CONFIDEMTIAL [For Olile!al use only] DRAFT OUTLINE OF THE FOURTH FIVE YEAR PLAN ( 1969— 74) [The draft incorporates the proposals for the Annual Plan 1969-70] PLANNING DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR September, 1968 \ V v . J ^ i :NT Of V.S'> :■ DRAFT FOURTH FIVE YEAR (1969— 74). CONTENTS Introdtjctory Note CHAPTER I Physico-geographical conditions of the State 1 CHAPTER II Review of the important programmes .. 4 CHAPTER III Overall approach to the Fourth Five Year Plan 10 CHAPTER IV Financial Resources for the Fourth Five Year Plan .. 13 CHAPTER V Description of Sectoral Programmes 26 A. AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMMES Section 1 Agricultural Production 26 Section 2 Minor Irrigation .. 44 Section 3 Soil Conservation ... 49 Section 4 Ayaout Development Programme 50 Section 5 Animal Husbandry 51 Section G Dairying and Milk Supply .. 56 Section 7 Forests 59 Section 8 Fisheries 61 Section 9 Warehousing and Marketing 62 B. CO-OPERATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Section 1 Co-operation 63 •Section 2 Community Development 67 Section 3 Panchayats 70 C. IRRIGATION AND POWER. Section 1 Irrigation 71 Section 2 Flood Control 77 Section 3 Power 79 D. INDUSTRY AND MINING. Section 1 Industries 82 Section 2 Mineral “ a” 87 E. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS. Section 1 Roads .. 89 Seotion 2 Road Transport .. 91 Section 3 Inland Water Transport 93 Section 4 Tourism •• 94 11 P aq b . p. SOCIAL SERVICES. S e c t io n 1 General and Cultural Education 95 S e c t io n 2 Technical Education 99 S e c t io n 3 Health and Family Planning 100 S e c t io n 4 Water Supply and Sanitation 103 S e c t io n 5 Housing 105 S e c t io n 6 Urban Development « 107 S e c t io n 7 Welfare of Backward Classes 108 S e c t io n 8 * Social Welfare 110 S e c t io n 9 Craftsmen Training and Labour Welfare 111 S e c t io n 10 Public Co-operation 113 G. MISCELLANEOUS. S e c t io n Statistics 116 S e c t io n Information and Publicity 117 S e c t io n Evaluation 118 CHAPTER VI Organisational measures 119 CHAPTER VII Review of the economic condition of Backward 120 classes, Small farmers, Landless labourers, etc. APPENDIX. S t a t e m e n t I Outlays and Expenditure 1966 to 1969 124 St a t e m e n t II Proposed Plan outlays for the Fourth Five Year 126 Plan (1969— 74). Enclosure to Statement II 130 St a t e m e n t III Important Projects costing Rs. 5 crorea and 140 above. S t a t e m e n t IV Clieck list in respect of principal projects costing 142 Rs. 5 crores and above. S t a t e m e n t V Physical Programmes 174 INTRODUCTORY NOTE. The draft outline gives the substance of the proposals of the State Govern­ ment of Bihar for the Fourth Five Year Plan (1969—74). With minor modifica- lions the draft is according to the format suggested in Planning Commission letter no. PC(P)1/4(1)66., dated the 27th July, 1968. The proposals contained in tiiis first draft will be discussed in the Working Groups consisting of officers from the Planning Commission, representatives of the Central Ministries and of ihe State Government in October, 1968. The final draft will emerge after the discussions with Planning Commission have been completed. The work of preparation of the draft Plan was taken in hand early this year after certain guidelines were provided by the Planning Commission. More than two do^en Working Groups consisting of senior Administrators, technical heads of departments, economists and selected non-officials worked on the requirements of the different sectors of the Plan. The proposals contained in the draft outline are based mainly on the recommendations of these Working Groups. Some im­ portant recommendations of the Working Groups were also placed before the State Planning Committee. While the draft Plan was under preparation the National Davelopment Council Comncittee of Chief Ministers considered the principles to be adopted for distri­ bution of Central assistance to the States during Fourth Plan and also the pat­ tern of Central assistance. Till the time the draft was sent to the Press the final decision of the National Development Council on the subject was not avail­ able T)ut wo have proceeded on the assumption that Central assistance would be available in the shape of block loans and block grants in place of the earlier sclieiLatic pattern. We have also assumed iliat ilie list of Centrally sponsored f chemes will now be much smaller but would bo financed fully by the Central Government. Tie earlier draft Fourth Plan of the State prepared in October, 1966 envisaged an outlay of Rs. 5,45 crores. The present