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Annual Plan 2015-2016 Draft GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA ANNUAL PLAN 2015-2016 PART-I MAHARASHTRA STATE PLANNING DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA Draft ANNUAL PLAN 2015-2016 PART-I MAHARASHTRA STATE INDEX ANNUAL PLAN 2015-16 PART-I Chapter Subject Page No. No. Section – I General 1 Annual Plan 2014-15 – At a Glance 1-3 2 Economic Outline of Maharashtra 5-8 3 Planning Process 9-16 4 Central Assistance/Institutional Finance External Aided 17-22 Projects 5 Decentralization of Planning (District Planning) 23-26 6 Schedule Caste Sub-Plan 27-30 31-347 Tribal Sub Plan 31-34 8 Statutory Development Boards and Removal of Backlog 35-43 9 Woman and Child Development 45-56 10 Western Ghat and Hilly Area Development Programme 57-62 11 Human Development Index 63-65 Section 2 Sector wise 1 Agriculture and Allied Services 67-135 2 Rural Development 137-147 3 Special Area Development Programme 149-150 4 Water Resources and Flood Control 151-152 5 Power Development 153-173 6 Industry and Mining 175-190 7 Transport and Communication 191-200 8 Science, Technology and Environment 201-216 9 General Economic Services 217-233 10 Social and Community Services 235-358 11 General Services 359-369 CHAPTER -1 ANNUAL PLAN 2015-16 AT A GLANCE Introduction: 1.1.1 Preparation and implementation of Five Year Plans and Annual Plans is one of the most important instruments for General Economic Development of the State. The main objective of planning is to create employment opportunities, improve standard of living of the people below the poverty line, and attain self- reliance and creation to infrastructure. 1.1.2 Twelth Five Year plan started from year 2012-13. Size of Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17) was determined at Rs.2,75,000 crore. However, sum of the Annual Plans from year 2012-13 to 2016-17 sanctioned by Planning Commission. Actual Expenditure of Eleventh Five Year Plan at the end of the year 2011-12 was around Rs.1,39,000 crore. 1.1.3 The size of the Annual Plan 2015-2016 is proposed at Rs. 54,999 Crore. Component wise allocations are as follows: (Rs. in crore) Annual Plan Size 54,999 GENERAL (78.80%) SCSP (11.8%) TSP (9.4%) 5,170 43,338.93 6,490 STATE STATE STATE 36,211 4,090 2,281.05 DISTRICT DISTRICT DISTRICT 7,127.93 2,888.95 2,400 1.1.4 Outlays are provided for Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) and Scheduled Caste Sub- Plan (SCSP). Out of the Annual Plan. These outlays are in proportion to their respective population i.e. 11.8% for Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan and 9.4% for Tribal Sub-Plan. Category wise population figures as per the 2011 population census are yet not available. Hence, allocations to the respective sub-plans are made are based on 2001 population census. 1 1.1.5 For the year 2015-16, an outlay of Rs.7,127.93 crore is apportioned from General Plan to District General Plans. This allocation comes to 16.45 % of the General Plan (Rs.43,338.93 Crore) and 12.96% of Annual Plan (Rs.54,999 Crore). 1.1.6 A brief summary of various schemes within the outlay of Rs. 54,000 Crore for the Annual Plan 2015-2016 is given in Part II of this publication. Detailed GN statements in Part-III, summary of the District Plans including District wise allocation from sub-plans is given in Part-IV and Regional Statutory Board wise distribution statements as per the directives of HE Governor of Maharashtra are shown in Part-V. District Annual Plan (General) 1.2.1 The Planning Department prepares annual plan within the limits of the resources informed by the Finance Department. The district plan size is determined on the assumed size of the annual plan and the ceiling is communicated to the respective DPCs for the preparation of the draft plans. 1.2.2 The allocation for district plan is for various districts is based on the following formula: Sr. No. Item % of total 1 Total General Population of the District 30 2 General Rural Population in the district 20 3 Area of the District 30 4 Human Development Index 20 Total 100 Scheduled Caste Sub Plan 1.3. The Scheduled Caste Sub Plan is introduced to ensure the scheduled caste benefit from the planned development process. According to the 2011 Census the population of the scheduled caste in the State is 1,32,75,898. This accounts for about 11.81% of the total population in the state. The specific policy instruments under the Scheduled Caste Sub plan are directed towards economic development through beneficiary oriented schemes, infrastructural development through basti- oriented programmes, education development programme. Elimination of scavenging and welfare programme for improvement of health, shelter and minimum needs of the scheduled