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DRAFT FIVE-YEAR PLAN 1992-97 & ANNUAL PLAN 1992-93 MAHARASHTRA STATE PARTI NIEPA DC D06601 PLANN'NC DEPARTMENT (For Ofj. ’I Use Only) DRAFT EIGHTH FIVE YEAR PLAN, 1992-97 AND ANNUAL PLAN, 1992-93 i .f e x CONTENTS Page 1. Eighth Five Year Plan (1992-97) and Annual Plan 1992-93 — A Brief Outline 1 2. Economic Scene of Maharashtra 62 3. Externally Aided Projects 70 4. Regional Imbalance 92 5. Tribal Area Sub-Plan 101 6. Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes and Nav-Buddhas 111 7. Minimum Needs Programmes 118 8. 20-Point Programme, 1986 122 9. Employment and Manpower 125 10. Agriculture — Crop Husbandry, Soil and Water Conservation, Agriculture Research and Education and Horticulture 140 11. Animal Husbandry 173 12. Dairy Development . 181 13. Fisheries 187 14. Social Forestry and Forests 194 15. Co-operation 211 16. Rural Development (IRDP, DPAP, RRBs, WG, CD and Land Reforms) 224 17. Rural Employment (EGS and JRY) 253 18. Irrigation (including Command Area Development, Minor Irrigation and Ayacut Development) 265 19. Energy 284 20. Industries and Mining * 303 21. Transport and Communications 322 22. Science, Technology and Environment 346 23. General Economic Services — Statistics, Planning Machinery,Maharashtra Institute of Development Administration and Tourism 353 24. Education and Youth Welfare 362 25. Public Health and Medical Education 397 26. Water Supply and Sanitation 436 27. Housing (Including Police Housing) 452 28. Urban Development and Regional Planning 467 29. Welfare of Backward Classes 475 30. Social Welfare 482 31- Labour and Labour Welfare 491 32. Nutrition 512 33. Flow of Resources to the Rural Sector 517 34. Other Programmes— Information and Publicly, General Services (Administrative Buildings), Waidha Plan and Local Development Programme , 524 35. Decentralised Planning in Maharashtra 539 CHAPTER — 1 ........... " VIII PLAN 1992-97 & ANNUAL PLAN 1992-93 AN OUTLINE 1.1 With the VIII Plan period commencing from the year 1992-93 the country would launch upon a Five Year Plan period which would in many ways be different from the Plans of the past.This Plan is being prepared against the background of a macro economic crisis of unprecedented dimensions and a programme of economic reform and structural adjustment "with human face" which has been undertaken by the Government of India. The measures initiated by the Govt, of India constitute a watershed in the economic history of independent India. The economic reforms adopted by the Govt, of India are bound to get reflected in different aspects of the development process. 1.2 Thrust areas of the VIII Plan After the approval of the Approach Paper to the VIII Plan by the National Development Council in June 1990 the several economic and industrial policy reforms initated by the Govt.of India would perforce call for a new orientation to the Five Year Plan. The accent in the VIII Plan, at the macro-economic level would be to bring about structural changes in the economy to make it more market friendly and competitive,coupled with a strategy of development which would ensure employment generation and thrust in the areas of poverty alleviation programmes, construction of dwelling units for weaker sections of the society, provision of drinking water, literacy promotion, basic health care and the removal of infrastructural constraints in development. 1.3 The Planning Commission have indicated the following objectives which would be given priority in the VIII Plan. I. For Economic Development: (a) Energy including rural electrification, (b) Transport, (c) Communications, (d) Continued emphasis on agriculture both for increasing production of foodgrains, pulses, horticulture etc. but also for building up of a sizeable exportable surplus. II. For Human Development:- (a) Employment Generation, (b) Population Control, (c) Literacy and universalisation of primary education, (d) Minimum health care, (e) Providing drinking water in eveiy village. III. For Agricultural Development (a) Irrigation including intensive watershed management concept in rainfed/drought prone areas, (b) Export promotion of agricultural products (c) Diversification of agriculture to horticulture and pisciculture, water management and waste-land development. 