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REPUBLIC OF INDIA STATE OF MIZORAM, MINOR IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT THE STUDY ON DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN MIZORAM IN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA FINAL REPORT SUMMARY MAY 2015 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. ID KRI INTERNATIONAL CORP. JR 15-006 REPUBLIC OF INDIA STATE OF MIZORAM, MINOR IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT THE STUDY ON DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN MIZORAM IN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA FINAL REPORT SUMMARY MAY 2015 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. KRI INTERNATIONAL CORP. Source : JICA Study Team Location map of Mizoram REPUBLIC OF INDIA STATE OF MIZORAM, MINOR IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT THE STUDY ON DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN MIZORAM IN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA FINAL REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MAY 2015 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. KRI INTERNATIONAL CORP. CONTENTS • Introduction • Socioeconomic Conditions of Mizoram State and Development Plans • Agggriculture and Rural Setting in Mizoram • Basic Concept of Master Plan for Land and Water Resources Development and Management for Sustainable Agriculture • Proposed Projects and Implementation Plan • Environmental and Social Consideration • DPR Preparation Guideline • Recommen da tion for Imp lemen ta tion and Utilisa tion of Mas ter Plan and DPR Preparation Guideline 2 INTRODUCTION Objectives of the Study • Formulation of a master plan for land and water resource development and management for sustainable agriculture • Improvement of planning process of minor irrigation project (In terms of corroboration with related government agencies and beneficiaries) Goals • The State Government of Mizoram adopts the master plan as its official policy • Minor irrigation schemes bring the expected outputs from its potential Implementation Setting Up • Counterpart Team >> MID (Nodal Department, Project Director/CE), DOA, DOH, SWCD, DOF, DOEF, DOS, AHVD, RDD, CWC, ID, TCD • Joint Coordination Committee >> Chaired byyy Chief Secretary Input • Japanese Government >> Dispatching Experts, necessary direct cost, training expenditure in Japan • Mizoram Government >> Nominate ccounterpart,ounterpart, office space and furniture Time Schedule • Phase-1 : October 2013 to August 2014 (Preparation of Master Plan + Capacity Development Training in Japan) • Phase-2 : September 2014 to March 2015 (Improvement of DPR preparation procedure for Minor Irrigation Scheme) 3 SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF MIZORAM STATE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS 4 GEOGRAPHICAL AND NATURAL CONDITION • Mizoram is located in the east end of Indian territory, lying between Latitude 21° 58' and 24° 35' North and Longitude 92° 15' and 93° 29' East, and sandwiched between Myanmar in the east and south and Bangladesh in the west with about 722 km long borders. • A land-locked state having an area of 21,087 km2, topographically characterised as the steep hill ranging from 100 m to 2,210 m above mean sea level • Separated by 6 major rivers which flow either northward, southward, or westward creating deep gorges • Climate is relatively mild with temperature not exceeding 30°C on an average. It rains heavily from May to September with more than 2,600 mm of annual rainfall. • Present land use Classification Area (km2) Ratio (%) City, urban, village and infrastructure 143 0.6 Forest 16,586 78.7 AiAgricu lture 252 - Wet Rice Cultivation (WRC) (122) 1.2 - Upland crops (43) - Agroforest and plantation (87) Jhum 3, 960 18. 8 Water body, etc. 146 0.7 Total 21,087 100.0 Source : JICA Study Team 5 SOCIO ECONOMIC CONDITION • GSDP of Mizoram has been continuously increasing over the years. While around 60% of GSDP is derived from the services sector, around 20% each came from the agriculture and allied sector, and the industry sector • The population of Mizoram was reported to be 1,091,014 with density of 52 persons per km2 (Census 2011), its growth rate from 2001 to 2011 was 22.78%, equivalent to 2.07% per annum. • Nearly all (94.4%) were categorized as Scheduled Tribes and the majority (87.0%) of the population is Christian • The literacy rates of males and females are 93.72% and 89.4%, respectively. 60,000 • Per capita income of Mizoram is INR 61,732 for 2012/2013, while that of the national level is INR 50,000 66,747 (both are current). 