thu sp,.^cj lis c . c! im p o rt?.n t progr-'-.mfne f a r ; o x tc n rlin g quality U---ty, sorvicws. Orp unit lu ili tu; t‘. stc'.blir.ru; J juring 1939-90 and w ill be maintainod thcs., ...s _xsh«d durinr; p.lart anJ son”, nuui Sr.y’:c Uot , H o s p it a ls w i l l be cc no t r u c t e ii) l/cterinary Dispo nsar ios i "^hc cp prou cl prcgr^'immcj c f tb^ O tc , i s tprouif - at luast two Vuty. 'u^ispt.-nsarifcss in u p,ch lu;3mv-nt B lo c k , \i>-ty. >->i3p.-nsarios uiwuld be os- t a b l ? 2 liGd in tbG ar.:a hayjnc ci. nsidorattj aniin^-'l pcpulafcion ana inhabited by Schedulud Casto populationo i i i ) jj- P t-.^n t r u s i Vctsrin^^ry id Centres ar-J thc' rural Voty Aid Units, which provided aids in primary ailmentG cf the: animals and civ Inp the desired link between the people ant! Uuty, health Coverage Programm.j through education of the rural mass about th;. p rim a ry ^ n im a l h e a lt h progr''*-'mmes. A rran g em en ts u i l l be made to p ro v id e V/c'ty. .-dd C e n tr e s h a v in g c o n s id e r a b le s c h e d u le d c a s te p o p u la tio n and having nc other Uety, Up,its thorein. T rib ^-. 1 Are:;rs Sub-Plan • UnduT this program-n . arkiitional infrastructure would be ccnsictircd in the area h^svinr cc:ncentration of Tribal p^^oplu and 7.47^ of State Plan would be a 11 ot t e r 1 f or t be £ c hm e • i) Establishment of \i<.-tvc H:,.is p it a l s S This scheme w:uid be imple rrii-nte J through establishment of new U-ty. Hospitals in s elLctL:! places jith f.c ilitic s fer indoor end outdoor faci l i t i e s e i i ^'-tv. D is p e :-iParir_s s U e ty , Dispf; ns^-;rir.& w euio be - s t a b lis jn e c: in triLel areas in phases to prevido mere fa cilitie s fc.r curative’ and preventive services, iii) U{atv, Aid ntres i r-lrre I'e ty . A id C jn t r L s woul J b.. e s ta s b lis h e d , in th e T r i b a l A r e a s under this Sub-Plan to proviri;: Ucty. Aid Units iwitliin tpe reach of trib al people and to e ducat:, tb-m in Uuty. Hjalth '"rogriamime for avt;rtinn the risks for their livestock and poultry schcmes, accept d u n_l3r different programmes and to « involve mere [;x3cple in mocern W^ty, ^yaltlh Coveroge Pregramme, Hill, Areas Sub-Plan 2 Under the 7th Plan arrangements wcuLd be mad: for establishmcmt scm3 Wety. Units and t^lo following programmes iwoiuld hu consid^-rcd for the purpose. i) ^^tablishmt?nt of l/etvr iJisp. a nd Pe..'in atetic Si^^-rvice Contre 8 The geographic condition of the h ill areas docs not pjrmit the trav,::l cf the sick animals t" distant places. Arran^.. rrk..-nts would be made te establish some V'-ty. 'Jispcnsaries ti. facilitate the pe:!plo to get tho quality V/ety, Services closes. Under this programme morej tN^n two dispensaries would be made availablo in each bl'-ck are-.is in phacs_;s. -H ™ 28 ii) Stronc.tHoninc: of Pisc^-GS-^ iriaticn_ s ArrGng^mentc ut.iulrl b „ curing the ycnr 1986-87 by jirovi Jing r?.or>ii fund for manpoycr f Ji the; f: xio!jnit£ thrDurh ;:;stnb_i::;hiTx: nt cf sub-units and ociicot j.on cf the p.i jple and tr'.'.ir.in.j cf th.> :J«:rsr.’r.n.jl I'j/uld consi der^'o undi r thiv^> schernj f')r sugmri'.t inc th._ pctt:nt.-i£-.'.i. b.. s jf th>^; diseases inuustig^- tion syL'btim to auart the risk cf Igrf; of nninal ,.'i o 'U',..tivity through i'Tompt diagnosis ■i^nd Lff,ctiv/c contr-jl p,r:;:grarnr'ies. ^'1 octernis“'t i n n of Slauqhtfi^r hutjsos J Uncfcr this project pri^..'riv.y is b.iing givc-n to mo yr nis.: tht^ cattla slauqht; r hcusLS„ The- two main cat tlur slaught_r houc. s of CrJcutta, the- Tangrp Slaughter Hcyse and r'lbtiabruz 31r:ughtor Hcxisa uoul- ' ro placed by tha Calcutta Slauqhbi-'r Hcusy et Fic-ur igrcm. Thi^- projoct u i H invclv;::: a cc'st cf Rs.15.14 c r o r c s , 33*1J^ o f w h ich ujculd be shar>2d by S ta to i and C e n t r a l G o v t, on 50550 b a s is . 8. sidos the Calcutta Slriughtcr Housg Schomo, Sci'fc^raJs would bo taken up for modornisstion cf soma of thG Existing slaughter houses to suit t hP nPed for maintaining hygonic standarols, tc.i provyidb cloan and whole some; moats frcm th^se units. Pr'-’ni Liil'ash Bi ovan w ill bu :=stablishud in thfcj camps .f orstuhiln Bengal V-torinary Cnll-gw Campus, YaIPV DLULLC.mElvrr JIRH:CTxC-: ^ A;,nihjISTRAT ICN t i ) - i r V y' ■ 1 ^LP_n?:._nt 3 t o f f i Thu schome. is m:.ant for maintaining a G.-t-up St^ff and cfficors for im plomti n to t io n of - a ir y -"'r o j L.ct s i nc lu du d in a i ry vt lopm^ nt P ro gramme und. r fivo y^ar plan* For solarit. s and oth-r Jxp- ndituro a sum o f c,12*00 lakhs has b'jen kept in this yoar (l98G~B9) and for such Gxp^-ndicuro a sum of "3,12.00 lakhs has also boon estimated for tho next year (1989-90) • i i ) Sichom.: for u tilisation of Surplus/Sub-Stanciard m ik at Narinahata, Tho Schcm:- is moant for coimprcho nsiuo rc-sjaich works for ouolving Gconomic method for u tilisa tio n of 3ur plus/^ub—Standar d f'1ill< ■•'t the D airy Factory at Haringhata for procJuction of Toffee, Biscuits etc. For this pup- pose n sum nf Rs.0.60 lakhs has Ibaon kept for o xpe nc.’ituro during the current financial yo:ar (l98o~89)j -'.nL' aisc a sum of "s.3.00 lakhs K’s besen estin'ated as tho likely expenoiturO’ fc;r the next yoar (l989-90) for the same purpose as soma machines w ill havo to be procured* Purvey Stotistirs i T h purpose of tho schom.o io t o und«^rtakj s u r v e y work fo r i^ u r a l D ia r y Extension and collect of -otas pootrming to tho •>'^iry uovelopment a ctivi ties of th- Sto.tOo For this purpose o sum of ''^,0.20 lakhs has been k-j pt for ox- penditutvj during the current fi;nancial year (1988-39) and a sum cf Rs. 0,20 Iskhs has also but^n est d for a xpi^ ntJ;Lt ur. fcr th,:. n^xt financial y'^ar (l989-90). 2) E uUCAt i g n a nd t r a i n i n g ; A'-; ■ PiiU, tp®iri-^jTL • Tha schoni'-: aims at provic^ing traininig ,sciliti-u : tc th3 Technical persnnncl cf this Dir octcratc; i.jith a viou to b quip v'.om with tha moctrn methods of production an;' mnnrriemcnto for tl.is purpose r', sum’cf -3,0.20 lakhc has b-3fin k.jnt r or o xp^nditur l -'Mr'lnp tho current finan cial y-.ar vl968-Bg) and n 3imil-:r aciount of Rs.0.20 Ir^khs h^s also b:3cn Gstinf tod for oxpr.ndituro fcr th: year (l989-90). 3) DAIHY ut:VELiJ.-[viENT PROJECTS § ^ V ^ x . t n s i on i Tho schomo ic m^-ant fcr opening of H llk CoHoction-currh-ChillinQ stations in the diff-r.nt districts in tb- rural milk shed aruas to create marketing f&cilitioS in tha Rural aro^^s. This year (1988-89) a sum cf Rs. 10.00 lakhs has been kept for shifting c f dafunct chilling plant, renovation o f th e Plant & riachinory, and commissicninq of tho same plant uhore potentiality is t here • ProgrammB for tho next yrar (l989-9o) is to establish three new chilling stations, ronovation of th:3 existing plants, shifting cf old and idle chilling plants and also ancilliary c iv il construction work- ^ sum of Rs,12#00 Jjakhs Intis boon kept for these purpose- for the year (l989~90). ii) ^trcnotheninq & Hodurnis^^-tion of Transport System i !-pnQ_ J is tancQ T ra nsport S ^ he Gchem-. is meant for procurement of chesis against condemnQd vehiclt-s and body building thiBreon* This year 1988-89 a sum dt Rs,12*00 la k'hs has be-'n kept for this purpose. Pro gramme for ti^ next yuar (l989—9o) is to procure ncu vehicles in rGplacemt.nt of condemned vehicles for procurcm^mt and distribution of milk under Greater Calcutta l^iilk Supply Scheme for which a sum of i^s. 2,00 lakhs has been kept fcr the year (l9S9—9D) , iii) Product Factory Salt Lakc« Calcutta - Government orrtr according adm inistrative -pproval an-' financial s a n c t io n has not ye t been r r c e iv - d . H..,nce a to k e n sum ■: f i q , qq lakhs has been kept for expenditure.- for th-- n-xt finaincial yaar (l909-90), 4) ASSISTvMMCE TC CO-CPERATI uE3 Ad CTHIR eC;;lL3j ^o^ns uncbr Creator C-^lcutta Milk Supply Sr.homt:) S The scheme, is moant for provi'.inc loam to ti^e our'Jrs cf the Cattle uho keep their animals in the P^ilk Cdonies at ri ^ rlnc.;iota anr! supply theen'cire quantity of milk produce tc tin.. Haringhnta u^a iry r<_ctcry. T'h.j fpain purpose of providing loan is to help the owners to liicreaso thoir hPrd so th^it there, may be a steady flow of milk tc th^ Dairy Factory. For tf^is purpose a sum of Rs.10.00 lakhs hcs been kept for expenditure during the/eurrcnt firvincial year (l988~Bg). This yasr with introduction cf & ,h.me for rsc+'tlen^ nt cf cavd-Jo 30 ) sejiz-d from up-cuthorisdcJ khatal in trv.'. city* Urj ox.'-ct unnL'thoriscd khatalo ounurs to teup their cattl-s in the Hilk C-'lony, Tc cope up with tho situiat.ion ye haVG >:=st im^ tad a sum of R3. lO.OO lakhs as the likely t; xpc: nciit uro for tho y g3 r 19 89- 90 • 5) .SIM PLY SC HEINES s ^ ) r'loc-brnisation of existing dairijs und£.j?_ _Gri: ator CaJLcutta H i lk Supply Snhomo i Tho schuinu cnuisanos prc'cur<--m nt of Dairy n^richinr.Jri^-.s for both the dairies at Belgrchia and HaringhatSc Tho main it-in of -jorks in d u ct d pro— curumi;:.nt of Jairy nachinory like (i) Purchase of tuc satchLt fillinc; irf?.oi'dn^-s for C-nr,r:'J. u^airy, (ii) 10 nos* electronic Flilk Testers for GrJator Calcutta nilk Supply SchemP (iii) Importation of ono Rannio Hcmogunisor for Central Dairy, (iv) F'urchaso of Kirloskar nmmcni« Comp_-‘j sscr, (v) Purchaso of 2 nos« »Hir Comprosscr, (ui) Purchaso of > ouch Filling Hachino anJ (vii) Purchast^ of 12 nos, Diesel Gonerating sots. For all those uorks a sum cf Rs«43.90 lakhs has bcon kopt fcr oxponditur j ri^ring the curront financial yoar (l988~C9) and for the noxt financial y..ar (19 39-1'Q) a sum of Rs.51. 60 lakhs has bo jn e sti mated for oxpondituro for purchas-J cf r-e.jj oquipmonts for tujo chillinr; plants, purchase of 2 nos. Satchjt Filling i^acnin-js for Hari.ighata, Construct ion of Dry store go down and othe^r residual r)a. ym»-ints. ii) Qurqapur P’lilk Supply ScK^mL t The amount of Rc, 8*00 lakhs has b'^on kopt fcr iiocuromcnt of a Homo- geniscr for Statti Diary ^ Durgapur ciuring tho current financial y^ar (19GB-89), For thic nt xt financial yoar C1939~9Q) an amount of Hs, 6,00 lakhs has be-^n kapt for the construction of Ef fluo nt Tr-'-tmant riant an: renovation of bottlti storage, godoun at uurgapur Dairy* iii) Burdujan Hi Ik Supply SchomiJ s A sum of Rs,7*00 lakh3 has btisn kept for e xpenditurg towards construction of unfinished uicrk of the Efflutint Treatment Plant in the curr-;nt financial year (1988-89). For the n-ixt year (l989~9o) a sum cf Rs. 3.00 lakhs has been kept for rrfi^jor works (civil construction work), i^) Kr ishnapar l^'lilk Supply Sch-ime : Since the Dairy has be i.-n corrmissioned recently no ncw rrPchinery w ill be purchased in th>- current financial year (l988~89) o C: nstr uction cf Staff Quartsr'a by Public Works Ueptt„ is in the progress "t Krishnagar* Propossi for establishment of Effluent Treatment Plant at Krishnagar Dairy has been received from Engineering (Krishnagar)* For the above job a sum of Rs, 15,00 lakhs h^’s boon allotted this year (l980~89). For the next year (l5C9~90) a sum of Rs.lT.GiTj lakhs has been calculated for the expenditure towards tho construction of Er fluent Treatment Plant, Purchpaco of a Hilk S jparator-c um-C lar if ie r and Staff quarters# ^“ 31 61& • ' ■ •: ; r Tbe- .prenas<>l; :g.fi v'Ti-n'a^l: ; of ^^two nB jQ^ activities nafely ifljT^jSeWt'i^^^^ city "kept- AniiLa ls' and (li/- Initia proYjiiSiQn ; ha.s/'^l.sq ti>6^ hca dPpSE^feiopment of'-'Milk Coopera,tivesv ^ Re s e 111 d- rrie'n t of' ':b it.y' k ep t '’An ite I's'," ’t^jfs 'Ho he me envisages remove.l _of id,COb _^ci'ty _kppt. milcK^a.n .andf 4Q0C follovtfers - a nd ' T^feo ;$:m s^-ttlemer>^' ^ t^ ^ mi i k^- (5 o i o^ 1 g'S’ • 'in. VJ- ) 'Ganganaga.r ,v (.b)-'.iEast. Calcutt^r- (c) - ©3'tden ' ahd '-j:^)' Th<^' Construction o'f the milk colonies has been undertaken by the CJV0A- Gr.ngan'^^gar Project was Completed in 1983 v/hon the same was taken over by the A,R.D.Department and cattle resettle-- ment work is continuing there.Hov/rah C .R .S Project has; also, been I ' ' made operational. The East Calcutta Project has been ■dropped. A provision of ,ils,63.00 lakhs has been proposed for the work of construction and Rs.ll.OO lakh has been proposed for maintenance and operation of the m.ilk colonies during the year 1989^90. a ) Operation Flood in West Bengal envisages sotting up of prinBry dairy Cooperative Societies which '^^re to function under Coopera tive . i\4i Ik Unions affiliated to the. West Benga 1 Coop^era tive .Milk^ Prod-ucersV Union Limited, .For. topie:me'nta;ti^^^ of; ■tho progra'=> mme numb'er’ of ' dairy' plant-s ^ cattle ■ ' plants I'a'rnr a'nd semen f ree^ing"'stationS , liouid nitrogen.;piantsari^^ some other facilities are being croat^id. The Government has to provide cer tain infrastructural facilj'ties as also, to provide land for the built up facilities, Implem.cn ti tion of Operation Flocd is also required to be Supervised -''.nri monitored. For all these activi- ties and purposes a sum of ’-s.30 ,00 .lakhs has been proposed in the Annual Flan of 1939-90» 'The Opera tic n Floed.-II' is now being concluded .and operation f lood II I -snc 11 bo implemented in place which is continuation of wthe: prcgrarnne *of Operation Flood I I , in similar implementation pattern. b) A three tier Cooper.').t.ive system in operation for implementation of Operatlon' ric .d ir Wv?i: Benc.al c Fcr support ing the activities a sum, of Rs.12.00 lai-iS has been proposed under, the head Development of jvli-lk Coop.r-rn tives ♦ ^ » 3 2 FISHERIES In th.9 development of tiie rural economy of the State y Fisheries Sector has been playing a vital role- since a decade by gradual stepping up in fish/seed production both in Inland and Marine and also generating substantial employment income and savings for reinvestment particularly in. the, rural a rea s, ^ This has been possible by adopting and succ.^ss/i 1" y implementing various needbased schemes with increased annua^ plan allocations year, to year along ^;ith active involvemoni: and coope'^ation ^f Panchayats and other Departments, 2, The coiling of the-plan expenditure as approved by x-ne State Gcvt. for tnis Department during the 7th Plan is Rs,38 croreSe During 1985-86 actual expenditure was Rs,244,83 lakhs out of approved out j.ay of ris,750*CJ lakhs ii,e, an achievement of 99*31% . During 1986-87 actual expenditure was Hs, 780,14 lakhs c jt of f pprovea ou blay of -^,810.00 lakhs i.e , an acJiievement of So.31% a.id d'.irinr 19B7“88 actual expen diture v/as Rs,811,02 lakhs out of''a opi’oved outlay of Rs,850.50 lakhs i,e. an achievement cf The approved outlay of 1988-89 is;/»s*900.Q0^ lakns. Qu'o of whicn :is.282.50 lakhs (31 •38?^) is .for the schemes under Spec, al ;.:omponent Plan fsr Scheduled Castes and Fs. 50.00 .laidi3(5.3b%) is fci: the Scheme? TOder .Tribal Ar^s Sub Plan. . .. i ...... The prisposed outlay for 1989-90 is Cs,945.00 lakhs. Out of this Es»26l.00 lakxhs is for the schemes under Special Component^ Plan for Scheduled Castes and 1^, 50* 00* lakhs is f qr ;^thQ schemes, under Tribcil .-Areas S u b . Plan, ^ . . . T -The schemas be implemented during 1989-90^and the respecti've allocations made thereunder have been enumerated . in „GN-2 . Statement. Some o f ihe.; j mpuJi'tant..programmes are dis- CJ)?=i^ori ow i rr;bri.pf o - 5^1 •, . .As, r^.gards fish product ton a total .production pf 6,0 lakh M,To is expected to be acJiieved at the, end^ of 1989-90, .out of which .production frpm .Inland Sector is .^ estimated at 5.12 lakhs M,T. and that from Marine Fisheries at 0,88 Lakh 14,T, For achieving the,.target the activities w ill be focussed on (a ) increasing productivity ,Qf ^the . waterbodies already under pisciculture by successfal appli cation of modern teahnologyj (b).bringing semi-derelict^ derelict and hitherto unutilised waterbodies under pisci culture, (c) promoting pisciculture on scientific lines by providing assistance to fish farmers through F.F.D.A. set up in each district and'also througli Co-operatives,. 33 5.2, Apart from conti. tL:; j • : lor the production of fish seeds in the 3'c3.te owiied Seed -''.ii-mj, ancouragenient will be continued' to ta g±vf n to li^-h ;?crmers by providing bank loans and subsidy for nursery and' r^a.'T^ing centres, setting up of different jjype cf hatchrries and transferring this technologies upto remote corner of the State. 7005 millions of fish seed was produced in 19c:7“S8a In 1988-89 the target is 7100 millions. In 1989-90 the expected target is 7250 millions. At present vvest Bengal supplies 75% of India*s fish seed requirement in the Inl^md Sector. West Bengal continues to receive the nighest productiviti’ Award in the Inland Fishery Sector, 5.3: Other activities aiming at improyement of fish pro duction in inland sector include introduction of (a) Social Fishery estimated to be covered 1920 ha, during 1989-80 at a cost of Rs,48,00 lakhs, ,b’: Promotion of integrated duck- cum-fish fanning; fc; Introduction of sewage fed fisheries ' ' with financial assistance from Central Govt, 5 (d) Develop ment of reservoir fisheries projects and its exploitation through large number of groups and co-op>3ratives, For Kangsabati Reservoir g pilot project at a cost of Rs.39 lakhs is in progress through Kangsabati Centv^al Fisherden's Coop, Society with 6(six) primary fishermens* societies under Development of .Jhora fishery in hill areas and (f) Riverine fisheries by providing various subsidies and bank loans etc, 5,^, For tapping Brackish water fisnery potential the programme taken up during 1938-89 as need belov/,will be followed up in the Districts of Kidnapore,Nortn 24-Parganas & South 24-Parganas to be headed by the Sabhadhipaties of the respective districts, (a) Creatio:! of Brackishwater Fish Farmers’ Dev.Agency, (b) Establisxhrnc 'nt of 2 model Brackishwater Fish Farm at an estimated cost of r{s.200.00 lakhs with assis tance from UNDP (one at Digha and one at Alam.pur), (c) Development of Brackishwater Fish Farm at Nayachar Island Midnapore district and rehabilitation of poor fisher:, men after cr.:ation of necessary infras tructural facilities. (d) Setting up of low cost prawn hatcnery on experimental basis and prown seed banks. (e) Setting up of fresh water prown seed hatchery in collaboration with MPEDA, - - 3^ 5.5 . In Marine fishery joctor stress v/iil bG continued to pursue on mechanising bigger aimed cc uitry crafts for off shore fishing under NCDC assistance project in addition to small sized crafts so long been done Si/acu 1932-“83 with financial assistcince from Banks and siibsidies from Fisheries Department and u th ,r De;oai-t.^.ents „ Th:- pro., ramme for minor fishing xharbour ab Sankrrpur near Diglia has been completed. It is proposed rov/ tc cak} up construction of minor fishing harbour at Freserganj and several lanaing centre in Midnapore & South 2q-~Parganas. 5.5. Extension work ior disseminating the improved method of fish production and ti'aining of fish farmers at Block, District and State Levels will contini^3 to be conductedo Training at marine-fisherSien will also continue to be imported from the existing centres at Namkhana in South 24-Parganas and at Ramnagar in Midnapur district. Training of fishermen in not making and ancillary development will also be continued to operate. Besides,training under different categories will also be continued, 5*7. .Research Activlties ; At Ku 1 ea Research Station,Nadia , research projects on breeding and culture of shell fish and cat fish v/ill be continued. Mono/Poly culture of scampi-giant fresh water prawn-galda ( Ma or o bra chi um r o s enborp;i j^) and Magur (vClar'us batrocleus'^ g?lon^ with cai^ps are being standardised at this Research Station,Considerable success has also been achieved in breeding of Giant fresh water pravm and its culture with carps. Another important project will also be continued at Kulia Research Station and at Fish Technological StatioHj Junput on the efficacy of different types of Aerators in augmenting fish production. The result obtained at Kulea Research Station has been found tremendously encouraging. Monoculture of brackish water tiger prawn-Bagda with/without aerators will also be continued at Junput for standardisa tion and subsequent transfer of the technology to the grass root level with a viev/ to utilisation of the largest brackish water resources available in the Stateo benefit of the poor fishermen, infrastructural facilities like link icads,tube- wells,community halls, housing will be continued to provide both in inland and marin^ fishing villages under RLEGP and National V/elfare Fund on larger scale, Irroup Personnel Accident Insurance Scheme for the +''ishermen will also be continued. nev/ scheme on old-age pensiC'n for the fishermen liv in g belov/ the 'ooverty line v/ill be introduced also during r ------„ A -^TlOTl PI nniTi^ ^ni ^„d. 1W-X1001 l7-B.S.iAuTb:rj^Mat|. DOC. No....^ - ^ 35 Pate...... 5.9. Centrally Sponsored & Central Sector Schen^ i Expected schemes to be operational during 1989-90 are shov/n in GN-6 Statement. Development of Sev/age-fed fisheries ; Construction of Minor Fishing Harbour at Fresergunj^ Group Insurance Scheme for active fishermen etc. will be the main activitii^s under these s chemes. 5»10, Moriitoring ? Monitoring of thu progress of work v/ill be conducted with due importance by holding regular meetings at block level and tnrough collection of data from base levol under supervision of Zonal D3/.Directors and monito ring at the level of the Directorate and Secretariat, 6, Along v/ith increase in production and productivity which has already been achieved, a major thrust area in need of attention is marketing arrangements. To improve the marketing arrangements particularly, in the Calcutta Metropolitan District and its environs, a scheme has been drawn up with financial assistance from the European Economic Commission(EEC) which envisages the investment of inputs for proper marketing arrangements. The financial assistance from EEC will be available through NCDC. The marketing net work proposed is through Cooperatives. In order to supplement and augment the assistance proposed to be received from FEC through NCDC, it is necessary that we " make some budgetary allocation to implement the scheme. Our current budget includes a series of on-going schemes from which no cuts can be made to accommodate this a d d i tional r'&quirement. ¥e have formulated the budget for 1989-90.. by just taking the incremental addition of 5 per cent. Therefore, if results are to be shov/r> in the marke ting front, the allocation of the annual budget of this Department w ill hav^' to be increased by at least fe.45 lakhs for 1989“ 90c In 1988-89 a su;n of 900.00 lakh has been provided in the budget in Fisheries Sector. The target for the production of table fish and fish seed are 4,92 lakhs tonnes and 7100 millions respectively. To acnievec the said target of production of fish,, Fisheries Deptt. is focussing on the existing scneme alongwith covering 8320 ha. water area in addition tu 59587.07 ha. already covered under Inland Fisneries Project. ^.6 Upto thv^ und of c n i Quarto.,.' o;f ’■v. current fin a n c ia l year 2 ,3 8 lak±L M .T . ox fisix hav^: ./:'odu<;'3d, The short- fall of fish productioii is duo to the ac tural c-Aianiities arising out of the flooa irx some of the districts of the state this year. But in all prouabalities the target of fish and Fish Seed production shall be achieved with proper execu tion of schemes now in progress. Though liVoria Bank aided inland Fishery Project has come to an end v/.e.f, 1st October, 1988 but the some Inland Fishex-y Project v/ill con tinue in 1988-89 as Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The main thrust during 1989-90 has been given to brackish v/ater equa-farming in view of j-ts hign potential in the State, At present 3300 ha. of brackish water area is under traditional culture. The existing technology is extensive. The programmes 1989-90 include gradual conversion of these v/ater areas into semi-intensive types of mono culture of panaied prawn and scampi by suitable scientific modification as well as to bring nev/ areas under culture. This development of _brackish water aquaculture in a co ordinated manner v;ill boost up expo"^+-s and the Scane time it will serve the interest of the producers particularly the small and marginal f.-rmers with lov; nolding. This will generate employment for the landless people of the coastal-saxine areas of State. Besides this, necessary thrust -v^/ill also be give>! undgr integrated fisi faming with sympoxic specis viz. Duckery-cum-Fishery sPiggery-cum-Fishe?:‘y jSugarbeet-cum-Fishery, on the Chinese models This will have a total effect in curtailment of cost of fertilizer as well as ensuring enhanced returns to the farmers , The scheme of the Deptt, • Suuial Fisiiex^*' wj.ll also be strengthened to utilise the water bodies belon ging to State/Institutions towards production of Table Fish. In marine Sector stress will be give to the introduction of bigger size mechanised boats under N.C.D.C, assistance,. With the introduction of more boats it has also been proposed to take up construction of one minor Fishing Harbour at Fresergunge in the district of South 24-Parganas and construction of several landing centres u under Centrally Sponsored Scheme, As a welfare measurej it is proposed to introduce old age pension for the poor active fishermen living belov/ the poverty line. A - 37 1*0 INJ^pq:CT IGN i Compf-rt <:■ to th^ c-f.timum porcont-'ce - v thJ v nr st Bren of 33^ :g prGscribod by ths Nrt.iorv'nl Tor st Pclicy, tlv lou pjrconb'J gC-! of 13,5^ for thti St.-;tL: of IjJDst Qc d l, 1 givc‘s -.n vT the situf'ticn obtaining in this 3t''"-t-J, »',‘r c^pit^. fori-st crsjc is alsi' r.s 1l.u hs 0,02 ha. Gr/.inst th^- /All-In iic. nvsrG' go of 0,12 tici. 1.1 Th’3 vLry higri density uf pcpuloticn continunualy rising l^nd hungor roGult in r.n uuorincroasing rrcscurc c.n thz: fcrosts fcr rn-^ting th- ruquirc- m'jnts of fuolwrc.', small timber and f - dd^-r f.r tnt.^ ru rrl pnpul-.ticn and the rfj quirrJiTi'-nts of u'od~bciscd inclistric-s Iccati^d in the; State. In addition to these, tho progrossiuc hike in the nricc level cf commcn fuels like cc^l and kercsone anc! the infl"'‘ticn^’ry trond of economy h^-s aggr^^vtod tho situation* Morccvar, fnr-cts h'^iuJ t--^ pl'-y its rrjle in maifTtennnco of cnuironmcntal stability nnd ecrloqical b^-l'-ncL;, C on sg qunntly, th.t.p.sl< :.f the Forest Dcptt. is not only difficult but else highly compl.x in n/ture, Th- fact is, financial r'-scurc-. 3 re t o limited yh-r-^s the; '.^rbloms aro not a handful but iTi''‘-.ny f.nd diverse. Keeping in view all such c i nstro. in ts, tho ■: t ve 1 ;-p nt:; nt strategy in the Forestry Suet, r naturally h-^.s t: hi ^ no of nBximisinc pro ductivity C':nsistont uitii the r “'quirom_;nhs of n-fiinta ining eccljgicsl balance by using latest r'levant scic;ntific r.rjthoos. It is also nocessary tc actempt nt a harmcnicus blending of production for-stry "n,' protection forestry ujhile formulat ng any strategy for the develrprrent of fo'-'-sts uith the ultimate aim of th£i maximum benefit of the large t number cv p:.’c,:le in vieu. The ebmend— supply position . f fireueed and consumption figures oi timber and fuulweod have been given in nnexurc-, 1.2 Agreed Seventh Fivj-Year r'lan outlay f-r the Forestry Se ctor in West Bengal is Rs. 60 . 00 crores. It is, houtvor, pointed out th; t there is some amount of confusion regarding the nqreo'-, outlaiy. The i-lonning Commission has indicated th'^.t the agreed outlay for ForTsts and UildliPe (presently covering the Heads of Service 2406, 241 5 and 4406) amounts tc Rs* 5040.00 lakhs* The outlay approved ^or Soil and Water Conservation (Head o f Servicn ’’2402") in the Forestry Sector has not yet been maknoiu t. this Uiroct‘'rate. The outlay approved by the F ion nine Commission for Soil & 'intcjr C enser vati. .n appears to be Rs. 1165.00 lakhs but this includos the eutla'y of the Agriculture eopnrtmantc HouJver, sinc'^ the Seventh Plan outlay for Forestry sector in 'aJest Bengal was approved by tho State planning Bor.ra in censultatien with the Planning Commission as Rs. 60*00 crores, this figuro h's been ar'epted for our exercise. During the first t hre e yoa r s of t hi^. Si^ ven t h F i v»-; ~Y .jar h la n, i . e * , dur i ng 1985-36, 1936—87 and 1987-88, the amounts of n3.1040.18 lakhs, rc<>1021.35 lakhs and 1067*10 lakhs re sp-jcti ve ly, upre exponrt^d. ^ n amount of Rs. 1415.0 □ lakhs has been proposed and agreed as tho ^.nnu'l ielpn outlay fnr 1938-C9. Thio 1. qvjs a lDa.lance of Rs*1456*37 lakhs t • be wXlxnetd in tfe last r' th‘- S v-nth Flan i.e., 1989-90* 5.5. In Marine fishory .^octor stress v/iil bo continued to pursue on mechanising bigger aimed cc intry crafts for off shore fishing under NCDC assistance project in addition to small sized crafts so long been done s;i.nc^. 1932'“83 with financial assistcince from Banks and siibsidies from Fisheries Department and o th .r Dei..ai-t,^>ents» Th"- pro,.:-ramme for minor fishing harbour at Sankrrpur near Digiia has been completed. It is proposed rov/ cak: up construction of minor fishing harbour at Freserganj and.several lanaxng 3untre in .Midnapore & South 2q-~Parganas, 5.6. Extension work for disseminating the improved method of fish producticn and ti’aining of fish farmers at Block, District and State Levels will contirj;.e to be conducted. Training at marine-fisheriJien will also continue to be imported from the existing centres at Namkhana in South 24-Parganas and at Ramnagar in Midnapur district. Training of fishermen in not making and ancillary development will also be continued to operate. Besides,training under different categories will also be continued. 5-7. Research Activities; At Kulea Research StationjNadia, research projects on breeding and culture of shell fish and cat fish v/ill be continued. Mono/Poly culture of scampi-“giant fresh water prawn-galda (Macrobrachiurn rosonborgii) and Magur XA.Clar~us batrocleus^ along with carps are being standardised at this Research Station,Considerable success has also been achieved in breeding of Giant fresh water pravm and its culture v;ith carps. Another important project will also be continued at Kulia Research Station and at Fish Technological S t a t i o n s Junput on the efficacy of different types of Aerators in augmenting fish production. The result obtained at Kulea Research Station has been found tremendously encouraging. Monoculture of brackish water tiger prawn-Bagda with/without aerators will also be continued at Junput for standardisa tion and subsequent transfer of the technology to the grass root level with a view to utilisation o f the largest brackish water resources available in the State. el fa re axti^i t i es i For the benefit of the poor fishermen, infrastructural facilities like link xoads,tube- we 11s, community halls, housing >/ill be continued to provide both in inland and marine fishing villages under RLEGP and National V/elfare Fund on larger scale^ Crroup Personnel Accident Insurance Scheme for the +''ishermen will also be continued. nev/ scheme on old-age pension for the fishermen living belov; the ‘ooverty line v/ill be introduced also during r .d o M .r , N-D.lhi-UOOX. DOC. No....^— 3? Date...... "" 5.9. Centrallj^ Sponsored & Central Sacuor Scheme s Expected schemes to be operational during 1989-90 are shov/n in GN-6 Statement. Development of Sev/age-fed fisheries s Construction of Minor Fishing Harbour c.t Fresergunj^ Group Insurance Scheme for active fishermen etc, will be the main activitit;s under these schemers. Morg^toring^ ? Monitoring of th;. progress of work v/ill be conducted with due importance by holding regular meetings at block level and tnrough collection of data from base level under supervision of Zonal Dy.Directors and monito ring at the level of the Directorate and Secretariat, 6, Along vvith increase in production and productivity which has already been achieved^ a major thrust area in need of attention is marketing arrangements. To improve the marketing arrangements particularly, in the Calcutta Metropolitan District and its environs, a schema has been drawn up with financial assistance from the European Economic Commission(EEC) which envisages the investment of inputs for proper marketing arrangements. The financial assistance from EEC will be available through NCDC. The marketing net work proposed is through Cooperatives. In order to supplement and augment the assistance proposed to be received from FEC through NCDCy it is necessary that wo make some budgetary allocation to implement the scheme. Our current budget includes a series of on-going schemes from which no cuts can be made to accommodate this a d d i tional rt^quirement. ¥e have formulated the budget for 1989-90.. by just taking the incremental addition of 5 per cent. Therefore, if results are to be shov/r> in the marke ting front, the allocation of the annual budget of this Department will havc oo be increased by at least fis,45 lakhs for 1989-90o In 1988-89 a su:ri of Fs.900.00 lakh has been provided in the budget in Fisheries Sector. The target for the production of table fish and fish seed arc 4.92 lakhs tonnes and 7100 millions respectively. To acnievec the said target of production of fish,, Fisheries Deptt. is . focussing on the existing scneme alongwith covering 8320 ha. water area in addition to 59587.07 ha. already covered under Inland Fisueries Project. •' 36 Upto th^ end of c n l Quarte.,:' of •'•I.h-. current linancir;! year 2.38 lakh M.T. oi iisii iiav^ uc-ji.i ■..■’oduc 3d, The short fall of fish productioij is due to the ac.rural ^..aiamities arising out of the flooa in soaie of the districts of the state this year. But in all prouabalities the target of fish and Fish Seed production shall be achieve-:! wirn proper execu tion of schemes now in progress. Though Worla EarJ: aided inland Fishery Project has come to an end v/,e.f. 1 st October,1988 but the same Inland Fishery Project v/ill con tinue in 1988-89 as Cenxrally Sponsored Scheme, The main txhrust during 1989-90 has been given to brackish v/ater equa-farming in view of .'.ts hign potential in the State, At present 3300 ha. of brackish water area is under traditional culture. The ejcisting technology is extensive. The programmes 1989-90 include gradual conversion of these v/ater areas into semi-intensive types of mono culture of panaied prawn and scampi by suitable scientific modification as well as to bring nev/ areas under culture. This development of .brackish water aquaculture in a co ordinated manner v;ill boost up expo:^'^s and the sume time it will serve the interest of the producers particularly the small and marginal fj.nners v»ith lov. nolding. This will generate employment for the landlc.ss people of the coastal-sa±ine areas of ^itate. Besides this, necessary thrust lA/ill also be givei*^ under integrated f i s i fanning with sympot.ic specis v iz , Duckery-cum-Fishery jPiggery-cum-Fisneiy ySugarbeet-cum-Fishery j on the Chinese model. This will have a total effect in curtailment of cost of fertilizer as wall as ensuring enhanced returns to the farmers . The scheme of the Deptt. ’■ Suoxal Fisnexy'' wj.ll also be strengthened to u t ilis e the v/ater bodies belon ging to State/Institutions towards production of Table Fish. In marine Sector stress will be give to the introduction of bigger size mechanised boats under NoC.D«C, a s s is t a n c e 0 With the introduction of more boats it has also been proposed to take up construction of one minor Fishing Harbour at Fresergunge in the district of South 24-Parganas and construction of several landing centres u under Centrally Sponsored Scheme. As a welfare measures it is proposed to introduce old age pension for the poor active fishermen living belov/ the poverty line. A ^ 37 FCFU-STRY cc y i U ;_ U TE_ 1 .0 I]\iT^paiC7 IGN s ComrKrt H tc th'-] Of.timum pGrcont-ice th.: for st aron of 33^ -ro prascribod by the Nr-1 ;iory:: 1 Tor st Policy, ttv low pjrcont^'^ gcj of 13,5^ for thy St.^t'J of Ugst 3cn'^ 1 gives -.n idrr vT the sitU'-ticn obtaining in this St^tJ, capita forest c.ro?. is alsr r.s low 'is 0,02 ha. aroinst th^- ,'\ll-In Jic nvsr^^-go of 0,12 ti?:-• 1.1 Th’3 vLry higri density v fpcpul^ticn "^nc' continuously rising I'jnd hunger rasult in nn u uori ncroasing rrcscurc t.n th^: fcr<-’3ts fcr mooting th'- ru quire- m-nts of fuolucc::, snr.ll timberand fdct:r f.r th- rurrl pnpulnticn an«-j tho ro quirrjirii-nts of uj' od~based ind-istrics Iccattid in tha Steto. In addition to those, tha progrsssiwG hiko in the pricc loucl cf commcn fuels liko cc?-l and korcsono anci thu infl^ticni’ry trond of economy h^’-s aggr^vtod tho situation. Horccvor, fnr-cts haucj t'*' pl^'-y its rrjlc in mnintenancti of cnuironmontol stability and c,cr.logical b'l;. l-n:'o. Conso quontly, th .ta s k '-f the Forest Df-ptt. is not only difficult but else highly compl.x in nature. The fact is, financisl r'jsourc-s . re t o limite d uh-.r-''s the ■j.cblems not a h'-ndful but many and ciiucrsc. Keep.T ng in uicu all auch crnstraints, thv.^ •: t vy?j 1 ''p nt strategy in tho Forestry Sect. r naturally h^'.s t; hi na cf rrBximisinc pro ductivity c'^nsistunt uita the r'jquir jmunos of nfiintaining eccljgicsl balance by using latest r- lauant scie>ntific nathaos. It is also n^i^cessary tc actempt at a harmcnicus blandinc of pre.'uctian for- stry an,! prctoction forestry while formulat ng any strategy fcr the do vcl rprnri nt of fc';'asts with the ultimate ain of thy maximum ben-fit of the larg^-t number cr p:jOi-'ie in view. Thu demand- supply position . f fircujacd and consumption figuras at timber and fuelweod have been given in nnexurc-*0 ’ . 1.2 AgrDad Seventh Fixye-Year '•'laii outlay far tlie Forestry Sector in liiest Bengal is Rs. 60.00 creros. It is, houi^ver, pointed out th: t there is some amount of confusion regarding the ngreea outlay. The i-lanning Commission has indicated tb^-t the agreed outlay fi.jr Forr sts ant! liiildliPe (presently covering the Hoads of Service 2406, 241 5 and 4406) amounts to Rs. 5040 . 00 lakhs. The outlay approvod ^or Soil and U.iter Cansurvatic>n (Head cf Servica "2402” ) in the Forestry Sector ha^s net yot bean ma‘-'- know t_ this e'irect-Tate. Tho outlay approved by the f ianning Crmmission far Seil & 'luatar Censervati:;.n appears to be Rs. 1165.00 lakhs but this inclu-Jjs the eutla'^ of the Agriculture eepnrtmant. However, sinc^ tha Seventh Plan eutl'Jy fr.r Forestry sectar in 'Jast Bengal was appro'/ed by the Stafo <-’lanning Bor.rci in consultation with the Planning Cormiission as Rs. 60*00 crores, thia figure h's been adopted for our exercise. During the first three years of the Seventh Five~Y.;ar Plan, i .e , , during 190&-8 6, 1986-87 and 1987-88, the amounts .'f u5.1040.18 lakhs, Fs.lGIl.35 lakhs and 1067.10 lakhs respectively, uore exPi-Uid>d. ^'n amount cf Rs. 1415.00 lakhs has been proposed and agread as the f>nnu'l i Ian oLitlay fcr 193S-G9. Thie 1. aves a balance of Rs. 1456.37 lakhs t ■ be exiJenctd in tfe last ^ r' ch- 3 v-jnth Plan i . e . , 1989-90* . 38 1*3 impurtant devoloprn-nt i.-s. rc. contly takun piar:G iijhich imparts a nc^u dimension to the budget fcrmul tirn - Xurciso» Tj;,„ Li- . r- Jop-^rtm--'nt h?-s fixo d tho minimum yago for Forestry end allied y;:;- ;; -a t aSo I'. / 3 per day plus J .A . yhich ycrks out to Rs,21,70 per day from 1. IGoSL,. T ! v ilu ratu h2s slready beon uffcctivSo T horc h^-*-s, thfjr-.; f aic j boc n r-. rstraiai'i^' risa in the qe ratt- frcmRc* 16*24 to Rs*21#70 per rron p^r day* Sine., it ic. ahligratcry tc |-' wages and sincu , from ocolor'iccal j •nviranmont'-i a n ’ er.iplcyrjnt consi doraticns , it would bG undb£irablo to reduce the physic,-.I tara^ts fram the present L,j\Jw 1 in the Forestry sector, th^; ♦Annual Plan for 1939-9C has ta be .'rayn up a'^t-ar ccnsidoration and an the basis "f the noy yagj rati.. Further more 5 an amount of R3,93C.OO lakhs uas to be pravidod against the Scheme ’’Social Forestry Project” b-cause the secend eno-year extension of the first phase of the project has already bi-en approved by tho State Government cn the basis of a budget provision of R5,930, 00 lakhs for the year and sent to the for their acceptancG. Accordingly, :he i^nnual Pl'^n for IQai^QO yas drayn up for a tc?tal amount of H3.1800.Q0 lakhs. Subsequently, hoyever, as the S bate Planning Board cculd not accommodate this amount, the Annual Pxan size has been curtailed to Rs, 1550,00 lakhs, Tlie variation betyeen apprcv-d outlay for 1988~89 and the proposed outlay during 1969- 90 may be seen in Annexure - *A’ , 1*4 Considering th e importance of seme of tb- rorostry schcm-s, it has boon agreed that high^-r prioriti-s be attached to th-se schemes v iz ., Social Forestry Project, Oupartm.-:ntalisaticn ov' Tiber Operation, Soil Conservation, Projects ot Ec legical, Environmental importance, 'Jildlife schcmes, Creation and ImprovetTtnt of Parks an:’ Gardens and other f ore st~ tian schcmes. 2. UISCUSSICN S A brief discussian an the various schani--s ensues — 2*1 T yo schemes yore undar impleme ntatie i in tiie seventh plan period u iz.» ’’Protective Afforestation” and ” cEC assisted Pilat Project for Soil & Water Conservation in river catchments” . The f irst-n^"me d schcme has be:en continued fram the Sixth Five-Year Pla.n period. The main activitios under the schcme are aimed at protective' af forestat ien and erosion control on landslicbs, slips, streamb? nks, etc. in farest areas. Gully stabilisation through engineering structures like diversion channels, check cT^ms, geicJes and spurs are takon up in addition to vegetative pretaction. An amount of Rs. 145.00 lakhs yould be spent under the; scfvme from th^- beginning of the Seventh Plan upto 198C~ 89 ( i . e . , from 1905-85 to 1988-G9) and an area of 1479 ha. covered during the seme period. During 1989- 90 an amount of Rs, 85*00 lakhs has been adopt.-d against a total physical target of 600 ha. The fii-iancial achievement from 1985~8G to 1988- 89 untJer the Ei-C assisted Pilot Project yould be u^.161.47 l-^’khs corresponding to a physical achievement of 3157 h--"', This project yas assisted by EE^C anci initially the project peri, d yas 5 years from 1981—82 tc 1986-87. "^he project y .s later e xte nde d upto 198 7—Oc 1. . . 39 which i s tho turminp.I yc'-’r cf tho picjo^ct. This P ilo t Pr„;joct ycs tf^kbn up far af forest:?, t inn r.nd so il consur tirn in thc-^ r ivi-'r c*’-tc hmcnts of K;jl::gh^’.i o.nr' Fleyur^kshio T he fir''r;ci- l cnrj jjhysic.-il tnrgcts ro<’in 3t the r-jrojoct '-'uring 1988-09 stc.cc! ot R3. 2 S. 0G lakhs anu 7 50 .00 h--.. r.Jsp^ntiu-ly. Sinco tho pr: j'c t hr.8 termin t H in 1900-09 j no EcC assist'-nco •u/oul...! bo fjrth c minr against th^ prcjbct during 1989-^^0. Howcv/tr , t staff an' -ascts crc?:ttc cJ un;.!^;r ths projjct w ill b£! maintc.inod for which an aniaunt of iw-clG.Ou l-’.khs h s b^-vn proposed as on outJ'":y durin.: 19fS-SJ. Froin tho sub^oqUwT-.t firV-nci-;.l yjar viz ., 1990-91 i.e ., fro m thG buginnino of ••h- tj.ghth hlan such u x pom 11 ;'cr mr.intonencu uuuld be adoptcj: upi'or 5". .tc Pl<'.. n, Annual Plan *..nd Comrr’itto J (7th P la n ). 2*2 ■' yii.I'iLPiLS ^ ^ Bonqal S o c ia l Fort^ s t r y P ro j c c t • This is pr'Js-ntly thu must impcrtant prcjcct apcrGtiv/o on the produc— tion front in th- Forestry sector. This is an ICA aonistod Projact which w^’-s la u n ch e d d u rin g t h . 2i> Plan. Tht, porformancu unrj^r this projfjct has botm laudod by cnc^ and a ll and it has boon rocognisod that thc' ‘c tiv iti'Js uria--r iht- projoct h^vo qunorotod immonso rosponso from a ll fronts an--i a ccrrospondint'; irnp-cc -n v/arious OovornmLint i-iGpart rn-j n ts 5 Panchay'ts c;t uarious lovols, nan-Gowornm.! nta 1 organisations, Industrie'’lis ts , pooplo of a ll strata ^nd walks of lifo including sm-'ll and nrrginal farmers '"no lar.dless lobour^rs* uuring tho firs t throo yoars of tho souonth fiv/o-yu'. r plan (i.o ., from 1986-86 to 1907-Bu) anJ^-mount of no. 1730.14 la k h s was sp on t undor th e P ro j'- o t to r ro s p o n d in g to phy?ic<'’ l '^-clliwvorTK;nt i.f 55,373 ha, -juring 1980-89, fe*690 .00 L'kha w ill bo spont against a physical target of 25,525 ha. Tho amount adoptod in the Annual Plan of 19Bf>-90 is Rs.730,00 lakhs against a physical target cf 21,925 ha ^ including a plantation targ. t cf 2,025 ha,, a notional f^-roa of 12 ,400 h'". Gquival.,n\: to 24,80 m illion soodlings to be distributed amongst poopl..; and on area cf . 50C ha., to b:i covorod by Rehabilitation of iJcgradod F orosts by coppicing in ad 'it ion to onrichm.;.nt plan tation in Farm Fcr.stry ov/or 5,993 h?:^ ® In viow of th::. phonomL-'nsl sucooss of the project, not only as a far otry programmo L^ut also as an jffoctiue income generating rural dcufjlopmont po'^i-’ot of ct;nsi'br" t lo socio~oconcmic importanco , b u d g e ta ry s u p p o rt f o r s u c c e s s f u l cc:ntini_P^ncf- and c o m p le tio n ‘"f '’Pnaoo-I^* of tho project is cloarly oscontir;! as has also b.- -n touch..-d uf- n in p?-ra 1.4 unrfer *Introduction’, ( i i ) L in k a oo_ > 'it h_ f^jidjno 1, usjja n__drj^. Along with fuolwocc' and small timbor, rcdd-.r is an importont domostic roquircmont of thu rural p.joplo, oncial Fort-stry pJancaticn can c " ntribute towards th is domanr. At prosont multipl-j ust^ tro-js oro plo. rvc-i;. To of {-..ctivoly augment tho foddor supply in tho rural areas, ~ opociol . chor^.. uiz.j 'Si Ivi-P^stura 1 Farms* with assistance from tho Gcuornm.nt c,-' Inc.Ma with iiatiLnal IjJastoland Di-Jvcloprnejnt Bo^'rd h^s been launch^.;]. The schom^ envis''ncs rciising of fcddcr Icgumns, grr.ssGs, otc. with n rn?-trix of fueluood ''’nd smb'll timber spcicits- R3g:“.rding utucn of thu output ^ n ct'ssary cc..l Ir:lior^’-t icn been scucjht with thu Apiirnnl Husb?.nr.’ry Ocpr-rt mr-nt. T !iis link'"'.gi. , it is bc-lioucd, uculd ccntributu touiarji. succuss tif this sch^ni... It is prc.PoD^^d to r-.isc 1,560 hr’., of fodc'c- r plf'.nt" tions unddr this pi ogr"'Tnm<- rluring .196C-69 invrluino p,n e. xpc ri— diturn of R3.40,0G Ir.khs, 50% of yhich uir'ild fln j in ns Cbntr^.l gr-'^nt, thu State sh^rn U^ing ii:.20,00 .l-khs* -Jri.ig 1989-90 , f'-,T 3,q0C hfu of such pl'-Tr- tnticns, totr.l cutl'^’ y .f i'S.VQ.fiO lakhs hns bot.n prcpos^d oI which 50^ Stp.txj st-i-:^rG pf lo. 35.00 l-r.khs h^'s b^^:on prcpcscd* (iii) Pi^csntr^ lisnticri cf siio dlinc.s procJuctinn and supply* Scudlinrs are th'^ nrst impLrt^nt physical input fcr any pl^ntstion progrp mmo.Uith n view tc. incrcrsinr nursury ont-ror.ch ?: now sch^mc, fully funded by thu fvlaticncl uJ^ stolnnd D'-uuloprriL.nt Board, ur.s launched during the- fin'^.nci^-l yuar 1906~87* Thw physic.^1 targot during 1988-89 is l5o47 million SGGdlings equiwf-l,:-nt tc: notional e^.rua cf 7735 h--;. an.j th?-i financial tQrgcit during the s nmo yQ^'^-r isRs. 120.0U i-r^khs. Th-j corrL. spondinq physical me' fin'^ncial tf^rgots during 19 89-90 hnvQ hetin kept ^t 80 miliiLn soodlings (noticnrl nrcr. 40 ,00 0 hn. ) p. n d Hs. 2 40 c00 In khs. (ivy) 3op^-rtmD ntr. 1 libjr Gp&rrtiun Snhj-irt;. This schjmc hr^s rlsr mt't with c-nsidorcblo success during the Sixth Fivc-Ycpx PlGn ^'^•s well as during the first three ye^nrs :;f the S&v£;nth Fiwo— ''^e?r Pl'^.n period. pr.rt from the fnct th-'t trrcal deportfi^. ntc?.li3-tii:n in the operation uf forest produce by eliminating mid le mcin is n policy decision of both tbc^ Gcwernm^nt ef Indio, p.. . Govcrnmcrit of UJost Bcngcl? such dop'rtmGnt^~ lisetion h'’*s bc^en observ/Od te chock illicit felling, extend a henoficinl of feet on the local m^^rkcts, on snnll wooL!-based industricjs end cn the- fcrest fringe populction by assuring of their fuel and strp. 11 wood supply. Govornment cxctieqLDr gr’.ins c£>nsiderably through aliminf'’-tlon of the middlc-mGn‘s [Jrofit and through increo.st! in productivity rnd a high qu?>ntum of tho employmont is goner^’tud in the ruT'3l srGns in tho proccss. The finn.ncinl results f^re quite b ncour^^ ging too. eurino the first three yc?irs of tne Souonth Fiwe-Yoor rla.n (i.O c , from 1985-86 tc 1987-88) an amount of R3.311.44 lakhs was expun:5'-d ^go.inst physical achievo- 3 , 3 ' . mont of 2 ,41,457 m (includino 32 ,795 m stacked firewood) ? nd the amount 3 adopted in 1988-09 is Rs.135.00 lakne against r-. physical target nf 65,000 m cf timber ■'’nd firowoed,. amount of R-::„125.00 lakhs has boon adopted in the 3 ^nniTl Plan of 1909-90 against a physical trrgct cf 62,000 m o; timber and firewood. It h' s b-en ostirriat -d that a net bonofit of Rs»4l5*00 Inkhs has nlready accrued to tho oxchequtir through dc part mu nta lisa Lien of timber operation during the first thr^e years r~.f tl't; Sou--nth Five-Ye-.r F l'n . The net boost in the revenue potential on account ■:f this rJeportmcjntr.lisr.tion is of the error of R s,2 0 0 /“ p^r mo A = (v) Creation and Imprcvcrncnt of ParkS'& Gardens* 'Creation and Improvomcjnt of Parks and Gardens* is ccnsidored as one of the most useful services rendered by the Forests Qepartment to the people’ s cause especially from the point of view of nmelicration of env/ironment and creating and encouraging aebthetic pursuits in the rural folk. Rs. 85*94 lakhs would be spent against this schcmc during the first four years of the Seventh Five-Year Plan (from 198 5-8 5 to 1988-89) and an amount of f<3,40.00 lakhs has been proposed for the Annual Plan of 1989-90* At present there are more than 7o nos» Parks a Gardens in this State being maintained and improved under the scherrGj ( Vi) Plantetion and Af f orestation Scheme* (vii) Economic Plantation. This is an on-gcing project which has continued through the Sixth Five- Year Plan anr! the? first four years of the Seventh Five-Year Plan. A total area of 4614 ha, would be planted up during the first four years with economically valuable species, the corresponding financial performa.nce being Rs.182 . 67 lakhs. The financial and physical targets under the scheme of Annual Plan of 1909-90 stands at Rs.7 5.00 lakhs and 1200 ha« respectively. (viii) Plantation of Quick-Grcuind Species, This is also an orr-going scheme aimed at raising industrially important Quick-Growing Sp.jcics in tlie degrade ' forest areas and barren lands, parti cularly in the lateritc tracts of Scuth liJest Bengal. The physical and financial performance dui ing the first four years of the Seventh Five-Year Plan would be 4545 ha. and Rs,159,40 lakhs respectively. The amount adopted in the Annual Plan of 1985--«90 is Rs,70.00 Ir.khs against a physical target of 1000 ha* (ix) Rural Fuelwcrjd Plantation - nd Afforestation of £co-sensitive l\l on—Hi ma 1 aVan This Centrally Sponsored Scheme has been continued from the Sixth Five- Year Plan. Previously this was known as ’’Rural Fuelwood Plantation” * The scheire is operating in five identified districts of Southern West Bengal viz*, Bankura, Midnapore, Burdwan, Birbhum and 2 4-Par ganas (South), The Central share of 50?^ is given as grant to the State Government while the bQlance 50^ State share is borne under the State Seventh Five-Year Plan. Expenditure during the first four years would stand at Rs, 125.87 tokhs (State share) against a physical achievement of 3035 ha. The proposed financial and physical targets during 1989—90 are Rs. 43.00 lakhs and 700 ha. rQspectiv/ely against State Plan. (x) SIDA assisteri Aqro-Silwiculture and Silvo-Pisciculture Project. Activities uncbr this externally aided Project continued from the Sixth Five-Year Plan.This project is comprised in two compononts viz*, Agro-Silvi- culture and Silve-Pisc.iculturs, The first component of the scheme was aimed at inter-cultivat ijn cf ce.sh crops like c tton, soil seeds, citronclla grass along with plantation crops of trees to be raised in the clear-felled areas of North Bengal for'i^sts* Tf-c schemc has boon taken upas a Pilot Project to find — out the performance of the agricultural crops in ccmbin-^.tion cf troe spccies and also to cistorminb the economic and omployment generating potential of such schcrrts. The second component is also a Pilot Project for studying the perfor— irr.nce cf pisciculture in combin£'>tinn iwith tree culture in the SuncJerbans, Both the projects served the purpose of Projects although financial achievements ujGre louj with respect to tc?.rgets which luere somewhat overestimated at the appraisal stage. An amount of Rs. 121.8 0 lakhs would be spent during the first four years of thP Seventh Plan (1985-86 to 1980~89) and during 1989-90 an amount of Rs. 40.00 lakhs has been estimated for both the projects. The SIDA caused two social feasibility studies in order to bring out the social relevance of the projects last year. The Project terminated in 1987-88* A training scherre for training in brackish water pond nrenagem;.nt has been planned by SliJA for imple mentation from the savings cf the Project by the Donor Agency, (xi) ENUIRONriENT-CUn-CONSER WAT ID N F CR ESTR Y. (xii) Economic Rehabilitation of the fringe population. With the roalisation that in t he socio-economic situation prevailing* there is hardly any possibility of the forest to prosper or even survive unless the poor forest fringe dwellers are ciconomically rehabilitated, this new scheme was conceived. This is to be in th-^ form of four pilot projects in four eco— climatic zones of the State v i z ., the Hill areas, Terai area, i-a.teritic area and tho Deltaic area of the Sundorbans* liie have gained seme xperience on schemes of this type which were launched in Ramshai and other villages under Lataguri of Oalpaiguri Forest Division, Integratf d Land Management Ftogrammes to improve the economic condi tion of the poor villagers, is in turn, expected to act as a deterrent to illicit felling by outsiders, as thu fringe dwellers are in the long run expected to come up in an organised riBnner to cooperate with the Foresti Department in protecting the Governmemt forests along with their own newly built resources. Another experiment was undertaken in a group of Forest Blocks in Arabari Range of E^st Fiidnapore Forest Division. The villagers living in tho fringe of this forest were asked to take full r^ssponsibility for protection and improve*- ment of these fort^sts in return of which they were allowed to use these forests and blank for.st lands for raising of agricultural crops and other economic activities* Excellent result has boon obtained and this forest, after 15 years of the inception .;:f the experiment, hss now flourished into a rich crop, worth at Rs.9,00 crores. Government has recently decided to award 25?^ of the usufructs from this forest to the fringe dwellers for their role in protecting and improving the stock. This will further encourage th*^m in protecting as well as managing tho forest in a rational morner with a view to their own benefit and" co the benefit cf the people in general. This scheme was originally intended to be a Ci^ntrally Sponsored one but la-tter revised as a wholly State Plan Scheme and an amount of Rs, 20.00 lakhs has been adopted in tho Draft Annual Plan outlay of 1989-90 against this schemB, i.xiii} Forest ProtGcticn Forc-.e, In ordGr to combat tha organised gangsterism in the velusblo forests regularly and forcG , it was, envisage^d that a strong Protection Force was a necessity side by sida with the anlisting of people’s support and partici pation in forest prf^teotion through Bxtensicn and through the operation of suitable employment sch^^mes for tho fringe population. The Special Protection Force is cxpectcd to h"'ve ID units cf armed force, each unit being 50-men strong and supported by vehicles, RoTe system, arms and nnmunitions gs well as camping f'cilitius.. This is a Centrally Sponsored Schcmfci. 50^ of the expendi ture is to born3 by the Govemtrent of India and this will flouj as grant. ^ho schr.me is being implemented in cc llaboration with HomB(Police) Department. 4 vehicles ijere purchased during 1985-06 which rerrained with Police Department. Necessary action has beyn taken for recruitment of staff and for purchase of further vehicles, RcT« system, arms and ammunitions. The dxpondituro so far incurred under the Seventh Five-Year Plan period (190&-86 to 1987-GC) is Rs.10.13 lakhs (State share), An amount of R3.30.00 lakhs is likely to be spent during the year 1900-09. An amount of fe,30.00 lakhs has been adopted, in the 1989-90 (State share) and cor re; spending Central share of Rs. 30.00 lakhs would flow from the Central Gcvernment has been shown in Statement ’ GN-6*. (xiv) liJildlife Censer vat ion Scheimes. ’ Improvomont of Ulildlife. This is a State Plan Scheme continuing from thie Sixth Pla'n period. This Nature Conssr vat ion scl^me aims at development of wildlife in some sanctuaries and other forest areas suitable for this purpose. The ftPnagement of Deer parks including infr astr uct ure • and staff are inclucfsd in the activities of this scheme. An amount of Rs, 43«56 lakhs would bespent during tho first four years of Seventh Plan against the scheme. During 1989-90 a sumof Rs.27*00 lakhs has been adopted in the Annual Plan. . ' In actiition to the above-mentioned State Plan scheme, there are 7 scherres included in the Seventh Plan as Central, Sector Wildlife schemes. The schemes are J- 1) Tiger Reserve in Sunderbans, 2 ) Tiger Reserve in Ouxa, 3) Jaldapara Sanctuary, • 4 ) Captl ve breeding of endangered species, 5 ) Control of poaching and illegsl trade in w ildlife, 6) Creation and improvement of Singalisa and Neora Valley Parks in the D"rjoeling Hills, a n d 7 ) Nature Education and Interpretation. A total amount cf Rs« 118,12 lakhs would be spent as State share of the above-m^intioned cchemes from 1985-8 6 to 19 88-89. A corresponding amount of ; Rs. 135.92 lakhs would be spent as Central share. During 1989-90 an amount of Rs. 51*00 lakhs hia. s been adopted in thj Annual Plan towards State share against these schemos. The scheme entitled "Creaticn cf Singalila and Neora Velley Parks” is yet to receive Central Government's approval* A - (xv) Survjsv and tiJorkino t--jlan There p.ro three schDni-~.s in operation viz., ’’Forest RescurcBS Survey’’ , ’’Forest ConGclictetion” and ” Working Plr.n” . A total amount of Rs«45*46 lakhs ujould be spent against th^jso schoimos during the first four years of the S-Jventh Plan. Ouring 1989-90 an Sfne-.unt if R3, 20,00 lakhs has boen adopted for expenditure in the Annual Plan, ( X\;i) Communication a nd Buildincs. There aro tuo schemas \;iz« , 'Forest Communication* and *BuilJings*« These two schem^Js hauc o->nsi cbraiblc importance as through those, the nocessory dev/e Icpmont of communication within forest a reps and construction of buil dings including staff quarters, aie achieved. During the first four years of the Seventh Plan an amount of Rs,2 5,95 lakhs and Rs.l37*36 lakhs uould be spent against the schcmes ” For-.st Commuinicaticrf’ and ’’Buildings” ruspectively, □uring the yoar 1909-90 an amount of Rs. 15.00 lakhs has been kept for the scheme ” Forest Communication” and Rs. 60,00 lakhs has been kept for the scheme " Buildings” , NEy SCHEMES Tyo now schemes have been proposed under the Majcir Head of Service ” 2406-Forestry and Uildlifc” . The first is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme v i z . , ’Mrea oriented F u e lu o o d Foddfer Project” which is being introduced at the instance of Government of India, 50^ of the fund will flow in as Contral grant, An amount of Rs, 30.00 lakhs has been adopted in the Annual Plan of 19 09—90 , 50^ of which i . e . , Rs.l5.0)0 lakhs appears as State share. "^he second new scheme was sought to be introduced as one of the Nature Conservation schemes during 1900-09. The scheme entitled *Lion Safari Park* is expected to bo introduced in the foothills of Ajodhya in Purulia district. This appears as a suhr-scheme under ” Improverrent of U ildlife” . The schcrre is waiting to be launched during 1980-89. The site has been selected. The Indian Lion would be introducc-rd here as a new species in this State and this scheme will also add to the t,ourist attraction by drawing neture and animal lovers to this park. A tctail amount of Rs.27.00 lakhs has been adopted in the continuing schfome titled ^Improvement of Wildlife” in the Annual Plan of 1909-90 for initiating the Project, 2.3 AQUCULTURAL RESEARCH h U ij EJUCATICN Three schemas are inducjed uncler this head namely ’Forestry !^csearch* > ’World Bank assisted Research and Training Project* and ’Training of staff* ^he first is a continuing project for which a sum of Rs.C.OO lakhs has been proposed in the Annual Plan of 19 0©~90. T hB third, namely, *Training of Staff* is also a continuing scheme for wh.ich a sum of Rs,2.00 lakhs is proposed to be spent in 19 89-90. A - Tho Prcjcct Rt-port for th'j othur schema th?t is ^’lUorld nk assisted Rssaarch end Training Prcjcct’’ is ponding f inc.lisetirn. An Amount of Rs. 2,00 lakhs hes b3«?n proposed in tha Annual J^lrn of 1909-90 for bt] ginning the project. A total amc'Unt f fe,24*7Q If’-lkhs uculd bo sp-ant for tho thrao schsmos toQothJr during tho first four yesr s of Soubnth Plan* 2 .4 CAPITAL GUrUY-rN FOKl GT AND UILOLIFE Unr'gr thi^ Heed, prevision for equity shf^rc ti:uj?-rds the capital oxpenditura c. f Uost Bangal Forest D-^wel-prment Corporation Limited and West Bengal Pulpujood Development CrTporr.tIon Limited is mode, A total oxpoo* dituro of n3*30, OD lakhs h?^,s btj^n propose d in the Annual Plan of 1989-90 against a total amount of 110.00 lakhs that uculd bo spent during the first four ye'^rs of the Seventh Plan. A neu St^tcj Undertaking, mmely ’’Uest Bengal Wr.steland □euelopmont Corporation” has been proposed tc be const.itut_;d. Once the; formpition of this Corporation is finalised, equity share uill have t bo arranged in the Forestry budget under ^Capital Outlay*^, T h is ff'S not been included in the Annual Plan, as th-i Corporation hao nc.t yet been ostablished. If necessary, equity share in the first instance may be arranged through re-apprcpr iation from other schemes once the Corporation ccntis int. being. Ap amount of Rs.lO.OO lakhs may bo required for tho purpiose in the first inr.tanco* PLANTATIONS A . Tea 1 • West Benfcal Tea Developpent Corporation (l-fBTDC) ; 1.1 Tho Vest Bengal Tea Devclopnent Corporation Ltd, presently owns foiir gardens (throe in Darjeeling List, and one in Jalpaiguri Dist.) and manages three gardens (two in Darjeeling and one in Jalpaiguri), The actual production of the tea in the five tea Estates situated in the hill areas of Darjeeling was 335.65 M,T« in 1987 as conpared to 291.68 M.T, in 1986, The production of green leaf for the tvjo Estates in Jalpaiguri D ist. during 1987 stands at 1202,41 M.T, against 1076,54 M,T, in 1986, 1 .2 , The production of tea in tho fir s t six nonths of 1988 was adversely affected due to prolonged Bundh. and unsettled situation in Darjeeling, The garden-wise target and a-ctual production during the first six nonths of 1988 are given below • MB District TarA’et (Efcs^) PfdiductionCKgs. a) RangarooLI ( owned) Darjeeling 8,900 5,891 b) Pandani ( owned) Darjeeling 15,500 11 ,080 c) Hungnook/ Cedars (owned) Darjeeling 1,09,000 82,603 Mohua (owned) Jalpaiguri 40,700 51,492 (green leaf) (green leaf) c) Hilla (lianagod) Jalpaiguri 4,08,000 3,42,664 ( green leaf) (green loaf) f) Singell (Managed) Darjeeling 32,500 34,463 e) Rangneet (Managed) Darjeeling 7,450 7,500 Contd,, , . A ... 1.3 The programLie of ¥est Bengal Tea Development Corporation during 1089-90 includes maintenance and protection of tea plants, effecting im provement in yield throLigh application of better fertiliser, manure e t c ., development of land and planting of new plantation, renovation of plant and machinery, building etc, and intensification of labour welfare activities, 1.4 A total outlay of Rs,115.00 lakhs is proposed during 1989-90 for the development schemes of the ¥ ,B ,T ,D ,C , B • Others, 2• Schemes of the Directorate of Cinchona and other Medicinal Plants(DCOIK 2.1 Commercial cultivation of Cinchona, Ipecac and Dioscorea and produc tion of Quinine, Emetine and Diosgenin have been intensified, pilot scale plantation of some other medicinal and aromatic plants also have been under taken and full-fledged Research Section with -igronomical. Horticultural, Microbiological, Genetic and Tissue Culture and Analytical sections have been strengthened. Manufacture of basic intermediate drugs like Emetine and Diosgenin have also been commercially started, 2.1.1 Scheme-wise performance during I98S-89 and programme for 1989-90 are given in subsequent paragraphs, 2.2 Continuinr'? Schemes (a) Expansion of Cinchona Cultivation : Phase 1 & I I . During the 7th Plan, maintenance and rejuvination of Cinchona, plants on 542 acres under Phase I and on IO64 acres under Phase II with manuring and cultural operations was envisaged. During 1988-89 maintenance and reju- vination work was done as per programme with harvesting of matured blocks. During 1989-90 maintenance, cialtivation, rejuvination with cultural operatic: of 542 acres (Ph.l) and 1O64 acres (Ph,II), harvesting of matured blocks by copicing and from dead and dying as per cycle will be continued, 2.2.1 An outlay of Rs,34.CO laldis is proposed for these scheme£5 during 1989-90. 2.3 (b) Expansion of Ipecac Cultivation The 7th Plan target under the scheme envisages maintenance and rejuvination including replanting with manuring and cultural operations of 2500 seed units, raising of 7500 new units and maintenance of 11500 units and harvesting of 15,000 units, 2,5*1 The programme for I989r90 includes creation of 500 units of seed beds and a total of 1500 nos, of final beds, maintenance of old units and harvesting of 2500 kgs, of dry Ipecac roots, 2 .3 .2 An outlay of Rs,10 lajchs is proposed for 1989-90, tp/- Contd,.,. A - w • 4 (c) Renovation and Bodernisation of Govt. Quinine Factory. Munfcpoo* The schemo for renovation and noclernisation of the century-old Quinine factory at Mungpoo has been taken up for increasing its efficiency and the target is to conplete the work during the Seventh Flan. The new extraction unit with new Boiler house, water storages, electrical power, fire-fighting system etc, has been connissioned. During 1986-89, installation of workshop and packing section and work on power line fron the high tension line are expected to be conpleted, 2,4*1 The progranme for 1989-90 is to complete improvement of the drying section as well as th<^ work relating tothe electrical installations and water purification system. Neutralisation and Purification Section also is ex pected to be completed in 1989-90, 2,4*2 An outlay of Rs,20,00 lakhs is proposed for 1989-90, 2.5 (d) Construction of labour houses for plantation labourers : As a part of the labour welfare progranmes, this scheme was taken up to provide pucca houses to the labourers of the plantation, Upto the Sixth Plan period, a total no, of 95 houses were completed. The target for the Seventh Plan is to construct 2C0 labour houses in 14 divisions of four plantations. In 1987*-88, 22 labour quarters were constructed and 55-40 houses arc expected to be completed in 1988-89, The programme for 1989-90 is to construct about 75-80 labour houses, 2,5*1 An outlay of Es,20,00 lakhs is proposed for 1989-90, 2.6 (e) Supply of piped drinking water and providing sanitary conditions to labourers of Cinchona Plantations ; During the Sixth Plan period, about 45,000 mtrs. of G ,I. pipes were laid alongwith 20 G,I, tanks and other accessories, For administrative convenience the scheme has since been handed over to the P.H. Engineering Deptt, for implementation, 2,6,1 An outlay of Rs,4.00 lakh is proposed for 1989-90, 2 .7 (f) Production of Emetine Hydrochloride : ¥ith the assistance received from the Government of India under the Hill Areas Development Programme, an Emetine factory v;ith an installed capacity of 240 Kgs, of Emetine per year was set up during the Sixth Plan, The raw material v i z ., dry Ipecac roots is available from the Ipecac cultivation scheme of this Directorate. 2,7*1 During 1988-89, 9 M.T, of dry Ipecac roots were processed and 175 Kgs, of Emetine Hydrochloride was produced. The programme for 1989--90 is to produce 175 kgs, of Emetine Hydrochloride Salt and 150 Kgs. of Crude Cephaeline, 2*7*2 An outlay of Rs,10,00 lalchs is proposed for 1989-90* tp/- Contd,.... A 1^3 2 .8 , (g) Cultivation of P_iiLSlc.ore_a^ cmd,. Xh). Production of Dios/^enin ^: These are'also the scheues financed uptc the end of the Sixth Five Yea Plan frori the assistance under the HADP. Till that period about 120 acres of land was brought under Dioscorea plantation* Fron.the beginning of the Sever Plan the scheme is being financed fron State Governnent funds. By 1988—89, about 44 acres ox new plantation of Dioscorea is expected to.be established. During 1989-9C another 10-15 acrcs of land will be brought under Dioscorea cultivation. 2.8.1 The Diosgenin factory was coniiissioned. within the Sixth plan period with a production capacity of 500C kgs. of Diosgenin per year. Upto 1987-88, about 1900 kgs. of Diosgenin V7;as produced and in 1988-89, about 25 M ,T. of hydrolysed mass will be produced. The ta.rget 1989-90 is to produce about 12CC-15CO kgs. of Diosgeijin and to iaprove the R .& D. work. 2 .8 .2 The proposed outlays from 1989-90 fo r‘Dioscorea plantation and Diosgenin factory are fc.lO.OC lakhs each. . 2.9 (i) Pro.ject for downstrean steroid ; This is a new project taken in hand during the Seventh plan which envi* sages at the same tine^ to ensure econonic viability to the Diosgenin factory and also to produce therefron downstrean steroids like I 6 DPA, DHA, DHA. Acetate, Testosteron and Progesteron etc, having high dcnand. The project is being funded by both the Central and State G-overrinonts. The I 6 DPA plant is expected to be installed in I 988-89. The target for the year I989- 90 is to start ^production of about jCC kgs. of 16 DPA, 2,9,1 The proposed outlay for 1989-90 for the prSject is Rs.lO.OC lakhs, 2.10 (0) Reorganisation of thie Directorate of Cinchona and other Medicinal Plants A comittee was set up by the Gonnerce and Industries Deptt, in' 1982 to suggest reorganisation of th.e Directorate for coping with the increased activities thereof. Based on the recormendation of the com ittee, e reorga nisation of the Directorate is being taken up in stages, 2.10.1 An outlay of Rs,2,00 lakhis is proposed for he year 1989-90. 2,11 (k) Quinine-Quinidine Pro.iect ; This is a schene for conversion of Quinine into Quinidine which is very useful in heart dise8,ses and has a very good narket. Conversion of Quinine into 'Quinidine has been successfully done on a pilot scale. The present schene which has since received the approval of the State Planning Board is for full scale nanufacture. 2.11.1 The progranne for 1989-90 is procuring, installation and conniflsion- ing of nachineries and equipnents. The proposed outlay for 1989-90 is Rs, 10,00 laklis. A » 49 EOO D^ST0RAGS^& J/JARSHO USING_. Department of Public Undertairings Prograiiffiie of the DeDartment o f Pub^Lic IhdertakinRSs The Plan/pro<^ramraes o f tliis Department -under AgriciiLture and Allied Acti-vities Sector inpl_emented through the VJest Bengal State Warehousing Corporation and the West Baigal Agro-Industries Corporation Ltd.^ are included m d e r » District Sector Programmes^ and constitute the District Plan Component o f the /oinual Plan of this Department for 1989^90, ! • West Beng:aX Stato V/arelioLisin p: Corporation s The Corporation has m dertaken a programme for • construc tion o f 38200 M,T, stoiage capacity in different districts of west Bengal during the ?th Plan period I 985-90 . It completed construction of 9^5’0 MoT, in 1985^-86, In I 986-87 the Corporation completed construction of ^800 M ,T, storage capacity. Besides, construction of further 125b M,T, storage capacity undertaKen in the Said year^ is near^jig completion. The Corporation took in hand a revised progranmie for construction of 1215o M.T, storage capacity in 1987-885 out of which 3500 M,T. was completed and the remaining construction v;ork is progressing. In I 988-89 the Corporation haS ^undertaken a revised programme for 8300 M .T . It has proposed to take -up a prograjnme for construction o f 3300 M .T , storage capacity and other aricillary and electrification works for 1989-90 • It deserves mention that on completion of the progr.anmes already undertaken by the Corporation and that propo sed for 1989-905 its acMevement during the ?th Plan period would exceed the target by 20^0 M.T. An outlay o f Rs,100-00 lakhs has been pJ.located for th e programmes of the Corporation for the entire 7t.h Plnn period. A sum of Rs*20.00 lakhs was release(d from the State Plan Budget in 1985-86 and .an eqiiivalent amount was spent in 1986-87 for the construction programme of the Corporation, In I 987-88 a sum n o f Rs,35,00 lakhs was released from the State Plan Budget for the prograjimes of the Corporation, A provision of Hs,20 .00 lakhs is made in the State Pl^n Budget for 1988-89 for the Corporation for its progr.ajiimes , /ji outlay o f Rs.,20 .00 lakhs is proposed for. investment in the Share Capi’’'al of the Corporation during 198^- 90 for implementation of its programme for the year'. Thus, the 50 programmes of the Corporation for the 7th Pl.an period being exten ded, adequate increase in the a3-location for the programmes o f the Corporation for the entire 7th Plan period has becom-e imperative, AGRICI]LTm.^_^mMCIAL__INSK Rural Banks in VJest Bengali The Scheme for setting ip of Regional Rural Banks was introduced in 197^ under the provisions of the Regional Rural Bajiks Act, 1976.- The issued capital of each Regional Rural Bank is 2^.00 lakhs, 1^% of which is suhscrihed by the State Govern ment whose contribution is thus Rs.3,7? lakhs in the Share capital o f each such bank. An oubla.y of .00 lakhs has been envisaged for the purpose for the entire 7th Five Year Plan period (1985-90) • During the year 1986-87 five RRBs and in the current fin.ancial year one RRB increased their paid Share capita.1 by 2^ lakhs each and the State Govemm.^nt had to contribute at the rate of Rs,3,7^ lakhs per RRB aS its share of In expectation of increa sing share capital of three RR.B and setting ip of a new RRB-an amount of Rs,l5«00 lakhs ha.s been proposed for the year 1989-90 . * T ill date 9(nine) Regional Rural. Banks have been e sta bli shed in V7est Bengal. These are (i ) Gour Gramin Bank (Covering M,alda and West ItiLnajpur districts), (ii) Mallabhum Gramin Bank (covering Bankura, PuruLia and Midnap ore districts), (iii) Mayura- kshi Gramin Bank (covering Birbhum. district), (iv) Uttarbanga Kshetriya Gramin Bank (covering Cooch-Behar, Jalpaigiiri and Darjeeling districts), (v) Sagar Gramin Bank (covering 2^-Parganas district), (vl) Nadia Gramin Bank ( covering Nadia district), (vii) Bardhaman Gr,amin Bank (covering Burdwan district), (viii) HowraJi Gramin Bank (covering Howrah and Hooghly districts) .and (ix) Murshidabad Gramin Bank ( covering Murshidabad district). With a \dew to augmenting the flow of institutional credit to the poorer section of the rura2 population, the State Government is in favour of setting 1;^ one Regional Rural. Bank for each district in West Bengal. A ~ 51 c_o - o_ p_ e:_ r_ a_ t_ i j d _ n > Tor th9 last few ye^^rs planning procGss has been dGCGntrplised and accordingly annual plan is being prepared on the basis of micro-level plao- ning initiated by the block la/Gl machinery. The Ainual State Plan for 1989-90 has bean prepared after recsiv/ing the district pions from the Range % Officers who propared thoir respective plans on the basis of block plans prepared by the Inspectors of Co-operative Societies postod at the block l^^ol, 1989-90 being the last year of the 7th Five Year Plan before focuss ing attention on projections of the Annual Plan under various heads, it may be perhaps worthwhile to make a brief stock-taking of the major performances ^and failures during the last 3 financial years* The Agricultural Credit forms the core sector of the multifarious activities undertaken and executed by the Cooperative Institutions under the supervision of the Co-operation Cii recto rate. The short-term credit which was stagnated around Rs. 40 crores at the commencement of the 7th Plsn has made impressive progress particularly during the last 2 years. The amounts advanced as short-term loan wore Rs« 52 crores and Rs« fiO crores respectively during the years 1986-87 and 1987-88. The collection of short term loan also increased from 40^ to 45/C during the said period. In the long-term sector also the investment increased from about Rs,8,00 crores to Rs, 10.52 crores and Rs,11,73 crores respectively djring the above noted period. Collection of Long-term loan recorded a visible upward trend in the last year in particular when collBction increased to Rs,47,80^ from previous year’ s l<3Vol of 44,6 5^, During 1987-88 co-operatives distributed fertilisers to the farmers worth Rs, 78 crores approximately, purchrsed 6800 H,T, paddy for processing in the Co-operative Rice Mills and Co-operative Cold Storages stored 1,15 led to lend support price to the producers who were going for distress sale in the harvesting season, 36 Co-operative Cold Storages each having an installed capacity of 4,000 H,T, are working (total storage capacity 1,38 lakhs n,T,) The cold storages are faced with the problem of attaining viability as the earning through rental has not been fixed rationally and hmce, it is inade quate to meet the establishment cost and pay for the interest amount on account of loan received from NCDC, Another significant achitA/ement relates to bringing within the co-operative fold about 8,32 lakhs (cumulative figure) undei>-privileged section of the rural pt^jple under the universal membership programme, a big section of whom could not afford to buy shares in the Cooperatives from their own resource and thus they would be left out and deaiied the services offered by the Cooperative Institutions in the rural areas in particular. The programme for 1989-90 is to enrol another 70000 members belonging to this group. Since 1981, the PAcs have financed more t h a n 6 lakhs share Cmnnor anH —t-- 52 State Gov/ernmant. Due to recurrent natural calamities taking place in the State for the last fou/ years the repaying capacity of the farmer members has been completely shattered uhich has resulted in higher overdue position. The Central Co-operative Banks and the Land Development Banks in North Bengal were particularly affected by these natural onslaughts, NABARQ has come forward to rev smp the deteriorating agricultural credit movement and for this purpose rehabilitation programme has been taken up in respect of 8 Central Cooperative Banks and 6 Land D-3velopmont Banks. Hou/ev^r, the farmer- m£3mbers of the Co-operative Societies who have been subj acted to repeated clobbering due to natural calamities against which they had almost no relief, are nou covered under a comprehensive Crop Insurance Schemc with a view to providing some succour to the affected mt^bers* Quring 1986—87 the affected farmers received indemnity to the extent of Rs.1R6 lakhs and Rs.153 lakhs in 1987-88 under the above scheme. The Primary Agricultural Credit Societies have been assigned to play the role of multi-purpose cooperativo societies by way of offering diverse types of services viz, supply of agricultural finance, fertilisers, seeds, arrangement for irrigation water for agricultural prodjction, mobilisation of rural deposits as also storage and marketing of agricultural produce by way of linking marketing with credit and arranging supoly of essential Consumers’ articlcs, so that the farmer is not required to approach diffe rent agencies for his agricultural and other immediate needs including long term finance which is provided by the Land Development Bertks, For this purpose target was taken for strengthening 2000 PACS through additional financial assistance from the Govurnment, The progress was sluggish as the Central Government did not participated in the scheme ultimat^ly^ Due to resource constraint, only 49 P'ACS was assisted during 1987-88, The target for the current year in 100. PACS and. that for 1989—90 is 15n« The Land Dgvelop- mi3nt Banks which did not have a good image of effectively serving the farmers by sanctioning long term finance for production oriented agricultural activi t ie s , have now come in a big way to cater to the diverse needs of the farmers^i particularly those belonging to weaker sections of the society. There has beer Considerable diversification of purposa-wise loans as a result of which more than 60% of the loan is going for minor irrigation and about 75% of the b.3n efici aries now belong to the weaker section. The various schemes for ujhich the long-term finance is now a/ailabie, are Minor Irrigation, Farm Hachani- sation, Inland Fishery, Betel Vine, Poultry, Dairy, Sericulture, Floriculture,* Farm Forestry, Conssrvation o f Soil and Tiny Industries, 53 Undtr tho NCDC III Project 1,75 Pl.T, of storage capacity uias to be creatGd, There ujere initial hurdl-3s for uhich the schoma did not maka much progress during the initial years, Houov/or, the snags have been removed largely and now the project has been progressing speedily. Despite severe constraints some tangible achievem^^nt has been possi ble in regard to rural consumers programme and till datr about 3o00 villages have been brought uhthin the fold of the NCDC* s Rural Consumt^rs’ Scheme, The total sales by the Rural Consumers^ Cooperatives amount to Rs, BQ crores annually 700 more such villages will get the benefit of the scheme in 1989- 1990* The two self-service departmental stores at Behala and Salt Lake have created tremendous impact in the local area and the response from the consu mers is quite satisfactory. The tai mobile vans sanctioned last yfcar for supplying consumers^ articles to the slum duellers and industrial workers are now, giv/ing satisfactory service after some initial teething problons. One (Marketing Cooperative Society has the distinction of being the exclusive supplier in respect of dietary articles in 4 leading hospitals at Calcutta, For thn (Annual Plfn 1989-90 a scheme has been sponsored by N,C,C1, C, for establishment of farmers’ service centres with a view to making the services gw ail able to the farmers in interior areas through 100 P'ACS, Another scheme under the Central sector is in operation in the current year which aims at opening 100 rt^tail outlets for sale of fertilisers in b^kward rural areas. In the Co-operative Harketing Sector the proposed outlay for 1989- 90 is substentially lower than that of tht; current financial year i* e, 1988- 1989, This is due to the reason that 2 major projects v iz, l\ICQC-.III regar ding construction of storage ^odown for 1,75 lakhs P1.T, w i n be over ‘ly the end of the present calender year. The cold storage programme under NCDC II is also nearing completion. The above 2 projects accounted for a sizeable portion of the total plan expenditure in the Co-operative (Marketing sector. Since the said 2 Projects will almost ha/e no financial bearing in the Annual Plan for 1989-90, the size of the plan for Co-operative Marketing has come down considerably. In other sectors the Annual Plan Projections for 1989-90 is nearer to the provisions made for the current financial year i, e, 1988—89, As 1989-^0 is the last year of the 7th Five Year Plan, it may be relevant to give some tt?ntative projections regarding the approach to the 8th Five Year Plan in the Co-operative Sector, It is proposed that in the next plan attention would bo focused on the following with a view to strengthening and consolidation of the Cooperative Hovement for deriving better results from the Cooperative Institutions which are accampanimants of any viable institution. These are - 54 i) Consolidation of the axisting Co-operatiVG Institutions instead of hr^rizsntal Gxp msion* ii) Taking up Spi^cial Rohabilitation Schemers whyryvdr possible to revamp the weak and moriband Cooperatiuo Societies uhich Can act effectively to alleviate the problems of the rural masses, particularly those belonging to weaker section and help them in their economic betterment, iii) Subsidising interest on loan and taking up various othtr revival measures with a vi eu to opening up fresh channel of credit in the agricultural sector to reach the target group, iv) Giving increased importance tc projects specially meant for the benefit 'of the undejvprivilegqcl^ v) nX\^ing priority to crthrmPFi mcciiL for the benefit of the schedule caste and schedule tribes communities, vi) Special emphasis on execution of schemes and programmes pertaining to 2o-Point Programme, vii) Providing all possible Gove rrmc.nt Support to make Coo per ativ q Institutions viable and self reliant to work effectively to deliver the goods and services to the rural people, •v iii) Special emphasis on training of the personnel working in the Cooperative Institutions and members of the Board of Dirt-ctors, Short-Term and Medium-Term Agricultural Credit. Development of -Agriculture and allied' activities in the rural sec tor plays a crucial role in the uplift of the overall economic development of the State, Credit whether S.T.PI.T, or L,T. is essentially a vital input in bringing about such improvement and economic regeneration of the State, Nearly 80% of the farmers of the State are either small or marginal who are in dire need of credit for their productive activities, Arrengement of Institutional Finance to such large section, of borrowers becomes a,stupen dous task and obviously assume a very significant role in building up the agrarian economy, . For the last few years the dispensation of short-term credit for productive purposes remained stagnated around Rs, 4q crort-s annual],^. But during the last two years, investment of short-term production credit increa sed to Rs, 51,91 crores in 1986-87 and to Rs, 59,55 crores in 1987-88 respec tively, It may be noted here that 17 Central Cooperative Banks together with the 3 Units of the State Cooperative Bank act as the Central Financing -^encies for 56qq PACS,, 45 F .S .S , and 160 L/ftf^PS in the State under the Cooperative Sector, The Central Coop> rative Banks and the Primary Agricul tural Societies are striving hard to tap local deposits for making higher investment in the rural areas. These Central Cooperative Banks have ooenad 55 19^ Branches throughout the State, In addition, the State Cooperativ/e Bank has 33 Branchas in tha rural and somi-urban and urban areas. The Stats Cooperatiue Bank alongwith tha Central Coopt^ratiuG Banks have moppoc:' up deposit ouer Rs, 3oo croras t ill 1987-88, These Cooperatives are also implamenting difftiront schemes of State Gov/emment and Central Gov/ernment, Since 1981, according to th.j scheme of the scheme of the State Gcv ernment the P«A,C,S, have financed more than 6 lakhs share croppers and patta holders for agricultural and oth^r produc tive purposes, (^gnbsrship of these Cooperatives now exceed 28 If^hs of which more than 8 lakhs have been enrolled under Universal nembership Schone, The P ,A ,C ,S , and the nodal Central Cooperative Banks are also play ing a very important part in the execution of the compreh^ansiva Crop Insu rance Scheme, The Agriculturists of the State suffered buge loss of Khariff Crop due to flood occured in 1986 and in 1987, As a result of the compro- hmsive Crop Insurance Scheme, the affected farmers received indemnity to the extent of Rs,106 lakh in 1986-87 and Rs,153 lakh in 1987-88, The Central Cooperative Banks are also impl^enting the scheme of Special Rice Production Progrpmme, Special Food Production Programme and ^'ational Oil seeds Development Programme, In 6R out of 70 identified blocks of the State the Cooperatives have advanced Rs, 16 33,59 lekhs under Special Rice Production Programme during 1987-88, A target of Rs, 6o crores in 1988-89 has been fixed for Seven Districts, under Special Food Production Programme, Eleven Central Cooperative Banks/Units of the Uitst Bengal State Cooperative Bank are operating in these areas and they hswe already inves ted about Rs, 28 crores during Kharif 1988, ■A table shoeing the achievement of Coops, inn the S,T, and n, T, Credit Sector is given bciou. / 1985-86 / / 1986-87 / / 1987-88 / l\lo, of Branches of State Cooperative Bank, 33 33 33 No, o f Branches of Central Cooperative Banks, 19 4 19 4 19 4 -Amount o f S.T, Loan advanced, (Rs.in lakhs) 4278,74 5191. 