draft is of Rs. 4,93.75 crores. Con­ sidering the increased cost of the plan due to inflation, the increased expenditure on non-productive items due to increase of cost of living allowance, etc., the size of the plan should have been considerably larger than Rs. 5,45 crores for ensuring the realisation of the development potentials of the State. In view of the severd financial constraints, however, the proposed outlay has been kept at a figure which is almost the minimum. No firm figures have yet been indicated about the quantum of Central assistance that will be available during the Fourth Plan period. A minimum amount of Rs. 300 crores has been assumed as a workng basis but this also would leave a large gap which will remain to be bridged. Apart from the efforts to be made by the State Government to raise resources. Central assistance on a generous scale would be necessary and this should include a rescheduling of the repayment of Central loans. Due to the emphasis given on the fullest utilisation of the available material and humfcn resources planning at the district level will have an important place in the fourth Plan. The 17 districts of the State situated in the three broad natural divisions, i.e.. North Bihar, South Bihar (Gangetic plains) and Chota- nagpir plateau have their peculiarities which have to be taken into account in deviang development schemes locally for those areas. The concerned District Officers will collect and analyse data regarding physical characteristics, natural resotrces, development of infra-structure and consider the various possibilities of economic development to ensure the maximum utilisation of the existing infra- struoure. Planning at the local level will be a continuing process and adjust­ ments will be made from year to year keeping certain priorities and targets in view This approach will be different from the earlier practice of drawing up a list )f schemes based on the demands of the local people. Some exercises in plaming on these new lines have already been made with the help of district mapf at the district level and further exercises will be made from time to time during the Fourth Plan period. CHAPTER I. Physico-geographical conditions of the State. The State of Bihar has three principal natural divisions—North Bihar, South Bihar and the Plateau region of Chotanagpur and Santhal Parganas. North Bihar, separated from the rest of the State by the Ganga, coniprises of the four districts of Tirhut Division and Purnea, Saharsa and parts of Monghyr and Bhagalpur districts of the Bhagalpur Division. South Bihar broadly consists of the plains south of the river Ganga and comprises of the three districts of Patna Division and parts of Monghyr and Bhagalpur districts of the Bhagalpur Divi­ sion. The plateau of Chotanagpur and Santhal Parganas extends to almost half of the area of the State and comprises of the five districts of the Chotanagpur Division and the district of Santhal Parganas of the Bhagalpur Division. As per 1961 census, the State of Bihar is the second largest State in India by size of population. It has a population of 46.4 millions comprising of about 23.3 million males and 23.1 million females. It extends over an area of 1,74,038 square kilometers. With only 5.31 per cent of the Union’s land area, Bihar con­ tains 10.58 per cent of its entire population. There are 67,665 inhabited and 10,428 uninhabited villages in Bihar. The number of towns in the State is 153. Seven of them have a population above one lakh. The average density of popula­ tion is 267 persons to a square kilometer against 144 for India as a whole. The population, however, is not distrbuted evenly. The average density in the North Bihar plains is 408 and in the South Bihar plains 324 as against only 146 in the Chotanagpur plateau. A compact block extending over the portions of the districts of Saran, MuzajBFarpur, Darbhanga, Champaran, Monghyr (North) Patna and Shahabad occupying less than l/8th of the land area contains more than one fourth of the total population of the State, and comprises one of the largest and most densely populated tracts in the country. In Tirhut Division, in an area roughly comparable in size to that of Kerala, the average density (1 201 persons to the square mile) is even higher than that of Kerala (1,127). Since 1961 the total population of the State is estimated to have increased from 46.5 millions to about 55.93 millions at the commencement o f the Fourth Plan (1969) and is expected to rise to 63.11 millions by the end of the Fourth Plan (1974) and to 70.32 millions by the end of the Fifth Plan (1979).