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Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag ELEVENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (July 2013 – June 2018) LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLAN – VOLUME III ELEVENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN 1st July 2013 – 30th June 2018 MAIN DOCUMENT – VOLUME 1 Gross National Happiness Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan GASA DZONGKHAG1 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag Eleventh Five Year Plan Document © Copyright Gross National Happiness Commission (2013) Published by: Gross National Happiness Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan. ISBN 978-99936-55-01-5 2 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag HIS MAJESTY THE KING JIGME KHESAR NAMGYEL WANGCHUCK 3 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag 4 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag Our Nation has seen great socio-economic growth but it is more important that we have growth with equity. We must raise, with all our effort, the less fortunate so that they may, at the earliest, begin to partake in the opportunities brought by modernization and progress. The government has provided education to our youth. But for the nation to prosper for all time, a sound education must be succeeded by access to the right jobs and responsibilities, so that our youth may bloom as individuals and at the same time serve their Nation well. The recent Rupee shortage is a serious problem. I feel it is a reminder that, as a Nation, we must exercise our traditional sense of caution and work even harder as we address the challenges of the time. For no matter what challenges lie ahead, it is only the Bhutanese citizen who can protect and safeguard Bhutan. - His Majesty The King’s address to the nation during the 105th National Day celebrations, 17th December 2012, in Thimphu. 5 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag 6 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag དཔལ་辡ན་འ宲ུ་ུག筴་⼍ Royal Government of Bhutan PRIME MINISTER 7 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag དཔལ་辡ན་འ宲ུ་ུག筴་⼍ Royal Government of Bhutan PRIME MINISTER 8 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag དཔལ་辡ན་འ宲ུ་ུག筴་⼍ Royal Government of Bhutan PRIME MINISTER 9 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag 10 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. DZONGKHAG AT A GLANCE...................................................................1 2. INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................4 2.1 Planning Process...............................................................................5 2.2 Resource Allocation Formula...........................................................5 2.3 Capital Allocation.............................................................................6 3. MAP OF GASA DZONGKHAG.................................................................8 4. GASA DZONGKHAG...............................................................................9 4.1 Current Situation..............................................................................9 4.2 Key Opportunities/Challenges.......................................................10 4.3 Strategies.......................................................................................11 4.4 Dzongkhag Key results area...........................................................12 4.5 Programme Results Matrix of Dzongkhag......................................16 5. GEWOG PLANS......................................................................................46 5.1 Programme Results Matrix of Khamaed Gewog............................46 5.2 Programme Results Matrix of Khatoed Gewog..............................52 5.3 Programme Results Matrix of Lunana Gewog................................59 5.4 Programme Results Matrix of Laya Gewog....................................66 xi Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag xii Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag 1. Dzongkhag Socio-Economic Indicators 1 Population and Land Use Dzongkhag Khatoe Khamey Laya Lunana Population Figure (Administrative record) 3082 508 717 1050 807 Total number of households (Administrative record) 535 74 108 171 182 Area (Sq. Kilometer) 3075 285.69 147.11 928.94 1713.26 Forest Cover (% of land area) 26.25 78.49 84.06 50.39 57.28 RNR RNR Center 3 1 1 1 0 Number of Farmer’s Cooperatives/Groups 3 1 2 0 0 Irrigation schemes (Number) 17 0 17 0 0 Irrigation Schemes (Kilometer) 46.5 0 46.5 0 0 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag Year Five Eleventh Community forest management group 9 2 5 2 0 Livestock extension centre (LEC) 1 0 0 0 1 Dzongkhag Veterinary Hospital (DVH) 1 1 0 0 0 Health Basic Health Unit (BHU) 4 1 1 1 1 Out Reach Clinic (ORC) 4 0 2 1 1 Infant mortality (Number-2012) 0 0 0 0 0 Maternal mortality (Number-2012) 0 0 0 0 0 Under 5 