15 59 5 4,6,2 -Amount of n.T, IPan advanced, (Rs. in lakhs) 14, 58 mm 30,53 (Mo,of bargadars and Patta holders financed. 60, 476 6 4,000 59 , 001 Hemb^rship generated under Univ ersal memb ership(Cuminulativ e) 7,1 8 ,0 f^ 7,68,000 8,32,001 Indemnity'Under Crop Insurance provided (Rs,) 1,86,00,000 1,53,00,000 Financing under S,F,P,P,(Kharif* 88) (Rs.in lakhs)- A — 2800,00 Financing under S.R.P.P, in' ^ o n -1 — 1 56 Tho targots of Inusstments undor difftirsnt schemes for rtsmaining two yr "rs of tho 7th Plan are appended b e lo w .;- / 198B--8g 7 /1989-90 / 1, Invy estment of S.T.Credit Rs, 85.no crores Rs, 95.00 crores 2, Investment under S.F.P.P, 6q.go crores Rs, 70.00 crores 3, Investment under S,R,P»P, Rs, 27.95 crores Rs, 34,08 crores 4, Investment under N,0.D,P Rs, 4«14 crores Rs, 5,13 crores (National oil seed dev g- ■ lopment programme) To achieve the above targets the following schemes as detailed hereuni^r for the last year of the 7 th five year plan would'be implemented, p Schema No* 1, Creation of fund l(i). West Bengal State .Agricultural Cr dit Stabilisation Fund - Rs, 1,5o lakhs. The fund is createJ for extmding relief to the borrower farmers in case of natural calamity by w?iy conversion of S .J. loan to n.T, loan and deferring payment of instalments of n,T. loan. Such 3ssist.?nCG is available to the borrowers only when the crop failure is more than 50^, The study Team on overdues of Coop Credit recommended that about 20% o f total ail/ance together with instalments of Pl.T, loan may be required to be brouglit under the conversion facilities or rephasing arrangeinant. U lhile 6o^ of the amount is to be provided by N^BARD out of National 'Ag r il, (Credit Stab ilisa tion)' Tun d, tho balance 40?^ is to be provided by the State Government, State Cooperative Bank, Central Cooperative Bank in following ratio 1, Central Cooperative Bank ,,, 15^ 2, State Cooperative Bank ,,, X^% 3, S t a t e G overnm ent 15^ State Government's contribution is to be paid out of Uest Bengal State Agrilcultural-Credit Stabilisation Fund maintained by tho Accountait General, West Bengal, The balance of the Fund at tho end of 1987-88 was R s, 141,6o lakhs. A further contribution of Rs,1,5o la k h s may be p ro vid e d d u rin g 1989-90 .uncJp^ the State Plan. l(ii) , West Bengal State Agril,Credit (Relief and Guarantee) Fund - Rs, 1,00 lakh. ££££££££££££££ f£ ££££££f. ££a U£ ££££££££££ £££££££££££££ This fund uas crc-ated during the second S-y^-^ar plan for nrnvidino relief to the far'mer-borrowers in case of A - 57 natural calamities crippling the repaying capacity of the borroWGrs* No provision for this fund uas made during tht3 last 4 years of the 7 th Plan because creation of a separate fund for tha identical^purpose uith the assist^nco of the Governmsnt of India was proposed for the 7th Plan, As the 5 said fund could not be cr^attid it is now proposed that the old StatG Fund should bj rcjvivod and hence, a provision of Rs,1,00 lakh for th 3 year 1989-90 may be m-3 de. This fund is maintained by the Accountant Genrral, West Bengal and the balance at present is R s. 49,'19,9 42/-, Schoij^e No, 2 - Cxpaision of Rural Credits 2 (i) - Strengthening of Central Coop. Banks - Rs, 1,00 lakh (a) - ^'^ssistanco for Branch Personnel - Rs, 0,50 lakh The 'Assistance is required for granting subsidy at the tapering scale of 100^, 6 6 ^ and 33^ of the total salary cost for the first 3 years of the Branch personnel of Central Cooperative Banks* It is estimated that IO such branches will be opened by the Banks during 1989-90. (b) — AssistTice for technical personnel - Rs, 0*5q lakh The Central Cooperative Banks and the State Cooperative Bank are to set up a technical cen to follow up and monitor several schemes of technical nature in the sphere of handloom uenving, dairy end Poultry and Tiny Sector Industry, Subsidy for maintenance of Technical Staff may be provided to such Cooperative Banks at a tapering scale of 100^, 80?^, 4o^ and 2 0 % for 5 years. Provision of Rs,0*50 lakh on =»d-hoc b»sis may be mada in this r^sppict, ‘ . 2(ii) - A ssistance to Apex Coopsrative Bank - Rs, 0*5d'lakh Under the Branch expansion prograrmieof the Lkiest Bengal State ■f.:* Cooperative Bank, two branches may be sot up during 5th Year of the 7th Plan, Subsidy at a tapering scale for 3 years under the existing pattern will be provided to the Bank for a few personnel. Due to paucity of fund the Schi^e may not bo implemented fully in 1989—90, As such, a token amount of Rs.0,50 lakh may be provided for 1989- 1990. 2 (iii) — Risk Fund to CentralCooptjrative Banks - Rs, 7,00 lakhs - Risk Fund to P.^ .C .S , • - Rs, 14,00 lakhs Total - Rs,21,00 lakhs To aicourage the flow of credit to weaker section of the farming community, subsidy @ 2% .-and 4^ for the S,T, and M,T, loan advanced by the Central Cooperative Banks and pACS to the weaker section in a ye??r in excess of the amount a'i/mced in previous year, in order to cover the risk A » 58 • • • involved in such financing is prnvito the Banks ana h z present: mdre then 75% of thG S, T, ad/r^c^ad goes to the weaker c: 'ction, A sum of Rs,21,C0 lakhs,alloc fit ad under the scheme during the year 1989-90* 2(1/) - Assistance to Cantral Cooperative Banks for wiitting off Bad Debts, - Rs. 2,5| lakhs The Central Cooperative Banks uhosG tcc-j. nmnunt of and doubt- fun d debts exceed 5s^ of their owned fund aid which have ounud funds of more than Rs, 25 lakhs but less than Rs, 5q lakhs and h.^vu the potentiality for having a lending programme of Rs,1,5 crores will be eligible for the a ^ is t l ^ c e . These Banks are ttrmod as weak by NABARD and are to be rehabi litated according to the proposals to be drawn up in consultation wi^h the NABARD, -An anount of R s,2,50 lakhs may b.3 allocated undep the schtime for (^-^^9-90 « on ad-hoc basis, 2(v ) — Loans to the State Cooperative Bank for ro-loaning ■ to Central CooperativG Banks for providing non-overdue cover - Rs, 70,00 lakhs. The Central Cooperative Banks are entitled to draw up on the credit lim it sanctioned by NABARD for seasonal agricultural operation only to the i2Xtent of its current outstanding with their PACS, The Cen.tral Conptrative- Banks hawing high overdUes and poor resources cannot draw upon the credit limit because of high rate of ovi rduas and resultant inadequate maintenance of non-overdue cover, ‘Ejhdbr the scheme, Government of India provides long tejgjRiuM^ with the matching assistance from the State Government for reloan- ing the same to the Central Cooperative Banks to enable them to maintain non-ovfrdue cover. Estimated requirement for fiuic djrinj 1989-90 is Rs, 70 lakhs, Equal amount is provided for in the Central sector scheme also* Scheme No- 3 — Organisation of SPrviCQ Cooperatives, 0 ...... ■ 3(i) — Common cadre Fund for PACS - Rs, 120,00 lakhs, ('^) This fund is created with the contribution from PA.CS and District ^j,,^j&ntyal Cooper at ive B an k @ 1^ and respectively of short-term investment during tt^ year and the deficit is contributed by the State Government, Under the'scheme a manager of PACS is paid salary of Rs, 25o/-- p,m, out’of this fund. But the pay of Manager is considered too in-adequate and hence* a provision for higher salary may be made in the context of the recommenda tion of the pay committee constituted by the Government, There are about 6500 caderised Managers whose total salary cost at the present rate will be R s, 195,00 lakhs. Besides a provision of Rs, 54,72 lakhs may be made for ifiTi pi amen ting the r^ommendations of the pay committee. It is es^'imated that I . total investment of 3 ,7 , loan will be about Rs;90,00 crores during 1989-90 ^ an^d th'S'’ contribution of PACS and District Central Cooperative Banks will be Rs, 135,00 If^hs, Deficit of Rs, 114,72 lakhs is to h:. b,;rne by the State HnV/Hrnmnnf. fn r iiih-inh o r-.T'rMi ~ t-. --- A 59 (B) For running the Aciministration of Cadre, 20 Cadrs authoritios are to maintain sstablishment. The Qstoblishment cost will be around Rs,5.2^ lakhs, 3(ii) - Strengthaning of PACS Rs, 56,84 lakhs. It was initially proposod in the draft 7th Plan that 2000 PACS would be strengthensr! financially and orgpnisationally to taka up multifa rious activities like marketing of agricultural produce, supnly of inputs, mopping up rural deposits including dispensation of production credit and would act as^^’One IjJindow” for investment of L«T, Credit, with the assistance of Government of India, ^s the Government of India did not involve itself finally the State Government decide to execute the scheme out of its own resources. The target, however, was reduced drastically. In 1987-88 only 49 PMCS and in 1986—89, IQO PACS were undertaken for the scheme. It is now proposed that 150 PACS for 1989—90 may b;j brought under the scheme. Finan cial outlay according to the approved pattern o f the scheme works out to Rs, 56 , 84 ld Accordingly, a provision for Rs, 56 , 84 lakhs may be made in the ^Annual Plan for 1989-90. 3(iii) - Assistance for Farmers Service Cooperative Societies - Rs, 0,50 ld Subsidy for technical officers of Farmers Service Cooperative Societies is provided by the State Govt-rnment on a tapering scale of 100^ for 1st 3 years, 66-2/3% for the 4th year and 33-l/3rd for the 5th year. The salary cost of one Agricultural extension officer @ Rs, 1500/- p*m, and two V,L*W^s @ Rs, 75o/- p,m, is borne by the Government as pt^r above ratio.An ad-hoc provision for F .S, C,S, for rupees one lakh (Rs, 1,00 lakh) is made in this plan. The expenditure on this account will be met out of the Budget of the ^Agriculture Department, For the non-technical personnel like Cashier-cum-Accountant, Salesman and Group ’ D’ Staff, subsidy © Rs^ 38400 psr year is paid to the society at a tapering scale of lOO^, 66,665^, 33,33/o during 1st, 2nd and 3rd years respectively. It is proposed th-=it the societies which have not yet been assisted will be provided with such subsidy and Rs,50,000 is earmarked for such purpose in this Annual P l ^ . 3(iv) - Assistance for Universal Membership - Rs, 35,00 lakhs, (a) for S.T, credit - Rs> 3n>00 lakhs. This scheme is in force since 1977, It was meant for purchase of shares of PACS to aiable the bargadars, patta holders and small and margi nal farmers and members of the S,C, as well as S ,T , communities belonging to weaker section to got institutional finance. Initially Rs, 10/- as subsidy used to be paid per individual member which was raised subsequently to Rs, 50 from 1983^-84, So far 8 .3 2 lakhs farmers hdi/e been brought under A ^ 60 the ambit of this schc^e, it is now proposed that another fi§ thousand farmers should be providesd with such assistance in 1989—90 for which a pro vision of Rs, 3q lakhs is proposed, (b) Long Term Credit.- Rs. 5.on lakhs. In the Long Term Credit Sector as per the prtscribed norms a bori>. ower is to contribute to the Share capital of the lending bank to the extent of 5^ of the amount of finance to be availed of. Due to the said roquiremont it has been found that a good number of farmers belonging to the section o f the weak financial stability do not come forward to take advantage of various development p r o je c t s implemented by Land Dewelopment Banks for financing, Moreover, to meet the said requirement of the share money some farmers* o f the said section also seek/rssort to diversion and/or musutilisation of loan disbursed to them by the Land Da/Glopment B a n k s , Ih the perspective that very soon the Land Development Banks will soon start "financing of the schemes in the non-farms sector a now line of credit will bo opened to rural artisans, craftsman and s m a ll entrepreneurs including un-employed youths for the schematic development which covers various £ypes of their trade ^nd awocations. In o r d e r that noor artisans, craftsman and others, belonging to financially WQaki^r section cat a ls o take part in the said dovelopmontol projocts- the requirf^d .share money for them may be subsi dised in full by way of Govornment yrcnt^in-ai d under the captioned scheme* The assistance will be G n jo y e rl by the specifiod woaker section of the people for the projects taken up for implementation in the non-farm sector only with the ceiling of amount of the share money subsidy at Rs, 50,00 for a project. The share money of Rs, 5o/-^wiii entitle to a loan of Rs« 1000/- in the Long-Term Credit Sector, Under the scheme the beneficiary borrower is relieved from making payment of the requisite share money export thereof to the financing Land Davelopmtrit Bank for the required loan. The financing bank in terms of the eligibility norms and in the specified msnnQr will ay ail the Government Grant-in—aid relating to the aforesaid loans sanctioned by the Bank, - It is expected that in tho year 1989-90 .the Land elopment Banks will fin.3n ce the non-farm projects of the abov&-said S‘3ctic.m o f the people fo r a total loan amount of Rs,1,00 crore involving nearly 10,000 benefici aries, For subsidising the requisite share money relating to the said invest ment credit the State Government’ s financial involvement for 1989-90 will be Rs, 5,00 lakhs (Rupees five lakhs) only; 3(v) - Subsidy to LAMPS - Rs, 7,20 lakhs The Programme, for organisation of new LAMPS during 1989-90 has been fixed at 3o, Linder the approved pattern of assistance full pay of the follow ing staff is to be subsidised for 1st 3 years. d:j/ i-\ - 6 1 1, ExGCutiua Officer - 1 @ Rs, I 800A p.m. 2, Field 0fficer-cum-nanager - 1 @ Rs. 1800/- 3, Night Guard-cum-ueiQhman - 1 @ Rs, 400/- It is proposed thab 15 Societies would be fully assisted as par above scheme for 1989-90 for which a prowision of Rs. 7,20 lakhs is made, 4. Inv/Bstmant in shares of Cnopr.'rat i\y g Organisation- Rs,8G,(jO l^khs, (a) For S.T. Credit - He, 5Q>Qn lakhs. The State Cooperativo Bank, Central CoopGrativ/e B’anks and the PACS ^ are assisted by tha State Go\/ernment by way o.f State contribution to share capital of ths institutions. The fund for such contribution is made awailci- b l 3 from the NABARD out of N,R,C, (L.T.O) Fund to enable the State Government to contribute to the share capital qf respective Societies, P'ACS are noui entitled to share participation ny the State Government to the extent of Rs, 1 lakh as per prescribed norm. It is expected that 350 P-ACS u ill be eligible for state participation at the rate varying between Rs.lOOOO/- ^d Rs,30000/- per society for which provision of Rs,50 , 00 lakhs has been proposed in the plan, (b) For L.T. Credit - Rs. 30,00 lakMs For augmentation of/the working capital nf Land Oev elopment Banks the assistance is made available to them under the scheme in the form of Government’s participation in the share capital of the banks out of the aforo-quoted Fund acJninistered by the l^/ABARD, In this regard the assistance is available to those banks only who satisfy the norms set-forth by the NABARD, The assistance w ill be extenderi also to the Banks placed un'ior reha b i l i t a t i o n proi;-tammo in term s n f t h e N.AB-/\RD's r e le v a n t 1 o - P o in t Program m e, The fund requirement under the scheme for 1989-90-is shown below For 10 Land Ctevelopment Banks fu lfillin g normal terms and cotTiditions of eligibility, _ •,.. Rs, 12,CO lakhs ■Assistance for the second year for the 6 L d Dgvelopment _B 0nks_piaced under the Rehabilitation Progranm'e of @ Rs, 3.00 lakhs for each, ... Rs, 18.00 'lakhs Rs, 30,00 likhs L_o_N_G t _e_ r_ ivi c_ r_ e:_ d_ i __t In the Long Ttrm Crt dit Sector in West Bengal investmait credit for the purpose of development of land and for raising infrastructure for development of agriculture, pisdiculture. Horticulture, Dairy, Poultry etc, is provided to individual loanee members by the liiest Bengal Central Co o ,^g~ rative Lan d Gtevnlopment Bank through a network of 24 Primary Cooperative Land Development Banks and theiir 52 Branches, In the first 3 years of the 7 th p la n though th e tot--^! d is b u rs e m e n t o f in v e s tm o n t c r e d i t by t h i s 'i L'^nd Dev Glopmon t Banks and their brmches of Co-oparativG C?cjv uJlopm t Ep n k fo il short of th3 targst cije to incidonee of high 1g\/g1 ovc rdioy j-s tha Land □gvelopment Banks of North Bengal distrir+-s percGptabl^ improvGrnJPt in the flou of long t^rm credit has bean witnessod sinco tho last two yoars v i 7, 1986-87 and 1987-88, This has generatod expectation that during th.j r-^main- ing psriod of tha 7th Plan the Land rji^Giopmcnt Banks u ill b j able to main tain the flow of long tGfTm" Credit"uninterrupted and w ill be able to make substantial dent in its own sphere thereby giving a forward thrust to tha Long Term Agricultural Finsnce both quantit-atively as well as qualitatiu ely. Of thj total target of ihV/astment of Rs* 22.80 crores in the long t Cirn, sector an ostinated amount of Rs. 5 crores is earmarked for the un oorprijii:j^ ged group belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes communities. Particulars rogarcting collection and inv/estmant in the Long Term Sector during the 6 th Pl.-!fi period and for the first 3 yt^ars of the 7th Plan period are noted below i— ...... (Rs>in lakh')______5 f . Loans issued j RGCowery of the Demandj ][ I { Achiev/ o- H Percon-_j[ jAmount ][ Pore entag g J ][ Year J )[ mmt, j tage of K coll g c ted $ of the 3 ][ f $ I a c h ie v e I (including]! collection jj t ...... I . T»~ment4 k interests j I 5 6 th P la n i[ $ P e r io d I I \ 56 0 0.0 0 3 29 9.70 o9% 39B7.12 4’\.eo% 5 1------— ------j I 7 th P la n I P e r io d I I 19 8 5-86 1200.0 0 8 46 . 30 7 0 . 5o^ 1131,49 ) I 1986-87 1500.00 1052.66 70.20^ 1194,59 44.55^ | I 1987-88 1600.00 1173.00 73.355^ 1458.44 A7,8D% \ I- ______^______i Another remarkable achievement of long-term investment credit is that nearly 75^ of thG total disbursement wait to the share of weaker sections, viz. Small Farmers,- Harginal Farmers, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, The unsatisfactory performance in recovery of the loans has becxi identified to be the root cause for slow growth rate of the Long Term Credit In ve s tm (3nt. The e lig ib ility of the Land Development Banks to borrow funds from NaBARDfor loanning operation, is decided on the basis of their perfor mance in collection in terms of the existing norms. During the past few years due to the unsatisfactory and sombre coll.sction position resulting in accumulation of the overdues, only a few banks have b-icome eligible for unrestricted leading. The mounting overdues in most of the cases have their origin in crop failures due to successive natural calamities like Flood and ' A' - (^3 l^rougnt in perticuiar which had crippling after-effects on thG rural economy. Apart from tha above re^^sons certain 'iiversG nth-3r factors viz* gf9n e r a tio n of inac’aquatG surplus farm incoma cluG to price fluctuations, unrGmunurative prices of agricultural prodjcc, frequent price hike of agricultural inputs and impleineints, a'rquiring of defective and unproductive assets like wells, tubs’-JGlls, pumps, tractors, power-tillsrs etc., delay in enGrgiaation of electrically operated equipments, lack o f knowledge in scientific^term ing in remota and backward areas, movement by various forces apd antipropagrnda against recovery of. lians, had inv'estmGnts in ctrtain projects e t c , 'n^Q also contributed to the existing level of high overdues. In order to increase the flow of credit and to step up recovery, 4 Primary Land Deu elopinent Banks and 2 branches of Cooperative Land Qeueiop- ment 3ank hs^/e been taken up for rehabilitation during the 7th Plan p-riod for which Government assistance of Rs. 4G If^hs in the form of subsidy for writing off Bad Debts has alre^ady been released. In accordance with the guidelines of the NABARD for Rehabilitf^tion an d Revitalisation of the identified weak Banins, the inplementation of the Action Plan has already been started in the State, The step :3 to vacate legal bar in reorganisation of the Board of Managemert, in the Banks in certain crses have also been taken up to tone up end rai'amp the Long Term Credit Sector, R e g a rd in g th e S t a t e ’ s progr-^mme fo r t h e f lo a t a t io n n f C ieb e n tu re s in th e S e c t o r as f ix e d by t h e N ABARD frr 1985-86, '1986-87 and 1987-83 amoun ting to Rs, 8e50 crores, Rs. 10,50 crores and Rs, '11*00 crores respectively, the required loan investmmts uiere duly achieved curing the said years amounting to Rs« 8*46 crores, Rs. IQ.SS crores and Rs. 11,74 crores. In the year 1987-38 2 more banks achieved coilGotion above 15% w h ich q u a l i f i e d them, for un-?estrioted loar.ing el.i...gibilitv during 1988-89* Target' and Prograrnrne for Lending g' -In the 7th Plan p rofile the progrsfnme-.of lending during 1988—89 was, envisaged at Rs. 19*00 crores. In the light df the past experience and recent performances of the La^d CSev elopment Banks the State* s programme for the -floatation of Debaitures iljring 1988-89 has been fixed by the NABARD at Rs, crores consisting of Special Programme of Rs* 10 crores and Normal Progr.amme of Rs. 1*00 crores. It is expected that L^n d Dev e lo pm ent Banks w ill achieve the said target* "^ill now nearly 60?^ of the total disbursement of losn by the Land Develcpment Banks ccnstitLte inveatraent in Hinor Irrigah- tion Schemes* But divorsific ?tion o^ the lending business so as to bring under the fold a cross serticn of the people is cnnsidered to be a felt need^ ■/iccorclL-ngly, in addition to the conve,itional schemes like Hinor Irrigation, Farm Hechanisation, Lm3fDevelcpme t etc,, various schemes h?!ve been taken up in less.-known areas such as'PiscicultL're, Forf^stry, Horticulture and procesa- ing of agricultural produc€;s. It is also expected' that with the promalgation 64 0 f nSLu CDop^ratiw t3-Acts nnd Rul3s anri nmGndmrnt thereto new avejnu^s n f pm v/i- din^' '^ira "incc. to the artisans, craft-fnon and small intrrsprm 3uro etc, w ill be <-fXrloE3d gradually. R e q u ire d formalitios like ^^jndment of the bya-laws of ttiG b3-iks Gtc* Qro .glroady in progress, "T ho f;^llouinj inf Tm'ation in riGspcct of tha Long Torm Loan w ith purposv>- PUnor Irrigation , . . 59 1,4 4 673,00 Farm Hechanisation 05,17 109,00 Inland Fishery 8 7 ,2 4 108,00 B e t a l V in e 87.00 83.00 Bullock and Bullock cart 46.98 54,00 P o u lt r y 15,00 26,00 D a ir y 9.67 32,00 Sericulture 2,51 15,00 Floriculture 6 .9 2 14.00 Farm Forestry 0 .8 2 53,00 Others 119,91 86 .50 - ' 1052.66 1244.00 J The above target for the year 1987-88 was nearly achieved in fu ll by tno Land t7eveiopment Banks, The lending programme set forth for the current year 1988~89 is in good progress and it is expected to be achieved in fu ll. In the 7th Plan the lending target for 1989-90 was proposed to be Rs,2280,00 lakhs with purposewise pattern as shown below K Hinor Irrigation 1140,00 I I Farm Hechanisation 228,00 X j Pisciculture 456.00 H Plantation 228.00 K y Bullock, Bullock-carts, Dairy, I Poultry, Goba©-Gas ^tc, 114.00 5 Godown, Cattle shods, farm-houses, 5 la/elling and conservation of soil etc, 114.00 ! 228D_.0_0 I I______ Due to the impact of the steps tako for boosting up the collection as well as investment, it is expGctPd that the desired improvement in the flow of the credit in this sector w ill be mostly achieved by the end of 1989—90 and advances w ill be around Rs, 20,00 crores. SCHElviATIC RE:QUIRCfvlE^!T OF FUND : F o r a n su rin g t ho projactGd groujth rata in thn Long-Torm Credit Sector the financial requirement in respect of different schemes included in this Plan prcparsd on the basis of the Csistrict Plans is shoun belou :~ SchanG No* 5 : Supply of Long Term Credit - Rs. 11,35 lakh. The above broad head for provision in the Long-Term Credit Sector includes the follouJing schamss j— (a) Subsidy for appointment of Syparvisors (Rs,1,00 lakh) As per the D istrict Plans contc- rning the PLDBs 10 posts of Supe^rvisors in different Lan d Dev elopm en t banks w in be fille d up diring the y^ar. In terms of the schemas sanctioning posts of Supf^rvisors relating to the LDBs subsidy is available to the Donceirned banks for the first y^^ar @ 1C0^ of the costs at spGcifiGjd scale of Pay and Alloujanccs, The State Government’s financial involvement in this respect w ill b£ as follows s- Subsidy for 1o Supervisors d Rs,l 0 , 000/~ por year per Supervisor i.e . Rs,1o,000/~ X 1Q - Rs.1.00 lakh. Subsidy for opening of Brenche.'s ~ (R s. 2 . 6q la k h s ^ For the purpose of expansion of loaning operation in remote rural arebs and ensuring prompt service to the people from the closer proximity as also for better supc^rvision and ensuring schematic utilisation of the loans it has been proposed in the Q istriclt Plans":to sot up 3 new branches in 3 D istricts during the year. In the lines of the earlier schcme approved by the Government for setting up of new branches of the P.L.O.Bs the subsidy requirement for the establishment expenses including salaries in respect of the said 3 Branches for the first year nnd in respect of the 2 branches included originally in the Pl?r> for 1988—89 is estimated at Rs,2. 6q la k h s . ' G rant-irv-aid for Risk Fund - Rs. 7.7 5 lakh> The prevalant scheme under which the assistan-c« upto th e 6 th Plan Period for contribution to the RISK FUND, of the Banks yielded good results to encourage the banks to lend to the Weaker Sections in a liberal way. Under the said scheme to cover the risks of investment Amongst tf.e financially vulnerable sections viz., Small Farmers, Marginal Farmers, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes the L^D.Banks were provided Government s u b s id y @ Z% of the amounts advaiced to them in the aroas not covered by the /^QGncies like SFDA, Dp,AP etc. The agencies like S. F.D.A. contributed to the said Fund in respect of implem£^hfation of their projects by the Banks, Due to the impact of the said schermf- which encouraged the banks to go for higher quantum of loans to the above categories of loanees the flow of the credit from the L.D,Banks to the Weaker Sections increased from 70^ to 75^ of the total advances mads during 1987-88. Now that a ll A 66 the arras hs^/G'bGen brought undor the D.R.D^A* a^'ter merger of the aforesaid agencies, the assist.?nce for the Risk Fund has been made available to the bcTiks by the D,R,D,As in respect of financing the I.R.D .P, schemas only. Besides the I.R.D^P, Schaiies various other schemes are also financed by the Land development Banks covtring a wider section of the people including small and marginal farmers uho are not includted within the target group of the I.R ,D, Programme, In order that the L,D,Bs are encouraged to lend r e q u i red finaice lib erally for the schematic implementation of the projects of the said Small & Marginal Farmers not covered by I,R,D,P* Schanes, it has been oroposed for adninistrative approval of the Government regarding ’'3-introd'jccion of the Government fontribution to the Risk Fund of the Land t^evelonment Banks as pr r the earlier scheme. It is hoped that the said proposal ’ajill receive the Government’ s approval soon, Goverrment’ s financial inyolveinent on this acore at the pr'a;alent rate of assistance w ill be as fo lio u ia 5— Pssijrfiing that en amount of 15,00 crores w ill be advanced by the Land Dejoiopment Banks during 198B--B9, as per the existing trend, iSfo cf the said amount is expected to flow to the liieaker Sections and roughly hal^ cf the Uloaker Sections may .account for the schemes not covered by the Progr,?mmG. fine Government subsidy for Risk Fund during 1989—90 be ased on the investncT.t made in the previous year, i,e , 1988-89 calculated @ 3^ [7)5% cf Rs, 15.00 crrjros) is estimated at Rs, 15*75 Lakhs* As the sch^jne is yet to receive the adninistrat iv e appr;val a 3u.m of Ro,7,75 lakti may be p*'0vidGd on achoc basis. Scheme No. 6 s Contribution to the Dc^bjritures of the S.L*D, B, Rs, 52^50 lakhs. In view of the existing-trend and past performances of the L^^nd O’^yelopment B i-nks, it is con tonplated that a progr^me of lending of Rs,:a3.00 Crcres consisting of Special Loan of Rs, 19,00 Crores and Normal Loan of Rs.'l.OO Crore w ill be achieved by the Land Dev elopment Banks djring 1989-30. For the Debentures to be floated by the S.L.D.B, relating to the said loans the State Government's Contribution as per the existing rates w ill be as follows s~ ^ V ' V On Account of Debentures on Special ■j( Loan of Rs, 19.00 Crores @ 2^% Rs, 47,50 lakhs I On Account o^ Debentures on Normal 5 j Loan of Rs, 1,00 Crore @ 5% Rs, 5,00 lakhs 5 f ------$ J Rs, 52,50 lakhs K I ------— 1 / 'V 67 Schame No, 7 s Failed uoils compensation Fund - Rs, 8,00 lakhs There ara Gases uhere thj dasired quantity of water is not available from tha dug luelIs/Shallow liJalls/TubGibGll set up out of Bank Inans undar thij minor irrigation projacts. In such casos on th;> nnj hand th 3 farmer is burdcntd with the loan but without any prospcct of additional income being gmoratGd by increased production for no fault of his own and on the other hrnd th .3 bank^ fund rcmB.ins'lockf^d up due to non-repayment of the loan by the bcrroLuar making the loan bad in tho long run. The'caption Jd scheme recommended by the NABARD and approved by the Government of India has been intro'duced to give relief th the concerned farmers from the said burden of loan and also to make free the locked fund of the banks involved in such failed yell schemes in the manner specified in the schjnc. Under the sch-i^e subsidy w ill be released from the fund tn be created for writing off the loan in fu ll on account of cost of sinking of the failed uells, Th^i Fund w ill be crcated out of the as.s,istance to be made available by the State Government and Gov ernment of-India on 50 ,J 5o basis. The interest on the outstanding loan is to bo borne by the participating bank and NABARD on 5o ; 5r liasis in cases Of NABARD* s Refinance Schemes and by the partielpa- ting bank alone in cases of ordinary programme of lending of the L.D,Bs, The D istrict Plan-s for 1989-90 indicate the asistaice requirement for the compensation in the Co-ofjerative Land Development Banking Sector for an am-junt of R, 0,no lakhs. It is Qontemplated that requirement of other Banks, Rural Banks and'Nationalised Banks luho j jintly-parti#ipat e in the scheme w ill also be t£) the tune of Rs, 8.00 lakh. Thus, the financial involvement of the State and Central Gcvernmtsnt* on this scheme for 1989^f will be as follows ‘ t I Estimated amount K Amount of 5 Amount of 1 {o f investment of J share of thej[ share of J t ' )[ the financing, in s- Sta te Govt, 5 the Govt. 1 5 } tituticns to be '5 f r r c o n t r i- j o f In d ia ! j Year H compensated on a/c J-buting to H for cont- 0 i )[ o f the failed ]( the fuad to )[ ributing I i w e lls . { be raised. f to th e 0 I i 1 fund to 5 i ______A _ i ______Y be raised. I 5 X 1989-90 16,00 8,00 8,00 f I S I _____ - I 68 SchGrpQ No, 8 ~J S u b s id y f o r R G h a b il it a tio n o f WGak L. D ,Bs and Branches of L»D«B. Rs. 5.DO lakhs. In tarms of the IMABARO’ s 10r-Point Programme ano also the norms for tho'selaction sot .out. for rehabilitation and rc-v/itali'sation of the weak L, D,Bs’- '4 Primary CoppeEatiue Land Dev dlopment Banks and 2 Branches of the blest Bon-gal Centr ^1 . Coo p^^ratiue Land Development Bank Ltd. on basis of their over.all position as on 3o,6,B5 have been saloc- t;nd for being rohabrlitated* It is pno.posGd in tho Action Plan for their Rohabilitation for sanction of-certain amounts as Govfc-rnment Subsidy and G r^ t by tha liiest B eng al Central Coopecative Land QevGlo(>- ment Bank Lt d; tn ujrit;3-off tho bad^and irr ocoverable debts of the said banks which uerG assessed as on 30,6,85 in terms of the procedure laid down by the MAB'ARD^ According t~i the said Action Plan the State Government already sanctionedj a total sum of Rs, 46,00 If^khs to the s a id 6 Banks for the said purpose, during 1987-B8 by way of rcappropria- tion of ’funds out of th^ savings in various schemes'. On tho concenned loans the said sanctioned subsidy relates to the Principal and interest calculated upto 3o,6,85, the banks are to observe the specified norms to dray upon-ths amount of the said subsidy. Sines the CONSUrC RS' CO-OPERATIUES , 1989-90 ia the last year of the 7th plan* The basic approach of the 7th Plan ues for strangthenin.j the distribution system uncier Consumers’ Sector by linking the same uith the production-cum-distribution scheme* But for variOLB constraints the production-cum-distrib-jtion schemes could not record any remarkable progress* On the contrary, the distribution system alone consolida ted a better position due to large scale handling of items cov/ered under P,D*3*, ana controlled commoditiGs by the Consumers' Cooperatives both in Urb.-:;n pnd Rural areas. In the profored plan for 1909-90, stress has been laid to retain the progress so far achieved in the distribution system under the Cooperative Sector - ' . ' existing scheme* Thn schemes 'Ta St^te o'^rticip?tion in thd by providing major portion of the proposed investment to maintain' the Snare Capital of the Consumers' Cooperatives, sanction of loan and Grant for furniture and fixture, Managerial Subsidy and loan toconstruct godown and business premises* Besides the foreging schcines under the State Plan, the Central sector schemes and the N*CoD»C. scheiiies for rehabilitation of ueak wholesale Societies and distribution of Consumers articles in rural areas respectively are also expected to play a domineering role in sustaining the growth achieved in the field of distribution of essential commodities in urban areas and rural areas as w ell. The liberalised assistance under the Central Sector Schemes is expected to help further growth of distribution channel in Cooperative Sector in the uncovered rural areas* In 1980-89 schemes assisted in the previous financial year under State Plan have been implemantod. Jh o Bidhannariar aJhnlesale Cunsumera’ Cooperative Society has started its operation with big departmental stores equipped with modern technique of self-service facilities in the fast growing city of Salt Lake* Tiiis society has been sanctioned an amount of Rs* 7*00 lakhs from the State Plan Budget provision and Rs. 8,50 lakhs under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme* 10 (ten) Hobile 'v/an shops sanctioned to 9(nine) Wholesale Consumers' Cooperatives at a cost of Rs« 25.00 lakhs under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme have been commissioned in 1988-89. Inspite of its in itia l operational problems for Want of required expertisej the performances of these shops, however, hav/e improved substantially. The programme to bring 700 villages under the M.C.D.C. scheme of " distribution of Consumers' articles in rural areas” couering 15 new projects and 25 Old Projects in 1908—39 against the total investment of Rs. 137*15 lakhs is expected to be implemented in fu ll* In 1909—90 an amount of Rs. 137*50 lakhs has been proposed for investment for implementation of N.C.D.C. Schemes fo r.d istri bution of Consumers’ articles in rural areas* Besides, under the Centrally sponsored Scherric for ’'Accelerated Development of Consumers' Cooperatives" an amount of Rs. 98*38 has bcun proposed for investment during 1989-90* 70 In 193a~8g in tbe State Plan total outlay has been prov/ided to the extent of Rs. 25.00 lakhs for developrnent of Consumers Coopsa During 1989-90 an amount of R;:, 25,25 lakhs has been proposed in the State Plan for the purpose. This means that an increase of 5^ investment in 1989-90 over that of the last year has been provided. While allocating the provision 22^ and 6^ have been earmarked for S»C.Po k T.S.Po SchemRs respectively. Details fo the State Plan as follows :~ Scheme No. 9 s Urban Consumers' Cooperatives - Rs. 17,00 lakhs. A. i) State Share R;3« 13.30 lakhs ii) Loan Rn. 1.30 ” iii) Grant Rr.. 1.90 r-.3_hare "• Rs. 15.30 lakhs. An amount of R-;. 6.30 lakhs out of Rs. 13.30 lakhs has been set apart tc contribute 25^ State Govt’s Share of Contribution towards the total rehabili tation cost of one weak wholesale society. The balance Rs. 7.00 lakhs w ill be made available as State Sham contribution to 6 (six) wholesale Societies @ Rso 1.00 lakh per Society and 10 Primary Consumers Cooperatives (i Rs« 10,000/- Gach. Thus the total Rs. 13.30 lakhs have been set apart as follows z— a) 25^ rehabilitation cost of one wholosalc Society Rs. 6.30 lakhs b) State Share Contribution to 6 wholesale © Rs. 1.00 lakhs each Rs. 6*00 lakhs c) State SharG Contribution to 10 Primary Co-.cumers @ Rs. 10D00/- each Rs. 1.00 la k h s T o t a l s , Rgc1 3 .3 u laK h s II) l.a.^Q. lakhs As per existing pattern^ the societies w ill be entitled to get loan for construction of Business Premises and loan and grant for purchase of furniture and fixture-loan being 7 5% and Grant 25^?^ . The amount of loan of Rs. I.BQ lakhs w ill be utilised as under i) Business premises loan to 4 Societies © Rs. 25000/- each Rs« 1.00 lakh ii) Storage Godown loan to l(one) selected socioty being the 25^ of the total cost of Rs. 2.GO lakhs and the balance being providGd by the Government of India. Rs. 0.50 lakh i i i ) 7 5^ loan coiitponent of loan cum-grant for furniture and fixture to be given to '4'Primary societies 10000/- ead-i Rso 0.30 lakh T o t a l s Rs. 1.80 la k h s III) ,G]^n,t Rs. J Grant portion of the loan-cumi~grant for furniture and fixture to 4 societies and Hanagerial Subsidy for two (2) Canteen Cooperatives have been provided out of this allocation as follows 3- 71 a) Grant for furniture and fixture to 4 So c i'3tiGs © R",, 250O/-' each Rs. 0,1G lakh b) Hanegerial Gubsidy to 2 Canteen Cooperative ©r,o 9Q,000/~ each Hs. 1.S0 " Total s Rs. 1*90 lakhs Scheme I'Jo. 10 > D istribution of Consuiners Articles in Rural Areas - Rs. 9*25 lakhs (Figures in lakhs) 5t,a,te ha,re^ _^Lpan _ C rant L ^ p ^ X A . i . i ) Normal 2.00 A X 2.00 i i ) S .C . P . 4.00 1.46 0.31 5.77 i i i ) T o S .p . 0.50 0.25 0.73 1.48 6.50 *“l', ? T ' "'Y oI dT’ 9.25 Normal,..Schemes. (Rg, 2.00 la k h s ) _ / , ' Under the Schemes Primary Consumers Cooperatives and the Societies dealing in consumers goods in the rural areas luill be given the financial assis tance in the shape of Stat share to strengthen the capital base as per existing pattern# The details are spelt out below i) State share capital to 40 Primary Societies © Rs. 5000/- each Rs* 2.00 lakhs ^* Special Component Plan - Rso 5.77 lakhs i) State share Rs. 4.00 lakhs ii) Loan R., 1.46 lakhs iii) Grant Rs. 0.31 lakhs i ) S_tate Shgre - f'.;. 4.0 0 la khs 80 Primary Cooperatives in the rural areas dealing in Consumers goods and whose composition of membership is more than 50^ persons belonging to Scheduled Caste Community w ill be given ‘litate share contribution (i Rs. 5000/— eacf i) Bo Sccietibs to be assisted in the form of Sta-:c Share © Rs. 50D0/- each ( 80 X 5000/-) Rs. 4 .0 0 la k h s ii) Loan Rs. 1.46 lakhs Primary Societies are entitled to get loan for godown/B’isiness Primises and loan and grant for furniture and fixture. Consisting of 75^ loan and 25^^ grant. The nunber of beneficiaries are as follows 3- a) Godown/Business Primises to 6 P rim a ry Societies @ Rs. 15000/- each (6 X Rs.15000) Rs. 0.90 la k h s b) 15 Societies w ill be provided with loan cum-grant for furniture and fixture !i Rs. 5000/~ each. Loan component being 7 5^ i . e . Rso 37 50/- (Rs . 37 50 X 15) Rs. 56,250 , Rs. 0,56 " Rs. 1.46 lakhs i i i ) Grant - Rs. 0.31 lakh Grant portion being 25^^ of th^ a:bove 15 schemes for loarr-cum-grant for furniture & fixture and rlanagerial Subsidy to Primary Societies are provided in the allocated fund as detailed below 72 a) hurniture & f i x t u r e grant to 15 sociGtics @ Rso 1250/" boing 25^ cf ths to tal amount of Rs. 5000/- ( 15 X Rs. 1250/-) Rs. 0a19 lakhs b) Hanagerial subsidy to 5 societies @ Rs. 240 0/- Rs« 0o12.lakhs Rs* 0*31 lakhs 3. I.ribal _S'Jb-P Ian - . ^4B la k h s i ) SharG Rs. 0.5 0 lakhs ii) Loan Kso 0.25 lakhs i i i ) G ran t !iSo 0<,73 la k h s i ) S j T a j c [ q . , P_. 50_ l.akh. 10 SociGtiec' in the: fiuc d istricts of Birbhum, Purulia, Bankura, nidnaporE~I and D arjeclin >i assisted in the shape of Stat-,; Sharj Contribution to the share capital of those society in order to strengthening their capital structures. 10 Societies Q Rs. 5000/- each as State Share contribution Rs. 0,50 lakhs ii) Loan Rso 0.25 lakh i i i ) G r a n t _!«> 50^ loan and 50^ grant for contribution of shop premises at a total cost of Rs. 10,000/- by Primary Cooperatives 100^ Subsidy for construction of shop premises by the Students Cooperativyes Comprising the trib al students at a cost of Rs, 15,000/~ and 50% subsidy and 50^ loan for furniture and fixture and managerial subsidy u ill be provided out cf the fund allocated above. Loan i) Shop premises loan ii 50^ to 3 Primary Consumers © Rs. 5000/“ Rs. 0.15 lakh ii) Furniture & fixture loan @ Rs« 2500/- to 4 Societies Rs. 0.10 " Rs. 0*25 lakhs Grant i) Shop Premises grant to 3 Primary consumers © 5000/- Rs. 0*15 lakhs ii) Shop Premises grant to 5 School Cooperatives & R:,. 15000/“ Rso 0.75 '» iii) Grant for furnitures and fixtures to 4 societies (3 2500/- Rs. 0.10 ” iv ) Tianagerial subsidy to 12 societies © Rs, 4000/- Rs. 0.48 " Rs. 1,48 lakhs AMD PR OCESSJj';^G_ C OO P E RAT I WES_ Af\iD In the field of agricultural production, storage and Harketiny, the I'larkGuing Co—dperativos bave been playing a crucial role in the form of supply ing fertilisers and other imputs for agricultural production, undertaking marketing and DrOnGJ^Qinn p nf t \/ n-T 0 0 -0 +*^-; A » 73 benefit of ths farmer - members and the ultimate consumers as well. There are 240 Agricultural Co-operatiue I'larketing Societies, 42 cold Storages, 12 Rice H ills, 2 Food Processing Units and other processing units including edible o il functioning in this field. In the recent past efforts havye been made to establish and run more number of processing units, The financing arrangements for setting up these projects is done by tho state Covt., f\I.C<.D,C. and Co-operative Banks. Supply of fe rtilise rs and other imputs are arranged by BElMFED, IFFCO, KRI3HCQ and other National Leuel Organisations* During the last Co-operativye year i.e , 19B7-88 fertilizers worth Rs* 70 crores were distributed through Primary Agricultural Societies (P.A*n.S.)* Primary Agricultural Credit SocietiBs(FACS) of this State, 680C Ho't. of paddy valued at Rs. 1.5 crores was handled by the Co-operative RicO P'lills. The Co-operative Cold Storage stored 1.15 lakh H.T. of potato Valuing Rs. 11.50 crores* (rent collected by cold storages was around Rs. 2*84 crores). Scheme No, 11 s DEUELOPriENT OF AGRIL. HARKETING SOCIETIES ( PJLI..^ARYjjffs.,. 3 1_^.27__ LAKHS. (i ) (a) Share Capital to P'larket inq Societies-Rs. 5,00 lakhs PAMS undertake business of various descriptions relating to production of crop, its storing and marketing and also processing at times. NCDC provides financial assistance to selected societies which can fu lfil their prescribed norms* In order to ensure that these PAP^S function as viable units within a reasonable time liberal financial assistance from the State Government is needed in the shape of share capital assistance* So long such societies wore assisted by way of State share participation in the ratio of 1g3 subject to a maximum of Rs. 1 lakh* As these PAi^S have already reached a saturation point in respect of raising share capital from its members which are in most cases PACS, potential scope of raising their further share capital is extremely bleak. Considering this situation it is proposed that the State Government may assist these PAHS by way of additional amount of share capital at the rate of 1s5 upto a maximum lim it of Rs* 2 lakhs. As such it is proposed that an amount of Rs. 5,00 lakhs may be provided in the State Budget for the purpose, (b) Subsid y to PAHS - Rs. 3 lakhs. In order to cimpensate the loss sustained by Primary Harkoting Societies including Vegetable Societies in the matter of purchase and sale of agricultural produce from members not covered under price support scheme, the P'larketing Societies may be provided with subsidy for creation of a special price fluctuation fund. It is proposed that a sum of Rs. 3 lakhs, may be provided in the State Plan for the year 1939-90. c) Consturction of P^a'n Godown - Rs. 20,27 lakhs. i) NCDC's Normal Scheme - T3. 0 ,6 0 lakhs-. The approved block cost in respect of Plain Godowns which are A ^ 74 according to the yoar of sanction. For this purpose the State Government icj to bear 25^ of the block cost. There are four such godowns yet to be completed. Gouernmsnt has ciiready met its portion of lia b ility in respect of two such godouns, and in respect of other two godoiuns Gouernment is to bc';r Rs. 37,500/- as subsidy. In addition, for completion of a ll those four godoujns additional expenditure due to cost escalationj the State Government is to bear @ Rs. 5,525/- each and as such a sum of Rs. 22,500/- is requiredo Accordingly, a sum of Rs. 5Q,0Q0/“ may be provided under thr scheme. ii) NCDC - III - I^C,Ao Prcject - Rs. 19.57 lakhso This project started in the year 1984. The scheme provides to create storage capacity of 250 r'1.T«/lOCO 01.1. through construction of grdown for primary Marketing Cooperatives. The block cost fcr construction of 250 R.To Capacity Godoun is Rs. 2.57 lakhs, while such cost for 1000 P^.T. capacity is i Rs. 8,50 lakhs. Out of the above blod< cost 50^ is provided by the NCDC through the West §engal Central Cooperative Land Development Bank and 25^'^ as share by NCDC through State Government, uhile 20^ is borne by the State Government as share capital assistance and the rest is to be raised by the Society itself. It is expected that during 1989—90 five units of 250 Fl.T. capacity and ten units o f 1000 n.T. capacity god owns are likely to be sanctioned fcr which a total sum of Rs. 19,67,000/- calculated on the basis of 20^ of the block cost as stated above is required. As su ch , 5^ total sum of Us. 20.27 lakhs may be provided under this scheme. d) riargin money loan to PAHS for undertaking fertiliser and ether b u s in e s s - Rs. 3 ,^ 0 la k h s . ______ T h e re a r '3 at present 240 Agril. Coop. Harketing Societies (PAP'IS) in the State. These PAHS distribute fe rtilie r and other agricultural inpjts to PACS AMD To o th e r farm er-m em bers. BEi\IFED r e c e iv e s s u p p ly from N a t io n a l l e v e l Coop. Institutions like IFFCO, KRIBHCO etc. and also from suppliers in private Sector and BENFED in its turn supplies the same to PAHS and to some selected PACS on cash and carry basis. PAMS therefore, require working capital for their business, PAMS also undertake business of Oute, Potato and marketing and storage of various local ar:riculturai^producQo, So, far no fund pould..be provided to in this regard.Though NCDC providps sh^rR c^pitax to P^nS PAHS^for strengtheniny their share capital base i.e. working capital for business their conditions for sanction are rigid in many cases and generally, only a limited number of marketing societies can avail of the NCDC Scheme. It is, therefore, proposed tiiat some sort of liberal assistance may be extended to relatively weak marketigg societies in the ratio 1s5 subject to a maximum of Rs. 2 lakhs. The aim is to cater to the needs of agriculturally backward areas where PAHS being weak, fanner members ar;:; vulnerable to m alpractices by the private trade in the matter of procurement of their agricultural inputs. A Sch'■^■| for m^'roin mnn'y -ifrom th’’^ St'^tn Govt. undr c'nrid'T-^tion und^-r which 10 h iv opon s'^lf^cted. Each P'^MS thus s^^cctr^d uould bs providGi @ Rr..l.5 likh-:. on --’s addiuior-.nl nh'’C" c’pitnl. Such fin-'nci'-l ••upport • - ■ -1. .- i. ~ 1-1-., 4-Ko-t- KanU A 75 lo a n do0s not flou to thnsn ujoak P W =?nd Bpnf-d supplirs only on cash-^nd- carry basis. ^ sum of Rs,3,00 lakhs m y ±ir provided on adhoc -b'>sis. ( ii) Assistanco to Apex liiiiarket inq SocietiGs ~ Rso 34>31 lakhso (i i i ) Organisa tion of Jute Grading Units and Balaing Plants-^s. 6,60 lakhs. i\ j) C o n s tru c tio n o f R u r a l Godwn Rs* 29.00 la k h s a ) iMCDC’ s Norm al Scht^rncs 1.30 la k h s * The original block cost was Rs. 25,000/- uhich went up to Rs» 65,000/- in course of y factors. Tho State Gcvt. discharged its lia b ility toaiards its share in respect of 22 rural godouns. 3ut WCDC is yet to sanction its share of assistance. The rem a in in g 12 godouns with the block cost of Rso 66, 000/- and 10 godowns with the block cost of Rs« 25,000/- since revided by (\1C0C, the State Gowt. is to provide its portion of block cost respectively ®(s. 8,250/- ( 12-2-^ of block cost) and d Rs. 3,125/- (12-^^ of tiie block cost). It isj therefore, proposed that an amount of Rs. 1«30 lakh may be provided in the budget Tor 1989-90 for the aforesaid purpose. b) Under N.C,D,Co-III I.O.A. Project - Rs. 27,70 under NCDC-III. I»0,Ao P r o je c t 81 units of 100 iloT. capacity Rural Godouns for PACS are likely to be constructed at a block cost of Rs. 1.71 lakhs eachy of which 20^ of tho cost w ill be borne by the State Govt, as share capital assistance and for this purpose a total sum of Rs. 27.7 0 lakhs is required. It is therefore, proposed that a total sum of Rs. 29.00 lakhs may be provided under the Scheme. y) Assistance to IFFCC by way of Share Capital participation through BENFEO “■ 25 lakhs. During the last 3 years of Seventh Five Y^ar Plan, an amount of Rs. 119 lakhs Was provided to Benfed for purchasing share of IFFCO. An amount of Rs.25 lakhs is proposed to be provided to BErJFED f'or purchase of share from IFFCO for 1989-90„ '^l) Assistance to KRIBHCO by way of Share Capital Pariticipation _through BENFED iq*. A, laKhs. During tho last 3 year^ of 7th Five Year Plan, an amount of Rs. 15 lakhs Was provided to SENFED purchase cf Share of KRIBHCO. It is proposed that and amount of Rs. 5 lakhs inay be provided fnr purchase of share from KRIBHCO by during 1989-90. Scheme No. 12. Developmunt of Processing Co-operative_^- R^« 35.00 lakhs. ( a ) _Loan_,_fJ-.9. ce« >^111 1 s - [XOA laRl'ls* (b) (i) Share Capital Assistance to Rice P'lills and Fruits Processing Socioties ~ Rs. 10 la k h s . 76 ^) Assistancc to O il Processincj^ _SG_cy.Gtie s ~ Rs» 12*G0 lakho The acreage of oilsecxi production has been greatly increasing in West besgai* It is proposed to organise and/or to install 5 additional oil m ill units in major o il production districtso vizo West Dinajpur, NadiE, 2 (North) Hooghly and Burdwano Puroura Samabay Krishi Bipanan Samity is running one such o il m ill, the block cost of uhieh is calculated at uso 30 lakhs at present market price. In order to organise o il m ill society or to install and o il m ills unit in any existing marl 50^ and 25^ respectively. The balance 20^ i.e . Rs. 6 lakhs per unit w ill be borne by the State Government by way cf share participation. It is expected that l\ICDC w ill assist in the matter of promoting o il Processing Societies. Scheme No. 13 Establishment of Cold Storage - Rs. 141.25 lakhs. a) IjJorking Capital loan to Cold S to ra g e - Coopo Cold Storage societies are not present mainly storing members’ potato and their constitutents the main source of income of these could storages* These societies also earn by some amount undertaking commercial purchase. So-far as this working condition is ccncerned, Copp. Cold Storages can run as viable units if cost of construction is kept within reasonable lim it. But it almost always happens that the cost of a Coop. Cold Storage goes up steeply due to delay in execution of the project and toher allied factors thereby highly exceeding its estimcted project cost. In order to meet up additional financial burden for which their sanctioned assistance is completely depleted , Coop. Could Storages require further financial assistance for their working capital base. There are now 36 Coopo Cold Storages of which 13 could storages have received working capital loan. The rest of thu Coop. Cold Storages require working capital loan for their business. It is proposed that Rs. 5 lakhs may be provided as loan to each unit and for this purpose Rso 93.40 lakhs may be provided for the year 1989-90. This amount includes Rs« Q lakhs already sanctioned to Burdwan Central Coop. Harketing Society but expired in 1987-88, A ^ 77 b) Stats Govto shert:; to Coop. Cold Storage to co.Tipcnrjatc touarq-s cost Gscslntinn ~ Rg« 3«25. lakhs* St rate Share ti’ €nld Storages fe. 57.50 lakhs. liJo have. 36 units of Coop. coQid storaguii and 5 units aro under construction that are likely to be cQmpletGd soon. Prograjnmes for orqaniscition of 3 new Coop. Could Storages during the yuar 1989-90 are under process. At present Lc-Vvyel, the block cost of a Coop. Cold stora»gc; as approved by NCDC *stands at hs. 1.20 crores with" an installed capacity of 500 n,T» DIC/DROA prouidos subsidy to newly iistablished cold storage at the rate of 20^ of the block cost. And therefore, the efFectiwe block cost of a new Coop, crld storage stands at Rs. 96 lakhs. As per thc;: cjxisting pattern of assistance, the State Govto prouides assistance by uay of share capitr l at the rate of,>' 20^ of the effective blocl< cost. It is, therefore proposed to provide Rs* 57*60 lakhs for establishment of 3 new cold storages* d) State share for installation of Second Diesel Gener?.ting set under Normal scheme for the 'jstablishment of Cold Storages - Rs« 5 lakhs.' In order to cope t'/'ith frequent pouer failure, Copp* Cold Storages have been provided with a generating set under iMCDC 3cht3rne, There are already 23 Coop. Cold storages where Second Dies;.‘l Generating set ha\jc already been- sanctioned. It is propasbd to provide 10 3l:c!: second D.G. sets during the year 1969-90. e-) i'lanagerial subsidy to Coop. Could Storages- Rs. 1.00 lakhs. - 78 Scheme No ,3^^. nCREGTION M D ADh IN I STRATI ON 1I10 Surenf^h. 01 oii^cers and other s’ba.ff’ has Rlir.os't remained stagnant at the level p rev a ilin g almost a decade age. The oiitcoine is disproportionate ^/ork-load handled by most of*-the officers and clerical staff. This results in doing work on ad-,hoc hasis according to import.mce and urgency of the work, Luring the last 7/8 years, the work-load has increased mpxij times due to proliferation of different development:^ schem.es executed hy Cooperation l^rectorate and administration of different projects, a large number of vhich are manned by departmental officers as the Ghiof Executives . Thijs, dep-otation of Officers to new projects has been further straining the already depleted personnel position of the Iiirectorate, This haS obviously resiiLted in casual s\:|)ervision .and monitoring works. Each Development Block is manned by a Go-operative Inspector, Presenibly, aboiJt 80 Blocks are lying vacant in one way or the other. The Cooperative. Development Officers who aJ_so play a very important role in ensuring effective si:pervision of the Cooperative Institu tions, are being requisitioned more and more for deputation service to different Cooperative Institutions where Government have invested a sizeable amount of money by v/ay of Govemm.ent a^ssistance. It has therefore, become imperative to the r.tr:'-^ position -fresh and work out the p.ctuai requirement keeping in view the adininistra tine req-uirement of the Coopera.tion Department aS well as the requirement for the Cooperative Ingtitiitions which have to be maimed by departmental Officers fo":' some more time as their present mana gements are not experienced enough to handle the responsibility* nor they can afford to appoint professional, persons for the res pective jobs,. The Co-operative inspectors being the Block Level Officers of the Cooperation Department are the most important Officers who play the pivotaJI role in the totaJ. development of Cooperative Movement at the Block Level, the number of societies have increa sed greately during the la.st decade and the miatiplicity of job has aiso increased tremendously. The Cooperative Inspector is in urgent need of a clerical h,and. Consequent on separation of audit from Administration Cell of Cooperation Directorate, 60 posts of a.tlditors which i^rere created for m?anning the marketing societies in.ll now be released to the .• Directorate of Cooperative Audit an.d hence, the result ant vacan cies \d-ll be required to be filled up. Besides, one Public Rela tion Officer of the rank of Joint Registrar of Cooperative Societies shoiiLd be created, -/sd contd,.... 79 The statistics Ceil of the Cooperation Directorate is alread: h a n d l i n g a st-upendo^J? ta ,sk as t h e C e l l i s t o p r e p a r e 100 odd annual statistical st,atcments for s-uhmssion to NAPiARD. In addition, varioi:® other statem'nts and data relating to statistical works are collected aid processed by the said Cell. It is desirable that one sta-tistical Officer of the rank of Assist,ant I^rector (Statis-^ tics) may be taken on deputation who v/ill pro^Tide necessary techni cal. guidance to the officers and staff working in that cell. Scheme N o.l^# Cooperati'^7;e Training and Education ... Rs,2 9 *7 8 l a k h s , i ) CooD e r at ±ye_ 3 d neat ion Rs.l6 . 9U- ” ii) Cooperative Traj-ninf^ Schemes ... Rs. ^!-.8U ” Under this Scheme - the ^ State Cooperative Unj.on is 'r'uhning six Training Centres incluiing .two jm ior level Cooperative Training Centres viz. (a) Illarnbazar at Birbh-um District and t he other at (b) d alpaiguri Cost for implementing training programme through those two training centres incluiin.^ the costs of i'‘L'nning thos^" centres are borne by the State Govern ment out of ..the Plp,n Budget , i i 3.) I'i,ng>nce a s s i s t n n ce f p r tr?,ining; coiigDlex BolpTir. Hs, 3 .0 0 l a k h s , Il].pjnba2 ar Coop erati-^ve "^rair.ing Centre, is now ho "used in a hired building on a n.o:-thly rent of Rs.3 , 000 / - . VJest B e n g a l S t a t e Coo'^erati-'.-e Lb io n h a d i n i t i a t e d a p r o p o s a l t o s h i f t the paid traiir'ing centre at a nore prominant lolace like Bolpur in BirbhiK^ District. The District aubheritor of Birhhum has allotted a plot of land measuring 0 .? 0 acres at Bolpur in favour* of West Bengal State Cooperative Ihion for construction of the Cooperative Training Complex on that plot of Injid So that the Illarnbazar Cooperative Training Gontre may bo shifted at Bolpur early. i v ) iastrJ^t_Gpo:acr^^ . Rs, 2 .0 0 l a k h s . ■v) Plnancial a,s si stance to Netaii Subhas CooDeratiye Tr.aining Golle^^e'. Gost of the Executive OffiCQr of-the VJest Bengal, S t a t e C o-op e r a t i v e Unicm .and Travelling Allowrjices of the 0 :^ficersT “ ... Ks. 3 .0 0 l a k h s . iontd a 80 Sciierie No .16 ; Iiiforiiiation and p-ubllcitY . . . lakhs* The West Beng;^J. State Cooperative Union caxries on p-abli- city and propoganda work on Cooperative Movement, For this purpose it organises anc^/or pa,rticipatos in Cooperative Congress, Exhibi tion ajid Fair, Sennnars etc. It also observes All India. Coopera- t±^JQ Week through different programmes thro“ugholit the State, There is a propoSaJl. to organise a Cooperati^/e Exhibition and Fair at Calcutta Mai dan in the month of February, I 9 89 * Finajicial assistance to the tune of Rs.l.oo lakh may be proiaded in the budget for this P'jrpose, Besides this, provision of Rs.0 . 6^ lakh is also require for the pri:5)ose of i-inplemeriting p ublicity an d propaganda work. Cub of -whLch Rs,^,000/~ may be kept for "Bhandar” and the remaining sum of Rs«^5,000/- be reserved for publicity ,and propaganda* Scheme No.17 °. Urbqn Credit Go-operative ... Rs,l*00 lakh. Scheme N0.I 8 s Develo-onent o f Housing: . . . Rs.l.OG la k h . Go-oierat iyc ■, Though the phenomenal gro\^rth of Housing Cooperatives throu ghout the State and in the. Q-IDA area in particular is an indicator of the acute housing problem faced by the middle class and lower I middle class people and increasing denand for cooperative Housing, it is high time that a reaT.istic stock-taking is done at the highest level. The magnitude of the prob3_em csCLls for a serious attention fron all concerned to guard against growing maJ.pr act ices indulged in by some mscrupuLous promoters, '□ideniably, the housing cooper,ctives ha.ve done some good 30b in m.eeting the housing coopcr- a.tives ^ave done some good 30b in meeting tho housing needs of Urban people. But the project ha^ tremendous poteritial of which tatc have toucn.ed only the fringe areas. There a^re at present 1700 Housing Cooperative Societies in the State of Wliich about 30^ societies sre in CaJLcutta Metropolitan Development i\rea. The West Bengal State Coopera.tive Housing Federation has so far s-mctioned R3,3^.33 crores as loan for construction of 1^,066 Units of houses/ apartments. Of this, 112^3 Units have been already completed. The ajTiount of xer capita loaJi for construction of house/apaj'tment has since been enhanced to Rs,l,20 lakhs provided the annu^al income of a member does not exceed Rs,6o ,000/- State pajticipaticn in the Capital of the West BongaJ. State Cooperative Housing Federation was pre-^Tiousiy necessary to augment the Federation's funds i/ith a viev/ to enhancing the borrov.dng poixrer. Su1ose contd 81 Schene No .IQ ; Other CooDeratives Hs.ll.oO lakhS', In view of the Spocial stress laici on the formatj.on of employr^ient oriented schemes which aim at solving the grox-rlng meraployment problem vjnong the technically ^lualified persons and also among the disorganised labour forces, an increased provision for these societies in the pl.an outlay for the year 1989-90 is needed. It is also fomd from the District Plans submitted by the different ranges that a greater amomt of assist,ance as compa.red to that of previous years is req-uired. In considera.tion o f the above, aJ.lotment for the follovdng type of societies is being aSked for in the plan outlay for the year -under refenice , A . Unenployed 3a.^incers^ CooDerartives . . . lakhs ^ Ehgineers^ Cooperative have been pla.ying a very ^/ital role in alleviating the problem of the menployed engineers, particit- la.rly the Diploma holders in Shgineering, There are about ^62 ■unemployed Engineers’ Cooper actives in the State most o f which are workings During the year 198^-86, these societies executed work Valued at Rs.1073.33 lakhs. Financial assistance in the shape of share capital has so fa^r been pro'^rLded to 7^ societies only. A sm of R^.7,^7 lakhs h.a^ been provided as Govt, assistance to Hhgineers* Cooperative in the form of State Share. It is proposed that f'^r the present a siii!] o f Rs.^.oo lakhs ma^^- be provided as State share assistajice including the requirement of West Bt?ngal i^gineer- ing Federation Ltd., for the year 1989-90. B. T,?^hour Cooperatives Hs.i+^OO lakhs. Like the Engineers’ Co op er at i-ve s, the labour Cooperatives also play import,ant role in sol^/ing the unemployment problen of the unorganised l,abour forces. Besides creating opportinities of employment for themselves, these societies are ensurjjig minimum wages which are generaD-ly denied to them by the priva.te sector. employerS'. Above all, the workers ha'^/e fcund m s j to sar^e them.- selves from, the eicploitation of the contractors and others^ There are about 8[J^ labour societies o f wliich 1^-7 have been formed by the people of the triba.l coranunities. These societies are provided financial a.ssistance in the shape of share, loans grants^ Such assistajices have so far been made to 5’C societies, Transpprt Coop err^tives . . . R3/2oOO lakhs. Scheme N o. Audit of Cooperatives - . . . H’.1 1 0 .0 0 lakhs. In the Annual Pl?^n for 1988-89 a pro"d.sion of Rs.io.oo lakhs had 'been made to meet the additional expendit-urc- expected to be incurred consequent on separation of audit and creation of separate Auddt Dj.rectorate, the proposa.l for which was under consideration of the Government for s^mo tim e, Subseqijently, m d er Government contd. . . . . A ~ 82 Notification No.97^-Gcop. da.ted 7.3*88 anew Directorate mder the title ’ Directorate of Cooperative A-adit’ has been created which started functioning with effect from l'.8,8o hy comsrersion of existing audit vdng of Cooperation Directorate, Bub some more personnel at different levels will be, necessary (at the minimum) for the newly created Directorate to start with additional posts. Large No. of posts v/ill have to he created for manning the Directorate from Directorate Headq.uarter do\^m the line. Proposals have heon placed before Finnjice Departnent of the State Government for clearance in the matter of recruitment building vg other necessary infrastructure, _ . . . Totra requirement of fund in 7\nnual Plan for 19 89-90 w il l , be Rs*lj59, 78^997/- (Reciirring R s . l j 300/- (+) Non-recurring Hs,35, 725697/-) that is Rs,l6o ,00 lakhs for ii:iplem.antation o f the prograiinQ of the Directorate o f Cooperative Audit, However, it *-is proposed that a sum of R3.130 *00 laJchs may be provided for 1989-90. B ^ 1 I I « RURAL DEVBLOPMBMT Special Progr-ainme for Rural Development ^ ^ ^nteg_rate_d [5^r,sl ,Deyjl_lQp.ment_ J .»R.iP..«!_^»_) 1. The Integrated Rural Development Programme is being implemented through the Panchayat Samitis in all the 341 blocks 01 this State under the supervision and guidance of the District Rural Development Agency set up in each district. The objective of the programme is to raise the fam ilies which are below the poverty line above the same through income generating economic activities v/ith Government subsidy and loan from financial institutions, Such families belong to the categories of small and marr;inal farmers ^ landless labourers, rural artisans etco I'he subsidy component of the programme is belong shared by the centre and the state on 50s50 basis. 2. There wtre considerable difficulties in the earlier years in the implementation of IRDP. This programme got acce lerated from the 4th year of the 6th Plan, The State has been exceeding the physical target since th^n. In 1987-88, the State exceeded the physical target fixed for the year by 20.28%. So far as financial target is concerned, the achievement was 95.31%? 91.99% and 105.62% respectively during the first three years of the Seventh Plan. 3. IRDP guidelines provide that at least 30% of zhe assisted families should be drawn from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. During the first three years of the Seventh Five Year Plan actual achievement in our State was 33.30%, 36.68% and 36,59% respectively. This indicates that required weightage is being consistantly given .to the families belong ing to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, The guidelines also provide th©t at least 30% of the total beneficiaries should be v/omen. In West Bengal from 1985-86 to 1987-88 we could not achieve the targeted figure of 30%, In 1987-88, nowever. our achievement was 21 .71 % which v/as, although not satisfactory, above the national average. During the first six months of t.^e current financial year our achieve ment in this field has been quite satisfactory as we have succeeded in achieving the figure of 30.19% which again is above the all-India average. 4. In the matter of per capita investment also. West Bengal has been showing steady progress as v/ill be evident from the following figures. In 1985-86 the per capita invest ment v/as 11s.3206.73? in 1966-87 it was Rs,4210.11 and in 1987-88 it rose to fe.1946o12. At the end of the first six B - 2 mont.iS ci tho current linr'-nci.-l yoar the per capita inves-t- ment has further increased to "Se5266,43. We expect that by the end of the financial year the per capita investment will go up to near about l^o6000/''o 5. TRYSEM necessary number of rural youtxhs are being regularly trc.ined. The salient features of TRYSEM training during 1987-88 are that 28,44% of the persons trained belong to the Scheduled Castes/Scxheduled Tribes and 20.38% v/ere women, It ma^^ be worthwhile to mc'ntion here that 84,58% of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes youth trained during the year were actucilly employed subsequently. Similarly 580, 26% of the v/omen trained werti subsequently employed. The progra mme of Dv/CRAj whicn is a sub-scheme of IRDPy is being imple mented in four districts of the State viz. Bankura, Purulia, Jalpaiguri and South 24-Parganas, Very recently another district viz. North 24-Parganas ‘Ins also been brought under the programme and central share of resources has also been released by an order issued in late October. Necessary steps hav-^ already been taken for starting the work in the new district within the current financial year. The impact of * impl'^mentation of DWGRA in the four districts mentioned above was very much evident in the percentage of women bene ficiaries out of the total beneficiaries covered during 1987-08 in those districts. Against the State average of 2 1 . 71% a lr e a d y mentioned, perf orm„'.nc^ in -Jc,:Lp...i£i.o.r:. jNorth 24-ParganaSs Bankura and Piirulia were 40,85%, 31 ,14%,37.92% and 26,21% respectively« Corresponding figures during the first six months of the current financial year are 39.82%, 34,8 1 % ,34.32% and 35.69% respectively against the State average of 30,19%. 6. For successful implero,entation of IRDP, a few posts viz, one Assistant Secretary,tv/o Subject matter Specialists, one Economis'c, tv/o Investigators aind two Computers have been created at State Headquarters. Creation of 341 posts of Extension Officer(Audit' and 341 posts of Accountant at the rate of one for each block are under active consi deration of the State Government. Services of Joint Block Development Officers have also been fully utilised for succe ssful implementation of the programme and their pay and allow ances are also being borne out of the IRD? fund. 7. In order to achieve the total target fixed for the Seventh Five Year Plan period, the target for 1989-90 is bound to be fixed at a higher level than that of the current financial year. The Government of India have also prescribed B - 3 that the average investment per beneficiaries family should be at least Rs.60C0/- in order to enable the concerned family to cross the poverty line. The subsidy content, obviously will be around Rs.2000/- per family. About 10% of the subsidy amount to bu disoursed is likely to be spent on infrastruc tural assistance. All these points have been taken into con sideration while fixing the financial outlay and also the phys- sical target in the current year’s draft Annual Plan, 8. As per the quarterly budgeting prescribed by the Government of India, 355^ of the annual physical and financial targets are to be achieved during the first six months of the financial year. In West Bengal we achieved 43.1396 of the annual physical target and 36.26% of the annual financial target during the first six months. Incidentally our achie- '1 vement in respect of physical target has beerl far above the all-India acverage. We expect to exceed the physical and financial targets of the current financial year by the end of the year. 9. A sura of fs,2700.00 lakh 'has . been proposed at the total outlay under .^/.DP for the year 1989-90 and a physical target of 2 , 45,635 ^:-has been proposed. V/e are sure of achieving these targets during 1989-90. ^ ) Integrated Rural Energy Planning:(I .R .E .P.) i ) ?rop;ramme of the Development, and Planning Deptt. During the 6th ..Plan period Planning Commission initiated a new programme Integrated Rural Energy Programme with a view to ensure .Qptimum utilisation of all possible sources of energy for^ meeting domestijo and productive energy requirements of the rural areas. Blocks have been taken as units for execution of such programme, A number of states were covered during the 6th plan period, 2, The programme has been extended to West Bengal in the Seventh Plan. It has been decided at the first instance to launch the programme in five Blocks in the following five districts selected by the State Planning Board s- i) Sandeshkhali-I\Block in North 24-Parganas, ii) Taldangra BlockVln Bankura, iii) Hariharpara Block in Murshidabad, iv ) Ra;5gunj Block dn^ Ja lp aiguri and v) Kaliagunj Block in West Dinajpur District. A sixth Block is likely to be selected during 1988-89 and another Block during 1989-90. ?> - I f 3, The BHEL project in Sandeshkhali-I Block of North ■ 24-Parganas and Taldangra Block of Bankura District toT community scheme in two clusters of villages in each Block sanctioned in letter No. 45/288/86-IES dated 06,06,86 and even No, dated 16.12,86 of Government of India in the Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources during 1986-87 at a revised sanctioned outlay of R3,20,821 lakhs with allot ment of rs.2.50 lakhs out of DNES share of Rs,10.355 lakh is still continuing 81 Nos. SPV street lights installed, BHEL have been requested to complete installation work in respect of the windmill pumps and SPV pumps, A project for 450 ha, of energy plantation in the existing five selected IRE? Blocks at an approved estimated outlay of Rs,4,95 lakhs has been taken up for execution by the Forests Department of this Govt, during 1988-89. There is a proposal for installa tion of 91 Nos. SPV street lights in the existing 5 IREP Blocks through West Bengal State Electricity Board during 1988-89. Out of the total estimated cost of Rs, 15.85 lakhs (approx,; State share may be in the region of Rs#,S,39 lakhs to be met by the Development 8< Planning Department. Planning Commissi on (RE Divn,) have since sanctioned Rs,6,23 lakhs for meeting expenditure on account of State and six Block Level set-up during the current financial year 1988-89• They have been requested to re-validate the unspent balance of Rs, Hs,1.43 lakhs of the previous year. State Level and two Block Level Cells partially m'lnned. Creation of remaining three Block Level Cells is under way and selection of the sixth Block with the approval of the State Planning Board, West Bengal is under process, 4. Out of total allocation of Rs,30,90 lakhs for 1988^89 under this programme, the share of the Development & Planning Department is Ks. 18,90 lakhs and that of the Cottage & Small Scale Industf'ies Department is Rs,12,00 lakhs, Development o< Planning Department proposes an outlay of i", Rs,20,00 lakhs as their share of State '"Plan* during 1989-90. The share of Cottage & Small Scale Ino.ustries will be in addition to that. The outlay for the Centrally Sponsored scheme during 1989-90 has been proposed at Rs,7.06 lakhs, ii ) Programme of the Cottage and Small Scale industries Deparfmenj' Centrally-Sponsored Plan Schemes ; The schemes include District Industries Centres, assistance to coir/handicrafts sector,sample-survey of SSI units, National Project of Biogas Development and Transport Subsidy for C, & S.S.I, units(new scheme) 5 (ii) Under the B ? NPBD, 20923 no. of plants have been set up since 1982-83 till 1987-38, The physical targets for 1988-89/1989-90 have been tentatively fixed at 10,000/12,000 respectively. Thrusts have been given on rapid training and orientation of field-level functionaries/motivators,involvement of the local bodies,pro vision 01 institutions finance, maintenance and introduction of latrine-linked plants as well. RURAL EMPtOYMSNT ^ Rui I Employment Programme(N.R.E.P.) The threefold objective cf the progr’amme is i) to generate additional gainful employment for the unemployed and under employed persons both men and v/omon in the rural areas, ii) creation of durable community assets for stren gthening rural infrastructure , lending to sus tained growth of rural economy and rise in the income level of the rural poor, iii) to improve the overall quality of life in the rural areas. Under this progrrtmme a spt^cific amount is earmarked for Social Forestry,programme benefiting Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes families and minor irrigation programme also benefiting S .C ., S.T, families. Over and above earmarked sectors v/orks like construction of roads, soil conservation, minor irrigation works including digging of field channels excavation and reexcavation of tanks,construction of primary school buildings, construction of small culverts etc, are taken up. The non wage component for a particular district is not allowed to exceed 3CP/o so as to ensure more wages t ■ the rural workers. Budgetary outlay for the programme is inclu sive of the provision of part payment of wages to the labourers in foodgrains as supplied by Govt,of India. During 1988-89 actual budgetary cash outlay is Rs,6522,00 lakh including matching central assistance. For the year 1989-90 provision for a sum of Hs,4300,00 lakh including matching central assistance is proposed. The proposed outlay is inclusive of organisational expenses and other overhead charges. B - 6 By utilising the proposed outlay with available foodgrain from Government of India the targetted employ ment , generation would be around 150.60 lakh of mandays in 1989-90. As in last year 10^ of the total allocation has been earmarked for schemes benefiting Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population,9ver and above the normal schemes where in Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes people are also benefit ted. An additional amount has also been included under the '’m illion w ell scheme^’ especially meant for Schuda3ed Castes/Scheduled Tribes population. 0 Officials and non-officials of the Panchayat Samities and Zilla Parishads regularly visit the villages for inspection of ongoing schemes and also the Gram Panchayat offices for inspecting the records. Monthly meeting at Block level and district-level are held for collection of utilisation reports and for sorting out functional prjablems if any» There is a monitoring cell in each district and also at the State Headquarters. An engineering cell also functions at the District level headed by an Executive Engineer. There is also an Engineering Cell at the State Headquarters, The State level Coordination Committee headed by M .I.C ., Rural Deve to lopment meets at least one in three months ^'eview the programme. B - 7 LmD^ .m m m s, ?l-:n schv^mes of tlio Land and'L.'^nd Roforras Deprnrtr^nt and for tli'-rb nntt.jr Board of RuvGniio, V^^ost Bjngp.l conprises of in two sectors 1) Pl^n Schon'js on Land R-terns :ind 2) Public Works Construction • ■ : I'.l L^dor the sector PI,^n sclients on Lnnd Hcforms we ha've 'been undertnking th ' follovjin schen^s durin.f^ the S(jventh Plnn Period, i) Schone for re-x/islon of R.O,Ro in nine districts , of th- state i/s. of the W.B,L.R„ Act, 19^'J...... ^ i i ) IntO;'^rated 3 chone on Lnjid ReforiTis , i i i ) lb gradation of W .B , Survey Instit-ube from 2 yearns Cei^ific.ate Course to 3 s Dtp Iona Course in Survey Tihf^lneering 1 .2 Schene for re-vision of R.O,R, in nine di.gtricts are being carried oub tlirouf^h the Sur-v^^y and Settlerient Operc^jtion under Pl.':ui sector and retnainin,?^ districts under Non Plan Sector^ Modus Operendi of t]io scherio are »- i) Extensive revision of R,O.R. ii) Ditection r,ind vesting of celling surplus land', iii) Identification and recording of sh,arecroppers . ■ iv) Providinj^ asslst;3nce to the share croppers and assigness o f -^/ested 1 ,-^d. a n d V, House sites for the landless agricultural labourers etc,^ 1.3 Perforn'iatice in these‘sphere -upto 30.6.88 is iddicate belows- A . Revision of R^'O.R, Stage of ) I Total Pro- r ' VJork done 7 Work. j U nit,/ gra^-'ine(No, / unto ) ...... — ------i------.(___ O f JJnifes) . 3D. _X i) Khnjiapuri cun Mouza ^1,7^8. 38,192 ' Bhujarath. . / ii) Attestations Khatiaji ^ , 56, 30,628 2,26,23,018 i i i ) Draft Publi- Mouza ^1,7^8 28,88^ cation. * • / i v ) Final Publi:- Mouza ^ 1 ,7 ^ 8 l 8 ,? 5 l / cation. . ' ^ B . Doctection ajid yostin-^ o f Geilinrj; Surplus lan d . a) T't.-a I'^nd vested upto 30.6.88 ... 28,67,11^ Acres Out o f tliis total l^jid s- i) Agric-’Jlt ’oralL m d . . . 12, ^6, 66U- i i ) N on - AgricuLt uralL.ind , . , 7 8 , 17? .. i i i ) Fore s t ... 10 ,0^,018 iv) Others . . . 27, 2?8 b) Area o f vested Agric^jltural Land, taken possession of i upto 30 .6,88 is ll,l5,86o Acres* - / s d 3 ~ 8 C . 3;n^d V vo rA stra t± o rLcS_shn^^^ . I'Irnos of th*3 shar^croppGr recorded in the R.O.R. ipto 30 , 6,88. i) Scheduled Caste ... ^,l5,26l ii) Scheduled Tribe ,,, lj66^^^6 i i i ) Others ... Total s; 13,88,272 (Note s S.G. pop Illation •• 12300768 (21.91/^ S.T. population .. 30701632 ( ^.63^) (*81 Census) 1 .^ Hpige sites for L;i;Lirp,0Ss A.^ricultiiral^ lahom*er^^_^ Ihder the Wes'f'- Benr^al Acf^uisition of Homestead Land for Agricultural Labourers ^ itrtisens nnd Tilshernen Act,197?, 2 , 38,169 fa m lie s havf'^ been profiled Hone ste ad l-^jid oit of w M ch IjOOj^^K) '\nd ^5" 5 5^79 fanilios belonged to S.C, & S.T, conminities respect iA/cay. 2. The R.O.Pt, now uider preparation mder tli3 scheme for revision of It.0 . 11, refl-^cts the position as on 1 ^ .2 ,7 1 when the family ceiling law vris enforced. The R.O.H, refl'jcts various in formulation, on quality of land, mode of cultivation, ov/nerslrjip character etc, /*11 these information are usof^jl for vai'lous davelopnenb projects. The method of survey and prep at ion of I'^iid records .^nd preservation of maps for the above purpose are being car^ried out through the equipm.ents which ar^' century ol ', Modernisation of eqijipments are utmost necessary for complution of the revision of H.O.R . For e:q)editions completion of the Survey Work Electronic l^st^nce Measurenont (EHI) machine are utmcst necessary. The machinc is aVc?ilable w ith the Naticnial Instruments Ltd , (A Go'^t.of In d ia Undertaking) , Each macl'iino costs Rs.^.^ l.akhs , *10 such macliines are proposed to be purchased during the year 1989-90 at a total cost of Rs.^-^,00,000/-. “Chit cost being lakhs, 2,1 Compilation and preservation of the huge data collected during the survey work are consuming a considerable tim.e and man power in the tradition'll process of compilation .nnd preservation, Modemis.ation in tbls field is also felt utmost necessary. I t is feasible to computerise the land record da.ta cT all the Mouzas of the State, Since the volum.o of information collected is huge xit is felt that set i:p of at least one computer centre in each dis trict with an extra unit at the Hea.d Quarter is urgently necessary, Na,tional Information Centre, an organisation under the MinivStry of Hectronics, Govt, of India are manufacturing such typQ of com puters which costs Hs,3,2 lakhs each. Thus 17 units for each d istrid ajnd He 2.2 ThJ data collected by Survoy aJid Settlement Operation throu-^liGub the Sta.te rC5q.idres procession nnd analysis for various laiid use purposo s-acli as - i) rnodo o f cuCLtiva.tion, i i ) incidence o f shnr:5 cropping, iii) crop statistics, iv) vaste land devolopnent y ) Bracl-d-Sh virjter developnent, ± v ) Soil conservation etc. In order to ensure coi'-Tpilation and nonitorinr^ of land Data- on scientific basis 17 Microprocessors, onv? r?t each district head- q.uarter incliidin;'; one for Tnjilife in tliO district of Midnapore rtc proposed to be purchase^’ \j±th accessories durl/ng the year 1989-90 • Total cost for this purpose v/ill be of Bs,39, 10,000 unit cost being ^3,2 lakhs and ins t,a3.1 at ion-charge being Rs.3o,000/- per -unit, 2.3 The Dra-d.ng and Map-Hep rodijction Wing of the Directorate of Land Records '^nd Surveys, VJest Bengal is responsible for reproduc tion of .?1_1 t;^^es of survey naps on a nassive scale for th eir availability accor.ding to reqiiirements. The present norrnal capacity of the Reproduction VJing, is 15" naps per day in dry season and 10 naps per day in wet season under nornal conditions. At this rate five to six ;^7iears T^d.ll bo required to liquidate the outstanding dennnds not to spoak of fresh ones. As an way oub to augnent the capacity of the Reproduction Wing, one off-^set nonoColour Map Printing nachine (Irnicta 3^-R Model) have already been installed th ere. To inpi'’ove the quality of tbs production purchase of one Process Canera is felt ut.nost necessarj/-. So, it is proposed that a Process C->jiiera ^^ri'll be pux-cha^^oa during the year 1989-90 a.t a total cost of lakhs, 2.5 lakhs more is reqiiired for meeting the capital and other expenditure of t he Rep ro due t ion . ^'Jin g . For, modernisation of the Reproduction Wing of the Direc torate of Lansl Records & Surve;^^ Rs. J lakhs is necessary during the year 1988-89* 3^. Interyra,ted Schem.e '^.ind Reforms. For 1^3dating of L'^jid Record and continuous maintenance of the Sane and uo introduce Raiyat Vfeia system in this State Integra ted Scheme on Land Refor:as has been introduc^'^^ . With the in tro duction of the Integrated System on Land Reforms the hands of the existing system ma.y be stretched ijpto the Grajn Panchayat Level instead of existing G.D,Block level. The scheme is more important in viev7 of the V/est Bengal L-and Reforms (Second /jnmendment) Act, 1981. On thj.s score tliis D(3;itt, proposes an expenditure of Rs.5bo/- lakhs including the srJ.ary of the staff borne in the scheme at present during the finmciaj. yoar 3.988-89'. B - 10 ^ • Ui~)■^^raci-gtion of S-urvoy In stitu te from 2 yQars ^ertific.vbe^ co;arse to 3 yoars PiDl.ona colSrse, "Uipgradation of 2 years cortificate course, into 3 years Ijiploma Course in Survojr Shgineoring has iDeen taken p la c e . 1st year classes fort ho Djplona course has been start.od, Diploma course in Purvey Enn;incerD_ng in the VI ,B, Burvey institut.e at Bandel is the only one of its kind in the Plastern Region, For providing adeci-aatn infm^structure for the Diplona Course an assessnent nade to ti^e tme of ^s,8^ , 8o lakhs . Out of this amoint t M s DoiDtt, could provide Rs,2,20 lakhs in the year I 987- 88 and Rs.28 lakhs during t ho year 1988-89, Now the r e m in in g anount is bein^ felt very nuch necessary for smooth running of the Diploma Course, So, it is pror)osed that the renaining sum i.e , Rs,( 8 ^ ,8o-30 , 20) = 55.^ lakhs may he earmarked during the year 1989-90 , OTHrR RURAL D^VirLnP'MFrJT PROGRQnriES COmmiTY DEVSLOPMMT & PMGHAYATS, 1) Gorxi•unity Doveionment Pro^'^rnmnie . This progranvie consists of tte folloi/ing compoiioiit schomeR cind the schomevrise propos?5j.s are given helovj a) Strengthenin.