1.4 Three decades of development - an overview Maharashtra is situated between 16.4 degrees 22.1 to degrees north latitude and 72.6 degrees to 80.9 degrees in east longitude. Maharashtra ranks third in population as well as area in the country. The geographical area of Maharashtra is 3.0777 lakh sq. km. It constitutes about 1 AN OUTLINE 9.36 per cent of all-India area of 32.873 lakh sq.km. The population of Maharashtra as per the 1991 Census is 787.07 lakh and this is 9.33 per cent of the all-India population of 8439.31 lakh. The total number of workers involved in cultivation and agricultural labour according to the 1981 Census is 61.8 per cent of the total workers as against 66.5 per cent at the national level. A striking feature of Maharashtra, regarding the total work participation rates is that the female work participation rate at 24 percent is much higher than the all-India female work participation rate (14 per cent). Maharashtra's literacy rate (63.1 per cent) is also much higher than the all-India literacy rate of 52.1 per cent as per the 1991 Census. Maharashtra is the leading State in the industrial scene of the country contributing 24 per cent of the value added in the organised manufacturing sector. The average annual growth rate of State Income during the Seventh Five Year Plan period was 6.4 per cent. This was higher than the growth rate of national income which was 5.6 per cent during the same period. Its per capita income at Rs. 6184 is also higher than the all-India per capita income of Rs. 4452. However, the industrial development is concentrated in a few districts like Greater Bombay, Thane and Pune,though of late, it has spread to districts like Nashik, Aurangabad,Nagpur and Raigad.The State Government is making concerted efforts to set right, in a time bound manner,the regional imbalance. The State has made great strides in development since its formation in 1960. A comparison of some major parameters will indicate the extent of progress made. On the agricultural front, the gross area irrigated has almost doubled during this period from 1220 thousand hectares in 1%0-61 to 2448 thousand hectare in 1989-90. Out of the total available surface irrigation potential, only 5.8 per cent was created up to June 1960. This percentage has increased to a level of 38.2 per cent in June 1989. As far as agricultural production is concerned the total foodgrain production which was at a level of 77.4 lakh tonnes in 1960-61 has recorded a rise of 71 per cent and has reached a levcel of 132.4 lakh tonnes in 1989-90. The yield rate of foodgrains per hectare during the samte period recorded an increase of 53 per cent from around 598 kg. per hectare to 917 kg. per hectare in 1989-90. Sugarcane production (in terms of gur) during this period has shown a significant increase of 215 per cent from 11.6 lakh tonnes in 1960-61 to 36.5 lakh tonnes in 1989-90. In 1960-61 the level of groundnut production was around 8 lakh tonnes. This has increased to 9.79 lakh tonnes in 1989-90. During this period cotton production has increased from 2.88 lakh tonnes in 1960-61 to 3.76 lakh tonnes in 1989-90. The electricity consumption has increased by more han 11 times during the 30 year period. In 1961 its level was 2720 M.kwh whereas in 1989-90 it was 30294 M.kwh. The number of registered factories has shown a three fold increase from 8,782 in 1960-61 to 26,815 in 1989-90. In this period the average daily employment per lakh population in registered factories has however shown a decline from 1,988 to 1,587. The per capita value added in the organised manufacturing sector which was Rs.76 in 1962 has increased to Rs. 1,159 in 1988-89. As per NSS the employment in all sectors of the economy has been growing at a rate of 2.01 per cent per annum during the period 1971-91. In the transport and communications Sector, impressive achievements have been made. In 1960-61 the surface road length was around 24,852 kms. only. It has increased to 132,048 kms in 1990-91. The average number of vehicles on road per day run by the MSRTC was 1,867 in 1960-61 which has increased to 12,245 in 1990-91. On the literacy front, in 1960-61 the percent -age of literates in the State was 35,while in 1990-91 the percentage has risen to 63. Population Maharashtra stands third in respect of population amongst all the State's in the country. The population of Maharashtra which was 396 lakh during 1961 has doubled in a span of 30 years reaching 787 lakh in 1991. Taking into consideration the annual geometric growth-rate as actually observed between 1981 to 1991 viz. 2.28%, the population for the period 1991 to 2001 is projected as indicated below: 2 AN OUTLINE Period Projected population (in lakhs) 1991 787.06 1992 805.06 1997 901.38 2001 986.67 The population is estimated to have grown at the rate of 2.28% in the decade of 1981 to 1991 against 2.22% observed during the earlier decade. The share of urban population is estimated to go up from 39% in 1990 to about 42% in 1997.