castes community. The Scheduled Caste Sub 2 plan is finalised by the Social Justice Department of the State. Outlay for financial year 2015-16 is proposed as Rs. 6,490 Crores. Tribal Sub-Plan 1.4.1 The area under, Tribal Sub-Plan is 50,758 Kms. Which works out to about 16.5 %. There are 47 Scheduled Tribes in all, whose combined population as per the 2011 Census is 105.10 lakh Which is 9.4 % of the State’s total population of 1,123.74 lakh. The Tribal Sub-Plan (T.S.P.) comprises the infrastructure facilities provided in the ITDP. MADA and Mini-MADA Pockets as well as the flow to tribal living both within and outside these tribal areas, as part of the individual beneficiary oriented schemes. Schemes which directly benefit the tribal population as a whole as well as individual beneficiary oriented schemes have been taken up under the Tribal Sub-Plan. Adequate outlays are provided for Rural Development, Development of Hilly areas in TSP Districts, Minor Irrigation, Road Development, Education, Health and Water Supply etc. 1.4.2 The outlay provided for TSP in the Annual Plan 2015-16 is Rs.5,170 crores. Out of which 60% is provided for District Level schemes and 40% for State level schemes. Sectorial Details 1.5 Sectorial details of following sectors are given in Section II of this publication. 1. Agriculture & Allied Services 2. Rural Development 3. Special Area Development Programme 4. Water Resources & Flood Control 5. Power Development 6. Industry and Minerals 7. Transport & Communication 8. Science, Technology & Environment 9. General Economic Services 10. Social & Community Services 11. General Services **************** 3 4 CHAPTER -2 ECONOMIC OUTLINE OF MAHARASHTRA 2.1 Preparation and implementation of Five Year Plans and Annual Plans is one of the most important instruments for General Economic Development of the State. The essential goals of planning were creation of infrastructure, improvement of standard of living of the people below the poverty line and attainment of self-reliance. Creation of employment opportunities was also main focus. The State continues to have the problems of imbalance in regional development, inadequate infrastructure for fast urbanization and recurring spells of scarcity, particularly of drinking water. The Annual Plans were, therefore formulated on this background. A brief overview of Economic Development of Maharashtra is given in the subsequent paragraphs. Population 2.2 The population of Maharashtra as per Census 2011 was 11.24 crore. The population growth in the State during the decade 2001-2011 was 16.0 %. Maharashtra is the second largest state in India in respect of population. The density of population (persons per sq.km.) in 2011 was 365 for the State as against 382 for the country. The average annual compound growth rate of Maharashtra during 2001- 2011 is 1.5 % which is slightly less than the corresponding growth (2.1 %) during the earlier decade. Urbanization and Migration 2.3 As per 2011 Population Census, the percentage of urban population to total population in Maharashtra was 45.2 as against 31.1 for the country. State Income 2.4 The per capita income of Maharashtra in 2012-13 at current prices was Rs.1,03,856 while it was Rs.71,593 for the country as a whole. Agriculture 2.5 During the Year 2014-15 the food grains production was at the level of 99.15 lakh tones tentatively. 5 Industries 2.6 Maharashtra continued to occupy the foremost position in the country in respect of its share in factory employment. The industrial activity in the State, is mainly concentrated in Mumbai, Thane and Pune districts. Total number of factories in the year 2012 was 37,339 and average daily factory employment was 20.56 lakh in the State. The share of these three districts in factory employment was 60 % in 2011, but in 2012, it decreased to 59 %. Sugar Production 2.7 In 2013-14 out of 143 sugar factories, 96 were in production in the co- operative sector of the State. These factories crushed 486.72 lakh tons of sugarcane in 2013-14. Electricity 2.8 The installed capacity of electricity generation including renewable in Maharashtra as on 31st March, 2014 was 29,849 MW. The Central sector allocation in the installed capacity of National Thermal Power Corporation and the Nuclear Power Corporation to State was 6,627 MW. The total generation of electricity in 2013-14 increased by 4.4 % over the previous year to 91,987 million KWH. During 2014-15 up to December, 2014 the generation of electricity was 78,488 million KWH, which was higher by 18.1 % in the corresponding period of 2013-14. The total consumption of electricity in 2013-14 was 1,02,989 million KWH which was higher by 2.3 % than the consumption of 1,00,665 million KWH during 2012-13.
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