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From Vision 2030 to Planning and Implementation for North Eastern States FROM VISION 2030 TO PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR NORTH EASTERN STATES 19-20 DECEMBER - 2016, SHILLONG, MEGHALAYA WORKSHOP ORGANISED BY NITI AAYOG AND UNITED NATIONS INDIA Contents INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 4 AGENDA ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 DAY 1 ............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Welcome and Background Remarks by NITI Aayog – Mr. V S Gaur, Joint Secretary, NITI Aayog ........ 6 Setting the Agenda for the Workshop - Speech by Mr. Jaco Cilliers, Country Director, UNDP .............. 8 Inaugural & Opening Remarks by Mr. K S Kropha, Chief Secretary, Government of Meghalaya .......... 9 Technical Session 1: Panel Discussion: Integrating Vision 2030 Agenda into Planning and Implementation ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Speaker 1: Anurag Goel, (Retd IAS), Senior Advisor to UNDP ............................................................ 12 Speaker 2: Vikram Singh Gaur, Joint Secretary, NITI Aayog ............................................................... 13 Speaker 3: K V Eapen, Additional Secretary, Assam ............................................................................ 24 Discussion and Questions after Session 1 ............................................................................................. 28 Presentation on Village Profile & Taluka Planning Atlas .......................................................................... 31 Discussion and Questions ...................................................................................................................... 34 DAY 2............................................................................................................................................................ 37 Technical Session 2: Strengthening Implementation and Service Delivery (PART 1) Chaired by Mr. Omkar Singh, PCCF and Principal Secretary, Environment and Forest .................................................. 37 Theme 1: Reaching the Furthest behind First through strengthened local governance ......................... 37 Speaker 1: N. Rajeev, Ex Sarpanch, Eraviperroor Grama Panchayat, Success Story of Local Self Governance (State of Kerala) .................................................................................................................. 37 Speaker 2: Shyam Sunder Paliwal, Sarpanch, Piplantri Gram Panchayat, Rajasmand (State of Rajasthan) ............................................................................................................................................... 39 Discussions and Questions......................................................................................................................... 40 Theme 2: Investing in Systems strengthening for improved service delivery ......................................... 41 Speaker 1: Amit Premi (ICT Consultant), Arunachal Pradesh, Arun ePDS: ICTs and process re- engineering for an efficient Public Distribution System ....................................................................... 41 Speaker 2: Mr Anindya Kumar Bhattacherjee, Achieving total financial inclusion in West Tripura through e-ROR and Common Services Centres ................................................................................... 42 Speaker 3: HVL Zerzoenga, Joint Director (UD&PA), State of Mizoram ........................................... 42 Theme 3: Innovative implementation of Central/State sponsored schemes chaired by Mr. R.B. Thong, Development Commissioner Nagaland ..................................................................................................... 44 Speaker 1: Vijay Mantri, Executive Director Meghalaya Basin Development. Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion Programme: Fostering a spirit of entrepreneurship ........ 44 Speaker 2: Devika Sharma Chhetri, Director (Planning), HRDD, Sikkim. Dhara Vikas: Creating water security through spring-shed development ................................................................................ 45 Speaker 3: Chinmak Chang, Entrepreneur, Nagaland. Good Practices of Government and Community Partnership ........................................................................................................................ 46 Speaker 4: Ashok Babu, Mission Director, National Health Mission. NRHM Initiatives: Improving access to healthcare through strategic incentives. ............................................................................... 48 Speaker 5: Presentation on Nagaland Rural Health Mission .............................................................. 48 Questions and Discussion .......................................................................................................................... 49 Technical Session 3: Monitoring the Progress towards the SDGs moderated by Mr. Anurag Goel, IAS (retd), Senior Advisor to UNDP ................................................................................................................. 50 Speaker 1: James Mathew, Director, Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation ....................................................................................................................................... 51 Speaker 2: Melvil Pereira, Director, North-Eastern Social Research Centre and Ms. Enakshi Ganguly, North-Eastern Social Research Centre.................................................................................. 52 Speaker 3: Ashutosh Salil, District Collector, Chandrapur, Government of Maharashtra ................ 56 Speaker 4: Vinesh Singhvi, Officer on Special Duty, Plan, Government of Rajasthan ...................... 58 Speaker 5: Joydeep Baruah, Associate Professor, Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development ........................................................................................................................................... 59 Discussion and Questions ....................................................................................................................... 61 Technical Session 4:Voices of the Youth: Shaping the Future, moderated by Mr. Ashutosh Salil, DC Chandrapur ................................................................................................................................................. 63 Speaker 1: Kanika Sinha, Lead Associate, Commutiny: The Youth Collective and Pravah................ 63 Speaker 2: Lezo Pusture, Director, Youth Net ...................................................................................... 64 Speaker 3: Sonal Roshan, Operations Manager, WAY Foundation .................................................... 65 Speaker 4: Jenpu Rongmei, Chief Functionary, CAN Youth ............................................................... 66 Speaker 5: Deepjyoti Sonu Brahma, Director, Farm2Food ................................................................. 66 High Level Panel on achieving the SDGs in the North East ..................................................................... 68 INTRODUCTION The government of India is committed to achieving the sustainable development goals and to leave no one behind. NITI Aayog has been entrusted with the role to coordinate, roll out and implement the Agenda2030 for sustainable development goals. NITI Aayog has advised all the States to initiate preparation of their Vision documents and align their schemes to SDGs. State governments are preparing vision documents with specific targets to be met in the next 15 years. States in the North East have taken an early lead in preparation of their Vision documents. The government of Assam was the first to finalize their vision document. Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and other states in the North East are also actively participating in the articulation of the States’ visions. Translating the vision into document will require focussed planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and feeding into the planning document. The consultation of all the North East States in Shillong was convened to discuss the process of achieving this mission. AGENDA DAY 1 : 19th December, Monday Time Inaugural Session 14:00 hrs Welcome and Background Remarks by NITI Aayog – Mr. V S Gaur, Joint Secretary, NITI Aayog 14:15 hrs Setting the Agenda for the Workshop - Speech by Mr. Jaco Cilliers, Country Director, UNDP 14.30 hrs Inaugural & Opening Remarks by Mr. K S Kropha, Chief Secretary, Government of Meghalaya 14:50 hrs Vote of Thanks – Ms. Vandana Marwah, Director, NITI Aayog 14:55 hrs Tea Break 15:00 hrs Technical Session 1: Panel Discussion: Integrating Vision 2030 Agenda into Planning and Implementation Chair: Mr. K S Kropha, Chief Secretary, Government of Meghalaya Context Presentation: Mr. Anurag Goel, (Retd IAS), Advisor to UNDP Lead Presentation: Mr. Vikram Singh Gaur, Joint Secretary, NITI Aayog State Presentation: Mr. K V Eapen, Additional Secretary, Assam 16:30 hrs Presentation on Village Profile & Talukka Planning by Mr. Sharif K Hudda, Director, Economics & Statistics, Government of Gujarat 17:30 hrs Closing with High Tea DAY 2: 20th December, Tuesday
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