^-!: of BX.oek Orgnpisation; TItls component schem.e is designed to rnc'^et the requirements of Block adiainistration at grass-roots level in rural areas for execution of different rural development projects of all the Dijp'irtments of the vState Go-Ternme-d: in collahoration vjith P^n- chayats Bodies. This component scheme covers the establishment cost of 3'^! Accotmts cDjerks and the cTitire establishment cost o f the six bifurcated Blocks including staff of tb 3 Animal Husb^>Jld^y Departm^-int under CD pattern', ^ A Sum of Hs,53.^1-lakhs has been proposed to be spent for the purpose during 1989-90 as against Rs,Jo.073 lakhs for 1988-89. "b) State Institute for Rural Development » The Orientation and 'Study Gentru at KaJ.yani has been i:p- gra.ded as Sta„te Institute for Rural Development for imparting training in mraJ. Development on sharing of expenditure of 50;5o basis beti-Teon the Go^rb, of India and the State Government, The sharing of expenditure has since been discontinued. For strengthen ing of this training Centre a sum o f Rs.l.io InXhs has been proposed for I 9S9-90 as against Rs,l.o5 la-khs for I 988-89, c o n td ,, , B « 13_ c) Prnvision of v q Ii Lc I gs for the_Bl^ciig ; For q.uLck and efficient irplenentation of different deve, lopiiient SchenQs in ruro3. areas each block is requLrsd to be pro vided v.dth a v ehicle. Out o f 3^1 Blocks vehicles have so far been provided in only 232 Blocks, many of which have been meanwhile be cone liable for replaceinent duo to rmning for a long period of t i n e . So 109 Blocks are yet to be provided \ath new vehicles in *- phased nnnner , A sun of Rs.1^,00 lakhs has been proposed for 1989- 90 for purchase of about 10/ l 2 vehicles , d) Sta'-e Sector Schenes ; These scheiios include the follo^d-ng -siib-components s- !• Sanneians » The Sa.nnelans are §issential media for better co-ordination among Panchayat representatives, general public and the officl.al' fmcti.onaries for successful implem(3itation of rural develop ncrnt pro gramme, In vlcv/ of difficult wn.ys and means position arrangement for one S.arimelnn either at block level or at district level m il be made during 1989-90 m d a sum of Hs.0 .0? lakh has been proposed for t hpurpose , 2 , otrengtiioning and Promotion of Maliila Mondals (Samities); The scheme on ^sages establishm.ent of M a M l a Samitias in each Grpri Panchayat area.@ Rs.l^lO.OO per sardty nnd senitalisation o f the existing ¥er^i Mahila Sa;nity, .Although quite a good nuaber o f such :iaraila S.:?aiitios have been set during earlier plan p e r i ods, m.,any o f them have become y/Oak .Tn*d a considerabG.e num.ber o f Grajn Panchayats are ^r-t to b- coverod by Mahila Samity. ThJLs also includes ir.provament of organisation.a]. struct--are as also for supervision of the scheme, A sun o f l.akhs has been proposed to be Spent during 1989-90 as agaibist Rs.i.^7^ lakhs for 1988-89, i i ) Ho us in under other Piural Developm:ent Pro--:^rame ? This scheme envisages construction o f Administrative^ Buildings for Block offices and construction of residenti.al complex in Blocks for accomrnodation of employees. So far adminis trative buildings ha,ve been com^plet od in ^ 203 Blocks ajid funds have been .allotted for construction o f Admlnistrati-ve Buildings in another 32 Blocks, In the remaining 106 Blocks Administrative Buildings are yet to be constructed. The work is proposed to be done in a phased manner. Many ,of the- already completed buildings are yet to be e lec trifie d and this work is also proposed to be - done in a phased manner, Com.pletion of construction of Adminis trative Buildings in ill th^ Blocks v/ill also enable the Govt, to avoid the recu->:ring o-penditure on hiring of accommodation for block-offices. For this purpose adequate fmd is required to be pro"vm.ded under the above scheme. B .. 1 2 ' Accordingly a sm of Bs,3o,00 lakhs has l^een proposed to be S'l-mt durjjng I 989-90 for construction of.';/^ Adninistrative Bijildin/^s nnd for e ljc t r ific a tio n o f buildings already constructed and for nOGtjjig additional expenddture for buildings under eons- t'^’uction as agpinst th::.- proirision of Rs,1 2 . 6q lakhs for 1988-89, iii) Special and Gprimunity Services licjusin/;^; ; The s chc3me proid.des fm d for a) Allotnent of liouse-sites to InUici-less labourers etc. of t ho turrd are as rn ves''‘ ed/ac Appro"f;^cI plnji alloca- ( Actual Yoar. ) N o i. tion for the scheme. oxDendit'ure. !• 198^-36 Rs.2:;,00 laklis (additional • H?,21,00 la k h s , nllocations over ajid ahove the plan, coilinf^; for the yJar) . 2 . 1986-87 Rs.1^,00 l-Jkhs ■( additioncJ- over Rs.l^.OO lakhs. ahov^i the plan coilin.^ for the ye.ar) * 3* I 9S7--88 Rs,19.00 IpJ^hs (vdthin the Nil (Sanction coLild ;pl-m coiling), ' , ^ not he accorded after] o'bservin,'7 iori^iali- ; • ties o f re-a^opro- priation) * V , 1988-89 R^^,3?*00 lakhs (irithin the S.anction is yet to plan ceiling) « he accorded with concurrence of F,D. 1989-90 ils.20;00 lakhs (Proposed as addition allocation) . 2 . Though the I^lmnce Depart .tint had opened reluvj^nt Budget head of account und )r tho ’ State Plan* Group o f accomts and has been showing'tho heo.d of account in the Budget publication of every yuar, they ar>.: not making any provi.sion uider tho head despite this Dcptt's proposal in this regard T'>resunabljr because tho scherne in thj first place did not appoar in the annuaJ. plan p ap e rs . It is j, the re fo ^ necessary to s hc^^ the scheme In the Annual Plan yio re after to make Budget provisions, 3, Because of the maf^iitude of the loeji received from the LIG of India interest being paid thereon', it is necessary to see that relecase of find is not haT'ipered for .an^^ procedural reas:;n e,g , not shoi/ing the sche:ne in tho AnnuaJ. Pipn an.c]/or not making Budget provision on the expenditure sid e . TlUs plan scheme i s , therefore, shoxm in the G.N .2 statement of the Annual Plan of this Department for I 989-90 • It is also proposed that the proposed allocation of Rs,2 0 .0 0 lakhs for this plnn scheme dui’ing 1989-90 should be an addi t ionaJ, allocation over the plaji ceiling of Rs,l8o .00 lakhs already co’-miu- nicated to this Department. There is no scope for adj-usting this aP.ouat v.athin the pl'^n ceiling as there is no scope for reduction from provision from--any other plan scheme. In fact, after conti nuous effori;s for 2-3 yoars it has been possible to enhance plnji provision for 1989-90 which is also not adeqAiate, contd B - 1^- Secondly, tills 3cli:)me shoul.d not pose any difficulty .fro^n tlio point of vio^T of roscurcGs mobilisation bocaiise Rs.319 .20 laklT^ o f LIG loan st^nd crodited to the acco'unts of-the State LIC loan received in diffei-.-^Tit yoQ.rs are shovm below t- ^ ?iate of Amount o f loan . f ] I in t e r e s t . S i 1980-81 fis.132.20 lakhs. , 8% p , a . < ( 1981-82 Bs. 78.00 la k h s. 8i ^ p . a . ) \ 1982-83 P . a . ( fe.319.20 lakhs. Out of this total loan of ns^3l9.20 lai^hs, pri^icipal to the extent o f Rs,6^,768 lpjk:hs has already been rep old to the LIC, A sura of 58.00 lakhs only has been utilised for t ho S'-'^cial Housing Schene so far. The balance is in the hnnds of the State Go-^/ernment. 2 . P a n c h a V ^ t s ; A, Lhdor 'Sta -- Plnn' the followinr; Schenes have been proposed i) Const ruction o f build jji.^s in ref^ipns for ^ P anchayati^ Ha.j Trainin,^ C^Sitres i ■ n ’■ A present t?iere p.re 3 P?mchayati Ha,i Train in - Centres and 3 ?iegional Trainin-^ Centres located in private buildings. It has been proposed to construct 3 pormnnent P.R.T.C’s, one in each Revenue Divj.sion of the State durinf- the Seventh Plan period. Construction of one P<,?l,T,C. has .already been taken up at an eatinated cost of Hs.80 lakhs. DOTin"^ I 989-90 m outlay of Rs.25’ lakhs is proposed for this’purpose . i i ) Tr:-^jjiin.g{ o f Pnpchr\yat Function Furies ; lender this schOi-ae training is to be ijaparted to all the key finctionaries of Pp;ichayats as vjell as' to the ordinary menbers of tte three tiers of F-inchayats in order to enable then to participate in rurnl developmcint schemes in raore effective and . meaningful wa5". D'arliig I 989-90 a tot.^l su::i o f Hs.l? lakhs is pro posed to be spvsnt for the purpose, i i i ) Progra^^.ie 01 Visit for study n;t'^d vlsuaJ-isation ? Under the scheme it has been proposed to send some office bearers of Zilla Parishads, Panchayat Samitis ,njid Grnjn Panchayats as well as sor^j Govt., functionaries to different parts of India to study the work ,and achievement of the Panchayat Institutions in othe''" States to exchange views ^d.th th eir couterparts and to initiate action programries. It is also proposed to take ^:)art in different exhibitions to highlight the activities of Panchayats . ^OuTing 1989-90 nn outlay of Rs.l lakh is proposed. B - iv) IncentivQ Grmit to P reso-urce moloilisation ; T M s scliei'ie pro'^/icles for in cent iv^ to the Gp r b Pojich-iyats to on courage then to augfiont colloction of taxes, so tlint they cpji perforin their obligatory duties and execute sone development schemes ji th eir ov;n. The amouat o f incentive grant proposed is ecjupl to the a3:iOi:int of tojxes collocted in a year^ siitajocSt to a F^jxim'um o f Rs.JbOO/— in 0;-^^ch caso, A total outla?/ of Fis,)+7 lakhs is, proposed for the year 1989-90* lUstrict F;i.-^n ; ■ , ■ Under ’District the folloi/ing schemes have "been proposed, i) Strengthenin.T of i:iDlementation macMnery i The P-tjichayat Bo dies 5-viz, the Zilla Parishads, the Panchayat Sanltis and the Gr^jn P.anchayats taken together now constitute r^n integrated r>nd 1 1 -knit system for rural develo-p~ ment in West Bengal. Under this scheme the Panchayat. Bodies are assisted to strengthen their adjiiLnistrative machineries, so that the^/- C'^jn effectively implement different rural development schemes assigned to them.. It is rjreposed to si:^ply them \^d.th Bengali/Kepali Typewriters, Gycl^ostyling Machines, Steel /J_miralis, Vehicles e tc , for that p'urpose , Im outlay of Rs,l^'lakhs is proposed for the year 1989-90. , ■„ , - ii) Grants for construction of.Pancha,vat Gh-^^rs , The scheme provides fo.r sistance in the form o f matching grant to Gr?ii?. Panch.ayats at the, rate of i^s.llf,000/- per ; Pane hay at Gha;:’ for construction of their o\m office buildings. An outlay of ?>s,lo.,^0 If^^hS' is proposed for the year 1989-90 tb-assist 75- Gram Panchayats, ' ' ^ i l i ) As s ist an c-3 t o P anchriyat Bpdje s fo r s_et tjLng n;arsories' apcl""m.ainten.-fflce bhereofs» The’ seheme pro'-/ides for setting vg of nurseries in the Gram Panchayat areas f;r free simply of plants and seedlings to tl^e vLllagers to enco'^irage social forestr^r rm^i releasing malxi- tenance cost for the nurseries -already set, Hs.l lakh i s ■ prop'.>^*e/^ to be s^.^eiit during 1989‘-9C) for this purpose, iv) >Ilx]3aj.ibion of pfiice buildings of Zilla. I? a ji shads and P an, chav at o an itis » T M s scheme pro'v'i-des for ex-pansion of office buildings of-- Z illa Parishads ^:id Panclir.yat Samitis to arrange additional acco mmodation for the elected functionaries ?aiad personnel der)Uted by the Stat'd GovoA'nma'it'. Duj-ing 1 9 89-90 a'totaj. oiTtlay o f Rs.^O lakhs is proposed for the purpose. cnntd-____ B 16 Assistroico to ??gichi.v.n,t Bodies for construction rir'antonnnco of Hor.ioooT)j^thic djspens-^ries s Vdtli the nctivo coll a'bo rat ion of the Health pjid Family Welf^X^.'- Dqitt . iiore th-ji ^K)0 HonoeopatMc dispensaries have nlrertdy hoGn estnhlished in olual nu-iher of Gran Fanchayats and- these '^omoeopatMc dispensaries ha,ve beconie innensGly popular to the villafters . LMor this scherzo it has boon proposed to Sanction to the Gran Pnnchayats concerned a luirp grant of Rs, 3000/~ to each for the purchase of essential furniture, equipments, apparatus and nedicines , outlay of Rs.^+5b laichs is p rop o s ed fo D .9 ^9 “90 • ■vl) Assistance to Graxi P.inchaYats for construction o f storage facility.es 2 The Gran Panchaya^ts regularly receive v-.rious kinds of comoditios from different agencies of the Govt« .and protected *■ storage facilities are essen':ially needed^ To m£^et this require.- nent it is proposed mdcr this scheme to sanction a grant to tkose Gr.an Panchaya.ts wliich have already completed their office buil dings for expansion of their existing office buildings (Panchayat Ghars) at a cost not exceeding Rs.2o,000/- in each case, outlay of lakhs is proposed for the ye.ar 1989-90, G, Arra^agenent ma^de for the stren.?bhening of the m.onitorjjng mecbfyiisr.s afld ropcrtinr; systen ; Quarterly meetings v;ith the District Pnjichayat Offl.cers . are held for the propose o f fixin g quarterly ~argets nnd review ing the progress of expenditure and physicnj. acliieverxent, This arrangemait which has been working \^^511 has no additional fin an ci al i r.D li c -jb io n . I** * $ :!< >}< ‘ * - / s d c 1 I I I , SPEICIAL ARLA PROGRAHnES Other Special Area Proorammo . 1, Programme of the Oswelopment^'& Planning Department a) Backward Areas.figu^lopmeht of North Bengal, In addition^to s^toral programmes undertaken by the various departments special "provl$16^ is being made in the Annual Plans of the state since 1973-7 4 f*qr'taking up schemes relating to the improVement of ,roads, bridges, drain^& ao^ ^|^,pr infrastructural facilities, especially in the rural areas of the fi\/^^c( district,:^.o'fi3i:V5[>^ilig^^ Sub-division is taken into consideration as the hill sub-divisions of this district are already covered by th(B in teg rat 3d Hill Areas Oa/eiofiKTiGnt Programme, The outlay under this programme i§ generally d istribu ted airrang the fiv e distric ts o f North B«3igal on popula- . tion basis, 2, It is proposed to continue this programme in the rural areas of those backward districts during the seventh Five Year Plan period 1985-90* The agreed outlay for this progrOTime during the seventh plan 1985-90 is Rs,100,00 lakhs out of which an outlay of Rs,30 ,00 lakhs was provided fpr the /Annual Plan 1988-89, The proposed outlay for tha Annual Plan 1989-90 under this programme is Rs,31,50 lakhs, b) De/elopmont of Dharoram The Dhargr-api Subdivision is decidedly one of the most backward areas in West Bengal, This sub-division of Michapore district comprises eight blocks covering an area of 1185,29 sq,miles with a population of 7,41,182 of which 29,4^ are tribals and 12,6/^ are schedulc3d castes, 2 , Special b u ^ e t provision is bei-ng made by the State Government from yoar to year for integrated and accelerated development of the specially backward Dhargram Sub-division by filling in the critical gaps in the secto ral allotments by other Departments, Such activities are formulated and implemented through the Dhargram Dayelopment Board which is hiiaded by the Minister of State of 3hargram Affairs, Its objective is the nil r ^und socio-economic development of this especially backward area, 3, In the year 1968-85 there is a plan outlay of Rs, 109,00 lakhs for this programme and Dhargram OevGlopment Board so far aporoved the allo cation of funds as indicated below /n • i u\ (Rs« in lakh) Irrigation ,,, 6 5,oo Roads ,,, 31,75 E^ducation ,,, 8,10 Information & publicity ,., 0,18 Sports & Youth Services — 0,0^ Public Uiorks(buildings) - 1,5o Urbgn Developmt-^nt 0 ,3 6 Industry ,,, 1.78 Art & Culture ,,, 0,27 C - 2 4* The schemes that are being implemGnted with thd funds providod by the GCA/’-mmofrV-include l^inor Irrigation Schanes lik e Rivor L ift ir r ig a t io n , I ■ Construction of Bundh, Dore Bundh Field Channel, Excavation of Canals, Improv'ernent and construction, of-Roads,' Bridges and Culuerts, Repair, Recons truction aid Renovation of School buildings, prcsfrtotion of village and small scale Industries and also promotion of cUffercnt types of Socio-Economic and Cultur?41 activities in th6'Sub-division. Those schemes are designed for bett-3r utilisation of natural roeourcos as uell as providing scope of employment for the local people. 5, Dhargram has multifarious probl%$', ail these problems cannot be Comprehensively tackled with the limited resources placed at the disposal of the Ghargram Affairs Branch from year to year» However, in conformity with the objective and keeping the constraint of resources in view, a plan outlay of Rs, 114,45 lakh is proposed for the Annual Plan 1989-90 to conti~ nue the development programme In that y^ar. This outlay is proposed to be utilised with the recommendation of Dhargram Development Board especially in the key sectors like Plinor Irrigation, Village and Small Industries, Drinking Water Supply, Roads, Bridges and Culvorts, Education, promotion of Socio-Economic and Cultural activities otc, c) Da/elooment of Sundarban Areas 1,The total budgetory allocation for Sundarban-'O'SV elopment Board during current financial year (198B~B9) is to the tune of Rs,800.0D lakhs of which for IPAO-Assisted Sundarban Dovelopment Project has a provision of Rs«7l6 lakhs and budgetory provision under NON-IFAD Sector is Rs,844.00 lakh It is expected that the entire fund will be spent within the financial year, 2 ,Progress djring.7th plan and outlook for the Eighth Plan - 2,1 Regarding the IFAD Sector this is the last ytiar of the project period. The Project has incurred total expenditure of Rs,,3222,18 lakhs upto narch 1988 as against the total size of the Project of Rs,3l85.,00 lakhs. The IFAO-Assisted Sundarban Development Project started during 6th Plan and had an e>^pQ>dLture of R s ,1256 ,6o lakhs in this plan period. Substantial part of Itio pt'ogramme executed during the 7 th Plan pt riod and i t is about Rs, 1966*00 lakhs upto March, 1988, 2*,2 As the substantial portion of the 1st Phase Project o f IFAD-i^ssi^ted Programme remained unfinished till the scheduled ic en closing date upto 3oth Dune, 1986, the losn closing date has been recommended to be extended upto 3oth 3une, 198§^ Thus a considerfi)le part of the project works has yet to be undertaken during 7th Plan Period, dd/ C 3 2.3 ThG progressive expenditure of Sundarban Ciavelopment Board during 7th Plan is as follows j- ( YSar \ NON-IFAD H IFAD j Total *) ^ 1985-86 52i70 773*25 825.95 ^ ( 1986-17 10 1^59 590.15 69%7 4 ) I 1987-88 103.76 6o2.18 705.94 ^ ( 258.0 5 196 5.58 2223.63 ) L ______) 2.4 As regarcte, the physical achia/ements, the project has complated 4 Plaster Sluices & Closures, 145 Hume Pipe Sluices, 135 Km. main drains and about 300 Km. of oxcavation/rB-excavation of derelict channels under drainage and irrigation programme. So far as infrastructure dovelop- mont, the project has completed 320 Km* of Brick Paved Road with Culverts for village communication and 22 nos, of R.C.C.3etties for lancting facili ties to the remote terrains of Sundarban regions. Side by side the project has executed Fisheries and Social Forestry schemes for boosting the -jconomy in rural Sundarbm. 2.5 The impact of the 1st Phase of Sundarban Qa/elopment Project which has been substantially implem(^ted during the 7th Plan has been signi ficant, Agriculture production in the command area of the irrigation poten tial created under the project has gone up by 16,080.0 Pl.Tonnes by way of an additional winter crop aid 23760 hectares of additional area has been brought under second crop. Sizeable increase in communication facilities in the shape of Brick Paved Roads and Detties have opened up inoccessible areas both for carrying agricultural inputs and for marketing agricultural prodjce besides augmenting commercial and passenger facilities. Implementa tion of Social Forestry has added to the forest wealth in the project area which has been severely depleted during the last 100 years dje to increased pressure of burgeoning land hungry agrarain population. Presently the Sundarban Da/elopment Project Authorities with the assistance of I.I.M ., Calcutta is mgaged in preparing Project EX/aluation Report of the 1st Phase which will be available after June 1989 when- the 1st Phase comes to an aid. 2 .6 H e a rte n e d by the achievements of the 1st Phase of the Sundbrbsn Development Project, the District Plenning i^uthorities as well as the State Government have decided to have a 2nd Phase of the Project as suggested in the Project Appraisal Report of the 1st Phase, The 2nd Phase will take off from the point where the 1st Phase will end so that there is no hiatus or back sliding in the tempo of development in the backward areas of Sunderbans, Broadly, the 2nd Phase will consolidate and expand the achiem^^nts of the 1st Phase and will also traverse new areas which were left out in the 1st Rvisc e.g. Village Industries, Animal Husbandry, Tourism, Rural Uiater Supply and the like. The 2nd Phase of the Sundarban DtA/tJlopment Project is to C _ 4 from th'3 yoar 1989—90. The State Gqv/G.rnmGnt has already approVGd th o project sizo.aL.Bsj5 1,-5o croros and “trha ■GoucrnmGnt of India informed accor dingly, projsct outlinG has also b«n sent to them* Detailed project r profiles are being • worked out and w ill be sent shortly, '2,7 . Tha„diffGrGnt programme elements for the 2nd Phase of Sundarban Ot^clopmen't 'Proj ect w ill spread ouer. a period of 5/7 years and w ill form a part of the 8th Plan are indicated below : 5 (Rs* in lakhs') 5 i) "\griculture & Extension - 1000 .00 5 J ■ Support Services If 5 ii) Social Forestry ~ 300 .00 !f J iii) Animal Husbandry . ^ ; - 100.00 ■ 5 ][ iv) Fisheries Developmant ~ 300.00 5 } v) Ciwil Works - 3 47 5,00 i 5 Vi) Rural lilater Supply - A50 .DO j viiy Tourism ~ . 27 5,00 i ][ v iii) Cottage Sm.ail Seals } $ Industries — . 100.00 j ii i x ) Non—Conv e n t io n a l i D Cnorqy Sourcjs — 5r ,00 •> i 5 ■ x) Programme for Ulomen Folk - 100.00 I 1. I 6150.00 I______• ' K 3, Annual Plan for JI989-90 - 3.1 The proposed budg story allocation for the yc^ar 1989-90 is to the tune of Rs *84q , 00 lakhs compared to Rs,800*00 lakhs during 1988-89. 3.2 The estimates in the Agriculture and Special Social Forestry Programme, Irrigation and Flood Control Sector covers the execution of residual works of master sluices, on-going Hume Pipe Sluices and excavation o f 4C Km, of derelict channel, 2C Km, drainage channels, 8 Km, navigation channels, 5 nos, of jheels and pon ds, 3.3 In Transport and Communication Sector there are programmes of construction of 60 km, of Brick Paved Road, 25 nos, of culverts, 10 nos, bridges, 7 nos, of R.C,C,3 etties and 5 nos, of buildings for Training and Extension Programmes and staff quarters (C ivil Works comprise, Irrigation, Flood Control, Transport and Communication e tc,), 3.4 In addition during 1989-90 two new programme elements viz. Rural Water Supply and Development of Tourism w ill, be initiated. Preliminary c iv il works including survey and investigation in respect of both the progr| mmes w ill be taken up. C - 5 d) Accelerated Deuclopfnent of H ill '.^raas With a viQ'ai tc accGl'^rating the all-round dBuelopmunt of the bacl Kalimpong Sub~dliv/ision, W ig progrr/nmo for AccclGratod Oauslcpment of H ill Hreas of this State has affsctivsly b‘j£;n in operation from the bogit^ning of Fifth Plan Poriod. This prnqr?r.rD9 is funded both rrnir; tho Spacial Central Assistance and th 3 St at-J Pier ^ucget. The Special Ct:ntr3l Hssistanco is an additiv/e to ths State Plan outlay for difforGnt dove loom on 13.1 scherriGs exGCu- tad in the H ill Aregs of □orjsGling D istrict by difforont D.p^rtmtnts of this Govornmsnt from thair ouin dopartmantal Stato Plan Budget* Lika othor Departments this DGpartment also has a Str-te Plan Budget for Ac cel or at sd Devolopment of H ill Areas, Tht, State Plan outlay under this Budbot head is specially meant for bridging ths critica l gaps and providing linkages betuieen differ^^nt h ill develop*n ant schan js taken up from the State Plan outlay of other Department and the Centrnl Assistance additive. Some recu rring ^d essential expenditures uhich cannot be met eith.rr from the Central ■Assistance additive or from the State Plan Budget of other departments are also met from this Budget head, 2, TTn e Planning Coninission hcv e approved and .illocation of Rs, 4^55,00 lakhs r,r. Contra] Assii't,: n ce additive for th- .Accelerated Develop- mont o f M r-"--3 rL:r?.nq the. Seventh Pirn period, 1985-90* The annual allocati'>p fx ‘ h . y- ;>r and 1966-B7 were Rs,921,95 lakhs and Rs,9 5n,00 J' h respectively and for the year 1987-8G was Rs, 1C44,00 lakhs and for ths ye'^r 1983-89 is Rs.1129 lakhs. The proposed Central Assistance allocation for the next year, 1935-90 is Rs, 1200,00 1 akhs^approx,), 3 , T^^q programme is implementGd on the basis cf an integrated sub plan prepared after interaction with the different State Government Depart ments, The flow of funds from the State Plan Budget in r spect of each Department is indicated in that Sub-Plan, 4, Ulith the increase in the Central Assistance additive allocation, t-hc allocations in the State Plan outlay of a ll othi^r Departments for this area have likewise increased. These increase have widened the critica l gaps between theso two allocaticns to be bridg-ed from the State Plan Budget of this Department called H ill Affairs Budget, The allocation under this H,A, Budget is theroforeto he increased. An expenditure of Rs, 100,48 lakhs, Rs.g6.21 lakhs andRs,1C3,46 lakhs were incurrt-d during the- yjar 1985-86, 1986-B7 and 1987-88 respectivGly, .The allocation for the year 1988-89 is R3,ln9,2G lakhs under ths H ill ?’^ffairs Budget, The allocation for the year 1989-90 is proposed to be Rs, 120.00 Iskhs, e) ^est Bengal Comprehensive Area Dovelopfrient. Corporation 1.1 The Uest. Bengal Comprehensive Area Development Corporation came into existence under the lii.B.C, A, Q,C, Act 197 4, This Act had the inten tion to provide development o f the it a # of 'oiest Bengal through area based dovelopment programme with a viouj to increasing agricultural and alliari production =n d ensuring maximum benefit of such prodjction to the cultivator.-^., Integration of economic development programmes with the pr.ogramme for human resource development was introdjced since 1977 to accelerate acouptance of various economic progrartm.es. To ensure effective involvsmant of the people in the rural area in such int-agrated economic and social d~velopment, the local Panchayats at the Block level and the District level are consulted at the Project level and the District l::)vel with representatives of the Panchayat Samity and the HLAs and HPs at the District level. Besides, the representatives of v:jrious Departments aft the Block and District level ar also involVG in the process o f area development in CADC both for usherinr appropriate infrastructural development and beneficiary oriented dev elcp"'Tit : of the dis-advantaged groups in the rural areas. Hore emphasis has now r:n laid on experimentation and research and training and evolving suitr'ble Institutions in the CADC area, towards formulation of proposals which would serve the need of the area and people and ensuring machinery for the tr.ans- fer of proven technology in agricultural and allied sc-ctors in the Proj _ct areas. There are^ Project Advisory Board (i'AB) at the Project level with Savapati of the Panchayet Samity and Pradhans of the Gram Pmchayats and other officials and District Area Di./j c lopnie-nt Council (DADC) at the District level with Savadhipati of Zilla Parishod as Chairman and other District level officials and [^iLAs and ^Ps as members. The highest policy making body of the Corporation is at H,grs, with Chief Minister as Chairman and other ninisters and Departmi^ital Secretaries and Experts es memb.-rs, 1.2 At tIi<=?ro p.re a number of subject matter specialists to formulate schemes and for super; isjon, implGiiiOnt ation at Project level and to ptov/j rio fjin'dence, to maintain contact with CJoparLnionto, ilniv arsities, other Research Institijtions etc, un d?-r the overall guidance* of the Executive Vi:^e Chairman of this Corporation, Twenty one Projects in different Districts is h e a d e d by Project Direc tor/Dy, Proj ec t CSiroctor who is assisted by 8 to 10 Technical Offict-rs from relevant disciplines. There art also a numb r of village 1 jv.'^1 workers at the Project level who maintain contact with the people, Panchayet members etc, a-nd function as extension workers, i^ost of the staff at the Proj'3ct level are eng.aged at the village level and few of theni are posted at project Office for clerical assist.ance* '^'here is a system of continuous upgradation of skill of staff at variou.^ levels by appropriate training inside the St~te and outside the State, The Bidhsn Chandra Krishi V/iswa Vidyalaya (BCKVU), Clf^Rl and other development Departments of the State i-trl / C ~ 7 GQ\/ir!rnm3nt are impexting necess'.ry training to tho staff of thG Corporr-^tion to acquaint with the latest dGvylopmont of technology in difft-ront fields and arranqG dissc^nin ation of tha samG, Thu: core staff of the: CADC hav d been u tilised in the sefci multiplics-.tion programmey manf^Gmont of hstchjry pro gr.3nme of fishary and Animal Husbandry, nau d offcctivt: programmes like Coffee Plantation in tha Terai region, Azolla cultivation in i^iidnaporo district, True Potato Seed (T-PS) cultiu .^tion in Hooghly and Burdum D istricts, Such staff, tGchnically crionted aro ablo fco should^ir the rcisponsibility of ijXtraidGd pragranmc of Saed m ultiplication and other tixcerimentation progrcj- mnes besides training and extension, 2.1 Tn.-? uidG ranging activities of' ths IlI,B , C, A ,0 , C, in c lu d e Plinor Irrigation facilities, supply of agricultural inout credit, storage and marketing facilitiss, Servico Contro, Consumsr Stores, Pisciculture, Animal Husbandry, Pural Industry, Adult and Non-formal education. Child and uom^Ji care, health and sanitation programme, specially '-jconomic prograrnmo for the poor unm'3n o t c , 2 .2 Tha aroas of sp>3cial contribution by CADC aru uxpGrimontat:. ' uith differ^Tnt High Yielding Uariatios of crop production in differ ;xit SQasons as uell as production of quality scods in Uitst Bengal, Special mai • tion may be mado of tha foundation a n d certifiod seed prodiction of Potato, Hustard, Paddy, Wheat, Duto, 1/egi^tablo^ ate. It may bo stated that from an a re a o f 5 20 acros under Seed m ultiplication prograjnme, th« CAQC is abla to take tha programma to 2Q35 acres during 1988-89, Targ ot for 1939-90 i n t h i s progrfYnmG is 2100 acres, Procur^mt^nt in n,T, under sat^d m u lt io lic a t io n programme has regist&rbjd incrt-;asa from 1o3o,15 H .T . to 1508.6 51 P]«T, j. 1987-88 and tha target for 1988-89 i s 2 8 0 2 .5q T, and for 1989-90 i s 29Q2,no n, T, Out of seed m ultiplication arogff^nma major a r s a c f op^racion i t in th e c a s e o f p o ta to fo llo u o d by paddy ^Tid w h e a t. Some '-^mphasis i s now b eing given to certified seed of pulses, o il seeds, and grounri-nut. It may be men tioned that CADC has bc-en able to maka found^.tion seeds undor jut.^' and pota+ and is the first orgr.nlsation in liiest Bengal to hfiv o c^^rtifieci seeds of P o t a to , 2.3 SoGCial t^phasis hasalso been givm on production of seerU lings for horticultural development in non—traditional ar'^as, R^’ising .seed lings of productive variety of Coconut is another field of specialisation of CADC, H orticultural development is encouraged for economic b.^nefits and for commercial utilisation of marginal lands. 2.4 Special mention may be made- of cultivation of Coffee in the terai region of Ulcst Bengal, res-^arch programme for the cultivation of Coffee with Robusta variety has bef.^n proved to be a success in marginal lands. The results have been cnmmonded by the Indian Coffee Board and the dd/ Beard has promis'^^d to render a ll help for extension nf the r.rsa, Th 3 t s r — gst of such extension is 25 acres in 198E3-89 and 5q ncrcs djrina 1989-90 Jl. of tho identifiad area of 1080 acre in in Siliguri-Naxalbari projaot ar - , » Tho Indian CoffsG Board has arranged training for sc}mQ of th-.? officers r.-' j staff to assist Coffee cultiv.'!ation. Coffee cultivation is biding sporsore-i in an integrated way, A Project Report on Coffee Plantation has bu«n red and sent to the Indian Coffee Board, 2.5 Experimentation of Azolla bio-fertiliser hau e been intrccL'ced in Debra andTaniuk-I Projects in HidnaportJ d istrict and prowod trj be a success. This has opened up new source of l->La cost fertilis;.:r technology to the farmers. Results of such Azolla cultiuation at Di^bra in boro seasons djring 1937-88 revealed thrt the average yield uas 22,3 qtl, per acre as against 20*3 qtls. per acre, 2.6 The experiment on True Potato Seeds (TP3) at Kalna^II and Boinchi CADC Projects ;±jring 1987-88 rr.veaied a vast potential. The yield potential out of IPS w ill be to the tune of 5q H.T, per hec, as against 3o n,T, per hoc, by traditional methods* Attemots are being t-kon to rjovelop infrastructure for production of 'I'PS in 1 hoc, land in collaboration tilth International Potato Research Contre* A Project Report in this regard has been prepared. 2*7 Another field of .gpecirilioed ns'jj activity of CADC is the laroo-scale introduction of the use of Hini Cj.TJii, 'oi'ith Submersible pumpseti to avoid the problems of dra'aJ down of water toble. Another important field of activity is the installation of infiltration gallery on the almost dry river bed at Saharjore D istrict Purulip and Nalhati-I D istrict Qirbhum and providing irrigation frcilities without use of electricity. 3.1 As a result of collaboration with UNICEF, CADC could inst.-^l ^1 ntrinking water P-iis and these tubewells are functioning well and proved to bo very helpful in dry season. 72 community entres have been construct::d for the benefit of women and child caro pmyramme and 428 sanitary latrin ;£ have been commissioned for the benefit of the p-^npln- -f-H.ano have helped to make tho peonlo conscious ijbout the h.= alth cprc- 000 s a n i'fa - t io n , 3 .2 ^ i t h th e a s s is t a n c e o f fu n d ^’rom NCOC, 8 godeuns o f D u te with .b^ ilLrrifaciiities have been constructed and this has opened a new «r opportunity to the farmers for selling jute at Government rati.', 3 Cold storages are under construction ahd the CADC is constructing one 4oqo HT Cold storage departmentally at Berhampore, D istrict r-lurshidabad which is expected to be commissioned during 1989—90* The NCDC has also f i n a n c e d f o r the construction of godowns for storing agricultural producij in the oroj ec a r e a s . C - 9 3,3 With thG help of ICAR, a Krishi Vigyan Kondra (KVK) has set UD at Scnamukhi, D istrict B^’.nkurv t v provi ds theorotic^l and practical training tc tha farmers. Stops ar-. b.ing taken tn crnv/art this K''K into a D istrict Training Cr ntrG for ths f3r.m3rs to cator tc. the nj. ds tr.:iining gap in tho O i s t r i c t , Simil-'^’r d t o c t is^ I hns bo&n subrnitted to thc^ Q istrict i Planning CommittoG for a Training Instirutt; within G aighctn Project in North 2^ParganQs D istrict, ■i, 1 During 1989-90, th-j annual plan prr,posal of 'o.BCADC und.-r Doyeloprtont & Planning DGpartmant w ill bo Rs,560.16 lakhs out of which Rs,244,^^6 lakhs has b‘3.jn proposad for implemt ntaticn of w^rirus dt^VGlopm^nt projects. Besides, an amount of Rs,49,48 lakhs would ba. availablG from difforcnt dGpertmcnts as spocified grants against various d-wciopmant schGm os, 4,2 ■A survay was conducted to asctitain the Qmplcynn.jnt gan-ration for the pGriod from 1979--to 1983, Such survey ruvoaled that in agriculture snd slliod sGctnrSy total mandays crQat‘-d incrc-ased from 89,43 lakhs to 190*97 lakhs, Tha uJomnn on :i childrm dovGlopment programm'- and education procrammos gt^norateri ab ou t 3500 d i r 'i c t .^ p lo y m jn t fo r aiom-n. In d u s tr y pncr.'^no has also cr^atcrJ part-time a n fu ll- tim s omploymont for 566 iwoncn, Tha pisciculturo prograntnQ im p]i-m^^ntt;ri d irectly in CADC crynted a:,out 10,000 mandays in 1987-88, It may be fa irly conolud*.-:-:'' th-t C,A,D,C, is a laboratory P'Dr experinantatinn of vnrioUo proj'?cts, Thi confirm«d rt^sults of which arc replicatfid outside C,A,D,C, area, Th-3 establishment of liJ,E, C, ^,D, C, shoul . not ther£ifor 2 b^j considorGd as a regular ustablishmjnt for maintmanCG hut an ystablishoient of nnnfcinunus rssearctijs in various fields with avi>iu; to using tho roRults of such rr.'rjparchas in realisation of targets in concarnod so cto r s , 2, PrngrammQ of the Da/eloomant & Planning floi.m & C(xjntry Planning) LiGpartmsnt, Tho Drspartmant has sot up Hirik Planning Authority in tite d istrict of Darjeeling and Daigaon Pl^si-ning Autiiurity in tho d istrict of jalpaiguri in North Bengal, Works of preparation of outline duy oiapm ant plan for eacr^ o f t h -3 two araas viz, Hirik and 3 aigaon havo b9on progressing satisf actorily. The proposed outlay for each of t h e dovolopment plans is Rs, 25 thousands f o r thG yv>ar 1989-90, ^oo Q'OOO □ OOOO OGOOf) OO □OOOOOO00 OO- 'OOOO oijion OO D-*l ?1A30_R. and REDIun IRRlG,mLiN: Introduction The geographical ars?? of 'i.lpst Benngl is 87,853 ::n,Km. T\v-. popul--^tion of West Bengal is 54*49 r U l l i 3 np (a s p er 1981 Cens: s } . The g ? ig r 3 p h ic??l =*rea in the State is nriarly 2.7% of the t o t a l l 3 nd ^re=’. o f In d ia u h ilp i t s population constitutes about Q% of ths country's population, Th'; population denrsity of 61^ per Sq.Km. stands as the second highest in thi-^ country ag'^inst a ll India average of 221 per Sq, Km. Except f o r the Himalayi^n foot-hills in the north • Chhotonagpur plateau on the luestern fringe, th?? State of West Bengal is a flat plain criss-crossed uith riv/ers and intercepted with many saucer-shaped depre ssions or basins subjected to flood spills and w a te r logging during the monsoon period. West B e n g a l produces v a r io u s varieties of cro p s other than food grains e.g., tea, jute, fruits like mango, pine-apple otc. The pressure on land is an obvious outcome of this high population density, which has result in enormous problems in the field of Irrigation and Flood Control of th? State, To solve these problems it is necessary to increase the agricultur-O production by in tensive irrigation ^nd protection of the agrictdtural land and crops from the ravages of recurrent flood damages. This again calls for the highest priority in investment for irrigation and flood control s-’ctors and for substantial allo cation in the Plan Budget under th o se sectors. Irrigation Sector B a c k-g r o u n d The State of )iiest Bengal is covered by 3xt?,n3ivs n^t work of rivers, canals, innumer^'ble tanks and wat'^r reservoirs. The arterial system of tho nrt work is served by the rivers Hahnand^, Teesta, Daldhaka, Torsa, Raidak Sankosh in the north. The Bhagirathi-Hooghly, a branch of the Ganga flows, from the centre to the south of thf: Stato, in th^ nocth-south direction* The Mayurakshi, the ^joy, the Damodar and the Kangsab^ti ris.j in Chhotonagpur hills of Behar and flow through th« western part of thp State. The other important rivers are the Rupnaray^n and the Haldi falling into the Bhagiraithi-Hooghly and the Sub^rnar^^kha falling into the Bay of Bnngal, The average rain f:»ll varies from 1200 mm to 1800 mm in the i-^angetic !jlest Beng'=*l and exceeds 3000 mm in the Sub-Himalayan West B'-’ngal. But, due to extmrnely t-?r.^tic distribution of preci- pitati'^ns, failure of crops is a r-:current f?:>ature c^ven during Khariff season, '^gain, from the end of October to the beginning of 3uly, the rain-fall is too scanty to meet the water rgnuiryment of R^bi and hot w'-^ather crops. Ever since its creation, in August, 1 947, the St'^te of West Bengal has been encountering heavy pressure on land as the major parts of fertile land went to Banglad:;’sh. The problems wer^? further aggravated by the larg-^ scale migration of peoplt? that followed partition. More food was to be produced with more of lands, to extensive irrigation and intensive cropping. D - 2 I t i s 8 stimatsd th^t Irrigation potsnti^l of 6 ,1 1 m illion Ha, c^n ultim ^t^ly bR creat'd through Fl'Tjor, ri-dium ?nd I'linor irrigation Sch?m^s, Br:~’==ik-un I'ndt-’r d iffp rn n t c'^t?aorics is giv-'n b'^loij c (a) riRjor Tnd n--;dium Irrigatinn Proj;^ct 2,31 l^illion Ha, (b) n inor Irrigation Projpct i ) Surf-'^C''i '•li'^'tnr 1,3 M i l l i o n Ha. ii) Ground Uht'^r 2,5 r;!illion Hn, 3.8 Million Ha, Total 6.11J^lUon H^ Th 9 pot’nr.ial crQat'd th ro u g h r'V-^jnr -^nd i-ediurn P ro J cl:s (b-'S'^d on Surfac"^ 'iJ'-’t s r ) upto th.-j Gnd of Sixth Pl-n .-^-riod is to th-. tuna cf 1.136 I'Ullion Ha« Strategy for th -3 formul'• tljn of Savcnth Plan, "Irrig atio n ” calls for an Bmohasis on inv/ostmGnt in St'venth Plan to boost agricultural production. IncomplGtc r^ajor Irrigation Projocts which ^r^^ in advanced stage of com^ pletion and arc capable of yielding fu ll bonefits in the S^vRnth Plan, ujauld haun to bo compl'itad during tho plan period, and bo adGquatoly fundpd on prio rity basis* Accordingly, tho remaining works of Kangasabati Roseruoir Proj'-^ct would '-'G complotnd in a ll rcspects by tha Ssv»nth Plan and it would ba adenuat'j ~ly financed on priority basis. Sim ilarly emphasis h^s also bonn laid for adp- quately financing unfinished Hpdium Irrigation Projects of Rnwnnth Plan, which aro in advanced stag© of completion. Irrigation Projects, wh«r'-' fu ll potential has boon developnd by the Sixth Plan, would bf-: trnatad as complatpd proi-^cts & would not b^ spillsd over to S^vanth Plan, Thu pt-jrformanca of th«i ^yurakshi °rojpct has bp 'n ti^chno-Rconc.iiicTlly reviewed and Gv^luatad in this rRspoct, Since this Major Irrigation Projcct has dovnloppd fu ll irrigation potantial by the Sixth Plan it would not bp continupd to Si^vrnth Plan and no provision for this project has been made in the Sav?nth Plan, I n c lu s io n o f npw H a jo r and M'^dium I r r i g a t i o n Proj->cts h as to be r o s t r i c - ted. In fact, tha strategy for S'venth Plar. Programmn for Irrigation has b^-DGn spslt out by imparting top-rmost priority for complp,tion of a ll on-going Major ?ind Mf'dium Irrigation Projects, but dun tc paucitv of fund it may not bo possiblG to compli-'to a ll the on-going schemas within Srventh Plan Period, ■^h-^re are, how^^vrr a few new Majcr Irrig ation Schamps which are proposed to be physically commenced in thn Seventh Plan for which soma provisions of outlays have been made in the 5ev^:nth Pl'-n, As soma token exo^nditure had already been incurred on these schemes during the Sixth Plan, these schemes have not been treated as entirely new ones; but categorised as new schemes of the Sixth Plan. The most import-'’nt of thes:; i s S u' ''iTnrekh'’ carrago Project in the d istrict of Hidn'-'pere^ Some other important naw sehrmes are second Sub-stag - ef Ph-'^se—I jf Teesta Barrage Project on the le ft bank of riv^'r Te:st-^ in th*^ d istricts of J a l p a i g u r i and C on eh bahar, D-'^rak^shw'^r-'Gi'^ndh'^cjW'^ri P r o j r c t in '^h'’ d i s t r i c t o f irn '4inv Rp<^r>rvnir Pro i ’c t in tht-- d i s t r i c t s 'r 8 irbhurr and Burdw'^n, and D - 3 Wnpar K'-ng-^bTti Pr’^j ct in the: dist.rict nf Puruli"’ nnd B^nkL-n, It is very '" s s - n t i '^1 t-' s t'^ r t ''t 1 '^st sch°.m'~s in r.'.nhth Pl-^n in rigl-it 2 .irn p s t to ^'’.UDid th e d'^v/nlapmr^nt of 'my p l i n vncCum n f , ?r th-' e x is t in g rn - “Ooing Irrigation Pr 3 j:-^cts -^rn comp/lpted. During aponti'n of H^jor Irrig-^tion Project r.g., n^yur=ikshi Rcsorvair P r n j 3 c t , K^ngs'^b'’ ’:i RpS':^r\y:;i r P r c j- o t nnd B''^rr'^gB ''nr I r r i g a t i o n System o f D.UoCo d ifficu ltie s hTi"*.' bopn rxpGriancnd in □pti'^urn u tilisatio n of u^'^tcr rnsourc'-is. In rn'^ny c '^s q s th r«' by^in sub?t"^nti'\l snspngo losses in ths cnnnls. In soms c'^se.'s t! '? outl^^ts ton big, r'suiting in ujnst-'gn of v/^lu- ^.blp irrig'ition w^tnr* Thc-r-: is ''cut'd short'’3 G of ij-'tor during Rnbi soison* In order to rcnp thrj fu ll b'^n^fit from th^sn Projescta, modGrnis*’.tion is ossen- ti^l- for. which- prowisiins of putliys h^vg b'^en fmdn in the Seventh Pl'^n. ftmphRsis h'^s ber?n l^id on th^ modGrnis"^tion of M ijor Irrig ^ tim Proj<^cts for considorntion of tho Irrigation p 'tonti '^1 'ilrr?n d y crt^-;'^tcd. The modcrnis=i- tion of the Prnjncts would holp tsxtmsion of R^^bi irrigotion, Thf:i niodGrnis^- tion uorks would prevent loss of irrigotinn u-otcr through soop^gn ind f^ cili- toto nffici<^nt uoter m-'^mgvoment though construction of roquisite number of outlots, finld chTnnols -^nd ijntcr coursos, introducti'^n of 'jj^nb^ndi yntor scheduling ^nd achipuomont of offoctiuG conjunctiwr; lisg of surf^co nnd ground ki^tor. In order tn stabilise thn utilisation of potionti^il crontod by differont irrigation projects, high investment priority is to bo givon for moaprnisntion w orks ^nd in t r o d u c t io n o f ijJ^r-'^b'^ndi, T!ie Kangs^b = ti Resoruoir Pm jnct, the r^^yur^^kshi ^rojoct ond tne B^^rr'igr nnd Irrigation System of □ 'J C = Sovnnth Pl^^n by noc'-^ss=iry financing. The mod'^rnis'^ti 'n schomo of tho Knngs^- b^ti Projnct is in =in odv/nnccd stngg of npprovol '■•nd c'-'nstruction of somp nddi- tion^l □'=»ms =^nd Rorrogc oro to be urg^^’ntly t^krn up to help R^^bi Irrigation '-'p.'^rt from oth'^r works of modornis-"^tinn for which '’dpou^’to fin'^ncing n p c o s s ^ ry . To Tchic>VG g r r '^ tc r e f f i c i e n c y in m’^in'^gnmont o f w^tor ro so u rcG s- 4 0 H'’., blocks w ill br> eonvert'^'d to 5 - 8 Hn, blocks by constructing suitable infr^^.s- tructur^s in thr> H^jor Irrigoti^n Proj-'cts* This wil-1 ensure grm tf’r utilis^=’- tion of potenti '^1 crp’^tod so f-r, th'reby reducinc tho g^'^p between the poten tia l crooted ond th'^.t utilis- d. Provision ^or this hos ^Iso been m"=*de in the Seventh Pl'^n, The command '^r-'os of the on-going or oompl tod Irrig-^tion Projects h^ve no problem of S'^’lin ity ond w^ter-logqing, r'ence, oo investment is needed on t h i s =\ccount. l^iedium I r r i g o t i o n Proj->c-Ls '^re o/dng ex' cu to d ±n tho districts of Ptiruli''^, Bonkur=> ^nd Birbhum ond funds would be pr-)Vid':^d for the physical compl<^tion .:.f th-^se schom's to dr^'.j fu ll t'-nofit during tho Sev:^nth Plon period, IM(j unapproved Irrig^ti^n Pr >j -ct o'^s bo^n t'^kjn up. I) - V targets of ir r ig a t io n POTFNTIAL IN SrV^NTH PL'^i'J T^rg'?t for cr-''’tiin oflrrig^.- J T-’rp _-'c for utiiisntion of Irriga- j y - r ' r . ____ A ti. t-- ^nti'^.l _ __ During ch^ Yn^r I Cunul'^tiue t Du ring thj Yn^r I Cumul--’tiw”* yiM 1'OO.OJHj:-.J. ...(1000 J ; 000. HnJ______J . .. _ (' 0 QO itlJ- 1984-85 1185.77 - 1070.11 1985-:-6 14.60 1200,37 1^%2^- 1086*36 1986^87 17e50 1217.87 16.i5 H03.32 1987-88 12.94 123T,.^1 7 „.,/ 1110.89 1988-89 53.69 1284. 27.vJ * 1138.39 1989-90 37.20 1321.70 32.50 1170.89 T 0 T Q U. 135.93 100,78 SEITNTH PLAN TARGET • 220.39 204.98 An irrig ^ ti n pot'inti^.l tnroGt of 0 , 2 2 m illi-in hoct-'^.ris h'^d o rg in ally b-acq propaspd to be crG'^t^id during Snv/nnth Pl?in period. SEViFN-m p l a n a p p r i s a l ir. tho :3riqin=^l Dr-^ft Sn\i !=>t 135.93 thousand hect^rns. Thus thf; Rmount )f shortfall fron thG origin'll f ig u r e of 22 0.3 9 thous^=ind h c c t n r c s works 3 ut to 38 pKrcpnt. Tho principal reasons for this shortfall m^y br; ttributoo the problems of ^.cquisition of for.?st "^ind othur linds ujhiciT could not bo fu lly r<:''Soly?d, paucity of funds, non-commonconi-^nt of modernisation of oxisting irrio-'tion-project h'^.s oxpfjctsd ^^nd-difficulties in tho intrr^o'^ tion of tho usn of f^urf^cfe ^nd ground uptor ond other pr=ictic?^l constr^'ints* id-torm nppr^ isa 1 o f Sgv/on th F jy; 9 Yp,^r Pl^^.n A dom^.nd of =^ddition=^l g n n t of Rs.85,'^0 cr^'?-’s over tho 3 llott-ad amount of Rs.105.00 crorps in tha Srwonth Pl=in period h^.s 'ilrp^’dy boon placod beforp Planning Commissi-^n to mrmt tho urn nt oxponsos noc'S'^'^ry for tho G.:ing'=i /^nti- -erosion uorks and important drnin-igo schamos. Funds undor NRE P and R.L^GP 5jJoa_ds_ Funds forthcoming und-.r tho NREP, RLFGP otc, uould bo utilisod to moot Gxpcnditurs of lab"'ur orinntod schnmos both in tho fljod control 'ind irrig a tion soctors. s. ,iri. 5 qVj;n_th_ ?l,^/i VDnr-iLiisa provisjons or irtj ■ ■'.th Pl^n indic^tjd b3l'';u;S- X?5.?, I s ^ '"■■ i ' ■ '• ; inhrel lotal (Rg, C ro r.j3 ) (R T c’^Mres) 1 s t Y e a r (1985-86) A c tu a l 3^:.21 'i! '• 9 ')i '1i 56.32 Gxpn d j_t L. r c t L- 1,; ( a c t u a l ) 2 nd YG?=«r (1986-07) 51.82 1G.64 70 .46 (^ c tu '’l ) ( a c t u a l ) 3rd Y?=\r (1987-88) 54.8!:- 2G.91 75-, 7 6 ('^ctu'^1) ( ^ c t u ^ l) ( A c t u a l) 4th Yc^r (1988-89) 47.55 25.45 73.00 (prnposcd) (propns'',d) (proposed, 5th Yo^r (1969-90) 48.43 31.57 80.00 (propos'-'d) (p ro p o s e d ) (p ro p o se d ' Tnt-^l 241,86 113.58 355.54 Seventh Pl^n 'ipprnv-id outl^iy 195,00 105.00 300.00 Cpntr^.l ^jBtj^np 5!_ Irrtin n S.3cto_r Bulk of the finiriciTi outl^.y in ■Irrig'itiTin Se ctor i s cTnsumcd fo r mc.i’ting Gxpondituro -:f Tcost'^ Pr.ij-^ct, In ordor th^t the prajpct c^n run nn schudulG =ind un—noccss^ry cost ovor-run bG ^vpidnd, on '^doquoto yc'^.r-to-yeor financing nf thr: projpot should bn gu^rantofid. It is not nossible for the St^te C^ovornmcnt oloifio to mCi3t tho f in"^nci''^l burden of such massive projrct. Hence, the Centro should como forward with 'idnau^tc: fin^nci '^1 assist=»nco to meet the year-to-yeTr cost nf the project. Strateg y, fo r .^Jir|ual__l^a_n .19j3,9-.9.0 In the Irrig'^tion sector the guide lines laio doijn by the Planning Commi ssion lb to complet': the on-goinj prcjncts uithou ■‘'urthor time and cost ovor- -run. The c'^p'^city utilis-^tion in this sector is also o f parafeeunt importance for ensuring optimum return from our in\;est:nent. Th"" 20-Point Programme has to be implemented vigorously. The t-^rget for the various component of this progr'^mme •h'^s to be fixed rra lis tic a lly , aftnr taking into '^ccount the-resour ces and c^p'^bility. It is vory important that -element'^tion is ensured within the t^’rgets with a ll d'cr.torrriimtion. The Tribnl Sub-Plan ^nd the Component Plan for Scheduled Casta should also be implemented with determination. The amount of flow from St^te Plan to this Sub-Plan, once determini'd it should t^ke ol^ce a s s u c h . 111-. r/irn_me_^ of_ A. 1 ^ 9-- 90_ per the guide-lines stated above, priority has bocn fixed for imple- mentati-n of the works of on-going Major and nrrdium Irrig-=^tion Prv:jccts of Sixth Plan or -earlier period. •'^Ithjugh nn outlay of Rf,20.0G cr^'res h-ts been p ro v id e d f o r th e f i r s t S u b - st^ g e o f S t'^ g e - I o f Ph-^i^e-I o f Tc-jst"^ Barr-^g:' Proj^-ct for 1989-90 it is desired that an additional allotment of fund f 3r th e Pr jj.'ct w ill bo m--'de by the Centre in th-: sh'.pr: ' f C-ntial Assistance to expedite completion* ; 6 Among oth?r major Sch^:—^ s , ti'- c ubprri^rpkh'^ Gnrrago Proj<^ct hns been propos&d to bs taken up in th-- .: :.o;v. R^rn^^st rlurinQ currpnt yraar (1988-89) ''o r which substantial provisi-n *"e h-an ca in rnu^l Pl?n 1989-90, Provisions havyc; b?:9 n ,n->dT f:jr n j r^tl':n of Project and also for ccMuersion of 40 Ha. Block to 5 - 8 ill .ck fn:.' h.- '-'r Irrigacion Projects, Special p rio rity on th'^ above ■'.inea has L'-r’-n q\\jen to tha folloying on- -going Projects ^nd Schamq during thie Annual Plap, I9.i:.~a9 ? 1) Te<=?st^ BarraoR Proi''-^ct. 2) Kann3=3b.^ti Project, 3) Barrage & Irrig ati n Syscem i f D \1 G (Extens ion and Improvyernant), 4 ) r^Qdium I r r i g ^ t i ~ n S ch^fiifis ir, the district of Purulia, 5) Subarn-'^rekha Barrage Proj'-=ct in the d istrict of [‘Iidnaporg, s a l i e n t rrATURES OF THE F,PORTAiMT IRRIGqTI^P^i P R jjrcTSo (l) Mayurakshi Reservoir Prcject ? Located on the Ldest??rn fringe of ij/est Benoal in thp d istrict of Birbhum, Hurshidab^d and Burdwan, ’■'he Projpct consists of a masonry gravity Dam (Canada Dam) across the river H^^yurakshi at T^iessanjore near Suri of length 661,42 metrn and hnight 47.24 motirn nnd 4 noe# Barrngns nam 'jlys Tilpara Barrag ’ 'across th.- riu:r Mvyurakshi nnar Suri in district Birbhum, Rep'll Barrage ,c. cross the: riu-^r Kopai & Kultorc in district Birbhum, D yark^ B a r r a g r -'’c ro s s th'- r i v n r Du--^rk?i =»t D-och?=i in d istrict Pirbhum, Brahm^ni Barr-^C ' '’.cross thp rivor Br'^hm^ni nt Faidara in d istrict Birbhum. Thn ultim'^tn irrigr'ticn pot:^nti3 l is 25C850 Ha, (Kh^rif 230618 Ha, “^^nd R^bi 2C242 Ha,), This Pro j-'ct ijj^s comm'-^nc'':d in 1948 nnd compl-';tod in 1955. Th^; ■xt^'nsion "^nd imorovprnpnt iiiorl' S of th^"! Projoct wnra commcncnd in 1960 ?^nd compl tsd in 1985, To -xtr^’ ct furthrr bonufit from t&is corrplotad Projoct, a schamr for modernisation has bo^n pro- pos-jd to be t-'^k;-!n up and '• sum o f Rr-.IO.OO l^ k h s h^s b~-'n p ro v id e d in thr; Annual Pl=^n 1989-90 ^nd nn.2 0 0 .0 0 1 -^khs h'ls b-',:n n arm arkrd d u rin g the Seventh Pl=^n pnriod. ( I I ) Kangsab^ti Rasnrvoir Proj/^ct ; Proj-'-'ct b -nafitt -d ^rpa covcrs the d istricts Bankura, f^idnapor^^ and Hooghly, Th'^' Prnjnct consists of "Kangsabati ~ Kum^ri” Dam situated at riukutmanipur^ d is tric t of B^’nkura on rivers Kangs=^b'^ti and Kumari about 3 KoT'T, up~strr:=nm o f t ir i r co n flu ^ n cf) "'nd thrnr> barr^g-^s viz"^ S ila b '^ t i B'^rr=>g ■ , T'^rnfpni B?^rrag ■ '^nd Bhairab tanki Barr^ga, Tho l ength of tha • K'^ngsab'^ti Kumari Dam is 11.27 (includinn int'^raodi^ta Dykns and n 7 H illocks) with hoight of KTngs^b^ti Darn, Kum'^ri JTm 'tbovG brd riuor b^ing 39,63 n '^nd 41,15 1^ rospnctiur-;ly. Thn erected irrigation potential by the: end of 1987-88 is 395,00 Th, Ha, uith ultim'’tn figLir:-> of 401 ,65 Th,H"', This proj'-ct lj-^s co^m^.'nccd in 1957 and ujnrks ■'>ra in fin al stago of completion. It is iixp'^ct''d to by compl-^trd within Snvrnth Pl-^n period, A sum of Rs,1000,00 lakhs h^s bcon prouidnd during 1939-90 for com- pl:’tion of this Proj<^ct, ( i n ) B^^rragn & Irrigation Systom of D V/ C The projt-ct is benefiting thp d istricts of Burdijan, B^nkura, Hooghly and Howrah of -li-^st Op.ngal., DU C is I'Uiltipurposn Rivr-r I'^llny Proj^'ct with thrcr? m=’>in purposes bning (l) Flood Cojitrol,, (2) Irrigation "^nd ^ (3) Pownr Generation, Thr? Barrago •& Irrig^ttion SystGm deals with Irri- g"^.tion only through Durgapur Barraga connncting Pratappur in tho d istrict of Bankura ^nd Durgapur in th':; D istrict of Rurdi:^, T o t a l In n g th of b a rra g e b:=twn-5n ’^■butm^nts i s 632,2 w ith d^-'sign d is c h a r g o th ro u g h l ^ f t bank main can^l and right b-’nk m^in canal brir ^ 250 m^/sRct, and 64,26 m / s '?c , r 3 sp"?cti\/oly, Target irrigation pot'nti'^1 of thr; projr^f-i: is 515,38 Th,Ha, (Kharif 393,93 Th,H^=i, nnd R^bi 121,45 Th ,H '.). Gut o- which 467,00 Th.Ha, hauo boon crc^atnd by md of 1987-83, ^ sum of Rr,150,00 l^^khs h^s b'-'on prowid'-d to cr '.ato "^nothor 5000 hnc, of potential during 1939-90. (l\i) Tnesta Barrago Project s Tho bonGfitt’-'d ar^a covors tho d istricts of ‘iJ<3st Dinajpur, Malda, Darj ’^;ling, Jalpaiguri and Coochb-'har in th ^ Sta t’-; of Wr-st B-rmgal, It is a Multipurpose River U''J.loy Proj. ct. To copc up with v'^st projact lika this, tho constructional programme ha? bo-^n sub-dividnd into throe phases as 5 Phas-:-!-I s Providing irrigation f^ c iliti -s to an aro'=*. of about 922 Th.Ha, by diverting Tersta and Mahananda river W''^tnrs on piither side of thfjr, by constructing Barrages across these rivers, Phase-II s Construction of a high storage Dam, on the river Teasta ne=^r Srvak Bridge in Darjeeling d istrict h=^s been pro posed, Th'? d’-'m iL’Ould supplement irrig-^’tion during dry snason. It would also moderate the flood to a great extent and generats Hyd'.'l poi'/er to the tuna of 600 r'1,ljJ, (approxim ately), P h P s P - I I i 5 Linking up the river Br^hm'^eutr^ with the river Ganga by ?=» canal to provide n^^vie' tion fa c ilitie s , Ph=^se-I o f th e P r o j e c t h='s bf:cn d c v id e d in t o th r e e st^'^ges w ith Stage—I being further divided into threu sub-stage. The main components cf the present scheme in 1 st Sub-stag'- of 5tage-I consists of (a) A barrage (lengtn 901,5 across the river Teesta near Gazoldob^ in the district of Darjeeling, D 8 (b ) Tonst^"^ Lin!< C'^nnl (le n g t h 25.75 K ,rio ) (c) A b^rr^gn (length 287,2 Ti) across th a rivor Fi'lb-ri in tho district of 3^1pTiguri, (d) nnh^nand==^ M^^in C^nnl (32.05 K J'lJ off-t'^king from right bnnk of th'T T i\ i"v il^h^>n^ndT a t i t s B"’,rr=t.ga s i to -'’.nd torrnin^ tin g to th 'j r iu n r D-'^uk. (g ) Aqunduct -^crDss th o r i v ^ r Ti^fT^n'^nd^) 2 0 Koii. off tho mnin c"m-U, (f ) A b^'^mQT across th •: i iv'^r Dauk ^t th--^ o u tfall of th"^ M^h-nCnd-T m=^in c^^n-'il, (g) An Aqijnduct '’cross th : riwor M'^g^r, (h ) D’^uk f’i^q^'r h'^in C'^n ^l (81,87 Kol^io) from thi^ D^uk B'-rrag ' of ^i''Q■^r, A q u o d u ct, ( i ) N'^Q'^r—T'^nQon r ia in C anal (5 0 ,0 0 !\<>r1o) o f f —ta k in g from r iu o r Wag-ir uith t^^il e-3nd ^ t r iu o r Tangon, ThG Proj ct, in its first Sub-stag.; jf und-r Phasfi-I targ-'ts to croatp an irrigation potential of 379.60 Th. , ^'^nd 79.00 Th.H-^. of potnnti^l by th p nnd of 1989-90. Tha cost of tho Proj-ct for 1st Sub-st-gc is '"',.425.54 crorcs -^nd for 2nd S ub—staoG is 111, 60 cror,.?':;, A su^n ” j »2G«,uO croros has boon pro— vidod for 1st Sub“st:agr> or o.' has'^--I f:ir thu '^nnLial Plan 1989-90, A sum o f Rs,120,54 c r o r a s ^nd R%r),00 cio r,.;s h-'v,: b.^rn ^lloc^tGd rosoRctivDly for tho works of th-so ti.o 5u!— s oT tn v Projrct during th'a Scvonth Plan pnriod. (V ) Subarn'='rekha Rarrago Projr'ct i. The benf^fittpd =>rna couors th'O d is tric t o''' r^.idn'^porc. Thn Praj'-ict nnvisagos harnessing thn rivnrs Sub'^rn^rrkh'^ "’nd Dolong by constructing a B a rr a g e ”^t B h o s ra g h a t n c ra c s th e r i v n r S ub'^rn'^ ra k h '", P r n j -'ct a s s u ra s incrn-^se of food production thro’jgh iirig n tijn watar in thft d istrict af M id n a p o rp , The cost of tho Proj'-.'ct is Rs,226,82 crorfs, "^nd thn ultimate irrig'i- tion potenti'^'l targ;;ts of 130.00 Th.Ha. ^ sum of Rs,800,00 lakhs and Rs,1400.00 lakhs have boon prouidrd far thr- Proj'ct in the ’’^nnuai Plan for 1989-90 and Srur^nth Pl^n 1935-90 rnr'pnctivnly. (V/l) Upper Kangs^b^'ti Project s The bonefittGd •=*raa covers tho d istricts of Puruli"^ “^nd B^nkura, It is an irrigation S chamo by harnr ssing riuor K=»ngsabTti by constructing a Dnm and C^nal System for '’ugmanting agricultural productions through assursd ijate-r supply in the drought-prono ar.jas of Purulia and Bankura districts, Thf Dam shall b^'. located no.J=^r B'^nsa-Dolong, d is tric t Puruli^ , 32 K.Mo up-str-am of cxist-ing Kangsab'^’ti D'^rr, Tha Dam is of composita typo hawing concrnto spill-uay and non-ovurfloy s-'ctian uith tagging ;arthf,n da^ and dykn. Cost of th'.-; Prajpct h^s bran ostim'’t''>d to bn R:;,^'3.80 croros, T''^rgr!t Irrig^’tion potantial is 59,00 Th.H?^, Th'i ijjork ujill commonci^ during tha Eighth Plan poriod. . D - 9 (U Il) f'^r’dium IrriQ^ti'^n Schnmos in ch':^ d istricts of P u r u lin , DTnkuT''^ ^^nd B irb h u m , Thnro 22 ros, of i^'idium Trrig'^tion S chrTiT^s b.’ing oxpcut'^d in th:o drnuqht pron>^' 'ir."'’s of Puru ' iB'^nkur'^ =nd "^ir^'ium d istricts. Out of thf^SG 22 S c h 'n ::s , 5 n j s , h'^wo T l m s t bnnn c'- n p l- tc d by thR Rnd o f S ix t h Pl'^^n, Sufficient funds h'^vy-/ ~n prouid -d in tnis ''nnu'^1 Pl-'^.n f o r th o so on-going Sch-'nv^s ujhich '^.ro ^ Im o st compl -t-3 , fight mor,' of th^m pro posed to b'; com pl' t i ’d by th:^ S-^v/nnth Pln n p o r ic d , ^ tot^l sum rf '^■,'r49,00 I'^khs h^.s br.’cn provided for th “so Sch*-mGs to c r i'^ t r ■' p o t n n t i^ l n f 22C0 hc-c'/^r >s duri.ng 1989-90, For the bpnr^fit of th 3 5 chod u lod C^.sj:_ns Out of thf? Pl'^n propos-'^ls for Irrig ^ ti 'n ^ Flood uontroi S'-^ctors, cnrt=?in schomrjs bonrfit ^rc^s of Schndulr’d C= The f lo w o f fund to Compon wOt P la n f o r such ar>as is indic'^tnd bolow : Proposed '^llocnti on for Spoci"^! Compon:^nt Pl=in - . 4 Irrig^’tion Flood Control Total H-in period M l Pl^ n 1980^83 1439.69 391,86 1831.55 1983-84 51P.54 97.78 608.32 1984-85 731.84 164,25 896,09 V I Plan Total 2682.07 653,89 3335,96 (1980-85) M i l Pl-^n 1985-86 935.36 189,54 1124.90 1985-87 1287.82 260,79 1548.61 1 987-88' 1177,60 324,13 1501.78 1988-89 896.00 332,65 1228,65 1989-90 1119,13 790.93 1910,06 Thfj schomeujisG d n t'^ ils h^\j<2 boon furnisl'lod in th o S p c c ia l Component Plai SupplGment. S u_b-~Pl^,n W'^ny off th e Ir r ig ^ t i.- n ^nd F I,.: 3d Control Scf.'mGS Inoludod in tho Snvnnth Plpn (1985-90) .^.nd ^nnu^l Pnn (1969-9d) b cn jfit ^ro^s to trib.^1 popul-^ ti^n concentration. Tho flow of fund from Pl'^n nlloc^^ti'';n to tho Tribnl Sub-^Pl-n, n s proposnd, is indicatr’d b^lou f.’-’PA jtp- T r ib g 1, S u b - Pl;^ n,;___ Pl^n period Irrigati-~n Flood Control T->tal (-% la k h s ) (fc, I'lkhs) ___1*^.. P la n 1980-83 123 9.60 209,55 1449,15 1983-84 426.80 52.88 479,68 ____ 43 ,60 ______306.03 23 63.97 P la n Total 0980-85_) _ 205 7.94 64.41 546.11 P la n 1985-86 4 8 '.7 0 1986-87 647.36 63.1 7 730,53 1987>-e8 635.56 83,3 0 718,86 1988-89 5 42 .,75 89.47 632,22 1989-90 499.44 647,53 . _ 1-^ * T „ V, F'lT'n-i <_hrfl in r.hr? S'or-oia] ComoonGnt Plan - 1 0 ^inor Irri Q^.tion The Seu"^nth Plan outlay ^ix'-'d for dif fer r t p imigs und^^r F'T in o r Irrigation Uing are shown bplDu - (Rso ^'.n (a) Ninor Irrigation Progranme i nder Crop Hu^b-’n d ry S-^ccnr. , , , v 1500,00 (b ) n in o r I r r i g n t i o n Prograrri.-je 12100,00 ( c ) Command Ar'^g D nvelopm ent 900,00 T^■AL i 14500.00 Thp outlay of T.s, 12100,00 l-3khs Rarmarkpd for in jr Irrigation Programmr’ is, hoLjeuer, exclusivR of Rs,2800,00 lakhs proposed for cost of energisation of different Hinor Irrioaci-in installations under the bJest Bengal Hinor Irrigation Project (assisted by the liiorld Bank) during the Seventh Plan period, Minor Irrigati::n potential of 425.00 thousand ha. has been proposed to be created during the Seventh Plan period, of which 350,00 thousand ha, would come from groundwater and 75,00 thousand ha, from surface ujater. "Against the same the a-il.ieven.ent in respect of the creation of minor irrigation potential upto 1987-88 was 167,66 thousand ha, of which 129.30 thousand ha, was from ground water and 38,35 thousand ha, from surface water. The-' anticipated achi evement during the current financial year (1988-89) is 84,50'thousand ha, of which 49,50 thousand ha, ija u ld be from o round wa ter ^nd 35.00 thousand ha, from surf'^ce water. The minor irrigation potential proposed to created during 1989-90 i s 100,00 thousand ha, of which 75,00 thousand ha, would com'- 'Orom ground water and 25,00 thousand ha, from surface lojater. The exp-:^nditur : upto,1987“ 38 was ns.4Xn,55 lakhs, Th;;-5 anticipated ex penditure during the current fing’ncial year is h=;,3050 lakhs and the proposed outlay for 1989-90 is Rs,4060,00 lakhs, "I • -QPO-P- Hu s b'-'ndry Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for assisting Small and f^iarginal farmers for increasing agricultural production, an outlay of R",600,00 lakhs has been proposed to be spent as Stata share. As per Government of India norms of Rs.j.SO lakhs for 335 blacks and additional Rg. 1,00 lakh for 188 3F PP blocks under 7 d istricts of the State, the State share of expenditure should havn been Rs,680,25 lakhs. But taking into consideration of the performance of the financial institutions and other fac tors, a realistic view has been taken to fix the outlay of '^tate share of expenditure at Rs,600,00 lakhs during 1989-90, During the current financial ynar (1988-89) the anticipated Expendi ture would be R%900.D0 lakhs (State sharo) ag-^inst the approved outlay of R",315,00 lakhs. The additional amount is for the implementation of the special Foodgrains Production Programme of Oovernm^'nt of India in the 7 identified d istricts for installation of about 60,000 shallow tubewelIs/dugwells, D - • - r'i_ifior_ .i,r r a ,t^ a ■ Hrogr^mrnB ^ • §JrL^/3J?il A tdt^l'oLit'l==^y of R',631,3D lakhs h^s bG.~:n proposrd to be sp::nt for d-^UPiopm jn t o f s u rf'^ c t u jatG r. Thtj p ro v is io n 'h - ^ s boop f o r ( i ) co m p le tio n of thG (jjator transm ission '-^rrTnQ.-jmant of incompl.^^tG RoL.I* Schi^fnes ^nd conuor- sion of diosfjl opnr'^tpd RoLoIc Sohomrs into r^l'^ctric'^Ily opprf’tt-‘'d onr^s Tnd (ii« ) cdm'pl.' t i o n o f th o . surface? flcHij- ir r ig - T t io n =»nd drnin^gd- scham cs, bo;:h on- -1‘Di n^' • ^ nd.The p rb & rs^ s and prGQr'^mmG-.ln r r spinet o f' R , L i lo '^nd s u r f ^ c t f louj ir rig a tion and drain^GG ^ schoirifes*'^re mahtiori'»d' H^rAu'hdb'r- ' (i) = The tot^l no, of R»L=Ia schom:-is inst^llod uoto 1907-83 art9 3208 out of which thi: uork of 874 no, of schn,n,-^s h^s be^n complot d in a ll FGspects, Tho uatr;r ‘trr>nsmission 'irrangoment for 1130 no, of -sche-mas is yet to bo cofTijjlRtod-^of bi^ich .200 no, of .'schrmss ux)uld be ■ '■€'^1(611 ■ Ijp uhdor"' VJfc;stf^ihoi: l r r i g a t i ‘d'rf‘’Pfb'jr^-d^^^^^ u it h ' a's'S'iSt^hbb from-j World Bpnk, , Thcv uqrks of WatGr^ tr'^nsmission..,?arr^ngom-nnt fortho re s t 930 nn,';.of schr.m jDuring thQ cut.rt^nt fin-’ni>i-^.'? (l'9S8-9^5 th'E work of luatGr trans mission arrangements for 120 no, schpmes has baon taksn up. It has been prq.pQsed takv^), up tha ijork of uPt;''^ transmission arrange m en ts f o r a n n th n r 200, sch.--m,?s d u rin g the y p 'T , 1-^G9-9G, Upto 1987-88, 874 no. of - ii., L* loSchor^. s hawo b jn n ' rnergi sod* The balance 2334 no, of-R. Lo is 'y-^t to-b ' ont rnis'r'd , Und^r the litest Bengal i^inor Irrig'^'tion Pr'ijsct with -yorid -B^nk' acsistanco the conversion programmo 'of 200 no, , of Ro L. Is.' iauld ba t^k^in wp, ^p"=>rt from World Bank Pro9r^=’mmf?, convorsion ijork for 352. no, ■ of Ro Lo Is has been takan up during the, curr-.nt fin^nci=’l yr-^r (1988-S9), ^t has been proposed to L'^ke up the work of conv-rsion of 350 no, of RoLoIs during thn year 1989-90, ( ii) Surfaco. .Flow I rrigation and D.r'--.inagq Schemjs ? 157 no, of surf'^cf3 flow '^nd drainage schrmes h^ue been compl ^ted in a ll resp''cts upto 1987-88, I t i s exp oo ted to compl'■-te t h e work o f 5 nf)^ 'o f on-going schomGs and take up 8 no, of n':U.j schpmgs dur4ng the? current financi'’l yp=^r (1988-39), It has been proposed to comolnte thc-i. spili*-cuer work of those new schemes taken up during 19B8-89 and t'^ke up the work of 7 no, of new schemes during 1939-90, Ground Water • A total orevision o^ R?,146,70 lakhs h^'^s befin proposed for survey nd investigation, machinery ^nd equipment for St=>te W'^ter InvestiQ^tion Direc orate and also for cievelopm >nt of ground iijater. Ground water d(-!V«lcpm:?nt includes ( i) rosidu'^1 w^rk of 200 Deep Tubewells (DTW's), (ii) Conversijn of diesel-run deep tubewellp. into electri cally operated 'jn-s, (iii) moaj:i’'i 3-''txon and d-’V-^l ?pm»nt Stat:9~ownpd Shallow j.e u fjjs Dnyonu r.nc r^ ^ cn or cc^nLrir Lin pumps, in':: progr^imm^ or cnf: =^DOvn rp.Gntian'-'d ujorks i s clqt'^il^’d bfilD'jj ' i ) 2 uD-DT!jJ Progr'-Mnrp.-; g Under t h is oroornmr.- th e works o f 104 H',;. j f DTliJs h'^vr? boon complPtnd in n il rcsp^cto upto 1987“'-/B " 95 no, '-^r ■ in prr'grr.ss. It is -^xpnct-d to conpj.87 no, o f scii'-=;Ti:''s in ^’l l r 3 p"'cts dtiriiiQ hh ; yp.^r. 1988-89 ■^nd t\\ b'^lnnc?? 9 no, of sc'n-!nv:Ts d u rin o 1989-90, (ii) Cpnvarsi^/i_ pj_di'-sju-driu,. n DT'ls^ J a V' .>• 1 >-■ P.tric-'’jQ y ' onjr_^^:(d' on-s:; Thp pr,?or^.mme f o r c o n v e rs io n of 77 no, o^ dir^s :l- r u n D ,T ,U s in t o 9 l 9 ctricT lly opor'^t''d onos h^^’s, bcsn t'^k''n up of which the work o f 7 n o, o f DTWs h^ 8 bo-^n cnmpl.-'t'd during 1987-88, During th yonr 1988—89 the work of conuL;}rsion for 70 nn, :f DTUs h^s beon t=ik:"n up« P r o v is io n o f Rs*6i,G0 l-^kh ii'^s bRon m^.da d u rin g 1989-90 f o r s p ill- n v o r wCT'ks =!nd outstm ding poymr'nt, b - (X ;X i) f^vd;0rn4 ^a t i , 9A .^nd -p-v.q^lppiXij^.Hi. o f S tatg^ow n ' d.;ST,hJs -S r The ,i/iiph tihu prpgr.,J^rn,rn,Q p f .ro,odornis?=’.tio n ^nd d rv ^lopmgnt o f 115 n o , h-'^s bean tnkon up Tnd is expf^cicd to bn compl-tnd during 1988-89, It has .; ' /DO-"Tr been proposed to tako up ths works of 76 No, of STlJs during yrar 1989-90, • - r : 1-."r; -(i v ) I,ast ^ l l o f ^ S T'jls w it h , sMt^n]or jsji-bl:..i r. i Tho..,.proQx^^ia . of 1-0X3 po,* of, 3 TJjIs . wi th ^submrjr- | i b l c p^urap^ h^s-|b;!f^c?nqt:^k^?n up f o r ■'^.rr''’.s wh.^r'? th o w^tor t T b lr i s bnyond thn suction lim it of th'^ contrifugol oump, Tho progr^mm^"' is oxpR ctsql tg, b9 ',jCg,fjn.plr-trd during 1988-89,' A'tokon provision of Rs.O.SO l^kh h=is boon mode ^or 1909-90 ^tp^,meet ogtst^nding li'^ b ilitit’s , ('J y QuqaoX.l3: .i m^^ s'siv.s prttflrmuTiG. f or duQiujs^'i-is ’^•=>s bf?.; n-: t.nkrjn-nup-.unqi.er ^ W'sst :Sdng^l. tl ig^.i? ;Ir?ig rn t io n P rn jr^ ct wi tih ; Itlorld ^S;^k-’ ?^ s s i s tf^nco ^ o n ly =^rtakenrip,rovlsi;on ‘lif R'^,rj,2 0 . l=\kh h?^s bo»3n rrodo ho rr ;o t r’u ts ta n d in g li=? b ill tips, if any, C, Gen^r^l' An ^^mount'of-fe. 74*00 l^khs^h^s bepn/proposnd fo t ‘ D ir- 6 t i in >rri ’ ’ A'dministrj^’tion,'bptirni^^ti^n, 6'on s t r u c t ! on o f s t o r e s , b u ild in g s '^ n d rost'-housn-s ^'^^nd a h s to ll^ ,:;f ' hydroms, Luindmilis -Wnd'sol^r pumps, -' D - 13 )jj.P_rld B'ink-M_dgd riinr'r Irrig n tjp n Pro,inet Ulrsst Hinnr Irrig^tinn Praj'-ct with ID^ ^ssist'Ticc (Credit WrD, 161 9 - IN ) onv i s^Q3 s inst^.ll'^'ti "n nf 1200 High c'lp'^city DTli/'s (HDTU), 400 Hodium DGr^p Tubr?.,jrj-is (nDT'di) , 5400 STlifs, 1SD0 c-p-citv Ds-^p TubGuc^lls (LDTW), 10,000 DugwPlls ^nd Hod^rnis'^tinn nf 200 RLI Sch^mGs durinQ 1985-85 tj 1990-91 cost 'jf Rs,156 crnrrs *5 141,79 m illi..n). Credit und t the prnj-^ct is / 99,0 m illion, Thr? t^rmin^l d'^tn f or thn proj-'ct is H'Tch, 1991 p3r 3 ,A,F^, Du ' to in itial pr“:csdur'il bittl'iiuck includinn dif f^r' nc"' of opinion with the World Bonk '^'uthnritios nwcr tho B^=»nk guidelinos on procuro- mr:nt '='ctivitiss r-'sultod in d^loy in finolisotion of tondors for tha firs t two yo^rs of the. project, HoLjourr, ths diffGrcncos h^uc been rssolv?d ^nd tho- unrk h^s sinco t=^kon off. As it is not oossiblj to compl;-t3 the work undfjr • tho prnj ict within 1991, o rouis;?d implompnt^tion schoduio h^s baon sent to tha liJorld Bonk thr'^ugh tho u -p.'^rtmcnt of fcon^mic "^ff^irs roguGsting the cxtonsion of terminRl dot'-’ unto rnrch, 1993, A3 oor rovisod implnm^’nt.'^- titn schcd'i.lG it h'i3 boon estinntod thot on onuunt of R^.63,55 crorns w ill b'j spent during the: 7th Fivg Ypnr ^lon •^nd •’.hn bolonc-: u’oi.'ld b spent during the Eighth FivG Yc?ir Plon, The fstim'^tod disbur s ■'■fi'-'nt ch*'dLilo during thn 7th F i U 2 Yos^r Plo.n would bo 03.29,44 cnre?s ond tho b'^’l^nc'-' iiould bo cl'-’imod during th e 8 th Fiwn Yr?or Pl'^n, Ynorwiso firurc.-. aro giv- - b- low ; - 1_9rG--,89_ 1989-90 Up to. .1 98.7zM (Rs. in lo k h )” in lo k h ) (Rs, in l-^kh) (onticipo.t-\d) (p ro p o s o d ) i) ProjGct Expdt 1693.30 1035 2927 i i ) Roimburs'omnnt^ cl^^ims 140 1000 1300 prGfGrrcd/to b9 g^rfif er r o d . An amount of R%20,28 crorcs hos boen propos-^d for different Schemas undor the project during the ye^r 1989 -90 excluding thF rcquiromont for cost of Gnorgisoti in, Engg, & Admn., etc. The d rtails '■•‘f fin^nci ^'^1 out- l^^.y propos3d under diffornnt itoms of work aro shown bo low S I . N o . Itnrn of work Praposfi d provision for , 1989- 90 (lls.in lo k h ^ i ) HDTy ^nd nDTU 964 i i ) S ho How tubowGlls with submc;rsiblG oumpc (LDTU) 184 i i i ) Shoilouj tubawolls with C e n t r if u g a l pumps 324 i\j) Dug w^} 11 s 2 1 0 y ) M od^rni so ti'■n of R L I Sch^^mos 240 V i ) Cost of ^nurgisotion 1 v i i ) □ ir 'cti n & ^dministrotic-n 2 0 v i i i ) O ther sch >m-^s 85 T - to l ; 2028 D - iV Thr: folloujing works "'.ro pr'.pos'^d to be cimpl 'ted und;:'r thn p n j ct by the: nnd '’'■f 1989-90 s HOTlii ^nd m iliJ ij?il 1989~9D Upto^J98,9^ ( i n m s . ) U n n o s .) D r i l l i n g 350 690 Pump H.'u s d 350 450 P ip r lin n 350 390 F n o rg i s'’, t in n 350 400 LD P J _^nd S T lif D r i l l i n g 2000 3750 Pump House 200Q 3300 rn p rg is '’ t i 'n 2000 2750 D ugujnlls 2000 5400 l^gdcr n i s^ ti'~n . ^RL I 5 chomers Pump House 75 125 Pip q linr^ 75 100 Fnergis^tion 50 >75 ^ • ^s.s is t'^ncG. to P u b lic S_gctor nnd Othor ^^u n dor ink i n^^* (''=^) Wost Dong'll StTte Hinor Irrig-^tion Corpor'^ti'':n Ltd.s- Th« S t^ tQ o f W est Bnng-'^l h=\s f ix p d a u n ifo rm u fito r rp’tfj @ R'.5.00 por ^cro-inch for supply of untor from minor irrig.'ition inst=illations in c lu d in g thoss undp.r Hinor Irrig a ti jn Corporation, Th~ Corpor^^tion thus c^^in- not ro'^lisc highnr r=5trj "=>s requirod undor commorci^l compulsions, '^s such th e ro i s no a lt e r n g t iu n b u t to o s s i s t th s C o r p o r a tio n to w a rd s r ^p='yment to fin'=>ncial institutions* '^n amour.t of R:,425,00 lakhs has boon prov/idcd for contribution to sharo capital and gr?5nts-in-aid. 3• Command ^rea Oov/Glipmpnt Command '^roa Dovelopmsnt Programmo w ill contim c in throe major ir r i gation commands of Kangsabati, Damodar Vi allo y and I^ayurakshi, A progr^^mmo of constructing field chann. Is covering 22,000 ha, is pro posed for 1989-90, TNo anticipatnd achiouement during 1938-89 is 16,000 ha, Thore are certain rp^gior.s in'tho command areas where irrig-^tirm water doos not re^^ch and cannot be covered by flow irrigation with the-construction of canals and channels. In order to cover these ^roas deep tubewolls, stnallow tubewells and shallow tubewells with h*^nd pumps are being installr'd with the subsidy available under the schemoi Such subsidy h^s born gr^inted to individual small and m^’rginal farmers and 'Jest Borig'^1 St'^te m nor Trrig-'^ti n Corporation, These a ctivitie s w ill continue during 1989-90, ‘'^r'-ater -omphasis for c^nstruc- ti-n of field ch^^nnels is being given in the districts sslected for Spaci^'l Foodgrains Production Programme during 1988—89 «nd 1989—90, i) ~ The pr.joross of th i schcnv;: in ijfest BcnQTl h-is, how'UDr, bean souarRlly rGStrictod bcc^^uso “>f v/'^rl:)us ccntr^ints. The niliJings if f?=irmars ^ro small & fragrriDntad uliich cnll for land c'insTlid'’.tion,. But not much orncress could be mndo i n t h i s re g a rd f o r ^?=5rinus s 'jc io - p r lit ic = ^ l v^ o so n s. T h is h^s p rg v e n ta d c f f i c i Q n t l^ n d pm~n': n rc n p s ^ ry ? r:r field ch'nn'~ls. Soccndly, the size of outlets in the thro.' CGmm=(nGs, p-^rticul'^rly u-^rnQd^r V^'^lJGy, h'ls becjn vory I'^rgn, somo boing :’jcn uptr 20 cl'socs^ It ip, th 9r .-^'nn, n^jcr^ss'ry , to h^vn tha w^tGr c o u r s c s f i r s t . I t i s nxpr c tc u th'^.i, und v / ^ ri'u s m:'id"!rni s'^.ti'^n programmns of th'j Irrig ^ tiin •^nd ui^t^rways D^p^rtiT:Jnt nuch wTt-.:r c jufsgs w ill hn cnnstructod which itjill f^ cilitT to c-nstructir. n of fi'-'ld ch^=nnols from outlots of sm^'ller sizn on tho u>at:’r c'lurses, L-^ctly, thorn is no proviEion for l^nd compensn.tion undor t h i s progrrimme. I t i s c n ly t h r :ugh porsu>=tsi 'm th=it f^ rm g rs h^^ving la n d s close to the outlets ”ro bning m-^do to agre-j to allow uss jf thoir land for construction of fipld channols for th? bsnefit of t-^il-ondars. for this rsason tho Dopartmont is ='lsc entrusting tho works to tho P^nchay'=’.ts in prefersnca to the contrnctors as far as practicable. By and large, tho Panchay^^ts ^rs show ing oncouraging signs in th:i matter of motiv/ating ths f^rrnors and securing their co-opnration. An outlay of Rs, 155.00 lakhs (State share) has been proposed during 1989-90. SCP add TSP Rs,1002,26 lakhs being 24,68^ and Rs,244,41 lakhs being 6,02% o f tho total outlay prooosod nro earmarkBd for Spaci'^1 Component Pl^='n for Scheduled Castes and Tribal Sub-Plan respectivnly, 20-Point Programme The progress and programme of minor irrigation under 20-Point Pro gramme have been shown in statements TPR-1 & TPP-2, l^oni toring - - . - Due importance has 'joon giw^^n to it* Tho plan performance is revieii/^d quarterly, h^lf-yearly -^nd annually by 0 ir r-.ctor =*tc "’nd S neretariat. There is a provision of Rs.I.OO lakh for cr:^^ti^n of a monitoring cell ^t State Head Quarters of thj "Agricultural F'noinr.oring Dirnctor ='te. Flood Control Back-Ground and Strategy for Dv^v 'lop.^.enA The State or IJcst Bong^l, though small in rize is lond of m-^ny rivers Almost every year, tho State is r^.\J"'Qsd by destruc':ive floods bringing wide spread disaster t'.: the peoplo inh'^biting its Plnod pr:.m3 -'^reas* V a r io u s prob lems like congostinn of drain^^Q’^, banl-; or-isi.n conplic-^tj the flood situation. Flood problems in North Brng^l, comprising the d istricts of C)jchbehar, Dalpai- guri and Dar >.’'.^linQ ” nd =»rc duo to hoavy precipit^ tiin loadiov to severe bank erosion, land-slides in the h ills, bank spillings and chtnge in river eoursns. T> ^ 1 6 Flood problems of Central Bsng=^l in the d istricts of Hald^i, Ulest-- Dinajpur and P'lurshidabad, ar':’ dite ho inadequacy of drainage fa cilitie s* Bank spilling occurs along the Hahananda, Ganga, Bhagirathi and also severe bank erosions take place there along, Problf’ms of South Benc^l ^.re from acute drainage congestion in th<^ lou; lying areas due to heavy rainfall and the terrain being very flat, tidal in gress and drainage lockage are responsible for widespread inundation of agri cultural lands. The problems are further intensified by cyclonic stroms and coastal erosiono Flood prone areas o"" iiiast Bp:-gal are estimated to be 5.766 m illion h e c t a r e s . Out o f t h is ab o u t 1*1.22 ni.'i lio n h e c ta re s have b^en p ro v id e d Ljith reasonable protection frum rlojcs "nd frainage congestion (as achieved upto the end of Sixth Plan), Drainage channjls and 3rrbankments constructed upto 1984-85 are 6565 K!^ and 15936 KT, res’jcctivelv . Immediate problems to be tackled are sev'^re bank erosion in the d iff erent reaches of the Ganga. Bhagirathiy nahananda, Tensta^ Torsa, Daldhaka, Raidak, Kaljani etc. Large arenr and m-my villages with important installa tions are l«id waste by such b^nk ercsions* Heavy -nd coptly bank protective works are reguirrd to he un j '■:taken to save vast ar.->=’s from incidence of e r o s io n . Severe drainage problems are facp.J in ;,he d-fctricts of Halda, f^urshi- d^bad, Hidnapore, Howrah, ZA-Paryrinas etc, owing bo l.-.avy rain i'all. The accumulation of water in th^^ low lying areas cannou be drained out due to high w^^ter levels prevailing in the outf =^11 rivers like Ganga,- Hahananda, A joy, r'layurakshi, Rupnarayan, Dariodar etc. In the Sundarb-^n =«reas there are additional complexities owing to tid al effects- leading to the Blevelopmr-nt of drainage congestion. Hany drain^ige schemes are required to be implemented to relieve such drainage congestions and to remove water logging of agricultural lands for more food production. It is prooosed to bring about 2750 So,Km, under protection from flood and drainage congestion during the Seventh Plan pariod. The works involved are execution of drainage schemes, bank protective works, anti-sea erosion schemes etc, A few compr'^hensive Hester Plans to trickle location specific (flood control-cum-drain=»ge problems have already been prepar^’d by the Department some o f th e more im p o rta n t c n - 's o f w hich a re s- ■ 1 ) Gh=ital H-^ster Plan 5 ii) T:nmluk M^stnr Plan | iii) Kandi Area Integrated Flood Control Cum Dr-inage Scheme ' iv ) 5undarb=»r. Delta Project v ) liTiproV'^r?-pr. n f Lo'j^r Damod-'^r ^r .?a. D - 17 A ll thpsc i^nstnr Pl^^ns involv'P implnm^nt‘=ition of dr^'^in'=^gG cum flood control liiorks c=’p-oln of r.sndrring immndi-^te benefits through ^.ugmnnt^tion of ■'^gricultur^’l productinn, Thsrofors, th»9 so n=»Gtcr Pl^ns dossrvG top*-most prio r i t y ; b u t th^^so c^.nnot bo commGnc'’.:d in r i g h t e ^ r n u s t iijith::)ut th'^ ^ .v n iiib i.i i t y of •'^df^quato funds, Tho flood control schpmes to ba.givGn spsci'^1 funds rocommend^id by tho S,R,Snn Committne in the intofG st of optimising =^gricultur^^l production cf the nnstnrn rGgion '^1 S t ^ t w s , Ap^rt from thoso Fl'^stor Pl^’ns, ch?rG ^re 'i fouj othor M^'jor sch^^m.^s n^ch in v o lv in g Rx p o n d itu ro o f ns,5,Q0 c r o r e s o r more ^s mpntion^-'d b n lo u " A, Dr^in^^QG 5 ch-'m-s s 1 ) Urg^'nt Dcv^'-loprn^nt of Sundnrb^^ns 5 2 ) Ghp^“ Kunti B^sin Or'^in'^gG Schpmn 5 3 ) K^r'= 4 ) Im provr'm ''nt o f B^gjal"^ Dr='in=’gs K h ^ l 5 5 ) Re~nxc^v^tion of Rivor Bnr^m'^shi^ for i'Tiprov^mcnt of dr^'in'^go congv^stion f o r H^^rishuh'^ndr'=*.pur o t c , 6 ) Hiro'^gong-Kultig'^nj B^sin Dr'^innn,:. Sch-STitt ^nd 7 ) Bh=*g^itPnpur f'“'^ndigr'=tm Dr=»in=ign Schcmr; (Ph^SG-l). B, Anti Erosion Schpm-s s 1 ) Sch'^m ’s f o r p r o t p c t io n o f r i g h t b'^nk o f r i v o r G^ihg”^ doun-strc'^m of r^rikk^^ from Rrocion 5 2 ) North Bcng=il Flood Control Sch;’mns 5 3 ) Protoction of right bnnk of Gnng^ in district H u r shid?=ib''id A|\D 4) P r o t e c t io n o f both b^^nks o f r i v o r B h ^ t ir n t h i in d is tric t Murshidab?=»d# Contr^1 ^ssistanco Flood Control SGctor Cnntr='.l Tssistanco for flood control sch’jmrss is sc^rngly '^.v^ilablc# I t m?^y bo pointod out that n u^.tcr-loggGd "=^rG if w jll drained would produce crops ^s much •'^s c^n b--' produced in ^ ujoll irrig-^tod '^rn'^, ThsrG- fora dr'iinngo schrmos dos-^ruG pr-^ctic^lly Gnu'll importanco ^s in thn c'^sg of irrigation schGmgs, Central Tssistancr' is nGcgssary for implGmnnt^tion of somo M=ijor Flood Control-Cum-Dr^.in-^gG 5 ch^mGS for which thn 5t^t-i ^lonG is not in position to provide roouisito funds. It is d«sir^blr- th-^t Flood Control Schamss should bo compl^^'ted rs G^rly ^s possiblr. Flood Contro l Progrgmmc Eight rrgions namely (i) l^iidn^poro, (ii) Hooghly ^nd Howrah, (iii)N adia -»nd Murshidnb^d, (iv ) f'lnid'^ and bJf^st Din'^jpur, (v) D^gjeGling, 3^1p^iguri and CoochbGhar, (vi) 24~Parg'’m s, (v iij Burdyan, (v iii) Birbhum h^’vo been idsnti- fird , U:^.riau8 sch'frnos h'^w^ bonn prnp^rnd and ttg undf r oxncution within the lim ited rnsourcos av^iJMbl': to tho D 'p^rtm.'.nt, The '’nti-orosion works h'^V'3 bGon idnntifi'.id in 18 (cightoGn) different rivers of liJr-st Bengal ^nd th e D - 18 co'='-stnl of id n ^ p o rB =^nd 24-P=^rgRn'^.s f o r which su it''^ b ln schnmcs ^ro undpr execution. Thn imp r t ^ n t schpfH' s u n d v T this sector during the Annual Pl^n 1988-89- ^re (i) UroGnt DGVcloprr,':nh unrkcj in Sunderb'^.ns, (ii) -ihf:''^-Kunti Basin Ornin^gG schprr:-'s in th,: districr. of Honchly, (iii) Dubda Snsin Drninio-.o schcm"s in the d i s t r i c t o f dn^^poro, ( i v ) Fmb''=nkinrnt schv.:, in thn d i s t r i c t o f , (\i) Enst rOogr'^h^t e^sin Dr'"’in'T''r' schnmj in tho d istrict of 24~Pqrq'^nas, (v i) Improvoiii^^nt of Lo jer D^modnr ^ron in thn d istrict of Burdu^n, Hooghly ^nd Hou!r''^h, (v i i ) uh'^r^l n '’ s t..r - j'm-| in thv: district of idn^pore, (v iii) Anti—orosior works on thr’ r^stnrn b'nks of riuor Hoochly in the district of 24-Pqrg^nr»s, (ix ) Sch^mos for pr.itactii'n of rijh t b'^nk of riuor G^^nga nnd Padm^' doyn-strgam of F^^r-'^kka Barrage upto J-'^^l'^ngi in the d is tric t of f'iurshidobnd '^nd (x) Flood C o n tro l SchemGs under N orth ,B'no= D arjo clin g , 3alpaiguri ■=’nd (Eoochb-^h^r, (x i ) Bhagw^npur l\l^ndigr;= ^nd (x ii) Hnroagong-Kultigong Bosin Drainngo SchGmc (Phaso-l), Thp erosion of thu b"inks of th-:? G^nga in tho d istricts Murshidabj^d ?^nd n^Tlda h?=*VG att'^in'd such an CDormo-js nn^nltudo th=it a substnnti'-^l outlay h^d to bo proposed during thn yo=!r 1989-90 d.^aling with the problem. The amount o f ' fund providr.d on this account cannot, hoyevor, bn considered to bo =^nything more th=»n mpre p illiatiw o in cor,sidoratiTn o ' tho magn^nimites of ths problem. But it is not possiblo-to make nny bigger inv^stmont from thr.i moagro State Plan funds unless the Crntre comas forward with '’drquate Central AssistancfJ on this a c c o u n t. £ ^ 1 _U. E N E R G Y .P. ProgramniL^ of the Poujfcr Depai'trfBnt UEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD lile are nouj entering the of the 7th Fiv-' year Plan and the following important owents have taken place during the last ono y;iar e Evsn after additiofi cf so many 210 Thfcrinal Units in the Eastern region s till the region is facing short-fall in pr>ak hours, while surplus during lean hours. he only plausible solution to get auay from such situation, installation of a pumped Storage Project was concc.iv-d long back but it would not be seriously take n up t i l l the period w© were pla guB'd'ii/ith short-fall tnroughout the day. Situation changed only aftrr installation of several 21 GrruJ Upits in qui^k succession. A skstchy pr--feasibility report was pre pare d after identifying suitable site in Kistobazar nallah on Ayodhya H ills in the district of Purulia. P'lUch emphasis has now been given on comple tion of Detailed *^roject Report for Ptrulia Pumped iatorsge Project and accordingly 'uJAPCOS in asso*" cilation with 3EA end CbJC have been aopointbd as local consultant and tenc-ters have tlr 2 ady h •;v n invited frcm fiv.^ foreign companies under CECF elligib le countries for preparation of DPR and '“ngineering scrviccso 2. Consic3ring th and generation jv 1995? we have, in aodition to identified site like Sagardighi, id-r-ifiad two more locations for installation of Thermal Power Stations which a:o viz s ( i ) B a la g a rh 3 x 210 U n it s * Its detailed project report is under preparation and it is expected that the same would be submitted to CEA in course of another 3/4 months' time, '''senwhile some statutory cZcarane. s are in the process of obtaining. (ii) are contemplating to install 2 x 60 HUI Units at Gouripur, For the ssid project wcj hav-i already prepared a pre—fossibilit^ report and lijO are c;xploring tne possibility of installing cjmbin.:;d cycle Gas turbine sets with pressurised fluidised bed boildoTo This would be an ideal location in view of the rt-asons that wio are having in^rs-structure fa cilitie s and the prcs<-.nt Dower Station having be^n out~livt-d h'^ving no possibility of any revamping wha-.-so--vero The scheme being a very small on_:, theri- m^y not any difficulty to include it in tne 3th Plan. E 2 3, Though sofT.o uncar ta initi.. s pr\;\yailod about financinn of B3krusuar ^ h o rrrB l P r o j u c t ; S t a t i. G o vt, has bGcome v/ory much k-..an to go ahead w ith th e ■ojork of setting up of 3 x 210 r-Tui at th ■ firs t stag- with intention to have 4 th - U n it alm ost s im u lta ntjousl y w ith thL; comp lo t io n o f thr^-G U n it s and a cco rd in g ^ i irra-strucuural work for the said project has inco bjc;n commoncad and some considfj rable proQrf;sG has baon made .. n layout including marshalling yard- 4. In th'.: fj.old of tra nsmission j the following work has n complotod S ^ ) JuBrat KV, j Sub-S tat iu_n. (i) lilith '-.h'-; cnorgisation of th-^ 2nd. 315 Ml/A 400/22 0 KW. transform^-^r 4 UQ KU, porticn of its work has b^en completed. (ii) ^ he uncertainties that pro vailed about the termination of Kolaghat *'■ Durgapur 4'^0 KV., Single Circuit, line has been sortf^Jri out w.lih K'T PC In a me^'t ing taten by P'^ .mber (Planning Commission.) with CEA ^ iviT PC and WBSEB, Ther-in this has been cbcidod th^t ^olsghat-Diirga pur line will be terminated at NTCP*s Purulia S/S consequent upon th^ decision of not having 400/22nK\i S/S* at Bidhannagar by UIBSEB, ( i i i ) One 100 2 2 0 /l3 2 KM transfeormer has since been enorgissGd but because of unreadiness of the 132 KU Suitch-yrr * . no power can be evacuated to the said trnaformer. Hoiijcver, this is being exPt-^cted to bti completed lery soon* B) The long awaited Santaldih—Chandi 1 tie line has been completed and poo.ier flew throuch this Inter-State line has commenced since M a rch , ^8 6 , and by this time lOO/lSO nUA of power could be transferred tc Bihar/Orissa System. C) In or ci2r to m-ut the increased demand, we have increased power transforTr capac?ty by 447 . 