mortality (Number 2012) 0 0 0 0 0 Education Middle secondary schools 1 0 1 0 0 Lower secondary schools 1 0 0 1 0 Primary schools 2 1 0 0 1 Extended Classrooms 2 0 0 1 1 Non-formal Education Centers 15 3 3 7 2 Number of NFE Learners (2012) 121 23 23 40 35 Teacher Student Ratio (2012) 1:14 1:12 1:16 1:15 1:13 Local Governments Chiwogs 20 5 5 5 5 Villages 73 22 31 7 13 Number of female Dzongkhag Tshogdu members 1 1 0 0 0 Number of female GT members 1 1 0 0 0 Number of Community Centers 2 1 1 0 0 1 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag Electricity 2 Number of Households electrified 364 74 108 0 182 Number of villages electrified 66 22 31 0 13 Water and Sanitation Number of households with clean drinking water supply 535 74 108 171 182 Number of households with toilets/ latrines/Pit latrines 535 74 108 171 182 RWSS coverage (%) 100 100 100 100 100 Communications Number of villages with Mobile network 71 22 31 7 11 Mobile network coverage (%) 97.26 100 100 100 84.61 Suspension/Suspended Bridges 3 2 1 0 0 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag Year Five Eleventh GC Road (Kilometer) 10 0 0 10 0 Farm Road (Number) 5 2 3 0 0 Religion and Culture Government owned lhakhangs 11 8 1 1 1 Community owned lhakhangs 11 1 3 5 2 Privately owned lhakhangs 4 0 0 1 3 2 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag 2. Introduction 3 The bottom-up Gewog-based planning process, as per the decentralized planning framework, was introduced in the Ninth Plan. Since then, the local governments have been formulating their Five Year Plans based on the development priorities identified by the communities at the Gewog level. The introduction of the Gewog-based planning process was followed by “fiscal decentralization” in the Tenth Plan. The allocation of annual grants to local governments based on the resource allocation formula that took into account principles of equity, transparency and objectivity was launched. The new system of allocating resources to the local governments provided greater predictability and offered higher flexibility in prioritization and programming of activities. The devolution of authority has enhanced capacities of the local governments in Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag Year Five Eleventh planning, prioritization and fiscal management. Further, to bring clarity on the roles of various levels of the government in the delivery of public services at the local level and to facilitate the distribution of resources between the centre and the local governments, the division of responsibilities framework was developed in 2012. The division of responsibilities framework1, clearly delineates responsibilities among the central agencies, Class “A” Thromde, Dzongkhags and Gewogs guided by the ‘principle of subsidiarity’. The ‘principle of subsidiarity’ is that provision of public goods and services should take place at the lowest level of the government and that the centre should be involved only when the lower levels of the government cannot provide the goods and services efficiently. The division of responsibility framework will be reviewed during the Eleventh Plan mainly to assess the capacity of the local governments to shoulder increased responsibilities and to build their capacities accordingly. In addition to the broad based socio-economic development activities, targeted poverty intervention programmes such as the Rural Economy Advancement Programme (REAP) and the National Rehabilitation Programme (NRP) were initiated in the Tenth Plan to accelerate poverty reduction and address disparities at the local level. Accordingly, 13 poorest villages2 were supported through REAP I and around 109 villages have been identified for implementation under REAP II in the Eleventh Plan. 1Refer www.gnhc.gov.bt/guidelines-local-government/ 2Thangdokha, Dramekha and Ngatsena - Haa, Sanu Dungtoe - Samtse, Mandokha & Choleykha - Chukha, Lopokha - Wangdue Phodrang, Lauri - Samdrup Jongkhar, Ungar - Lhuentse, Samcholing - Trongsa, Reti - Sarpang, Lamtang - Zhemgang, Pam & Chaibi - Mongar. 3 Eleventh Five Year Plan - Gasa Dzongkhag Under the NRP, 44 households in Khenadrang, Pemagatshel were rehabilitated. 4 While the rehabilitation at Nye, Lhuentshe (55 households); Bebji, Haa (83 households); Borangmo, Pemagatshel (51 households) and Dawathang, Samdrup Jongkhar (31 households) are ongoing, the planning and feasibility study for Tanzama, Pemagatshel and Serzhong, Tsirang respectively have been initiated under the programme. Efforts are also underway to identify other communities for rehabilitation given that this programme benefits not only the beneficiary communities but also the government through avoidance of the higher costs associated with provision of pubic goods and services for reaching the unreached. 2.1 Planning Process The local government plans were formulated based on the Local Government Act 2009, the Eleventh Plan preparation guidelines, the Local Development Planning