40,000 33,795 • The poverty ratio of Mizoram was 30,324 Mil. Rs 27,221 20.4%, which is lower than India’s 30,000 25,634 Services Sector average of 21.92% and is ranked 21,965 19,504 Industry Sector 23rd of the lowest (2011/12) 20,000 Agriculture & Allied Sector 11,233 9,159 10,104 7,629 7,882 10,000 6,533 10,340 7,326 8,220 8,974 9,187 9,738 0 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 6 STATE ADMINISTRATION Governor • The state is divided into eight administrative districts. Each district Chief Minister is hea de d bby a deputy t commissi oner / dist ri ct collect or / dis tr ic t majesty that has the authority of district-level administration and Cabinet Minister (9) Minister of State (2) judiciary. 23 sub divisions, 26 rural development blocks and 757 villages are exist in 2011/12 Parliamentary Secretary (6) Autonomous District Council (3) DEPARTMENT 45 DttDepartments 1. Agriculture • There are three Autonomous District Councils (ADCs), viz. Mara, 2. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Chief Secretary 3. Art & Culture 4. Co-operation Lai, and Chakma, under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of Secretary 5. Disaster Management & Rehabilitation 6. District Council Affairs India. MADC (Mara), is located in the entire of Saiha District, 7. Environment and Forests Commissioner 8. Excise & Narcotics 9. Finance while LADC (Lai) and CADC (Chakma) are in Lawngtlai District. 10. Fisheries Joint Secretary 11. Food, Civil Supplies & Consumers’ Affairs 12. General Administration 13. Health and Family Welfare Deputy Secretary 14. Higher & Technical Education 15. Home 16. Horticulture Under Secretary 17. Industries 18. Information & Communication Technology Name of No. of No. of No. of 19. Information and Public Relation Superintendents 20. Labour, Employment & Industrial Training District Sub-Divisions RDBs Villages 21. Land Revenue and Settlement 22. Law & Judicial Mamit 3 3 85 23. Local Administration 24. Minor irrigation Kolasib 3 2 45 25. Parliamentary Affairs 26. Personnel and Administrative Reforms Aizawl 3 5 91 27. Planning and Programme Implementation 28. Political and Cabinet Champhai 3 4 105 29. Power and Electricity 30. Printing & Stationery Serchhip 3 2 44 31. Public Health Engineering 32. Public Works Lunglei 3 4 138 33. Rural Development 34. School Education Lawngtlai 3 4 156 35. Secretariat Administration 36. Sericulture Saiha 2 2 93 37. Social Welfare 38. Soil & Water TtlTotal 23 26 757 39. Sport and Youth Services 40. Taxation Source: General Administration Department, Government of Mizoram, 41. Tourism 42. Trade and Commerce Administrative Atlas Mizoram ,Census of India 2011. 43. Transport 44. Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation 45. Vigilance 7 STATE FINANCE • The fiscal soundness of the state has been gradually improving, owing to both improvement of tax awareness and better grants-in-aid from the central government. • However grants-in-aid from the central government have accounted for as high as 7575%% of the total revenue received, while tax revenue has accounted for around 20% only. • Tax-GSDP ratio of Mizoram has remained as low as 1.5, being far lower level than the average of all states at 8.0. Overa ll Fiscal Positi on of Mizoram (Million INR) 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13* I Opening Balance -765.93 -851.03 -1,308.65 5,330.48 10,941.19 II Revenue Account 1 Receipt 26,531.30 29,635.05 33,747.11 40,118.12 52,596.85 1) Tax Revenue 4, 780. 06 5, 021. 10 7, 208. 56 10, 064. 50 9, 947. 15 2) Non-Tax Revenue 1,586.73 1,265.02 1,467.08 1,680.35 2,067.52 3) Grant-in-aid from GOI and Contribution 20,164.51 23,348.93 25,071.47 28,373.27 40,582.18 2 Expenditure 23,137.96 27,027.03 32,550.33 37,238.56 46,730.34 1) General Services 8,037.50 9,477.56 10,108.22 12,200.48 14,106.78 2) Social Services 8,981.83 11,056.84 12,373.48 13,459.18 17,176.06 3) Economic Services 6,118.64 6,493.49 10,076.79 11,578.90 15,557.50 3 Surplus or Deficit 3,393.34 2,608.02 1,196.78 2,879.55 5,866.50 III Capital Account 1 Receipt 1,306.30 2,512.07 5,394.97 4,935.49 4,268.94 1) Internal debt of State Govt. 995.81 1,937.19 5,102.82 4,434.67 3,907.00 2) Loans and Advances from GOI 61.87 321.69 32.49 222.80 94.40 3) Loans and Advances (Recoveries) 248.62 253.18 259.67 278.02 265.54 2 Expenditure 5,547.43 9,630.74 9,024.13 8,146.02 14,328.21 3 Surplus or Deficit -4,241.13 -7,118.68 -3,629.16 -3,210.53 -10,059.27 IV Public Account (Net) 762.69 4,053.03 9,071.51 5,941.69 1,788.43 V Overall Surplus or Deficit -85. 10 -457. 62 6, 639. 13 5, 610. 71 -2, 404. 34 VI Closing Balance -851.03 -1,308.65 5,330.48 10,941.19 8,536.85 Source: Figures of 2008-09 and 2009-10 are from Statistical Abstract of Mizoram: 2011, and those of 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13are from Annual Financial Statements, website of Finance Department, Government of Mizoram.