5 ri\/A in the last one year and we expect to add fLTth.,r 311 by end ov this 7th Plan. I . GENERATION > Enooinq Hydel Pre.jec ts. •i) ^aldnaka S'Cac-:-—II Both the units bjeru commissioned in Suptember,83* Construction of additiona 1 desilting cha'^bur 3t the intake has been completed in 1987-88 o project is being -considered ^>s completed in all respo’cts* ' i -) R ammgm Stage-I I a) The boring of -ntire tunnel of 3 «7 KM long has been completed. Thj concrtjte lining work including grouting is in progress and scheduled to be ccmpletc r' in r-iarch, 90. >■ or oth*. r major c iv il works like diversion structuj desilting basin, fore bay and penstock ar^ in progress. b) Orctr for construction of powsr station building has placed w ith Fi/s, !\iPCC, M/s j NPCC have started work. The ^ xcavation work of power station bui_dino is in final stage. Oue to widening of crack zorv in pfJnstocI alirinm:;nt as f’lse du> to slides occured in monsoon *87, the design and drawiJ E .=> 3 house and penstock aro under [^reparation andaro being released* c) ^ he progress of pcnstock fabrication is boing d-^layod by s , HSCL. d) '^'agarding T,Go setsj most of the equiprrents of iinit—l & II have been delivart.d by Ti/s, DHEL^ Bhopal. Part delivery of Linit-III & IV have been rmdc gnd the balance equipment is oxpcct'-d to be delivered by narch,^89. c) UDI for EOT crane has been placed# f) The tenctrs for step-up Transformer, 11 KW. suitchgear have b’cn iL^oeivod andcre in ordering stage* Tiost of 33 KU syitchyard equiprrcnt 35 KU sujitchyard equipment have \y^-^n ordered and procurtmr^nt action of balance cquipmc;nt are b.ing taken, Considi-.ring the slipoage alr.ady occured due to G!\!LF mcvemi’nt, the schedule date of commissioning or units h^s been revised. It is expected that 1st tujo u n it s may be com m issionGd in O cte b - r , 1990 and o th e r two u n it s in February, 1991. iii) Teesta C-nal Fall HeE* Prciect* (3x3x7«5 • This project is tied up with D^-CF loan agreement amiounting to 8025 m illion Yen* a) Orders 'or major c iv il work covering a ll the three power houses ii *. 1 (iHi i»>j Uy u'lafinnli^ ha \/G already been placed and Gxcav/ation work is in pr uyro ss , b) Provisional llQI subject to approval of OtCF for nenufacture, supply etc. of major e lectr o—men ha rnna 1 c quipments under one package covering T.G« sets, EOT Cr.-^ ne anc suitchgears have been placed in October’SB* c) Specification for other electro-mechanical equipment under the 2nd package are mostly read/ for inviting tender. There has t^en a slippage of a b o u t 5 / 6 months from the earlier schedule for obtaining additional clarification during ev^iluation of Technical offers of major electrical equipmtint including Generatino .qetp. After opening of price bids in November ,* 8 7 , it took about one year for obtaining approval from various Govt, departments which affected the schedule for another six months. The revised target of commissioning as envi~ saged now is Decembo?’90 for the firs t unit and l'1arch,'92 for 9th unit with a or z ironths bstiieen each unit. F.gzi Auqm entaticn Scheme ( l x l . 2 nuj) The (ncijor c iv il works like Intake, flumt;, desealting basin Fcrebay and spillway have beer more or l^es completed except Power House, Building and penstock which Inas F.ince been started. The fabrication of penstock is in progress. r T set has been d e li vere d.l^ost of th^ major equipmr?nt for powc;r house and switchyard equipment have be^n ordered and partly cfclivered. There was not much progress in the last one year due to disturbed situation in h ills. ”^he revised target of commissioning is Drcembnr*89, E, 4 v) Rinchinqton AugmGntation Schomtj : ^hti original sch^ rn-^ enuisaned in stallation of ono gcnt^Tating unit of 1 riUI with a ll associat-d c iv il works. Subst] quc ntly Board has dt.;ci tit! d to defur tho installation cf additional unit. Bub tlic augmu ntnticn of f lum-^ capacity from 22 cust^c to 35 cusac and improv^ m*-nt of road communication fa c ilitie s aro to bo continued. The targt-^t of completion cf thtj auqirontation of flumiJ and ro a d i s a n t ic ip 'r t c d in Ot^cGmbcr ’ 89 . T h e r m _a_2. 1 • K o la ch at Thor me 1 PoujGr P r o io c t S t a q e - I. C^ut of thu 3 X 210 MU Units of KTPP Stago-I, tuo units(unit no. 2 & 3) have been commissiont-d in July 1984 and D.cemb-r 1985 rosp^ctiuely* Bot'n the units achicvijd fu ll load and tht^ overhauling of unit no. 2 has b-^un complBtJd early this year. Both thu ujagon tipplers and one stacker cum rBclaimcr have bton successfully commissioned by f'l/s. ABL ro-opcned th^ site with off:?ct from 2 0 * 6 >8 8 . Balanc^:; work of Boiltr Nc. 3 & 2 have be^n taken up by H/s. ^BL. Attempt is being made to commission Unit No, 1 by l^iarch 1990 for wi'tich ^BL is being pursua !ed« TG Unit 1 is one barring gear since r’larch, 1987. A ll arrangem-ncs have been made with BHEL for preservation of TG Nc, 1 t ill steam is awailai,!.-.; from boiler u n it 1 * 2 • Kola ohat T her ma 1 Power Proier.t Staqe-»II BHE^L is executing the entire work cf TG & 3G units of 5 & 6 a lo n g with TG No. 6 ui'hcre as AbL has to execute even 5G Nc. 4 on a turnkey basis. Regular weekly revi-w met^ting is held with BHEL so that unit 5 & 6 can be commissioned as per agreed dates as ctcided by 3Cr-1 with the participf:tion of C£A, A broad programme of work has also bctn chalked out with H/s. AbL, 30 t h a t steam a va ila b ility from Unit 4 can be ensured by r'larch 1992= A ll ma jor pack-ge excepting C&I pacings have beL n ordered. Erection cf Pouer House Structural and c iv il works for unit no. 5 have been given priority. TG erection of unit no. 5 has t^' start with effect from D. cember 1988. TG erection of unit no. 6 w ill commjncG from inarch 1989, Boiler erection of botii I'.nit 5 and 6 i s b eing strictly monitored to achieve lighting of p ro g ram m e o f u n it no- 5 in A u g u st, 1989 '2 nd that of unit no. 5 in ^'larch 1990. Boiler Erection of unit no. 4 is lik ely to commence from April 1989, New Scheme ; i) Bakr ’sw--r Thermal Power Pro.ject (3x210 HUi) * I t may be r. called that Planning Commission accepted in principl..^ the feasib ility of installation cf 3x210 N'J Power Proj..ct at Bakreswar in the d istrict ■. f Birbhum in □ cGmb:-r’86 subject to adequat: fine.ncial pro vision being mnde by th- Stat- Govt, in th- Ctat^ Plan during 7th ^ ive Y ;nr Plan and also obtaining firm Coal l:i.nl<;age from SLC and cluerance from Statu Forc.'st D ..partmi; nu* Standing Linkage CorrmittGo in its me'-ting held on 31st Oecemb>:r’87 E 5 Out of 500 acr.cs dF ■ land for. thj projoct, littla less than 400 acrus of la n d 1-ts V7L already b'3.,n acquir^^d* Rulaase of 201 acrf-s of forcjst land scattf-r ovor the proposod plant aro^?., Colony area p.nd disposal area is yut to bo obtained. The abcv/G olo?rr.net- al'-ng with e nvironmental olGarancu shall bo givon by the.; concQr.Jd flinistry, D ,lhi • It is understood that Forest sidt is cleared but clyaranci-; on unv/ironrn..ntal aspoct oujaits for th- report c:n grounc.' uator invustigotion wliioh th-^ Thtirmsl Appris^nl Comrnittoa, M inistry of Fore st & E^nvironrrent during thoir sitt.; v is it in 3untj*88, suggc.sted tc carry out o.bovu investigation as an c-Itarnativo to ,construction of Bakr-jsujar Dam to form a rtiservoir which as p--r proj-’ct concept is ncod^d to, moot .ujater requirement of th u Pciijjor S t a t io n f o r 3 mcnth^; in th-- y e a r , when c a n a l w a te r s h a l l not be available- for maintenance work of Barrage and Cana 1 » ' ' ' ^ Notwithstanding above and the d cision on source of funding, State Government is v; ry much keon tc go ahead with the work of sotting up of 3x210 F'^iU Units at tho first stage with actions to be immediately taken so that 4th Unit can also be brought within the r-^asonable timt:-frame, l^eanwhile b-sid^s abovti , in itia l infra-structural work like Topogra phical survo';, finalis'Jtion c.f Plant lay out, survey uork cf exist and entry and in*"Pl3nt Railujay rrArshelling Yard have progr sscd considerably, while installation c'f srr?ill tounship, guest house, accommodation for construction agencies, work related tv supply of construction wat r and Power supply, site levelling and grading etc. ere being taken in hand. 2 • S a q a r ^le i qh i T her ma J. P c wer Pr o je c t (5x21u HliJ in lot stag-: and 2xoOQ FiliJ in the 2nd stage) A revised project report for installation of 5x210 HW in th- first phaso and 2x500 HliJ in second phase nt S'gardighi in the d istrict of Fiurshi" dabad w'-'s submitted to CEA in Dcrcember, 1985» F^ieanwhilc we have since obtaim d the following clearance l (i) C ivil Av/iation Dep0rtm.;nt, Govt* of India. (ii) State Water and Pollution Control Bgard* ( i i i ) H i n i s t r y of liJat-^r R w s c u rc - s fo e co n su m p tive ijja te r. ( i v ) Ne o b je c t io n -f drawal of 2 0 0 cusjcs of consumptive water from the river Bhagirathi from the Ministry of Surface Transport, GoVto of ^ndie.» ' (v) Sim ilarly Stato Irrigation and uJaterwr.ys department has also given tiv.i:’: c It h-.ra noe for drawal of consumptive water* 11 » T R A l\! 5 MI S3 1 p 3T RI BUT, I ON ^ ‘ 1 r^unsmj.3si;0_n : '/ l) KiLlp^hatj-a^/ra^J^ Thounh the er .ction or l. ntire cf • thH lirw length was completsd an 4.5.1987 but in c: nsidere.tion to system ne._ d 70 KM line was comm.issi: nv.d at 220 KU on 12/ /87 for wvacuaticn :f p wer from KTPS bo Howi<"-h Sub-st^tion. i he li ri'J f 1 na l l v r. nmmi sn inne ri a t 99D l< \/ fn r nrMinr f I rn-i K'nhi,i: ;.n knlrnhnt and E » 7 3'' qa ci nna nnRc ar ) ^0]j/ 220 K li S/ S : Tho ScKjnr.: h-'-s b.-'n dr fofj.-d.- Th- oquipm^ nt prccurwd fcx e.bov^ Sub- Static-.n lias bt; n p.la-nnod to be u tilise d Ter f uturu uxt:' nsion of bays at 400 K\i D ourat Su b - st . ti c n and fijb uro Aramba^gh Sub“ s t a t io n » 2.^I-'~Du c q a pur (Sidhaimagar) 220 KU O/C Linc-j (lO KH) s Th- ccnPtr Jcticp, ci' tH'j lino h-'G bu-'n completed c.nd tha line has been o n e rg is u d a t 132 KA/ on 13 «2.6p<-. One Boy f o r the g a id lin e a t D urge pur S /S uas co m p le ted bi-t u t i l i s e e f o r rece iv/j.n a pou^;r a t 220 KU from P a r u lia (NTPC) 3/cj, >"he 2nd Bey is under construction and is expected to be commissioned by March 1989. 7) KTPS - lla l d ia 2 20 KW O/C Li^r^.; s Constructi'.n of tiiis line uas ri-ferr d for ujant of assured Ir-ad growth«"r.ajority i •' t!',e line ri-ptorieMs have been procured under IDA Lean. Sp.-cificrtion for line is now und.r preparation and u ill be ready soon for flo'Ating tender. This has oeen dc;cidjd to construct the line and if need be this would be in itia lly run at 132 K\) in onier to enhance th- security of supply to Haldia* 8 ) D u r pa ju r ~R i s hr a - jo ur a t~ K a s b a (3 rd c i r c u i t ) 2 20j< l i ne^ • It has new been decided to nive priority t- the construction of a S/c 220 K\i Rishra-3e.->rat portion cf the line and in stallaticn of 220/l32 KU Sub— statir-n at Rishra because: :)f additional lead coming up in that area- The uork of route ali;nm.nt surv. y for this portion of the line is in progress. 9) j^erat-Laksrriikanca pur 220 KU P/C l i n.. with prov/ision of LILO of ejj-cuit nt Kaaba S/S (70 KM) s Due to nor-availability of land at E3aruipur f(>r installation 220KU/132 Sub-station (sancti ned in 7t- Plan), it h^is b en d^cidJd to super-impcs.^ th- 220 KU syeten 't ojr . xiscing ksrrdka nt apur 132 KU/33 KU Sub-station. The- sury^y for th line is in procress and is ..xpected to complected soon and thereafter erection t.; nder shell bo, floated* 10) Auqn^ntation or Koiirah 2 20/132 KM S/S bv 3rd iSOJIUi, 2 20/132 KU J r an^’f o"r:e r S li'or k i s in p ro g re s s , "ra n sf or mt-ir d - liu ^ re d . and p la c e d tn p l i n t h , e'nr!- is tergettc-:d for l,eTipl' t io n by Dune 1989. S^antaldih-Chandil 220 KU Inter-Statw S/C Line (98 KM) s The lin e has been oomrr.issi one d on 13th M arch 1988 o 132 KU SYSTEM i Upte t-’ er-;ction progress of the fc ilruing 132 KU Lin..:s and Sub stations ar'-:' s fc^llous s- 1) _Bh_nuour-H iz li J^32_ Kj D/C L i n ) S C jnstreotion of the line uas corr.pleted and en^^rgised on 28.1.88. t present C ircuit ^n,^ is cp-retQd or 132 KU and C ircuit Two is operated at 33 K\ f o r power l ioply t. Cria tuirakon'^ Roe. 33 KU 3/S, E » 8 -^uKa-mts u/L Line (28 Kn),s .. Th<^ linu h<^s b^'Gn complLitcd cn 3Q*3«bti> i xin- is programme a -cc du oporatcid in itia lly pt- 33 KU from 3dka Sub-station f^. r poii,cr supply tci Falta Froi^ Trsdu Zonb* 3) G'-karna-Katijja 3/C Lina on D/C Tpujor (56»6 KH) : Kat-uja-Sr.lnr porticn (23.4 K['l) N-. \,c bcjcn completed '"nd cummiss ioned r.t 33 K\y on 19.3.88 for poucr supply ti.: Katua Syb-staticn. BalnncLi portion of the lino botiijL-.n Sclar and Gckarna is targottod for complotion by Harch 1989* Qurqa p.ur-Ukhra 132 Kl/ D/C L jn c (21 KH) i Sg far '56 stub sct-tings hav/u bc'^n cofnplotd'ci out- Qk-7 1-lac at icias* Er ctirn ' f 5 locations ijDrc held up duo to forest cloaranc^^.. Now the routo has boon ro~alignod t: avoid fcrcst cloaranc-. Ravi sod targot datu for complo- tion is Duno 1989. 5) Kammarn Stago-II to N B U vir-i Par iQclinq 3/S. 132 KU D/C li.np (90 Kn> s ^ - • Rciuto surv.tjy ha.s boon dona. Tundors havo boon floatod and offers ha. VO boon rocoiuod. T h.. lin.; is pr cgrammod to bo complotod in 36 months from tho da to of nlaccm-^nt of orcior. 6) Bi r p a r a - H lip u rd o rB r 132 K\1 S/C Lin.-' vie Falakgta (s5 K^.) : Construction worl< is in progress. Stub setting u.rk "t 72 locations out of 199 havo bc';on cr mplut-. d. Rovisod t'^rgot dato for complotion is Doccmb^r 1989.. ^ ) D*- ba pram—Ka tu a D/C . U_np ( 2.5 Kn) 8 Survuy complotod. Orcior for th^; construction of tho lino has b^^o n placQd on M/s. Hirakund Industrial Ulorks in l^ay'87. Stringing rratcrials arc ^'■vailablj. Target dato of complotion is I'larch 1990. ^) ^1^^ of ONE C ircuit of Ourqapur—Bandol 132 KW D/C lirP jat S a to a c h ia ( l 3 KD) ? Or dor for th, ccnstructicn of tho lino has boon placed on M/s.Hirakundj Industrial Works in Hay 1987. Stub sotting of 4 locations i.ut of 49 locations havo boon d^.no. Stringing matorials for th.. york it; at stock. Rovisod targot datt_ o f c o m p lo tio n ie* X'no 1989. 5) S t r inoino of 2nd_ C ircu it of Purqapur-Bishnupur Lino_(.52_.._l Th_ work is noaring completion* ^0 ) Strinoino of 2nd C ircuit of Halda-DaIkhol^- Lino(l30_ KHJ.S Tho uiork i s y.,.t t j bo tfekon up* l l ) Gok'Tna-BL'rhornpor3 132 KW D/C L i no^ .(3_Q_J^I!D • Topmost priority has boon givon t ' this lin ; with a v i -u to irrjoting additional d-^monc! anc- s.jcurity of supply t Boriiam[ior- D istrict Hd. Qtr. Cro-ri i or c . nstr uct i:. n if tlr. linu ha.s b'-t'n placod on M/s. Hir~kund I nduscr 1 lii r;'.J in Novombcr 1987* AmondmL nt ci dor f ^r adv'ncom-nt :if cr:mplotion c^to placod ii] 3un0! 1986. -o^ far 55 stub sottin^-s out of 54 ha. vo b-.. n compl.t d. 2 6 towors hov- boon ors^ct d. Work is targ.i>ttod for c mpl^tion by January 1989. E 9 1 2 ) 3o c,ra t ~ Bar^ sa t 3.32 K'J D/ C L i no U P Kn) : Sur\A- v y ijrk h'3s b-'-n ccm plot^ ri. Comm nc.'jm^nt h-TS bctJn d L fa rriJtJ b-causo r ciiuplc plot holder raist:d cbjoction in cur at uisitii^n fur th- l-nd p.lr-ady id-3ntifi-d and nlrcndy mcvod fcr aquisiti n.This i/jt. <-xp-ct tci b- s-ttl.;d in no t im c. 1 3 ) LiLD cf ONE Circuit cf Gishnupur-Hizli 0/C L j nu ct C ha dr a k l na R .' a d ( 3 kri) ; SurvLy of th-' lint, hn^;: bu,-. n dm-. Ccnstructicn of" tb'J line w ill bcj taken up matchinq uiith thi- c, nstructi;, n of S/S lucrk. ^ ^ of Dalkhola- B U .132_ KU line c.t T rR E P oucr S c a t _icri cF To sta Canal F" 11 HoE» Projoct fl4 Kh) S SuT'^. y uc rk h- 'jt. boe. n ccmpl;.ttjd* Cc.nstruction c f thL- lin.. u ill bo taken up matching with th-^ cc nstr uct ion of S/S wnrk* SUB-STATION Ccnstr'jcti _n work of tht- fcllouing 132/33 KW Sub-staticns haua bocn taken up and wori< ar>.- in iJrcgrcss S- f^lcinag'jri B) Satgachia C) Katwa : D) Ukhra E) Falta p) Dcbagram > C) Raigungo H) Chandrakona Rd. 1 5 ) ^ugmcirtati n of tho existing Sub-statiip s In c:rd. r t . ms-.et th:. lo a d groujth 1 ::r differ...nt und'-r lilost Bengal Statu E lu ctricity Baard within the cu rrn t yc-'.r au gm.ent''; t ic n cf transf ermt;r ca 1 c i t y ha vg be ^n proposed to b- completed in the following sub-stations S- Location of the ‘xisting Capacity Proposed t'! be A ddl.Capacity ^ b-stat ion _ in MU'A auqm^nt'..d in TiWA in MW i ;2 Z 3 3 _ ku^ AdLsaptagram 2^31.5 3x31.5 3 1 .5 K e lt ghat 2)20 2x31.5 23 Dhartmpur 2 x‘ 2 .5 2x31.5 38 N B U lx.2.5 •t' 1x31.5 2x31 .5 19 a 1 -J n 2x '2 .5 2x 3 1 .5 38 H i z l i 1x21. + 1x 31 ,5 2x31 ,5 1 1 .5 P u r u lia 1x21 1x31 .5 1 1 .5 R is h r a 3x3'l.5 2x50 37 S a l t U k G 2x20 3 x20 20 Scne.r pur 1x12 »5 2x20 27 Lr ks mi k-' nta pjr 1x12. 2 x 1 2 .5 1 2 .5 Egra 1x7 0 5 2x12«5 1 7 .5 Go kar na 1x12,5 2x12.5 1 2 .5 T it a oP r h 1x20 1x31 .5 1 1 .5 b) DISTRIQUT IG!\i2 In our uiorK.s nrogr mm.(Revised) for 19888-89 or^ction o f 200 Kr o f 33 KW l i n s , 422 Kf" . f 11 K'j lin ^ s , 631 Kl'l of rioUe/LcU. lines, setting up i.^f 31 nos. (inclu j ng n-going uoi k) cf 33/11 KU Sub-8t=^.ti. n involving in stallatio n o f 109 (totnl) Tr^ nof or m r c?. pacity and r. larg.j nuivibar ..f ll/«4 KU 3ut>- station under normal d velepmi-'it ijj,rk have DOun wnvisagL.do E - 10 Busidcs th- "b'V.- j under systum improuum--nt wc rk up^grrdinr/str .ng- thuninn cf 444 KH 33 KU linus, 413 KH of 11 K\/ lines, 224 KPl cf McU,/L.W* lin us, r.ugrnc.,nt'-.ticn -if 51 nL-s, o'xisting 33/llKU Sub-8t"'ti^_n inuolv.inn r.dditi'.:n o f l2 6Fl'u'A ( t o t ' l l ) Tr.'-nsF: orm.or c B p - c it y pnd I'^rgo nL!mb-r 'f ■ x is t in g 1 1 / o4 K U s utr- st pt i;'; n hr ■ vc be u n nv i sa g. d. I nsta Hatii. n cf 7, 5 P^i'JAR Cap.-’.citor in th- 11 KW systam (bcth at 33/11 Kl' Sub-station and ?.ls’ P t 11 \<\J fc^ictrs) nnri ur.ction nf 65 Nts. of p„;lo rreu ntu d L i no c t ic nr'. 1 is o r s hnvo ?, 1 s : bf'cj n g nv/i sncG'd. It h?.s alec b-on bnvisag»-;d tc.: providLi sgrvico connocticn t( 140,000 noiii ccnsumc-rs ccmprising cf donx^stic/cL.nmGrcia 1, pgriculturo , industrinl (LA g & and high vcltago consumdrs. T h is r:.v iS '- d u .r k pronrc.'mtnij hes bu^n Gnw isngod ko-p in g in v ie w the progress nlrt-.r-dy n>';d- during the y^^nr 1988-89 (upto S jp t., 1938). It may bu ni. ic.. nj d th'’t tho r-fort-said Uf.rk pr cigr ' mfrn.. includo r. goc;d '•’.mount cf work cnuisJ-gud in the sanctinnGd CEN (S ,l) schom' s (snnctionud by R.E*C.) pertaini ng t fivo d istricts rV^imely N-dia, Fiurshidab.-d, Hcoghly, 24“ Parganas(N) and flidnapur. The position of work couerud under CEn CS.I) schc.mo and includt.id in the work prngrpmmc(r - vise d) for 88-89 comprisu of setting up of 6 no3. f naw 33/11 KU sub-st?'ti; nc inv Iving install-.tic n 21 (totp.l) Trrnsformer capacity, augmentation of 15 ncs. of 33/11 KU sut^-stati.^n-n inwoluing additic;n of 35 riWA(tctal) Transfcrm^-r capacity a nd er-ct ii.n of p.boui 70 Kl^ new 33 KU l i n . s . In the annual wcrks programmr: for 1989-90 nr 40 nos. (including 'On-g ing’ ucTk) of 33/ll KU sub-stntion involving installa t i o n of I 5 O nUA (total) Transformer Capacity and a large number of 11/.4 KU ^ub-stntions having installed Transformer cap.-.city of 55 TiUn under ncrma.l development work hav- bcc,n envisag._,d« Besid^. s th-s-.; und-r system im[3revemt^nt work, up-grading/strengthening o f 330 KH 33 KU l i n e s , 2 50 K(^ of 11 KU l i m s , 250 KM . f T-l.U. oc L « U . l i n - s , augmentation of 52 noso f -xisting 33/11 KU ^ub-station involving addition of 138 P'lU'A (total) Transformer capacity and a large number of existing ll/*4 KU "^u b- s t a t io n ha \a3 bee n : n v is age d • Instr'll'-'-1 ion of 7*5 vWJhR CaP'citor in the 11 KU system (both at 33/11 Ki 3ub-station and ^Iso -•'t 11 KU f.^i,r)ers) (Switched Capacitor) and wrwctiL,.n of 65 nos. cf pole mounted Line Section^aliscr ha. ve also bf-sen envisaged. Attempt w ill be mp.de to increase th’-vSe quantities as far as possible if the fund posi tion imprevu^s. This w ill enabl- reduction cf substantial am'.'unt of system less as well as ^nsur. supply cf quality power. It has also bo., n l.n visp g o d to p ro v id e cenn,:>ctii n tr 160 ,000 new consurrtrs comprising of domest ic/comrnerc ia l, agr icu Itur p.l, in d ustrial (LoUo&i'ioU .and h ig h voltage: c nsum -rs. The uork programme-; in resfiBct dV'^33 KW in stallatio n s have been fixed afterclGar id entification and based on basic re quire ne nt. The uork programme in respect of 11 KV nol'o/L«.l/« installation have beyn fixed matching with the 33 K\i in stallation programme, Houje^yer, some miner adjustment in respect of 11 ! It may furth£^r m8nt;loned that the aforementioned work prooramme for 1989-90 also includ'j a good amount of idork envisaged sanction under CEi\! (S«l) schemt:^ (sanctioned by R->t.Co) pertaining to five districts viz* Nadia, Murshidabady Hooghlyj 24-Parganas(North) and Hidnapore. The portion of the work covered under CEN \S«l) schemiL; ?snd included in the annual work programme for 1989“90 comprise cf setting up of 17 nos.: of new 33/li KU Syb-station - - involving 57 (total) Transfer rrer capacity. Augmentation of 24 nos» of existing 33/11 KU sub-station involving addition cf 66 HUA (total) Transformer capacity and erection of 171 Kri n^w 33 KU lines* From what has becHi stated above, it w ill bt- evident that every endeavour has been made to tone up our sub-transmission and distribution system as far as practicable with our lim ited resources. ^~^ural E lcctri£ ica tioni Target for electrification of villages and pumpsets for 1983-89 where 1850 nos. and 15160 nes. respectively which Qxpocted to bo achieved during the period. The target for electrification of villages and pumpsets during 89-*90 arc 2 20 0 & 17000 r..^ s p j c t i v e l y . I ^ • SURVEY AND IN U ES T IG ^TIGN „(HY,CEL) i) RAPrAN 3TAr£ - I (3 x 12 FibJ) Project Report submitted, to CEA in pebo^78 and the quaries of CEA/CUC wore replied. CEA in ^85 suggested rccasting_of th‘ Project features like Intake, Tunnel, Forebay, alignmc-nt of Penstock, Power houso etc. and revision of ^.stimatoS CEA desired submission of fresh project reports incorporating revision as stated abov-, Ulat.r a'nd Power Consultancy 5srvicc (India) Ltd. (iJAPCOS) Govt, of India undertaking has be-n enoaged for preparation of a fresh project report as per gi-'idelines ef CEA/CUj'C, The revised Detailed Project Report (D fR) was sceduled to be completed by narch'Beo Th- preparation of th- report was furth-^r d-.-;layed du- to hszardeous situfitien in tbe d istrict. Howevevj the r-port is now ready and is expected to b-; submitted by Nov.'83. i i ) RAfiHAN s t a g e - I I I & l U ; Field studies ^’nd invt.etigstions require.d for prep^retion d' Project R-port have been complete d. uJAPCOS h=s be n engaged for preparation of Project R'-'Port as per guidelines of CEA/CUC, The DPR is now scheduled to be completud by M a rch ’ 89» E » 12 1 i i) LA 30 hi 3TA Projoct r«i;port submittGci to CEA in 197 4 and th- quGriiJS of CEA/ CUIC UGTG rupliod. As por th3 r-^corTirnU ndation of CUC/CEA^ furth'':r, inwostigGt ion, data collection from site was involvad* The Projoct has bG^n to tally rovicii/Gd report is under preparation by 'ujAPCOS, 50^ progress has b-Jt'n achieucdo Th^ report is bxp-ctcd to bo completed by 3uno, 1989 • iv) Certain investigation uork for th'J fcllouiing scheme arc being ccntinucd and for vjiiich provisions are bt-ing kept. a) NAME OF THE SCHElC (CCNTINUING) « 1# Ramm^m S ’-OQ^~\y &. Gr3at Ran git (l50 MU) • 2 o 1 dha ka S ta ge,~I I Ex t n • ( 9 (^Ui) • 3*. Lodhama-OiIpa (4 HW) e 4. i^cngpu (o nu.') » b) NEtJ 3CKEriES ; 1 , M ic ro Hyd(-1 (3R s i t e s ) 2. To: s ta Lou Heod 5 ch mtig ( GO MUl.) NiCRC HYCtL INVESTi CATION; a) The rt. ports of following 2 schem;s have been completed* i ) 0 u cihi^ n ic r o H y de 1 S c ho me ( 60 0 KUl) • ii) f'larm''^ Micro Hydel ocheme ( 150 KU) * b) Tuo reports on micro hydel Schomi.s on irrigation canals in South Bengal have been completed. i ' Lach m ip u r loiji head Sch''-me ( 300 KU ) , d istrict. Midnapore • ii) Uisuabharati low Head Scheme (600 KUJ) . D istrict Birbhum» v . i ) feasibility s t u d y ; Purulia Pumped Storage Schemc (900 MU) . Pre-feasibility report uas submitted to CEA in *80. Further investiga tion and field studies like collcction of hydrological data, preparation of topographical survey maps, soil investigation and detailed geological investi gations are being conducted by WBSEO as per guide line of CEA & CliJC. In Feb^SO a loan agreem nt b'-tween Govt* of India & OECF , Govt, of 3apan was mact for preparation of detailt^d project report including supplemjntal fio ld invyesti'-- gation and studies. Amount of losn is 628 Yen cut of which 188 PloY^n is alloted for local cost. ri/s. UJAPCOS lias been engaged as local consultant in association uith CEA & CUIC, T h'-. tc,ndering process for engagement of fore:. ri consultant is in process* The project report is du to be submitted in 9L--9 H 13 _Npn--Ccn\^ ntjonal Sources of Energy ^• Proqrarnrno of t he Pcyt;lopm^nt & Plannino Dgpartment D<^ Vi: lopme r.t end Pj.anning Do part mu nt has bejnn declared as nodal dapartnont for doVGlcpmont and u tilisatio n of a ll sorts of Noi>-ConventiDrel Elnprgy in thu State. Programir^.s re.latinc; to tl'ds sphGrc are rreinly implemented through oirf^-Jr^nt implorrtC:nting df^fBrtments of this Gou^rnrrpnt, This Dc:partmc.nt generally allocst'j fund tc th£: concGrnod implementing dBpartmc^ntsj uho may have th^ir cun budget provision, tto moet the c ritic a l gap, if any. Tho statements and re^ports anncxc^d hurewith rBpresont only achiGvLmt:nts In part 'jhich @rG fin^^ncod by this DopartmPnt in th£i form of subsidit->3 ana statu share of oxpGndituro [or majting installation costs of the rtivicos* ^chiuwom-nts in this pphero aro, houeucr, of bigger d im ension* *^s por reports of the diffor.^nt implementing departments, total number cf Bio-gas plants installed upt.o 3 0 t h June, 1980 are 21,845 5 solar cookor 651 y sclar de-salination system 50 > solar uatc.r hoator 50, sclar timber seasoning kiln 3$ improved chul.lah 1,34,13 6, solar P\l S t r e e t Light 471, Solar PU Pump 8, b'ind Pump 2 each. Besides, there has been energy plantation in 459 hjctare cf la id. This department has also initiated Urjag’^am Proj^r't ui.th fin'incial support from Qcvt. of India. DotailGd Survey fcr 29 Sjl-^cted I'illagcs is undi.r prccoss. In the current year, this departmi.nt h£T a proposal to extend financial support in the form of subsidy to the people below ttie poverty lin;.. for solar cookers, Bic-gas plants etc. Substantial amount may also havu to be utilised for installation of PM L ig h t s , Energy Plantation., maintenance or ir,:proved chullahs*s. The target for the year 1989-90 may be ftirther ircrec.se d so tfist Ncn-C onve ntional energy duvicc^s may produce appreciahlu impact on the pjople, 2• Programme of the Cotta cff Sn^.ll Spalo Industrie s Departmsnt, I nte orate g Rura 1 E nergy Programme S This proaramme is an adjunct tc th^-' National Programme for Biogas Dcv<^-lepmant and Solar Thermal Oevicos. Under the scht.me, additional subsi dies are being provided for Biogas plants/solar systems in the five identi fied blocks of Rajganj (Jalpaiguri) , Kaliaganj (liiest Dinajpur), Sandesh- khsli (North 24-Parganas) , Taldanora (Bankura) and Hariharpara (Flurshidabad) • F -» 1 V I, p 5USTRY_^MD_^MINER^S. V i l l .T,g;3 and B n ^ l .Indu_s:brie^ Gottn^ge c Sma;Ll Scale Industries JUrectorate^ Since the Sixth Five Year Plan period and during the Seventh Five Year Plan, the primary oboective of the i\nmial Plan schemes continues to he (i) the setting -up of new units and genera tion of additional employment thereunder, (ii) s-qoport to the existing units, particularly in the informal sector and (iii) gene ration of non-conventional energy sources. 2', In that view, on an annual hasis, excluding IRIP(ISB) Sector, on an average, new units are heing set at 1$,000 p®^ annuam, varying in respective years , During I 988-89, and I 989-90 , the physical targets are respectively l^,5oO and l6,000. In this regard, it is mentioned that excluiing both IR:^P(ISB) and KVI-Sectors, the physical targets vrill be 9,?00 and 10,000 during 1988-89 and I 989-9C respectively. Gorrecpondingly, additional employment generated against new units in different categories excluding IRIF(ISB) sector comes on an annual approximate average of ^,000 # 3'* To achieve the above objective, schemes o f S ix t h Plan are being continued-during-the Seventh Plan period also'. The salient features of sub-sect or-wise plan schemes are stated below ; A) SSI Group . i) Bitrepreneurshir) development Prograir^me ; In the districts, new entrepreneurs are selected in consul tation m th financing institutions and Small Industries Service Institute . A large ninber of them are given in-plant job orientatior in the districts for acquiring sldlls. In addition, entrepreneurs,. men and women, are given management courses also, which are conduc ted in the districts in collaboration with ti:^ financing institu tions, Small Indi3stries Service Institute, West Bengal Consultancy Organisation and mother promotional agencies. The physical target fojj 1988-89 and 1989-90 w ill be around 2000 member of entrepreneurs . against a physical achievement of I 629 entrepreneurs during 1987- 88, There is an arrangement of follow 1:5) of the projects formulated by the trained entrepreneurs, i i ) Hja£laml,s^tijL-.xn s The package of assiirbajice provides for 2?^ margin money on fixed Capital and 3% incentives on term loan interest^. Awareness . Seminars are being conducted in different potenti.al trades includ ing Boundry, Balcery/Conf‘ctionery/Fruit Processing/Coir/Aluminium Products etc./Brass and Boll Metal in different districts including backward districts like Bankura, Jalpaiguri, Malda and West mnajpu contd...... F ^ 2 ^•uring 1989-90, the trades to loe taken vg incl-ado Fom dry, Chemi cals, Plastics, Drugs and PharnacGubicals, Rubber and Adehisives, Bakery etc. iii) IncentiYe3 1 Sines 1987-88 the provision of State Incentives hy way of grants a n d reimbursenent of sales tax loan bave boen around-Rs.250 lakhs. The provision haS been kept at 2^-9 lakhs during 19 89-90 . iv) Development of Electronic Industries 1 Currently, there \d.ll be about 9^0 KLectronics units having come up in the districts in n.anufacturing and servicing categories* The schemes under research and development cover electronics indus tries also 0 The thrusts are on r-nufacture of components, consumer electronics and soft ware development, Tr?-\ining of new entrepre neurs are pro^Tlded in various agencies . Electronics Testing and "development Centre renders testing and developraei^t services for the industrial units , Bq.ultY to CorDora.tions ; State Govt, provides equity towards West Bengal Small Ind-us- tries Corporation, West Bengal State Leather Industries Co iteration West Bengal Ceramic T^veiopment Corporation and Silpa Batra Print ing Press. The level of ist.once has boon rotained at lakhs for such C(.^'porations topf^^thor in order to enable them to extend raw materiaJ.s/technical/rafirketing assistances (as the case may be) for promotion of small scale industries units . Vi) Ci:amon..SerxLce^J'!rT.j:;ility^i:iejatze^ s Uhder the scheme, a"’.^ist^^nces have been provided till I 988-8 for dG\A3lopment and adoptio:: of improved technology in the trades of Pottery, Fishing Hooks, .^.?ass and Bell Metal and Artistic Toys. In this area, the district rrthority concerned and the National Laboratories in the relevant tlisciplines have been associated, during 1989-90, t'he residual vork will be completed in the first inst.ance^, v li) T^s t r i c t Indust ries C 3nt re_s/jSIT)/V ; a) The main instruments Tor the imploment ation of th e Annual Plan schemes ajre the 17 i')istrict Industries Centres, si:pple- mented by Small Industries development Agency (working for clear ance of proposals of SSI Sector ,-.Ith plant and machinery involvemen for more than Rs.2 lakhs in J dist.ricts) . The District Industries Centres have been implementing 2 major Centrally Sponsored Schemes nam.ely, scheme for Self-Bnployment o f Educated Unemployed Youth and National Project for Biogas Dev aopment. On an annual average, the ^ IC s have Deen able to pursue the proposals effectively with the financitiig institu’ Lons to ensure the disbursements to the exten contd...... F 3 of abonb 1^00 SEEUY proposals per ann-uam, which lag 'behind the actual sanctions . The Small Ihdiistries r^evelopment Agency have, so far, VQto JiXLy’88 ensured setting i:^ of 2 ^ mits haTLng project cost of Rs.5283 lakhs .^hich were sponsored by the agency to the respective financing institutions . . - h) The Small Industries :ievelopmont Agency set -up in the Middle o f 1983-8^- has bean continiiing to provide one V/idow services to SSI Tliits involving investment of Rs.2 lal^hs and above in Plant and machinery in-the districts of Calcutta, Howrah, Hooghly, 2^+- Parganas (North and South), Burdwnn# Till 30 .9 *88, 603 proposals involving Project Cost of Rs.llG *23; crores have been sponsored by the S.I.^oAo Out of them 2^7 units involving an investment of Rs,53c81 crores have already started production. B) Coir Ind-ustries ; The schemes relating to training of artisans, financial assistanGe to tiny units and coir coops * The level o f assistance for 1989-90 has-been proposed to be Rs,7 ,7^ lakhs, which is also the outlay for 1988-89'* In this sub-sector, emphasis has been given on mechanisation of spinning of brown fibre by treadly ratts being developed with the assistance of Coir Board and Central Mechanical and Ehgineex'ing Research Institute, i'\nother area of development is setting o f new infrastructure in South 2^+-Parganas d]'.strict in the line of Uluberia (Howrah) infrastructure, which is-.-intended to provide both training and follow i:p services to the ex-trainees. 3uring 1989-905 the training programme in South 2V-Parganas and the advance action for the new infrastructure in that district will be taken , The product lines w ill be coir y a m , mats etc. In this sub-sector, the schemes relate to (i) promotional activities by the restrict Industries Centres and the BaruLpur Experimental Research Institute by way of training and design gui dance; (ii) marketing assistance through exhibitions and sale rebate ; and (iii) assistance to West B^gal Handicrafts 'develop ment Corporation West Bengal State Handicrafts Cooperative Society L td , by way of equity and grants to ena.ble them to provide *- assistances to the artisans sector. The v/est Bengal Handicrafts dev elopment Corporation has been ensuring an annual turnover of about 220 lakhs. The turnover of the /^pex Handicrafts Cooperative Society haS crossed Rs,75 lakhs per annuam. Primary Handicrafts Cooperative Societies and small units \7ill also be given financial assistance towards m.anagement, tools and implements, x^^orksheds, nucleins working capital etc. For rural artis.ans, the scheme for Rural Trade Sheds cont d...... F » 4 has "beon -andertakGn . The districts covered So far are Midnapore ^md Jr^pc'^f^uri , The proposed dis^'ricts are West rUnajpiir nnd Burdx'/r?n • D) Khr^di a,ri,d Villa.g;o In dustries i Tho implementation of th e Annual Plnn schemes are shared by West Bengal State Khadi & Village Industries Board nnd C«& S.S.I, T^rectorate, The Khadi Board hns set their district ofi^’ices, which have been arranr^ng financial assistnjice to village industries units in the blocks, Tho average annual rate of ^overage of such artisans st.^jids at about 85’00 . Follow ip of training programme is being maintajjied in Bee Keeping trade in the districts o f MnJ.da and Murshldabad. /jinually, SpeciaZ rebate on sales on Khadi products is grnxited to the eybent of 37 l-ilvhs , The provision durjjig I 989-90 is Rs.69 , 5o lakhs • ® GentroJLlv>«Sponsored Plpun .Schemes ; Tho schemes include "U strict Industries Centres, assist,ance to coir/handicrafts sector, sompie-survey of SSI units, National Project of Biogas "levelopment and Transport Subsidy for C* & S . S . I , units (new scheme); (ii) Ihdor the WBT), 209 23 no', of plants have been-set up since 1982-83 t i l l 1987-88, The physical targets for 1988-89/ 1989-90 have been tentatively fixed at 10 , 000/ 12,000 respectively, .Thrusts have been given on rapid training and orienta tion of field-level functionaries/motivators, involvement of the local bodies, provision-of institutional finance, maintenance and introduction of latrine-linked plants as well, lO Industrir^ Estates. VJest Ben,g;aJ. Sm contd F » 5 G) H^dloom IndT^.riGi 2 r. p A ^ ^ Q--^^ ” Tho7'^irv:^corato ax’ II^^ndloom & Textiles is ongaged in the development of Hpjidl on Poworloom, Hosiery .^d Readymade Garments ■Section of this State, Stress was, however, given mostly on H'^jid- loom Sector clv.ri.nr; the recent past while otlier sectors received lesser attention as it was felt that those sections may he competi tive to Hrndloom Sector * Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Galcubta, at the Instnjice oft he Govt, in the G&SSI Deptt. has since made a siirvey on Hosiery IndiJistry and the siirvey on Powerloorn Industry has becxi undertaken* Survey on Readymade Garments is under consideration of the State Go^rt, It may he pointed out in this connection that once VJest Bengal was pioneer in all thc^se sector though the position has deteriorated lately. Our study reveals that Kandloom and Powerloorn Sectors can exist independently xv’-ithout inter ferr in,fr in each other ^s sphere. There ar-e ar.ple scopes for export of Powerloom products . We are also contemplating for producing polyester fabrics on powerlooms keeping m th modem trends of textile marketin.g/market demands. Out o f 90 powerloom cooperatives now in existence in West Bengal only 3? are frnctioning ;\nd those two arc forced to accept jobs on X3ick rate '^yste-jr. from the a^erts/mahao a n s . We detail .1 ustifiahllty of enhancement in Handloom Sector in certaaxi Schemes a-^ \^fQU. ^s introduction of now schemes in Power- loom and Road;^m,ade Garmeiits oOctoTS o !'• Handloon S ectc^r - Head of Acr-our.ts V"\ ^Villa-ge & Small Ir dusfries M-^25”-Capit^a Oirclay or Go-^operL,! ion . 1(b ) a n d 28^1 .-Village & Sm^aJ.l Industrials =»•. 7(b) /\s per Handloon Censns-19 B'^-.B3 the totnl. number o f handlooms were 2«|;6 lakhs and i ' was crynte-^Tplated that ^Q% of handloom shoulc be brought uicler the r-ooperativj Fold at the end of 7th Five Year Plano We have so far t.^een able t^ C:o-operati-vls(>.^3^ o f tYm loons and the rest shall ha.ve to be co-o^ erativised at the end of the VII Five Year Plan. /,s addj_tional "io-operativisation means adeqi;iat€ marketing, the i\pex and the GorpcQ* ation shall h'^ve to open ne'-/ marketing channels to accoinmodn;ce the looms to be covered under the Cooperative Fold', Henc.e the propo.snIL for State Participation in Share OaTpit^j. of thes ^ org.^isatl jns has been enhanced from ,Rs.2'J lakhs to ].akhs i> i case o f iV,3 ex Han'i3.oom Society and from Bs,22 lakhs to P.s„30 lakhs ii . case of Cc rrporation. contd.... 23 -Capital O'liblay on . . • 1 ( d ) . Erosion of working capital of West B^jngal Coop0r?:?j:ive Spinn ing Mills Led, xdll Co^.e to Rs.yo la.khs by the end of 19 89-90 . In addition to this, th^ mill will req-uire a furt.her amomt of Rs,3 ^ lakhs f-.r implementation of the proposed modernisation scheme -under textile modernisation scheme of ITBI, Steps are being taken to reduce the cash loss by modernisation 0 In order to save this spinn-| ing mills from sickness, it has been proposed to enhn,nce the state participation in the share cppital of the Mi3,l by Rs.7^ lakhs in the budget for 1988-89 . 2> 2 ^-Co~op eration • . . 2(d) and 2( g) . A reference is drawn to Memo No•8o56--Got( Est) dated 2 .1 1 .8 8 of the G&SSI T^eptt. addressed to the Secretary, ■development & Planr ing Board wherein justification for additional fund for Market :^velopment Assistance Scheme has been noted. Govt . of India is contemplating replacement of 2(d) - Subsidy on sales of Handloom Cloth (rebate) by 2 (g) although the scheme under 2(d) shall continue for the Coming 3 years for meeting oufcstandir ^ l i a b i l i t i e s . It has been assessed that under the M!)A scheme the total req-uirement ^ -/sd ^ ' contd...... • F - 7 roYa.talise the Powerloorn Sector in West Bengal in a h-umbie way. The schemes are, as has been pointed out, the resuLt oft he last ^ 3 years^ study. It is felt that we should inimGdiately proceed \'j±th thG re-vitalisati'.on of powerlooms specially with formation of new cooper-^tivos through worteen. The proposed Annual Plan Proposal for 1989-90 in all the aforesaid schemes have been in a humble way*- keeping due regard to the fact that the proposed Annual Plan Propo- s.als- are for the last year of the ^ J U PlaJi. The contemplation is to come out more vigorously in this sector during the 8th Plan Period, 3. Read7mn.de Ga,rments s U-^25-Capital outlay on Co-operation 1(g). A good number of tailors of Metia Bruz, Maheshtala, Howr.ah .and other areas are engaged in making readymade garmisnts . They do . n o t get r a w m a t e r ia l o r p r o p e r m a r k e t in g c h a n n e l f o r optim-um -nroduG- tion .and earning. The provision for Rs.2 lakhs towards State Parti cipation in the Share Capital of Readymade Garments^ Cooperative Societies is meant for raising the share capit.aL base of such s o c i e t i e s . Handloom Sector is occqping a very important position in the rural econom.y of West Bengal. The enhancement proposed in the Plan Budget for 1988-.89 is due to the introduction of State Subsidy on Janata Cloth, replacement of rebate scheme by MT)A, modernisation etc.of West Bengal Cooperative Spinning Mills Ltd. and additional pro^Tlsion for the State Participation in the share capital of the Apex and the Corporation. The introduction of n'Jw schemes in power looms has been made keeping in view the overall development of the •Powerloom Sector of this State which is lagging far behind comioared to other States. The provision for readymade garments is minimum and aS this section is labour oriented we feel that adoqua.te support shoiiLd be extended to this sector'. H* Sericulture Industries . T^ rectprate of SericiXLture. West Ben_g_g2 - ^development of Sericulture, a very old and important agro- based economic activity of West Bengal did not occur in a desired pace after independence for various reasons. This Directorate therefore, laid stress; while formiiLating the schemes f or t he Seventh five year PlaJis, on vertical gro^^rth alongwith large scale expansion of the industry as this is aji activity where a farmer can get highest return from his land and a large number of rural people can find enployment in i t . .Side by side non-mulbei-ry sericulture i.e . Tassar, Muga and Eri - aJLSo received due attention* With the above object in view, this :>irec-orate proposes to implement l^f Pro;]octc for tte next financial year i.e ., -19^9-90. a brief note about each of the rrojocts arc given below F » 8 1. fn-p development of MiiLberry prpduc^im ? The Project incl-ades thrcio. Schemas mainly ; ( o.) Setting -up of Mulberry MiJltiplication Form for raising improved variety of MTiLl:erry PI,ants ; (b) Free sipply of Mulberry cuttings to the sericult-urir.ts and ( c) Supply of dolomite etc. for treatment of soil. The main obiectives of the Project are (i) expnnsion of Mulberry plantation, (ii) replacement of indegenious variety of Mulberry by high yielding types, (iii) ensure better r{ro\^h of M-ulberry plants by treating soil in p^ppropriate mai'iner v.rhcrever n e c e s s a r y , !For this Project we propose to provide for Rs*30 .00 lakhs during 1989-90 . 2'^ Pro;iect for minor irrigation for develoDment of Seric^^t-ure » Since it-haS been seen t hat when irrigation is given to the MiiLborry fields, production of leaf Incfoases by about 2^^ which enables the farmer to rear more Silk-worm and thus increasing the production of Raw-silk to th^t extent. Under this Project this TUrectorate intends to help the farm.ers to have their o^/m i r r i g a tion arrangQnents . The farmers are to get subsidy in the I.R.">.P, pattern in t he respective districts, wider this Scheme, A s-um of Rs.8i.00 lakhs is intended to be provided for this Scheme • 3 * Proiect for Institutional, finance for ^levelopment of Sericulture % V/hen anew sericulturist takes vp sericulture, he has to invest some Capital for raisin.g the mulberry plants, then for constructing a rearing hoiJse, procurement of rearing apjpliaiices etc., apart from the fact he loses the possible yi.elds from the land on which he plants mulberry. This Project envisages to .give subsidy to the new sericiJlturists, who are marginal fa.rmers, or Scheduled Castes or Sched-aled Tribes for procurement of roaring implements and construction of rearing hoiises etc. The rate of Subsidy va.ri.es from 2^ % t o ^0 % of the Project Gost and the balance come in the form of Bank loan and beneficiaries o\m contribution (mainly in the form of labour) . This :^rectorate proposes to provide for Rs.6o .00 lakhs -under this Project for the ye a.r 1989-90 . Project for I^velopment .of S;eed_.Org.anisation s The quality of the silk-worm eggs, which the rearers take f o r rearing is the most important factor which is responsible for production of good quali.ty cocoons and naturally Raw-silk. It is necessary in the interest cf individual rearers and of the industr^l as a whole to ensure supply of disease free layings .and also to ensure that no one rears any thing other than the disease free contd... .. F ^ 9 layings „ IJreder this project there are a few schemes i .'g * (a) Set ting and Tnaintenance of the-Compositg Units ^ (b) Settinf^ 1:5) rtnd. main tenance of the Grainages - the main idea is to produce d .f.ls, in these -units aS much 3 possible under ideal conditions and then distrroute amongst the rearers, C c) Setting iJp and maintenance o f ' t h e y o u n g Silk-worm s r e a r i n g ho-uses - m t h th e i d e a o f sijp p ly y o u n g Silk-worms reared upto 3rd stage under ideal conditions and then distribute to the rearers ^ (d) Settjjig and maintenance of the Extension Centres for rendering technical assistance *to the indivi dual areas and (e) Organisation of seed legislation - with a view to checking inai^thorisod sell or purchase of d ,f,ls , A sum o f Rs,5’0 *00 lal^lis i s p r o p o s e d to be p r o v i d e d fo r i n the next financial year i.e* 1989-90* Fa^fec T3rodu^ ~ ' ' ' * Quality of Raw-Silk depends not entirely on the quality of ; cocoons but to a large extent on the proper reeling of the s.ane. At the end of the 7'th Five y^ar pl.ans , the production of Raw-silk is expected to go up to 11.6^ lakh kgs „ It can have a good market only if it is of required quality. With this end in view, this "directorate has the followljig SchGmes under the Project; (a) Estab- lishmmt ai d m^inten.ance of "BbMatures, ( b) Establishment of Reeling units, ( c) Setting \p of D::*ylng Chambers, (d) Replacement of inde- genous charkas by improved ones, (e) Setting vp 'of twisting plants and maintenance thereofo Provision of R5,23.00 lakhs for this Project is proposed during I989-90 ^ • Project for ]^eveloplrent of Market in for Sericul^t ure % Lack of organised market is one-of the major factors which iTindered the grov/th of this indiistry in West Bengal • For obwious reasons poor re'arers can not hold their produce for long and naturally they become easy prey of the middlemen. TIt l s ai:)art, in the non--tr adit ion al areas vrhere sericulturists have started only recently, it is necessary’to ensure 100^ marketing of the produce to encourage them to ;ake ■qo sericuLture, This Project includes three Schemes i.g , (a./ Openinr^ of marketing centres in different districts, (b) Establishm'mt ;:f cocoon market - where only cocoons can be sold and at auctions, only; ( c) Establishment of Silk Market ing Corporation with wa:”ehousing facilities, . . For implementaticn o f ’^hr^s Project a sum of Rs',1^.00 ln.khs is proposed for the year I9B9-9J, c o n t d ...... F - 10 7 . ProjGct fp_r r>eveio-DTiient of CikeXd traiiilnR^ ° Expansion of this indiostry both horizontally well as vertically will necessitate a large n-umber of-trained manpower at different le v e ls , /ilso the rearing o f silk-worms and reeling of silk being technical jobs, the new sericuLturists if ,friven Some training in these a,spects, are greatly benefitted, Ihder this Proj ect-this ‘Urectorate trains peqile who work later at the grass-root level after obtaining ths Jm ir Course Training in SericULture and sends trainees for Post-graduate TUploma Course in Soriculture orgnnised by the Central Sericulture Training & Research Institutes, About 1000 farmers/re are rs/re elers are given three months training? annuaJLly ?lso mder this Project, A sum of Es.8 .00 lakhs is proposed to be provided for in the n e x t y e a r , 8 * Proiect for R8-.orgn;Qj,satlon and Modernisation of Sericulture % In order to implement various developmental Programmes which have been -undertaken during the Seventh Plan period, this ’directo rate needs to re-organise and decentralise its administrative set v(r) and also modernise the sericulture units located in different parts of thG State, I3hder this Project there are several schemes e ,g , (1) RG-organisation and modernisation of SericTjlture -units, (ii) Setting vp of restricts Organisation, (iii) Establishment of ^monstration Plots, (iv) Setting ip of Block Level 'demonstration Farms and (v) Introduction of Disinfection squads in Seed areas. Rs,66,00 lakhs is proposed to be provided for in the year 1 9 8 9 - 9 0 . 9 • Projlect for ^ev^loiom-jnt .Q.f..Sericulture Go-operatj^ves ; Important role that the Co-operative Societies can play in.- ensuring people^s participation in any activity and/or in develop ing a sense of self-reliance in that area can hardly be over emphasized, Uhder this Project the Co-operatives formed by the rearers and re elers v/ill be given assistance and Institutional finance in the initial stages, A sun of Rs,^.i^00 lakhs is proposed to be ear-ma^rked for the purpose during I989-90 , 10 . ProJL^t_.for P.ublicity and Publication of ure_ ln^_gt s Like any other developing industry, Sericulture is r1.so undergoing ch.anges in its various aspects everyd.ay. Thanks to the Research Organisation, new varieties of mulberry are beinp intro d u c e d r e g u l a r l y , n e w ra.ces o f sill£-\,^orms b e i n g d e v e l o p e d , re^^oc-ing methods beiag improved njnd also more efficient reeling practices are being found out!. With a "^Tiew to keeping our farmers, rearers and reelers abreast of such da-velopn^^nts, this Pxoject has bean taken up of bringing Ireg-alar p\ablic‘«tion of booklets etc,, holdinp; contd...... F - 11 sGminarSj farmers* niGG'tings aji^ discussions Gtic* BosidoSj t.h.esG prizes an^ awards for the best roarers/reelers etc. are to given mder tMs Project. Rs.^.00 lakbs : 3 proposed to be provided for in I989-9O. .^ecipil ComDonent Plan for SchediXIed Caste ; 1^0 art from the appropriate fm d being ear-marked for the development of people belonging to the Schediiled Castes, from the normal plan programmes of this Mrectorate, there two-Projects m der this S ,C', Plan. These are dj.scussed briefly belov/ j- 1 1 » Pro.ieGt for Development of Bivolt^ne Cocoon Prodixition 5 Production of Q.-uality raw-silk largely depends on the ^.uality of cocoons and the silk-wonns v/hich are reared to produce these cocoons o Bivoltine silk-worms are considered best for the purpose and therefore rearing of such silk-worms are being encour aged and increased. Under tM s project a farm at Ambari T^alakata in J.alpaiguri is maintained \vith a view-to (i) producing mulberry cuttings of improved varieties and F-1 layings for distribution amongst the people belonging to the Schedi£l.ed Oaste mainly, in the non-t r adit ion al areas of Jalpaiguri and Coochbehar, (ii) taking up commerci.al rearing of Bivoltine silkworms and F-i layings for the GoTb, Sericulture Units, (iii) Introducing Sericulture amongst large number of Scheduled Caste puoiole of the .districts . For the year 1-S9-90, a sum of Rs.l6.00 lakhs is proposed. 1 2 ^• PralfPX,.-Blac3£..a,doption for Bco .^vel^opin gyit o f peoole belonging to the Scheduled Caste CoiTimunity s Under this project Demonstration Farms rre set vsp i n t h e selected Blocks where there is concentration of people belonging to t h e S^C. commity vdththe idea that the local people will be attracted to t p } :e -up sericnture of-their own, lakhs is proposed to be prt)-'7lded for in I989-90 . Tribal Sub Pl^an As i n th e ?.C, Plan, appropriate amounts out of this T^irec- torateis normal Pa.m schemes are set apart for the people belonging t o th e S«T. comn-unlties , There are two exclusive projects for the people of S.T'„. communities under this Sub-Pl.an, thc^so are discussed b e l o w e 1 3 o Project :iV)r /irea developmi3nt of Tribals self^empLoyment in_Serlcj^l^;^*3 ; This is a .scheme under which Demonstration farms are set in the areas ^^^herc:' people of the S *T. communities pre.-dominate . These people are encouraged and given all assistance from these farms when they t,aK e up s e r i c u l t u r e , A Sum of Rs,l ^*0( laklis is propo.sed to be provided in the year 19 89^900 F - 12^- 1^ . Prp.iect for DeYelor)Tner.o of Mon-M-ul'berry SerlcuLture s Non-mulberry sericiilturo like Tassar, Erl .and Muga etc, are practised by the S,T. People to. a lar^^e extent in this State; •under the project block plaint at ion of variolas host plants for tassar Sri and Muga cuLt-ure are to be raised and distributed to the people of S.T. coramuiities for rearing thereon. Development of Tassar reeling, training revitalisation of EricuLturj in Jalpaigurj are ,ilso t^ken ip mder this Project, * Rs.l6,00 lakhs is proposed for the Projoct during the year 1 9 8 9 - 9 0 . F - 13 I_N_D_U J5_T_R_ (OTHER THAN VILLAGE AND SHALL INDUSTRI^S^ Proqrqmmg n f ^.h 2 Commerce and Industries Department. 1, Stata Industrial Pr-A/elnpmQnt Corporation Ulest BPncial Industrial D'^elopment Corporatijn Ltd.(liiBIDC) ( aV.-Invtastinc ' (b) Market Borroying ' 1,1 liiBlDC has bt-^tn t h & prin cipal agt;nt, o f the Statd GoU-;rnment for providing assistance to in du stries in the large and medium' sector and also for prometihg and ^.stablishing industrial units in the joint/assisted sector, ' - 1,‘2 T h e main rtsources o f th;^.-Got‘jDorstiiSn for carrying on its activi ties are ;~ a).--Int^estmen%' by the State Governme.nt,..in"'l:he share capital o f ,.:ttTG^'IiiB IDC • b) Borrowing from the'market under St"ate.Gout c) Refin-en'ce assistance from the lOB I;* and "'d) R3cnvf-r'y,.o f loans, ■ 1.3 Funds F^cf’iv'ed by the Corporation' by way o f St ate Government invest- morit and tnmugh market borrowing a rev utilised in assisting thfc Joint-sQctor an^^ assisted projects by contributing in their equity and by providing the margin money r'3quired for term .loan disbursements, Th^ term lpar>".disburse ments a ru refinanced by the JDBI to the extent of fiS^^il' the average and the balance 35% is provided by t hts'^'ltiBI DC ,(. ' ^ r-. .1 . . - , '1,4 , The rstimat^fi'disbursemtsnt of equity by the UIB IPC to its -jf^int- sector proj <3cts during" r?C9 -90 ; - =ibout Rs. 1200,00 lakh^ as detail-ed-'tQlquJi- ______!^Rs," in i'^khs) j jj’ 1, Eastern Organ,icS', and Chemicals Ltd, \ J ^ (item :Nit rn-Chlorob Gnzine, , ■ : 5 locatiorv- Haldia) ' 110.00 \ \ - .T * 2, Consniidated Fi&r^s and Chemicals Ltd, . ^ | j (iti^im--Acrylic Fibrey location-Kaldia) "^7 5,00 ..j-- X, 3, GuTi'-^ral Synthetic. Corporation Ltd,' -h , 5 5 (it jnv-Polyestar Filamen t Y a m , j il location-Bo rjora-in Bankura and NID) ■ 26o,00 \ 4, Biax Packaging Ltd, I (itGm-BDPP. Fi im, locatinn-H^ldia) 210,00 5 5, Alpha. Olefin-^ Sulphonato Project v ' 50,00 1 'I i 6, El-jctrical Gr'.qde Insulation Paper i I5 Project (location-nalda) /.e 45,0,0: -I I 7 , Soap -nnd Deter':!t3~it Project______5D,0D_.. In addition, the Ccrporation’ s assistance by way of share participation to the assisted prnj;'cts during l9a^J^0^Is estimated at Rs,75,00 lakhs, 1 ,5 Betwaen A p r il. andj.Septembtrr the curr, already disoursed Rs.bB.oo lakhs towards shar.©'participation in joints sector and assisted sector units. So f-r, fiv.e of Its jpint-sectcr F - 14 prnj’-xts hau" boRn implam^nteci and another joint- sector project u i z , GraTHK lated Slag Coment is expected to bt; completed within 1988-89. 1,6 In vieu of the commitments in hand of the LlIB IDC, the folloujing outlays prn'.T)Stid for 1989-90 5— Y i ^ a) Investment 1,200.00 ^ I b) Market Borrouing . .. 220.00 ^ 1.7 Incenbiue Scheme The lii.B.I.D.C, acts as an agwvt of the State Gov/fc rnment for opera tion of the State Incontiue Schemes for large and medium scale industries, for affecting accelerated growth of industrias, the State Incentive Scheme was liberalised fnm time to time and consequently the liability of the State Government on account of the Incentive Schemes ha/e been ;on the incre ase* Upto thg Gnd of Harch, '08 liiBIDC disbursed a tot'al amount of Rs.5803.93 lakhs to various units undt^r different incentive schdmes. 1.7.1 During 19!f58-89, the iiiBlDC h=^s disbursed, upto 15.1^'*88, a total fund of Rs,.39 2,00 lakhs 'is incentives tthe entrfciprenaurs. The furthar fund involved for disbursement o f incentives tiUring 1988-89 to meet the^.' ready cases amoLjnt to Rs* 1040.00 lakhs. The curtsSnt y^ars approved outlay (Rs.OOO .00 lakhs) b iing inadoQuato tc m^rt the requirement of the pending cases, a large nuffifber thereof ujill have to be Cafried ov--r for disbursement 'in 1989-90. 1.1 In consideration of the n'for'^sai d facts, it is p rop osed that an outlay of Rs,1200.Of lakhs be approved for 1989-90. 1.9 25^0 Djveiopment Loan Scheme, The response from entrepreneurs uniier-this scheme has not been quite encouraging and during the first half of the current year, no case has been finalised by any claimant unit. 1.9.1 In vif^u of the position., no outlay is proposed for 1989-90 under this Scheme. 2. Other Corporations • -- i) liifc st Bengal Electronics Industrv Dev elopment Corporation (UBEIDC^ 2.1 The UBClDC has 13 existing proj ^^cts which had been taken up prior to the Sf'venth Plan. Besides, the Corporation is presently implementing 17 additional new projects taken up djring the Seventh Plan. In three of these naw projects viz, Uebel Telonatik Ltd. (Electronic Teleprinter Project), Wabel Communic =ition Industries Ltd. (E P A P X and Telephone Instrummt) and Webel Electronic CommuniC'-tion System L t d . (RrlX and AHA System Project, Elpctronic Line Concentrator Project), the Corporation made an investmait of Rs.72.08 lakhs during 1987-88, Ouring current year, the Corporation’ s investment in 15 of these 17 new projects will amount to Rs*427.00 lakKs. F - 1 5 In Consideration of the status and progress of work in thd old and new projects of the Corporation, th‘- estimated, investments in. these projects are likely to.be Rs,653,00 lakhs and Rs, 973,00 lakhs respxtiv/eiy, 2.1.1 With :• vic'uj to providing a fillip to^ the uniform grriuth of new. industries as well as, expansion of tha existing industries, the UiBElDC has started setting up of modem f^lectriniG Complexes sit Bidhann.agar {Salt.-Lake), 3 alpaiguri-and.B ankura,- In fact, infrastructural uiork at tha Bidhannagar Complex has e,lrcady bban complated, liJhile .the first phase of the'Edmplex on 4o-acre plet^of land had been completed earlier and a number of Companies have started operation thsre, the b'^sic tasks of tha Salt Lake Ell'octrbnics Complex Phase ,11 havt. been complated end ifiaugurated in the begining of 1988, Allotment of land has already baen made to about 45 entrepreneurs.. Foundation iod rk for a Standard Qesign’ factory buil'ding to accommodate about 16o flatted factories has been started, Uotk for providing transport, commu- nic =itio-n. facilitijs have also been started. The complex has been designed to accornmodate other commercial fa c ilit ie s like restaurant, bank, guest housQf ppst office-etc, 2.1.2 The work at the.'lalpaigur'i" Electronics Complex is also progressing fast, A concept plan for the carffplex has been prepared by IjCBC o N and the UiB IlDC has been entrusted with thd ’responsibility of completing the infras tructural work, Two sheds’ around 4oo sq,m, each have been constructed. As for Bankura Complex steps have beinitiated to acquire necessary, Iand at Barjora, 2*1*3 In order to keep pace with the rapid adv an cement'in the modem electronics science, the Corporation took steps to expand its research and development activities, -A blueprint for the proposed project has been * * fin a lise d and the Gove rnment o f India in the D epartment o f ELiect-ronics have been pursuaded to^come into the Proj ect in a big way on 5o J 5G , sharing b a s is , ' • 2,1,4 For successful implementation n f the programmes at hand of the UBElDC, the following outlays are pmposeri for,the /Anhuai Plan 1989^90 *J- - (Rs . in lakhs) H Y a) Investment .. 6 5 0 ,0 0 | b) L o a n Soo.on I c) Research and i I development 3n0,n0 J 'L ______' I ii) Uiest Bengal Pharmaceutical and Phyto-Chemical □evelopm'ertt Corporation (UBPPOC^ t 2,2,1 The U^PPDC'is currently involved in the impl amen tat ion of. about ton projects, the most important of which is the fl'Hydro-xyquinoline project. The project has been implemented and trial run of the factory was held on the let March, 1987,. The corporation is now in a position to produce 1 PIT of 8-Hydroxyquinolina per yf ar,. However, the cost of production of the F - 16 product having turnocj quite high, comparing adversQly with the import price, it has been dacided to produce Halogenotad 8-Hydroxyquinoline using 8-Hydroxyquinoline as the basic raw material. The demand and market for the . .now commodity as uell as th 3 cost of proctiction would be favourable, 2.2.2 The Essential Oil fractionation unit which is in ops-ratioh through a joint-sectc r company v i z , Hindusthan Phyto-chemical Corporation Ltd, w ill be subject tr some e? recommandatirn made by the State Advisnry Committse, The proposed diversifi cation through addition of some v?lu 3-added i t ^ s ~ l i k e Hydrdxycitronellal wiil takai up in 1989-90. 2.2.3 The R & Ci-cum-Orug Testing Laboratory h-as been shifted to Behaia, -- Calcutta and expansion thereof undertaken, Thfe^ laboratory is currently capa ble of handling about 3ooO sampl-^s per yfe'ar. The income of the Id^oratory ’ is on the‘increase and a sepai^ate R & D wing at the same premises is propo- "SGd'to started, . ^ 2.2.4 The UBPPDC,is also engagi^d in the cultivation of Ipocac and also S^ms medicinal and oil-bearing plants, 'As for Ipecac the maturity cycle for whidh is completed in four years - new plantation on 5-acres of land is added cA/ery year. The first harvest during the current year was done cove ring 1000 Ipecac Kamras and the roots were sold for Rs,2,5 lakhs,, The esti mated return due to thi second hervast in 1989-90 is about Rs,3,00 lakhs, 2 , 2 , 4 , 1 , Lemon Grass is being cultivated by the CorpoBation as a major oil- bearing plant ^longwith other exparifiiental crops like Palma-rosa, 3evn-rosa etc. Cultivation of Citronella has also been taken up on a larger scale alongwith Dioscnrea, „ 2,2*5 The lilBPPDC’ s Aspirin PrcjGct is complete and the trial run of the unit is going on. The Corporation may be. able to sell the procKjct within.,the current calendar year,.^ It is o^pectBd that the Corporation will be able to reach the installed capacity of production 129 n,T,. of Aspirin per yea:p in 1989-90. 2»2,6 The proposed outlay -for th-3 UBPPDC for 1989-90 is Rs, 81,00 Iskhs, iii) Ulcst B engal Sugar Industries Development Corporation, ‘ ' (HBSIDC) : ^ ...... , 2 .3 .1 The lil.BS lOC: sj^arte.d;',.pr.Q o f Sugar at the A'hmedpur Sugar M ill in 197 4, Frn[r| th- very inception, the mill has not bJen-, running satisfacto rily mainly tfj.cause of shortage of sugar cahe. Besides, the old age of the plant and machinery alSQ,.'Jtol-d upon the working efficiency. During 1987-88, ■i; ____ the mill crust^ed only 2g^^,:X49.-r^T--of sugar^ 1883 MT of Sugar, During 1988-89 the ta.rgst is tn crush only 4q o OO MT of sugarcane, 2 . 3 .2 For effeetin_g_.s.t3 bi-lisation in ^pTo tJuctiohi it is ne.cessary to ’ . / increase th e. av ail ability of sugarcane and, at the same time, to replace and tfeinovate the t^xistirrg'equipmmts and machineries to increase the working efficiency, Th.e .ultimate target should, however, be to increase the mill’ s present capacity o^f 600 TCD to l5oO TCQ by installation of. balancing F - 17 t^quipments* The Corporation has a plan to uncicrtakG thd aforesaid progtanme in a phased mannar* 2.3.3 During th : current yf ar, a programmG for renovation and replacomGnt of machineries and installation of balancing Gquipmonts w ill taken up. The cost for the uork has bsisn estimated at Rs,90i00 lakhs. At the same time in order to be able to take up a programme for massive cane development in the command ar(Ja of the m ill the Corporation has made an application for a soft loan of Rs,224,07 lakhs from the Sugar Development Fund of the Govern ment'of India, 2.3.4 During 1989--90, the Corporation proposQS to undertake installation of further balancing equipments necessary to increase the production capa city to 1500''TCD, in ;accordance with the recommendations of thQ Expert Team of the !\1 atonal Sugar Institute, Kanpur, 2;3,5 For proper impleme ntation of the programmed pf the iUBSlDC, the following outlays for'1989~90 may be approved •- ... t (Rs, in lakhs^ t - C Y , Y a) Investment 100.00 i i b) L □ a n 150,00 J iw) Setting up of a Petrcw.Chemical Complex at Haidia : 2.4.1 The letter of intent for setting up of a n^tha based Petrochemicals Project at Haidia was issued by the Government of India in Wovember, 1977 and the State Govemm^t entered into a. Joint Sector agreem^^nt in May, 1985 for implementation of the project, M detailed Techno-EIconQmic Peasib ility Report (7SFR) prepared by the Engineers India Ltd, (ELL), a Government of India Organis^=tion, was’ submitted to the IDEEI in May, 1985., The size of the naptha cracker and the product mix were changed in accordancG with sugges tions and advice from the IDB I in orde-r to achif^e tNe desired via b ility of the Project and thereafter IQBI refeVted the matter to the Ministry of Finance, Govornm'Bnt of India, in August, 1987 for.‘cr^nsideration, 2.4.2 The St ate Government has already spent a cnnsiderable amount towards preliminary expenses and infra-structure development for the project and have in addition undertaken arid complated, in consultation with .Engineers India Limited, works like survey, soil investigation, air quality study, oceanographic study ate, 2.4.3 Ttie financial package for the project, however, is yet to be cloared by the th e project, a tokrxi outlay of Rs,4,00 crcres is suggested for 1989-90, v) Setting up of an Exhibition Complex s 2,5 liiith a view to informing the g^ntral public of the activities of and, at the same time, exhibiting and popularising the various prodicts produced by the Sta tj GoVc-rnmint Oiri-ctorates/Uncfcrtakings/Corporations and their joint-sector or subsidiary units, it has been decided by the State Government to set up a complex here on the lines of the ’ Pragati / F 18 Haidgn’ at New Delhi. This Exhibition Complex w ill also provide an opportu n ity to the. Industri?^! ent rt-prtn aurs to exhibit end popularise their produ cts and may set as a potential market therefor, 2.5.1 On the basis of th3 feasibility studies prepared by the CnDift, the Central Park at Bidhana^ar had been tentatively identified as the appropriate place for the setting up of facilities for exhibition and entertainment etc. However^ the overall faciliti'ss of this site as also of other alternative sites are beinj examined in dBtnils, No final decision in the matter of selection of site has yet baen taken, 2.5.2 ;For meeting the cost of land and other in itia l expenditure a token outlay of Rs, 25,00 lakhs is proposed for 1989-90. vi) Setting up of the Greater Calcutta "Gas Supply Corporation Ltd. (GCGSCy j 2.6.1 Since taking up. the Sch eme for distribution of gas to be re frived from the Governmait of India's L,T,C*, Plant at-Oankuni,—the State Government ...... ? had been implementing ths scheme, as its own and was executing,, the same through the agency of the CnOA, Houever, with a view to seeing tno project through at the final stages and also for efficient administration and main tenance of service aftnr completion, a new 100^ Gdv/ernment owned Company in the name and stylo of ’’Greater Calcutta Gas Supply Corpor pt ion Ltd," was • ' incorpr:vrated in D'^ccanber, 1987, The entire outlay requiret- for this scheme has therefore, been proposed hereunder and no 'provision' has been asked for under ”SL;Noi4- Departmental Enterprises - Oriental Gas Company’ s Undertaking - Supply of Gas in Greater Calcutta Area”, 2.6.2 This scheme which envisages renovation and replacement of the exis ting distribution pipelines of the OGCU, laying of new pipelines, setting up of pressure-reducing stations, Gas holders etc; is s till being implemented by tha new Corporation through the agency of the C,n,D.A, 2 . 6 . 3 So far, the State Government has made an investment of about Rs, 13,00 crores in the Project, The progre=ss of work is satisfactory and. . the existing net work of pipelines w ill be capable of receiving and distri buting the quantum of gas to be r e c e iv e d from the Dankuni Coai Complex at the in itia l stages (about 4 m illion e ft,), /According to rdports available with th3 State; Gov/ornment, the said in itia l Gas produce is e x p e c te d to be received from the Dankuni Goal Compl-5x in December', 1988, 2,6,4, Out of th .2 project target of replacement of 185 Km, of 0,G,C,U, mains and laying L,P« main, 1l2 Km, was completed as on 31,3,88,' 58 Km, are to be covered in 1988-89 and the remaining 15 Km", In 1989-90, Sim ilarly, out of the project targets of 4o Km, of Industrial ^ain and 4o Km, of E.RUJ Medium Pressure Rain, 17 Km, of Industrial ('lain and 3 Km. of Medium Pressure Hain respectively have been completGd as on 3 1 ,3 ,8 8 , W ork o rd e r for 12 sets of PRS nut of the project target of 14 sets, have been issued and preparatory work started, orders for th 3 project target of 2 nos, of Gas Holding Stations are also been issued. During the current year and the F •== 1 9 next year most of the remaining works relating to the abov/e items are expec ted to be completed. The estimated, expenditure•for implementation of the programme for 1989-90 is Rs* 1357,00 ^lakhs, 2 ^C^ The revised project cost for the scij.eme has befc-n estimated at Rs, 51^00 crores ?nd the Corporatipn has applied for a term loan of Rs,34,00 crores from the lD9 I, The IDS'I has since cleared the project and the exptac— ted anount of loan to be reecGivad during the current year is Rs* 17 4^00 lakhs* Ths lo ^ -anioun t .from th9 IDB I dGring 1989^90 W ill be about Rs, 1157 * 00 lakhs, -2.6,6 It is proposed that thjj foilo^^ing outlays be approve ud for the Corporation for 1909_S0- ' $ (Rs. in lakhs) 5 ? , 6 J a) Investment ^ 100,00 j I ______b) Loan . 100.00 ' | 3, I n d u s t r ia l Ar^-as i) 'liiest Bengal Industrial Infrastructure pfevelopment Corporation (UiBIlDC.)^ ^ Acquisition and dev/elppment of land for industrial centres, 3,1 Non-availability of basic infra~structure has been largely responsi ble for the hitherto sluggish industrial development in the, State, According to the guidelines in the Seventh Plan, specific emphasis has been laid on infra-structural developmi^nt and tha'WB IITC has undertaken a broad programme thorefor which covers almost a ll th;9 districts of th.e State, including backward and No-Industry D istrjcts, 3.1.2 Work on the development of 94 acres'of land at the Dabaram Growth CGntre (Disc. Dalpaiouri') has practically been completed and total expendi ture upto 31,3.88 for th.i Centre is Rs, 119,50 lakhs incurred for acquisition of land, development thereof and construction-o fro ad etc. About 32 acres of l a n d was allotted to different industrial units upto the end of June, 1988, 3.1.3 About 16o acres of land have been acquired near Uluberia for esta blishment of Uluberia Growth Centre, Out of the total project cost of Rs*558,00 lakhs, Rs, 360.00 lakhs was to be provided by the iDB I as term loan and the balance Rs, 198,00 lakhs has to be provided by the State Government as interest-free loan. Of the sanctioned loan of Rs,360,00 lakhs from the IDB I, th e liB I PC has receiv ed Rs. 255.00 lakhs and the Governmen t of W W .B.S. E. B has tak>:3n up th.^ work for setting up of a Power Sub-Station, 3.1.4 • No-Tndustrv D istrict ; Out of five no industry districts - Dalpaiguri, Bankura, F'^lalda, CoochBehar and Darj ee ling, the works in Rani- nagar Growth C :ntri3. (3alpaiguri D istrict) is in fu ll swing. Not much progrfcss c o u ld be mnde a t B is h n u p u r Growth Centrt'^ (B a n k u ra D i s t r i c t ) due to dd/ F » 20 aci-interim order of the Hon'bis High Court, Possession of land for Halda Growth Centre has bi3&n rBceiuGd., The works at Cooch Bohar Centre has already commenced. Regarding B agdogra G rowth Cjntru, possession of land is yet to be rrceiUijd, and, as such, hardly any progress is anticipated during tho S^vfenth Plan, The moans of financing for cnch of above Growth Centrs w ill be as follows . . , I 1, Grant from State Gov.-rnment ,,, Rs, 200 .no lakhs v V 2, Grant from Central Gouernment., Rs, 200.00 lakhs v y 3, Loan from I,D,B, I. ,,, Rs. 200.00 le^khs v I ______Rs. 600,00 la k h s ^ The State Govyfc^rnment’ s lia b ility on th is account during 1989-9C w ill be Rs, 100,00 lakhs, 3.1.5 Budge Budqe ; About 100 acres of land was identified near Budge Budge in the d istrict of 24-Parganps, An amount of Rs, 30 lakhs was recoi- vod during 1906-87, The land was proposed to b»j allotted on "as is where is basisl’ However, the possession of land could not ha tnken ovtir due to ad-interim order of the Hon’ blp High Court, 3.1.6 Kalyani Growth Cr?ntre Phasc3~II : For th e dev/elopmt-'nt o f K a ly a n i Growth Ct:ntro, Phase-1 I, thd total proj^-ct cost stands at Rs, 279,TO lakhs which is to b e financed from the Seventh Plan Outlay, About 88 acres of land has been taken over, A sum of Rs, 166 lakhs has so far b’l^en received upto 31,3,1988, .The demand of fund fnr 1988-89 ahcl that of 1989-90-w ill bo Rs, nil and Rs, .113 lakhs respt ctively, , 3.1.7 Khannyan s 238 acres of l^nd has bt^en identified, Th^ total project cost is about 6 55 lakhs, Rs, 220 laklis has been included in the revised 7th Five Year Plan by re-appropriation while the balance may be spilled ovi. r to 8th Plan, The ^ Corporation requires Rs, 80.00 lakhs during 1988-89 and Rs. 14o lakhs for 1985-90. 3,1,0 Kharagpur Uater Supply Scheme : There is an acute shortage of water in Kharagpur Growth C&ntre and the yi.:>ld from the deep tubewells is going doujn gradually, A scheme amounting to Rs, 8 crores has been prt pared by the ■p, H.EI, Department for augment ation of wate r supply in the ar'.^a. It has been estimated that Rs, 103 lakhs w ill be required to be shared by liJB IlDC for the purposG, The- matter was also discussed in a meeting with the State Planning Board, The scheme may be t.^kon up in the revised 7th Five Y(-ar Plan by rfrvappropriation. Demand of Fund for 1988--89 and 1989-90 is Rs, 5q lakhs and Rs. 53 lakhs respectively, 3,1,9 Drainage and Pollution Cant m l r'li-asure at Kalyani Growth Centro^.. Phase - I ; This sch 'me is urgently necessary for drainage and pollution control f o r w hich ther^-' has becTi p u b lic o u t c r y and need to be implemented immediately. The scheme may b included with the revised 7th Plan Outlay by ry-apprdpria- t i o n . F . 21 The total proja:t cost w ill bo Rs, 100 lakhs approximately and Rs* 44 lakhs has btiBO included in tho 7th FivG Year Plan uhile Rs. 56 lakhs has bgon s p i l l e d o v o r to 8 th Plan, The- denand of fund for 1988-89 and th^it of 1989-90 w ill b 3 Rs, 20 I'-khs and Rs, 24 lakhs respoctiv nly, 3,1.10* It is proposed that an outlay of Rs. 4^0.00 lakhs bu approued for WBIIOC for the Annual Plan 1989-90, 3.2.1 ii) Industrial Housing Proiect at Haldia i Thii main project f o r thvi s e t t in g o f an Industrial Housing Compl-3X at Haldia is alrnady complete. There a re , houjover, some rt;sidual work l i k e sinking of deep tuh&-uj3ll, boundary u all etc. 3.2.2 The construction of a bound-^ry wall is considered essential to avoid encroachment. A naw power substation is also prop osed to be set-up. The drainage system in the Industrial Housing Estate is proposed to bc3 renovated to avert water-logging during the rainy season, 3.2.3 An outlay of Rs. 13,50 lakhs has been suggested for complr->tion of tha Work specified above, iii) Falta Export Processing Zone 3.3.1 The State Government is dsvuloping 180 acres of land aroijnd Talta Export Processing Zone for creation nf Social infrastructure f^ ilitits outside the Zone, This area is being dL.veloped by Uiest Benr^al Industrial Infra-structure Dqv Glo pm-3nt Corporation (bJBIIDC), The total .stimated cost of this venture has been approved at Rs, 1111,00 lakhs by Industrial Dev cj- lopmont Bank of India ( IDB I), Estinatod cost for the industrial sector is Rs,720.00 lakhs and for the housing siictor Rs, 391,00 lakhs, IDBI agreed to finance the industrial sector to tho extent of Rs, 480 . 00 lakhs and tht. State Government has rf^leasod the balance amnunt of Rs, 240,00 lakhs as interest-free loan to ulBIIDC, For th;j housing sector State GoVt:rnmi--nt has so far released Rs, 100 lakhs, WBIIDC has requested for the release of Rs, 200,00 lakhs during the sRjrrGnt financial year, 'jiBIlDC has prop osed that the balance amount of Rs, 91,00 lakhs may be released during 19G9-90, 3.3.2 The State Govt rr\tit-3 ii is noimnittrad to develop a supporting Social Infra-structure for the success of the export PrucGsciny Zone. vJO.ith that end of view that State Government has taken steps to construct link road" and road net work around Falta and also, to arrange for poWcr etc, 3.3.3 Construction of 34,25 Kms, of road network around Falta is und*. r ...o- r roads under Phasa-II is going on and it is expected that the entire work w ill be completed by June, 1989, It is wstimatcd that a sum of R5,112,00 lakhs w ill be spent towards the abov 3 it ij n s o f work d u rin g 1989—90 , 3.3.4 It is proposed that an outlay of Rs,203,00 lakhs be approved for FLPZ for 1989-90 as below :~ 5 (fe* in lakhs) f ][ a) >-cial In frastre wtur .! on side j( I the Znn.^ area, 9 1,00 V I b) Road n. twork etc, ... 112,00 __ | dd/ F ^ 22 P-3partfnc-ntal Cntsrprisos - (0ri3ntal Gas Co,*s UndbrtRkinq - Supply of Gas ti Greater Calciittg Ar>-3a 3 No o u t la y i s p ro p o sed undor this SchemOi 5, Others i) SGhemes'of the Dj rector ?^tu of Indus tries a) Reoraanis-tion of the dirBctorate-' p'f Industries 5,1,1 Tha objrsctiv/e of thG schemo is to str .ngthon the OirfcctaratLJ of IndustriGs by raorganising and strengthening, in phases, its difft.ront C 3l l s Training of tho officGrs of tha Directorate for upgradation of technical knowiedgG is cnvisagad und^r the schdmu'. An intiirnai communiCc?tinn systG^n is proposed to bp set up in tho D ir.3cto rati-, Tha industrial library is proposisd to be broad^based by purchast- of books and jour sr.ls etc, Tha riiquirerriGnt for 1989-90 is ustimatad at Rs.3.00 lakhs, b ) S e t t in g u p o f a nonitorinq Cell in thQ PiroctoratG of Industries. 5,1*2 For vBnsurinq implementation nf the industrial projocts apprnvcjd by issue of industrial licenses, letters of intent andD,G,T.O, registration, it is proposed to set up a regular and compact monitoring cell within th.. DirectoratB, At present, upd''.ting of records, compilation of ruoort and data are done manually, A porsonai computer is proposed tci bo p u rch ased for such compilation and updating work, A v.^hide is also proposed to b j purchased for close liasoning with different ag.jncies conc rned with indus tria l development in the Stare, tn assist entrepreneurs in setting up new proj Jcts, (An outlay of Rs.1,5o lakh is suggested for tha scheme, during 1989-90, c) Reorganisation o f tha Industrial Research Labo roto ry( IR L*) : 5.1.3 The State Directora'. e of Industries condjcts a two years’ course (inclusive of six-months* in-plant training) in Paint and Varnish Ttchnolagy at the IRL, Canal South Road, Calcutta, The successful trainees are awarded certificates by the Director of Industries, 'uJest B ijngal. The existing labo ratory needs renovation and some expansion to cope with the present work load, For upgrading and improving thj quality of the training it is consi dered necessary to purchase some machinery like Resin Plant, Salt Spray Chamber, Paint Testing Hachinery etc. The requirement for 1989-90 has bj_.n estimated at Rs, 1,50 lakhs, d) Setting up of a Rf qional C(-ntre of Clivi.AP : 5.1.4 At the instance of Commerce and Imiustrit;s Department, Government of liiest Bengal, a R gional Cc"ntrt' of th ; Cc;ntral Institute of i^ledicinal and Aromatic Plants, LucknouJ, a Constitu-jr.t Laboratory of the C3IR, has been functioning at Tung, Darjeeling since 1977, This was established wi-th a view to giving a firm R & D base to th., growing and processing of medi cinal and aromatic plants in the region. The GIM/AP opener' the said^centra subject to availability, free of cost of lend measuring about 3o-4i acres in the D istrict of Darjeeling and subject to the sharing by the Governm«jnt / F - 23 of Uisst Bengal 5q ^ of tho total axponditur^^. Identification of 3 suitably plot of land is y;3t to bu finalised, A tokon outlay of Rs, 1,00 lokh is proposod for this schoniG during 1989-90, Sf^ttino UP of a polvtGchnological clinic j 5 .1.5 For smooth and nfficient douciopmiint of industry, the apparent gap bGtu/sen to ch n o lo g y g-aneration and technology utilisation should b.i! bridgud^ liiith this Gnd in uicu, Polytechnology Tr^sfer Contre has bufji set up at Calcutta with th-3 assistancQ of th a C S IR , Govorrunsnt o f India^ in a ro n t- free accommodation of about 15oo Sq,ft, provided by tho Indian Chamber of Commerce, Undor tha tsrms of agroemPnt, th e S t a t e Gov/f rnm’-snt aro to bear, for the present, 5o percent of the total expenditure for running the C a it r An outlay of Rs, 2,00 lakhs is propostsd for 1989-90 for the schernj, f) State Subuention for prtrparation of a shalf of Pro j^ct Reports. 5.1.6 In the Sev/enth Piue-Year Plan (1985-90), an outlay of Rs, 15^00 cror has b3'3n agreed upbn for taking up sch‘3mes s tric tly on th^ basis of viabi lity , It is, th^rt'fore, necessary to get prepare d project r-ports on snmc selected schemes. Besides, to step up investment in the backward ar^asy project profiles on selected industries are to be got prepared sfD thrt thr entreproneurs can be pursuaded to take up such industries with the availa ble infrastructure, An outlay of Rs,1,5o lakhs is p rop osed for 1989-90 for this scheme, g) State Government’s grants to R»-senrch Centres for R&^ efforts, 5.1.7 As a part of the programme for encouraging research and devL^lopment activities in the State, the Government have been giving grants to such bodies and authorities every year. The Advanced Centre of Cryogenics Research, Calcutta which is engaged in a woll co-ordinated and comprehen sive planning for the utilisation of the knowledge of Cryogenics in the main trust areas including gricultural, biological, medical m d environmen tal sciences, has been receiving State Gov rnment’ s grants for the last feu years. The c>antrt^; sec3ks adequate supoort from the Stati- Govt, for carry ing cut its research programmes, 5.1.8 An outlay of Rs, 2,5 q lakhs is proposed for th. schemes during 1989-90 to enable the A,C,C.,R,, Calcutta to carry out its research pruyranffl . on Cryogenics, ii) nodernisation-cum-rehabiiit ation Scheme for Havurakshi Cotton H ills - 5,^,1 The nayurakshi Cotton H ills Ltd, has rerriained c lo s e d for a long tir- for economic reasons. In the interest of industry in the State in General and the employees of the m ill in particular, it is imperative that att'empte are made for revival of the m ill. For a satisfactory and permanent revivslj it is also imperative that the operating efficiency of the m ill is increas- through renovation and modernisation of plants and machin iry, as may be r e q u ir e d . F ^ 24 5.2.2 .According to a decision of th ^ Stat ^ GaUoTnment th-, oquity capital of the m ill w ill be augmented by contributions from tha 3tat-j GouBrnmLint in order tn broaden its capital bass iiihich, in turn, luiil increase i.ta cr icii- b ility, A sch'3me for mgdernisation-cum-r-habilitation of the m ill has therefore, been drawn up for implementation, 5.2.3 An outlay of Rs.lQO.OC If^-khs is propose^.! for th^5 ^’innual Pl?n 1989- 1990 for implementation of the schone. iii) Hodernisation-cum-r-^ihabilitation scheme for Ctjntral Jute Plill : 5.3.1 Neuj Central Dute H ills Company Limted h.-’s bean declared i sick unit within the provisions o-f sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Met, 1D85 by the Board for Industrial .-^d Fincncial Reconstruction (B IFH) , Ths r3lief/rehabilitation packagc drawn up by Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India (IR B I), who has been designated as the operating agency for this scheme, is currently receiving the attention of BIFR, The I'^st hearing before BIFR took place on 18th November, 1988 at New Delhi, 5.3.2 The reli ef/rt hab ilit at ion package to rovitaiis' this company calls for extra-ordinary reliefs an i conct s s io n s . S t a t e Gov-' rnm-'.^nt has agreed for an oquity participation to th- tune o f Rs. 4 crorns to revive this m ill. This is inactlition to the normal reliefs and concessions with regard to sales tax and raw jut e tax dues under the Dude Ho dernisation Fund Scheme (Of^FS). -An amount of Rs, F I lakhs has alrt ady bu^ n ar.Vancad to th e company by LiiB IDC as lo a n on th ^ -advice o f t h e Commercw and Indus tries Qepartment. The workers of this m ill h.-^ve undertaken to contribut . Rs, 5 crores to revive this m ill. State Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, IRBI ^d IFCI are also working on various parameters in order to contri bute for the revival of this m ill, 5.3.3 Out of the equity contribution of Rs,400.00 lakhs a g r e e d to by the State Government, it has been decided to release fifty per cent during tht. ensuing year. An outlay of Rs, 200.00 lakhs is, thtrrfore, proposed for this schane for the Annual Plan 1989-90. F « 25 ® •. ProftTamme of the Public Undertaking r^ejjartraent Industry and Minerals ^ • Durgapur Chemicalig Liiiiited The foll.owing scheme is proposed ior inclusion in the Annual Plan of this Department for 1989-9C ?- Expansion/i.'odilication/Rectification of the existiiig Plants of Durgapur Chemicals Limited, The Project has been continuing from tne -th Plan period. The Project cost as assessed earliei , was around Rs.9.0C crores. Due to price-hike and the programme being extended, the total project cost vrn 11 increase considerably. Upto 1987-86, a total sum of Rs.5o6.98 la}-h.'3 was released from the State Plan Budget for the project. An expenditure of F'.95.00 lakhs on the Project is anticipated during 1988-89. An outlay of Ps.gO.OO lakhs is proposed for the programme for 1989-90. 2 • VJest Dina.l'pur Spinning Mills The Project for construction of a Spinning Mill with 250c8 spindles continuing from the 6th Plan pe.iiod, has been completed, 24840 spindles having already been commissioned and the remaining spindles will be commissioned shortly. The Kill has been working on 5 siiifts a day and 7 days a week. The total project cost is Rs.1059.43 lakhs (revised). I.D.Eoi. and have sanctioned a total term-loan oi Hi.400,00 lakhs. Upto 1987-38 a sum of Ps,640,23 lakhs was released froi'-! the State Plan Budget for the project. An expenditure of Es.8.00 lakhs is anticipated during 1988-89. An outlay of Rs.10.00 lakhs is proposed for the project* for 1989-90. 5• ¥estinghouse Saxby Farmer Limited. The Company’ s on-going procramme for Expansion/Modification/ Modernisation is proposed for inclusion in the Annual Plan of thi-G ueptx. for 1989-90. A sum of Rs.42,50 lakhs was :'Released during the first thr^- years of the 7th Plan for the programme. An expenditure of R?, 17,00 lal. .. IS anticipated during 1988-89, An outlay of fi%21,00 laldio is proposed for the programme for I9&9-9O. 4• Kalyani Spinning Mills Ltd. Most of the plants and machinery of the Mill are very old, out-^ lived their normal lives and require renovr.tion and modernisation ior improving productivity and achieving viability. Accordingly a prcgranim' for Renovation/Modernisation/Rehabilitation of the Kill has been worked out and included in the Annual i Ian of tli.is Department, The total projv.c- cost is assessed by l.D.B.I, to be 840.00 lakhs (excluding the amount of Rs.16,00 lakhs released from the State Flan Budget in the first tlirec years ffif the 7th Plan), out of whi^cii Ps, 170,00 lakhs is to be cc-ntribute:: by the State Govt. an^'. tixe bal.aice ci Rs,670,00 lakhs will be provided by l .D .B .I , (S. l .R .B .l . as Icne-term loans, g . F 26 As aTnount of fc. 100.00 lakhs is lik d y to be relcrsj^d fi ,.:n the btate Plan Sudget during the current year i .o . 196c>-a9 f < x’ the prcgrai:.: c . iencc, an outlay cf R^.TO.OO lakliL* ic propcG>.d f^r pr^g_*amc.c for 19S9-30. 5* Elcctro-Kedical f Allied I nduf^trics Ltd . The followintj two ^chcnos of iha Cc/iOpany arf-: pr-opcaed fcr inrlu- sicn in the Annual Pla.n of this 3€.oart.a:cnb fur 19l^j-'90 i- (i) Modernisatltr ox xcchnulcgy and It Laburr.rory ; (ii) Replacement of Obtrlcte plants and niachincry ; ^he Ccbij.-any started its operation in I 96I in collabcra ^ lun vith K/r^. Picker's X-ray Corpor-'tion of U .S.A . Sincc then teciinolo^^^ cf suol X-Ray eq^uipnent; has coacidorably improved t:'jrou£hout the w^rld and hone , the Company is required to upgrade its t-~o iiolo£,'y and to ir_.r‘:vc the qu' ~ lity of Vne X-Ray equipment manufactured by it sc that it can ccrpetc li* the markdt with other manufacturcr3 . Besides, most of the plan+s and machinery of the Company installed about two decades back, have out]iv their normal lives and require immediate replacement, A sum of P':./C.OO lakhs was released fr m the btato ?]r. Iiut\';jL" for the first ccheme during the first three years of the. "/th and an expenditure i,f fe. 13.00 lakha thereon is anticipalud in l0'r'e‘-09. In o\itlay of 18.00 Ickhs i^ prcpcsed for the scheme for lOoy-OO. A sum of Re.2.00 lakhs was released fcr the 2nd bcnenc from Str.te Bue.,^-t dun/.£ 1985-88 and an expenditure of rs.4.00 laJ The detailed Prrgcct Ro^jort is under examinaticn of tht L^anuir, Advisory Comuittee. The total prefect ci,3l is asecceud to r .270.00 lakhs, out of wiiich a sum cf Ps.2-)G,C0 lakl^s i.‘. proposed to be u". by th State Governmcnt and the balanec by terj:i-Icanr. f r('m barJl:s . A*' ^ ' u :" n'!.l04-.0C laldis >/as released from the Ctatf P\ui Sudr,it lur.j'? iLo ^'ir tliree years cf the 7th Plan for the prt.jv.ct, A svl: uf r.2.^'C l^Mhs Since been released for the pr."ect in 1pr^a-t9. The 0 iix-’*'*., • ’ '-.IrC''- set up a bictillary and pr^cr-edB U> t up a plan u ii.r Lreat"’- .:^„f efflu<-nt based on the lateot tool niques -’.vailabje b; jnnta"--! a imlti- pie effect evaporator foll-^v^ed by incinerate, n r.n^ d ’ ■^^r>tiarge oi rosidu. by dilu'^ion for land treati.ent. The oaxd ^5cheh,i it accep-nb'i i th*" F 27 West Bengal Pollution Control Board* The cost of the scheue is ostiniatGd. to be to the tune of Rs.50.00 lakhs, A sun of Rs.25.00 lakhs was ro'Ieasct!. in 1987-88 for setting up of the Effluent Treatment Plant, J.s the troat- ment of effluent is manda.tory consequent upon setting up of & Distillary, pending clearance of the project by the Standing A'dvisory Connittee, an * outlay ci" Rs.25.00 lakhs is proposed for 1989-9^ for meeting the balanoo requirement of the Company for setting up of the prqpos&d Effluent Trt.at- ment Plant, v 7. Teesta Fruit b. Vegetable Processing Ltd. I The Company has been set up for implementation of the Project fo’’ processing and packaging of fruits and vegetables of Worth Bengal. The Detailed Project Report on the project is under examination of the Stand ing Advisory Committee, Pending Clearance of the project by the Comnit'U a token outlay of Rs.1 .00 lakh is proposed for the project for 1989-90 vrhich may be required to be augmented on receipt of clearance of the Committee, if necessary, 8. Vest Bengal AgrQ-^Textiles Corpn. Ltd, The project for production of fibres and tetilos from agro-waste has been entrusted to the Company. The project is scheduled to be loca ted in North Bengal. The project is still at an initial stage. A token outlay of Rs,1 ,00 lakh is proposed for the project for 1989-90, ^ • Programme 9^ the Industrial Reconstruction Department, 1 • *i1ie expenditure under plan head for the Deportment I'^s been staadily on rise for the last several ye?jrs. Many of the industrial units w-xich had brisk businesB at one time and played big role in the growth of manufacturing industry lr«ad for various reasons fallen sick. The government of v/est Bengal has taken up on itself the huge burden of rejurenating a large number of sick units mainly in the interest of the workers. Serious care is being consistently taken in the state so that employment target set for the 7th Five Year Plan is aciiieved ard Bnployed workers are not forced to becv^me unenplcyed. Expenditure for Industrial Rcccngtruction Department is nrm ally incxirred for the follovfing categories A , Payment of compensation for nationalisation B, Expenditure for formatii>n of nev; conpanies pxirsuent to nationalisation and contribution to i;ho equity base of these new companies. C, Expenditure relating to replaceme*it of old macainaries and addition of balancing facilities. F - 28 2• Payment of Compensation for nationalisation Out of 15 I (D&R) Act taken over units under the control of the Industrial Construction Department, 9 .(Hine) units have already been nationalised. Plan expenditure fcr „a-s’’Jim of Rs,155.00 lakhs is proposed foV 1989-90' for payment of compensa-cioh, 1 3. Expenditure for i6oriiiat;Lon of ne'^J conpanies ptirsuant to Nationa lisation and contribution to the equity base of these nev/ conpanies. Gluconate Limited 0 TN T X Rs.124 lakJhs. Dr. PauX1 Lohman (I) Ltd. J Indian Health Institute & Laboratory Ltd, With the above three units, a holding^company is being formed. Lily Bisduit Co, (P) Ltd, Hs, 26,00 lakhs. The above release of equity is to,-be utilised as margin money for procu- ring assistance from Banks for ‘implementation ofmodernisation/diversi.- fication programme. f 4. Expenditure relating to repla-cement of c^d machinaries and addi tion of balancing facilities, Aimost all the units under the Industrial Reconstruction Deptt. are badly in need of substantial injection of funds for replacement of old machinaries and changing technoTogy and product-.mix* Hov7everi in view of paucity of funds, it has no'l beet possible to ifiitial any effec tive programme in this respect. On scrutiny of proposals received from the units, the Department proposes the following" expenditure to meet the minimum need on priority basis. a) Engel Indian Machines & Tools (1987) Ltd, Ps, 1 5 ,.00 lakhs, b) . National Iron & Steel Company (1984) Ltd, 22,.00 lakhs, c) Shalimar Works (I98O) Ltd, Rg, 1 5 ,,00 lakhs. 1 ) Sree Sarasxfati Press Ltd. Es, 25 ,.00 lakhs. 29 In viuTf of largo nc . of units being inclvided in Ind-ustrial Reconotr-uc- tiou Department, it has been ncco^j/iry to GtTcngti->-n the Lepartnont to ccpo with t"he v d u n e of wcrl: of varying; naxurv. . Accordingly, under 4 the head "'Dirccticn & Aduinistraticji" cn outl-y Rs, 10.00 lalchs i"as been proposed. It is also Dent±Lued that to uec-t the cuersfcnt need of the units the Departnont hac propcsod tc. revise ±ih current ycar’c v,utlav u^jward fron Hs.552.00 laiclis tc Rs. 1 1 36.00 lakhs . Sueh u p w a rr :.v i gi^ ii nay be required in 1989-90 also. ProfeTaime of the Power Dupartncnt« PuTf'^apur Pro.joet Ltd, Durgapur Projects Ltd. has got 5 Coke Oven Batteries of vr;ich the Fifth Unit is a neu one, The Fifth Unit has been installel iu tjic year 1987 and is utilizing the By-Product Plant and Coal "J.'shery etc, vrhich vzerc built up aleng with the Coko Oven Batteries 1-1. •L'ho By-product 1 lant and tao Coal ¥ashory being worn out tho bc^-ofit ui the new Fifth Coke Oven Battery cannut bo talcc-n unlcsc i.v. xnvcst- r.ent is uade to nako then, in order. 2. i'ho plan allocatis.n in tht; 7th Plan '1 for Burgr.pur Projects Ltd. under the Industry Sector is Rs,5, ^ ) ■ West Jierxgal Financial Corporation The V/est Bengal Financial Corporation is a premier lendixig institution in the btate. The paid-up capital of the West Bengal Financial Corporation mainly consist of the contribution from the Government of V/est Bengal and the Industrial Development Bank of India. The authorised canital of v/est Bengal Financial Corporation has recently been enhanced from Rs.15,00 crores to RSc25.00 crores, 2. The WBFC is the only term lending institution for the small and medium scale industrial units. During the first three years of 7th plan period the WBFC effected dis bursements for Rs.2087 lakhs in 1985-86,Rs.2634 lakhs in 1986-87 and Rs.3012 lakhs in 1987-88, The estimated disburse ments in 1988-89 in Rs.3550 lakhs and in 1989-90 R3.4000 lakhsc For meeting the stated level of disbursements and other commitments the requireirient of funds were Rs.2829 lakhs in 1985-86, te.3536 lakhs in 1986-87? Rs«4086 lakhs in 1987-'’3’i and the estimated requirement in 1988-89 in Fs.4870 lakhs and in 1989-90 Hs.5595 lakhs. The V/BFC gets the resources from (1) Refinance by IDBI 2) Issue of.' B^nds 3) Recovery of Principal (Plough book) and 4) Revenue Surplus(Profit after Tax). Generally 55/^ oi the disbursements in a year comes from I.D .B .I. as refinance and 30>o from market borrowing by issue of bonds. The recovery rate being more or less static at 3B% due to varous factors txhe resource availabilit from ov/n generation in too limited. The depen- dance on additional charge capital therefore gradually inAUQaspK, The estimated gap between requirement and avai lability of resources is of the order of Rs,800 lakhs during 1989-90 and this amount has to be provided by IDBI and State Government in the form of share capital on 50o50 matching basis. But in 1989-90,Annual Plan on outlay of Rs,300„00 lakhs has been provided. 3. Diaring the 7th plan period an amount of RSo80 lakhs v/as spent for share capital in WBFC in 1985-36, Rs,95 lakhs in 1986-87 and Hs.155 lakhs in 1987-88, In the current year an amount of B3.325 lakhs has been provided for. Thus till the end of the 4th year of the 7th plan period an amount of Rs,655 lakhs w ill be u t ilis e d leaving a balance of Rs.15 lakhs from the approved plan outlay of Rs,670 lakhs lo the 7th plan period. In order to provide for an am.ount of Rs.400 laKhs in the next year plan budget the total plan 31 outlay for tiie 7th plan period has to be revised to Rs,1053 lakhs as against Rs,670 lakhs, ) Grants to West Benp^al Financial Corporation for Running ’ ’ s"Assist'an'ce'^Cell- The West Bengal Financial Corporation constituted a Special Coll viz*. "Entrepreneurs Assistance Cell(EAC)” for providing guidance to the new as v/ell as the existing entrepreneurs and also for assisting them with all necessary information/assistance for establishment and running their industrial ventures, Finance(Institutional Finance)Depart~ ment agreed to provide assistance to the v^FC for running its Entrepreneurs’ Assistance Cell. Another office at Silituri has been opened in the financial year 1908-89o Henc^ a provision of Rs.2,00 lakhs has been made for 1989-90, i i i ) Banking Company in V/est Bengal In view of the disappointing performance of the Commercial Banks functioning in West Bengal,Government of West Bengal proposed to float a Company with an authorised capital of Rs.5 crores for the purpose of carrying on Banking business under the" Banking Regulation ''"t. 1949 and requested for the grant of licence by tht Reserve Bank of India under Section 22 of the aforesaid Act. Since the Reserve Bank of India has not yet granted the required licence for the proposed Banking Company and there is least probability for any expenditure in near future no provision has been proposed for the year 1989-90 for the purpose in question. MNING Mo p i Mining': ~ Non-Ferrous Mining and Metallurgical Industries Ragulation and Development of Mnes - Schem.es of the Directorate of Mines and Minerals 1.0, The Directjrate of Mines and Minerals,West Bengal which plays an important role in identification and deve lopment of the State's rich mineral resources, functions through the following wing s- i) Geological Prospecting Branch at Purulia, . , . . ii) Mining Estate Branoh at Assansol, iii) Mining Education Branch at Raniganj, F - 32 RGorganiSf^tj^on of tho GGolo^-^cal Prosnoctin^ Brnjich ; 1*1 Tho target for tho Seventh rian is to continuo prospectin': v7ork in the district o f p-urulip. for Ghinacln.y in Kharid-ara mid othe^" areas, for ">)loinite and other base metals in Kharidura, fo:- gold in Kuniari basin and investigation for base metal along Puruli-' Bankura shear Zone, Programmes for evaluation o f clay r-jsouircos to set new cerajnic .Tn^ refractory ind-ostries in B ir b h m district evaluation of gravel and clay in Burdwan dlstrj.ct also are incl^i" in the Seventh Plan. l'»2 r»uring the current year, prospecting of clr.j -and Jblomit- in Khariduara and also prospecting of Gold in PuruLia is being carried out. "^etniled contouring, geological napping, drilling, sanpling and analysis work are being don^; as per pro grange, 1*3 ^ring I 989-90, an outla^^ o f Rs,^,6o la,khs ma.y bf-2 app rove d for enabling the -director of Mines and Minerals to carry on its programme for prospecting as per program.me, Settinrz 'Up ,oX a, nQ\r mit of the G.P, Branch in North B o n g i 1. The target for the Seventh Plan uider its scho^io is to m dertako prospecting o f coal an -/sd contd..... F - 33 1>9 An outlay of lal^hs may be approve.d for I 989-90 for continuancG of the id3?o•'^rarinie as aforesaid. -Rynnr,Ciion n-p the ^ ‘ ■rentoratG of .MUies, ryid Miner; 1.10 Having regard to the need to gear -up the activities of the directorate of Mines .and Minerals relating to the prospecting and iriining in the State, a scheme for expansion of the 7U recto rate of Mines and Minerals is being dravm iJp • Construction of-new bi:dLldings i^dll also bo necessary tc acconmodate the different wings of the Tdrectorate. 1 .1 1 An oiitlay of Hs.6,25 lakb2 haS been suggested for the abov'j s cheme during I 9 89 -90 . MINER.\L pCPLORATlOlj West Bengal Mlnera,1^ Devel^opment & Tradinn: Corporation Lt d. ( WBMDTC) : I'.O WBM^^^rc has been engaged in developrnent, exploration .and trading of industrial Minerals in the State, The activities of the Corporation h.avB as long been confined to the districts of Purulia and Birbhum'. The Corporation ha^ since extended its riini-"'- activities in North Bengal. The Miner.al Development and Trading Corporation haS adopted a strategy to substantially increase its business t-’jimover. With that end in viex, the main thrust o f the Corporation is to consolidate and exp .and substantially the existin : project on Rock ?hospha,te ajnd production o f stone materi-'T.s. The production of these saleable coiTTrnodities is proposed to be enh-^.neo T as follows a) Hock Phosphate - 20,000 tonnes (nearly double of ^ 1987 production) . - b) Sone Materials - 30,000 M^ (three times of produc tion o f 1987) • (* The target set for the year 1989-90 is ^0,000 M^ ) 1.1 - The proposed pro3-^ct\>n.se allocations of plan fund for 1989-90 is given below s- Project. Proposed outlay ------( -Hs.in lakhs a) i. Pachami Hatgacha Stone Mining Project. 2^.00 ii. Stone Mining Project in Bankura "'ist. 10.00 b) Rock Phosphate Mining and Grinding Project. 21.00 c) Granite Project'. 13.00 d) Investment in Nort^h Bengal :'blomite Project, 7'00 e) Mineral Science Laboratory & Regional Office . 1^.00 f) Coal Mining in North Bengal and other areas. 10.^0 Tot-1 IS 1.2 An outla.y of Hs.ioo.oo lakhs has, therefore, been suggested for the projects of the l^^3MlCC during I 989-90 . G - 1 V II, TRANSPORT Civil Aviation 1 • Developnent of F .T ,I .. Behala. The P.T.I. at Behala is cue of the oldest Flying Training Institutes in India. It has been decided at upgrade the facilities in the training Institute through developnent of land^ Construction of approach road, Adninis- trative building, Staff Quarters, hostels purchase of equipments for the Institute and also purchase of aircraft engine and spare parts etc. For inpleuentation of different plan progrannes for the Institute an Outlay of Rs,25 lakhs has been proposed for the year 1989-90* Roads and Bridges Pro^ranne of the Metropolitan Dev> pppartuent. Second Hooghl.v River Bridge Prohect : Provision for the project under state plan consists of agency charges establishuent cost, rehabilitation and cost for land acquisition* For these itens of works, no central assistance in the fern of loan or grant is avail able although the Governnent of India is financing the project on loan basis.. Due tc price escalation and strengthening of, organisational set up of the R.B.C, a sun of Rs,59C*CO lalchs v/ill be necessary for 1989-90. Since incep tion the State Governaent has been continuing to provide for Agency charges, Rehabilitation cost and Organisational expenses of H.R.B.C. Since 1987-88, the rtate Governnent will have no provide for natching liability on account of additional funding connitnent to the extent of Es,$0,00 croros for cons- ■truction of the Second Hooghly River Bridge Project. In the Prine Minister's Lceting dt, 18,9.86 with the State Governnent it was decided that the Govt, of India will provide Rs,80,00 crores of additional loan assistance tc neet the cost over-run of Rs,10C,00 crores in consequent of tine over-run provided the State Governnent provides the renaining Rs,20,C0 crores. To ensure flow of the requisite anount fron the Governnent of India during 1989-90 on this account, a proportionate provision of Rs. 880,00 lakhs has been proposed in this plan proposal in addition to Rs.590,00 lakhs proposed for to ncot the Agency charges, Rehabilitation cost and Organisation expenses of E.R.B.C. 2, Prorrame of the Public ¥orks Department The Public ¥orks Department has a stretch of 6000 kns. of roads of wiiich the State Highways are 2510 kns. Major District Roads 1950 kns. Ordinary District roads 966 kns, and village roads 573 kns. As these reads are very old and their conditions are dilapidated, they requite not oni}.y strengthening and widening, but also ccaplete renovation tc cope with the on rush of the existing heavy vehicular traffic - and more traffic envisaged with the industrial growth to cone. During the Seventh Five Year Plan the Department have a target of vridening and strengthening of 220 kns, of existing roads and 26 kns. during the Annual Plan, 1988-89. tp/- Contd.,.. G ^ 2 During 1985*^8, the Bcpartraent has coaplotcd widoninc and c of 50 kns. of existing road 'stro'tch. Pew old bridfjes ifcro also repaired during the period, FrogracuG of the Public \iorks (Roads) Departnent. The annual Plan outlay of the P,V,(Roads) Dep'tt. for the j^ar* 1989-90 which 1b the last financial year of the 7th Fiv.e* Year Flan ha’s been fixed witHin a ceiling of the plan budget level for the Deptt. for 'I988-S9 plus five per cent increase over that level. Tha ceiling of cxpendxtur'e for this Deptt, for 1988^9 fixed at Rs,1512 lakhs and the annual bu’dget of this Deptt. for 1989-90 v;ill thus bo within the ceilin/^ of Rs,1588 lalchs. The total outlay for the Cta'te’ s Road Sector for the 7th. Five Year Plan was fixed at Rs.54CO .lajchs while tVi® total provisions for the last four financial years (fron '1985-86 to 1988-89; have* already been nade for Rs.5392 lakhs leaving thereby a balance of Hs,S lakhs for the final year of 1989-90 in the 7th Plan period. As per guidelines of the Developnent & Planning Deptt. the ceiling of expenditure for the annual plan for 1989-90 of’ this Deptt, has been fixed at Hs. 1588 lakiis. It is therefore inplied that the total outlay for the State’ s Road Sector for the 7th Five Year Plan has been fixed at Ks .6980 lalchs. The P,V . (Roads) 'Dept', started its Journey for 7.th Five Year Plan with a backlog of Rs,.11000 .akhs for spill over works of the 6th Plan, Uaturally, ther.e is a ‘big g-p -between the 7th Plan allocation for Road- Sector and'the ac tual* requir^ent to conplete the ongoing schenes of the previous ,plan, not to speak cf the nevr proposals demanding ricre^or, b,etter roads for inproved corxiunica'ion system in the State, Obviously, this depleted inportance vrili ser.ously affect in achieving national target vrithin this century, ¥hile the Govt, hzt given special! attention for economic rejuve nation of backv?ards areas b: accelarating. industrial growth in different dis tricts necessary infrastrue;ura1 facilities like road/bridge connunication in those areas are surely ^^quire^. But tl^is Deptt, has hardly any scope to provi.de the additional infrastructural facilities if i;o additional funds are nade available to’ this 'hpartment. The master plan for 20 years road construction prograrne fron 1989-2000 based on the m in im requirement for Road Scctor has alfeady been prepared by this Deptt. ¥e r\re already late in translating i:his progranno into execution,. This can )e initiated if certain portion of fund for RLEGP/WREP can suitably be civ er ted to this sector by sync hr oiii sing the works under the said progra:xie vfith the 20 years programmes. Some important cog: indueive time bound projects are now under execution of this Deptt, Find for such projects are required to bo pro vided £?Gparn,taly a« vras done in the past. The road conmunication in Falta tp/-^ Contd...... G ^ 3 Export Processing Zone is one of such inportnnt prcjocts of this Jitpart-_:cnt for which fund was provided separately. The target for 1988-89 for construction of 102 kus, of now roads and for connection of 6^4 villages are likely to be achieved at the end of the current financial year. The target for l989-'90 for constructicn of 90 knse new roads alongwith t srne inportant uajor bridges and for connection of 442 villages has been fized. About 22^ of the Annual Plan Outlay (Rs,349»0^ ■ lakhs) and Sfo of the outlay (Rs.95.65 lakhs) hc>.ve been oarnarked for the SCP and the TSP Projects respectively in roads sector. The P.¥ ,(Roads) Departnent require more fund to provide aorc/better roads in the state and tc conplete the several ongoing projects» A conside rable nunbor of schene is likely to be spilled over to the 8th Five Year Plan requiring innediate augmentation of plan fund for the road s-ctcr fron appropriate level. Road Transport 1• Calcutta State Transport Corporation : The schenes proposed to be inplenentod through C .S .T ,G , viill all bo continuing ones with the objective of bringing down the ago profile of the fleet either through acquisition of new buses or through renovation/ rebuilding o f ‘old serviceable buses. During the year 1987-88 a the Corporation acquired 202 new buses besides rebuilding 151 old ones. The Corporation is likely to achieve the target of acquiring 70 new buses and renovating 240 old buses during the curront year, ¥ith the proposed plan outlay of Rs,900 lakhs for the year 1989-90, it is proposed to acquire 100 now buses, rebuild 100 old buses, augment depot facilities, purchase float units, ijrovido for civil construction and also to purchase plant and machinery for repairing faciliti .s. 2* North Bengal State Transport Corporation i It may bo recalled that in order to sustain the good works being done by the North Bengal State Transport Corporation, the original plan outlay of Rs,248 lakhs for 1988-89 was enhanced to Rs,59^ lakhs, This has enabled the Corporation not only to maintain its existing good record but also to surge ahead for further all round development, -As per the latest evc.luation report the average age of the fleet of the North Bengal State Transport Corporation has cone down to 4*4 years against the corrcspcnding figures of years during 1987, Similarly the percentage of floct utilisation has risen to 9 1 .4^ against the corresponding figure of 89,5?° while the percentage of ovoraged vehicles has come dovm to 15 against 46 i n ’V^87. The total monthly income of the Corporation during ._ugust, I 98C was Fs,Ip0 ,1 8 l.alchs against Es.45.41 lakhs of ^ugust, 1987. Btkth from the point of view cf ope rational efficiency and also from the encouraging public acceptancc of the Corporation, and it is proposed to maintain during the year 1989-90 the Contd,. , ,tp/- G ~ ^ existing level cf annue.l pl^in assistance ancunting to Rs.SCC I'^khs. The scheaes that arc proposed to be inplenented with this outlay are acquisition of new vehiclesj development of existing depots, construction of new depots acquisition of fleat units and plants & machinery, 5• Trauways Company (1973) Ltd. Over the pas' a few years efforts have been underway to put the CTC on the rail again and plan assistance was being extended as far as practi cable to the Company accordingly. In order to achieve its task the CTC laid emphasis mainly on ~he programme of replacement of old cars .and renewal of tram tracks and over head system. Things are already looking up in the operational sphere. The trend so far indicates that traffic revenue in 1988—89 may exceed that of 1987-88 by about Rs,50 laldis and with the inputs now being injected, traffic revenue may record a further increase of Rs*50 lakhs. In order to enable it to proceed with its programme it is proposed to maintain the current years level of fund flow for the year 1989-90 too. Accordingly the outlay for the CTC for the year 1989-90 will be Rs,1200,00 lakhs, ¥ith this outlay the company will be able to pay for new tram cars, to be obtained, to replace/renew at least 4 kms, of existing tram tracks, to renovate old tram cars and to procure plants and machinery and other accessories. 4• South Bengal State Transport Corporation : It may be recalled that the original plan allocation of Rs,200 lakhs for South Bengal State.Transport Corporation for 1988-89 was enhanced to Rs,300 lakhs to enable it to ex'end services to hitherto uncovered areas in the districts of Howrah, Bankuxa, Purulia and Hidnapore, The total number of routes operated by the corporation stands in z-ugust, I988 at 85 against corresponding figure of 66 in Ai;.gust, 1987» The average outshedding during August, 1988 was ^1,6% of the tc-al fleet against corresponding figure of 38,7 in 1987. To maintain this encouraging trend an identical outlay of Rs,500 lakhs has been proposed fDr the corporation to enable it to acquire new vehicles, to develop work shop facilities and to set up new depots and also to extend the existing depots. A. small amount is also likely to be spent for staff accommodation, i2he central Government has already been written to for providing matchiijg contribution against the State Govt's, sapital assistance. With this fund when available, the Corporation will be in a position to extend its operation further. Setting uj)_ of transf er_jinA depots at district headquartors_ and Calcutta, This is a continuing scheme. Under this scheme bue stanct and passenger shelters are constructed in the districts and in C-lcutta to cater to tho needs of the rjublic, _rn outlay of Es,30 la.khs is proposed to be utilised during the financial year 1989-90 for the ongoing and new projects, tp/- contd,, .. Reorganisation of Calcutta. To strenBthen the institutional framework of transport services in the Citj'^ it is 'proposed to reorganise and rationalise the Public Vehicles Directorate (PVD) , im outlay of Rs.40 laldis has been proposed for develop ment of P.V.D. in the year 1989-90, Reorganisation and expansion of Transportation and l^n.g^inec ring Directorate. Issues relating to trafi'ic and transportation arc getting increasing* ly complex and .lc,rge in size requiring profensional competence to deal with them. In recognition of this situation, a Traffic and Transportrtion Planning and Engineering Directorate has been est0.blished under the ad ministrative control of this department which responds to all work relating to planning, monitoring and also analysis. The existing core unit is being expanded to attend to such needs. This wing has already delivered a large number of traffic engineering improvement projects including road widening schemes, terminal planning and road analysis e tc .. An amount of Rs,13.00 lakhs has been proposed for this Directorate for the year 1989-90, Trans por tatij5n_o^exaJ^ i.qn_ I mpr pv e me n t Pro gramme. The ongoing schcmos under this head are - ^1) B,T,Road Project, (2) Improvement of Dum Dum Road-Jessore Road Inter section, (3) Baguihati Bus Terminus Project, (4) Band J^.tand Bus 'J.\ rminus Project, (5) Improvomcnt of Southend of Dhakuria Bridge, ( 6) Dunlop Bridge Bus Terminus and (7) Dakshineswar Truck holding place. New schemes already under implementation or proposed to be started during the current year are ( 1 ) Construction of Circular Canal Road from Gaznabi Bridge to E.M.Bye Pass, \2) Construction of a pedestrain overbridge at Ultadanga, (3) Widening of G ,I.T , Road (Moulali)-Bo "ch Northern and Southern carriageways between Moulali and Philips Bus Stand (4) Action plan to im prove Gariahat Road, Eazra Road Intersection, (5) Construction of a Truck holding place at Balgharia Expregs Eighvzay, (6) Scheme for disposal of Storm 1'iater from the tram tracks ?;oross B,B,D,Bag, (7) Improvement of Rash Behari Avenue from Bijan Setu to Gariahat Road, (b) Construction of f: new road between Gobinda IChatik Road ar.a D,C*Dcy Road-extension of Canal ¥est Road, (9) Improvement of intersection of S J ’.. Eye Pass & Salt Lake City Connecter, (10) Setting up of a traffic signals in the Kaidan Sector at three intersections viz. Red Rcad-Oitram Road, Kidderpore Road-(Jasurina Avenue and ICiddorpore Road-Hospital Road for traffic safety. Out of these projects tae B.T,Road improvement project. Dun Dum Road - Jessore Road improvement project, scheme for disposal of storm water from the tram trucks across B.B.D.Bag, iraprovement of Southend of Dhakuria Bridge and Baguihati Bok Stgnd ar<^ dnf-'^ to ho r.orapletod c'uring the current financial year i tp/- Contd,. . . The Plan outlay proposal lor the continuing: schcnie.s during 198;'}-90 are as follovrs (1) Band Stand Bus TGrminiis - 7 l:ikhs (2) Dunlop Bridge Bus Teruinus ~ 20 11 (3) Dakshinesvfp.r Bus Tercinus - 1 l-»khs (4) Construction of Circular Canal Road from G-aznabi Bridge to E.M.Byu Pass - 30 lakhc, (5) Widening of C.I.T.Road (Southern C.irriageway) 10 lakhs, (6) V/idening o£ C.I.T.Road (Northern Carriageway) 8 I'^khs (7) Construction of a Truck Holaing place a.t Bengharia Express Highway - 10 !J (8) Tiidening n.nd iaprovcnent of Rash Behari Avenue & Gariahat Road, . - 20 If (9) Extension of Canal Most Road to Gobinda Khalik Road & D.C.De Road - 20 tT (10) Inproveaent of intersection & E.M.Bye Pass '■ S- Salt Lake City Conhecter - 4 'fhe details of new. schemes proposed to bo taken up during 1989-90 are as follows ; Nane of Scheme R o u g h Cost Proposed a Hoc a' estimate, ticn cLur:-ng ( 1 ) Reconstruction and imijrovencnt of Lock gate Road including a rar.p from Cossi- pur Bridge alongr-fith widening inpro- venent of Supporting roads. 117 l^khs (2) B,T,Road improvement (Phase-Il) from Dunlop Bridge to Eamarhati. 60 ” (3) Construction of a connocter Road between Circular Canal Road & Ultadange Main Road West of Ultadanga Railwai'' underpass. This is a notified alignment scheme of C.I.T.and the project is expected to reduce the existing traffic congestion below the railway level crossing by way o of diversion of Salt Lake bound & other traffic from Ultadange Main Road to Circular Canal Road, 10 10 (4) Transportation operation Improvement Project of A .P .C , Roy Road from Raja- bazar to Mau.lali, 500 20 ^5 ) Publicity campaign purchase of traffic management aids 10 10 (6) Programme for it:*provement of intersection of V,I,P.Road & Ultadanga main road near Hudco Housing, 17 10 (7) Implementation of various traffic ii.provement schemes viz, sotting up of guardrails, in stallation of traffic signals, local widening road, improvement of geometries etc, 20 20 (8) Programme for improvement of Traffic safety 10 10 T o t a l 1:3 ,1 3 0 l-khs+ 110l^khs= 240 1-khs Ti'o'' I'^ k h s +-/• Contd. Inland IJatcr Transport PevGlopnent of Ferry Sorvicos in Calcuttc!, MotrQ;JoIit_an_ Calcutta, it nay bo rccallod, was established on the strength of river transportation systcn. It continued to be princ node till the Railways appeared on the scene- in the late 19 th Century. Road transport systen becane increasingly inpurtant after the end of Second World TJar, IThile the above two transport nodes inproved both technologically and servicevjise, the water transportation systen declined on both the counts. The situation continued till sheer force of circunstances nade it necessary to look for an alter native node and a beginning was nade in 1980 to utilise the river Hooghly to operate ferry services connecting Howrah Railway Station on the IJestern bank with the centra. Business District of Calcutta on the eastern banlc* Attenpts have been nade over the past few years to increase the level of availability of passenger transport services by increasing the ✓ nunber of buses and nini buses. The nobility of vehicles being directlj'- proportional to the carriageway and inversely proportional to the nunber of vehicle operating on it, such an attenpt has carriageway being constant, led to decrease in nobility so nuch so that average speed on any week day on the tv7o nain connectors across the river Hooghly, nanely, Howrah Bridge and Vivekananda Bridge does not exceed 10 XliPH. The direct effect of decrease in nobility is the increase in journey tine, A nornal journey fron Ballyghat to Central Business District in Calcutta (a distance of 9 kn.) by bus takes on an average 1 hour 35 ninuts. Viewed in this background developnent of inland water transport utilising the river Hooghly as an alternative node of transport appears to be an inperative necessity. It is accordingly proposed to enlarge and expand the existing facilities by pressing nore nunber of ferry -vessels in services and also by setting up of additional terninal facilities at selected sites* Vfith this end in view a schene was drawn up for dovelop- nent of passenger ferry services aLoag and across the river Hooghly between ?anihati/Konnagar on the north and ^^etiabruz / Botanical Garden in the South and was sent to the Govt, of "ndia in the Ministry of Surface Trans port for inclusion in the Seventh live Year Plan and for inplenentation as a Centrally Sponsored Schene, T.ie schene has received technical approval fron the Govt, of India, Hov/ever, out of 10 jetties nentigned in the Howrah i Bazarghat have been cle^rGd for ImplemRntationas schene only 4 jetties at Bally, Belur,_/Centrally Sponsored Schene, Cons truction w o rk has started svnd ::s likely to be conpleted during the current financial year, ittenpts are :eing nade to 'include three of the renaining jetties Panihati, Konnagar and '^ossipore in the Centrally Sponsored Schene lor inplenentation ^during the current financial year and the rest in the 8th Five lear Plan, The ^ovt, of India while accord.i.ng sanction to the schene has £tipulated that the jetties cons’^ructod out of Central ii.s.sistancc: should be tp/*“ Ccntcu.,,,* a - 8 connectcd by passongcr ferry sejrvices to be operated by tho State Govt, steps have already beer, taken to neet this requirenent, A proposal to set up .'cst Bengal Inland ¥a*;er Transport Corporation is under active consideration of the Govt, The Corporation will bo given, in addition to other duties, tho responsibility of operating ferry services, SOTDERBANS Sunderban is a backward area. According to the policy forr.ulation of the Planning Conuission, developnont of backward areas should be given topmost priority. Geographical terrain of Sunderbans docs not pcrnit cons truction of roads or bridges except at prohibitively high cost. The connon node of conveyance in this area is river transport. Studies are being nade to identify suitable waterways keeping in view navigability and users pre ference for their developnen" and for operation of ferry services through the Water Transport Corporation in future. It is felt that for cconoaic growth and developnont of Sur^derbans setting up of efficient, dependable and safe ferry services is exxrenoly iuportant. During the currenx financial year terninal facilities will be set up at selected sites based on the studies nade, 3ilICinjC ILiLDIA VEHICLE FERRY SERVICE There has been persistent denand from the public and the industries located at Haldia for setting up of a nodernised vehicle ferry services con necting 24-Parganas with the industrial conplex of Haldia, This type of ferry service would speed up th^; econonic developuent of the areas related to the hinterland as well as renovo soiie of the transportation bottlenecks that exist in the present systen. To iddentify ideal locations based on data collected fron field survc;', cost estinate and economic of the operation, consultant firn has been engaged* Itirther action will be taken on receipt of the feasibility report of v'ne consultant, DEVELOPMT DOCKYARD M D CRE¥ TR/lIEING CENTRE. The Govt, dockyard and the Crew Training Centre were located in N o .5 Garden Reach Road owned by the Defence Ministry, Govt, of India* The above premises had to be vacated as the Defence Ministry needed it for their own purpose. It has not been possible to set up the Dockyard and Crow Training Centre elsewhere so long as alternative site was not available. It is proposed to set up thess facilities on the site identified for the purpose, SH/iLIMilR YARD TC FOSTA VEHICLE FERRY SERVICES. The railway goods terminal is located at Shalinar in Howrah on the west Bcank of the river Hoofhly, Anong the goods terLiina,l this year handless the largest volume of Nargo traffic. Major Volume of cargoes fron this railway yard neves a 'o Burrabazar and Pcsta area, the whole sale tracie centre of Calcutta ca oast bank. M ore than 2000 t r u c k s novo t p /- Oontd...... G - 9 between Shalinar yard and Burrabazar/Posta everyday. The novouenx of the trucks has given rise to extrenely serious congestion problems in the central area of Calcutta as well as fo r vital r,ioverients between Calcutta and Howrah* The operation of vchicle ferry services between Shalinar yard and Posta is expected to reduce the ever increasing traffic congestion on the Strand Road and Hov?rah bridge and will at 'he sane tine ensure sLooth and e ffi cient novenent of cargo between railway unloading point to the wholesale distribution centre. It is proposed to carry out ^‘easibility studies to identify the deal K site, detailed plan and estinane to the infrastructure needed as well as econonics of the opera-ion, I . ¥, T, SCHEI-IES ; 1989-90^ (R s . in lakhs) Nape of the Schenes. 1, Expansion of I¥T Navigation Cell (including establishnent cost.) 17,00 2, Acquisition of Perry Vessels 75»00 5, Ferry Services across the river Hoogr.ly at selected sites. ... 120,00 4. Construction of ixdnn. bxiildings crew ti^ining ccntro, dockyard etc, » .• 10,00 5. Provision of terninal Facilities in Sunderbans 20,00 6. Feasibility Studies, ,,, 5,00 ?• Vehicles ferry services be-ween Raichaic and lialdia, 5,00 Totals- 252.00 I » 1 IL * SCIENCE. TE.CHI\!OLOGY & E N VIRONPlENT ^cisntific Research (including S & T ) 1* ProQramma of the Science & Technology Department 1* ^ci" ce & f^echnology Department has been constituted early this year, "*"he rrain or^rational areas of the Department as indicated in the Rules of Business ar^ - i) Research and Development in Science & Technology - measures needed for correcting imbalances* ii) Promotion of scientific research in areas appropriate for fulfilm ent of socio-economic objectives* iii) Policy f.nd guidelines relating to use of Science & Technology in rural and urban areas through appropriate bodies and organisations. iu) Formulation of Science ^ Technology plan of the State of Uest Bengal and continuous updating of the plans* u) Arrangement for holding periodical discussions on Science & Technology plans and other measures* vi) Nodal responsibility in.respect of matters relating to Science & Technology including Resoearch and Dev/elopment* v ii) Populai'isation of Science & Technology and introduction of approved appliances in technology* 2* State Council of Science & Technology was constituted with Chief Minister as Chairrreno There are 30 mrmbers in the Council. The firs t meeting of the council Ljas held on 18*11*88 with Chief Minister in the Chair. Hinister-in-Cha ge of Firt^nce and Development & P3.anning, Uice-Chairman of the Council(uho is also Uice Chr-irman of State Planning Board) and other mdmbers of the Council including eminent scientists, Directors of some Central Research Institutes, Uice- Chancellors and E-x-Wice Chancellors of Universities Eperitus Professors and other eminent Professors of different Universities, representatives of Departmt..nt of Scibnce & Technology, Govt, of India, Sccretarios of Development & Planning Deptto and F ine^nce Deptt. p a rtic ita d in the meeting- Broad policy outlines and possible activities of the Ddpartm^nt u*3re specified. The Department w ill now start functioning in right earnest, 3* It was also decided to constitute 13 Advisory Groups in following a re a s s~ i) Agriculture and Agro based Technology ii) Centre-State Liaison iii) Electronics iv) Energy v) Entrepreneurship De\A5lopment vi) Environment and Ecology v i i ) I ndustr ia l Technology v iii) Mineral Rusourceji I -=• .2 ix) Public Health x) R u r a l Tw chn ology xi) ScioncG Popularisation x ii) SciGricR Education and Rcsaarch x i i i ) ' -I te r R e s o u rc e s a na go me n t , , So far Acuisory Group in ( ii) , (iu) , (x) and (x ii) have been constituted. These Groups have started meLtings* Thu other groups w ill bt^ constituted s h o r t ly . 4. Posts of some Scientific and Technical Officers have been crcated along ujith some posts of supporting staff. The technical posts so far created are - Principal Scientific Officer ~ One Sr^nior Scientific Officer.. “ Tu/o Junior Scientific Officer - Three Assistant Engireer - One Only one Junior Scientific Officer subsequently re designated as Officer- on-Special Duty, is in position. Q ualification Recruitment Rult,s for th^ so posts have been finalised and the Department has written to the ot|-e.r Technical Departments of Stats Govt., Science & Technology Faculties of Universities, > Central R'isoarch Organisations, Deptt. of Science & T'ichnology, Govt* of India, other Technical Department of Govt, of India,- Door Darshan, A ll India Radio and sim ilar other organisations requesting them to foruiard anplications of persons of their organisations who can bo placed on deputationo Feu such applications have been ri-ceived. Of the other supporting staff, Registrar and P«A„ to Secretary have joined. Home (PAR) Dr.ptt. is trying to f ill up the vacant posts. It is expected that most of the v&cancies w ill be filled up within a short time. 5. The newly created Deptto has decided to enlarg^j its activities primarily for solving the felt needs of the poorer section of the community with Science & Technology inputs. Hencc more number of schemeg w ill be taken in hand for transfer of technology r^.lL vant in rural'sector. The projects may ultim ately have impact on Rural De vel opmfjnt. Popularisation of Science w ill bu anothe r . ma jor thrust areas - the primary objective being to mak- the people aware -of what SciL:nce & Technology uBy offer to solve their felt needsindue j them to pr'-rt ic ipato in these efforts, to crow up a scientific 1^ nd of mind, to dev."lop an analytical approach at th^^; grass root level. Entrepreneurship DQ^lopment with Scit ncc & Technology personnel is anoth^-T thrust area. Central fund from DST is available fcr thispurpose. Some ctontributions from State Govt^s fund w ill also be required. The programmes include organisation of A^ar^ness Camps in a ll Engineering and Technological Institutes, setting up of Science & T-chnology Entre pn ncursliip De \/jlopment P a rk ( s t e p ) etc. Two STEPs are b-ino set up in Uest B' ngal - one at Jadavpur undwT sponsorship of 3adavpur University and one at IIT^ Kteragpur. ri-v-se are centrally sponsor-d projects- bulk o, the fund would ceme from Central Govt, and Central Fim ncial Agencies, State Govt, w ill have to bear the cost of acquiring land ?ind some r e s id u a l c o s t s * In orclL;r to get a regular flow of information'ofcout felt needs of t h o . people it is requirfid to s'jt up small D istrict Committeo of Sc,ienc3 & Te^chnolog.y in each Dist. nttJch-.d to OPC so that this forms a pert of d-c-'^ntralis9d planning process. For strengthening tho process we intend tc build up a feuj Rural Science Centre „ 7. In the first mr^eting of tho Council it was decicfcd to set up Data Bank of essential inform--tion uith the objective of developing the State with S&T in p u t s , th ': poorer; sections of the. ccmii.unity b-ing in the focus* 8. A list cf on~going schemj.s is being enclosed. 1 he list u ill indicate the amounts required to be rol^ased in 1988-89 and. .1989-90 for on-going scheme is. Since the policy guidelines w ill be-radopte d in the Council meeting of IB .ll.B B we w ill start relaasing the fund thereafter, A lis t of Proj^^cts that are now being processed is also enclosed. Statement showing tH 'i estimates of funds propost d to be released in respebt of ne.w-,R&D/S&T Projects/Schemes during 1988-89 and 1989-90. . . ______F io u r e s in Rs. S l 'J l Name o f the Sc he m u / P ro je c t ^ 4t im^. te d T Re mer ks 'TT lo Studios on the nature rnd rt.clamaticn'measure 3,73,000 o: the arid soils bJest Bengal. 2. Preve:ntion ~f w-’ter loggi ng in the basinal area of- K^ianf'ikuic „ . 2,04,200 3. .Hydrological:Study of Tamluk Sub-division with r...f. t o th e .nL-Jc's of H a ld ia Complt-x« 2 ,2 1 ,8 0 0 4* fdcVntification jf Seeds of 3ute, TonPto culti- vcrs & Tometo hybrids. 5,00,000 5. D-velopm nt o, fuel efficient ctf-1 burning stovoc 9 4j000' 6. Fabrication of low cost C<,DoSo(thin film ) Solar Cell. ' ' 5,02 ,000 7. Studios on differ . nt aspcv:cts of plant virus by electron micresCope 2 ,93 ,00 0 '8. Prospecting and eveluetion or Bankura clay deposits with a view to setting up clay washing “ Curamic industries. 30 ,00 ,000 9e Improved Biomass of Indigo •'.c l s ant ic pilfe ptic drugs. 9,2 6,0 00 10. Socuring gu’netic lin s in cell cultures of Arome^tic Plants tolerant to diverse environmp-::nts 8 , 49 , 600 11 o .l-xploitation of Datura SPP with r-' f . to alkoid contents undt r different agroclim?’tic zones of 'lili.'st B e n cia l. 1 ,2 1 ,0 0 0 12* Study cn th^ incidence of 'B' Thalassemia traits in Pregnant wom^n ^ 7,00,000 13. Research Projuct on ’^Forest Water Pearl Culture". 5,55,650 14. Bio-technology for improvement o' some ,;cenomic for^::;st plants » 4,0 6,900 4 15. Singlo ce il fat from oil sued Carbohydrates and o th e r Carbohyi±att' sources 8 6,000 16« Training on Solar energy for rural puoplc; for G ntreoruneurship with emphasis on solar utilics & s mo k . 1l s s c h LI 11^' h 31,200 17. Study cn the prc^spuct of cultivation of sugarcanc as an alternative of Jute inDalpaiguri. 1,17,000 l8o Effect of humus on germinaticn cf cereals und r salinr conditiono 7 5,600 19. Biological ccntc.xt of mustard plant infested aphids coccineltids (Ccleopttra). 40,000 20. Preparation :f Coal briquette from Bagrak3ta coal "ind char coal dust blend. 80,0 00 21. GeotherrrBl resource evaluation of Bakresuar Thermal Spring Ar , a, 3,08,200 22. S.tudi^. s on factors determining aroim content in Scnt; d R ice. 1,62 ,0 0 0 23. Study of ^Multipurpose Rural Developniint using C ry o g e n ic and a l l i e d mat hods-.- - ..... 6,0 6,000 24. Survt-iy of existing yind m ills of liJest Bengal by F0SE.T-. 16,940 25. DGvelopment of suitable man gement practices for club root of mustard. i,25,600 26« Epidemiological Studies on intestinal practice infec tions in the CRAliJUJS of Ut st Bengal uith Spl. ref. to Trematod-So 1,97 ,500 27. Biotechnology for improvement of Shores Robusta. 3,79,900 2 8 . Potash Salts from Muscovite : A Pilot Plan study. 3,23,000 29. Studius on victor mosquitoes of Ut st Bengal, 14,42,400 1,27 ,38,570 Thus, bjL have 29 project proposals with us worth Rs,127*30 lakhs. Five of them (Sl, 3,5,6,14 and 24) were already processed and cleared by erstwhile 'jJest •etngal Science “ Technology Committee. These uiere r^-^ferred to Development & Planning DuPtt, for issuance of necessary Govt. Order. Di'ring last minute rush of clearance of such c^ses in f^'iarch 1988, these five casts escaped notice. The total amount involved in these five crises is Rs.l2 , 41 ,640 • Out of remaining 24 projects of Rs, 1,14,96,230 some w" re referred tOT3xperts. From our past experience ijjL; have si-wn thcit experts rejt^ct about 60^ of the prcj.jcts, 40^ of Rs.l ,14,96,230 works out to 45,98,492. Adding Rs. 12,41,640 with this figur-J total R&D scheme w ill be around f\s, 58 ^ 40 1 jkhs. ^n 1988~89 we have a plan allocation of Rs*27 lakhs of which Rs.l5 le khs w ill be required few on-going sci'iemes. ^once Rs,12 lakhs w ill be available this year for th:^^se schemes. In 1989-90 the requirement for the present on«Qcing schem-.s may be of tlx^ order of Ri. 10.91 lakhs, 'uJe may keen a pr.-yision of Rs» 29.09 lekhf; for tne new schLmes the total R&D projects being Rs. 40 lakhs. Sinci-. the t. stimated requirement for the new schemes already receiv^-d isR3.58.90 lakhs cf which R3.12.00 lakhs ana Rs.29.09 lakhs r.-ey be released in 1980-89 end 1989~90 r-sp -ctive ly tl^'lDalsncu w ill hav- to be ru^l^ased in 1990—91. I 5 Rural ijr.y, SQhcmus is our main thruot area, Uc arc gotting roquiremtints for vSt.tring up a fi.w f^ini 3ut:^ M ills, Pottary projc.cts fcr improving the inccmo 1..VU 1 of rural artisans which may alsc h?.Vw tc bo r<2pt.ot^d g lsouh<-;ri:^. Honco •sllocaticn cf R3,25 lakhs is quit'- small. Popularisaticn and Sci^ncu publication is ant'th^r thrust area in uhich a rr^jor bri-:"k through is oxP-ct:.d in 19 89-90. In vi^uj v-'f tho fact th^-'^t th is is b neyly crtab-d Departm.. nt submitting i t s f i r s t a n n u a l p la n , soin- amount of f l e x i b i l i t y in d if fc .r a n t h-ads may bo ru q u irw d* Pro-QramfitJ uf the Dayjlopment & Planning D->'partmsnt t^ati'^nal Inform atic Centro . N ^ t ic n a l In f o r m a tic C L 'n trJ o f th e D ep artm en t o f E l o c t r c n i c s , Go\A:jrnmDnt of India has cxt^nctd computor facilitie s tc the State for effoctiue implcmD- tation of th*3 programme .^f creating appr _priatd computor based inform atic systum in thf- Stat^ . Accordingly sup.r mini computors u iH bo installed in the State capital and micro“computor .at the district headquarters. The net-uork y ill use sattelitc communication for cnnn-cting the district centres ^nd th- State c>-mtr'-. with the Regional Computer. £untre„ in thJ country uhich for Egster n R egicn i s located at BhubanesuBr • □ \AJ lopment & Planning Department has initiat^ed a mowe for setting up a National Informatic Contra in the State and a Committe.j known as National Informatic Centre, State Co-ordination Committoe (iMSCC) has beun constituted. A memo cf und..rstapding has also btxn sigrPd bet;jC’en NIC & State GovAJrnmcnt of India w ill incur considerable expenditure in this rospt.’ct. State Government w ill also beun proportionate expenditure for implemi^ ntation cf the Scheme. The programme of setting up of the NIC - NET centre is already under way. Hence, it is propo3^.d that a token provision of Rs.5.00 lal 1989-90. 2* Centre for manaQwm.nt of Estuarinu & Coastal Zon<'^s in UJest 3enoal. DevL?lopm.:,nt & Planning Dc;partm^;nt h'-s set up a Comfriittee for setting up a C ntre for n'nagjm^nt of Estuarine & Coastal Zones invest Bengal at the instance of th- C'partment of Ocean Covajlopm^.nt, Govt, of India o The Con^mittoe has s in c e p re p a re d a p r c ju c t p r o f i l- fr-r Llio prop osed C;;Dntre and i s now engaged in drawing up a d.triled report. Ce ntra 1 A ssista nee is likely tc be available in respect of this Proqranime and the State w ill have to bt;ar tN-’ cost on account of infrnstructure facilitier; and other items. According to the project prcfile State lia b ility w ill be -,f tli- order of R:..7.6D lakhs in the first y.-ar- It is, thercjfcre, pr: oosed that an amount of Rg. 7.60 lakhs may be earmarked in the plan during 1989-90 c B„sid-. s, in order te meat some incidental costs for the members of the Committee in conrfcction with th- mc^etings a token provisic^n of Rs.5,000/- during 1988-89 has b--n proposud* Su.n sin q U n it □ omands cn tht: natural rJscurcu.s of thu StPtc ars gr^ujinQ rapidly due to populrtion growth end ttjchnclcgicGl Jvclution. Cnncoquontly, land U3C pattern is changing fact and becoming intricat.-- uith tim:.. This in turn, is crunting co n flicts in use of natural r<.-BourcJs end gcmorBting o nvironm. nta 1 probloms as a backlash. It h^-Sj th-r-roruj boon increasingly realised that a general system e f ap p ro ach to n ''t u r a l r<-scur-c^8 managcm nt has to be i n i t i a t e d . In t h i s c o n te x t it has, been prcpos d that a centralised remote sensing unit in the state be set up to initiate the process of utilisation remotely sensed data available from tlX! satellit^-i emergency c f serial photograph for a quicker periodical survey of natural r-sourc s and system monitoring rf changes of land cover, land use, cropping pattern^ hydrological conditions and identification of environmental hazard zont'si - -- The fa c ilitie s of the centre w ill bo open to other user dc par tm(.'nt s , such as Irrigation & Uaturuays Department, Forest Department, Tourist Dcf:0rt“ ment, Agriculture Department, Public Works Department, T 5 P, Fishery Dii^part- nnent, Land & Land R-forms, Urban Dt vt-lopment Department and Area Deve loprrtj nt > D istrict Planning Authority, Department of Environment, etc. Developm-nt & Planning Department being the coordinating department, w ill bo thu nodal department for remote sensing activities in the state, Uith this urid in viou, the department has already initiated a move to set up a Cuntre of Remote Sonsingo So, an allocation of R3,io.QO lakh is proposed to be included in th^ Plan for 1989~90 • l COLOGY ArviD Ei\i\iIRONnEf\lT Pro or amm'..:^ of t h ‘~- E n v iro n m jn t De p^~r t ment. The Dopartm-. nt o f E n viro n m e n t was s e t up in 3u no , 1982 as a 'NODAL* Dbpartm^nt for dir.-ction and co—crdination of measures for abating environmental pollution, for environmt:nt 1 protection and for promoting de\/elopment consistant with environmental conservation- I . ii.NWIRONnE.NTAL IMFORr.ATION ANO AjjAREN ESS PROGRAFiHE . The long history of - nvironmtntr. 1 degradation calls for a ll round efforts toujards protection and improvem. nt o! environmont. It is necessary, in the first instanc , to arcuso public intorest about : nvironmenta 1 aw arss» Grants ar^ paid to nor>-go verme nt institutions for organising seminars, exhibitions, other awareness programmes ctc. Thi- Depertm‘-nt brings ' ut posters, leal L;ts etc. on environmental iosues for distribution amongst th'- public, Somt2 publications, in this regard have already b en issued and the following publications are proposed to bw issued during 1988~89 S 1) Environm^ntal Status R^-port for tlie State 2) Compendium on Environm ental Guidf.^ lint; s « I •'t* RESEARCH ANO_ pEUELOmENL The programm... o f E n v iro n m e n ta l R e s o a rc h and S t u d ie s i s anoth-^-r m ajor ‘ .-,o-n+-m.-nf . Thfcrv nro s e r io u s u n v ir onm^ nta 1 problem s in 1^7 difforont arco.s. Grants aru f:Bid to different institutions and Univorbity prcfussi.TS for undi^rtsking rosGr?.rch ^'^nd studi-s in diffcront orons. 'aJht3r^veJr thwTG is r’. tbchnrlogy paper cP-tr. b?.sc is net up-to-d£’-to. It h?s b n prcpcsud to sanction, gra nts during 1988-89 undcir this prc- gramrrio fc:r d iffrr nt rascarch projucts, soma of which nr-: indiccitod bclouj S- 1) Studies on in£^-:cticid> s/pesticides r.nd th:.ir imp'-ct on - nvirc nrrunt and hoalth. 2) Env;ir on mental impf^ct analysis of th- nvir onmu nt around ^arj^-'cling Toyn. 3) Hcnitoring of insucticid3s/pr:>3ticid'3 rusiduos in odibl^ fishes in fresh uator pond. 4) Studiis on oxt_;nt of uotor pollution and its sffocts in somo me.jor lnk3s in and around Calcutta. I I I . I|v]PROyE|viE|Vr OF ZOOLOGICAL GARDEMSc At prfT'S^.nt, tujo Z o o lc o ic a 'l Gar ob ns-Alipore Zoological Garden and Padnirxj't Naidii rlimalnyan Zoological Park, DarjaGling aru i.iidjr the administra— tiu'j control vf the DGpartmont of Enuironment. Grants are paid tc these Zoo Gardens by the State Gov^rnnx^nt for their a ll round dovclopment* In the Plan Budg^-t fr>r 1988—89, a provision of 13*0 0 lakhs l-ias been suggested fer financing different devolopmont schemes of the Zoo Gardens. An indicat if n cT somo of the schemes is giuen b.^ low s- 1 ) Rt'novation of Rhino enclosure at Aiiporu Zoo* 2 ) Construction of Group *D* staff quarters of Alipcre Zoo* 3) So il ccnservatii n work and extension of foot path; of Darjo;;ling ■Zoo, 4) Icpine nt of La ku area ■ in Alipore Zoo • 5) Rcc:"nstruction of collapsed boundary wall of Darjeeling ZoOo 6) Construction ef catch uatu r drain, wooden staff quarters, renovation of aviary of Darjouling Zoo. e x t e n s io n of ZOO fiARDEN The Alipore Zoo is new locatod io an ovjr-crowdod area of the City of Calcutta, Th.j Garde^n has nt- scope for its extens.ion« The animals of the Zoo are much strained by the hustle- and bustlo of th^^ tT'wn. It is, th-refore, fc;lt njcossary to establish an'oth^r Zoo in any place f>;.ar C" Icutta/[lowrah« Suitable sit- for tb-^ purpos- is being selucted for acquisition. .A provi- s i::. n c f . 5 .G 0 la k hs h'' s be on su ggo s t e d f c r t he yoa r 198 8-8 9 f or ire t in g t he pr>-liminrry expensos in this c nn^^ction such as land requisition and d 1 rpmu;nt or s t s . I ° 8 ^ • LLOYJ BOT.^^NIC r/\RDE|\!c The Llcy'd Botanic Gnrd^n is th^:. '.nly high altitude fa c ility of its kind in th- uholu ccuntry. Th^ Gardt^n, though a tourist nttr-f^ctiun in Darjcoling, is prim^’rily intended tc? prcvid^ rLsr>rrch and ccnscruQ"' tion fa c ilitie s tcj students cf Boti?-ny c?;nri scholars. prLiV/isicsn cf Rs*4*0D lakhs h-r s boun cuggL.stGd in the Plan Budget fr.T 1988-69 fcx rc~ novaticn, rcp-^ir and improuomtnt ■■ f t ho Herbarium Glrss Hcusu', Nursery and Orchidiun of tho’ Garden* V I. i#.TER AND POLLUTION,., Th'-= ^Gst Bengal Pollution Crntrcl Board administers th^ C ntral Acts for Control and aba-tomunt of Air and Wator Pollution in tho 3t-"t:-# T ho B.jard also adm inisters thi^- liiotcr (Pro vent ion and Control of Pollu- ■> ; .1 tion) Caso Act 1977* Tho provisi ns o f'’tho"*latu^t Environment(Protoction) A c t , 198 6, w i l l a l s o bu a d m in is te r e d by the s a id Board * In tho Plan Budgot for 1988-89 j a pi?owision of 33.50 lakhs has b-en suggcstocj ifrr implementation of the follouing schcm*.^s under the programme for Prevention cf Water, industrial and Air Pollution. 1. Strengthening of Regional Offices and Laboratorios '• Barrac kpur• '' 2. Sotting up of a nt-w Reggiena 1 Offico with Laboratory fa c ilitie s at Siliguri. 3. £stablishrrf:nt of a Central Air L-boratory for the Board, 3M • Further modernisation of the Cwntral Uater Lcboratory rf tho B o a rd . 4- Survey cf Air Pollution at Calcutta. 5. Ambient ^ir quality monitoring at Calcutta. 6. Ambient air quality monitorinq at different locations outside C a lc u t t a . 6^ • Monitoring of water quality of differ nt water courses in the S t a t e o 7. Publicity and mass c'mtnunications programmes* 8* Imple iBJ ntat ion of the provisions I'f tho- Environm) nt(Protect ion) Act, 198 6 i n th^- S t a t e . 9. Grnga Action Plan. ^ J - 1 X. GEMSRAL ECONOMIG^SERVICES. Secretariat Economic Services. ^ State Planning Organisation s: , The State Planning- Org.anis at ion was const it irted in I 98O -81 •under the scheme- ^’Strengthening of Planning Machj,nery". Necessary provision is being made eveyear to meet the organisational expenses of the State Planning Organisation, IMder the organisation a nmber of ^■ro'':^ ^ A’ posts and Technical Experts and one post of Joint Secrew-ry and-one post of J m i o r Accom tant have been created . and filled . With the''introduction of decentralised planning and establishment of Planning Committees at District and Block levels, the State Planning * Bo p.rd requires to be strengthened vxith technical and s-upporting non-technical staff, Fi:irther, the State Planning Board has to mdertaKe publica tion of documents and maintain a good reference library. The Board therefore, needs eq.uLpments in connection with its official work. Hence a s-um of Rs.O .^0 lakh has been-proposed to meet the capital expenditure on tliis account in I 989-90 . The State Planning Board has constituted a number of Study Groups i*elating to Galcubta Metropolitan Area Perspective Plan and projects on research studies v/ould be taken up in this connection, for which expenditure during I 989-90 is likely to increase considerably. With all these in view, the Plan outlay of Hs.7,50 lakhs has heen. proposed for the year 1989-90 . * Survey ajid Statistics , B u reau of Add lie d Econoraics & vStatistics . 1 • Micro Processor unit and data entry'svstem; Scheme regarding micro processor unit and data entry system is intended to meet fully the current and future requirement of data processing of the Bureau in :^eplacem.ent of the existing conven tional data processing system which has become obsolate in these days. The scheme could not be inplemented during the past years of the plan period 0Ad.ng to administrative difficiXLties . It haS been proposed to implement the scheme during the current, year and the anticipated expenditure during. 1988-89 is expected to be of the order of 2.00 lakhs. The scheiae is also proposed to be continued during 1989-90 for wl'iich an outlay of Rs.7.00 la.khs will be necessary, 2. Strengthening of the Analy^^ical Ga-pabilities ; The scheme has also been approved for inplementation during the 7th Plan period for developing appropriate expertise for effective analysis and interpretation of the already available data for w e of the Govomment. The scheme entails staff strengthen J - 2 of (fifteen) employees. The Staff proposal is -under considera-.- tion of the Government and an expenditure of Rs.2,00 lakhs is anti cipated for implementation o f the scheme during t h 3 current finan cial year ( 1988-89) . As this will be a continuing schemes, an-- outlay of P5.3.00 lakhs is proposed for the coming year ( 1989-90) • Civil Supplies, Programme o f the Food ^ d Ci v il Supplies Dep.^rtment. 1 • Mode m i Sat ion of In„spection and Quality Go nt,ip;i Director g^te Laboratory a^id InstyJ.la,tion of two testin ^ "X a,bor?:^tories at .Durg^pur ?^d Silig;uri i Food & Supplies Department has a QiJality Central Laboratory- under the Directorate of-Inspection and Quality Control. This- labo- ri.tory was set \:p in pre-partition days and the analysis was lim ited t^o rice and whe ^jb only. But of late its use have been increased in manifold works covering anal3^is of varioiis food articles such as wheat, edible oil, oil seeds, wheat products, bread, pulses etc. As such the laboratory requires up-to-date ins.truments as a step to its modernisation and efficient functjoning. Besides^ two zonal laboratories (one at Durgap'ur in Bardhaman district and other at Siliguir in North Bengal) have been decitied to be set ip for analysis of Ibod articles duly equipped with'modem instruments . 2# Implement at ion o f Cons uiner. F rot e ct ion , 1986 % For protection of inte..*ost of consumers the. Government of - India enacted the Consumer Protoction Act in 1986 and as per provi sion of tho Act the St,ate Government will have to constitute a State Commission at the State level .and one District Forum in each district, rlecess^ry rulers have been frajTied by the State Government. There vjill be paid members in the Commission and Forums. Appoint ment of staff will also.be req’uired in the Commission - and the . Forums, It is hop-d that tlB .State Commission and same of the District Forums will start functioning shortly. The estim.ated vi’ec-urring cost for the , bodies in the entire State along with non-recurring expenditure including that for purchase of vehicles and fuel would be considerably high. o t h e r G'MSRAL ECONOMlC^SERp:CES. 1 . District Planning s Development & Planni ng De-partnpnt. The institution:alise.d dec^'^ntralised Planning system intro duced in West Bengal f rom the first y2ar of the Seventh Pla.n has a three-tier machinery at the loc iL level. In the district, there are t x^^o t ie rs - one a do lib e rat i ve an d ’ app rovin g body de s i gn at e d aS the District Planing and Co-ordination Co^oncil (EPCC) and the ot he r be In g t he . e xe c i arm o t he IP C C f u'lc t ion s as t he a ct ual contd. , , , , J - 3 Planning agency and is as the District Planning C.omTnittee (EPC) • At the "block level, the Planning agency is the Block Planning Committee (DPC), ‘ * The essential idea is to decentralised the formulation and - implementation of Plan progra^onies to the extent possible, to resol ve pressing local problems per the perceptions of the common people and more fmda^Tientally to involve the populace in the Planning process, •The Plaiining Gonimittees have been so constituted at the local level as to give d-ue and adeqiiate repr esentation of the peoples ‘ rep res ent atives and t he rural bure aucracy--i ,e , electe d P ^ c h a 3^ats, MLAs, W s and district and block-1 evel-officers of the fmctional department, The Minister of the district is the Chairman of the D.P.G.G*, Sabhadhipati, Zilla Paris had, Chairman of the D.P.C, and Sabhapati, PanohayatvSamity, Chairman of the D.P.C, The District Magistrate is the Member-Secreto^ry o f both the EPCC and the D.P*C , the B.D.O. acts as the Member-Secretary of the EPC, The D.P.C. and" the B.P.C* have been conceiled as the •umbre lla organisation which will if-unction as th o catalysts of development at the district and block l e v e l . The programnies and activities o f *■ the line departemonts are being chann.alised tlirough these organisa tions: ..Tbe deTDarbments furnish the district and block-wise break--up of the schemes along with their financial projuctions to the D.P.C, ^d..^,P,C* after conpleting the disaggregation - exercise of their' plan b-udgetv Thereafter, the' district and block level officers are finalising the priority and location of the schemes in consultation and ivd-th the advice of these bodies. Our exp.rience of the three and half.yaars goes to suggest that there ha^ beon much he ad-way in - achieving tliis borizontfal co-ordination which is one of the import ant p re-requisite s for the success of decentralised planning. • Plow of institutional credit has to be ensured in the priority sectors so that it simplements i-ove^-’nmantal effect in the local developm--nt, Dovetailing district credit plan into the district p l a n assumes importance in tM.s respect. While the constitution of ■ “ the dist---ict Planning Conimittc:e envisages district level officers ■ of the banks as the invitees as and when necessary, the dovetailing . exercise is coraplet.-^d after interaction between the.DoP^C, and-the • lead bank of the district. The "low of the credit-deposit ratio in the districts is scrutinised end raised, where fomd necessan^-* The ticklish issues which defy sol^Ition at the local level are reported to the State Planning Departijt-nt and t he letter, in turn, take them to the State L .^vel Bankers’ CommitteG for setblc-m.ent, contd.... J -■ 4 The methodology of planning that has heen adopted is that block Specific ,and ramicipality-speclfic secheiues v;hich have heen incluied in the Block and m-unicipality plans are integrated at the district level in the District Plan dociment. The prioritisation is made according to local needs and availaMlity of fmds . The draft dociJ^Tient is discussed in the State Plajnning Board which is attended by the officials of the line departments* The S,P*B. examines it onethe lines of Stnte^priorities and unties the knots which stojid in the way of horizontal co-ordination, Moreg-ver, a view is taken at the St ate-level in respect of the schemes which Jiave inter-district overtones. The District Planning Committee incorporates the advice, where necessary, in the document and places the Same before the D.P.C.-Ce for approval. The D;P,C,, while formulating t he district Plan, determines ^the critical gap of developmont wMch is the total requirement of fund to finance the schemes enlisted in the document as par the i perception of the people minus the a vailability o f resources from the possible sources including institutional finance, A separate budget head has been introduced in the state v/ith effect from 1985-86, n^iraely » District Plan Schemes’ (DPS) under the administra tive Control of the Development & Planning DepartrrPnt and funds are placed at the disposal of the district plrinning authorities to meet this gap. Allotment of fund on accomt of D,P«S, is contingent on the approval of District Plan document by the D.PoC.C, and incorpor ation o f theso critica lly inportant schemes in i t . District Planning Committee is empov/ered to approve schemes with e s t i n t e d costs not exceeding Rupees Five laJ^h3, while the Block Planning Committee has the powek* to approve block-specific-schemes with estimated costs not exceeding Rupees fifty t>x)USand, The po-./er to approve schemes -u?)to a certain value by the local Pl.'jnning bodies without reference to the Stat/other authorities is a step towards achieving financial,, decentralisation. In I 987-88, Rs,2^i- crores was allotted under ItiLstrict Plan Schemes (IPS) and there is a provision of Rs.20 crores in the current year,-An outlay of Rs,21,^7 crores is proposed under this head during I 989-90 . Ap^rt from meeting the critical gap, special fmd flows to the Districts as an additionalitjr to the norm.al' Di.strict Plan Schemes fund alloca.tion for rex)air and maintenance of ex-zamindari embankments. Normally, Zilla Parisha.ds under the guidance of con cerned officials of Irrigation and V/aterwa}/s DcTiartment function aS Executive -Agency of the District Planning Committee for such flood protection works and timely save life aiid propert;/- of huge areas. In I 987-8B Rs,lo,oO la.khs vjere -^lotted for t he purpose vrhile in 1988-89 already ,an amount of Hs.i^O lakhs have been allotted to J - 5 2 • Prp,g;r.^Gf of ConmiGrce and Ind^;^iG3 . J^p,gi:tl nt,jn]i of .Wej^ghts .,anA MeasiJres . n'npjiyo over to the Metric SYstem of VJeight's and Measures , 1 . 1 The agreed Seventh Plan (1985-90) oiit.lay for this scheme is Rs,100,00 1 ‘Xns , The following prograriime has been taken tip for implementation diii'ing th;'^ Seventh Plan s- a) RationaJ.isation of the Head Qiiarter Office of the State Weights and Measures Organisation. h) EstahlishiPx^mt of the Regional Secondary Standard LalDora- tory at Siliguri. c) Strengthening of the existing District Offices and Inspectorial mits of Weights a n d Measures Organisation ; and d) Setting up of the Calibration Unit for Taxi metres, Storage t.anks etc, 1.2 During "rhe current financial year i .e . 1988-89, a sum of Rs.12.00 lakhs has been released out o f which Hs*9 ,0-0 lakhs is earmarked for the purchase of working models, bc?J.ances and other equipments The departmental building at Kankurganchi, Calcutta is being ext.ended, En.forcemnet Vling, Law Cell, Central Laboratory, inspectorial mits and District Offices of-the VJeights and Measures Organisatio/i are being strengthened to meet the increased work-load for ensuring consumer’s interest in the State, _ - 1.3 During 1989-90 a sum ,of T;5,l6,00 lakhs \dJil be r e q u i r e d for carryijig ouo the prograiM3 s for streni^chening the different units o f the Weights and Me?iSures 'Organisation and piorchase o f world.ng models, balances etc, A calibration mit for taxi meter, storage tank etc, is b-3ing set -up at Salt Lake for which an expenditure of Rs.^-,00 lakhs is estimated during: 1989-90 tov/a„rds procurement of land, office expenses and maintenance 01 staff. Further, for acquiring a suitable plot of land for corstruction o f an a-drainistrative building for Weights and Measures Wing, a provi.sion-of Rs,10 ,00 lakhs is proposed to be made in the outl.^/ for I 989-90 • 1 ,^ It is proposed that an outl.ay of Rs,30 .00 lakhs be approved for 1989-90 . (JOI1L.U. J - 6 T „ 0 „ I L - H _ T o -uri s t In fr o s t r •got ure s The alloc^.tion for Toiirism in the State Ann-ual-Plan Bijdget for 1988-89 was Hs.126 lakhs . The Plc^ai Outlay for I 989-90 is again Rs.126 lakhs . A draft outlino of the pi,an-proposals for 1989-90'is furni shed inder th^ following H ^ads/S’ub-hcad A . To-urist Gentr-js t i) Floodlighting o f Terracota Ternples a.t Vishn\;pur Rs.o .75 lakhs . The provision is made for maintenance of a.ssets and other expenses in connection \-rith floodlighting arrnngements at Terracota terrples at Vishn-upur. ii) Tourist Resort at Gadiara Rs.O .^0 lakh. The provision is made for site developmut, water supply, - electricity and other e:-cpenses under State component for the sanc tioned C'^htral Sector Scheme o f A ddl, accommodation at Gadiara. iii) Cons trijction of Conference .and accommodation facilities at S.alt Lake Rs.1,00 lakh. ' ' The provision is made for meeting initial expenses in connec tion with preparation of« plan etc, for the tourist complex at Salt Lake , d-v) VJa3^side facilities Rs.2.00 lakhs. The provision is made for Ignd acquisition, site developm^^nt water supply ^^tc, under state component for Central Sector Scheme at Durgapur already sanctioned' .and nlso 'for making provisions for the proposed schemes of wayside facilities at Mecheda, Krishnanagar and othr pl-^ "^s . v> Trekkors*' huts and Day Centre at Bioanbar;t Rs.1,00 lakh. The prc'vision is m*ade for construction of trekkers! huts .and Day Centre at Bijanbari, vL) DevelopmvBit of Mirik as a Tourist Centre Rs.1,00 lakh. The provision is m.ade for State compon'.;nt fe r t he schemes at Miri.k to he executed i-rith Special Central Assistance for Hill Dev-^lopment ^ idi) Developmiint of Teesta Barrage sit>.^ aS a Tourist Centre Rs^l.OO lakh. The proin sion is made for setting up a tourist complex at thd Teesta Barrage site in Deoars, contd J - 7 •vlii) Trekkors’ hiits on Snjidakphu-Phalut trekking route Rs.l.OO l-,kh. The provision is for St^t. ^ coroponent- for the schom'e of reconstruction of 8 Trekk^^rs’ hubs in Srvn.cl'^.kphu-Ph'ilut trekking route proposed to he md.^rtaken with Special Central Assistnjice for H ill Developm mt * B . j?oT:irist Acco:iimod-b ion s i) DeYelopment of tourist fa cilities in the Smderhnjis' Rs,8.0 0 1-ikhs , . • • . The provision is m-.de for State's participation in the proposed Gentr'^d. Scheme for acQ.uisition o f a tourist launch for cruises in the Sunderh^ns , setting i:^ new tourist resorts at Jhar- khali, Knakh^li pjid oth^.cc'places in the Sunderbnns, sotting v q ^ : Tiger Safari .-^jnd croation of other tourist facilities, pjid infras tructure in the Smderhnns , . ^ ii) Construction of a Tourist Lodge at Bigha Rs.22.00 Inkhs . The provision is made for State's participation in the • scheme for c-instruction of a second tourist lodge at Digha with Gent r ->2 assistance, . • iii) Construction of a Touii.st Lodge at Sagar Islond Rs,i,00' l a k h , ^ The provision is m^de for site development and other expenses for construction oft he proposed tourist lodge under the Central Sector Scheme iv) Construction of Yatrika at Sagar Islrmd Rs.1,00 lakh, . The provision is made for extending facilities like vrater supioly, e lec tricity etc. for the scheme of Construction o f a Yatrika hy Bharatiya Yatri Avas Vikas Samiti.'- ■ . ^ v) Tourist accommodation at Gooch.'Behar Rs,l,00 lakh. T h e pro-^.rision is made for Innd acQ.uisition, site development and other expenses for construction of the proposed tourist lodge under th^ Central Sector Schem.c . ^ . vi) Toi;-?ist Accommodation at Fait a Rs,l,00 lakh. The provision is made for land acQ.nisition, side d^-'-velop- mcnt and oth-jr expenses for construction of the proposed tourist 1 o dge un d o r t he C ent r ni. S e ct o r S cheme , \di) Tourist accomiTiodationRstrekkers^ fa c ilitie s in the Western tract of Midjiapor * and Bankura districts Rs.1.00 D.akh, The proTrision is made for land acq'uisition, site developm,ent and other expenses in connection \d-th the smctioned Central Scheme, v iii) Tourist Got targes at Muki:rtmanipur Rs,0 *50 lakh, Th'i p:"ovision is made for l^md acqiD-Sition, site developmeiat and other V/rp'inses for the proposed Central Sector Sch-^me of cons truction of tourist accomjmod^.tion at Mukutmanipur and also for J - 8 meeting m j additional oxpendit-ure in connection \ilth construction o f additional accomrnodption 'undor the State Pl'^n'. ix) Const ruction of additional tourist accommodation at Sant?jiiketan Rs,6,‘;0 laMiS . The provision is madj for 1-^nd acquisition, site development, water s-upply, e3.ectricity njid other expensos uidor the State compo nent for the Sanctioned Gantral Soctor Scheme. x) Construction of Tourist Accom?iiodation at Rampurhat Rs *1 #00 1 akh • ■« The provision is made for construction of tourist accommoda tion at Rexipurhat, xi) Expansion and improvement of th^ touidst lodges Rs,22.00 lakh3, Tho provision is made for expansion of some units nnd impro- VJm>jnt of facilities in the existing tourist lodges* xii) Construction of Tourist Cot tag's^ at Ajodhya rUlls Rs,0.5b I n k h s . The provision is made for water si;^ply, electricity, furni ture, fumisMng etc, under the State conponont for the sanctioned Central Sector Scheme-* xiii) House hoat accommodation of Tourj.st Centrt^s Rs.l.QO lakh. The provision is made for acQ.uisition of ho\:ise "boats for providing tourist accor.F.odation at Some exist jn.g tourist centres at Gadiara, Diamond Harhour etc* and aI.so for Some new tourist centres with wator 'bodios proposed to- he set 'tp at Mathura Beel in North 2V-Parg‘^nas j Piyali in th^ Sunderbms etc* xiv) ToLirist accomnodation at Lowis O"ublloo Snnltariu, ^ Darjeeling I^^42#00 lakhs, Th3 pro-\rision is made for the Stat33componerfc o f tho now blocks at L,J* San.itarj^uii \d.th Spcci.al Centr.al assistance for Hill dcvelopm'Jnt'. xv) Tourist accom_modaction at Tiger Hill totirist Lodge, Darjeeling Rs.l,00 lakh. The pro^/ision is ma.de for thi State component of reconstru ction of Tiger Hill Tourist Lodge proposed to he indurtaken v/ith Special Central Assistance for Hill Dovelopmjnt* xvi) Tourist accommodation in Coochhehar Religious Trust properties at Benaras, Brindavan and at other placed oui:side the State Rs.l.OO la k h . The p'ro'^Tision is m.ade for providing accoriimodation facil_ities to tourists, especially pilgri^ms Benara.s, Brindavan and other places oubsid. the State v/here C*3, Religio.us trust now under a.dministrative sijp arvision of Tourism Departm:ent has propor^.ies. it r l J - 9 • C, ToTirlst Transiport S e r ^^. s Tourist Transport including acq.iiLsition of water crafts Rs.8,00 lakhs . The provision is made for acq.uisiti6n and ronovation of tourist coach3S, majjitc^.anco .of new assets, acquisition of water crafts for river cruises, construction of-tourists garage and other related expenses in connu;ction V ith l^o'urist transport. Ot he r Sxp e n dit ure ? / : i) Toirrism activities of I o c o Jl authorities .and voluntary organisation, grojit-in-^^ad/contri'biTbion Rs,0«^0 lakh. The provision is made for providing tour subsidies to e d uc at io n aJ. in s t it ut i ons * ^ ’ ■' ii) Graation of facii-ities for adventui*e tourism (incluiing trekking introduction of r§,fting cand other water sports) Hs,i,00 l a k h s , : The provision is made for scnctinin-g grants for adventure tourism organisations, cluhs‘,. “e t c ,t r a in in g ‘ for varioi;JS watcJr sports like rafting, kyaking,' canoeing, purchase of equipment for water Sport ,,and other adventure sports like vdnd surfing, para- sailing etc. iii) ’Know Your District’ Rs,o . 2 j l a k h . The pro'^rlsion is made for acquainting school students ^^rith history culture and tourist spots in the respective districts, iv) Creation of infrastructure like approach roa.d, Jetties, ramps, barges t^tc. for tourist centres Rs,5.00 lakhs. The pro\asionas m.ade for Tourism Deptt’ s contribution towards the schemes of construction of approach roads in the tourist conplex- es like Parmadan, Mukutmanipur, etc., construction of jetties and rainps '^nd provision for ba.rges in the S-uriderban area to be executed 3 o in t l y w it h o t he r d op art me n t s / agen ci e s o f t he ot at e Go ve m m en t , direction & A^d.ninistration ; i) Tourist Organisation Rs.1,00 lakh. The provision is made for recruitment of staff and providing tourist infor'nation a.n.d assist-^nce service ...... ii) Organisa.tion of Planning and Pl'in Monitoring Cell Rs.1.00 lakh, ' The provision is m a.de for meeting sala^ries .a n d other con tingent expenses in connection m th setting vp oft he Cell, T r a i n i n g ; Training lakh. The provision is made for providing training facilities to the officers and staff. T o u r i s t i n f o r m a t i o n an d P u b l i c i t y Rs.PO .0 0 l a k h s . The provision is made for publiahing publicity materials, J - io the exWMtions, holding of tourism sendnars, workshops etc. ' H. toyestpent _ j ^ u b3j.c Sector ^nd other TTn^...r+.oTr.-v, ^ . n, n capital of West B^gal Tc’a*lsm Oavelopmrd: Corporation Ltd. Rs.io.oo lakhs. ^ xho provision Is made for broadening the eqiAty structure o f Wesi: Bp=ngal Tourism Developm^ait Coiporatlon L td . K 1 XI. SOCIAL SERVICES EDUCATION General Education ; The financial year 1989-90 is the last year of the Sa/enth Five- Year Flan which started from 198 5-86, The Education Department formulated the Seventh Fivo-Year Plan from a realistic point of view having due regard to the requirepsnts under different sectors of education* The development schemes undertaken during th3 four years of the Seventh Plan period need to be completed in the year 1989~90 and after maeting expenditure on this account some more neu schemes may ba taken up. Having due regard to tho objective of universalication cf Ejdm Titary Edircation and Technical Erlica- tion and taking into CGnsidoraticn of the rticuirements in other sectors of education the Education Department have drai-jn up Annual Plan for 1989-90. Greater anphasis has bean laid doun in the Annual Plan for 1989-90 in the following fields 1, Univtirsalisati-in of Eian-ntary Education, 2, Further broari-.basing of Non- Formal Education, 3, Qualitative improvement and removal of obsoloacmce in related fields,. The State Planning Board, aJopt Bengal has allocated a total provi sion of Rs^8l00o00 lakhs for Education in Ulest Bengal which has been sub divided areaujisR as dr^v.p.iied below s- 1, School Education Uing Rs, 5500,00 lakhs 2, higfier Education lu'ing Rs, 1900,00 " 3, l^acB Edjcation Extension Wing Rs, 700,00 " Rs, 8100.00 lakhs Outlay proposed for differ ait sectors is givon below : r Hfjad of • I Outlay proposed for Dev elo im ent 8 ig09-.90. (Rs.in lakhs^ S c h o o l Ed;Ig,':>ti ‘"n_ IJin o j 1c, Primary E jucation . 1134.06 2, Secondary Educrtion 34',0.39 3, Special Education 70.41 Pro-Univorsity Educ-^tion 315,28 5, Gm eral 23.00 6, Physical Edunation 43,86 7, Sccii^l iiieirare 85.00 8 , Nutrition 415.00 5500.00 B, Higher Edu-^^atinn j 1, Special Edtjcation 56,00 2, University & other Higher Education 1010,00 3, Genr^ral 6 3,00 4, Physical Education 6 0 ,0 0 5, .Art & Culture 8 1 ,0 0 6 , Technical F-ducation 6 3q.00 dd> ______K J[ Hsad of j[ Outlay proposed for jj t Developmont } 1989~9n. (Rs,in lakhs^ Y j C* Hass education Extension ; 5 1, Spscial Education j f i a) Douelopfnent and EIxpension I of Library Services, 27 5*00 j b) Adult education 425,00 A. Prooramme of the School E^dication Department Eiarientary Education/school Education In conformity with the objectiv/eof universalisation of Primary Education the State Gove rnment has b^sen implemc’nting various programmes during the last ten y^ars. Every effort is being made to re.-ch the target of providing school education to all the children up to the age of 14 years by 1990, Uptill now it has bean possible to bring all the children up to the age o f eleven to schools. Above 6 5% of children belonging to the ag 8- group 11 to 14 have been covered under the Scheme of Free and Compulsory Primary Education, touring the last feui yenrs a numbi r of neu schools at Primary and lower Primary levels have been set upj school buildings constructed? vari ous incentive programmes for motivating the people undertaken end a good number of additional teachers inducted. The State Government have decided to control and m?nage the exis ting nine categories of Primary Schools in a uniform manner through a com- prf^hensive legislation. During 1989^90 priority will be given to the task of upgradation of Primary School buildings. The standard of Primary Schools will be improved through the programme of ”0pp-ration Blackboard” with the assistance from the Central Government, The progranmes for construction of Prim ay School buildings htua to ba strengthen ad. Due emphasis has been laid down to the development of Primary Education in the areas inhabited by the Scheduled Castes and Tribes people and necessary provisions have berji kept apart in the Tribal Sub Plan and Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castfjs, The number of student at the SucL->ndary level has doubled djring the last ten years to carry out the responsibility towards the increasing number of in-takes properly and to attract larger number of childrLn to schools, it has been decided th^t the following steps need be pursued j- 1, Setting up additional number of schools, 2, Construction of school buildings, '3, Supply of furniture and equipment, 4, Improvement and cxpension of library and laboratory services, 5, Creation of adequate number of posts of teaching and dd/ non-teaching staff. K 3 A subst>=«ntial portion o f the provyisions made in the Secondary Sector is to be utilisod to msGt tha aboVG nticessities. As a natural corollary to the rapid incroase of the number of students at Secondary level the number of students at the Higher Secondary iGWel has also been going up quickly. The main anphasis for 1969-90 in School Education Sector is consi dered to be renovation/reconstruction of the GouGrnment School buildings which had not been eff cxitiv; ely repaired during the last tuio decades. By introdjcing Nadrasah Education as a part of Special Education and changing thf:: syllabus the State Government has brought about a radical iniprovem‘5nt in the field without minimising the scape of religious instrac- tion the curricula have b 3on changed to cop a with tha present ago and to extend the facilities according to the necessity of the people. There is, of COU5SQ, a dearth of teachers in Hadrasahs, Due to financial stringency smaller provision has- t6 b,e made fqr dcvel-ipment of Hadrasah Education in the field of Special Education, lilith the lim ited fund in the School Education Sector due emphasis has beai given to Physical Education from the school l 3vel for building up physical fitness of tha children and providing proper facilities to tho talanted children. Provisions have been made for extending facilities for games and sports through various set-up of the schools at Secondary level. Provisions have bcse'n made for improvement in th'i functioning of the Social lUelfare Homes managed by the State Government ?nd Voluntary Organisations, There? is a national consensus of covering all Primary School children under Hid-day n^al PtogrammG with a target of the feeding days in a year at a cost of 70 paise per day par head. On the basis of next year's projection of enrolment an additional provision of Rs,1,00 crore over the current financial year's provision of Rs.3,15 crores has been suggested under tho head ’’Nutritioni! The year 1989-90 being the last year o f t he Seventh Plai as per the State Government’s recommendation in the field of School Education efforts w ill be concentrated on maintenance and consolidation rather than incremental development, B, Programme of the Higher Education Department Higher Education • ••••••••••••• «• 1» Special Education In the sphere of Spociai Education provisions have bem made for de'VQlopment of regional languages including grant of Rabindra Memorial, Bankim memorial and V idyasagar Hemorial Prizes, promotion of Urdi, develop ment & maintenance of West Bengal State Book Board, publication of Rabindra Rachenabali and financial assistance to the eyninont Saiskrit Pandits etc. d d / K 4 A proposal for setting up a Hindi Acadumy in th;i Stata is also under consi deration of the State GoVGrnmont, -A small provision of Rs, 56,00 lakhs has boen mado for Special Education. 2, University Education Allocations proposBd for tho University Education in the Plan Sector comprise the following 1* Deveiopmant of Universities, 2, Stitting up of a new University at Hidnapore, 3, Establishment of Institute of correspondonee'courses. The Plan allocations for tho current financial year (1988-89) for the i^ove three heads are as follows 1, R s , 200 la c s 2, Rs, 100 lacs, 3, Rs, 20 lacs, out of th9 aforesaid allocations of Rs,200 lakhs tht; State Government has so far been able to incur an axpi-nditure of Rs, 1,n2,04, 482 t ill date. The said expenditure was incurred for purchase of Books & Dournals, furnituru and equipments & implementation of Constructional Programme und^iir 6th and 7th Pl.a n s, Apart from this, various proposals are pouring in from tho different Universities for implementation of tho constructional projects assisted by the State Government on cunt, percent basis, such as construction of 2nd campus of the Calcutta University at Alipore, Construction of Administrative buildings of the Universities of North Bengal and Burduan etc. As far the setting up of Uidyasagar University at I’lichapore ue have since received a proposal from the University for construcx tion of building during the third phase. The matter is under process and the amount of Rs, 1 crore as has been provided during the current financial year is toe inadaquate to embark upon, the implementation programme. It is expected that the said amount w ill be utilised in ne?;r future as soon as tha proposal j.s clea red in consultation with other agencies. Since the Uidyasagar University is a growing one and the University has not yet been able to attract the U,G,C, assistance the entire financial liab ility is likely to be borne by the State Government, As for Establishment of the Institute- of Correspondence Course the matter has already been taken up with the Cc^lcutta University regarding tha proposer^’' affiliatio n f the Institute, The matter is s till under consideration. / K - 5 3, Collaqjate Education (a) Goue^rnmGnt Collagtas ~ No larga-scale planned building programme for Gou irnm-snt c o lle g e s u e ra under tak e n in thc^ rw cen t p a s t le a d in g to a s t a t o of stagnation and acute shortage of space. To make a b re a k th ro u g h , a nufoijvrr o f c o n s tr u c t io n programmes Ui^re taken up in 1987-58 and 1'388~89. Totr^l bu'igot provision for 19B8~89 wqiG Rs, 3o lakhs for the constituent colleges, Rs. 45 lakhs for other Government Colleg es and Rs. 3q lakhs for neu Gowarnmerit Colleges- The. same amount w ill bt- needed for constitua'it Colleges and neui Colleges in 1939-50, In the case of the former, the amount w ill be utilised for continuing the rmouation of Eden Hindu Hostel, initiating the construc tion of a much needed Economics and Geology complex at Presidency College and of Staff-quarters at Darjeeling Government Collugo, For the new Govemr-iont Collages, the amount w ill be needed for t completing construction racrk already in itiated at HaUia Gove^rnmerit College, For the other Government. Colleges, provision h'=>s been made for the following reasons 1, Construction of a three storeyed Geology building, at Durgap<(r Government College, a new Science block at Lady Braboui ''e College , and Second floor of the Science block ct BeLhune College 'j'era iii.iti at*:-; j J.n 1D87—SB or * H-J and a t,mall part o " the esl.inated exucnditui-J ujas san::- - tioned namely Rs. 4 lakhs to Dijrgapur, Rs<> Ir.khs to Brabourno Rs.-.x lakhs to Bethune.. bJork is now going at f'.ll pace and it luill je r.eces-.c.ry !.□ • tion further grant to the first two coller^s and to bethtine uolj-ye in 1989-90 to ensure speedy completion of the woi-k, 2, Construction of a new buildlr.^ at i^aiil?v',a AzaJ College was started at th3 beginning of t h s sa'^enth plm^ No funds were sane cion ed in 1988-89, It w ill be necessary to sanction furt!‘i-;r expenditure to maintain the progress of work. j , 3, Construction of a Science block at Barasat Government College has been a long-felt n^ecessity, further grant to ensure speedy progrsts of the work is r.quested, 4, The Arts building at A.B^N.Seal College is over a century old and almost unusable. Construction of a new buildif.g for i-'umcriti es is an urgent necessity. For new Government Colleges, th o proposexl expenditure is essential b e ca u se j- 1, At Bidhannagar College the total expenditure on salaries is e3timated tc be Rs, 25 lakhs in 1988-89, the amount is expected to go up .tf - to R s , 3q lakhs in 19 89-90 as no vac .ant posts are fille d up« At leas I, Rs, 15 lakhs w ill be needed for purchase of bonks, equipment and furniture.. The college is a pew one and the library and laboratories are not yet well- eq uip p ed . K ^ 6 2, Tha Haldia GoVf rnment Colliig t3 has been just op'Sied, The expendi t u r e on s a l a r i es in th e c u r r e n t y3 ar w i l l ba nominp.1, but in 1989—90 . i s astimatesd to be Rs, 15 lakhs. Tha college doos not hav/e a library as yet. It is necGssary to build up a minimum stock of bonks. Four science subjects aro du3 to ba introcliced in the 1989-90 session, /^t least Rs, 10 lakhs w ill ba needed to purchase equipment and furniture for the laboratories and class roo^is, (li) Non-Govo rnm ant CoiiBQes ' ■ In the case of existing collages, the total estimated expenditure is Gxpectod to gn down from the revised estimate for 1988-89 to' the bucket estimate for 1989-90* While the expenditure on salaries w ill go up, due to paym^ant of bonus, interim relief and increased 0,A., that on non-salary items w ill go dnujn som^-ujhat because most of the matching grents h-^we been rGler>sed, and the bulk of the proposed estimate for 1989-90 w ill be to pro- vido gr.'^nts for up-gradation nf the colleges by improving library and labo- r^^.tory f a c i l i t i e s . For nt.-iuly set-up c o llie s and rtivsrsification of streams therG w ill b.-3 a substantial increase in the estimates for 1989-90, This is due to s- 1, fillin g up of posts and submission of salary claims by the Colleges, Hany colleges were: unable to submit any claims in • the current year. As many of the colleges have started func tioning normally, vacant posts are being fille d up, salary claims w ill gn up substantially in the coming year, 2, A ffiliations for new subjects/streams have bE30n granted to both old and new colleges. Additional posts created for these are expectec' to be fillecJ up before the next session so that salary claims on this account w ill go up consifit^rably in 1989— 90 . 3, The expf^nfiiture on nort-v«5alary items also w ill go up for reasons sim ilar to those stated above. Any shortfall in thw above estimate w ill allow dDwn the divursificntion of courses and introduction of new subjects and may gv ai prevent paym'^t of salaries to the staff of the 37 newly set up colleges,•Thus this additional expenditure is essen t i a l and una\,/Qi d a b le . It should be made clear that the proposed budget estimates for 1989-90 do not provide for 1986 U,G,C, pay scales, but are calculated on the basis of existing pay scales, 4, Physical F-ducation Steps have beon taken by the State Gov^mm.ent for quantitative expension and qualitative development of the physical education programmes in the Hinher institutions inclu'^inq B.E!,d, Collequs in the State, K » 7 C, PrnqrammQ of the Hass Education Dep-^^.rtment Adult Education s Hass Education Extension a) Thva major thrust of adult educ^^tion in Ijdt^st Bangal has so far boen mado through Rural Functional Literacy Projects 35 of uihich hsw e been Gstablishod and aro being run throughout the State under the State Plan on tho same pattern fclloUQd in tha case of Central Sector Rural Functional Literacy Projects, W ith th e la u n c h in g o f N a t io n a l L i t e r a c y H is s io n fmm P'lay, 1988 throughout'the country to improwe both covrraga and quality of the adult literacy prog.ramfnes the Government of India hav/o revised the pattern of the ongoing schemes and introduced institutionalised arrangement for post-lite racy programme through setting up of 3 ana Shiks?=n Milayf^ns, 3qo G.S.Ns h a ve been sanctioned under the State Plan in this State. Govt rnment feels that greater involuement of Panchayati Raj Insti tutions is essential to ensure proper coverage throughout thte State, It has, therefore, been decided that 2Q Doyelopment Blocks nf the state w ill be. taken up for intensive adult illite ra cy eradication programme to be implemented by the Panchayat Samities at the block level. Of these 20 D»ev o- lopm 9nt blocks, 10 new projects @ Rs. 14.45 lakhs per project to be implo- mentod through Panchayats w ill bo be borne by the State Government and the remaining 10 new projects by the Central Government, The existing Rural Functional Literacy Projects are meant for impar ting functional literacy to adjlt learners (15-35 age group), Rtjcurring cost is now incurred @ Rs, 7 lakhs por projcct of 3qo A.E, Centres covering field cost and costs of project adninistration, training, etc. Some additional pro vision has been made for them in view of revision of ptir project recurring cost under newly revised Central pattern @ Rs, 13,89 lakhs for a project of 3qo A.E.Contres, ' The total State Plan provision o f Rs, 425 lakhs proposed 1989—90 is for pro grammes as follows :~ 1 t General { S.C.Comp.Plan T.A.S.P. (j \ { . Literacy Progr.amme Rs,26 4 lakhs Rs, 100 lakhs Rs,4o lakhs 5 \ ^ ' Total - Rs,4o4 lakhs | T Y Post-literacy Rs, 14 lakhs Rs, 4 lakhs Rs, 3 lakhs v j Pro9ramme(3SNs) 2 I la k h s J I G rgn d T o t a l - Rs,425 la k h s ? g ______1 The provision for the Literacy Programme (KNP) includes provision for ^0 new projects to be implempnted by the Panchayats, Under different schemes for adult education the total coverage at present is more than 5.52 lakhs, Uith the taking up of the new projects tha acditional coverage is likely to be about 2,40 lakhs, thus covering a total o"' about 8- lakhs. K - 8 □ue omphasis has been laid doun to the promotion of Adult Education in the areas inhabited by the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe people and n'3cessary provision have botjn made apart in the Tribal Sub Plai and Special ComfXDnmt Plan for Scheduled Castes, b) L ib r a r y S Q r^ ic e s Tho structure of Library Sarvict;? obtaining currently in ^est Bengal may use-fully be indic.-^ted here. At the appox there is a State Central Library and a Special Library in Calcutta knoiun as ’’Calcutta Metropolitan Library^’ Thereafter, there are 23 District/Additional D istrict Libraries, Next comes 234 S'jb-Div ision al/Toun Libraries and Lastly about 2200 Rural/ Primary Unit Libraries, Plan budget provision is utilised for giving grants to different types of libraries and to sustain and improve the services of the libraries at all levels extending facilities for study and research to alJ types of people. Books and journals grants, furniture grants, grants for preserva tion and binding are the major components of Qxpfenditure, Besides, plai provision is also u tilised fp:^ holding of State L’^3VG1 and D-istrict level Book Fairs as a part of literacy movemGnt in the State, Contribution from tho Plan fund is also givon towards building up of a common fund with the Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation for making available books and equip ments to tho libraries located in liicst Bengal, Besides the above, the proposed allocation includes provision for construction of a State Central Library building at \/,I, P. Road for which 56 kottahs of land have already been aCquirtid at a cost of Rs, 56 lakhs, Tho plan n d estimate prepared by the P,Ul,Denartment of the State Govern ment proposes expenditure of Rs, 3,7 5 crores for the building at current price in tw phases. The State Government intends to further extend the existing facilities of training of librarians and to introduce refroshers CQurses for in-service pe(Tple, Paucity of fund is, however, severaly rt stricting the intended deuelopmmt of libr^^ry services as en active compo nent of ovf^rall literacy mov;3ment. 6, Technical Education The Draft Annual Plan on Tbchnical Education for 1989—90 has been drawn up to meet essential expenditure for Development Schemes as follows : 1, Development of Regional Institute of Printing Technology - This institute caters to the need of Technical man power in the whole Eastern region. It offers course in Printing Technology and Commercial Photography of 3 years’ duration, 2, Polytechnic _ Diploma Course - It has b<: en proposed to introduce new courses in areas of weakness and emerging technology such as — a) Diploma Course in Instrumentation Technology at A,P,C, Roy Dn 1 vf.rTchm‘ c . C a lc u t t a , IV b) Oiplomf^ CoursG in Computtir Engineoring at A*P.C,Roy Polytechnic C a lc u t t a , c) Diploma Course in Electronic in 3 ,C,Ghosh Polytochnic, Calcutta. d) Diploma Course in Hutomobila E-ngineering and Agricultural Enginaciring at Raiganj Polytachnic, On account of incroass in ths achiission of students in Polytechnics adoquatc provision of staff quarters is n>icessary particularly for the Darjeeling Polytechnic and Raiganj Polytechnic, The setting up of a Uom^s’ Polytechnic at Chandemagore end at Shiliguri is under active consideration. 2, Development of Enqincarinq Colleqe - There ars two GovtJrnmGnt Eingineering Colleges - B,E,C)lltige at Shibpur and 3alpaiguri Enginec-^ring College. Provision has bean made for the devalopmont of these tuo Engineering Colleges. The B.E,College needs expan sion of laboratories and Uorkshops, mod.^rnisation of equipment increase in the numbf^r of staff quarters, rep 1 ncemont/renovation of old staff quarters and specially reinforeGment in its water-supply system. For a ll these works a substantial amount has been provided, Dalpaiguri Enginepring Colloge needs immediate ci^velopmont in water supply system and modernisation of equipment in its laboratorie s and workshops. Colleges of Text ile Technology at ^erhampore an«-- Serampore — The College of Textile Technology at 3erhampnre needs a new buil^ilng to replace its existing Administrat iv o building. Both the Colleges require additional equipments for their laboratories and workshops - 5. Collage of Leather Technology. Calcutta For reorganisation and develapment of the college of L‘-ather Tech nology, Calcutta, a Scheme has been undertaken with assistance and guidance from UNDP. The State Governmmt is required to provide additional land and building for construction of a new building with a student hostel. 6 . Co 11 eg-Q o f CQra.m ic T e c h n o lo g y The provision of Rs. 10 lakh is for the continuing project. 7. Develnprnert of non~G ov ornm en t Ejigineering Colleges, Scliolarships and Strengthening of Technical Education Services - Small provisions navf-^ been made for meeting commitments made in the previous years. 8. State Council for Enqinaerinq and Technical Education Provision has been made for C'nrrying out some C ivil and Lioctrical liicrks at the building of the Council at Dorga Road, Calcutta and for purchase o"' furniture a n d equipments. 9. ^Assistance to Hesses and Hostels A 1 arg<-r p r o v is io n has been made f o r m eeting e x t r a c o s t on a cco u n t 0 *'* adtJitional staff and extra cost for enhancement of D,M, and other bene fits of the hostel employees. Considering the immense importance of Technical Lducation a total n f R r 6 3n.nn lakhs has been made for 1989-90, K ^ 10 D, Prriqr^mme o f thG CommBrcG & Industries Dep'^rtmiant Trainim in Hining s 1*0. Th.3 InstitutG of Hining, Ul^st Bengal is under the Mining Eciu- cntion Branch of the Stato Dir gc to rate. c)f Minos and ninerals. In this Ins- tituta, vocational training is imparted, A Four-Yoar partimc Mining Ciipioma C-jursG with intake of 4q students is run by this Institute, 1 .1 , ThorE- i s a s e r io u s s h o rta g e o f train^sr! p^-rsonn 3l in M inin g Industry ?n J as such, a ll the trainaes have been assured supervisory jobs. In vieu/ of the pr^-ssing demand for trained personnel, it has boon decided to double the intake of students with provision for adnitting freshers, 1.2, For affective implementation of the exp^sion scheTne of the Institute, it is necess'ry to increase the numbc^r of class rooms as Luell as the complement of teaching staff, besides expansion of the laboratory and workshop fa cilitie s, 2, Percontage of success during 1987—88 for Final Part I and Part- 11 Cxanination of State Council Technical. Education were 97 and 94 respec t i v e l y , 3, An outlay of Rs, 3 lakhs ~ Rs,, 2 lakhs for extension of the In stitu t t3 Bu il Jin ;3 andRs. 1,00 lakhs for Training fspilitios has boon pro posed for 1989-90, SPORTS :\ND YOUTH SERV/ICES Progr^rrmo of the Sports nnd Youth Services (Sports') Department, 1, Improvement of Sports & Games : The provision is for granting financial assistance to the State Council of Sports and different Sports organisations in the State for org?^ nising vririous coaching camps, tournaments, State, inter-Statc and National Championships etc. The provision is also for meeting expenditure towards imparting inti^nsive coaching to the boys selected for Sports Schools, These Soorts Schools are b^ing self cted on the districts wise where intansive coaching w ill be given by experts/coaches for development of the Sport^ s t a l e n t , 2* Develnnment .and Maintenance o_f Khudir^m Stadium and Ranii Stadium t The provision has b.:ien for th-^ development anm aintenance of Khu diram Anusilan Kendra which is training centre for the young boys and girls for different disciplines of Sports viz,- Table Tennis, Athletics, Bed Minton etc, 3, Elxpansion of Games & Sports for Women : The provision has been proposed for the development of Sports and Games for women only. This includes sanction of financial assistance to the women's organisations of this State for participation in varicius National & !nt er-National Meets in the Countries and abroad. K - i i 4, Sch^mij for Flood Lighting System in thti Enclosed Grounds : The provision has bv0n propos^jd for arranging fl.ood lighting system in t h '3 East Bgng al/A ryG round and also for theup-kaep and devBlopmtJnt of High Poujur lines alri^ady functioning at Hohun Bagan/C.F.C, Ground, 5, Dj\y elopmGnt & Haint an ance of N etajj Indoor Stadium s Tho pmv/ision has bat;n proposed for the dsufc'iopm-ant and mainttsnance of Notaji Indoor Stadium including Air-conditioning plant, 6 • Rabindra Sarobar Stadium and Subhas Sarobar Sujimminq Poo3. at B eliaqhata; GouejrnmBnt in the Sports Department has taken ovtir the possession of Rabindra Sarobar Stadium at Dhakuria and Subhas Sarobar Swimming Pool at Boliaghata from thf Calcutta Impro'J emt^nt Trust for bettor u tilisation of those two Complexss as Coaching Cantres nf Football, 'Jollayball, Hockey and Swimming etc, under thi3 trained coaches of thw liiest Bengal State Council of Sports, The provision has been pr-iposod for the development and maintenance of these two complexes as well as for making payment of the Annual dues to the C, I.T, for their use by the Govfrnm^nt as lessee, 7, Stadium Complex at Bidhan Nagar : The construction work of Salt Lake Stadium - Both Phase I & II is complete. But in the process there are many outstanding lia b ilitie s, besides bank loan and the interest accrued thereon which are to be cleared immooiately. These are as follows jj ' Phase ~ 1 ^ Bridget Roof ••• Rs, 1,10 crore \ Material lo an (Go vt ,ag encies) ,,, Rs, 0.75 c r o r e Material loan (other agencies) ,•• Rs, 0,6 5 crore |[ Consultant fees ... Rs, 0.0 5 croro ][ Refund of security Depo^ftt Rs, 0*10 crore 3 Other contractors ••• Rs, 0,Q5 crore 5 New work before SAF Games ,,, Rs, 0.15 crore j Total Rs, 2.85 crore | Phase - II 5 (N.C.T.L. Philips, etc,) Rs, 1,09 crore | Total Phase I & II Rs,3.g4 crore I W iift cr.is yearly deficit maintenanct cost to the tuns of Rs, 0,6 3 ciuvGa Is to b ) aode-' co hrava ths complete lia b ility picture, -ence, the provision under this crtegory has been shown to be Rs,3.i4 -:rore + 0-.63 crore = Rs, 4,57 Crores, ]n regard to servicing of Bank loan taken by the S,S,S, on Govt’s -Larantee along with interest accrue thereon, 'Uscussion is going on if :his can be made from the current year's budget provision in the State Bidget as a whole. In the last me-^ting of the Society for Sports & Stadium i’ the Chamber of the Chief Minister it has been accepted that only depart- K -'12 ' 8, Sports Hostel s Tho schemt^ for sotting up ohq Sports Hostal has already taken been in hfTid, This Hostol w ill h.-^e 3oo bads. This would be throun opon to both ^ boys and jirls and th'-- gamos for which it would be utilised aro foctball^ V/olleyball, Swimming, Athletics, Gymnastic and basketball. The promising chil'iran of th j age group of 10 to 15 w ill bo selected from amongst the children hr.'/ing a good performance in tho various events of Sports of the Jifferent districts to provide them intm sive facilities of training and coaching in their respective (iisciplino. They w ill have to stay t ill upto their junior and sub-junior la; el. All expenstjs of this Hostol w ill be borne by the State Government, The messing, books and fa cilitie s for conccrned games and coaching in academic subject w ill be provided, Wt-st Bengal State Council of Sports w ill provide the services of expert coachea* 9 , Campus Ulorks. Stadium and P la y Grounds e t c . It is ■iroposed to grant financial assistance, on accepted pattern, towards construction and development of stadia, swimming pools, gymnasia and play grounds etc. Besides, df^welopment and repairs to tho galleries in the three enclosed grounds on the Calcutta Maidan have also been proposed under this head, / 10, D istrict Sports Council j The-' provision has beun made for effecting development works of the D istrict Sports Councils in the field of Sports & Gamt)s at the l/illage It^v el, 16 D istrict Sports Councils art; at prt'sent working in this State, B, Programme of the Snorts and Youth Serv ic es (Youth Services’) Department, The Department of Snorts & Youth Services (Youth Sf rvict:s Branch) which was created in August, 1972 has already set up Youth Offices in Blocks out of 341 Blocks of this State. It has also D istrict Youth Offices in all the D istricts with a Directorate at the State which has been overseeing the activities of Youth Offices at different lo/^ls. The Department was tho controlling authority in respect of eight Nehru Yubal< Kendras in this State, As was earlier indicated in the approach paper of Seventh Plan proposals of this Diepartment, the aim of this Department is to implement different scheme so that every youth g»3ts the benefit of at least one scheme given the covo- rage, scope of financial support of the progrcsnme, With the lim ited financial resources, the Deptt, has been taking up different schemes so as to encourage the youth in helping himself to the ways of the world for a better mind and body, 2, This Department has 25 youth hostels in the State, Newly construc ted youth hostel in Salt Lake provides an accommodation of 97 4 people. It has been experience of this Deriartm'ent that lack of accommodation stands in the way of organisin^State l!3Vei programmes wht>re there is a good number of participants from rural areas all over the State, This youth Hostel w ill m itigate such problem. K ^ 13 Siliguri of Darjeeling riistrict occupies a very strategic position and considered to be gats-uay to North-East India, In order to cater to the needs of the youth of West Bengal, a big stadium with d youth hostel is v/ery much needed, 'oJithat objt^ctive in view, this Department has constructed a stadium with youth hostel in Silig u ri which w ill meet the long-felt needs of the people of entire Uest Bfcngal, 4, Scicjice Club j In order to croate scientific awareness amongst the rural people . this Departmant has already formed a working Committee for d&tailing diffe rent procedural matters for promoting Scim ce Club movement through Science Clubs and organisations. This has been done after, meeting representatives of SciencQ Clubs from different districts of the State, 5, Mountaineering being a v^ ry popular activity of the c]ubs of this State, th'3 ClGpartmGnt haf^e drawn up a schtime of setting up Hountaineering Foundation, Apart from promotion of Hountaineering this w ill also encourage adventure programme. Plan Proposals for 1989~9q are indicated below : Development of Rural Sports s This programme consists of two parts i^ Development of Play Grounds | ii) Supply of Sports Elquipments ][ Total provision - Rs,21.5q lakhs, as football, volleyball etc, j This Department has been emphasising the importanco of providing facilities for sports and for development of pl^y fields particularly in rural areas. At the in itia l stage, under this scheme the cost of establish in g p la y g r o u n d was Rs, 5q,000 per play ground, 5q% of this cost was to be borne by this Department and by local contribution. There were certain pri^roquisitiGs which had obviously to be satisfied. These included a clear legal title to sto a plot of land sufficient to cover the sport facilities f o r lo c a l y o u th . The manayoific^nt o f th e p la y g rou n d s h o u ld be e n tr u s te d 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. As a result of evaluation of this scheme, the amount of local Q o n ti- j t'liliort hiau docrea.qed s o as to fa c ilita te imoleme nt at ion of the scheme, Accordincly the amount of local contribution was reduced to 25^, ■ Committe.i consisting of Sabhapati of Panchayat Samity and B lo r k YoL/th Jfficer and othc^r manbers has be^-n identifying the needs o f l o c a l N'ouths and purchasing sports equipments accordingly and supplying thesG equipments to them. S p o rts C o ach in q Camps ; T o t a l p r o v is io n R s . 7 .0 0 l a k h s. It has been noticed that the rural youths badly ne<‘d cunching in different sports disciplines. During the Sixth Plan period coaching camps ware organised at the d istrict level. During 1980-01 Rs,3,ooo/- were sanc tioned to each of 327 blocks for organising coaching camps. The coaching carrDs were on four disciplines viz, football, volleyball, Kabadi and Kho dd K 14 Kho which are popular in rural arsas. Any two of tha aboue four disciplines were sBlictod by the local authorities kstjping in uieu the local needs. D u rin g 1981-82 sim ilarly an amount of Rs, 4,500/- was sanctioned to each o f 31 large sized blocks and an r^nouit of Rs, 3,75o/- was sanctioned to e^ch of 296 blocks for organising coaching camps. From the reports availa ble it apoG^rs that about 35,000 youths participated in such coaching camps, D u rir^ 1984-85 there was a prouisinn of Rs,8,no lakhs under this scheme. Apart from the non-residential type or coaching camps, residential coaching c.^ps were also organised at the d istrict level. The aim of the Department is to train a lajrge numb'.;r of youths in different sports disciplines and in the process spot the local talents from the large number of participants. The MIS coaches attached to Nehru Yubak Kendras were utilised in imparting sports coaching in such camps. Apart ^rom the MIS coaches well know foot ballers were also associated in these programmes. In a n such coaching camps tiffin was also arranged and for residential coaching camps, a/ery- thing was arranged free of cost, 3, Construction of Gymnasium and Supply of Gymnastic Cquipmentss Total provision Rs, 0 lakhs. Keeping in view that physical culture is a must to a good sportsman, the iXpartment has been implementing the schemes of purchc’se of gymnastic equipments and developing Gymnasium on a moderate scale. In each case, Rs, 25,000/~ is rjrovided for purchase of gymnastic equipments or doyeioping existing gymnasia, 4, Promotion of Plountainerring ; Total provision Rs, 8 lakhs. HountainePring is a very popular activity of thn clubs of this State, There is a large number of mountaineering clubs in ‘ilest Bengal, These club undertake mountaineering expedition each year in different peaks of the Him.alays. financial assistance is given to those mountaineering ciulrs, I nnk o f su fficien t [nuui'itaiiiuering equipments sometimes stand in the way of oi'.j?nn'iiy expedition each year. Keeping this in view the Department has sec up a mountaineering equipment store in Calcutta at a cost of Rs,3,oq lekhs and different clubs are gi\/en inniintainQarinQ equTpfnents from, this sTpre. Expedition, however, involve a small number of youths, but large scale trekking secures a participation of large number of rural youths and th-s promotes a sp irit of adventure and sense of discipline amongst the •cuths. It also offers them the facility for studying the flora and fauna )f the country* With the above in view the Department has proposed in the 'evBfith Plan a scheme setting up of Mountaineering Foundation whict") w in ,.ook after every aspect of nountaineering and trekking. This is now being .ook^ after by the H.H, I. Darjeeling. E x c u r s io n o f S tu d e n ts e t c , T o t a l p r o v is io n Rs*_ 9,0_Q_,_lakiTS s One of the important sch.^nes of this Department is to promote touring habits amongst the youths which meet their educational need and provide active recreation. Students of Secondary Schools, High-:;r Secondary K - 15 Schools, Colleges and Uniuorsities are given this facility. 6, Youth Hostels ; Total provision Rs. 4,nn lakhs> 0ns o f th i objactiv’es of this Ofciportm£*nt'is to set up a good number of Youth Hostels and develop the existing^onrs inside and outside the State* Th.ire are 24 Youth Hostels -inside th^ Statr:;^ These Youth Hostt-ls are located at diffiirent impo rtant'locations, Gne Youth Hostel now is outside the Stats i,C‘, in Rajgir, Obj :ctives of thasc Youth Hostels arc to make cultural enrichments of the Youth by ’giving them fa cilitie s for knowing their country and affording th'3m active recreation. Considering the poverty of a portion of the y uths visiting tht:se areas the youth h;pstels provide acco mmodation at a \ji-ry cheap rate, only at Rs, 5/- pt r head per student youth, /• ^ A p a rt from m ee tin g ' th.^ r e c r e a t io n a l and e d u c a t io n a l n»-eds o f th e to u r ing youths, thvBse youth Hostels also help ‘Economic development of the area to some f'xtent, 7, 0Darv-Air-St aQa ; Total provision Rs. 5«DQ lakhs : In otdDr to provide large scale opportunities to youths in cultural activities in rural areas the Department has taken up schemes to construct Open-Air-Stage in rural areas. At the initial stage the total cost of cons tructing one Opcn~.Air-Stage was Rs, 14,000/— of which 5q % was Government grant and 5g % was local contribution. Later on after a mid course evaluation of the scheme it appeared that the amount is not adequate for construction of an Open-Air~Stage, It was accordingly increased to Rs, 40,0Q0/- ^^f which 25^ will be the contri bution from local people, Uptill now 190 Open-Air-Stages have been construc ted in rural areas, a. Annual Stage Festival ; Tc»tal provision Rs. 8.0(1 lakhs. The Ynuth S-rvices Oepartmant has been holding youth festival each year for securing active participation of youths in cultural activities and tn encourage them in healthy cultural pursuits. The Youth festivals are helt at the block lev'el, at the district level and at the State level. The progr? mme fcr youth festival includes following items :— Children items ; Sit and draw conpetition, recitation, songs and dances by children and sports mt.et etc. Sports events for student and non-student youths. Cultural programme including 3atra performance, staging of drama, one act play competition, recitation, fol’^ snngs and d a n ce s, Saninars and debates, Exhibitions, There is a local cr^mmittee consisting of Sabhapati of Panchayat Samity, Block Development O fficer, Block Youth O fficer and others which organises the entire show^ For Block Youth Ftistival a sum of Rs,5,000/- i s allotted to each Block, In 1978, the State Festival was held in Calcutta! in 1980 at Siliguri, in 1983 at Kalyani, in 1986 at Berhampur and in 1987 K 16 Minister as Working Chairman and the GovGrnor as ths Patron-in-Chief, About 50,00 lakhs of people are inuolved-in these Youth Ftastivals and as competi tors about 5 lakhs boys and girls participate. Thu State Level Committee also sent reprt'sentatives to participate the bi'orld Youth Festiv/al in 1978 in Havana, f , Schi^es aiming at Natirjnai Int‘^Qration } Total provision Rs^ 2.nn lakhs. Far nromntion of national integration.the Department has taken up the schcjneG of nritinnal intsgratinn. There is a provision of Rs,2*00 lakhs for this scheme during 1989-90• The objective of this scheme is to promote intdr-state exchange of ideas and organise seminars, 10, Permanent Office Duildjnq ; Total provision Rs. 4.00 lakhs. The purpose is tn build up infrastructural facilities in the form of office buildings, auditorium etc, on a permanent basis, 11, Promotion of Sciinco Club Activities : Scit:Tica-*Clubs may play major role in creating scien tific awareness amongst the rural youths and people, A sum of Rs,4,00 lakhs has been propo sed for this purpose during 1989-90, 12, Promotion of Socio-Economic Activities of Youth Clubs s There is a large number of youth clubs in the State, some of which play a good role in different activities. The Socio-economic activity of these clubs n eed energisation and suitable encouragement from the Government, A sum of Rs, 2,00 lakhs has been proposed during 1989-90. 13, Youth Centre Scheme s This Department has already set up Black Y :!uth Offices in each block of the State, Atfe^mpts have been made to open Block Youth Offices in all !\inicipality in phases so that youths residing in municipal areas uiill get tbe benefit of the youth programmes in the firs t phase, 4o block Youth Offices in ^ m unicipalities have already been functioning. Actions for opening 20 offices in 20 m unicipalities during 1989-90 w ill be taken if necessary allocation can be made, 14, Maintenance of Buildinq s The purpose of this scheme is to control maintenance of buildings and Youth Hostels under the control of this Department, A sum of Rs,2,00 lakhs was prop osed during 1988-89 which i s c o n s i dered quiet insufficient incomparison with, actual needs. Due to prics-hike of building m aterials and considering the nature of damage happened inco- urse of time, there is every reason to enhance provision in this scheme. Hence, ue propose 8,00 lakh under this scheme for 1989-90. 15, Information Centre at Block Level and D istrict Level t Total provision i Rs, 6^00 lakhs. Under this Department there is an independent Block Office in each B lo c k and i dependent D-istrict Office in each d istrict. In the Block Youth Office there is an attached inform-^tion centre which disseminates informa------^ onf matters includinq employment. K -= 17 16, State Youth CQntre * Total provision Rs« 5.00 lakhs> One of tha important schv^na- c] f the Youth Servlccs Department is the construction of St^Q Youth Contro in Calcutta, At Houlali in Calcutta ^ a 9~StorQyed building has btion cnnstructGd on 10 cottahs of land inuolv/ing an oxpanditurt: of Rs, 55,00 lakhs and this is the Stats Youth Cmtro, This serves at the moc^ting place not only for the youths of this State but for youths from a ll over India, In this State Youth Centre, there are air-con ditioned auditorium with accommodation of 400 seats, a State Library, uiht^re books mainly required for research work by youths have been kept. Youth Hostels for-boys and girls, a museum depicting freedom struggle of India, a store of mountainet ring equipments, vocational training centres. These are also some othdr sche^mes to be taken up in this State Youth Centre later, 17, D istrict Youth Centre g Total provisirn Rs. 5.00 lakhs. There is a scheme of establishing C»istrict Ynuth Centre in the districts on a smaller scale. An amount of Rs,1,Q0 lakh has already been allotted to each of the D istrict of POalda, Purulia, Murshidabad, Howrah, 24-Parganas (North), Hooghly for thw construction of d istrict Ynuth Centre, For Purulia, another Rs,3,00 lakhs of rupees has already been allotted. Approximately a D istrict Youth Centre w ill involve a cost of Rs.7,00 lakhs. The D istrict Youth Centra’ has already been completed and started at Purulia, Halda & Hurshidabad, 18• Vocational Training i Total provision Rs.. 8.00 lakhs. It has been noticed that unemployed rural youths cannot take up suitable economically viable sch^es as they have not the rtquisite voca tional training. In order to remove these difficulties, vocational trrdning is organised in differsnt areas by this Department for the unemployed youths. In order that vocational training imparted to the youths does not- become meaningless, a scheme is formulated for tht youths who have completed the training and the youths are encouraged to take up such economically viable schemes in consultation with netionalisod banks, Lfnd'r Scheduled Caste Component Plan, Uocational Training is imparted tn Scheduled Caste youths • and this training covers items like type writing, cycle repairing, mat making, cloth printing, poultry training, mat making from sabai grass, fruit preservation, pump set repairing, weaving etc, A R T A N D C U L T ij R EL A, Programme o f t h e In fo r m a tio n & C u lt u r a l A f f a i r s DepartmL-n_.t, 1, State Archaeological Gallery z It was set up during Sixth P l^ pt riod. For its development and ' maintenance Rs, 3,50 lakhs has been proposed, 2, Explorat on and Excavation ; Uith the approval of Gnvtrnment of India exolorntion and excavation K 13 3. Grants in aid to Archaeological Hustiums j TherP ar-':? some -ArchaGologic .1 musaums in thD State run by private bodiGs. Th3 prov/ision of Rs.2.5o lakhs w ill bt- utilis-.id for sanctioning grants to those mussums, 4. Publications j .A p r o v is io n o f Rs.3.00 lakhs has bean suggested for publication of books on Purakriti Services, PresQrvation of historical monumants : small unit has, be*x» set up to suprevise the historical monuments, The provision has been suggested for running the unit, 6 , S e t t in g up o f a R e g io n a l (Museum. For setting up of a Regional museum the provision, (tokm) of Rs,0,50 lakh has bf-en proposed, 7, Construction and renovation of Public halls. For promotion of art and culture a scheme has been taken up Tor i construction and renovation of Public halls, A provision of Rs,6 lakhs has been proposed for th s purpose, 8 , N e p a li j/^cad-Tny. There is a Nepali culture unit at Darjeeling, To run the unit a sum of Rs, 2 lakhs has been suggested, 9, Financial assistance to the dist~3ssod persons in the field of culture. Under this scheme financial assistance are given to th '2 distressed persons in the field of culture. Rs, 3 lakh has been prop^'scf' for the v--^r 1989-90. 10, Financial Assistance to cultural Institutions. Under this scheme financial assistance are given tj thu cultural institutions for promotion of culture, Rs, 6 lakhs has been suggested for the purpose, 11* ^tJJards f o r dr ana and m u s ic . For notable performances in drama and music awards are given under this scheme, Rs, 1,50 lakhs has been proposori, 12, Printing of publications. A sum of Rs, 8 lakhs has been suggested for printing bocks on national culture and heritage, 13, Institute of Folk Culture. The promotion and performance of folk culture the provision of Rs, 10 lakhs has been suggested, 14, Tribal cultural centres. Th ere ^ve some tribal cultural centres in the State, The provision of Rs, 4 la' 'is w ill bo required to . in the centres, 15, Setting up of an Art Gallery and Exhibition Hall. K 19 16, Constructicjn and PoyolTpment of Rabindrg Bhauans. Govtrnment intends tn >.^xt-.^nd nc=n::;ssary help for cgmplt tion and cons t r u c t io n rf Rabindra Bhaujans in diffGrunt districts an i Suti-division, Tho provision of Rs,3q lakhs has bjGn m-ado for the purpose. S ta tG Ac adorn V o f H u s ic , A music ncgdemy has b^on set up.Tor runnirq thd activitibs of the ac-Qt^my the provision of Rs, 10 lakhs u ili b>: u tilised , 18, Popular Theatres, Govt-'rnment has set up a popular Theatre ''Girish Mancha", Anothf.r theatra '’i'ladhusudan Hancha*’ is under construction. Gov rnment proposes to set up a ' Sarat Sadan^ at Hour ah „ Ho re over flahaj ati Sad an, Rabin dr a Sad an etc, public halls have cnme under thig adriinistrative control of this Cieptt, For construction of all such popular theatres and for its developments Rs,6 2,15 l^'khs is pro|3osed for the year 19B9-9Q, 19. Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre. The sum of Rs, 15 lekhs u ill be sp'3nt for the St'’to Gov ernmont' s contr&but ion to -che carpus fund. The centre has been set up at Bolpur* 20 • Setting up of a Bam la Academy^ B^ngla 'ftcgriGmy has alro-^dy been set up for promotion of Bengali Culture and literature. The provisinn is fnr running the activities of the Acadony. 21, Natya ^ademv. A Natya /Icademy w ill be set up for which a provision of Rs, 15 lakhs has been suggested, 22.Sanskriti Bhaujan, A Sanskrit! Ehauap u ill be set up '^or which a provision of Rs, 7r. lakhs is suggested, B, Programme of the HiqN r Education Q -partm fnt. Financial assist^cc to th 2 distres'rseri j-oioijTic of th« State distin— guishtad in art, letters and culture have btjen continuing to be grantee by tne Stats Gov/i^rnmtintThose persons who ar-- net less than 58 yenrs of age and who hav/e no suffici^ent means of livelihood ar^. covered uoder this programme. Reputed \i oluntary organisations which are devotee to cultural, aesthetic and G(±jcational activities art. also granted financial assistance, R.K.Mission Institute of Culture, Institute of Historical Studius, Acadc-my of Fine '\rts. Institute Oo-Chandernag^r, N ikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammalon etc, are OTongst such re o u te d o r g a n is a t io n s . Gr.^^nts e re a ls o g iv e n to th e N e t a j i Institute for Asian Studies which is niainly connected with research projects published in th-.- form of research monographs, Bosisias State Government -Archi\£es have been carrying out v-rious developm3nt pregr-mmes in collabora tion with the National Archives of India. ^ total rrnvision of Rs. 81,00 lakh har h suggest-d for th 5 above purposes. K » 20 rjFDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH ^ jf the Deptt, of Health and Family liJelf r While formulating the Annual Pl.^n 1988-89 the liiorking Group of the Planning Commissi jn h^d recommended concentration on the r-'iinimum Needs Pro gramme as it was found that the achievement under this programme at the !^nd of the 6th Fiv/e Year Plan was far below the level that would have br3en necessary in order to maintain the activities required to reach the Q o a l o f "Health for A ll” by 2000, The idea ujas to concentrate on provision of he^’lth care facilitie s for rural areas keeping in view the populati .m projections. In order to concentrate on provision on infrastructural facilities for provision of health care facilities in the rural sector, the other sac- tors have to be necessarily down graded in view of the limited plan outlay for 1988-89, As against the total 1388—89 plan size of Rs,2500,00 lakhs as mucli as 916,95 lakhs had been earmarked for Minimum Needs Programme, Even so it was found that th<‘-re was heavy sp ill over of expenditure on account of t^linimum l\|peds Programme from the 6th Plan* Out of H;,916,95 lakhs •■earmarked for this sector, almost ‘^“".S.OO crores were required for the spill-over schemes. Creation of new '"^ssets had there3fore to be restricted to about 1.65 crores. While the f^inimum Needs Programme is no doubt a very important S'^c- tor in the health strategy of the State Government, other sectors cannot be neglected altogether, ^t the end of 1988-89 it is obvious that the performance of f'INP sec-r tor needs to be geared while at the same time maintaining the demand of acti vities in othdr sectors. With this end in view a provision of r;s,1009,82Lakhs has been proposed for MNP sector against the anticipated plan size of Rs,2900,00 lakhs for l^t-dical & Public Health Schemns in 1989-90, Since the major portion of the expenditure under TIN- for 1988-89 had to be ear-mark'~>d f o r s p i l l o v e r schem as, i t i s a n t ic ip a t e d t h a t not many i n frastructural facilities would be created at the end of the currrnt year. The emphasis for 1989-90 is thnrefore on completing on going schemes to avoid cost over run. Since not much outlay was avyailable for othr-.r sectors during 1988-89 not many new schemes under these srctors could be ta!<-^n up. Since Rs,1009,82 la k h s ^'ire b rin o O'^r-marked f o r HNP s e c t o r , the o th n r s-^^ctors w i l l have t o be c o n te n t w ith a s t r a t e n y of m-'Sintcn'^nce rath»^r th'^n on'.> 6f upgra-- d a t io n , Annu-^1 Pl'^n 1939-90 has been dr=^wn up with the '^bove aim in view with the total pl^n size of 2900,00 lakhs. K - 2 1 A brie^ dpscription of the proposals is giunn in thp following para- graphs. l^ g d icq l S_chgm9 s Esta b lishmpnt of H^^alth Cpntrns & Rur al Hospit=>ls In W?st Bengal the rural population is about 400 lakhs according to 1981 ce n su s* Thp. total numb-^r of H*^alth Cantres and Hosoitals functioning in th?3 State '^’t the end of 1987—88 uas b:^lGu - P*H*C* •• ’ -» S.ub~cf3ntre «• . . 7942 Rur-^1 H o s p it a l , , , , 74 \ in the proposal for 1989-90 the following provisions havR bt.en mades- Target Anticipated '^chieve- 1,9 8 9-90 ment. 1988-89______ PoHoC. 145 125 S u b - c e n tre ; 692 1500 R u ra l H o s p it a l 30 30 Besides provision has been made for execution of constructional pro grammes under the scheme and taking up of new constructions. There are four sub-diVisionsin the d istrict of Cocch Bnhar. Only one Sub-division=»l Hospital started functioning at Dinhata.^n the year, 1978-79, During 1986-87 the neu 5ub'^division=’l hospitals at Tuf^mganj and f'iathabhanga ijf3re opened* During 198B-B9 the neui Sub-divisional Hospit^^l at Hakliganj is programmed for opening. Thus it is expected that a ll the Suh-divisions in the d istrict of Cooch B©har u ill have fu ll fledgr=d Sub-divisinn^l Hospitals by next ye?^r. The existing district S ub-divisionnl Hospitals w ill be upgr==*dpd and improved iti regard to accomm" dation, •^-luipmant & personnel. It is also-prooosed to m'Ske improvsmr'nt in the existing hospi^:-l? in Calcutta qnd in the dishrict to provide for new services particularly sopcia- lised services which not available at present. Provision has also been made for improvement of treatment; fa c ilitie s in the existing teaching hospi tals including establlshmpnt of r Thoracic Surgery Unit including Bye Pass Surgery fn cilitie s in the Kaly^ni G^md'-i Memorial Hospital. In the annu^.l plan for 1988-89 provision h^^s been made for opening of new Blood B^nks in some of the Sub-divisional Hospitals besides develop- mcnt ^nd modernlsaljion of Blood Tt^nsfujsion Services. Provision has further been made for round the clock Bl.oad Bank Services and setting up of Mobile Blood Bank Services in Teaching and D istiict Hospit^=*ls* ^revision has also been made for purchasG ,of new ambulances for improvement and strengthening o f the S t a t e ^^mbLiIancn S e r v ic e * K - 22 i n of Non-Governmpnt Hospitals P r o v is io n h-^’S bGPn m=^dG f o r devyplopm^^nt o f some o f tho Non-Govnrnmont hnsoit^ls t^kon ov/9r by Govt* This b^'.sic'^lly irvjolv/ns bringing thG pGrsonnel cf th' Sn hospit'^ls under GovarnmQnt rates lT rviy -^nd '^iloui'^ncBs "^nd upgrading somn e x is t in g f ^ i c i l i t i e s * Gj?q^ntj-i_n--'''^-id- Provision h='s benn rmdG for p-^ymDnt of gr=ints~in~^id to Non-Governmgnt hospitals for thpir devplopmrant nnd =»lso toynrds payment of charges for reser vation of beds, , nedi.cal, Educ'^tional Research ^t preslnt thers are sevon i'^ledical Collegas in the State with a total soat of 755. In the annual plan for 1988-89 provision have been made for s- i) Improvpment of oxisting medical colleger, ii) Improvement of libraries of Msdical Colleges, iii) Devplopm'=nt of some of the dopartments in the existing colleges, iv ) Reconstructinn of some of the o^d college building, v) Other development programmes fgr the State Medical Colleges, Post Gr_=iduate Hedical Educatio n A Research Provision has beon made for strengthening & imprnvemrnt of the loPcGo HoEo & R, Calcutta and other Post Graduate Institutes, radical Research and Introduction of Pdst Graduate courses in c'-'rt^in specialities, -nvision has also been made for improvement of facilitie s in Opntal Education, Nursing Training and training of pftra-^medical personnel. Other system of Hedicins. In the ^.nnual Plan 1989-90 is adequate provision has been made for creation of new trr^atment fa c ilitie s in I,S»H. and Homoeopathy by opening new dispensaries, hospitals beds, expanding the existing fa cilitie s and payment of grants to IMon-Govt. In stitu tiin s for their development. Provision has also been made for improvement |3nd expansion of jtrain- ing facilities in these two systems of medicine. Provision has also been m^^de for opening of neuj dispensiaries as uiell as setting up of a Rpsearch Centre in Unani System of etilicines. £ubJJU:^ Hpalth & Sanitation Contro l‘‘of Communicable Diseases H a la r ia The revised plan of oper^’tion of eradication of ma-lnria implemonted in the-St^^te at the instance of the Govern'n'-int India iiji.ll continue to oopr^te for rod'-'^tion of malaria cases by Qfo of incidv.nce ea^jh year and prp- vpntion '3f drath from maj^ria to ta lly» Other Communic^blG Dis'^ascs P r o v is io n h as a ls o beon made f o r cont^^ol o f K a la z a r , ,t)ap-^nese En ca - K - 23 Other Programmn Prgvsntion of Foad Adulter-ition The prDuisian h=is been m^d9 for setting up of Rcgion^^il Squ=>ds^nd also for strengthening of the L^bor=it:)ry servyic<- s by providing equipmpnt and staff. Drug Contro l The provision has been mado for expansion and strengthening of the State Drugs Control Directorate by recognisation cf Regional J^nd D istrict Org =^ni sation. BysidRS, provision has been made for devclopmpnt of thr Crntral Public H-alth and Drugs Laboratory, Health Statistics & Wital Statistics The provision is for improvement of the St^^te Bureau of Health Inte- lligence, strengthening of D istrict St*itistical Cells and creation of new posts of Statistical Assistants for improvement of the Management information s y s te m . Programme of the Labour Department Piroct.crato of toS.Io (H qB») Scheme^ There =>rG 18 schnmpn under the Seventh Plan 1985-90, ^11 x.hr schem es are ongoing schemos and arc liknly to continue during thp 1989-90 plan year & ^re also likely to be carried nvor to tho fiighth Pl^^n period commencing from 1990-91, Details of the eightoei scl r.niGs are given below s 1 • Cmplovees* State Ipsurar.ce (P^edical Benefit) Scheme 8 This scheme relater to ^i) extension of E,S.loScheme to now areas, (ii) Opening of neu servicn dispens^Pi^s in the already implemented areas and (iii) extension of fu ll benefit to the areas where at present expanded benefit; ?^re being rendered-, -Full medical qarg for the fam ily members of the Insured persons has been-extended in a ll dlstriqts of Uest Bengal where EoSoIo Scheme has been im plemented except in some ai^eas of 24-Pargan=^s, Thus the number of fam ily units enjoying Full Hedical earn ,1s 8^61'^446 ?^nd the number of fam ily units enjoying exp=^ndpd medical care in 24?-Parganas is 2,76,554, 25 Service DispCins^^iQS hauo been opened against snncti'n of 25 by thv3 E.SoI. Corporation,; proposal has been submitt'^d for s a n c tio n o f 25 'Additional Service Digpensajcles of which 4 arc lik-'ly to be opened during 1989-90 -ind a sum of Rs*3,40 ia|jhs is propose, i or the year, 2* Opening ::f_ C t r j. Patholog_ical Laboratory s ^ The scher *-; aavi sagas UiJQr'^ding of the Existing Pathological Labo ratory of the CoSoIo rlo^pif al I'lanicktaj-i which functions as a referral hospital under the EoS.Io Schc>rne s(t ijliat investigiations in d ifficu lt cases on Bio- ! -ChGinistry, Histop^tholoQ’;/, I^icrobin,'jgy and Haematology can be conducted. *^pproval of r .S c IoCorpgr^ti-in has been accorded recently and snac- tion of the State Govt, is.aijaited, Thn agreed spventh plan outl=iy is ^3,75,000 K 24 3• E^xtension of CnntrRl nodical Stores C^lcuttn s Extension of tha EoS<, loSchnnf-' c=ills for nn rxtpnsion in thn c^’p^city of thf= Central Mpdlc=^l Stores •'^t C=’lcutt=», too. To cnpo uath thn incro-'isnd bur- dpn of ujork rnsulting from -^dditinn^l cover-^gg of ujnrkors, crpntinn of a number of “^ddition^l posts is ^Iso npCRss^ry, Thp ^pprov^^l for "=idditinn=il posts h=ts boon received from-the feS.Io Corporation ond it is presumed th^t iG'^st Rs, 0.60 l^khs (S t^te' sh^re) w ill by necessary during 1989-90 to meet the extr=i gql^ry expenditure, ^ • .lipjr.nv/.omGnt^ ^in^ dmi n i s t r ^ t i ve n r r ^ngr-ment rol'^ting to ifoS . l o (i^ o B.) Schemg s The schemr rel^it^s to strengthening of the Directorate of ESI (TiB) Scheme by creTtion nf =^ddition=ii posts =^s ^Iso to the docPntralis=ttinn of the AWO' s office. Some of the posts in the DirectorRte h= but '"^re yet to br.-; fille d up, Decentr^^lis'^tion of the ^HO's office depends upon 'irr^ngemrnt of suitable "^ccommod'^tion for the purpose. Construction Boord h^ s been osked to prepare pl=in in this reg^ird, ^ prowision of Rs,0,10 1-okhs (5t-'=«to's sh^^re) can be kept for this purpose, 5• Setting up of Physio Ther=^py Centre ? The scheme rrlotes to opening of physiother-Tpy cr?ntres in E.S»I, Hospit^i.ls where ori^op-=»edic surgeons' =^re Tv/^il=ible on a cluster b^sis for con tinuous physiotherapy treatment of patients (insured persons), ^^pprov=il is <^uj=iited from the St^^^te Gout, ^ proviaion of ^^bout Rs,0,1D l^khs (St^te shore) can be kept for 1989-90, establishment of^ Nurses' Training Centre s “ It is an ongoing scheme and a provision of about Rs,0,90 lakhs (state share) may be made for the year 1989-90, Opr^ning of R^.jy^ Bima Ousadhalav*^s (RoB.Oc) s Out of the 63 R<.B.Os envisaged to be opened during the Seventh Plan period 51 RoB.Os have so far been openeci. There is a plan to ppen, 4 out of the remaining 12 RBOs during 1989-90 and Rs,tl,55 lakhs (St^^te share) can be kept for meeting the expenses, ®• Strengtheninq^ of P'-^thologicol U^boratories in ES I Hospitals other than Hanickto_la^ Fj I Hospita l s The scheme involves the improvam''nt of the pathological laborato ries in the different ESI Hospitals (excluding Hanicktala ESI Hospital) for conducting tests in Pathology, Biochem istry, (^licrobiology and Haemetology Govt, sanction is s till ayaitcd and a provision of about Rs,0,20 lakhs (State s h a r e ) can be m^de f o r 1989-90-r Hospital Cost for the In_surqd....lio_r kgrs & their fam ilies s This scheme envisaged opftning of ^^idditi:*n=’l beds in ESI Hospitals, purch=^sing neu equipment and instruments to update diagnostic and service faci lities for the Insured Workers, provision or Rs,3„15 lakhs on the State's K - 2 5 10, Improwemqnt of the Ambulance S eryijF.s ..under the Employees ' S tgte Insurance (P'lB ) Scheme s '’^gainst a proposa], for purchase of 13 additional ambulances, 4 have, been sanctiotped by the ITS I Corporation per Norms and have been purch'='sed, 3 neu ambulances have also bepn purchased as replacement for 3 condemned ambulan ces. Another 4 ambulances have been assess'^d as beyond Economical Repair and w ill have to be replaced by new ones. ^ provision of about Rs.0,50 lakhs (State’s share) may be k«pt for purchase of ambulances, during 1989-90, 11, Opening of Family Welfare Centre- s The scheme relates to opening of family welfare units in each ESI Hospital except Belur T.8.Hospital, The scheme is staff oriented, E, So I. Corporation has approved the scheme. It is now awaiting Govt, sanction, A provision of Rs,0,30 lakhs (State’s share) may be kept during 1989-90, 12, Implementation of Immunisation Programme 2 The scheme is a part of the scheme for family welfare and is mainly staff-oriented, (\lo fund has yet been utilisad and it may be carried over to 1989-90 and about Rs,0,20 lakhs (State's share) may be provided for it. Opening of Central B lood Ban!< s It is an ongoing scheme for procuring and distributing blood for usR in the ESI Hospitals* A new-vehicle hos been sanctioned by the GoSoI. Corporation and is to be purchased on priacity, Rs,1,05 lakhs as State's share may be provided for this purpose during 1989-90, 14, Opening of an Engineering Cell under the construction Board s The idea behind this scheme is to have a separate cell for proper maintenance and construction of ESI buildings. The scheme could not be imple mented this year as the details of the scheme has not been finalised as yet, token provision of Rs,0,Q5 l^ h s (State's share) may be kept for 1989-90, 5• Strengthening of the f leet of vehicles under the ESI Directorate s The scheme relates to the purch^’se of addl. vehicles for the ESI Directorate to assist in better implementation of the ESI Scheme, ^ sanction of three jeeps has been received from tho ESI Corporation this year and (^,0,40 lakhs (state's share) can be provided for this purpose during 1989-90, O pGning of an Occupational Therapy and b i ^ t iqn C e n tr e s •The schema involves opening of an Occupational Health Centre at Manickt^l’^ =^nd a Reh‘=’b ilitatio n Centro at Budge-Budge, The proposal fer x Rehabilitation Centre is staff oriented and is awaiting approval of the State Govt, The proposal for occupational therapy centre is au/'iting approval of ESI Corpor^^tion, Rs,0,20 l=»khs (Statn’s share) may be provided for this pur pose during 1989-90, K » 2 6 '^7, Estnblishmgnt of ^ Co ll for testing rs I Drugs ? The E S I C o r p o r a tio n h'^s "^.grcfid in p r i n c i p l e to g(?t E S I drugs ts s - tod from the Wost Bengal Pharm=\coutic^l ^nd PhytochGmic=»l Corpor'^tion Ltd* by using r^^ndom s^='mpling method nnd on specific compl=tint from tha benefi- ci'^iriGS* ^bout Rs.0,05 l^khs c'=’n b9 provided for this purpose the State's sh^rs during 1969-90, Est^blishmcnt Training Centra for T-:3chin ic^ l .& ..P^ra—medical S t^f f s Ths schomg is ongoing 'ind rr’l^tps to tr'^ining of medic'll technical ^nd parR-medic^l st^ff for efficipnt disch^rgR of duties, in institutions other' than .ESI Institutions, '^bout Rs.0.05 lakhs c^n b.-^ provided as State's sharn for this purpose during 1989-90, The total outlay for 1989-90 in respect of the "Employees’State Insurance ” scheme stands at Rs,12,00 lakhs. LJ^TER S U P PLY & SA|\IITAT,10.N Programme of the Public Health EnqinGcring Department, (Non-CnP Area of liJest Bp;nqal) ^ total outlay is Rs,2600,00 l^kh has been proposed during 1989-90, Summary of propos??d outlay durino 1989-90 ^^’nd the approved outlay and anticipated expenditure during 1988-89 under the State Plan are given below s Items 1 . 1988-1989 5 1989-90 1 Approved H Anticip'='tcd { Proposed - J o u t la y i expenditureH outl^ 1. Direction, ^dminist^tion etc. 2 0 .0 0 20,00 20 ,00 2 , Urban Water Supply 620,00 620,00 708,00 3 , R u r a l W a te r S u p p ly (PHNP) 1724,00 1724,00 1810.00 4 , RCFA Part-11 W/S, Scheme --- 5 . Sanitation Services - ( a ) ^ural^ Louj C o s t S a n i t a t i o n 17,00 17.00 40,00 •(b) Urban Low Cost Sanitation 9,00 9,00 10.00 6, Sewerage Services 10,00 10,00 12,00 GRAND TOTAL STATE PLAN s 2400.00 2400.00 2600.00 t . D ir e c t i o n & Administration etc. The proposed outlay during 1989-1990 is Rs,20,00 lakh. This amount is intended to be spent for establishments in th^:: Public Health Engineering directorate created during the V/IIth Plan Period, K - 27 2, Urb=*n iilater Supply* The proposed out-l?y during 1989-90 is 708,00 l=ikh. The target for 1988-89 to commission H^ldia Water Supply Sch°me (Geonkhali Based), Alipurduar and Khargapur (Dgualpur) 'olater Supply Schomps = Kalyangarh and Sainthea and also to achieve adequate progress in respect of other ongcDing schemes. To the abowe proposed outlay would be added the re quirement of fund during 1939-90 toyards taking up of further schemes to be identified by LG & UD Deptt. Such requirement ujould be assessed by the LG & UD Departmipnt, ^• Rural liiater Supply, (a ) l^inimum IMeeds^ Programme (n NP)s The proposed outlay during 1909-90 is Rs.1810.00 lakh includ ing prov/ision of 10^ of the outlay for maintenance, (b) 3ccol^rated Rural ^i^ter Supply Programme (ARP); Anticipated outlay during 1909-90 is fe, 1810,00 lakh. Break-up of the proposed outlays under the Two programmes between piped water supply & spot sources has be«^n indicated as belays ______..ijl [‘TNP”' ‘ ' V " 1~9 88- 1~9e~9 T ‘l 9 6 9-90 I Approved $ Anticipated 5 Proposed ______{ ou tlay I eXJ30nditure .!1 ou11 a y i ) PijJS 1144 1116 1181 ii) Spot (Zilla Parishad) 560 408 429 i i i ) RBTlii - 200 200 TOTAL § 1724 1724 1810 3iLP- i) PWS 1574 1574 1610 i i ) RBTU 150 150 200 TOTAL s 1724 1724 1810 ITmphasis would be given to complete/commission the ongoing piped water supply schemes* The target during 1989-90 is to provide additional sources in the Partially Covrrr^d Problem Villages to r^ise the service level and also in newly identified probl'-m villages, if any, R qCoF q A^ Uater Supply Scheme Part-II, Financing Pattem for the Scheme is as below s Rs.». in _l^Kh. (a) State Government 286,00 (b) Government of India (Coal Department) 1436,00 (c) GouGrnmrnt of India ( 2768,00 K 28 The Statg Sh=^rc> for execution of the schemp during 1988-89 had been proposed to br; Rs^44,00 lakh. 'i/ith this thq fu ll amount of State Sh^ro cr Rs,286 lakh would b? contributr-'d for tho schnms Harch, 1989, Thp Planning Commission has agreod to consider th"' said S tata Share as part of tho State’s investment in the Rural 'uJater Supply Spctor und^'r the Minimum Nends Programme, 'he schema is likely to be partially commissioned by l^larch, 1990, 5, Sajiitation Sgrwices, ( a ) R u ra l g An outlay of fe,40,00 lakh has been proposed for Rural low cost sanitation during 1989-90, The approv/rd outlay during 1988-89 is Rs,17,00 lakh.. The work w ill be executed by the Z illa Parish-'='ds. (b ) l^rt^^ns An outlay of Rs.lOtOO lakh has been proposed for conwersion of dry latrines in Urban areas. The amount w ill be transferred to the LG & UD Department for execution of the work through m unicipalities, Sj3_wex^.ge_ 5 .e rv ic j?s . ^n outlay of Rs,12„00 lakh has been proposed during 1989-90, The amount is intended to be spent for progressing the works of the ongoing scheme f o r R an aghat r^! u n i c i p a l i t y (Ps<,1C,00 la k h ) and l^ ir ik (Rs,2,00 l a k h ) , H 0 U S I N G (including Police Housing), 1, _Programm_e _o_f th e Ho_u_sing Depa r t mer The State Housing Department now implement four kinds of Social Hous ing Schemes viz,, (l) Housing Scheme for Economically IJeaker Section of the Community (Urban)-, (2) Low Income Group Housing Scheme, (3) (^liddle Income Group Housing Scheme, (4) Rental Housing Scheme for State Government Employees* Besides the above four Schemes, the Housing Drpartrrront also implement Land T'cquisition and Developmenc Sciiemo in the proximity of Calcutta, Silig u ri and ^^sansol for procuring land for drawirig up Housing Projects under .various Housing Schemes and also for distribution of suitable h 0u se “* s it 9s among th e people belonging to the various income groups. It may be noted that the Development and Planning Department have fixed the size of the 7th Five Year Plan for the Housing Department at Rs,2,600,00 lakhs including the Market Borrowing of Rs,550,G0 • lakhs by the West Bengal Housing Board, During the past four years, the Development & P la n n in g Department allocated a total sum of Rs,2 ,029,GO lakhs only out of approved pro vision of RSo2,600,00 lakhs details of ixhicli are given below s~ 1985-86 e,, Rs, 490.00 lakhs 1986-87 ...... Rs, 534.00 lakhs 1987-P8 0.. Rs, 480.00 lakhs 1988-89 ... Rs, 525.00 lakhs Rs.2,029.00 lakhs K - 29 The in?^dsquate pl^n j^llocTtion auer thg years has advGrs-^’ly affectad thG timc?ly complQtinn of thp SchGmcs o f thf^ H ousing D ep artm en t with the r e s u l t that escalation of cost of 5chr'm''s h'^ s bGcomG a rpgul^r fg^turo, Thn b a la n c e amount of Rs,571*n0 lakhs out of tho total outl^^y of thG 7th Plan is utterly in adequate for the HdtPsing D jpartment, Thnrf-forg the Housing Dnpartment placed the demand of R3,836,00 lakhs for the next financial (l989-90) i.e . the final year of the 7th Plan period, "Actually, the '^nnu'il Plan of 1989-90 of Housing Department (exclusively for implementation of sch mes by the D^partmpnt itse lf) has been restricted to Rs.410,00 lakhs, Apqrt from constructing houses under Housing Department, this Dnpartnipnt also grants lo^n to individual for construc -tion of their residential Units under LIG/P^IG House Building Loan Scheme, ^ provision of R?,43«00 lakhs has been made to meet up thr committed expenditure under Subsidised Housing Scheme for Plantation Workers, being a Central Sector Scheme (since abolished in the Central S'^ctor), The Finance Dep='rtment as well as Development & Planning Department are ay^re of the matter. The West Bengal Housing Board have-decided to float a loan of Psil65,00 l^khs in 1989-90 in order to continue their -ver-grouing housing activities ^nd for r^^payment of inter^-'st on earlier borrowings. Therfore, their market borrowing w ill increase by R'',55.00 l=^khs (from the original Rs,110 lakhs) in 1989-90, '^s regards, physical targets in 1989-90, the Housing D-partment propose to complete the construction of 1l20 flats/housns including 27D units to be constructed by the individuals by avy=»iling of cash loan from the State Gout, The size of the 7th Five Ye^r Plan, the distribution of 'Annual Outlay and the physical achievrment of th^^ last year have been indicated in th'^ Statements GlNJ-1, GN-2 and GN-3. Thus the consolidated plan proposal of Housing Department for the finan cial year stands as follows - Approved Outlay Proposed Outlay 198 8-89 1989-90 1. Social Housing Scheme Rs, 415.00 la k h s Rs,367,00 l^^'khs 2, Subsidised Housing Schome for Plant^-^tion Workers Rs, - Rs, 43,00 la k h s 3 , Market Borrowing R s,1 l0 ,0 0 la k h s Rs,165,00 la k h s Rs,525,00 l!=’khs Rs,575.00 la k h s 2• .Programme of t he Community Develepment Department, ‘ 1 D - ’Iopment _P^gramme This schom-.’ envis'^ges construction of Adm inistrative Buildings for Block offices and construction of residential complex in Blocks for accommoda tion of employees. So for adm inistrative buildings have been completed in 203 Blocks and funds have been allntted for construction of 'Administrative Buildings in another 32 Blecks, In the remaining 106 Blocks 'Administrative Buildings are yet to be constructed. The work is proposj’d to be done in a phased manner. K ~ 30 Plany of thG ^lrn=idy complt^tGd buildings =irG yot to be Glectrifif:id ^nd this ujork is =^lso proposrd-to be d'^ne in ^ ph^sod manner, ComplGtion of construc tion of ^dministrativG Buildings in =<11 the Blocks u ill =*lso Gn?=»lbl9 thn Gout, to ^u&id thn rpcurring expenditure on hiring of accommod^=^tion for block offi- cGs* For this purpose ^dequ^=^te fund is requirnd to be prouidcd under the =^bouo schf3m3,. ^Accordingly ^ sum of Rs,30,00 l^khs h^s benn proposed to be SD’^'int during 1989-90 f :r construction of 5/6 '^dministr=’tiuo Buildings "^nd for elec- trific=?tion of buildings already constructed ^nd for meeting =iddition=^l exp^rn- dituro for buildings under construction =is ^g^.inst thr provision ^f Rs, 12,60 l=ikhs for 1988-89. Special and Cpmmunity Services Housing, The schemo prouidrs fund for s- '^llotmert of house-sitos to landless l=«bourGrs etc, of the rur^l ^reas on ue'sted/^^cquirnd land, b) Gr=int of fin^nci=^l ^ssist^nce to the benefici^ries of the scheme, constructi''^n of huts on i^nds m^ds ^Ay'^il^ble to them. It is proposed th'^t house-sites ujill be allotted to 7000 fam ilies of l^^ndless labour ers =»nd construction assistance u ill bn giuen to 3889 fam iliDs during 1989-90, To fu lfill the abov/« targets a sum of Rs,78,79 lakhs has been proposed as the expenditur'- for 1989-90, 5p_ci/^l Housing Scheme This pl^n scheme is being/'^'dministered by the Panch^iyat & CD (CD) D^partmynt from 1983-84, It is fin=’nced with loan received from the Life Insuranpe Corpor-^tion of India, Tho Scheme is ex-^cuted through the Z illa Pari shads. The scheme envisages providing loan to the persons whose annu=»l income ranges from Rs,4500/— to Rs, 10,000/—, f^aximum loan admissible under the scheme for cons tructions of houses is Rs,8500/-, Th'^ loan is disbursed in two instalments. The loan which carries an interest ©* 9% per annum i s re p a y a b le in 15 e q u a l a '^’nnual inst=»lmrnts. Outlay proposed for 1989-90 is R'j , 20,00 lakhs and 235 houses are pro posed to be constructed. Social Housing Scheme is a plnn scheme and is being implemented as such from the year 1983-84, The scheme w^s not shown in the T'nnuj^l Plan p'^pers. Every year the approv?=il of the Development & Planning Department is, however, being taken subsequent to the pr^ps^ration of ^nnual Plan for treat ing this scheme as plan scheme, ''Allocation for the scheme is ^Iso being made by the ORvelopment & Planning D-.^partment every year for this Scheme, During K 31 t h 2 7th Pl''^n prrind, foll-.ujjing '^llQc=»tiTns werp rmd ' by th^t Dnp^rtmant f^r th is schGHvi, 5 1 . Y Approved p.L'^n ='.ll''iC'^tiTn ■’^ctu ^ l Mg . fo r t'nr scheme expanditurn 1, 1935-86 R3,25,Cn I'-Tkhs ('"’dditian.^l i^lloc^ti'-’ns Rc'.21.Da l^khs o\jnv ''^nd 'TbTVu th e nl^n coilinQ for tiic y -^r) 2 . 1986-87 !^i,15.C0 iRkhs v^ddition^l- ourr -^nd Rs.15.00 Inkhi -;\JD the pi in ccilinQ f or i-h:- y 3. 19B'7~BB K3, ig,tjLi I'^Uhs (ujiohin tho pl^:' N il (S^^ncticTi could cGili no) not bo nccordod ofter obsorving form'Tlitii:;s nf r--^ppropri=^ tion )* 4. I93S-89 fo,35.00 1-khs (u.'ithin tho pl-^n Snncti-.n is yot to be cc’i l i n g ) ^ccnrdrd with concu- rrcncc of F.D, 5 . 1989-90 R3e2Q,00 I'lk h s (p rcp T sn d ^ d d it i';n ^lloc^ti"!n) Though th 3 Fin^'nco Drp=»rtmpnt h=»d op.onnd r^Tlcu^nt Budget ho=’d of ^/c, under tho '5f'=»ts Pl^n’ Group of "Accounts =*nd h"=ts born showing the hn^d of =’/c« in the Budget public'^tion of ovcry yoor, +hny -orn not m='king nny provision under the ho^d dcjspit-a this O optt.’s prnpos'^l in th is rpg^rd prnsum^bly bGco.uso tho schgmf:; in th-'' firs t pl'^co did not oppR=»r in the ' nnu^l pl^n popers. It is , thoraforc, nacoss'^ry to show tho sch^no in tho "^nnuol Pl^.n ^.nd thor-a-'^ftor to ip.-Tko Budget provisions, Boc-'^usc of th"* m^gnitudo of the lo’^n rrscrivyd from tho LIC of Indin nnd intnr st being p^id theroon, it is nccfss^ry to seo th^it r":-lo^sr? o f fund is not h^mperod for -^ny proci dur^l r:"^S 'n c.g* not showing the schcme in tho ^nnu^l Pl^.n -ond/or n o t making Budget p r o v is io n on tho c x D o n d itu rn s id p . T h is pl^n schamo is , L.iorcforo, shown in th.. f^,N,2 stntrmGnt of thr Annu=>.l Pl-^n of this Dop^rtnient for 1989-90, It is "^Isc proposed th^t tho propos*.?d Rlloc^tion of Rs,20,D0 I'^khs for this pi fin schomr during 1989-90 should bo '^'n additional allocoti.on ovor the pl"^n CGiling of P-,180,00 l^khs olro^dy communicatnd t'' th is □‘■'portrri^’nt. There i s no scopo f o r a d ju s tin g t h is '^rnount w ith in th-v p lo n c o i lin g '^s th o ro i s :io SC070 for reduction fr 3m o r o v is i .'n froiri ony o th o r ol'^^n v'^>chriny'. In f a c t , o f t o r continuous efforts for 2-3'y-^rs it h^s boon possiblo to ^nh^nco pX^n provi sion for 1989-90 'Jiich is ■"’Iso n')t -d.^.nu^to. Secondly, this £ohi--:mc sh iUJ.d not poso ^ny d ifficu lty f r.irn th'^ point of view of resources mobilis-^ti 'n b'-:'>couS'^ P'>319,20 l^.khs o~ LIC loon st'^nd crodi- ted to the accounts ''f tho State. LI l lo^n recoivod -.n difforent yo=irs oro shTwn below s- Y3f»JC i l P u n t -f 1-on .'i:'.tr:- ~f in t o r - ^st 1980-81 Rs.132.2n l^khs 8% P ,^ . p A 1981-82 Rs. 78,00 lokhs 1982-83 R%109„DD__l^khs P. A. Rs,319,20 loKhs K 32 Out of this totRl Innn of R s , 319.20 Inkhs, principal t^ tho nxtrnt of .. R?, 55,768 l^khs s ^lrj--^dy bcr;n r -p'^’id t i th'J LIC„ sum cf P:.58,00 iTkhs Tnly hRS bG">n utills'^d ft)r th v S o c i a l H 'uisin q S chfcmr s'-' f'^ r. The b'll^^'nci: is in thn h^nds of thr S t=\tn G-vornmr^nt, 'if*. ^ ^ Df;r;n"=ir tmoiTt, Projects for c nGtructl ri if R-sid . 1 Qu'=*rtGrs f .r providing ^cco- nm id n ti- n tn D i s t r i c t ^nd S u b - d iv 1 si'^n'^1 O f f ic . ir s h-^j- ^^Iso b ern t^^krn up under H :using Srct"'r, Tho cTnstructiTn prngr''';rinf I', 3 bann ol=^bor^t:;ly ox- pl=^injd in GM -H st-'^t mi n t . I t •^rp-'^rs t h o r o f r )m tn o t scvon P r a j ’-c ts ^ rc in cifforont stagos :f implemuntftion ^nd gu'^rtors for 2nd &: 3rd offic<:rs Rampurli^t, BirbhuiTi nrr lik.'ly to bo c .mplotod this ye^r. In addition to tho ^forejsoid proj-cts kO h^w-^ SGloctod ^ nou prnj ct uiz., construction for SDO’s rrsidantiol quitter at Kolyorii for implomcnt=»ti jn during the noxt fin=inciol ycRr, Thus tot'll nuinbor of- proj'-cts both continuing ”^nd ncu under this soctor comns to 7 for implomont'^ticn during the next financial yoar. Pro posed outlay during 1989-90 is h3,9,50 l ikhs, x c is 5_ Pop a r tm b n t , r-Gsids n t i ^ l .B.uild-i ng Constructi'':'n of rosidantiai quarters for th'j Fxciso Dop-'^rtmont at 46, Christophor Ro^d, C=»lcutta, Tho sorvico of th<^ Pxciso Officers ar^3 transferable uhon the o ffi cers aro tr'^'nsforrsd Calcutta from thi; othor d istricts, thoy ar;-> put to groat difficu lty for ijjant of suit-"'ble accomnrjdation in Calcutta, It has theroforo incn djjcid'^d to constiuct a building in Calcutt”^ f -r rosidontial accommodation of tho ExcisR Officers.. Construction of nuartor of Officers on tho land occupied by Txciso Dppartmsnt Purano H^tkhol-^j Darjcoling, Thoro is no suit^bli’ ccommodation for '^ffloors on tr^nsfor to Darjc'-^llng for which tho constructi^n is nocess'iry, Pppar^tmGnt_j_ H imo (Po” oj D<'p^rtrnrnt h^\'i follouing pl'^n sch-.'mr-s undi-;r Housing S r c t o r - Construction of a fi^.ultistoriod &Lilding High Court Tr^m Terminus for ccimm jdntion -'f I'iL’^s ^nd Croup 'D ' staff of tho UioScLo’^c Initi'^1 "stim'^t‘.'’d cost tilt’s ^’s,99,78,000/-, '^bouo schomo was firs t inolud-'o in tho S ix ’-h Plan p'Tiod 'if 1980-85, Accordingly, Rs, 1 ,30,000/- was "lloc^tod in 1984-85 ^onual olnn for tho schom'P. But tho schpmi^- could not b" t'^k ^n up Tor •■■’x -outi' n. K - 33 Fo r th e S- vjnth Pl^^n D.jriDd of 1985-90. St=rtL’ f^lanning Bo^rd at firs t c>?irmRrk,^d Rs, 6,00,OOG/- ^ll'-tt.?d for ti'_ schGmo out of uiiich Rs,3,00,00Q/~ u'?s Pllac-^tG d f->r th*.' sch";rn'', f i r '\9B5-86^ During 1935-87 vjrt of Rs,4,00,000/'- iv'-'s allnc'^tnd for the schi-’me. In tne Plan budc'^t f t 1987-88 Rs,3,50,000/- ijj=ts ^^lloc^t-jd for the schrmG, In 1988--a9 R>5,OG,OGO/- uPs the ^^ppr^ucd outlay f o r th«; schcmo. Out of th ab JUG igr;:'d pl-n lu tliy no -m'-sunt h'='s yt)t boon utilised hfflpieaQ th-.:, schnrn'j could not b'l nyocutijd du~ tc u'^ri ius problGms, Drptt* h ^ vo - n lso f tirn i sh^'^Q,-on '.lori' t m n onn Qcc^£^i-j !;, r<^ui3rd nstirm trs for the sch -moj th .- prosont ."stim'^to bning Rs, 1,03 c ' iro. In vidu] if ^bour -3nd t s p^^r discussion at thn nn.-ting of the SoP.B. on 9,11,88, Homo (Po'\) D ■'p^rtmont proposrjB tn-t an '^mount of Rs,3,00,000/- may bR -lloc^ted for thr?. schemn, so that the ex:’Cution of th^ schems can at least b(-; started during the 7th plan poriod, Programmo of - the Public IjJnrks Dap^rtment, The schrfne undnr these heads nrc for ^i-^sing the problem s of accommo- dati^.n in GovernmGnt o fficjs ■^s also of rrsidD ntial ?=tccnmmodation for o ffic c T S ^nd staff the P, U, Dto, The target during thn 7th Pl=»n is for construct-’ tion of 58,250 cut o f uhich 18,800 m3 has botjn constructed during 1985-06 and 1985-87, The rest is expected to be compl ted during the r<^maining 3 years of the 7th Plan, The outlay for the year 1989-90 is Rs,65.00 Inkhs# • £F.99X5,'IL^iL .o,f. tho Develo pment,& Planning P' part^jjnjt, 1 nt _e_r n a t i o, n a 1 Y i •' a r _ :'f_ S h e l t e r f o r, t he Homo lo s s ( IY S 8 ) The year 1967'has been design'^ted ^^s the Intern=^tinnai yo-^r of Shelter ^or the Homeless by tht General l^ssembly of the United Nations. The ’ IY5H’ Programme, housuerf commenced in thi-s State in the year 1985-86, The Programme has thp-'objective of providing shelter to the homeless people in the rural, urban and spmi-urb^n areas of tfis state through the-direct involve ment of the Panchay^ts and the H unicipalities. The programme envisages cons- uction of houses and latrines for the homeler^s people on vested lands inclu- Jing provision for water sources and approach roads to the housing pockdts. But of the three rr.odc>ls suggested, Model-I and nodel-II as the C'-^se may-be, costing Rs,6500/- por house is bo’:h for rural and semi-urban areas of the State* Modpl-III costing Rs,8600/- per unit is for urban ar',.as. The bene ficia rie s under this prograTimo sh:.. Id b'--; shelterless and should belong to the categories sim ilar to the loRcD^P, target group, i.e ., oersons living belouj the poverty lin-y. For construction of h.juses, the land should be available frea of cost. The quantum i f land to bo allotted to an individual for house-site is to bo restricted to 0,02 dicre. The programme is progressing K ^ 3 4 in th9 following districts, viz, , [^) 24-P?rQ'^nns \ lior th) , (2 ) 24-Parg'm3s(S ), (3) Howrah, (4) Hooghly, (5 ; Burd'o^n, (6 ) Hii ; , (?) PuFLilia Rnd in the aroas falling undr,r th^ iurisdic'tion of th 7 Coi^ioi'o o Th<' fund alloctEd so far under this progra q tn hho IhiplL-rnantinr, ^c'::^nci"':s is follows - l\l3fTi9 of D istrict/ ][ Fund .^llott^d $ Fund nllnttGd H '^und a llo t t n d ( *Fund a l l o t t e d Authority i in 1985-86 3 in 1986-87 I in 19^7-88 f so f^ir in I ' I 193b-89 1) C.n.DoA. Rs.20.D0 lakh R%18.00 l^=>kh 2) 24-F^rganas(l\!) Rs. 5.00 lakh Rs. 73,89,653/- *:g. 70.G0 lakh R% 22,80,947/- 3) 24-Parganas(S) R3. 5.00 lakh Ps, 15,22,250/- 4 ) Howrah Ro.10,00 lakh Rs, 4,10,500/- Rs.11 ,77,750/- 5 ) Hooghly Rs.20,00 lakh Ps.I'S.OO lakh 6) Burdwan Rs,65.00 lakh Rs,45.00 lakh Rs.10,00 lakh ?) I^idnaporg Rs.24.00 lakh ns.10.00 lakh Rs.20.00 lakh B ) P g r u lia Rs. 10,00 lakh Rs.60.00 lakh Rs. 185 ,00,153/- Rs,178.00 lakh “"^gainst tho above allotmnnts, outails of physical ^chi^vnmpnt in rGspsct of housG construction and fund utilisation are indicated bnlow as p?3r rrports rpc9ivcd so far ffrom the Implomenting "^gencios s- Nam© of thp District/! No.of houses constructod l^mounts sponlTso far ______. 1 ______H A ) C.noD<,A. 352 housos Rs. 12,53,628/- B) 24-Pa.rganas(i\!) 1987 huts comDlrted 1,60,89,811/- 522 takfin up C) 24-Parganas(S ) 30 nos, of huts comolntcd Rs. 5.00 lakh utilised D) Howrah 231 huts/h'^usGS compl.-'tRd Rs.16,77,755.l2p. E) Hooghly 280 huts/houGGS copplc.ted Rs.20 ,64,81 6/- expended F ) Burd w ai. 962 hutb constructed/ Rs*83,01 ,932/- 337 housps undor cunstn, G) i^idnaporG 276 nos, huts complrbod Rs.25,71 ,250/- H) P u r u lia f\l, The 3t='to Govcrnrri'^nt h^s provided a sum of Rs,200.00 lakhs for ths yoar 1*^88-89 for «xtnnding the bBn^fit of sh(3ltnr to 2040 hams^loss fam iliss in thrj districts of thf; State undpr this Programmr-. The 7th Plan (l985-90) envisages an outlay of R5,850,00 lakhs und'_’r this progr^mmQ (which w ill torminato at ths end of tho 7th Plan psriod), Tho outlay for thR yoar 1989-90 is Rs. 1.00 l?^kh* ®• Programme of th^; Home (DGfonco.) pgpartmGnt_._ 1. Third Phasr^ construction of 71 Nos, of staff quarters for the 1st Biswakarma Battalion of tho Idnst Bpngal N?itional \iolunt«r.r Force (liJ.B o NoV ,F o) at Du^gapur, This a continuing schomc for which a outlay of Rs.8,00 l^’khs have boon for thn y:^ar 1989-90, 2. Construction of Barracks, Offic.^rs Quarters, Cyosb Housn etc. for th « WoB 0 .F 0 ^t Salt L^kn is likely to bj t^kon up, if fund is ''^v'tilablo. JD 9 • The programme' envisccos construct!ui "f OixicG-cum-’ilcsidence of the District Juc’ge, 24«-J.?. rgani.s (North; . :iccoiniricnda tion of the 9th Finance Commission is awaited. 10, FroT'rammo^ of^ In the Annua 1 Plan proposals of t’le Fi.nancc( Taxation)Deptt. fc.r 89-9C outlays have been proposed fcr 9 schcmcs relating to construction of residential quarters. The construction work of residential quarters in .\ssansol and Coochbehar is almost ccmplete. The Chief Govcrnia&nt Architect has been requested to dravy up plan for a multistoricd residential complex, in the Boliaghata Sales Tax comp.unJ. The residential qua-"ters fcr the officers cf the Commercial Taxes Directorate at Parulia are intended to be constructed on the land adjacent to the existing quarter of the Charge Officer, Furuli? . V/e have already a plot of land at Berhampur and Chief Government Architect is preparing the plan for rosidential quarters there. At other places also efforts are being ta. bon to Icon to land for construc tion of residential quarters. 11. Tro^’ramme^ rf HyD'P. In the Flan cf the Home (Police) DeFartmenty almost the entire amount cf annual allocation is earmarked for expenditure on capital accv unt: the revenue account forms but a small frac»' tion of the total plan proposals, 2. During the first 4 ye^-^ rs cf the 7th Flan, the follo?/ing allocations were received Y e- a^ r £?; 'yp-2ip0. 1985*=86 Ils, 75 lakhs 1936'-87 fe.lOC l.khs 1987‘**88 PU.16G lakhs 19BS~89 R:>.300 lakhs Rs,635 lakhs It v/ill be seen that, frrm year to year, allocations were raised considerably, though not to the extent expected by the Hame (Police) Dorartmc n t. Fcr the year 1909'= 90, the State Planning Board has agreed to allocate an amount of Rs.450 lakhs. In drawing up tho proposals fer that year, the Department has followed the guideline issued by the Planning Commissi'-n in their D.O.Nc. PC(l)2/88 dated 13.9.88. The Planning Commi-- ssion has stressed that the policy fcr the next year should be to .... 36 to completG the cn*=’gcdnc: schcmcs by the onv'' f the 7th I'lc:n i .e . by 3 1 .3 .9 0 . .-icccrdingly, the Doi.:rtr,icnt has adopted the foll'-'wing principles in formulating its t l.-n proposals ~ (i) To take up the now schemos which are urgent and very small in nature and can bt^ c^ mt leted in course of a few months. Such '^chemes arc debitable to the head -2C59-Fublic V\/orks-’. (ii) Since, new schemes involving considerable expenditure may not be completed in course of a year, no such scheme has been included in the proposa,Is for 1989-=90. Such schemes are debitable t": two different heads, v iz. ”4059‘”CO“ F V\/'' and 4216-'CO«=-Housing-'. It will be seen that only the on-going schemes taken up in the first 4 years of the 7th Flan and will have to be carried into the last year of the Flan for c'.mpleticn, Recommendaticn of the Ninth Finance Commiission is not yet available to the Department. While placing its case for consideration of the Ninth Finance Cummission, Home (Folice) Departm.ent had pressed that, ir. addition to the provisicn for Police He.using under Upgradaticn/Frygrarnme under the head 4216” COHOUSING'’ the Ccmmission should c^.nsider allccation of funds for some other imp^rt/ant schoines of this Department including the one for the Base Hospital for the State Folice under, the Public Vv'ork Sector. Hov\/ever, the -ctual reccmmenda- ti.on cf the Ccmmission being not known, the Department has framed its proposals, as already stated, according to the guideline issued by the Planning Commission and v/ithin the amount of Rs.45C lakhs, as agreed c by the State Planning Board for allocation during 1989^90. Out of the total Depart^ mental outlay of R5*45C lakhs an outlay of Rs. 123.00 lakhs has been earmarked for Folice Housing. K = 37 URPni^ .jr:'u £ L C « N T (lnclu^inr*srr..tQ Cc.pitn 3 1,.. \ :nt) Pr£-£)r^.mm- nf. t h jJ, , :.^ iL ..^ P lfL L .:- 'j J.-J ^^>^-.,0^:1 y'"p-'\n 1 At present thcr;; nr- 113 urbo.n lcx:ai :.c,.:i. s in '.'J-st ^ .rir^’l, cf wiiich 36 are w it h in th^' C':’ Icuttr.; H u tr n Ar^^Jn (C r!<0 >> T urbfin loc?ul bodiLS uithin th 3 C cR cA, t-v^^vcj bG- n br ught un..:Qr -f-.ho CUDP~III r.n'J thi.r:: has toun a ^~S3X\jo prcgrr:pra^ f ■ t fin'.nci^-1 asoistpncti tc thGSG urb^n lo cal bnc'i>--’S ihrouch CcrU^.A* In thcj pnat tho probl^inw cf thi;i urbp.n local bcc’i'-s cutsir’c C ♦n » ujBro almost ignoreL boc^'uqt-' c.f financial cc nstraints. In crc'tir tc break this rcgicnal imb"l^ncti hi jhcr Glloc-'^'-t i. n :'f pL?n funds ?.rc boing for urb'^.n dc-voloj'mpjnt in th^- urban l.'c'^l bodios outsirie C.rUA, bJhilc framing the Annual Pl"-n -''nd pr-posing allcc&ticns cf fund under v?*rious sBctcrs, the- nouds ;f the urban local brciius h^ive been kopt in m.ind, UnrjLsr tho head 'Duvolopmr;nt cf M unicipal Areas’ against thie budqe^t pro- visicn of Rs,436 lakh fcr lSGO-09, a sum of fe, 500 lakh has been propose d fcr the yvcx 1909“ 50* Under the '£nv/ironmenta 1 ImprouemwHt nf U^f-.an Slums' , luhich is unctir the reuisG.d 2 0 -Point Prc gr--MTimG (ilfJP) , 32 urban lo cal bodies w ill be crinsidored during this year r.gainst the budget provision cf [,.,209 lakh« A to tal stlum po pulation cf 72 ,000 u ill be benefitted from this sch 'rne c'uring this y-a.r« ^ sum of Rs.350 la k h h^^s bt-cn Le-rmarkcr' f o r t h i s programme f c r the y^ar 1989-90* Under the h^^ad ’Spe.cial Component PI th fcr Scheduled Castes~ Programme fcr Liberation c f scayc.ngers by ccnversion cf service privies into sanitary latrines’ theru is. during this year, a bedret prcvisitn of Ks,300 lakh which will help tc csnvert 15^000 service privies^ Since this pregramme is a centrally spcnscrei.i : ne 5 we w ill move the Government of I n'ia fcr approval and financial assistance (mf^tchinc share) .'uring thj-s year in respect of 5(five) new towns of Chakdah, Tamluk, Jubrajpur, CJhargram and Uhulian* Per the ye ar 19C9-90 a sum of Rs*3E1 la k h has b-en p rcpos' n for this scheme, Und ? the scheme ’Spe:ci'^.l ticmponcnt Plan fcr Scheduled Castes — Develop ment of Municipp-1 Areas’ we .mvc Rs. 10 lakh for supply cf implument to the scavengers .f the urban local bnc'ii>s for 198C-89. 'oJe have kept Rs.lO lakh for 1909-90 fcr this scheme. ’Int-^grated ve 1 cpnre nt cf Small and Medium Towns’ is another Csntr^^lly Sponsored Schem- fcr which a sum of >^3.200 lakh has bean earirBrkcd dur ing this year,, The progress cf this scheme: has been suffering r'ue to ccrtain insurmourr- table difficulties like acquisibion _.f land problems, non~auailability of building m aterials, litiga.tirns and certain channOd in the alreariy approved scheires c.-nsiderod necessary at a later st^'ge as well as technical clearance from the Gr.ivernmcnt c:f Indi£„ Ta!<;inr- a ll thi.^ow .inti acc('unt we hav^^ pr.-pased a sum cf r F o r the' schomo 'Ijo v:-1. prrc nt o f l^'luni.cipp.l Areir^s ~ lij'^ tc^r S u p p ly F a c i l i — tias (Spot sc;urc'..3 ) ’ thcro is s burirot provisicn cf ^, 2 r l-kh Trr 1900-09. liit rv*vo pn. post d Roo 0 5 l?-^kh fc^r 19G9-'J0. W'-i ;^.nnthL;r schwiri' 'Urbr.n B & s ic S- r w ic o s ' lu ith th::. f i n a n c i a l p .s s is - t{;nc<- UNICEF ^nJ G-v/-rnmjn^ of India. Bssic sorwiccs ^r- prt^vicl-d tc tha slum duo 11 ors in the solcctod tcuns cf thu iJarj&cilino I'istrict '• nd tr Puruli~ in th,. f^ u ru liB > is t r ic t o ->urinr; t h i s yo^.r th ere; i s a budcot p r c .u is ic n c f fe. 10 Ickh r'-.-r 19 08-09 an.' uq h^va pr■.pcsJ d Rs. in l?.k h f;T 1909-90. I hw Insbitut^^ L.f L.cal Gouernm^nt and ''-'rbsn S f dias (ILGUS) is bt^inq mcva intunsiuoly invrlvcj in inip^.rting training t:- the cli.ct-Jd and appcdntod functi-i.na-riGs rf th.u urban Icrcl bodies. It is new cngnis' d that training is a part and parcel cf the d:. Vcil pmcnt prccoss. T hb I istituth has acquir.-.d land at *^alt lj:ikL. City. 1/uring this yaar fis, C lakh has been k: pt in thu State.' budget for ccnstructicn cf thi.3 building fr.r thu Institute. Sinca tfi.' fund is nrt enough, uS, 0 lakh has teen pr; posed for 1909-90. That appr-t, R3.16 lakh has been prc.posod fur IlGUS un.‘ r Dir_ction and Administra t i , n. Bosidt- s , th e 'C e n tra l Wa lu'^.t ic n B c ^ r d ' and th.;:. ' L i r e c t c r a t e c f L o c a l Bodi s' w ill haue t; be oxpan ad and strengthened. It is, bh^re, prcjposcd that Rs. 1 l®kh for Central V/-'luation Board and Rs, 1 Icakn for Directorate cf Lical Bodies be provided f:-r the yer^r 1909“-'.vG. It may bu pointed out tiat seuerago nnd o'rainage system should be implti- monted in the urb'^n p.reps thrcugh tho urban Ic.cal bcdieSo This w ill help ra strict polution c f t-^nvir: nnx--nt n' prevont health 'vzards. F..r this scheme cl ng huge fune is rc gu ire d, Gove rnmGnt in this Department is n.t in position to tnkt^ up this prcgramma due t, Inck ^'f fund only. It may further be adc'e hero that Gcuernment in this Jenp.rtrrijnt could ha. VO done better in the fl-l.js of ’Oov/elopm.. nt of 'lunicip-l A rjas*, ‘Dt-vulopmi nt of flunicipal Ar^.as-liJatt-r Supply Facilitie s (Spot s.urces), 'Busteo Imp'rovement Schemo* and ^Sfocial Co.mpcnont Plan for Sctxtdult^d Castus—Pr ogr-'’mme for Libiera— tion of Scavengers by c ■ nvorsi.cn • f scrvice privies int:? sanitrry latrin es’ had more fund tee n made a v a ilc b lG to t h i s D opsrtm cnto Crnsidering oil thes-, the Annual Han fcr 1989-90 frr this Jepartmbnt is drawn up a • bol -w s- .^1. D&velc.pment of Hunicip^-.l Areas ... Rs. 5D0 Iskh 2. UGUGl'pment of Hunicipa 1 Mro':'S-iiiatGr Supply Fa c ilitie s ( S pot s 0 ur co s) . . . R3 . a 5 l-a kh 3. Spccial Comps, nent Plan for Scheduled Castes-Pro gramme for Liberr.tion '.f Scawengers by conversion of service privies into son^tary Jatrines ... Rs . 350 l^ k h 4. Special Dpmponent Flan for Scheduled Castes- Dovclopmont e.f (Municipal Ar. ns ... Rs, iQ l^jkh 5. ^nvironme-ntal Improvemrjrfc cf Urban Slums ... Rs. 3 5 Q la k h 5. Integrated ‘.euelopment of Small a nd Hediurr. Towns ... |fo, 169 lakh 7. Urba.n Basic Services ... r^. 10 la k h 0. Institute f Lccal Govt, arc Urbon Studies , ,, Rg, 16 In k h 9* CG?ntral Valugtirn Bo-r d ,,, rs, 1 in k h 1 0 . direct T f U c r . l 0 . dies ... qs. 1 1^’kh ’ 11. Setting up f a Training ond Rose.irch Institute ... ik. n l.-^kh K - 39 2 • ^rc^crammcj f th a Dc;\;q 1 pmont & ^l3^nina(Tnujn & Cnuntrv Pl?.nninn) JBpPrtm . nt, Tho Truin & Ccuntry Plnnninr Br?^nch -"f Ol-vqIcpmfjnt rin ' Planning C^pf^-rtment. is c nc^rnw d with planned devo l-'prRs^nt : f rur-^ l end urban nrcos in IjJGst Bengal i xcluding Calcutta n:.'trcpolit?-n Jis tric t. S c far thrfib UgvcIcpment ^ u th crity, n''^mcly, ^gans. 1-Ourgapur bt vyt; irprrPnt A uthrrity, Haldia uti val .pmont A uthority t:nd Silit^ur i-3Qlp?iic:uri Dc\/:i 1* pmtnt ^^uthrrity hsvQ bcisn set up for this purpose* Ccnstituti^ n cf a OsvaliipnEnt ^uth^rity fcr Uishuiabhe.rati- Srinikatan arba is under ccnsirluration cf tho State Government* B-sides these dt:v/clapm£nt authoritius, South 24-Parganas Planninn Authority, M irik Planning Authority and Jiigaon Planning Auth::rity hP.\JO alsc boon sot up* The main furctions cf th^' Dav/c Ir pment Authcritirjs as enjoined in the \jJGst Bengal Toun and Cjiuntry (Planning ^nd Develcpmi nt) Act, 1979 are the preparation o f an existing lanchuse rrvaps and reg ister,preparation of Outline Oouelopment Plan and Outailed Deueljprnent Plan, regulating land use in the art.as so th'i’.t urv planned anLi haphazard development and growth cf land-use do not take place and execution of specific developmont schemes envisaged in the plan* So far these statutory obligations are concerned, these ijevelnpire nt Authorities have already mndG much headway. Preparation f existing Irnd-usc plan and register and their publication is nearing completion. The work rn prop^'^ring Outline Development Pl'^ns h'VO also made much progress* A number cf jovelcpment Schonies like Improvement rf R^isds, lilater Supply and Drainage, construct ion of Hospital, C'-'pnmunity Centres, Parks, etc. have been completed by these Devje lopment.Autho- rities already, 2* But the r.-source po3iti':n cf those Develcpment Authc-rities criming into being on the 1st A pril, 1980 is s till f^r from adequate to meut the ofevelopmenta 1 needs of fho- are.-s under their respuctiVe jurisdiction. We haue provided funds to them in our plan budget of tho emount far short Lf thuir requirement. This financir^l constrain has forced these u^jv^lopmt^nt Authorities to slow down the progress of execution :f ctvelcpment schcmes in their areas. It is essential that adequate funds are provicSed to them so that they can carry out their functions as enj ined in the bJest Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Devolop- (Tunt) Act, 1979, Any restrain in this respect w ill cause adverse effect on thP overall infrastructural development of those r..gions which w ill, in turn, cause c-nsiderable slowing down cf tho pace of the cLvelopmental works in a ll direc- tions in these areas. Keeping this in background, we should give topmost prio rity to th - funding position of these Do velonirp3nt Authorities. 3* T|-,£. Annual Plan proposal of the Deu3lopm; nt r. nd P lanning (T&CP) Depart ment for 1939—90 ha.vo been drawn up agr.'.inst this .j^ekgruund* In order to ntet thG needs of this Department, we h^’ve prcpos-jd outlay of ^3,8.20 crr^res for 1909—90 which is cr^nsidered the be^^rest minimum r :r the essential schenf-s .f the □ovelopmunt Authcrities and Planning Authorities already set up* K - 4 0 3• Pronramma the Hetropclitan D . vo lopriyjnt te p-".rtmt;nt» A . CALCUTTA inRvCUEl^LNT TRUST A sum cf Rs.3C.0Q lakhs h-s boan prcpos".c fcr 19G9-9G fcr exbcution cf cert'"in r t muncrativu and ncn-rLmunor"’.t ivo schum^^s by th- C alcutta Imprcvarrt. nt Trust. In a ll sixteen schemas h?‘Va bi^in r-c-mmcnducJ fi;r inclusion within the nnus 1 plnn 19G9-9G* Gut of tht:se sixtosn schamt.;s, six schamcs are rumunj.Tativo in n: turc and th^^ cth^r ton mainly ni.n-remunorc'tiuu schem r., the rrr.in purpose b^iinCj ijjidonincj ''f ro?"ds« 2* Uithin th rcmUnoratiue sch^im s tur mPjcr c i y i c centre projects - cne in Wr.niktr.lr, r.n'I th other in G-^ri^-hat ^ r c under e x e c u t ic n . T h sse art:; g L in g t > crep.te huge arrcuni; cf shc p,.?inr, ccmmerci''l ' nd culturr. 1 n c tiv itijs in two ports c;f the city. There u..uld be o g; od ^.m.unt f emplryment gonerotii.n due to the execution of these projects, Host cf the frc iliti- s nener-ti-d in Goriohot project N^^ve already b'on disposed of. A five storeyed office builc.iing at Maniktala h"s already been l e t out t o St-^.te E?ink of In d ia , ^-'ctions have been t-'^ken fo r d is p o s a l of shopping fa c ilitie s nearing completi^.n uithin the project. The cthu,r Area Oevclopment Schemes, in adr’ition t? opQ.ning out new roads, w ill enable the Trust to devel p comprehensivoly some of the congested areasof vhc City ':nd provide f'^.cilities like Group Hcusino, Individual Housing, Shopping, Commercial and other ''ct ivitie s. 3. A s regO;rds n cn - re m u n e ra tive schi^'m'\s the. main ci n c o n t r a t io n i s on ro a d widening project. These nc n-remunf'rat ive schemos inclu'ij wirt-'ning of Bentinck Street, Amherst S trcet extension beyond-S#N* Ennerjet Road, Brishnob Sett Street widening, UIt" donga Railway und-rpass, extension of l^r^nicktala Main Koad to Salt Lake, extension of Be lio.gi-iata Main Road to Salt Lake, improvement cf Leshpran S:^.shiitil Rond ond development cf Chakuria Station Area, HL'jRA iriPRCUEnENT TRyST The proposed outlay f.,r 19G9-90 is Rs.30.00 lakhs for execution of s:mG g e n e ra l improv.'emo nt schem es e n v is a g in g p lan n ed wat<.r s u p p ly , developm ent of sewerage- and drainage, roads and other civic amenities '~nd park schemes to pro— vicJe an open area space t. the residents of congest - city f Howrahc C. KALYANI TOyNSHIP To mc.ot the basic infrastructural f- cilties to the alr^a.Hy covered areas and to extend such fa cilitie s to the uncover- d are'-s in the Kalyoni Township, 19G9“*90 annual plan envisages, installation of sewer flo.shinr: Units, CLnstruction cf water lines, sinking of deep tubew^jlls and e lec tr if ic'"-t ion, construction of community hall-cum^'au ditorium , setting up morket a no construction ■ f park-^t Ka lya ni a sum of Rs. 30.00 lakhs has been propoG. d fcr 1909-90. □ . URBAN RErJEliJAL SCHLMES IN THL CcWoU. AREA Te ease the internal traffic circulation problems in Calcutta, specJjPlly in and around th central business d istrict, where most :.f the State Governm-n'': and Central Government offictiS and offices i^f thr^ Statutory Bodies, mercantilw firms and financial institutions ar _ Iccatt. d, rationalisation of the existing K » 4 1 Innd uso with n vi'fl'jj t roloasc. some- inn<"! f'-'x thC' rc'- syc'tom uculr! bo helpful* R o l cp-ticn c'f th-j 3 t t t i - s ^ nu Gcc'euns c f th:.; C . F»T • i^'nc; th e S t r a n d os d uoulc' qivo land frr substantia] ■ yidonin., r.f it ~nr th^ruby prc;\/ir;ing rclio f to traffic -nd prcviJing c diuorsion rcutrj during the perioL: lf f'Utrc R.-il'jrys ucrks nl.-ng CoIU Avanuo. SeGidiJs prepar'ifcory steps fcr plann^'d rG-davel pment of th:; npca cip.st of the C #r'l *u • has bt^cTne ---.ssBntial t ccpG uiith urban growth. This roquircs ^ thcr ugh survey and prepar?tion cf ^j.jtailcd l-'nc! use mnp --jf the area, bt.fi.re taking up d-uc: lopm^nt schem-s» E e AUmENTATICM OF 'jjATER SUPPLY GI uKiaN!\|AGAR T O'aJNSHI P(SA LT LAKE ) At present yat^r supply tc ijidhe-nnag^ir Toynshij: is d. ne by supi-lying grcun ’ yater thr'^ugii SO” dia deep tubeyell, Fe:r th is, the are':' has be^n divide'.! into a numb-.r of ixPter tayer zc-ne e-.ch having a p-pul-.tion c f 2n,0G0 (apprcx*). There are 15 rverheed resorvcirs in sectors I , II & III, E^ch zeix is fed from c verhuad reservoir cf 1,25,000 gallons capacity anr’ 60’ staging heighto 2. Bidhannagar is a ne-y planned t'^wnship of ne-^.rly vive- square miles area and is greying at a very fast r/^te. Various types of r- '■ id';nti''^-1 and c;:mniJrcial complexes arc coming up« Though th- present popul-’tic; a jies r> "chc.d only 25/o ' f , design popul-'tion, y-^ter scarcity is b-Jing fe lt _a/en njy. Tubeyolls are boc'.Tring cJLJfunct yithin five t six years, pipelines arc b'Jing chokod yith ir n deposi'cic ri due to o.cessive iron cont,:;nt in the ground yater; pumps becoiiio out of or^' r very frequently. The quality cf ground yater is very poor. 3* i„ Th.0 rr^ster. plan~ ( l 966-2001) for uator supply, soyrjrage and drainace in C a lc u t t a R o tr o p o lit a n . u i s t r i c t recommendK'-d. s u r fa c e ya to r" s u p p ly , i n t e r a l i a , t.o Bidhann'- gar in viey of the poor quality cf.- the ground yater of the area. Ku^ping in vie y t ho above r ecommendation and to mjet thtj increasing d.. rranr!, C> TU • has prepared a project repart fcr supply of ijat^r from surface source. to Bidhanarap , . . . <■ - o'l . . . ^ . i3um D'um :''n:' S ^ u th Dum Dum m u n ic ip a l -'.rea y iT h a c o s t v .otim f'te o f Rs* 39 . 67 c r ^ r e s to e nsuresupply “Of required quantity of yater t r study areas, executit.n c-/.’ the scheme 'ih entire ly is necessary. But c"nside~ing the f inaneia 1 c. nstraint, the scheme has been proposed to be executed in tWo phases. ' ' 4* F '.r the fi.-ld york (trial pits and s: i,l invest igat.-'.n for cl. netr ucti.-'n L;f under ground reservoirs ^nd pump houses), the ceteiled design and preparotion of tender documents and oth r e ' preliminar y yorks and also for augmenting th: capacity -f the present supply system tc ' me.^t the greying yater d^^mano in Bidhannagar, a SLim of R3.25oOD lakhs h" s been proposed in the annual plan f:ir the year 1909-90. ' ^ , F . CALCLfTTA i^ETRC PQLITAN X 'JE L G P rC N T fiUTHCRITY A t;. t a l 'u t la y .-f r,3. 65,00 crores has, been pri .posed in the Annu-’.l Flan for 19 09-90 of the Calcutta. Metropolitan ueuel'_pmont Authority against the apprc.vo^d outlay of 1^3.63.39 crorcs for the previ.-'us year* •---- ryi- : p no crores is proposed to be financed by , market 2* he •••niV>4r). ttr u ^ t . or thy-_ ^nriue.l >-‘la n ijii-.l bij ii.iplf-fn; ntaticn rf thu Thlr C nlcut he^ Ur-ban. tjy ua.dc.pme^nt Programmo ) " «’jc-i£irt ^i^.p taken-up under luA-I and.IuA-XI’''R3c‘ka:r^^^^ 1®,d,, c s s p n t i a l c.(?mppnLnt?s^cf’ Ght'-''-twj:ai‘]‘' p^lajRi tcj 'r sd:?\dccs. !%trWt5c:lifen^TA.r>an^d:rpf^'r't by the ^urd • . . ’ • . • r _ I . . ‘ L. o o T • '^•jP' C . ^ ,nr Ccrporr.tion c;f Ca lcu tta and Howrah and 34 cth^^r ••;•)■□ nlca-pc libiiiJ.s and _,nq€ifitii, ^ ar'^ n s. 3'v Ma jfif: e'Hcm^;:!,' grcupr^wi^P _^di^ UQSC d. J (a^ bvye 1 .-pmMnt. p rc y f ^mmcjJ This includes various cDv£j1 opmbnt uc:^l^s-^or'tcrifc;-.,Vupjfi'^y l~- V-- “-■’■■■■ ^ ■: V';:;'-;X .;,/ --n; .rid a;- i cOrir.^V <:F yA ^,\:r X',.. s^wpragc and.,cjtait^ge f so lid uastc''tiiaha-^(S'mont-1' -c-okastsantrrt■ .«..• f^^' improvemt-' ijt._ g f r pa ds, .Harko t in g fa p i l t i u s | iBstjJSC^'^fffpr n.td^:l4bi.^h nt i — . (e -fdQd.!,pla,lpn^d_and tixocut.e d 'by't he^l'^caii'^bddl-'^S' wi't'hid jiJr;iSi^fticjnr, . ^ ^-- - X4.:VUsnu'1..^nr:. Ui ^ ...... / ' ^ is cno of thu im pcrtant, sc^mtj-its ^ c^ h o ' ciablc proprt;ss, A,> cu t la y o f Ks, 1 3 .3 5 cro rd 's has bd^'rt 1C 89-90_ ,d t o a nt ic ip a to d t; x po nd i t urw o f Rs. 12 o 9 C d r vt g s i. n 19 GB~?'9 . r,. (b) Tra ns-riunic ii'B 1 I nf ra- str ucturc pro era mnrs T h in p ro v id e s f i r p la n n in g arid dxocuii;b^n'--^/ CM df c r i t i c a l in f r a - structure in !iiat.:r Supply, Lrc?.inaoo'j 3ahitati: n and Tnsffictj and Transport^-tion - - :' '■ ‘ ■■ ■ : '^ .-::• ,, . r . ' S u c t q r s , o t c . fr-^m which b-.m’ f i t s u i l l b o 's h a r e d By 'lkic PT (Tvcrir Ic jc a l boclip^s,*. S;:ftkj r;,f . the iTt^jor 3chuiTn,s p e r t a in in g t lV t h i^ ' ' ^ c u Id' ■ fV: r ' uihichrconsicjD rab^^^ inve strntJnts aro rc.quirod during. l9G5-9Cf nrd ":*• - Ci) Br.ranapp.r KapBrhati an^! Sorampnre Ulatcr Titatmtint Plant&fi^^• M g a in s t tho o r i g i n a l cc^Ci^f-1<^l3.'9i:..Grcj]gi^s ^•nc^7r€^7.,52. qco^e.s.,^f;:?;,r^:• ^ Ba-r^. naQore-^and rS+r a mpur Plants rc spLctivo ly , expenditure:! incurred upto P^rrch 1960 bjcr':j lO.-lS'orc.TOs ■T.n&.'Rs« 6,,20,.,crcr9s r-spdct ivol-y. T ho works arc oxpe'cti.i^d to bo compl3tcd_ by fey 1991 and Uccembor 1991. rbspcctivo ly.- For completion of ' t’^hw works. to tal, expand ituro of Rs.26. 57 crcr^ s ’'ihd Rs.2 4*47 crcrCs w ill bo'’re quired* vln:- 1989-90^ pr.L v is i.i n has been n p 'i f o t ‘ns'; 4';'3Q d t ' iros .f Pr-'Peac.h :>df - thP, tw o. w o rk s, ' - ' \i'i)- .ItT‘Pr’'\/sjm.:-nt of , variouStTran.s-i^unic ip a l canals’ and auqmentat ion cf ,'jumpino cap-'city c f Vdif f^ront statSdna* dd > These .?r^ cf v ita l im por tr: nco'f cr ro dud ihg -uatGr-lo aging ' during hcacy rains in various areas, Cf the 14 sohwfn-.-s5 sc h3 mos have been completed in 1987-80 aiu' 3 aro expect.: d to bJ ccmpleted in 19GG-G9. Romr;ining schemes are at vari'-us stages of ccmpletion and are oxpi- ctdd tc'' be complete d by 1990-91, M to ta l investment of Ks. 4.37 crore s has teon .prcRoopd in,.1989-90* (c ) CI'IA - jjJide cc.mol..^mi-.-nta r v pr ■ gramme s This programme includ's Cf'!-^ in itiated anc co-ordinated health . programme, empl -ym;jnt crient. d prr-gramm<.. and P'^’nohaynt iJev-lopment ProgrammL, A substantial Lav'i^stment of ".,,252, 94 lakhs is proposed f •'r the Health pro gramme alone of Ch:.A in 1989-90, This w ill be supplemented by rthor operating agencies, K - 43 viz. Health Deptto , c f th- State Govt, f'nd v^ri^:us nunicirx^l Bcdi^ s# The plan cnvisagt^s cr/''.tion of a l-srre numb'r cf Health centres, do pi oyrri.;nt of Hcncr^ry Hjrlth visiti'TS, Th2 t ' ’.rg-1 is t pr.ovid-5 m c d ic a l b-u-mfits t<: c b fu t 20 la k h s b u stco duellers and p r; nu la t i r n -i'f l:.u^'r sc?c io-Gccnr mic status* ( S hu 11 r and ur ba n R l ho u/^v I a t e . S ’ CMi.A has taken upvirious schurfts f : r r. a 0.. v£; 1 upmant and ^rban ‘'^wncual. Substantial invJstmant during 1909-90 is prapcscd .-n th^ f.dlouincj schcmcs s- i ) Ar;. a v l loprrv^nt jr K-u; sctv.l-m- nt-East Calcutta ii) Arrjn Duvol'pm^nt c;f 'J'-st Howrah i i i ) Url-T^'in Honcujal cf Bhsbanipur iv) Urban R^nQuja.l cf Tollygungc. 4* On account of r-source ccnstraints, CU^P-III got cff to a slow start. 1^'ifficultios als.:; arose in 1-^nd acquisiticno The prcgrdss cf uir.rk and invt,3tniDnt could not thBrofora, k-cp pa.ce with thu proj<-cti. n li.von tc tho World Dank and accept-d by them for providing part reimbursfJi^. rit o i xpc-nr'ituro incurred, Nany of these constraints have been overccrre by mort cl' ;.ho jact .rs -^nd satisfactory level of investmc.nt is expected in 1989-90, The propoood investment of'fe* ^5td0 crcres, which is the minimum re quiremenl: during 1989-90 to achieve the objo'c t iv j, may be approved t: clim irrte and stoppage in tho in.plemtntati'^n cf the p.oo - Programme of thc^ U-velopment a Planning Liepartmunt PighF^ Development Scheme !• Ob i .ctive uigha Development Scheme caro into being in the year 1956 as a plan scheae with the two nr in rbjectives viz (a) uevel. pr./ent of a modern township and (b) J.velrpment of tourism at uigha. 2« Anhievem-^nt i a) F nr cbvelcpment of a modern township an area of about 1100 acres of 1^^’nd was acquired and a comprt^hc nsive land use plan was'prepare d. Almost a ll the plots in the 'Residential Sector, Holiday Homes SL-ct r, Hini Holiday Homes ctor and Economy Hotels Sector have been leased out and housing a c tiv itie s ha \/e '’.Iready g-’thered pace. Supporting fa cilitie s like water supply, power supply, rovd CDnn:^ction, ma.rket and parks have been provided. To sa\/e the -^igha tounshiP area frc^m the ercsii n of the be .ch and bank by the sea a prot ctivo' ombankrnent has been constructed and schemos f t r af forestat i ■ n were unJertakon. Illum ination an'.d boautificati.n pregrammes of the bcach have alsc be^n implemented. U-uring the current financial year the plnn outlay uf Rs, 16.30 lakhs has a_most bs-n allott'ed fcr execution of some electrificatio n schemes, for^Hstry sc hem- and others. ”^he prciblems f beach erosion and mouement f sen:’ is s till creajting envir' nmental hazards in the -igha coast. The centre for Study of Han and environment has submitted final technical report and the same is under examina tion at the different levels. T horu is nn A duisc-r y Cc.mmittuG viz. Ci -or i .lY-t i. n Ccmmittt^o f ~r rjDuulrprtent -'f -^ichn which ruci.rnmonds nOQ d bas d pr c..gr-mmoJJ in rt^gular nn^.r. b) For dvvoli.prr;.. nt t.f tourism -t Jirhc. T .„.ur irt ^ccommod^tic n 1 f s 'r'Jcn provided -t c me d ct gc-^Ic f - r ^.11 scotir.no r.f tcurists. Tc ensure ct L-?rly mcvjm--nt of bu3 3 s -.nH fcr tho f'-.cility vf th^ trurists - luxurious bus tor l! '- h^s p. Iso b'*--n cc.nstr ucto d. But .?.t preoont bighe. is fr.cuci '•.lith problem : r ^-uality drinkinn supply f".T 'jjhich 2nd bPtor i'J;;rks is ossontinl. 3• 'H f--T the, f^nn u a l P la n 19C^^ Tho prc.t^-r'imma f r th' Annur.l f-lan 19C9-90 f-isV^sacQS rs a pr^rt l f t'p>J sQVhjp.th ple.n i.u tlc .y , im p L :m c n ta ti jn c f the .unQC.in' 3ch^ m s f:nd sorn:. nby scr-or^ 3 ■?s pr..pjGoc' by tho ^-ministrr't^r , Dig ha volcpm... nl Sohorn. nra intended tc bo implumjntud. In or,'or t sustain tho Ci.ntinuod grouth cf 'ligh^^ =^-s p.n attrp.ctivo son—ri:.sort for th- tourists, it is n»"cosssry th'"t tno ^mcunt ,f fe. 61*00 l''^-cs prrpt'.sud tc bo sp. nt in 1909-90 is -ipprcv...d for implemDnting the cngoing as u oll as certain no-wd schcmos th ro (-t Jigha), In this connection, spi^cial rrtjnti^n h''s to bo m- about tho i.iator supply schom-s, th-- borch/ombankmont pr .toction schomo and th- draiango schomos tl io implom.. n t'ti n of which br ocks no further ''O la y , I Nr GRr%u i l u dx ty fjr.-uris. Pr Gora rnTC ■: f tho Ip ; riIii}L4iiI..-§^- '-y'/ ^ ^ ■ Partmcj nt F; t h Idin j F i Irn festivals within tho Stat. r, sum of Ro. 3 lakhs has bO'jn sui^gost. :■ do 2 • m.:;nt nd maintorr.noo :f Film pro duct i: n Unit. Tn h"vG r-dditi pal oqLiipmont f'r tho Film Production Unit a sum of fe. 5 lakhs he.£ b^^n proposed. 3• Sottinp up of a colour Film Leboratvnry A cc l.iur Film Laboratory Comply, x at S'^.lt b’-ko Colcutta has partly been commis'jicnod in Gctobor 1906. d'Uv. tc escalation cf th- cost cf the project report tho’ cr^st fbuiloing tho sot up has rovisoc'o The prc posed fund of Rs. 66 lakh s w i l l be u t i l i s e d f''T purche-.sa cV seme oquipnT.nts fo r thO' la b o r a t o r y . ^ • Settinc, up of an nrt Film Theatre, and Film Archioyei Uiost Bengal Film C -ntre Na ndon h' s b-^n sot up by the Govt, with a view t ' pri pagrtino healthy film culture. For me...ting th cost lt'Arrangement anri various activities of i'-iandon r sum of Rs. 15 lakhs w ill be sp..nt» 5• ^cquisitiL-n f Studir s. F r p-ym.jnt of comp... nsation '>f Technical Studio a sum of Rs, 10laikhs has been suggest , d, 5. Hc c'e rnisa ti,:n of _stujJlcvjL jro''jr!i~s Sincc; ft^r taking '. vor c t the Technician Studio ei tempts are being made f . r its me. dernis^'ti' n, Rs. 10 lakhs w ill be u tilised for this purpose. , K »■ 4 5 7 • ' ring- nci-v 1 c. ssistan c , A JT*^^ West B-nr -.lis I p.q cL'iv f, r K^hind '.th.,;r filin pro:'ucinr; st^tu's ns r..: ■■:':■ th‘- number . f clncrip. hoLSb. Grvt., is c.'.r.jiLLr *ru., t;. ccnstruct citTcmc It‘U6J3 in j 'irt c LI''-'-t i.-n :j.itn t'nc y-:i,t 1 F iIm D' vcj 1g pmbRt C’. r icn * Rs, 25 Ici^hs h.'js t)c-.'n prrpjso':' f :r th.\s purp;.-?*. durinr the. ycnr 1C09-90. 8 •'jr.ijnto.n; j .n. f bj:-^st^ 6 unreal j^iljr! Cbntru Npnc^.n, i rr r-nint.’)nancb th - Fiim r C '• n t r u Nn.ndan " sun f 6 l'M r J qui r c 1,1 r! ur i ny j.i- G9- 90 * 9 • r.'c cf ■ IL j-l^i hu man ■■ q (jt-n t . f t to L>,surrP.-.i t :'tp n :r 't i r-'ri hvis tekc.n ;jV.-r by th e S ta tQ Gr vtc F c r i t s c.V: \/c tcpm -nt sum . f I'O,?/' .1" i hs‘ i s ; ^rc.,105.0 i.: t . ju spent dLiring 1909-90 • ID • b s i'-' V t c.' Ij j B» F » oC» Utjst S^ngp.l Filji DG nt Ccrpur tic n h-s tckcn lian from IJuI frr sottinQ up : f a Cc-irur -Fil*) L;:bor?itary. T.o revj -o .he Corporation’s cap-'icity to rc pp.y the Iran p. sum of <•>-• 2 lakhs, h^.s b n pr ;j . - d t :. p a i >j t c tho rn a s cs p it s 1 1 CP n 0 Infcrmat i:n & Puhljcity s , Vl l.. Sch-3m'. s rf the I nf rirm--ti ..n ■ Cultu:- J -Jt-’ptt. A b rijf nntc 'vn t h'^ sc ham-s of thi-' In fo rm ti )■', uJinn during the i gpg^-go...... _ . . . . ______ C c ns tr uc t i"..' n of I o f .• rma t i - n u nd C.uX.tur 1 C r- mplc- x This schom^. c: ulr' nrt b-; taken up c.'urincj tho 7th f^l^n poriodo H^ncn it will bo cnsidbrtid durinr the th Hlan poricd* '■■ !• Setti ng.UP cf Stato Lcycl I ri'(^rm-'^t i n Contr. b 3_i_ljr;ur j . A stat-j luvel infcrmaticn contre h':- alro .;y n sjt up at Siliguri ■ ' / ujith an au .:Jit r ium a nd exhibit i n hall. C 'nstructi n has bo an d ne by tho P, Ui. D e p t t, T c m.^et th>-ir pending b i l l s Rs, 15 la k h s w i l l be re-quir<.-^d anr' f . r rrPintonancu Rs, 10 lakhs w ill be spo^nt, 2 • SettinfTiup of Infer rrr-ticn Centro at differ:, .tc e .ta_:G^s "^hc schemL. is und r oxQmin-tion for uhich - t ..-k-.- ri prcvisi.. n if i%3« ♦ 5;i lakhs has boon suggested* ^ • S G ttin c ; up r f I n f forma t i o n [.'.nil i n r u r ^'^-l ar j _:. s_ This schanxj is undor oxamina-;:irn '‘-m:' for ii'hoch a tokan provisicn cf i»s* 0, 5G la k h has be:: n s u n g c s te d . 4. Si-^ttini up ::f Bi,.ck Li--.yol lnfcrm '~ti. n Cur:'crL.s, Tj-iio Gchcmo is uncLr uxamination an' for vjhic!'; a c;kun prc-.ision r.f Rs. 0 , 50 lakh h" s boon sugstod. 5* § i:> in: _..up rf Inf: rmati l h C . ntro at Kalya rd, Ha.ldia, E^.lopur a n i' 3un '•-ro'a. na txc pi-. Sun' rl'.ans otho r thro; I nf^-rm^tirn C-:ntros ha ve boi-n ope mod. The prrvisi ,1 f 2 lal:hs u ill bn rcquiro:; f-r n.inninn tho contros* K„-46 5« SDttinc]__ ujp ' 'F Tc; 1g pr ir.t':'T J^rvico linking ulth c'istricts Th'J sch-mo is unc'ur t.x^'^-min'tic n f ; r u h ic h t . kcn p r e v is io n c.f Rs*l l-'^.kh hf;*s boon sugi>stad» "7• Appointm en t o f rilfe c * 'jJorkGrs a t 3..-pck ..lgygJ-_. 90 fi'Dld workers hnue been appointed and they ars working at different blockse For salary an- cthar expen diture 3 cf the r il.-d 'JJor kar 3 Rs. 20 lakh has b3B n provided. visual units Tu,g gpi-,.;rno G nvyisa.j'ws r^'plcir.e!r>cnt of old vehicles by nwu vehicles of AoU, units. S-’or replacemt.nt of cnc; such unit 1 iskh has bt:Sn proposed. 9 • - - re not hen i nq or e x h i b i t i o n se t_jJ]ji, A ;:3 r iTi-:'nent pnviJ.ionis under construci icn at Pragati Maidan Ngu Delhi. A provision of 1 lakh has been suggasted for it. ID“ i^'"nve -Sion of Fixed Po.i nt A.U. Unit into hobile unit. The p'rvisicn cf '“s* 1. dl iakhs has tiOFn suggested for purchase cf a new vehicle during 1989-90. 11. Settinu uo of a Fold EntertainrrPnt unit at Siliguri. There is a F*Eo unit a.i Siliguri. The provision u ill be utilised for running the unit. 12* Sett ing up of a Song unit and ^atra_ unite There is a Song and 3atra unit. The nrovinicn u ill be utilised for running the unit. ^ L F A RE OF_5_CHE_DUL£D CAST^S^ SCHED ULED T R Ii£ S & OTHER BACKWARD CLASSE_S, 1 • P^ocrsfnme of the Scheduled Castes and Tribal Uolfare Department. 1, The ScCo and SoT^ population of 'oiest Bengal, numbering 121.00 lakhs and 30.7 lakhs respectively as per 1981 census, constitute 21*€2.% (SeC, - 21«99^o, SoTc - 5 . 5 3^ of the State’s total population. I^lajor emphasis tes been givicn to catt^r tu th eir welfare needr-- in c 3 nsideration cf their backuardness in e dJce- tional and economic fronts and the handicaps suffered in enjoying social services and infrastructural facilities. Besides prrviding tho required thrust in: thM implernentation of various policies and programmes of the State Govt, touijards the developmcont of these communities th:> plan prograpmes specifically quanti.fisd fcr contingence on these segments cf populetion are imple rrri nter: through (i) ’ the spl« Component Plan for SoCs, (ii) the Tribal Syb~Plan c nd (iii) tho SoC, , So'Tc and other Backward Classes Sector Plan. 2* While the SoCoP* and ToScP© comprise the jmpon-jnts uno-r ssubstan^viv sectors, the S.Cc^ S<,T • and Other Bcckuard Clac-'"j.e v.-cr.or Plan is cfcsigr.'ved to supplement tt"iese efforts in the c ritic a l are?is regurinc rdditicnal we i.giT>-^ge. The (a) beneficiary-lined schemes, (b) promotional ^’etivities and (c) i nf structure cfc velopmen^: schem-'s contained in the SoC*., S,T c and Other B'-ckuai Classes S-ctor Plan ar^, thus nteant to accellerat.^ the pace of devclopnxo nt of these population in the respc-ctive sphere initi^-ted in \:he substantive scccorec These ar ■ a ll scheriBs either continuing from earlier plans or introduce cf dijring the 7th Five-Year Plan biith the approval of the Planning Commission® K 47 3* In consideration of the rrouth rate and investment trend the SoCo, 3 d and Oth/3r Back:.;ard Classes S ctcr Plan r-ceiv/od priority attention both at ;,h3 State Planning Board ^^nd i'lanning Ccmmiss;,on 1bv*?13« Tha outlay approved far th3 7th Plan undt-r ";his Sector is Co, 58Q0.QG xakii3, i.iiich is l»4yo the 7th Plan outlav of ns.4,12 5oOG crcros ap,Drov:d I'or th is Scatc. The-' pyrcentc?gE allocations ::;urino the subseqLJu,nt Annual P^ans luie rc-', hciijt-vcr, stenp-:. -j ,,p r.;lichtly in a ppr'-ci^-t ^'on o f tlifc need f o r h ig h e r in'./estrie ni: un.ier t h i s s'.->ctor.Art o u t la y of n s . l 68Li«0 D la k h s has been propasod f'cr 198D-9D. "i K? position of th-:: 7 th out la.,- v i s ’-a - v is ^ n n u a l P la n O u tla y and exptrr.rit'.Jr-.-j unr-ir v,hi3 seG'^o;..' i, d ic a t e d b‘^lc;w s 1S35 R''o 1061.00 lakiic Rs. p.;7.35 la!:ht , 198 6-87 te. 1167.00 lakhr Rsa036.[-0 lakhc 1987-68 as. 1221.00 lakhs Rs.1256.0 0 lakhs 1988~89 Rs,13 Q0,0Q lai.ht^ Yet to te ai^^seasc d. 4* Tht-; Plan outlay under this Sector include-T pirc; th- grants awarded by the Eighth Finance Commission for the period 19G5“-C^', in r -spect of tt>'i schor.es for construct .ion of staff quarters and village iiiTu sv.ri'c';ui'r... The grants, as p r norms of the Finance Ccmmission D ivision, nini:r;r ,■ ii !-' i na i .ce, Govt* of India, are to b: r 1 eas*:-'d on re-imbursement based accoi':J: n:! t :- actual expenditure of grants released so far* This has caused dislocat i an in the programme, Thar- has also been c urtallm-int of all:catio n . The position rna-/ b i stated as below 2 y £, Plan pro vis inn ^ i PP 1985-86 r;s. 133.27 lakhs fe. 44.80 lakhs 1986-87 Rs, 133*40 lakl'.s Mil 1987-38 Rs. 131.42 laktis Rs. 50 . 28 lakhs 1988-09 Rs. 132.00 la!;ha Mil The balanctj of grant available as on 1.11.87 is R3.20"«46 lakhs which is reeuiwo to b- utilised w it h in 1988-89. In order t c accor,imoda\ ■ th a unut ilise d/ui*^ l i ' '-.i! amounts of preulouc yQars the plan provisions fcr l9c.P-Qg require^ to t ' a stepped up further. In absenca of any indication from Gov.'t, cf India an am cath cquivalant to this yaar’ s prevision has be ,n prcpo- -d in this account for 5» On s,n sppreisal cf the Annual Plans par f erirfi nc<: a und::r this sector dur ario 1st 3 years of th ; 7th Plan at a ppc; ars that leaving asidi th» 8th FirPnn-3 nmi- saion provisions in the plan the ax[3anditura under normal plan pr’^’viaiors'na? bean q u ite e n c o u ra g in g , w hich w i l l b^^ a v id a n t from bel'Oijj s- Y e a r Normal Plan txpanditure Percentage Pro vis ion f^h ieyem^nt ia. Rso 1986-8 6 922.73 lakhs 902»55 lakhs ■ 97.8^ 198 6-87 10 2 8 . 60 lakhs 10 3 6. .50 lakhs , 1 0 0 .7 % 1987-C8 1089.08 lakhs 1205.72 lakhs 1 1 5 .3 2 ^ * (* Lxcess Expenditure was incuarad with Ih:: -pproval of :i. n- * nce D a pa r t ni- nt) K ~ 4b 'h'pys.cal ac hia elso beer, quite r3 ma rkabr.'J as u ill be apparent 'rrr, h p - fcl.lcu in g f~ 7th P?l£ an 19P&-8 6 198 6-37 1987-8£ T o t a l of t a n e t 't chi'- - A chie vo- Ac hie 'jc- 3 y e a r s (Ti^ nt n..nt rrt3 nt . \ 1 ■ U'. iji"e S3 ncr J uU~ at, era i 3.04.,431 '^,,D6,B14 9 ,4 3 ,5 ryt *" 'p rnf-3 i ) c cir nj.-: is'usiia ncg llyjGj.ri-OO 2.76 ,0 54 2 ^ j. f I :.2 1 .31 -4G3 ,0 5,C. '•iirtlfes iiif-'-oncmi.c asij-- 2 556i,lLQC ?A ,? 2 3 77 ,1.8 r. 42 . 472 1,93 y88 4 tencc to S f . r rni-iec* I t i s n8ciS5SP^2ry to m a in ta in t h i s trejnd f o:c M^lnh h ig h e r a l'.o n a t io n uri3i tiis sGctcr ji-lll bo justified^ In f-^ct c numbj.' of Ha^isions cle&.rbd by the P nini Commissi.ot ipairticular ly in the edi'catlo:ici ^ p.vr.po :an not bo impln-- rnitd 'or fund coisttr^^ .-n.ntr 6 Thu Df partn'ttJ Hnt op S .C c a Tc'dJo of t h i s : s r e s p o n s ib le f nr i ,r-“ PDmntition of th: ^c;li-rn&s under the S,C, , SoTand othar Backuard Cl-sirs Pan As a nodal the S»C^ & ToUL Dapttc hr'n al^o to coordinate, rro^r'L':: 3d :uprvisu iir pljmi^n'itat ion of ScC„P« andT*SoP. an^: l.he S|’Deci-^l Con-'-ral i t r ic Ft Qgr--mrT33 r-;lcafcteid t o th B s e P la n s . T hs com :n itted i.t u p I c f e xpen c.!i^'Ji"-' s.soj rcrecsod parifol^-d d"'ring the succGssiye plan period. Thu rr^chineri-'c; rapmdble fo r i npls!iYT£ rnt at ion of the provisions of i ho protective la us, rf-mnlyj "^.c Benrai L^nd R^eifcrns A-t. the W * B. Reser vyat iM.r of uacanci8s( in Gcv'.* ^^rviccs Posts) Act,, TThe Protection of C ivil Rights ”ct etc. j are alee ..a quir.3 i t:i b reared up f^r thie;ir propc/r functioning. The adi.-' nistrative apparator.:' hujsj'iij re ma ined r,tilll. in its prim itive form. Due co ban or. creation of nji riGt -ihG structure off tbe existing D istrict, Sub-L iv/is ion/''egion and Block nch'.r,ery is ill~£ qiiipppoed to cope ijjith the increasinf; vnlune cf work= In fact, peer Justice can rott tbD nseted out to the people fci' inacequate staffinc at al.l l vlIs The prcviiicn pBrcposed under the head ’uirecticn and Adminisrrat icn' urii'.g l98B~-8g j tieieffoi-rG;, envisages toning up the SoLo Tc'dl- or r;"nisation i.ith ilnrmup. rrPnninc a- keay/ positions. The reorganisation ccnterriplated w ill b'.i in the tT:l.cu.iLnq l i n e s s- a) st?e .'gti'erniiniq the Bleak level inspactcTat. dirig with the croation c f 7C rfui j ppo a t s o f in sp ectcrr(Sc C o 3c T d'Jo) and 340 L, D<,~cur—T ypistsr, b) s'::a ngtisr. niing of “ ub* C ivision/Kegional africra ay ooening 26 ne^jj of ,'ices Puu .jtrongi heninc existing 2 6 offices ufith one S.Cr & T„'oJ.-; gr-d^-I iiPn aharoe. K 4B ,'he physical achie werr,^ ntt; h'-U'G a ls o beer, quite ira rkab:.'3 as w ill be apnarsnt "r orn the follcuing table Item 7 th P la n 19P&-8 6 198 5~G7 1987-8S T o t a l of t a r a e t c i'lin A c h i9 VO~ Achiti vc- 3 y b a rs m::: nt ris; nt rr>3 nt i ' ui'.r dine* ss unc'yr J uu- c a t ic r a j. 9,21,^32. 3-04.,431 ^,r6,ai4 3 ,3 2 s423 9,4 3,5 68 Ljir c.i n t s m 3 ’ i ) E c c nr Tij.': a s : i s t a nc9 11 ,3G .rijO .76 ,0 5-; 2 ,<^1,7 . .2 1 .31 .483 c . 5« C n fa m ili^ is i i i ) tconomr’.c a s s is 2,56,1D C 7^'.,?23 '7,18^-:. 42 . 472 1 .93 ,88 4 ta n ce to S.T. r a m ilie s . It is nocBssEry to m^'^intain this \:rend v j': ^•il'l''':h hiqhar a llonai:ioii under this sector u ill bo justified^ In f>;'ct numb:;..' of decisions clee.rtvd by/ the Pl-nrdnr! Commissj.on particularly in the edi'cat Icna , o.vrhirx: -an nc.t bo impLn*- rontf^d for fund constr^:’-intc 6c The DtpartiTt-'nt of S.Cc a "elijo cf thi3 is responsible fnr :: ,r- plementation of the sclumts uncter the S.C, . SoT., and other Darkiuard Clasirs PJ.an, As a nodal Deptt« the S„Cc & ToU* Depttc han alio to ooe>rdinate, rrDT't-r: and supervisu implombntation cf ScC«P« ap.dTcSoT^ anr^ i.he Special Ccn-^ral t taricc Programnes related to those Plans. The coranitted i'^vel of e xpen cJii'u r!-a- also jncreGSod iranifole' d'lring the successive plan period. The rne^chineri-' r'sponsible for iinpleir^i ntat ion of the provisione of the protective la us, namely y ho lii:.:et Gt'nccai Lend Refcrns A c t. the W « B. Resorvation e f' vacanciss( in Grv t ■< 3ei vices Posts) Act, The Protection of C ivil Rights ,'-ct etc.j are o.lsc ,.ecui.re i to bo neared up fcr their proper f unctionirg. The adi.-' ni.strativ,/e apparator."" however, remained e till in its primitive form. Due co ban on creation of nji pDGte tho structure of the existing D istrict, Sub^Liwision/'egion and Block r^chir.ery is ill-equipped to cope '.juith the increasing volune cf work» In fact? pronor justice can not bo rreeted out to the pioople fc?.- inac^quate staffinc ;;nt a ll l-vels. The provision proposed under the head ’uirenticn and ^.dm.inietrat icn ' durii'.g 1908-89, t h e r e f o r e , o n v is a g G s to n in g up th u SoCo r. Tc'dio or r": r iis a t io n i„'a.th minimum rrPnning at key positions« The reorganisation ccntemplatGd iidH b.i In the f ollco-iing lin es a) strengthening the Block Ijvo l inspectcrat . luirig with the crdatiton of 70 n:-uj posts of i nspc;ct cr a (So C c & T d'J«) and 340 L, Do-our—T vplstsr, b) strengthening of “ utr ■! ivj.sion/Regional off icrs ijy opening 2 6 ne'jj offices apu ..;trongthfjninc existing 2 6 offices uiith ono S.C^> & ToOJ.-. grad-j-IT _;_n oh-;rge. K 49 c) strengthening of the D istrict officcs by providing one ScCc & T«uJ<>Q., grade3-I, one Hoad Cle rk-cum-A ccounta n t, one L«D<,--cum~T yp ist and one Monitoring Assistant. d) strengthening of th'3 E-nqinetring Uing of thu S.C« & ToUi« Deptt. with tho creation of 11 new posts of Assistant Enginours and one post of wXGcutiuG Elngineijr, e) creation of a ^o-operative Cell attached to tha Dirsctor, 3«,C# & T oIlIc to ?ssi;jt him in -xercising thu pouors of the Addl. Registrar of CQ_oporat i'jc Sociotios dJli:>ga t^ d to him by the State Gout* f) strengthening of the Monitoring Cells in the 5oCo & Deptt. and Dirsctcrate , including the ITDP. Pr ogramfre s The SoCo , SoT e and Other Backward Classes Sector Plan has been dividBd into 3 components, name ly , education 1 deuelopment, economic bettermf-jnt and h£?-lth, housing and other promotional programmes, Breif description of the schemes contained in those programrres are given below Educational Deyelonment The State Education Policy for free universal edixation upto Class X il j free supply of text books at the primary level, establc hment and construction of prinrary schools as per minimum needs and Bth Finance Commission norms also covers the ScCc and S„T» student population. The supplemental programmes implemented under this plan are to support those students uith Ashram Hostel facilities the primary level, prrviding book grants, hostel charges, examina tion fees, maintenance grants etc. at the secondary level and creating suitable educational infrastructures through construction cf various hostels, coaching centres, residential schools etc. The schem.atic pattern of. these programmes are as follows 2- 1• Ashram Hostels attached to Primary Schools s This schemE' int'-nds to benarit the Sch. Castes and Sch. Tribes childre of the fam ilies h^''-ving annual income not exceeding Rs,3 , 600/- per annum. Pre viously for constructj.on f a hostel with a provision for 30 children a.T ceilir cost of Rs» 50 ,0 00/-UBS fixed. It is no longer possible to complete hostel, building within the present ceiling lim it. The ceiling cost per building is therefors proposed to be anhancad to Rs.aO ,Q 00/~. Primary school children rusidir in thosc; hostels would be provided with boarding, lodging, clothes, medicinecj books, etc. free of cost« The amounts proposed for 1980-89 and 1989-90 are both for completion of hostels under construction and for new hostels. A n the Ashram hostrls at prinrary level are run under Govornment ma n'ngems nt. K » 50 2• Bo o k Grants and E^xamination fOGS I Book grants art. paid to Sch. C^sijs & Sch. Tribes students reading in stconcfary st'^.g^s at tho ratJS noto d belouj s— C la s s - M • • • * Rs.loV- C la S3 ~ Ml • • 0 Rs.30/- CIp.s s - M il • e « Rs.70/- C la s s - M ill • • • Rs.70/- C la s s - IX 0 • # Rs.90/- C la s s - X • 0 «v hs.SO/- (* For help books only) Grants aro also oiwon for payment of Examination fucs at thd rate prescribed by thvj Boad of S^rcondary Education, West B^ngalo It may bo notod thatl "’the same bereficiary may be aujarded stipends for more thi-n ono yijar, About 6,00,000 stud3nts (approx.) arc axpt^cted to bo benefited under scheme including committed budget during 1987-88. During 1988-89 it is proposed to increase this coueragt; to more thian 6 lacs. 3• Hpstel charges at the SQCondarv Stage i The object of the scheme is to proviri.:j Sch. Castj and Sch. Tribe students SocondS^ry Stagjs with hostel charges. At pri^sent a minimum of 60,000 students are b>.-ing provided with hostel charges iRs.lOO/- pt-T month f er 10 months in a year (i.e . Rs. lOOO/- per year). In consideration of rising pri:; of commodities and higher rates of rreal charges alloued by State Govt. & Ge .'X. of India in otht^r sectors, it is proposed to revise the rates of hostel ch'^rged next year and larger provision has been proposc d aecor dingly on account of hostel charges. Sim ilar enhancem nt has been proposed for ashramites of ashram hostGJ* run by this Deptt. and residential studt-nts of Belpahari G irls’ High School. 4. G rant o f maintenane-^^ c h a rg e s to th-- Day S c h o la r s a t the Secondg.ry S ta ge s ThG cbjGct of the sch-m© is to grant maintenance charges to Sctn. Caste & Sch. Tribt; day scholars a't the rate of Rs.20/~ per month for 12 m'lCnths in a year reading in Classes \l to X and belonging to tho fam ilies having, annu; incorre upto R3.3,600/-. In case of Sch. Tribe a ll the eligible day s'cholarrs art^ given tb- stipL.nds and in case of Sch.Caste aujarris are given to a lim it d Me. of day scholars on the basis of mF.;ans-test. At present 57 ,000 Sch. Tribes & 40,000 Sch. Castes day scholarSc ar'^ bPing benefited und^r the scheme. The coverage of SchoTribe stuctsnts are being increased by raising the income lim it. Extensjj^n of Hnstel Facilities s Location i:.f schoole, both primary and secondary, a re not always continguous te SoCo or S,T* hiabitations. Accordingly extension of hostel faci^ iitie s to SC* ancJ ScT o stud;, nts has be n accepted as a basic pre-re quis.it'; f§ pc:)agation of formal education among th:ise population. It has boon seen that K - 51 students Ljithin the fold of formal education. In consideration of tho nued and T'^r ::cjs a numbur c f v a r i a t io n s \ia\jc bean introduced in this schem- from tirnu t o t ima • Th^so aro s- a) Ashra-rn Hostel for Prirr^ry students 5 b) Ashram Hostal for St;condary students 5 c) Construction c t Hostel buildings for boys E^ttqchod to High S c h o o ls » v) Construction of hostel buildings for S.To cTllege students 5 g ) Construction of Girls* Hostels undtr Contrelly Sponsorcd Schwmes, “^Gcessary piouisicns h''-uo been proposed for taking up construction cf hostel buildings during 1987-88 and 1988-89, 6« Coaching arranqi..m-:nt for 5ch» C-ste & Sch« Tribe students roadinq i n school? 20,000 3C/ST students are lik ely to be bonpfited under this schamo* 7• Improvement and Qxpansion of th^-* Residential School for the Tribe^l _Gijils at Bolpahr-ri in l-he D istrict of hidnapoit; : Th.' residential schoorfbr tribal girls at Belpahari is new a full- fledged Higher Secondary In stitu tio n . The number of studc^nts h^^s been enhanced from 240 to 360, The provision proposed in thu Plan is for completion of boundary ualls, construction :jf staff quarter consisting of 8 units, construction & repair of quarters for Class IV/ staff and for mBintc nance of the additional 120 students Gtc. 8 • Improvement of ujorkinq condition r f the Boys* Ho St.: Is and Girls* Host- 1s^ started previously cut of the fund sanotirned. j^ y h is Deptt._ includinn provisicn for r ..pair ^ nd complotion cf incompli-.tG buiidinq § ____ Th-' aim of the sch-me is to provide addit iona 1 ame nitio-s to the Boys* and G irls’ Hostels nnd to completo the incomplete hostel buildings by giving supplementary grants as Rjccssary* 9• Additional stipendiary benv-fits to Sch.Cgstes & SchcTribos rreritoriaus students reading in Classes IX tc X II : Ailditiciial stipendiary benefits idill be given tc Sch*Castes & Sch. Tribes meritorious students 'ojith aim to train up tht-m by providing Spoci-al Coaching and b-^ttir ame^nities so th'.t th:y w ill be in a position to comfipete with gjntJral students for admiEjsion in r-ledical, HngirPuring and oth^-^r C omp-J’- titiv e Examin-^-tion for higher studies. E c o no mi c B et_ nt i The main thrust under these prograi-nmes arn given through Lr.-nd R/.oforms and poverty alleviatio n pr ogr'". nrncso I mpr ovc rr: nt of the trc.ditionrl s k ill ..3 of the SC/ST artisans and involvem nt : f the SC/ST entrepreneurs in the noiM tech nology has also been aimed at uncv.r the Plan. []0 functioning of IlUBoSoC . . Dev. & Fin. Corporation and the yijest Bengal Tribal Dov. Co-cperative Corpor'’tion Ltd. have bee n defined pre cise, ly to live uptn this expectatii: n« K » 5 2 Under the Land Reforms Procramrne of the State Govt, there has been consicferable increase in the number of landed peasantry among SC and ST. T ill Dune ,1987, 6.42 lakhs SoCo and 3.29 lakhs Sdo farrilies bjerc;. assigned vested landSo The assignees of vested lanas together with sharE-croppers, re^cord3d under special drive, constitute about 56*5!^ of the to tal assigrB-^s and sharci-croppers of the State. These assignees, share-croppers, small and marginal farmers among SC/ST have been brought under various sconomic d. vclop~ mcnt programmes under S „ C , P . a n d T ^ .S * P , Em ploym ent o r ie n t e d programm(-:s propose to diversify tt^ occupation of the 3C & ST, who are pr*: dominant ly agricultural labourers, through different types of income gencjrating sch'jmas. The Ucst Bengl Sch« Castes & Sch. Tribes Dev. & Finance Corporation is assisted under the Plan with rmtchirg share capital assistance in 5U49 ratio . Thr; margin money loan schtmc. of the Corporation has gradually assumed a key role in alii.,viating property. Under this programme, thu achievement by the West Benoal 5<.C. & S«T« Development & Finance Corporation is as indicated be low - Y o a r T a rg o t______A c h i e v c .m e n t Families ' K MoPl^L, F a mi l i e s w M ,ri»Lc ______][ (Rs » la k h s ) ______J[______( rs . l akhd 1985:~8 6 S.C. 90 ,000 702.00 1,18,411 594.00 S.T* 23,600 164.08 19,445 87.02 1986-87 S.C. 81,000 631.80 87 ,970 612.02 S.Tc 21,000 ' 163.80 23,421 ■ 145.09 1987-88 5.C. 79,180 617. 61 81,239 596.02 S.To 20,760 161.92 25,412 179 .34 In view of the fact that the Govt, of India have not yet adopte d any centra'lly-sponsorud scheme for sharing the shar^-- capital contributiosn mac by the State Govto cn SeT, account sim ilar to S,C« account, the Corporat :ion is facing difficulty in carrying out its programme for the Sch.Tribes although the target during 1986-87 was exceeded. The D i s t r i c t s e t- u p of th e C o r p o r a tio n r e q u ir e s im m ediate augrfichrr- tation by way of additional staff* B. sidJS performing its catalytic role the D istrict Branchcis of the Corporation have to iraintsin innumerable accoun and to look after the r^=payment position for ^ ffici.n t revolving of the The Corporation is, however, handicapped in reorganising its machinery for constrainst fund» The amortisation fund provided @ of the contributed capital on 5cC« account w ill not be ndfjquate to no..t the finance required fd setting up an -fticient monitoring mc.chineryu Besicijs the provisions under this plan odll not be sufficient to attract higher quantum of central grants Govt, of India may consider allocating sorre grants specifically for such rt-organisation. K « 53 The West Bengal Tribal Dcvalopment Co-oporativ/e Corporation Ltd. and its affiliated LArr^S numbering 30, have al.yo undertaken a numter of activities for the Sch«Tribc.^s thrcugh Cooporativo structures in conformity uith the State Gowto policy, UndU' the Universal membership schvjire of the State Govt, the membership of Sd o members in the LAMPS has increased by 11,000 during 1985-8 6, 198t>'87 and upto 3unr. ^ 1987- of 1987—88. The Noy D irectives of Forest nanagem.ent in the forestry arrangement particularly in collection and marketing f'lF P and forest-falling ucrkso TRAINING--cun- PR0 DUCT 10 f-vi CE^TF-iES (T pP .C . ) § Thcro are 72 TCPC centres which are funded dnpartmnp^s^lly. Th^isn crntr'-'S provide training both ir, traditional traders of the SC and ST as well as in some new trades* Each centre previd'-s training @ 20 SC/ST trainG^es at a timfj in trades like (l) textile, (2) leather, (3) carpentry, ( 4) sericulture, ( 5) tailoring & knitting, (s) Other handicrafts, ( 7) lac and (s) misc. tradec Hore such centres have been proposed to bo opened in 1988-89 and 1989~90. trainee is paid >'S,7^- p.m. during the training period which is usually for one year. E xr-traine^;'^ are provided with one-time grant, ujhicn is often linkec ujith bank-loGn, tc establish them in 3uch trades. The products of these centres are marketed through a number of outlets and are supplied to different S tr j.t c / Central Govt. offices on made-to--ord-r basis. HEALTH,HOUSING AMD OTHER Ai-viENITY fflOGRAm ES : The entire prevision proposed in the Backward Classes Sector Plan under this broad programme j in fact, aru rrfc^ant only to supplement the sectoral programmes. Thus the rra into na ncc of T. , k^prosy and VoD. mobile clin ics and b^^ ds for S«T„ people are bornj und'r Backuiard Classes Sector Budgot in the non-plan to ireke the health fa cilitie s provided under State Plan Programmes available at th^- ir roacho The cug-ujoll/tjater-supply schemes ujill sim ilarly be used in emergent cases to rre et drought and other situat ion.. T hese u ill^ no doubt, supplement the sectoral programiTes implemented for the purpose. The roadSj bridges and culvcrts schern-j are sim ilarly of small works programrre , which cannot be implemented under Roads programme o;- the State Governmento This scheme envisages undertaking construction of hume-pipG or R.»Ce c u l v e r t s , ca u se w a y, wooden or small RoC. bridges etc. at vulnerable points to link SC/ST hamlets "^he h o u sin g scheme implemented under this programme are maant for th'^^ target group people am:;ng the SCs and ST s who have little ore dit-worthincjss to abo',.'- .. such lean for unproductive purposes. The scheme has accordingly been propose o to be implemented in the existing pattern with higher ceiling cost, if possible. Some new scfDmes have been proposed for inclusion in the Annual Plan proposals for 1989-90 : a) Prcmoti'on of cultural activities of Sch*Castes, b) Promotic?n of literary and c u l t u r a l activities of Sch.Tribes. Information & Culbural A ffairs Departmi-.nt of this Governrrunt implement schemas fcr promntii?r. of cultural activities of people in general of this State.. But it is fr xt that special effort f .t S.C= & S»T, people are n^;cessary as those two communities are tar behind thf. general stream* HorGover, Tribal culture is K 54 differcjnt frcm th^it of General pcjplc of this state and as such Gout, sh^ uld hauc5 to tako up special schemc-s suitable fir the douelopmont of thase people. In wioui of th : above the afcTs-said schemes have been proposed in the Annual Plan for 1989-90o c) Fl-habilitation Sch 0 mc.s for scavengers rendered unemployed duo to c nversion of dry latrine j S The schi-me has been included as per instruction of Govt, of India* The prevision proposed for the schene represents the matching share of State Govt, for the CoS. schcm's of samt: nomenclature. Already scavengers in 12 nunici[3a litie s have been liberated and Training programmes for re t-^a b ilit ation in oth-r trades are und'-r progress, d) Payment of stipends to S.C^ & S.To Typo and Shorthand learners attached with recognised ccmmercial colleges, W ith th e unemp 1 oyme.nt problem g ro u in g a c u te day by day i t i s n e c e s s a ry to ensure that ScCo & SoTo unemployed ycuth are fit t c.niplete in a ll disci plines. In order to enable them to compete with general candidates and fillin g ttit3 reserved quotes for posts involving knowledge of shorthand and typewriting* Govt, desire that they should be given iicentivss for taking training in shorthand and typewriting. But i t . is very d ifficu lt fc;r S.C, and 3.T« candidates in general t'. pay th. fees payable to the; cm m ercial c'.. lie go-s. In vii. w of this Govt, want to provid.; them with necbssary stipend to th^se S.C* & S«T • candi date's for learning typ-^uriting and shorthand in approved commerciol colleges. “ ) Pub lie a ti on ' f Bulletin and ether publicity matter f^ orces of disintegration are active in some places having SoC. & S.T o cc:ncentratii , in order t_ c mbat them it has boc( ire n-.cessary to strengthen the publicity system th'it already exists. Govt, in SoC. & "''.•Jc. Deptt. decided to disseminate the inf::rmation relating to d. ve lopme nta 1 effort among the ScC^ and S.Ts of this State in ito n tirity and thereby t- strengthen integr5.ty of the country as a whole. f) Estt. of Training Centres for SC & ST Youth in different types of Entre prentpurships in collaboration with Small Industries Service Institution ~ Due to the onvj.ronmenta 1 backwardness and poverty, the SC/ST unernpl. t., youth are not be ablt= tn get necessary entrepreneurship training and backgrr ur': practical knowledge t\ set up trade or industry C'' their own. It is proposed t • give S'.; me special inc«--ntivos tc them mainaly in the form of stipe nds s.; that they are in a position to participate in greater number in the Co Do Progr amiTi-£ and ensure self employrrent. g) ImProvem-.nt of working conditions of school buildings lecated..i_n areas havi ng bcCt concentration - Th.^ provision is in th- n^tur-^ if an additive intended to cover special expenditure f.:r imprcving thi working condition of schools in Sch.Caste con cent ra t o d area s f c r t he te ntn' it of SoC* st u cJb nt e. K » 55 Programme of thp Fisheries Depart ment During 1989-90, Fisheri>is Department proposes to spend,Rs*261*00 lakh for benefit of Schedule Castes communities. This constitutes 27.61^o of the total proposed budget of; '-s,945«00 lakh. The funs so allocated under Special Component Plr^n for Scheduled Caste is proposed to be ut ilise d t hraugh- 2 6 different plan schemes, which can be classified in the following groups : (i) Schemas directly connected with fish production. (ii) Infrastructural rfcvelopment for augrrPntinn^ fish production. ( iii) Infrastru ctu ral d.--ve 1 op me nt s for benefit of fishing comrnunity* (ivy) ^oc^al S'.'cur inq couer for Fisherrren families. Sq far ab ifish production is concerned, priority has bc-en laid on ( i) cb \ye loprre nt of inf r^.structural fa c ilitie s on shore for operation of fishing boats and (ii) strength^^ning of the training programme for •. fishermePu Priority has also been laid on 'orrr^tion o. fishermen's Co-operatiue Societiw,; and introduction of mechanised fishing boats through these socdeties. Apart from plan budget NCDC assistance is being availed for acquiring fishingboats and s e t t in g up of ice plants. Infrastructural devyelopment for benefit of fishing cormiunity indue supply of drinking water, construction of link roads and construction of community halls in fishermen's villages. As socia 1 s ecurity cover, Group Personnel Accident Insurance scheme for fishermen hss been introduced. This w ill safeguard interest of fisherrren fam ilies in case of loss of life or permanent disablerrent of active fishermen which may arii^e through professional hiazards. During 1989—90, a new scheme viz. Old Age Pension Scheme^ for fishermen is proposed to be introduced, as another social security measure* It is estimated that 142 635 fisherrr^n fam ilies belonging to scheduled castes w ill be btnp;fited through the Fisheries Department programme for 1989-90. Programme f or TSP For the upliftmont of the poor trib al people of the State, FishiOries Department has made remarkable achievement during the 6th Plan period by, irvolwing th>'fse people in various types of piscicuItural activities. To keep up the flow in the encfeavour, Fisharif^s D:.ptt« has beenextending the programme to more and mo-'e trib al people. During 1987-88, an amount of 43 lakhs was provided under Tribal Sub Plan which uas 5^ of the total outlay of Rr..850«50 lakhs in the fishery sector and 1079 trib al fam ilies were beneiited. During 1988-89 fe.50.00 lakhs has been providBd which is 5*56/o of the total outlay of Ks.900 lakhs and it is expected that 1200 SoT« fam ilies would be benefitted* Proposed outlay for 1989-90 is Rs.50 lakhs (So29^) of the total outlay of Rs.945 lakhs and anticipated benefi ciaries is 13 50 fam ilies. K 56 2. At prGsont the folloiijing scht;>rTias undor Tribal Sub Plan aro being ex;‘'cutbd s~ i) §£hem!- for reclamation of iferelict fisheriss for rehabilitation of of tribal people Undt-r this Gch-m-? vested water areas are reclaimc'd to n^ake them siiitabl'j for pisciculture at Govtc cost and also construction of hutments on thFj v/icinity of the uat^r areas. Tribal f.c.'iilies selected from among famili-33 living belou the powarty line are provi(i3d luitt] yater area and hutment @ one acre uator area and one hutment for each family Cyitural cost for th^3 1st year is also provided by the Govt., and ben-ficiaries are allo'jjed to undertake pisciculture jointly and share the salss proceeds equally after retaininn cultural cost for the next year in a Bank Account. i i ) Scheme for intsprated fish farming in tribal villages for imprdvinq t he economic conditions af thu trib als. This Scheme' induces integrated fish farming with duckery or piggery or poultry in almost a ll the tanks in a tribal villag^c The perennial tanks after required r" clamatcion are entrusted to a group of trib al p^-ople for production of fish seed and also for fish cum duck or pig or poultry culture. Reclamation cost and inputs cost required for the 1st yrar of operation are provided by tho Govt. Pisciculture through the Programme of th::: Fish Farmers' D e v e lo pnipnt A gency . Tribal people re entitled to get 50^ subsidy from the FoFoD.A, for a project (i) for undertaking composite piscicultur>j in cultural tanks which do net requir^^ any reclanretion and (ii) for reclamation of cfc^relict and semi-der D lic t tanks end undertaking composite fish culture therein, balance 50^ of th'-- project cost is the Bank loan. iv) Besides, a number of schemes stated below w ill also be operated under Tribal ^ub Plan. ) Schemes for impartinci training to tr ibal people in pisciculture ^ndwr this 3ch..:me a t lerst 300 trib-1 people w ill get training in different aspects of pisciceilture for a poriod of 15 days with stipend and T 9 A * b) Schcjme fp_r Ex.t e ns io n wo rk in T r ib a 1 aro as Dc:monstration centres on composite fish culture te be set up in trib al areas in tanks owne 4/''posse sse d by the trib a l pt;ople at anestiiroted cost of Ri=.12 ,OoO.OO per ha. The be nf f ic iar ii..s w i l l be en titled to th-' sale procec^ds of ohe entire harvi^st on sellin g tjve produce under the guidr.nci^ and dir’'ction of the authoric.i-d fishery officer. c) SchGmo for subsidy j or fishing nc;ts and fisho'rv r^quistss s- T he sch-'ino aiiris at providing thdi t.ribai fish far mors uith nets and other fishory oqtiiprrunts liko ha pas, h'undies to meko thc.m solf~ sufficient ^n rf spi-ct of tht-so gears and iimplem-nts* d) Schema for setting up of Sbrvica P^rty lunits by tribals S~ The schi m" s onvisagoG creation of scrvicf^ party units to rcndt:;r effoctiuL. soruicL to th'^ fry & r ish qroujcirs of th-j trib al ar^asand is sp-cially designed to offer a scop^ to igroups of trib al people belou pouorty lino to earn thuir liuolihood by catching fry/fish from th.^. tank,s of the fish fsrrrK:’rs on Sh'rc cc?tch basis or at a rate pro d" ter mine d by negotiation with th:j farmers* Schsmo for distribut ion of minikit free of cost to tribals S~ ’’H in ik ] Garps, lime anc t o thf t r i b a l f iTPnure thair pc up to an avorac ting w ill be dc vi) Apart f other plan scht to the aid of t imparting trair fioiarius alone vii) Special central assistance as additive to the plan provision of the Fisheries Department of the State is csjsential for helping the State in carrying forward its programnyj for th'^ orientation of th'3 tribals towards pisciculture and making optimum use. of local writer r. sources in tribal areas. K ^ 58 L/iBOUR 8; EMFJO/MERT u s o m ^ * Proqranime of the Labour Depc.rt:nent Labour Department is concerned with two heads of development, namely, ^'Labour and Labour Welfare including Emi:loyrnent** and ■’Employees^ State Insurance'*, An outlay of Rs,1421,00 lakhs was provided in the -'.nnual I'lan, 1988-89 * out of which ns*1410,00 lakhs was for Lab our and Labour V.'elfare including Employrient” and R.%11,00 lakhs v/as for -^Enployees’ State Insurance'*. It is projiosed to make a total outlay of Rs,1500.00 lakhs fcr the /jnnual Plan, 1989-90. Out of th'*s proj,osed outlay Rs. 1488.00 lakhs is for ''Labour and Labour V/elfare including Enploynient" and Rs.12.00 lakhs is for “Employees’ State Insurance'' (vide Medical and Public Health Sector) . Labpur_§..,.Labour_ vVelfare including En'jploYpent Strencthenof^ Industrie 1 Rela ti o n ^ chinery. Lroposed outlay - Es.2.50 lakhs. This project has 3 parts : a) EstaH ishment of regional office at Falta This is a continuing project and we are making budgetary provision for jay and allowances of the staff and officers already employed and posted, b) Up-gradation of the regional office at Barrackpore by posting a Dy, Labour Commissioner and some sub-ordinate staff. This is a new proposal corricd forward from last year, present there art 10 regional offices in the 3 Districts of Nadia, 24-larganas (North) and Murshidabad htaded by ..,L.Cs and it is pro}.osed that all tnese offices should be brought under the ji’- risdiction of the up-graded office of the Dy. Labour Corrrni s^inn^'r, Burrackfore. c) The Directorate has proposed pjrchaso of a jeep and e:.^):loyment of a driver for use in the proposed office of the Ly. Labour Commissioner, Burrackpore. The necessity of having a jec can not be over^emcha sised as there is a large concentration of un-organised employments in the 3 Districts mentioned. This is a State Sector Scheme. 2) Strengtheninr of the Of f ice^ of _thc^ Proposed outlay - Rs.0.65 lakhs. This is a continuing projct innd necessary staif have alre-c'y been appointed and posted. This a State Sector Scheme. K - 59 3. Strengthening of Enforcenient JVachinGry ~ Froposed outlay- Rs. 2.0C lakhs. It has been proposed under the scheme to creo.tc the post of an Additional i-abour CoFarnissioner to take exclusive charge of the enforcement wing of the Directorate, Creation of somo suppora ting staff has already been prorosed under this scheme. Under this scheme it has also been proposed to create 20 posts of Inspectors and 10 posts of Pson-cum-^Frocess Servers. De tailed justifications have been civen. It is to be noted that the Directorate has to enforce some 20 Labour Laws nany of which are intended for the benefit of a large number of un'^organised workers employed in Beedi rolling, agriculture and as contra.ct labourers. It b*'.s also been jroposed -^hat a jeep be provided in the wing in order to increase mobility of the officers for carrying out supervisory inspection work. Some staff support for. the head office establishment has also been proposed. The present set up under the Enforcement .Ving has now become qi’ite unwieldy and it is necessary that the esta*- blishment section of the head office should be duly strengthened. This is a State Sector Scheme. ^ , , L g bour_ Statisti_cs^, Proposed ou11€y Rs. 1.50 lakhs The Directorate processes a huge amount of industrial data and the activities of the* different V\?ings of the Directorate are also subjected to regular monitoring by publication of periodic vyork reports as v;ell as the Labour in IVest Bengal. Such ccm|:ilation of statistical data and work-monitoring are essential for impro'^e- ment of efficiency of the Directorate as a whole and therefore Directorate has already undertaken to bring out one quarterly and one annual publication. This is a State Sector Scheme. State La bo u r _ I n s t i't u t e ( T ra i n i n g InVtltut^pcumJ^eniir^ITT^ Outlay proposed Rs.6.00 lakhs. The Institute is housed in a model Labour vVelfare Centre, suffers very acute scarcity of space and it is not likely that the areas now under occupation of the Welfare Board will be released fully for use of the Institute. Therefore, some civil constructions have been proposed. It has also been proposed to j: urcha se ,;one Ateruti Van for use by the State Labour Institute. This is a State S ctor Scheme. K ^ 60 6) Grant«in-Aid, tp^ In d ia In s t it u t c ^ of^ Socia Welfa and ii?,? 2 s... eppp A.. X- prpj.oVed^'Rs'. Y726T^' In the previcus years Gcvcrnment used to grant a sun of Rs.l lakh„ It vvas represented by the Institute Authorities that the sum was inadequate. Therefore, it has been proposed that a sum o Rs. i , 25 la khs bc g ra nt ed to th c In s ±j +ute . This is a S'cate Sector Scheme, I nd u s xr ia Tr i b una -pP IlvjDlJS TRI. rai k:^^9:-S:.-P2yEl Setting uv cf Industrial Tribunal & Labour Court (Ccntinuinq s c h c ^ r T ' ■■ ■'' ...... — ------ There are at present 9 Industrial Tribunals - 7 at Calcutta and one each at Jalpaiguri and Durgapur and two Labour Courts at Calcutta. In addition seven Labour Courts/Tribunals are required to be set up at Darjeeling, Durgapur, Scram{..Gre, Howrah, .lip o r e , Barrackfore and Falta for the purpose of speedy settlement of in dustrial disputes, /.s a consequence of 1982 Amendment of Industrial Disputes y.ct, adjudication of industrial disputes has become time^ bound. It is^ therefore, necessary to set up adequate number of tribunals and Labour Courts. These Courts V7' uld also exercise powers under Faym.ent of Wages Act, and Workmen’ s Compensation Act. This is a staff"Oriented scheme and the provision for 19S8-89 is Rs.0,60 lakhs. For the Annual I-lan 1989-“90 the some am.ount, i .e . Rs.0.60 lakhs is pr.'pcsed to be provided». This is a State Sector Schemt . B . S tren^^thenino_ .9^^.i ^ F l anninq C_ell p L a beur^ The Planning Cell of the Labour Deptt. is running short cf staff, /t present it is manned by one Officer-on^Special Duty, one Upper Division /.ssistant and one Typist. To cope with the increasinqi work load it is felt necessary to strengthen the Cell by creation of additional posts. The allotment for 1938-89 is Rs..0.50 lakhs and the same amount may be provided for the /nnual Elan 1989‘’90. This is a State Sector Scheme. 2, _the_Directorate of Boilers I Fro po s ed^ .PH'^Ap.y.. r.. It is a continuing schem.e . In ihe year 1988“ 89, ap outlay of Rs.3.85 lakhs v/as made in the plan profoscil for purchasinc seme essential testing equipment K » 61 as per dcveloprncnt schCiTiC of the directorate. It is anticipated that the full amount v/culd be utilised by the end of the financicl year. In the year 1989--90p a proposal for further strengtheninr: cf the Testinc Labcrr'tory by addition of a few essential equipment and st: ff is be inr ;nade as below i ) 5i C KV.. H . T 0 T ra n s f o rn e r with switch gears, LT panel etc, ... One : Rs,6.35 lakhs. The testing laboratory ef the Directorate at T:; rata la Road, Calcutta‘-88 was provided with a H .T. pov/tr sui:ply when its consump** tion exceeded 50 KW and necessary substation with a suitable tran^^-- former (250 KV/.) > Switch Gear etc. was constructed for the purpose by the Constructicn Bcard/R7D about 10 years ago. Testing facilities in the Laboratory has since increased manifold and new sections like Computer- Welder’ s Training Centre have come up in the 7th H a n augi'-enting requireTnenuS of power. A statement c.n additicnal requirements of power due to installation of new machines and opening of new sections in the new annexe buil-=- ding of the Testing Laboratory is riven below ; 1 . Room Aireonditioners (10 Nos.) : 60 KVV 2 . Welding iViachines (10 Nos,) : 180 Kl/V 3. Electrical Furnaces, hot plates etc. (3 M os.): 30 KVi 4. Light, fans exhaust fans etc. : 10 KVv 5. Other I'vb chines ' ; 10 IQIJ TOTAL 290 K!// Future Expansion 60 KVV T0T;X 350 Kl'/ F.l'v. (Constructic n Board) Directorate, on being a f r roach ed by this office, has submitted an estim.ate of Rs.6 ,3 2 ,2 0 5 /^ towards probable cost including piu:chase and installation of a 500 transformer with necessary switch gears, panels etc. 2) Eddy Current Tester ... One 3) Crack de^th tester . . . One These are required for d.etecting surface defects like cracks and their de\ ths on boiler tubes and other pressure parts of a boiler, 4) Notch Cutter for Izod/Charpy Impact tests . . . One. This device is required for quick and accurate cutting of V“ Notches with perfect radius at the- botto-rn for impact testing of boiler materials. 5) Servicincg of Comfuter 6) Central Library. K - 62 Directorate of Boilers deals with hichly sophistica. ted modern boiler technoiogy which calls for sound knowledge in design, material,, fabrication and inspection as per requirements of Indian Boiler Regulations and various other international codes such as British Standard (BS), ...nerican ot^-mdard of Mecha.nica 1 Engineers (r\SiViE) s German Standard (DIN), Russian S’tandard (GOST) etc. The technolocy which is developing very fast requires the constant hel^ of a well»stccked nodern library having latest editions of specif id eations as abovoj journals^ standard books on welding, forging, ca sting p hea t trer tment, ma teria1 engineering, ins pection etc. Since the Drawing and Design Cell including the Comf.uter Section is Iccated in the Testing Laboratory and it has already a small Library of its own, it has boon decided to expand the same into a Central Library. 1) lay of Officers Staff . . . : l.CO Lakh. B. Scheme : PxpnipS. Boiier .quality^ , I t is^ One -‘Training Centre'* for training of boiler quality h i^ pressure welders was started in 1986 and seven sessions have already been completed^ In the year 1988-89, a proposal for further stren- gthening of the Centre vvith' additional equipment was made with an outlay of Ps.2.75 lakhs. It is ntici^a t.:d that full amount would be utilised by the end of the financial year. ri proposal for further strengthening of the Training Centre in the year, 1989“ 90 is given below 1 . Salary of Officers and Staff/ Office expenses/other charges i Rs. 1.85 lakhs 2 * D.C. V'elding Generator Set .. One i Rs. 0.40 lakhs. 5 machines have already been purchased, four in 1987-88 and one in 1988«-’8 9 . One more ima chine is required to be purchased sc that out cf 12 students per session. 6 can do practical v;ith 6 machines while the other 6 can carry on with theoretical classes. 3. Stress -= Reliev.i.ng Set ■=• One : Rs. 0.30 lakhs. While the students are ^iven theoretical training in heat treati:;cnt processes cf v/elds, at present there is no facility for demonstrating the acti-al stress^relieving on pipes. This part cf the training is very vital for all boiler welders and a portable unit for [cst-=-weld heat treati.ient should be purchased for the purpose. K »» 63 4 . Tungsten-’Inert Gc.s (TIG) 8. Oxy-Acetylene Welding Set . . . Four sets (2 each) :fe.0 .3 0 lakh. present there is one TIG welding set and one Oxy^acetylene set for 12 students. Two sots of each type should be purchased for impartinc adequate training to all the candidates. ' Qj::oninc: of_ tvv^o^ PD-P. tho_ other^at" l^fccheda^. Propc.sed^ outlay^ A*75.. One branch office at jVelda was sanctioned in 1985“86 with a small set up. There is a pro|:osal for another branch office at %cheda . An outlay of lls.1.75 lakhs is proposed ^ for the year 1989"90 against an outlay of Es.1.65 lakhs approved for 1988“89. 3. ^ G R ; uVmVE pF^ THE, DIRECT^ SCHEJVIE I : OPENING OF BPva.NCH OFFICE OF THE FV.OTORIES a) O^nJLnof^ a-^_ Branch^^ office at Kalyani The Seventh Branch Office at Kalyani (for Nadia, Murshidabad and ivtelda Districts) has already been sanctioned with requisite number of staff and the office has since started func- tioning. The proposed outlay for the Branch Office at Kalyani for the year 1989“-’90 is Rs.1.25 lakhs. psii S£.§ni?A i-• Inspector of Factories posted at the Jalpaiguri Branch Office has to look after the factories situated in the Districts of Jalpaiguri, Dcrjeeling, W e st Dinaj pur and Gooch Behar for administration of the Factories Act, Payment of Wages Act, ternity Benefit /.ct, and the Rules framed thereunder. Presently he has tc travel to far away places in the four districts for inspection of different factories. It v^as, proposed in the Annual Plan, of 1983--89, that in the interest of public service, a new Branch Office be opened at Sili- • guri with the following additional staff 1. Upper Division Clerk : : OnCo 2 . Clerk-cum-Typist ; : One. 3. Sweeper-cum^Watchman : : One. The approved outlay for the Siliguri Office under the conti“ nuing scheme 1988-89 is Rs.0.50 lakh. The proposed outlay for the new Branch Office at Siliguri for 1989^90 is Rs.0.10 lakh. This is a State Sector Scheme. K 64 SCHEMEJI ; STRENGTHENING OF THE RESE-.ICH /.ND DEVELOPMENT 'VING 5 ifficTclv.TE;;Xc The- prcposal comprises of the follov/ing schemes s) rch and_ pey elcjp er^^^ The existinc set u,c of the wing is required to be strengthened by crec ticn of certain additicned posts „ Outlay fer ’ G8-*89 v/as Rs.1.25 lakhs. Fo_r_1989“90 a sum of Rs. 1 .35^ i§ kh!-.-PIp^ ed_. b) Gens true tion^ This is a continuing scheme. A free plet of Government land is available within the compound of ITI, Tollygunge. It v/a s p.rcpcsed tc ccnstrucf a composite building cn the said plot of land. For Land Develor.ment etc. an outlay of 39-90^ Rs.0 .50 la kh approved for 1983'-S9 . c) Setting up^ of^ an En^ginc_erin£ Test^^^ boragery This is a continuing scheme. It consists cf creation cf Certain posts and purchase of same testing equipments, r. su m of Rs.0_.55 lakh is projicsed^ to^ be^ j: r;..vic!ed f c r 1989-90. d) Trainin^g trp£rar;ir_ie/Hea 1 th^ With the introduction of ^'^aticnal action plan called S/a-IHR-i by Governr.ent of India this programme has been taken up by the Factrries Directorate to conduct Training Gourses for worker and managemrnt of different levels in the Factories to acquaint them with major hazards. This is a continuing scheme and outlay for 89;;9C_is_ proposed^ ^ ^ • The total outlay proposed for the year 193 9" 90_ i s^Rs^. 2 . 75 f or 1933-89 . This is a Stste Sector Scherie. SGHEME III : GREx.TlON OF GHEiVlIC.X WING IN THE DIRECTGR^-\TE OF F..CTO^£ X'COI^ Gj:ea ti cn of a Gheni ca 1 Ge 11^ in^ the Fa ctc_ri os Dir ec t ora te^« There was an urgent need tc have a Special Gell in the Foctcries Directorate to cnf' roe safety measures in Ghemioal and other hazardous industries. The urgent need for this resulted in the creation of a chemical cell and some posts were cre^tedc This is a cc ntinuing scheme and the a} ).'roved outlay fer 1989“ 90 was Rs.l.8C lakhs. The proposed outl^.y for 1989-=9C is Rs.2.00 lakhs. This is - State Scoter Scheme. K ^ 65 SCHEA£ IV I GR-;NT^IN^/aD TO'THl:- INDL-.N INSTITUTE^ OF SOCI/.L ' v:elK ^M 7;.nd biBW ess" ' — ■— '■ s:,i^T/'' cf Fit:EiS’’T c t ^ The Indian Institute cf Sccicl VVelfv.re 8. Business A/iana cement c re con'dv.ctin^ a Dif l.cna. Course in Inc us trial Safety. This is the only Institute apart froriT the Central Government Re-- cional ^^abour Institutes which trains Safety Officers in the East-- ern Regien. About one hundred ninety Srfety Officers have been trained s^ far in trie Indian Institute Social iVelfare & Business f/anacenent and there is a further requireaicnt of 35C qualified Safety Officers in the State, F’:.0.90 Lakhs was approved as Grant- in-aid to the Institute in 1988‘-89 and the ,A9.^ The increased amount of Rso0.30 lakh is required fer appointi.ient of additional Faculty members due to increased intake from 30 to 40 Safety Officers from indis tries and also to meet the expense of Chartered Bus for factory visit for the trainees. This is a State Sector Flan, 4. OF^ TrIE V/EST BEMG.;L_ U £ (A jR ^ ..tj.y£'tij^:ll S 'l^ . 1 i^ d?X 119F19. ° The approved caitlay of this project is Rs.29.39 lakhs. The Board has placed S'- far a sum of ris.14.25 lakhs at the disposal of the Construction Board Directorate fcr execution of construction work of this pr-ject. ^'^eanwhile; the Censtruction Board Dte. has submitted a revised estim^ate of Rs.53 lakhs approximately for this project. The said r'ovised estimate includes the provision fcr elec trification and oenerater. It has been reported by the Executive Enoineer concerned that Ccnstructicn Board Dte, has so far incurred an expenditure tc. the tune of Bs.34 lakhs approximately in antici pation of the administrative apprcval tc the revised estimate sub mitted by then. Civil Vvork has almost been ccmpleted apart frrm the fixing of d^.crs and windows. It is expected that the pr.ject can start its functicninc before the end of the financial year 1989“90 subject tc availability of funds on the basis cf the re vised estim.ate. .r. sum of Rs.7.50 lakhs is proposed for the year 1989”90. This is a State Sector Scheme. 2 . Cons^tructic n 5-/,. Jj',khrj.ab^r^^^ IVelfa^re^ Centi^^^^^ : Ihe total approved outlay c f this^ project is R s , 15,55,300/--. The construction work has alnost been, com.pletcd apart from some minor civil v./'-'-rks anci totx3l electrical work. The Cc.nstruction Beard Dto. wh':■ has been executing the c-.nstructicn work cf this project has submitted a revised estimate of Rs. 20,22 j,300/‘-- for apprcval. K 66 It has been ascertained frcn them th^i t they had incurred so far a sun of Rs-.IS, iakh-S arpToxiraately for this iro^oct. It is expec ted that the frcjcct can be rade cpcrative before the end of this fj.nancial year subject to availability of fund on the basis of the revised estimate. Outlay proposed for the year i989”90 is R3. 2 . 5C h khs. This is a District Sector Scheme. 3, § a H J 1 idaa t _ in,.'the, P.i.s tri_c t cf^ Fur^ulia_ _a n_d_ rencya^tj^n^ thie_ j V A g i^jaT The Beard proroses to set up a Holiday Hone at /iyodhaya Hill, Furulia for the benefit of the working class population of this state. A land has been found suitable there and it is expected that the land can be purchased within this financial year. The pro posed outlay f( r 1989“*90 is Rs,2.00 lakhs. This is a State Sector Sche:rie. This includes provision for expenditure towards renovation of the Holiday Horne at Dio ha . OF, INDl^TRIrX lR;.INir^ Directorate of Industrial Training is concerned with two schemes namely ’Craftsman Training Scheme’ and ’Apprenticeship Training Scheme' as per ^n'^entices r.c,t, 1961. Alongwith these two major scheme's the other schemes like ( l) Fart--time Classes for In^ dustrial workers, (2) Advanced Vocational Training System, (3) En trepreneurial Develcpm.ent Training Programme and (4) Crash Frcgramme are also conducted in different I . T.Is/Centre under the control of this Directorate. Training unc’or-this scheme is prcvided in I ,T.Is/Centre in 24 Engineering and 8 non-=Enginoering trades of one year and two years duration, ,/^t present the training is imparted in this State through 17 I .T .I s and cne I .T .C . located throughout the State of West Bengal. There are als, 5 private Institute im*parting training in different trades in this State. The tota. 1 seating capacity of students in all ITIs/Centre is 9896. On completion of the training the trainees are tc appear in /-..I.T.T. ccnducted by D.G.E. & T. Gcvt, of India. 100% of the trainees admitted in the Training Institute get stipend amounting to F:;.^-rO/“ per month» ^ P R E N T IC E S T R - JN IN G SCHE^£ : Out of 130 trades so far desigmated under the A]:.prentices ^nctj 1961, 64 trades have so far been implemented in this State and arrangemxnt of training in another 34 trades are under process of implementation, ^^t present about 6450 trainees are receiving training unr-f.r this schome at differemt establishments in both Govt./Private Seotcr located in the S't?te of host Bengal. Training Directorate makes arranoer.ont for Related Instructions for the K 67 apprentices including those trades v;hich have not been introduced in ITIs/Centre. For im{: lementation of this training tv;o Easic Training Centres one at ITT, Hooghly and anot’ er at Calci tta has already been set up. ITI,^ Hooghly is meant for training of Che-» mical Group of trades as most of the Chemical factories are loca ted in and around the district of Hooghly, Training in non-^I.T.I.^ trades is conducted at B.T.C., Calcutta. CR^TSIv^hK SCHEME Total proposed outlay for the year 1989-=S0 is Rs.96.80 lakhs, i) Eujldinas^a t^jiif It has been felt that the hostel facilities may be provided in each ITIs located in districts for providing accommodation of the boys coming from the remote places. The problem is particularly acute in ITIs located at Kalyani; Cooch Behar, Durgafur. During the annual plan 19S7-88 a sum of Rs.5.50 lakhs has provided for construc tion of hostel building at Durgapur and Kalyani. During the year 1988“89 further Rs^6. 2o lakhs has been provided for the purpose. The work has since been un.'crtaken by the I.IV.D. (C.B.) authority. Fur ther fund of F'.T.OO lakhs has been proposed for 1989“-9C. This is a district, sector scheme. i i ) S^ta _f f^ qijc. r;t e r s_ f 1 • The staff of this uirectorate being posted at different ITIs face immense trouble to have accommodation facilities due to lack of staff quarters at-different ITIs. Normally staff quarters, are provided to the Dur^vvan, Tharmacist^ Dresserj Foreman, Hostel Supdt., and Frincipal, Some of the quarters constructed 15/2C years back are in a very bad condition for vv'hich new construction is also necessary. A sum of Pis.3.00 lakhs has been provided for construction of Staff quarters dluring the financial yecr 1988“-89. Further a sum of Rs.5.00 lakhs may be provided durinc the financial year 1989-90 for construction of staff quarters. This is a district sector scheme. i i i) ^ J-X? x ° During the year 1988“89 a sum of Ps.2.00 lakhs has been provided for the ivater su'.ly project at III, Midnapore and Jhargram.. Fund has been utilised and the condition of the vvater supply has since been improved. Further a sum of Rs. 1.00 lakh may be provided during the yor 1989“90 for improvement of water suf.ply facilities at ITI, Suri. This is a district sector scheme. iv) Replacement of old anci obsolete i'/p.chine at different ITIs. The major machines in va.rious ITIs are in a very bad condition due to continuous use for the past 20'--25 years. No major purchase for K - 68 replacement of machinery has been taken during the past years due to paucity of fund. F'urthcr due tc rapid ttchnclogical deve-- lopment, new mrchinery and equipment have been introduced in industries making earlier machines cbsoletco D.G pE. & T ., Govt, of India has introduced a scheme (Central Sponsored Scheme) in which Govt, of India , has agreed tc share 50% of the cost for re^ placement of machinery in differer.t ITIs for upgraelation and mo dernisation of the Training Scheme, During the year 1988—39 Centxal assistance of R:.B.GO lakhs has been received and a sum of Rs.S.CO lakhs 'A/as also jcrovided in the State /jnnual H a n as matching grant. It is rroposed that sum of Rs.lO.OO J.akhs may be provided during the financial year 1989^90 for the purpose. A sum of Rs.5^,00 lakhs is also proposed as a matching grant to utilise the central a s s is tance to be given in this respect as a r,art of V.orld Bank project on Skill Develop lent programme in IT Is . Detailed note is given separately. Thereforos the total provision is R:j..61.00 lakhs for 1939“90. This is a district sector scheme. v) Purchase of nev'/ machinery in I .T .I s for the trades to be intrrduced un^'cr the Diversification Frogramme : Due to development of science and technology some of the trades introduced much earlier in I.T.Is have become unpopular due to acute shrinkage of employment facilities and some nev^ occupatj.on are com.ing in a big '.vay having good employment opportu-- nity. For diversif ica tion c f the unpor ular ' ti'ades to pop ular one ^ new machinery & equipment are to be purchased.' sum of Po.2.00 lakh is prcposed to be prcvided for the purpose. This is a d istric t sector Scheme. ti on^ 0;_f^ pli*^>t d iffex'ont During the past few years syllabus and curricular structure of craftsman Training Scheme have undergone a big change for which more class room accommcdation need to be at each I . T . I . Further pr^;'vided due to introduction of new trades and proposed intro duction of modern trades in future, Class rooms are to be construc-^^ tad cn priority basis. A sum of R?.7.50 lakhs was provided durinrg th| year 1988“89 . The construction is unc'er way. It is pr^^posed tha i: a further sum of R3. 9.00 lakhs may, be provided during the financial year 1989^-90. This is a district sector scheme o vii) Compos.11 e_ Bu11 clincj_ fS_tx:^_rc-cuni-A_. V._ a It has beon decided that Stores ^ Library^ AcV. Aid etc, should be housed in one composite building at I . T . I , , Durga>ur for which sum of Rs,3.00 lakhs has been provided in 1938-89, out of the prrject cost of Fs.23.7l lakhs. This iS' a continuing project and a further sum of R:-..4.00 lakhs is | r'^foseKl to be provided durin<^ the financial year 1989“90. This is a district sector scheme. K «=■ 69 viii) §GjU:inc;_ uj:_ of_ _riGvv J.v,,J cr j'vcmen^. Since there is no I.T .I. exclusively for VVcrnen in V/est Bengal it has bcon under active consideration of this Dircct(-rate for snme time past to set an I d . I, for v/rmen. A land measuring ab ut 1 bigha 15 kattah has been locatcd within the campus cf I. T . I . , Cariahat fcr tho construction of a multi stories building for the prcfosed Women I.ToI. A sum cf fo.3.5 lakhs has been provided during the annual plan 1988-89,'.vhich is expected t„ bo utilised. Since this will be a continuing ircjectj a sum cf Rs.S.OC lakhs has been proposed to be pr<: vidod in the year 1989-^90. This is a State Sector Scheme. i ^ 1 .° J.?. ° r-. sum cf Rs.0.00 lakhs is proposed to be provided in the annual plan 1989“ 9C. This is district sector scheme. ^f_A? i .9 B, P9S.- T. norms Difficulties are being exi'erienced in imparting training in some I .T .I s where ivbchinory S-. Equipment could ne t be supplied with as per D .G .E . 8. T. norms duo to vari 'us re; sons. To overccme these difficulties a sum of Rs.2.00 lakhs is proposed to be provided during the annual plan 1989-90. This is a district sector scheme, xi) S.'tjcncjthen^ino^ To improve functi ning of Hd. Qrs. a sum of R?. 2 .CO lakhs is proposed to be pr-'vided during the annual plan 19B9‘=9C like amount was provided during the financial year 198G“89, This is a State Sector Scheme. Total proposed outlay is R5.IO.4C’ lakhs for 1939--90, ^structicja c_f_ Hc;sj. < ^ l _ s^ at ITI^ Hovyrah Home^ . To alleviate the difficulties experienced by apprentices in having suitable a ccommodatic n d-uring the period of a f prenticeshif trainings factr:ries situated in and arcund Calcutta, it has been prof-osed to construct rne Hostel at I .T .I , ^ Hov/rah Homes exclusively for the apprentices, .st present there is o-nly cne Hostel at I.T .I. ^ Tollygunge, the seats available there is very m.uch inadequate. sum of RS.3.0C lakhs was prcvi-ded during the yc’ir 1988-89 cut of the total project c: st of Rs.37.63727 lakhs. This is a continuing projoct and a further sum of R5. 3 .0G lokhs is proposed tc be pr :vided during the annual plan 1989-’90. This is c? State Sec ter Scheme. 1 1 ) S treng thejiipg^ of _ Hd^,^ Q_r s^ a nd_ Reoj iona 1 _Gf f i ces Two Regional '"^fficos which have been set up v\/ithin the pre-• mises of I.T.I. ^ Siliguri ?nd I.T.I. 5 Durgaj ur are tc; be shifted to K - 70 a suitable hired building fcr pr' per and indGi:cndant functicning cf the cffices. Fev/ posts are also tc be created t(. augment the - functioning of App. Scheme at Hd. Q rs, f-r this a sum of F:s.l.50 lakhs is proposed tc.- bo provided during the annual plan 1989“ 9 0 . This is a district sector scheme. III) Vcrn_ent of Ea siJra ininc Centre fp_r, Chemica 1^ ^ ^ Hooqlily. a) One Basic Training Centre fcr Chemical Grcu[ of Trades has already beeri set up at Hooghly tc meet the crying need of such Institute in IVest Bengal. But fcr vvant of suitable stnffj the Centre could not be fully uxilisc-d. Some regu-- lar posts are tc be sanctioned immediately in addition to making provisions for guest lecturers. A si;,i of Rr>.1.50 lakhs is pr.:poSed tc^ be provided for the purpose, during the annual plan 1989^90. b) Since practical training constitute a major part of the Basic Training well furnished Laboratory, Plant & Equip ment are required to be provided for training the Appren^ tioes as per u .G .E . T. norms. It has been estimated that apprcx. Rs.13.00 lakhs would be needed for the purpose It is as such proposed . th, t a sum of Ks.2.90 lakhs may be pr vided fcr the purpose during the annual plan 1939^,90. This is a district sector scheme. IV) I mprove men t Ba s io Tra in i ng^ p^iXtJA-J Schooj. There is no full time staff at B .T.C , and work is being carried out by deputing staff from. I .T .I s , This system should not continue for a long time. To regularies the system of imparting basic training properly some essential staff are required to be provided. A sum of Rs.1.50 lakhc is proposed during annual plan 1989“ 9C. This is a State Sector Scheme. 5. WORLD Bank PROJECT Oil SKILL DEVELOTiVENT PRCGR-A|g£^,.IN l'’;^I\l‘:“s' Bltt^.TEE IN ^lE^BENp£;X The iVlinistry of ^ab- ur^ Govt, of India has approached the V'/c rid Bank through the Dotartment of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, with 0 pr'iject to modernise, diversify and re-’Structurc the Vv.cational Training I rt cramrnes in the country. The prcp:.;sod prc: j G01 IVou 1 d ha vo a di!ra tion <: f six year-s and covers the f c 11 owi main ccmponents, (a) iVic oornisa ti I n of oquin'nent and ins true tic-nal materials in the I.T.ISp including maintennnce systems. K » 71 (b) Strencthoning /.{:prenticeship Training. (c) Expanding advanced training prccrammGS, including High Technology areas, (d) Increase. V/omen's access to Vocational Training arid (e) Improve'i-lanning and management of Vocational Training both in the States and the Centre. The vVor 1 d Bo, n k Officials already visited seme States inclu ding the State of V\fest Bengal fev' months back. The Bank wanted de-- finite informatio^n about the v^illingness of the various States to participate in the prc grammes and to make necessary budget provisions fcr the same. All the schem.os invclvinc the State Govts are proposed to be Centrally sponsored sohornos, to be funded on 50:50 basis by the Central and State Govt’-s. :Gn the basis of. the. schemos proposed and after having details discussion with thesenicr officials of this State, Govt, of India has finalised the scheme for this State. The tota. 1 cost of the jrroject is Rs. 1382.02 lakhs for a six-ycar period commencing from ,1989-90 . Retrospective financing f o r 1988-89 is however under con- templaticn of the Govt. Out of. this, Rs.691.01 lakhs would be provided by the Central Govt, and remaining Rs,691.01 lakhs has to be provided in the State budget. There :^,-s a provision oi Rs.16.00 lakhs ( inclusive of the Ceprtra 1 Share) during .1980^ C9 u n d e . ••ris.tiuc Cci;or:. lly spvnscred scheme. Ircvision of Rs.122.00 lakhs including Central Share w ill have ..to be made during 1989-90. Out of this Rs.61.00 lakhs has to bo provided by the State during the fi nancial year 1989-90. (Rs . in lakhs) Scheme-wi s e brea k-up is given below : SI Namo cf ..the Schome Cost of. the State Share No • Scheme durinc (505i Contri' ■ .•■r-v..---.1: 1989--90 bution) ...... •-- Iv Moderhisa tion cf I ,T ,I s 54.00 27.00 2. A. Vo Aids 2.00 1.00 3. Introduction of new trades 30.00 15.00 4. EstabliShmen t of now V/cmen I . T. I . 20.00 • 10.00 5. Introduction of now tradns in Women I . T , I , 2.00 1.00 6. Introduction of High Tech. trades 12.00 6.00 7. Establishment of State Froject Imodementnticn Unit .. 2.00 1.00 Tota 1 :122.00 61.00 K - 72 6 . Prpgyj^^G of Works Depart men t. Lnjjp-qr & L The ol^jectivG of this scheme is to pro-vide apprenticeship tr^ning to sufficient nunber of degree and diploma holders in -- Enginee'.’ing P .W.D. has proposed a target of providing apprentice^ sh-ip training to 300 trainees in the 7th Plan oiit of which train ing has been imparted to 200 nos . of trainees so far, 1'* Programme of the ]>1 ro_Gtorat^ojr_Jmp2 o :^ A. of Snplo3^ent,,3ervic^, In onr* earlier vrite^i:©, we had proposed extension of airployraen'c Service ^jptc, the Block level. At the present moment, in West Bongril, Employnent Ser^/ices have been extended ijpto sub- divisional level and in some caSes \je have Buploym^.^nt ExchaP^s at special project ’sites, as i-joTl as at areas of identified growth centres , In tliis pattern there arc need for 2(two) more Ehiployinent ExchaT-ges at Canning oxid K-alvdivip of 2^-Parganas (Soiith)'. We, therefore, propose to oi^en 2(two) more Ehployment Exchanges in this State, These two will be mdGr S.G.P. Annu'CL*expenditure on this score wo'J3.d come to Ps,6.00 lakhs .during .1989-90 . Staff pattern for each-Employment Exch^jige is E ,0^-25 UDG-S, Inv. Inspector-1 , pist-2^eon-3, Chowkidar~l SwOopcj-^j., Two Exchanges, one each at Raghunathpur in the District of- Purulia and Ghanch?l, in the District of Mpl.da, have started func tioning from the financial y^ai" 198^-86. One Bnployment Sxchang® at Bolpur, in the Dj.strict of Birbhum has started functioning from the latter part of the flnanoi.al year I987-88, This is under T,S,P An expenditure of Rs^O .69 lakhs have be^. incurred in respect of these Employment Exchanges during 1987-88, Annual expenditure for these exchanges is estimated to "be P5,3 ,3o lakhs during 1988-89. The Employiri'int Exchanges at ICha'lcra (A newly created Sub-Division in the District of E-.jikora) is expected to be s.anctioned soon. Annual expenditure for opening of this Exchange is estimated to be Rs,3,00 lakhs. This is a State sector scheme and woiCLd cost Rs,10‘«73 lakhs for 6 Snployrnent Exchanges annually. 2 « Qpenijig of E.I , & A« Bx. In our e,arliur write-up, we proposed to open ? E,I> & A.Bx, in 5 development Blocks, namely (1) Khanakur-I, Dlstrict-Hooglaly, ( 2) Karnndiglii, DLst * V/est Dir.aipur ( 3) Gosaba, Dist ,South Parganas, (^) Binpur-I, Dist .Midn^pore and Garubathan, Distrii Dnrieeiinf?. ( 1 ) A 2) & ( 3) \ ^11 be mder S,C,P, and (V) & (?) wii:i K - 73 be m der T .S .P . Annual expondit ure on this score woiiLd come to Rs.l.Uo @ Rs*0 #28 lc\k].T3 p'^r S-.I* & A.B, per year* ?or the year I989-90, v/e propose to open 5 E .I, & A,Bx. with Developrnait Blodcs namely (1) Ketugram-I, rti.strict-Bm*dwan, ( 2) I n d u 3 , D i s t . B?jik-ura ( 3 ) B a n s M h a r i , D i s t . M a l d a , ( ^ ) H u r a , ^s t • PuruLia and ( ^ FoJ-aKata, T)ist, J al.pai gijn. • Amongst these No .(l),(2) & (3) ahove will -under SpeciaJ. Component Plan for. ScheduLe Castes (SGP) and Ylo & (?) xd.ll ho --ander Tribal Sub-Plar (TSP) respectively* Anniial Expenditures for SCP would be Rs*0 .8^ lakhs and for TSP v/ouLd be Rs,o^5^ lakh. Total expeniiture for opening of 5 E .l. & A*Bx. i\nnual expenditure for the E*I, & A.Bx, wouLd be Rs,2.50 lakhs, Thj.s is a State sector scheme. One post of U',D«C, may please be sanctioned for each E,I, & A,B, 3 . Op anjn g o f ._Sp.3cial_.GeXl.^.j;Qr..tlie_..Phys..ic^^ At\ioresent there is one Special Employment Exchange for Physically Enndicapped persons in Calcutta to cater to the needs of the Physically Handicapped registrant of Calcutta, According t o guidelines iss-ued by Govt , of India, each Employinant Exchange hav ing l 5b or more P ,H, registrants should have P ,H, Ce'lli,* The State Govt, however, haS'decided that for the present, district Head quarters Exchanges should be provided with P .H , Cells which x-Till f-urtction as nodal m its for P .H, registrants of all Employment Exchanges in a district* On the basis of this decision, 3 such cells 'oho each' at T) ,E ,E ,'(1) Chinsixrah ( 2) Burdwan and. ( 3) Bankura have been sanctioned in March, I987. i\n expenditure of Rs,o lakhs ha,ve been incurred in respect of these p ,H, Cells, during I987-88, Annua] expenditure .for these P ,H,Cells is estimated to be Rs^.l.^O lakhs during 19 8 8-89, Three P.H, Cells one each r.t ])«E,E. (i) Suri (ii) Jalpaiguri. and (iii)-Balurghat proposed for 198J-89, having Enployme^t Offifer- 1, L,D‘,C *-1 and Peon-1 is expected to be sanctioned'soon^. Amongst these (i) udll be mder SCP .and (ii) & (iii) will be mder TSP, i\nnual expenditu.re for these 3 p ,H, Cells is estimated to be Rs,2 , 2 2 l a k h s . It is now proposed to open 3 P.H, Cells one each at D,E,E, (i) Cooch B^har, (ii) Krishnagar and (iii) S.R.E,E. Darjeeling during I989-90 , Amongst those I'Jo',(i) will be uider S.C.P, Tot.;il expenditure for opening of 3 P.H , Cells dujing I989-90, w o u ld be Rs,2 , 2 2 l a k h s @ Rs,o ,7^ lakhs per P ,H, Cell* Each P,H',Cell is to have Employment Offi^eer-l, L,D.C,-1 and-Peon-1 •, Total staff reqijirement for 3 P.H. Cells s E,0 ,-3, L,D ,C ,«3 and Peon-3, /innu-a expenditure for the P.H, Cells wo^Jld bo Rsi,5 ,5o lakhs. This is a State sector scheme'. contd, K - 7 4 U-. ptIi^ ^ 'f ^ Cell ; ^ The approach paper on plan recommended opening of Vlomens^ Gol3.s v/ith lady officers in all lihiployment Exch.^ges, particuLa.rly in Rural aroas . The State Government ha,s decided -upon another yardstick of 10,000 -.romen registrant in an anployinent Exch.ange, In q-ut earlier write-i:^, we proposed to open h Women’ s Cells on^3 e-ch at D.E.S. (i) Chandannagore, (ii) Sonarpur ( Alipur) , (iii) Midnapore Tovjn and (iv) MrJ-da, (Proposal pending v/ith Govt,) and cxoected to "be sr^jactioned soon* Aniongst those (ii^ & ( i i i ) -will iDG -undQr S .C .P . Staff req-udremunt of each Women’ s Cell is E.0*-1, L,D,C,-l’and Peon-1, Annual expenditure on this score would come to Rs.2 .^ lakhs @ Rs.o *6o .lajchs pep cell per year. For the 3^ar 1989-90, we propose to open 3 Women’s Cells, one each at (i> ScR.E,Eo North Calcutta, (ii) D.E.E., Haldia and (iii) D.E,E. , Kharagpur. Amongst these No. (iii) Kharagpur \d.ll - he under*g,c.P. Staff requiroiT]ent of each Cell is E.S .-l, L.D. C.-l and Pe^n-l. Total r0q.uiroTntmt for 3 VJomen’ s Cells \^d.ll thus come to E.0.-3, L.""^C,-3 and Peons-3. Total expenditure for opening of 3 VJoraen’ s Cells annually, woiiLd he Rs.l.So lakhs @ Rs.0'.60 lakhs per m i t . Annual e3^er.diti:ire for the Women’ s Cells would he Rs.2.50 lakhs. This is a State sector scheme. 5. Stren.'Tbhening o f .Stn ff 'i;T-nining Tlnit r cm tinuing Schene^ ; For importing training to the newly recruited officers and staff to make them convopsaTxt idLth tho Sinploynent Exchange Proce- dure etc. and to give re-fresher training to the existing staff a3ld officers, a v/ell equipped Training Unit is essential at the Head-*- quarters. The existing training unit of the Directorate of Bnploy- ment is very small* As such it is proposed to create one post of. anployment Offlcor and one post of L.D.C. with financial involve ment of Rs.o,M+ lakhs'. A sum of P5.o'a6 lakhs is also required for purchase of t r.'^o.ning aJLc?^'. A sum of Rs.o *6o lakhs is proposed for a annual plan 1989-90 * This is a State sector scheme. Exchange Operation ? For effective and efficient running of the Ehiployment EKchanges, computerisation is felt essential:. Comp-ii:erisation w ill i n i t i a l l y cover the Employment Exchanges haveing Live Register of one lakh or mofe applicants. There are 9 such Employment Exchanges . in V/est Bengal. Computerisation for Regional Errployment Exchange hgj alr'-ady heen Sj^nctioned. Total Expenditure o f Rs.6.60 lakhs is expeJ cted to be incurred during I 988-89 with recurring expenses of Rs.o lakhs every year after 1988-89, cont d, K - 7 5 'For tho yon.r I 989 -9 0 , v/g propose to coi^p-uterise S ^ R .E .E ., Barracl-qDoro pjid ,:ai Annual oxponditijrre o f Rs,6.6o laXh3 is * estimated to be incurred staff training, site preparation, Installation including hardware, trnnscription of 2 lakhs card, and E3.ectricity, m:iintGiujjiCJ otc. A suni o f Rs*7.20 lakhs is proposed for annual plan 19 8 9 ^9 0 , TMs is a “^tate sector scheme. B# Market Information^ l i Strengthening of Statistj^cnJ., Ijhit ,qn,d ^StaMs_txc.al -Cell /continuing Scheme) / It is felt, necessary to strengthen'the existing statistical cell,,_one .Coitrpl Unit at the Direct or ate. This unit will Gollect. compile date on various activities of the lihployTient Exch?^ges and will publish periodical rei5crts to satisfy the needs of various Sta.te/Central Govt, Departn ^nt. Accordingly, it is proposed to , strengthen the cell hyadditional officers ani staff•'^hercfoi^y one post o f Tfe^ruty-'7)irectoF^( S^^ one post o f Sta tisticikn , one post of Smployrient Officer and one post of are inquire to he created, (proposal pending \d.th Govt * since 1 9 8 ^ - 8 6 ) , /innual financial involvement- works out to he Rs,l,00 lakh*. This Is a State sector, scheme, 2• Opening of B.M.I, ' Units ; In order to enable Directorate of Hnployment to bi'iild up a viable E.MvI. system in West Bengal, E.M.I, tbits in' all 32 anployment Exchanges need to bb opened. Accordingly, opening to two such Units, one each at b .K E , (i) ^angipur* and' (ii) B,alurghat, proposal pending with Govt , since 1 9 8 5 -86) , Amongst these (il) udLll be under T.S,P, Staff^req^jirGmont for each unit is Statistical A ssist ant-.land L,DoC.-li^ Annual flnaiicial involvement works out to be Rs,0 ,90 lakh @ Rs,0 ’.^^ laKh for each unit . ■- For the year 1989-90, we propose to open 3 SMI Units one each at (i) Sonarpur'(ii) Bishn\;pur and (iii) Jhargram • T'iiongst these (i)^& Cii) Td.ll be^ under S,G,P. and (iii) will be under T.S.P. staff pequiroment for e ach unit is Statistical Assist,ant-1 -and L , C , -1 ,, Total req-uipoment fo r-3 0^1 units will thus come to ; Statistical Assist,ant-3, C, Tot;al annual expenditure would he Rs.l*3? lakhs @ lakh per unit'. /innual expe3n d itim 5 for FMI units would be Rs,2 ^,0 0 -lakhs This is.a State sector scheme, -' C. ffelf-B^lovment ( continuj.ng Scheme') . The objective of the s<±Leme is to enable the un-enployed youth, validly registered vd^th Siplo3rraent Exchanges in West Bengal, for more than one year,^ to secure financial assistance from the - Banks at low rate of interest for eraharking on economically mean- 2 'igful projects. The State Government woiiLd provide margin money K 76 tpto Rs.6,25b/- i.e . 2 % of the project cost* The total amo-unt of loan adraissmo wou1-d also deponding on the size of tlie scheme For tills p u r p o s e a si^mi o f RsaSOO'.OO lakhs has been provided for in the annuc?!. pl^n 1938-89,- for ad-ieving Self-Suployment target of 6 ^ ,0 0 0 p r o 3 v3cts . For 19 8 9 -9 0 , it is assuied that the Self-anploynent target will not he less than 6^,000, as in the current financial year. On the hasis of this ass-unption, it is estimated th?.t an amouit o f Rs.32^0 .00 lakhs vail he fmd,,reqiti.rement for meeting 2?^ margin money cost on 65^,000 SESRU projects fo he'sponsored hy 6^ ©Hploy- ment Exchanges i n West Bengal. The proposed outlay for 19 8 9 -9 0 i s Rs,1300..00 lakhs. This is a continui.ng S t a t e Plan Scheme, 2'. Prog;ramme of the 7>:ivelaTom.gnt & Plannl^?^ Department . A d d i t i o n a l lihr)l^oym-jnt, Progrrymme . C o n c c D t ; . : Additional SnplaymGinb Progranme was introduced in the State in the year 1973-7^ as _ a.Central Sector Scheme with 10 0^ Central assistance. Inltlallj^ the objective o f the programme was to provide employment to t ho educated uae-rnployed pers^n^-particularly in th e urban area.s , The prograranis had a-t that time three components, vi-z. Training, subsidised Ehiployiij-nt and Self-employmenti. In the. year 1 9 7 ^-7 ?, however, em.phasis/>/as la id under the programme mainly on self-employment scheme among t he educated unemployed, persons'. Since 19 78- 79 t he s cop e o f t he p ro g r arnme haS be en furt hj r wi dene d t o include all categories of unemployed persons educa.ted or uneducated, for promoting self-generating employment s four equal annual instalments'. Re-)aynent of margin money against Block Capital starts after tho terms loan from Banlv^Financial Institution vjith interest haS been fully repaJ.d cr eight years wMchever is earlier. Repaymjnt of margin money against working capital commences from t ho 3rd year of thQ date of advance'. J[ r. h e V e e n t ; Under the prograiame total investment of margin money dui^'fig 3rd year of the Seventh-Five Year Pl^ji (-I987-88) was Rs.269 .00 lakhs During the current financi?a year (1988-^9) the full plan alloca- - t i o n o f Rs,7 o /) 0 laJkhs ha.s so far been agreed for allotment to diff erent Implementing Agencies of Additional BnployTnent Programme. In terms of the stipULations in the g-'Jidelines, expected employment genera.tion duiing the ^th year of Seventh Five Yea,r Plan period (1988-89) is 2800 r^ppro:cLmately. Proioosed Provision for the Ainuap, Plan 198Q-QQ . To continue the programme in the Seventh Five Year Plan it is prc’posed to make a. provision of Rs.75*00 laklis for the progransne in thQ Plan buiget of I989-90 for generating 3,000 employment ap^riximately. ...... I l l l l l * ! * i l l t m n u - / s d K -» 78 SOCIAL SECURITY & WELFARE Programme of jbhe Relief and v-^elfare(Welfare )Pept t . a) State_ _Sector Schen^ i Under this broad head essentially those schemes which are non-divisible and capital intensive and will confer benefit on the people throughout the State or in more than one district have been included as per directive issued with Development & Planning Department D .0 ,Mo,6299 (3 j/DEV dated 23.8d 985 under this head. Altogether 44 schemes have been included which are mostly capital inten sive in nature and are likely to confer benefits to the people of the entire State or in more than one district. For 1989-90 against total proposed provision of Rs.234.55 lakhs for Social Welfare Rs,l46o99 lakhs have been proposed for State Sector Schemes implementation of which are likely to confer benefit on the population of the entire State or in a number of districts. Thus Rs.146.99 lakhs have been proposed for State Sector Schemes out of the total provi sion of Rs,575,00 lakhs prraposed for 1989-90 for the Welfare Branch of Relief &" Welfare Department, Direction and Administration s- . t 1o Planning,Monitoring and Evaluation Cells in the Department and Directorate of Social V/elfare Steps are being taken by the Directorate and the Department to create two Cells for Planning,Monitoring etc, of the existing schemes'undertaken by the Department as v/ell as for their reviewing. It is expected that some posts will be created this year f i r the purpose. Keeping in view the lead time for recruitments a provision of Rs,0.15 lakhs for the Department and the Directorate may be made for 1989-90. 2. Cell for Vocational Trading for Physically Handi capped Persons, Delinquent and Neglected Children,Women in Moral Danger It has been decidtSd earlier to set up a c». 11 by the Director of Social VielfarGjV/est Bengal to supervise and reviev/ the existing schemes, expand training facilities and to introduce innovative trades for physically handicapped persons, delinquent and neglected children, women in moral danger, it is understood that the Director of Social V/elfare,West Bengal is going to submit to the Government a proposal suggesting to create some posts for which an annual provisions of Rs.0.15 lalch may be provided for 1989-90, ir '70 • '/JoiTien and C.>.;j-Sl£_ Care Ce IJ. ? - It v/ilj. gear up a sco.lai defence measui-es for v/omeri and axtend to calls frorri women and children in distress, The Director of Social Welfare is going to propose for creation of certain posts . ifhicn w ill ..quire an estimated expenditure of Rs.0»20 lakh. Hence foi’ '.939-90 a .provision of rs,0,20 lakh nay be kept* 4o Cost of Construction of Additional Storey for I.C.D.Sc Cell Located at Juvenile Court Building at Salt Lake s- Administrative approval for construction of additional Storey for ICDS Cell have already been accorded at an esti mated expenditure of Ps.S'.OO lanhs, Hs«7,50 lakhs have so far been allox;ted for the purposeo Hence a provision of Rs.1,00 lakh may be made for the purpose for 1939-SC. Training Scheme for Different Categories of Func- * ticnaries of Welfare Directorate end Department The proposal of the Director of Social WelfarejV/est Bengal in this regard ha^ - been approved by the Government in the Finance Department, A provision of Rs,0.60 lakh has been made fur 1969-90, 6, Case studies and Action Research Project Directorate of Social V/elfare and Vagrancy vill con duct Case studies, surve^^s and action research pi’ojects with a view to formulating social welfare programmes and studying to im.pact of programmes operated by the Direc'corates. Riio0c60 lakh may be provided for 1989'-90o V/EIFARE OF HANDICAPFSD _ ? - 1 c To. Promote Establishment of Homes for Mentally Retarded Children - The O'ails and Wej.fare Homes for the Government have significant population cf retarded children whc have been abandoned by their parentsc Unfcrtunately no facilities exist for taking care of them in 'Jhese institutions, Prabartak Sangha has been entrusted witxh the implementation ' of the Scheme« The Sangha has already started functioning, A provision of Rs,4,00 3.akhs may therefore be made for 1939-90, 2., Expf:-,nsion of Capacity and i^Iodernisation of Compcsite Home for Deaf, Dnmb and Blind ? The Blind. SohOv. 1 Cooch Behar when completed is x'^equired to be modernised and equipped AQth aids anc' appli ances for setting up training'-cum-'prodi.’cticn centres,, After completion of the construction of Deaf & Dumb Schoo:, Raiganj some fund raa}^ be required, for settlement of the issue. A provision of fi.1.00 lakhs has been proposed for 1 Q ftQ ^Q n :c ~ 8 0 3. Awards to Outstanding Employees of Handicapped ,^n;d Handicapped Employees The scheme envisages the recognition of Employers of the pjjysically handicapped and also employees rendering out standing services. Awards are given in the form of medals and cash in a function presided over by the Governor of the State. In conformity v/ith the past years an amount of Rs,0e20 lakh may be provided for 1989-90. V/OMEN»S WFLFARE s- 1. Strengthening and Remodelling of Destitute Women’ s Home jUttarpara v/ith Residential Staff Quarters and Reception Unit for Girls We have already received a proposal from the Chief Engineer,Construction Board for its expansion with staff quarters and it is being p_racesscd in the Department, A pro vision of Rs.5.00 lakhs may be proposed for 1939-90. 2. Expansion and Remodelling of Destitute Home for Girls at Parulia s- The Proposal for expansion as well as remodelling has been received from the Chief EngineerjConstruction Board and is being processed in the Department, For 1989-90 a sura of i>,1i00 lakh may be proposed. 3. Remodelling of Dhrubashram Boys’ s Home w ith Staff Quarters and Establishment of a Destitute V/omen’s Home A vacant wing of the building of the Destitute Boys’ Home at Dhruba^shram has earlier been proposed to be utilised for eccommodating 50 aged destitute women. So, it is necessary to build quarters in tne premises for' female' employees to' deployed, A provision of Rs,2.50 lakhs may be proposed for 1989-90. Vocational Training Centres for Girls and V/omen in Government Hom*es s- It is felt necessary to strengthened vocational trai ning in Government Homes for Girls and Women, For this purpose a provision of Rs.0,50 lakh may be made for 1989-90, 5o Assistance for Economic Rehabilitation to Girl Inmates of Homes s- In order to rehabilitate girls discharged from Homes it is proposed to provide a grant of Rs,1,000/-. The grant may also be utilised a^ seed money f o r '.bankable projects. The scheme w ill be expanded to a ll Homes both Government and non-Government for girls above 18 years of Age. A provision of Rs,1.50 lakhs may be made for 1989-90. K - 81 6, Trailing programme for Women in Distress s- This is a centrally sponsored scheme under which women in the age group of 18-50 years are given vocational training and residential care by the voluntary prganisations which bear 10% of the expenditure and balance 90% is shared equally between the Central and State Government. Over and above two organisations helped during 6th plan period it is proposed to induct few more organisations during 7th plan period. It is proposed to provide Rs,4.50 lakhs for 1939-90 for the purpose. 7, Establishment of District Shelters, Moral Danger Homes in Districts s- A proposal to set up a District Shelter at Nadia has been received and is being proccss::'d. A provision of F^s.I.OO lakh may be kept for 1989-90, 8, Setting up of Women's Development Corporation s- The Government of India has proposed the State Govern ment for setting up of a Women’ s Development Corporation in the State. The purpose for setting up of the Corporation will be to assist in arranging loans through financial institu tions by giving margin money and seed money to help women setting income generating activities. The Government of India has indicated financial assistance for setting up of women’s Corporation. A provision of Rs.5.00 lakhs for the purpose may be proposed for 1989-90, CHILD V/ELFARE s- 1 . Remodelling and Renovation of Cottages at Digha for Destitute Boys and Girls s- The proposal for remodelling and renovation of cottage at Digha at an estimated expenditure of Rs,9.00 lakhs has been approved and the Chief Engineer,Construction Board has been entrusted with the work Rs.1.50 lakhs may be provided for 1989-90. 2, Bravery Award for Children t The scheme envisages state recognition of exceptional act of Br^avery by children through award of prizes at a func tion presided over/tKe Governor. A provision of Rs.OolO lakh may be made for 1989-90. 3o Av/ards to the Best (State/District )Anganwadis under I.e .D o S . Projects in West Bengal and Presentation of Troghies to the Best-Managed Home run by the State Government s- There is a proposal to introduce awards to recognise outstanding performance by i.he Anganwadi Workers. . K 82 The efficient managament of Government Homes should also be rewarded. A provision of RSoO.45 lakh may be made for 1939-90, 4o Establishment of Child Guidance Clintica, A Child Guidance Clinic has already been set up through a voluntary organisation viz, Indian Institute of 3io-behavioral Sciences v/ith the financial assistance from State Government, A provision of Rs.2,00 lakhs has been kept for this purpose, 5. Establishment of Destitute Home for boys s- The Home at Tumbani\is located in hired building. It is in a state of despair and may collapse at an any time. The proposal to shift this Home to Kharikagu-li in Bishnupur has been approved. For this purpose R3,3*00 lakhs may be provided for 1989-90, 6, Grant-in-aid to Voluntary Organisation for Services for Children in need of care and protection 2- The centrally sponsored scheme popularly known ^s cottage scheme provides for maintenance of destitute children in the age groups of 6-1iyears, Each Cottage under the scheme has 25 children. During the 6th plan period 2600 children have been covered by the scheme in some 10 cottage. During the first year of the 7th plan period 40 such cottages have started functioning and 10 more cottages has been sanctioned by the Government of India, 90% of the expenditure is shared between the Central and State Government on 50^50 basis and the remaining 10% is borne by the grantee institutions* A provision of f3.32.50 lakhs has been made to meet the State share of expenditure on this account for 1989-90, 7, Grant-in~Aid to Voluntary Organisations for Maintenance of Neglected and Destitute Children s- A scheme similar to that of the Cottage is operated solely by the State Government:, Number of beneficiaries so far covered under this scheme is 1000, There is no proposal for extending this scheme during the 7th plan period. As such a sum of .Rs,2,00 lakhs has been provided in the annual plan of 1989-90 for existing beneficiaries, 8, Introduction of Coaching System to Destitute Boys and Girls in Primary and Secondary Levels In conformity with the recommendation of the State Ministers for Social Welfare in the conferencc held in ,^New Delhi on August,1982 a system of coaching of boys and girls reading in primary and secondary levels is proposed to be introduced in destitute Hnm.es managed by the Government. Details schemes in this regard has be:'n approved, A provision, of I!s.2.00 lakhs may be provided for 1989-90, K » 83 9« Introduction of Vocational Training for Destitute Boyss Under this scheme financial assistance is provided to the voluntary agencies for running vocational training centres for destitute boys and girls. It is proposed to assist voluntary organisations and local bodies to conduct training in vocational trades so that ^(^d estitu te boys and girls are benefitted per annum. For 1989-90 Rs.7»50 lakhs may be pro vided for the purpose, 10. Economic Rehabilitation of Discharged Destitute Bous from Government Homes/Cottages s- It is proposed to assist discharged inmates of Homes with a grant of Rjs. 1,000/- per head as seed money for Bankable projects with a viev/ to rehabilitating them. 40 beneficiaries are likely to be benefitted during 1989-90 for which f V/ELFARE OF AGED,INFIRM AND DESTITUTE 1 Promotion of Establishment of Homes for Old Destitutes- An Old Age Home for Women with a capacity of 50 is under construction at South Garia in the existing complex for men and political sufferers. During the Seventh Plan period a few voluntary organisations local bodies will be encouraged for setting up of Old Age Homes. For 1989-90 R3 . 2 .OO lakhs may be provided for this purpose, 2, Expansion/Renovation of Existing Vagrants' Home and Establishment of Reception Homes, After Care Homes <^< Homes for Vagrants in Calcutta and Districts A few construction works were undertaken during the Sixth Plan period under Vagrancy Directorate, The expenditure for these works are to be spilled over to the 7th plan. For this purpose Rs,12.00 lakhs may be provided for 1989-90, CORRECTIONAL SERVICES Scheme of Prevention^ and Control of Juvenile Social _ a 3 ^ u s tm e n - £ ; - ...... - - - « - In order tp establish . uniform frainework for care protectionjtreatmentjeducation,training and rehabilitation of Juveniles' the Parliament has passed the Juvenile Justice Act,1986, The act envisages the upgradation of the existing services se^ up under the State Children Act on the basis of 1 the standards as spelt out in the Juvenile Justice Act,1986 as well as creation of additional infrastructure to c )ver all the districts of the state. Central assistance might be received on this account. A sum of fe.18.00 lakhs may be proposed for 1989-90 for this purpose. K B 4 ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC SECTOR AND OTHER UNDERTAKING.S Assistance to V/BCADC for social welfare works s- Th'3 CADC has been spending money of Balwadi Centres,, maintenance of Community Centres etc. The total expenditure on this Account comes to fe,12.50 lakhs, A meeting was held in the Chief Secretary’s room on 28.8.85 about this. It was decided in the meeting that the Welfare Department would bear necessary expenditure on this account from 1 , 1.86 for main tenance of this scheme. Thereforej a provision of Rs,l4,00 lakhs have been made in the annual plan for 1989-90 for the purpose, ASSISTANCE TO VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS : Aid to Voluntary Organisation for Social Welfare Works s- Voluntary organisations have a vital role to play in the field of social welfare reactivities. Therefore,these organisations have always been encouraged by the Government. For 1989-90 a provision of Rs,20,00 lakhs may be made for the purpose. To prevent drug addition several schemes have been submitted by different voluntary organisations which are under examination of this Department. No separate budget head has yet been opened in this connection. As such the pro vision under this head ir-as been doubled taking into account the probable expenditure during the next financial year, ^) District Sector_ Scheme Under this broad head essentially those schemes which are not capital intensive and will confer benefit to one district only have been included as per directive Issue'd with Development and Planning Department D.0,No,6299(30)/De;v, dated 23,8.85, Altogether 13 schemes have been included under this broad head which are not cap.ital .intensi ve in nature and will confer benefit to the people of one district only. For annual Plan 1989-90 Rs,12?.15 lakhs have been proposed for district sector scheme against total proposed p-mvi^inn of ?0/|., 9^, Inkhs foi- .Snrial Welfare, As records "Nutrition** Rs.290.45 lakhs have been suggested under district sector schemes for 1989-90 the whcole component under this category will fall under this District Sector Schemes, The implementation of this Scheme will con;fer benefit only to the people of a district only and the scheime is non-capital invensive in nature. K - 85 Thus,for 1988-39 altogether Rs.4l7.60 lakhs have been proposed for district sector schemes against total proposed provision of Rs,575.00 lakhs, DIRECTION AMD ADMINISTRATION ^ • Strengthenin/2; of District Set-up s It has been decided earlier to fill up 118 posts of Inspector of Social Welfare in phases during the seventh Plan period. Steps being taken by the T^irector of Social V/elfare, West Bengal to f i l l up such posts. A provision of Rs,12,00 lakhs may be provided for 1989-90 for this purpose. WELFARE OF HANDICAPPED S ^ • PJ^QSthetic Aid to Handicapped in all Districts % Under the scheme walking sticks, hearing aids,musical instruments,artificial limbs, crutches,wheel chair,calipar , shoes etc, are supplied free of cost to the handicapped des- ‘ titute persons by the Director of Social Welfare,West Bengal, It is proposed to provided Rs.4.00 lakhs for 1989-90 to cover about 600 persons. 2, Scholarship to Handicapped Students Studyinf^; below Class~ll^ ~ ^ Handicapped students who are reading below Class IX and are not above 16 years of age, with a monthly family income not exceeding Rs.750/~ are entitled to get a scholar ship, The students reading in Classes-I-V will receive a monthly scholarshipof Rs,25/- and those above Class -V but upto Class VIII P5.30>'- per month. A proposal for enhancing the rate of scholarship to Rs.60/- is under consideration. Accor dingly a provision of Rs,10.60 lakhs has been provided for 1989-90, ' Promotion of Establishment of Training Centres by lun€ary or/^anisations71^ca"l' Bodies/Goverhlr^ent During the Sixth Plan period three training Centres were established - two by Zilla Parishad,one by Directorate- of Social Welfare. The centres set up by Directorate of Social Welfare needs to be renovated and expanded to provide adequate accommodation to the handicapped trainees. For 1989-90 a provision of 5.50 lakhs may be made for maintenance of t^® existing centres and setting up of One or two nev; centres, K 86 4, Assistance to the Physically Handicapped. Persons in All ristrict'^XP^ It provides for grant of financial assistance of Ps,60/- per month to destitute physically and mentally handicapped persons with effect from 1st October, 1985. A provision of Rs. Hs.6.75 lakhs may be provided for this purpose for 1989-90. 5. Economic Rehabilitation to the Physically handica.pp_ej _and Mentaily RetaTrded Persons ; The object of the scheme is to provide financial a s s is tance to the physically handicapped and m^entally retarded persons to enable them to take up projects in any trade of vocation in which they may have skill. Under the scheme Rs.1000/- in cash or kind is given as grant to a beneficiary. Recently the scheme has been modified to link-up Banks with this scheme so that the Government grant could be u tilis e d as the contribution of the beneficiary in bankable projects whereever possible. There is immense possibility to expand this scheme. Hence it .Is proposed to provide Rs,5.25 lakhs for the purpose for 1939-90 to cover 525 beneficiaries. WOMEN»S WELFARE "I • Assis tance to_wards^_settWorkin^ Wpmen * s Hospitals"^; ^ ^ Three proposals for setting up of Working Women’s .1 hostels have already been approved by the Government of India and a fev/ more are av/aiting the approval of the Government of India, So a provision of 4 .0 0 lakhs may be made for 1989-90« 2* Grant of Pension to Destitute Widows As a social security measure the ‘ De^at’tment has been operating a scheme for pension to destitute widows @ Rs,60/- per month, A provision of Rs«6,00 lakhs has been made on 1989-90, CHILD WELFARE 1 , Establisxhment of Women For establishment of Creches for children of working mother by State Social Welfare Advisory Board/Voluntary Organisation a provision of Rs,0.60 lakhs may be made for 1989-90, 2, E_stablishment ,of_JX!p^S_ Proje^^^ T ill 1986-87 the Government of India sanctioned 113 Centrally Sponsored ICDS Projects to this State. During 1988-89 they have recintly sanctioned 14 new ICDS Projects, In addition, 16 more ICDS Projects have been sanctioned earlie-r hv the State Government in the State Sector. No project was K - 87 sanctioned during 1987t 8 8 . Hence till 1988-89 the number of projects i^ the State thus has totalled 143. The Government of India has since sanctioned l4(fourteen) numbers of ICDS projects.in the current financial year 1988-89 as told ear lier whicn will however be made operative during the last quarter of 1989-90. The mother and child care projects were upora ded on the level of ICDS in the state Sector in the year 1985-86, the First year of the Seventh Five Year Plan. Appropriate provision is kept for operation of the ten projects under ICDS head in 1989-90, As per existing budgetary provision of Govt.of India the annual estimate of expenditure for esta blishment of new ICDS Project is Rs.6.37 lakhs. Taking into consideration the enhancement in the rate of D.A. etc. the above ceiling of Rs.6.37 lakhs have been raised to Rs.6.50 lakhs while making provisions for these ten State Sector Project. As per schematic pattern and principle of ICDS Scheme the entire cost of Supplementary Nutrition in regard to ICDS has to be incurred from MMP Head by the State Government. According to the norms prescribed by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, the level of nutrition supple ments to be provided to children and mothers in ICDS Centres is shown below ;- Beneficiaries Calories Protein a ) Children (6 months to 72 months) 300 10 gr. b) Severely malnourished children 600 20 (6 months to 72 months) c) Pregnant women & nurshing mothers 500 20 grms Numbers of feeding days is assumed to be 300 days in a year. The supplementary Nutrition in ICDS Projects now is run with the aided food received from CARE. But in respect of 14 projects sanctioned during 1988-89 which are executed to be made operative during 1989-90(last quarter) Supple- \ mentary Nutrition will have to be provided by the State GovtY^SvaiSal)ie food staff. ^Vhile making provisions, the cost'”of food @ Rs.0.25 paise per beneficiary per day has been taken into account in respect of .1400centres of these 14 ICDS Projects. The unit cost on each component of that is as follows s- a) Cost of food(Puleses/Jaggery) - 6 paise per beneficiary per day(The unit cost was enhanced from 0.4r paisd! to 6 paise in 1985-86). K -» 88 b) Cost Ox fuel and condiiiontG ~ 6 pr.isc per bencficic?,ry per day. The unit cost was enhanced froii 2,5 paise to 6 pr.iso in 1985-86) . The unit cost i or oth^r iood supplenents as noted above vrere enhanced tiic instance of the Govt, of India which however rccoi'iziended the revision of the unit costs as per follbwing pattern s- Transport' Tuel, Condinents Total (paise ;)er day(); (.r/aisc per day) (Paise per day) 10 10 20 The Governi.ent of India furt_ier clarified if any State Governr,ient found it difficult to r.iake sufficient Non-Plan Budget allocation according to the revised unit cost, the differential cost bet>7ccn the prevailing pattern and the revised pattern of unit cost could be acconnodated in ti .c Plan Budget both the old and newly sanctioned projects. In the Plan Budget wc have also kept a provision to R-?* 5 lakhs fur setting up 600 Low Cost Lctrines in the households situated in the Proofcct Areas, The Governi-.ent of India has laid nuch stress on setting up of Cost Latrines in Anganwadi Centres as part of ICDS delivery of services within the PrograoLie, The schene of "L0¥ COST lATRINE" is seen as an effective input of ICDS to conbat the high incidence of ncranity and nerbidity prevailing auong children unaccustoned to sanitary practice,s by creating local awareness about proper sanitation and hugiene and notivating the beneficiaries at largo to the use of these Latrines in Project Areas. Currently, the State Govt, has been inplcuenting this schene with the assistance ol UNICSF, The schene was started during the year 1985-©6 and 420 Latrines were constructed at diffv^rcht Anganwadi Centres sc rair. The total estinated cost uf setting up of a "Low Cost Latrine" now anoTunt to Rs. 1900/-. Out of that 25/o v;ill be borne by the State Govt,, 25/>^ by the beneficiary 50?o of tne remaining cost will be shared by MICSF as per the schene, ¥e have also proposed to include an amount of Fs.4 ,00,000/- in tihtj Plan Budget for inpleaentation of wheat based nutrition prograL^.^e. The total budgetary outlay for I989-9O under Mininun I^eeds Prosraniio Plan is thus o.rrived at Hs. 300.86 lakhs. The break up of this outlay in to Special Conponents and Tribal Sub-Plan is furnished herein belovr ; Special Conponent ?lan R.s,44*10 Tribal. Sub-Plo-n Rs,44»lO K - 89 It may not be out of plc^cc to Dcntion hcru that the Govt, of Iri'-ia provides adninistrr.tivc cost, on an average, to the tune of Rs.7 ,00,000/- annually for every centrally sponsored IC1)S Projects on condition that tlie State Govcrnuont will nake adequate budget provision in the Plan and Ncn~ Plan Budget to acconnodate t^e possible expenditure of Nutrition feeding which is one of the integrated conponents of ICBS Prcgranne, Requirenent of fund under ICDS head for State Sector Projects in I969-SO is detailed below t REQUIRELiEMT OF FLTO UNDER ICDS IIEiiD FOR STATE SEC j OR ICDS PROJECT Total ReCjUircLicnt i For 10 upgraded Mother and Child Cr.re Projects : Rs,65.0 lakhs Break-up : General Plan : Rs,42,25 lakhs T .A .S .P , : Rs.15.0G lakhs SCCP ; Rs.09.75 lakhs Rs,65,00 lakhs 5• N_on-Institutiona 1 Care for Destitute Children : The object of the scheme is to assist financially the guardians of the children who are below the poverty line so that they may send then to schools. During the Sixth Plan Period about 4,000 children were bene- fitted under this schcne with a monthly assistance @ Fvs.^O/- per month, Recently with tne approval c± the Cabinet the rate of assistance has been raised to Rs.6o/- per month with effect fron 1st October,1985. A provision of Rs.10.00 lakhs has been made for 1989-90, WELFARE OF AGED. INFIRIa m D DESTITUTE _s Under this scheme a monthly financial assistance @ R5. 60/- per head is given to destitute old people. A provision of P5. 7.00 lakhs may be pro- vided during 1989-90. 2• Programme of jW^eSchool Education Department Provisions have been made for improvement in the functioning of the Social ^^elfare Eones managed by the State Government and Undertaking Organisations.‘The outlay for 1989-90 for the purpose is Rs.85 lakhs. K » 90 Pro/^imme of the Home _Po_li^ti^cD_^£j^art^e C o n stru a^qn of M u ^ s l im _ s t r icts Pursuant to the Prime M inister’ s 15 Point Programme, the Minority Cell of the Home( P olitica1 )Department, has undertaken a scheme for construction of Muslim Girls* Hostels in the- Muslim minority concentrated districts. The scheme will meet the needs of the Muslim Girls in these districts and is expected to solve a problem of the Muslim community. During- the 7th Plan period, 11 hostels are to be constructed* Out of the said 11 hostels, 3 in the districts of Burdwan, Murshidabad and Malda have already been sanctioned and necessary fund has been placed at the disposal of the Implementing Agencies. Such scheme in the districts of West Dinajpur,Birbhum,North 24-Parganas and Nadia are expected to be sanctioned in the current financial year. During 1989-90 schemes are proposed to be taken up in the districts of Midnapore,Gooch Behar,. Howrah and South 24-Parganas, n u t r i t i o n ^ • Programme of the ^Reliej'_and Vi/elfare (Welfare) Deptt. ( iMinimum Meed Fr oqra mine) Provision for 1939“ 90 1 , Cost of pulses @ Rs. 0 .0 6 paise per head per day for 49 projects sanctioned in 7th Plan, i.e. 1985-86 and 198 6-8 7 for 6838 Centres @ 72 beneficiaries per Centre for 300 days 6338 x 72 x 6 p. x 300 ~ Rs,82.14 lakhs. K 9 a 2. Cost of pulses (difference) @ 2 paise per head for 80 projects sanctioned upto 1984-85 for 11032 Centres for 300 days 1032x72x2x300 = Rs.47.68 1 i 3. a) Cost of fuel and condiments(differences @ 3.5 p. per head per day) for 129 projects sanctioned uoto 1986-87 for 17370 centres for 300 days. 17370x72x3.5px300 1^31.32 lak . b) -do- for 14 projects sanctioned during 1988-89 to be operative during the last quarter ; 1400 centres - 1400x72x3.5px75 P'S. 2 ,6 4 lakh 4. Cost of food for 1400 centres of 14 ICDS Projects sanctioned during 1988-89 expected to become operative during last quarter of the year 25px72x1400x75 = Rs,18,90 lakh 5. Cost of utensils for the new 14 ICDS projects @ fe,800 per centre x 1400 Rs.11.20 lakh 6. Low cost latrine Rs. 3.00 ii 7. Wheat based Nutrition Projects Rs, 4,00 ’■ (for meeting cost of recipe @ 34 paise per head per day in respect of 75 centres @100 beneficiaries per centre under State funded wheat based nutrition programme to token provision of 4 lakhs has been proposed) Grand Total Rs,300,8b 1 Break up ; N utrition(Minimum Needs Pro,o;rammc , General Plan n3.202.45 Lakhs T .A ,3 .P . Rs. 44,00 lakhs S.C,C.P. fe, 44,00 lakhs te;;2^X5TaW s 2• Proi^ramme of txhe School Education Department ^M jii mum N e e d s Pr o r a mm e) There is natural consensus of covering all primary school childrc:n under Mid-day Meal Programme with a target of the feeding days in a year at a cost of 70 paise per day per head. On the basis of next year’s projection of enrolment an additional provisi:^n of Rs.1.00 crore over the current financial year’s provision of Rs,3.15 crores has been suggested under the head ^’Nutrition” . The break-up is as follows ;- 1. General Mid-day Meal for Childrjn(MIvFP) - Rs.285.00 lakJris 2. T.S,P-Mid-day Meal for children(MNP) - F3, 50.00 lakhs 3 . 3 .C .P •“ Mid-day Meal for children(Ml'I?) - Rs. 8 0 .0 0 lakhs Tota 1 Rsc 415. 00 lakhs Tne year 1989-90 being the last year of the Seventh Five Year Plan, as per State Government's recommendation in the field of School Education, efforts will be concentrated on maintenance and consideration rather than incr; mental development. L « 1 X I I . g e n e r a l s e r v i c e s stationery & P r i n t i n g Programme of the Commsrce and Industrie s Department, l^jjidernis.atin^^^^ of _Go\/9rnrnent Presses 1. In order to cope efficiently with the increasing work load at Govt, presses for printing of gazettes, budget books and publications, notifications and reports from various Departments, ballot paper, printing uork of the Legislature etc., major portion of ujhich is of very urgent nature rscuiring delivery at short notice, it is necessary to renovate and to modernise the machinery of the Government Presses. 1*1* An outlay of Rs,5.00 lakhs may be approved for 1989-90 towards pur chase of some spare parts for different printing machines at the Govt.Presses. Public iJorks 1. Programme of the Public Works Department. Office Buildings The schemes under these heads are for casing the problems of acco mmodation in Govt, offices as also of residential accommodation for officers and staff of the P.W.Dte. The target during the 7th Plan is for construction of 58,250 m^ out of which 18,800 m^ has been constructed during 1985-86 and 1986-87. The rest is expected to be completed during the remaining 3 years of the 7th Plan. The outlay for 1989-90 for construction of Office buildings isf^^.23,15 lakhs and that for Research and Inservice Training is Rs.O.SO lakhs. The Home (D ails) Department had proposed some small outlays under State Pl^n for the years 1985-86 (Rs.2 2 ,000-}, 1986-87 (Rs, 7 , 2 8 ,0 0 0 ) and 1987-88 (Rs, 4 , 1 7 ,000) of the 7th Five Year Plan p®riod. But due to introduction of the Upgradation and ^lodernisation Programmes there had been no outlay during the last two years other than the Upgradation and Hodernisation Programmes, The Upgradation of 'Administration Programme (1934 - 85 to 1988-89) is due to be concluded in Inarch, 1989, The r^odernisation Programme (1987-88 to 1989-90) w ill also close in Harch, 1990, The recommendation of the Ninth Finance Commission is not yet avaiiabln to this Department, This Department has already placed a number of need-based schpmes for consideration of the Ninth Finance Commission which w ill require a total ^^mount of Rs, 60 crores approximately and be in the nature of a continuation of the current Upgrada- tion Programme, There ^^re certain other schemes which ar^ neither included in ongoing Upgradation Programme nor in Modernisation -rogramme but are considored by tlie Home (O ails) Department to be of the highest priority in view of the importance and urgency* This may be evident from the following L 2 p'^ragraphs. 3 . 1 ) , Th^?r'” ? 'r 0 5 1 j ^ i l s in th e S t a t e m ost of whici. u^rc? e s t a b lis h G d in the oldsn d^ys. Thosn j'=>ils require some urgont schomes for improved func t io n in g . 3 . 2 ) , I t i s L’3 l l knoun th?t ths ja il officers and staff are on contimuouB d uty ^nd rGquir serv/ice. They cannot enjoy sundays and holidays euen, Prouision of residen tia l accoinmodaii.Qn for a ll memoers of the Staff and O fficers is therefore of immense importance to ja il adm inistration. Government of India had approved only a handful of hou^sing schcnes under the Upgradation Programme uhich are too few to meet the minimum requirement. On ;the other hand, the construction of Institute for lunatics and the Uomnn's 3ail =»t Purulia, the Juvenile Off enders’ 3ail at Midnapore and two sub-jails at Durgapur and Bolepur under the Upgrad=ition Programme is in progress and due' to be completed by 31,3.89, But Government of India Have not approved any housing scheme for these schemes. Further, in terms of a Cabinet decision the department is due to vacate the Alipore Special 3ail (nou converted into an Institute of Hental He=ilth) and h"^nd ov/er th e same to C a lc u t t a U n iv e r s it y by n ex t y e a r , - In that case, ue w ill h^ve to shift the inmates (women non-criminal lun=?tics) to tho Institute at Purulia , Thc' other new ja ils w ill also be ready for utilisation bi;t without iry provision for r'-'-^sidential quarters for the cfficers -^r.o staff, It:nL-'ds h?^rdly any rmphasis that thf^se new Insti- -tut<:s and j'^il;^ cannot start functioning unless the officers and staff are provided with ::rr.iDenti-1 •'icccmmoda tio n , 4, Tne '^'LoU'.l recominer.cation':^ of the Ninth PinTnce Commission being not known, tf.e hnniG (jq ilo ) Dip^rtment has, in the above background, formu lated the annual plan for ,1989-90 with the following schemes s Centrally_ sppnsored { 1 ) Schemvio undor Hodenisation Programme, - Rs,356,25 I'lkhs* (on 50r50) matching grant basis) (Details in ann-^xure ’A’), Unde r S t a t e P la n Schemes for housing/barracks, — Rs,130 lakhs, (Details in annexure 'B’)• ( 3 ) Miscellaneous Schemes in - i^s, A3,70 lakhs, different jails, (Details in annexure 'C’)* The total outlay w ill be Rs,529,95 lakhs cf which Rs,356.25 lakhs will- be for centrally sponsored schemes ^nd Rs,173,70 I'^khs under State Plan, Pen ding tho availab ility of reccmmrndntion of the 9th Finance Commission, the State Government has prooosed an outl'^y of Rs,300,00 lakhs. L ^ 3 3, Progrrimme of the Home (P&AR) PepartmGnt» 1, The Home (P&AR) Department is concerned with implemnnt-^tion of the folloujing two m’^jor schemes under the Seventh Five Ye-^r Plan s~ (1) .Establishment of Administratiwe Training Institute at Bidhanmg^r (Salt Lako C ity), (2) 'T'dmin istrative Reforms under Public Work Sector-Schsme- 2, Schemc No, I is meant for imparting in-serv/ice training to Gout, employees with a uieu to improving standard of administr'=»tion being one of the essential objectives of ^dministr'^'tive Reforms, Ever since its establishment, ^oT.o lo has been successfully extending training fa c ili ties more and more to various categories of employees. Truly speaking •A.ToI,-is playing a pivotal ro.in in the field of training of Government employees c This project has got three components viz ,, C ivil Construction (purchase of equipments and aids) and Establishment ch^itges. Portion of expenditur-u! undar c iv il constrycti :>n and purchase of equipment s and aids are covered by ’’upgradation” grants from the Government of India, The outlay fni- the purpose during 1988-69 ijjas Rs,57,72 lakhs. During the year 1987-88, the Institute conductrd 44 training/ i st^minars as p?r statement enclosed, 3 , CorrpuuL'.r S yste m f o r t r a in in g p u rp ose ujas i n s t a l l r d throu gh Hindustan Ccr-".iters Ltd, and four " Imput 'Assistants” sanctioned by the State Govrrn.iiont uj.'sre recruited during the year, 4^ Tho Ir, ^biti.'te has ali?eady conducted 37 training/seminars from ■ 1*4,83 to 31, •n,88o 25 other training courses/semin^irs are proposed to be held during the rest of the current financial year, 5, Government sanction for construction of-an ’’Annexure Building” out of "Upgr^c'atinn Grant for Training” has been received during the year 1988-89^ 6o Training Courses for Secret'^riat Head ’^ssist^nts have been into- duced from th« year 1987—88, 7, Th« construction works projected during 1989-90 includes the folloijjing Ls (a) Ccnstruction of internal road with ATI 2,01 (b) Construction of a -fa’lsg ceiling at the 1,58 2,id floor of the "^TI through btest Bengal Housing Bo^rd, (c) Uevnlopmnnt of a pl^'y ground within ATI 1,54 (q) i.-.iistrLction of one three storeyed building 1,00 r'o.'iC'irnsin'.'* th re e nos* ow ’—ronmed f l a t e s . R s,6.13 Tho P*.oposod outl'^y f o r 1D89—90 i s Rs,68,90 la k h s . L - 4 SchcmG No. ( 2 ) IrpprovGmgnt of working rondition in GovGrnmsnt offices is ono of the b=i-sis objectives of ^dm inistntivp reforms. There is no denying the f=^ct th ‘=’t Gov/ernment o f f i c e s loc-Tted in "^nd -Tround C ^lcutt?^ t s w e ll in d istricts -"^nd Sub-diuisions suffer from l=ick of Tdoqu^te sp^cR. f'l=»ny of then scattered in hired buildings 1-^cking in proper f?=*cilitiGs =>nd sanitation. Even snctions of the same office are locatcd at distances a part causing inconvonidnce to the members of the public, ■'^dded to this, with bhe creation o f new dist^'ict '"^nd sub-division, construction of office- -buildings and residential qu-rtcrs has a ll the more becom.^ necoss'^ry. \ Under the above scheme various projects have been taken up for improving the physical conditions of Government offices by uay of cons truction of office buildings =’nd residnnti’^’l buildings for o fficials as u^ll as for acquisition of land for the construction programme. It u ill sppear from G[\l-11 statement that during 1988-89 •'^s many as 12 projects agoinst which outlays have bfien shoun are under different s ta g e s of im p le m e n ta tio n , '^a reg'=»rds t h r e e p r o j e c t s , v i z . , o f f i c e com plex ’'sansol, ocouisition of land for S.D.O .'s complex ^t Bolpur and S.D.O’s office complex at Khatra, though outlay h=tve been shown could not be s'’nc- tioned as yet due to some technic?^! reasons. These three Projects "^re likely to be sanctidned during current year or early next ye^r. '^s such these projects h'^ve been included in next year’s programme and outlays shown against them. It is also expected that one project viz., construc tion of ’t'dministrative Building Krishn^tgar, Madia w ill be completed during the current financial year, Mowever, a token provision of Rs.1 lakh has been provided in 1989-90 for resedual work of this project, ^lloc-^tion of fund have also been made for 1989-90 in order to meet the expenditure for some residual work in respect of three completed projects in consulta tion with P.WoDo fts regards constiuction work at Suri it may be stated that the same is stalled for court injunction. Token provision for this project has also been shown in 1989-90. Besides, the above 18 projects this Drptt. have selected three projects viz., (I) ’^couisition of land for SDO's Office, Complex at Barrackpore, (2) Cinstructi'in of Collectorate Building at Gooch Beh=ir and (3) SDO's Qff'ice Complex at Kalyani, N=^dia. "^dministn- tivc! approval are'‘likply to accTded to these three projects during the current year or e^^rly next ye^r* such outlays have been propos"'d for 1989-90. A tot^l sum of Rs.171.60 lakhs w ill be necess=^ry fo.r implementa tion of the aforesaid 21 proj'-cts undor "Public Works" Sector of the 'Administrative Ref":rms etc. during 1989-90. ^• Progr'^mmj of tho Excisc Dr|)^rtmgnt, 1, Canstructi in of ^ multi-stnrGyed office buildings prcmisos No,32 !=tnd 33, Bopin Boh^ri Gnnguly StrcG t, C^^lcutt^, At prcsGnt Excisc Cnmmissi "^ncr’s Officn ”^nd its subordin^to Offices loc^tnd in C^lcutt'’ housed in priu=’tG rented buildings '^t different pl^^cGs in C=ilcutt=i. It ^h'^s been decided to construct n multi-storByod build in g >^t thd =^bowo m rn tio n c d s i t e f o r =iccommod=»tion o f •'='11 thn o f f i c e s undsr th e Exciso Director='t9 in singlo building in the intorost of Excisn ^dministr=j- tion, ■ ■' 1 , ; . ■ 2,- C o n s tr u c tio n of o b u ild in g f o r -Tccommod=ition o f D i s t r i c t E x c is e •> t • Office in D^lp'^iguri''^nd af qu^^rters for Excise St^ff* Th.-’ presont d is tric t Excise Office in D'^lp^'^’igiiri is housed in ^ priv'^to building, '^s Gout* l^nd is nvail=?ble it is considRrod expendient to construct a now building for the D istrict Excise Office Tt J ‘=^lp=^iguri. 3, Construction of compound wall around the residential quarters^of S,E. in 3'=^lp='iguri (known =»s King's Kottiii-)* The l-'^nd of the premises ^t King's Kothi, D^lp^'iguri, is c=^rm=irkGd for construction of officn 'Ond residenti^ol quRrters for tho Suporint^jndent, Deputy Superintendent of Excise ind for G^rr^^ga =»nd B^’.rrack for ^xcis':^ Drivers *^nd Consti^blcs. In order th^t “^ny portion of the'l='nd is not encroRchod by ^ny outsiders, it is necessary to construct ^ compound ii/=ill aro un d th a l^>nd* 4, Construction of ^ boundary uRll of the prop sod Excise complex 3=^ig'00n, To pruunnt oncro'^chment by ^’ny outsiders on the l^nd of the propos - ed E x c is e com plox ==^t Goig^on^ i t h^^s been d c c id e d to c o n s tr u c t ? bound=^ry ui=ill aro un d th e p lo t of th n la n d , 5, Constructi'fi of a compound ujall around the Excise Warehouse and gnnja gola'Pfnd convGrsi'’n of service latrine into sanit'^ry one ^t Dl'='mond H '^rbour, For the purposo of safety of the property and the prevent encnach- ment a compound uT'll h'’s been proposed to be constructed and from hygonic point of view service latrine has been oroposed to bn converted into sanitary o n e , ■ 6, • Special repair t' the B^rr^ck situated at US't', ’^.D.C.Bose Road, Cnlcutt'=i, The property ujas ourchased by the Excise Department in a dilapi dated condition which need’ "^horou^ircpair, 7, Construction of a two storeyed building uit in Siliguri l-jareh.jusn compound in D^^rjeeling, Existing "cc ^mmori''tion in the said wareh .'i'Ge is not sufficien t:. It has, thor-^foto, been docided tc build a two-storeyed building within the campus of S ilig u ri Ularc'h''use, L 6 8, Construction of =(n Excise B^^rr= possessed by Excise Department at Dalkhola in West Dinajpur. For accommodation of Excise Constables posted at Dalkhola an Excise Barrack is essential. Excise Department possesses a is^nd there, and it re quires construction of a bound^iry uall around this land to prevent encroach m ent, 9, Construction of a compound ujall around the Excise Barrack and Staff quarter at Mai in Galpaiguri, To prevent encro^chmont by any outsidpr it has been decided to cons truct a compound uall around the Excise Barrack and St^ff Quarter at Mai in 3=^lpaiguri, 10, Acquisition of the premises No,33, Bellilious Road, Hnurah* The building is und'^r renuisitinn for a long time for use as Excise Barrack, It has been decided to acquire it in the interest of Excise adminis tration =^nd revenue, 11, Requisition of the premises (\[o,74, A,J.C. Bose Road, Calcutta, The building is under requisition for a long time for use as Excise Barrack and Malkhana of the prev?^ntiva organisation under the Excise Directo rate. Its acquisition is considered necessary for accommodating the Barrack and MTlkhana permanently, 12, Sinking of a deep-tube uell at Chandrakona Road IjJ^rohpuse in W id n a p o re , The GX-i-sting deep tube-well at the said premises is very old and i t has become almooi: inoperative. Huge amount of water is essential to run the warehouse. Haucity of ’w^ter supply hampers Excise working of the warehouse and thereby '^Tfeots Excise revenue. It has therefore been decided to se t- u p a deep tubewell there, j ■t;' ^ 13, Constrjction of a sanitary latrine and other works of the quarters attached to hukson warehouse uiithin Dalpaiguri - Construction of a s^’nitary latrine for the Excise Staff p osted a t the^said u/nrehnusG and for the vendors is required there* There are some other minor works for up-keep of the said warehouse, 1'4,- Construction of a garage and repair of Excise B=^rrack ihcluding quarter of Circle Inspector, Kakdwip '^nd sinking of a tubewell Kakdwip. For the purpose of protection of the vehicles a garage is required to be constructed and some urgent repairs of the Excise Barrack, including . quarter of Circle Inspector at Kakdwip are required to be made* For thrj purpose of adequate supply of water ^ tubewell is required there, 15. Extension of Excise Uarehouse at Walda for Bottling Plant This is required for^ smooth functioning of the Bottling Plant at f. Malda to meet the increased demand in North Bengal ns well as in the interf’st of Exci'^e revenL'e, L » 7 16, ConstructiTn toilets ^nd rest room on the existing office Building in the Compouna of S ilig u ri S p irit Warehouse I t i s "1 vpry busy warGh:-)usG '^nd officers vis it this WTrehouse frequent ly for which ^ rest room as qgII ^’s Toilets ^re necGSS’‘='ry, 17, Construction of a two seated Latrine in existing Siliguri Excise Barr^^ck Thera is no proper arrangement of Latrine in this B=»rr-'^ck for which it is necessary, 18, Construction of Stoff qu^^’rtar, liquor uprehouse, Circle Office etc* -^t Kol^’gh^ty P'l idn*^poi'c In tha interest of Excise ’Administration these constructions "^re piTJcess^ry, ^ Programme , of the Land & Land Refr-rms D'~'p=^r tment Public Works - Constructi 'n under the Plnn Scheme of this Deptt, mainly concentrated in the construction of circuit Houses ^nd additions ^nd alterations, rsp^^irs to them “^ind construction of off ice buildings for the L^^nd Reforms Set-up, [‘Inst of the C ircuit Houses in the St=^te are very old and inadequate for the purpose of incre^isGd requirement of the present days. During the Sev/enth Pl=^n Period 'oje could undert'^ke construction of two new C ircu it Houses in the Stf\tG one -^t 3^1p=tiguri and the other ^t Burdw'^in, Out of the total approued esti- m^ated cost of Rs.26,0G,0Q0/- for the C ircu it House ^t 3^1p-'=’ig u ri we^ould so f=^r accorded fin-'»nci=il s'^nction to the tune of Rs*10,09,625/-, liio w'^nt to com plete the constmctdon of the s^me within the Seventh Plan period and thus propose to n llo t the remaining sum of (Rs,26,00,000 - 10,09,625) =83,15,90,375/- during the yoar 1988-89, In the s=>me manner, we could provide only Rs, 1 ,00,00Q/- out of the total estimated cost of Rs,4,96,200/- for construction of the 1st floor to the proposed thre^ storeyed circu it houso =»t Burdw^in leaving a balance of Rs^3,96,200/-, iFor completion of the same within the current Pl=>n period we propose to ='llot the sum of R?;,3,96,200/'- during the financial year 19B8-89, noreoveij construction of new Circuit Houses in the following places is the crying nord; of the present days, 1, D^rjec-jling S'^dar^ 2, Krishnn.ogar, Nadia, 3, Kaly^ni, Nadia^ 4)\.- earasat, 24-Parganas(N) • 5, f'tidnapors S iidar, 6, Bankura Sadar, ’ 7* Halda Sadar, 8, Karnojhora, Raigunj, West Din^^jpor-D, H the existing rate of construction, a minimum sum of Rs,20 lakhs per iunit is required for construction of Circuit Houses, To start with the construc tion of C ircuit Houses at the above eight pl^'cos we proposes to allot :': ,5 la k h lfDr each unit -^nd in this regard total reouirem:>nt djs Rs,40 lakhs during the year 1988-89, For additions and 'niterations and to undertake minor repairing to the (existing Circuit Houses in the State we roquire Rs, 10 l^khs during the year 1989-90* ■fg. L b ^ • Programme of the Finance (Audit) Department Schemes for Up-gradation of Standard of Treasuries and Accounts Admin istration. ^ The workload in treasuries have increased manifold in recent ^ times vjith the increase in manpov^er and governmental activities. Bringing about improveiuerLt in the. standard of adminis-tration of Treasuries & Accounts have become imperative. For this purpose, it has been decided to upgrade existing Sub-Treasurios, bifurcate over-loaded Treasuries and set up new Treasuries where necessary. This will require construction of new buildings as available accommodation in most of the'existing Treasuries and Sub-Treasu- ries is far from adequate, A phased programme was accordingly drawn up for construction of new buildings during the block period of 1984-S5 to 1988-89 and the same is now being implemented. A further programme has also been‘drawn up for the block period of 1989-90 to 1993-94. It may be mentioned in this connection that there will remain some backlog of work from the fir?st phase and the same have to be accommodated in the next phase. The allocation for the year 1988-89 was for R<:..54 lakhs, Revisejd estimates for the work envisaged for the yea.r are being awaited from the P„¥, Department and it is expected that the same xirill be received and administrai- tive approval c.ccorded soon and the allocation would be utilised. As the entire decisionwith regard to up-gradation of Standard of Treasuries and Accounts Administratio,i is taken.at the headquarters on the basis of guidelines suggested by the Finance Commission, consultation with the District levisl Committee does nco arise. Further, as the expenditure f o r construction is'actually incurred and accounts thereof maintained by the P.,1^, Department and up-to-(?.ate figures in this r % a r d are not available with us and, therefore, the same- ca'n not be furnished. In our report to the 9th Finance Commission, we have suggested the following revised scales of expenditure in view of the sharp escalation! of price ; (a) For construction of new - Rs,18 laldis per unit in lieu of treasuries - existing Rs,9 laidis per unit. (b) Bifurcation of treasuries - Rs,10 lakhs' per unit in lieu of existing R s , ? lakhs per unit, ¥e propose that for the year 1989-90 an outlay of Rs,50 lakhs may be made for Treasuries- as per the following break-up ; tp/- Name of the items : ...... L ^ 9 Name of the Items ; 1, Construction of New Proposed allocation for J'und required Treasuries (2 Units) Khatra & Raghunathpur Rs,18 lakhs x 2 Rs, 12 lakhs, Rs, 36 lakhs. 2, Bifurcation of Treasuries @ Rso10 lakhs x 2 Rs, 10 lakhs. c.at Coochbehar & Purulia, 5. Ongoing Schemes (Spill Rs, 28 lakhs. over works). Total Rs, 50 lakhs. 7• Programme of the Home (P,A,J Department, Home (p .A .) Department have following plan scheme under Public _ v7ork.. sec tor, ' ■ ' Construction of a Library Building vrithin the compound of the ^tf.B.L.A, Initial estimated cost was P^, 10,50,000/- , Above scheme was first included in the Sixth Plan period of 1980-85• Accord ingly, Rs,70,000/- was allocated in 1984-85 annual plan for the scheme , But the scheme could not be taken up for execution. For the Seventh Plan period of 1985-90, State Planning Board at first earmarked Hs, 2,00,000/- for the scheme, Rs,1 ,00,000/- was allocated for the scheme for 1985-86, During 1986-87 an amount of Rs, 1 ,0 0 ,000/- was allocated for the scheme, In the Plan budget for 1987-88 Rs.1 ,0 0 ,000/- was allocated for the scheme. In 1988-89 Rs,4,00,000/- was the approved outlay for the schemc. Out of the above agreed plan outlay no amount has yet been utilised because the scheme could not be executed due to various problems, P,vJ.Department have also furnished, on more than one occasion, revised es timates for the above schemes, the. present estimate being Rs,25,5 5 ,000/-, In view of above and a,s per discussion at the meeting of the S .P .B ,, Home (p .A .) Department proposes that a total amount of Rs.7,00,000/- may be allocated for the scheme, so that the execution of the scheme can at least be started during the Seventh Plan period. t p / - Programme L - 10 8 * of the Department of Food and Supplies. 1• Acquisition of land in Calcutta and districts ;- The Government of then province of Bengal constructed large number of food storage godowns all over the province during and after the ^^Jorld ¥ar -II, Most of the lands on which godovms were constructed were requisitioned during World ¥ar I I , Governiient decided to acquire nost of the requisitioned lands permanently phase by phase. Acquisition proceedings in respect of many of these lands have been completed while in some other cases are under pro cessing, Payment on awards are made every year out of budget provision on this regard, A provision of Rs,5 lakhs as cost of land is proposed for the Annual Plan 1989-90, The amount would be spent for these cases where aware on acquisition compensation is likely to be made in the next financial year, 2, Construction/reconstruction/repair etc . of food storage godowns and allied works During and after the World v/ar-II a large number of food storage godowns were constructed all over tho provii;ice as stated above. Many of them became unfit for storage of foodgrains. Some of them were already renovated/ reconstructed etc, Novr about 150 such godowns require to be reconstructed in place of old and dilapidated godowns in a phased manner. The execution of this work is considered very urgent to cope up with the acute shortage of storage space, For assuming of functions of Food Corporation of India in 4 Districts and our intended assuming of such functions in 4 or more districts in the nexx year will be required. Provision has accordingly been made for essential and special repair of godowns and also for new construction or reconstruction of 5 godowns for creation of about 3200 M.T, storage space, 5, Construction of workshop sheds and allied works at Lake Garra/2:e ;- This Department has decided to take up construction of 4 (four) workshop sheds and allied works within the Lake Garaage complex in a phased way at a total cost of Rs,35 lakhs which was approved during the Sixth Five Year Plan (1980-85), The work is in progress. One such workshop is com pleted, A provision of Rs,6,00 lakhs has been made in the Annual Plan, 1969-90 for the construction of remaining 3 (three) vforkshop sheds, 4, Replacement of tiled roofs by R .C .C , roofs in both fe’round and 1st floor of the two storyod Main Building at 11A. .Mirza Gallib Street alonggith other r».ncilliary works and creation of additional office space ;- The two storeyed main building at 11A, Mirza Gallib Street, where several Directorate oificcs are housed and vjhcre till recently the L = 11 Minister of the Department had his office, is a very old building. The roofs on the ground floor and the 1st floor are nade of Raniganj tiles in two leyers placed over wooden barges. The Public Works D.^partnent opined that the tiles were no longer dependable and the roofs required to be replaced by R.C.C, one if the building vfas to be used. Because of acute shortage of space and of space and of funds it was decided to use the building and to go for the re- placcnent of ’’'he tiled roofs. Hence, the present scheme. There is also a plan of adding one nore floor to the building. sun of Rs,5 lakhs has been proposed as outlay for 1989-90, 5• Creation of. office__ac_c_omodation at the districts and sub- Divisional hea,dquartors and also in 3.R . areas under ?ood & Supplies Department s- Now most of the offices of this Department at the districts and subdivisional headquarters are accommodated in hired buildings. Similarly, a ll the Rationing Offices are housed on hired/requisitioned buildings* There is dearth of adequate space in these hired/req.uisitioned buildings which are in bad shape. The sanitary system of most of these buildings are awefully unhyginic, The Department propose to take up construction of new office buildings at the district and subdivisional head quarters and also ^ .9 . areas in phased manner, Tor this purpose an outlay of Rs,7 lakhs has been proposed in the Annual Plan l9&9->90, ‘9• Programme of the Finance (Taxation) Department, In the Annual Plan proposals of the Finance (Taxation) Deptt. io r 1989-90 outlays have been proposed for 43 schemes which relate either to (construction of office buildings/checkposts or construction of residential quarters under the two major revenue earning Directorates viz. Directorate of Commercial Taxes and the Directorate of Entry Tax, Of the said schemes JA relate to construction of office/checkpost ljuildings. As r.egards the schemes for construction of office buildings, works airc going on in full swing at Coochbehar and Salt Lake, The Yjorks for the sichcmes at Serampore and Asansol are nearing completion. Plan has been drawn uip for the Durgapur scheme and estimates for the same are being worked out, O'utright purchase of a built up accommodation is under examination for office a.ccommodation at Berhampore, At Tangra the acquisition of land is likely to m;at&rialise shortly whore the Deptt, plans to construct office acconnodation, A The checkposts play a very important role in the ^vdministration oif Sales Tax and jilntry Tax for which it has been decided to set up new tp/- L - 12 checkposts and-to strengthen the existing s checkposts and accordingly a good number of the proposed schemes relate to checkposts. The checkpost • re-organisation £chenes under the'C.T, Directorate also conteaplates setting up of some Range Headquarters fo:. ensuring effective supervision over the checkposts* The construction work at Baxirhat checkpost will ConLience soon while the work at Barobisha checkpost is progressing v/ell. For the checkpost at Berma, the C .G .A , has been’ requested to drav? up plan. The works at Dalkhola and Duburdih (imprcvement work) Gheck-posts is awaiting approval of Govt* of India, In Banitabla iJntry Tax checkpost earthfilling work and construction of boundary wall has been completed. The work of checkpost building viill start soon. For Dirgangi & Sugandha Entry Tax Checkposts Govt, approval has been accorded and work will start. In Banitabla checkpost also work of con struction of building is expected to start soon. Barring the following six new schemes the other schemes were included in.the last years annual plan* 1) Hcliday Home at Digha, 2) Entry Tax Checkpost of Tapsia gate* 3) Entry Tax checkpost of Gayeshpur, 4) Entry Tax checkpost at Palassy in North 24-Parganas, 5) Entry Tax checkpost at Bengan beria Charial in South 24-Pgs, 6) Office bviilding for Entry Tax Directorat.. at Salt Lake, 10, Programpe.of Judicial Department, Approved five year plan outlay concerning Judicial Department for the year 1985-90 stands at R'5,500.00 lakhs. Out of v^hich Es, 197,80 lakhs and Rs,102,20 lahs have been approved for General Office Buildings and Residential quarters. During the years 1985-86 to 1988-89 the following amounts were allocated under the' plrm heads s- 1985 ,r > - 87 1987 - 88 (Up-gr^j (Ncn-up Non-up- Up-gra- Non-upgra- I gradation , dation. dation. allocation 90.00 9.00 98.50 4.00 98.00 5 .CO Approved accorded Nil 9.00 61,97 4,00 ^6.97 5.00 1988-89 "T“ a 1 U p - g ra d a - Non-upgra- (Up-grada Non-upgra- tion. dation. tion el____ dation) 101.60 15.40 58G .10 35.40 207.45 55.40 526.39 51 .40 ■tpA- L » 13 Durinf: 1985-86, no scheme under the Up-gradation programme could be approved of as the Plan of action for up-gradation programme could not be finalised in consultation with the High Court, Calcutta and the State Level empowered committee. Excluding the amount of Rs,90»0C lakh allocated during 1985-86 against up-gradation schemes, it will appear that total amounts of 298,10 and 35.40 have been allocated against up-gradation programme and non-upgradation schemes respectively. During the years 1986-89 approvals have been issued for Rs,326,39 lakh v/hich exceeds the allocation made available, to this Department by the Dev. It w ill, therefore, appear that during the period 1985-89 only a sum of Rs.51 *40 lakhs could be approved of for financing schemas not covered by the Up-gradation programme and this will reveal that dirring this period ■ almost all the ^chencs concerning construction of Registration Office build ings and quarters for District Registrars and Sub-Registrars had to be left out for want of allocation of adequate funds. The Registration Directorate under this Deptt, is a revenue earning V7ing and the need for development of the Registration Offices and quarters should not be shelved for an indefinite period. Moreover, immediate cons truction of Central Record room at Salt Lake and District Record Rooms at District Head Quarters deserves priority. Beside the schemes concerning the Registration wing, adequate funds are also required for purchase of land at Salt Lake for construction of official Residences for the Judges of the High Court, Calcutta. Construction of Court complex at Barasat and Office- cum-Residence of the District Judge, 24-Parganas (North) involve a total expenditure of Rs,3*52 crores and hence require adequate augmentation of Plan Allocation, To keep the flovr of funds for the approved work relating to the construction of a multistoricd building within the Bankshall Court Building, sufficient allocation Its required to complet the work within a reasonable period and to avoid cost escalation. Apart from these Schemos which arc not covered by the Up-gradation .Rs, prograimne recommended by the 6th i‘inance Commission, schemes worth_^101 ,32 lakh are lilcely to be incluaed for the year 1989-90 under the Up-gradation programme to be reconnended by the 9th Pin^'unce Com. ission. The list of 0- - / L, 14 Schemes are being finalised in consultation with the High Court, Calcutta and. hence no provision has been sought for the plan^proposals for 1989-90. /' • It is t^eref e?"e , i.Eipcrativel^/ necessary that additional allocation should be nade for :c inane ing schenes concerning up~gradation progranne and the General Plan allocation should also be suitably augmented for enabling this Department to Finance the big budgt^ted Schemes not covered by the Up-gradation Progranne, . The Development & Planning Department has, however, fixed the Annual Plc.n ceiling for this Department for 1989-90 at Rs,64,00 lakhs only. Cut of which a sum of Rs.28.29 lakhs has been proposed for meeting the liabilities of the schemes concerning up-gradation progranne alr©C|,dy approved during 1968-89. An allocation'of a sun of Rs. 18.00 lakhs has teen proposed,to neet the liabilities of the scheme concerning "Air Conditioning of the Courts & Chanbers of the Judges of the High Court, Calcutta at High Court annexe building" approved during I9S8-&9 by inter schenatic ad^ustnent with the concurrence of the Developn^nt Deptt, Out 01 the residual sum of about Rs,18,00 lakh a sun of Rs,2,80 lakhs has been proposed to be spent for fanancing certain low-budget schenes and an oxpendituro of ]?s»13»78 lakh has been proposed to initiate the schemes concerning (i) construction of Court building and re idence of the D ;J , 24-P'arganas (North), (ii) construction of a multi-storied court complex within the Bankshall Court Building and (iii) purchase of Generator for the D .J ’ c Court Build?ng at Burdwan, ¥ith a view to financing the schenes referred to in the statenent GN-I and GN-II, this Depa.rtnent nOed the barest nininun fund to the extent of Rs»64.29 lakh for the year, 1989-90, ^ ^ of the Hone (Police) Departnent. In the Plan of the,Hone (Police) Deptt,, almost the entire amount of annual :-.llocation is earnarked f or^e xpenditure on capital account s but forms the revenue account snail fraction of the total plan-proposals. ■ 2, During the fir st^ ^ 4 years of the 7th Plan, the following al3 0- cations were received s- ' - ' * Year 1985 - 86 Rs. 75 lakhs, 1986 - 87 : , fe,10C lakhs, ' • 1987--.88 . R%160 lakhs, 1988-89 fe>.30p_ J ._khs_. Total ;- R5.635 lakhs. tp/- It will..... - - • i ‘ ■ f « i, 'r- pj - L - 15 D«te...... ,..Aifi^7(7" It will be seen that, from year to year, alloca’^ion'S^^eS^*raised considerably, though not to the extent expected by the Hone (Police) Deptt, I or the year 1989-90, the State Planning Board has a { reed to allocate an amount of R3*450 lakhs. In drawing up the proposals for that year, the Department has followed the guideline issued by the Planning Coiinission in their D,0,No, PC (P )-2/88 dated 13.9.8 8, The Plann|.ng Coiinission has stressed th_at the policj^fcr the next year should bey_complete the nn-going schemes by k the end of the 7th Plan i .e . by 31«3.9C, Accordingly, the Department has adopted the following principles in formulating its plan- proposals s- (i) To take up the new schemes which are urgent and very small in nature and can be completed in course of a few months. Such schemes are debitable to the head ”2059"Public ¥orks 1 ^ii) Since, new schemes involving considerable expenditure may not be completed in course of a year, no such scheme has been in cluded in the proposals for 1989-90. Such schemes are debitable to the head v i z ., "4059-Co-P¥" and 4216-GO-Housing". It will be seen that only the on-going schemes taken up in the first 4 (four) years of the 7th Plan and will have to be carried into the last year of the Plan for conpletion. 3. For all the said on-going schemes under the h ad, "4059-CO-P¥", except two, funds have been sought to be provided to meet the balance of requirement for each of the schemes according to the estimates received from the Public Works Department earlier. Only two of the schemes v i z ., (i) "Construction of thana building for Serar.pore Police Station" and (ii) "Construction of Base Hospital for the State Police at Salt Lake" related to the head',' "4059-C0-RF", are not likely to be completed by the end of the Seventh Plan, because the funds provided will fa ll short of requirement. All other schemes, now or on going, are likely to be completed by the end of 1989-90. Recommendation of the 9th Finance Commission is not yet a,vailable to the Deptt,, Vhile placing its case for ccnsidero-ticn of the Ninth Finance Commission, Home (Police) Deptt, had pressed that, in addition to the provision for Police Housing under Up-gradation Programme the Commission should consider allocation of funds for some other important schemes of this Deptt. including the one for the Base Hospital for the State Police. Hov-rever, the actual recoromendation of the Commission being not known, the Deptt, has framed its proposals, as already stated, according to the guideline issued by the Planning Commission and within the amount of Rs.450 lakhs, as agreed to by the S,P,B. for allocation during 1989-90. Out of the total Departmental outlay of ns,450 lakhs in outlay of Rs, 123.00 lakhs has been earmarked for Pulicc Kousing, tr) /-