STATE PLAN PROPOSALS 1988-89 Volume I GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL Development and Planning Department December, 1987 Government of India PLANNING COMMISSIOM LIBRARY CLASS 'BOCK ______ ftft. <?)(?!) (^ ft ftft Aft A (I*, ?)?) A f t ftft A(?) ■ Aft rVu X X -i-UVJx V ft A 7 31988 - 89 / A A A A A A >5^ (?!) f t f ) A A ft A A A AA A A AA A A A A AA -i) AA A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A (<^(?) Aft A A GoYemrnoQt o f West BGiigal A A Development & Plianning Derpartment 03 A Raj Bhav can., C al c utta. A A A A A A Decemlo'c er , 1 9 8 7 , A A AA A A AA A A A A A A AA ftft) ft?) Aft AA AA AA AA AA AA AA * CONTENTS * P ; Section ~ I : Introduction i - xix -> Section II ; I_ I. Aqriculture S< Allied Activities Crop Husbandry A 1 = 10 ■“• Soil &< Water Conservation A 11 * * /vninal Husbandry A 12 --19 * Dairy Development A 20 -’24 Fisheries A 24 -26 Forestry & V/ild Llf <e A 27 «34 Plantations A 35 -=38 * Food,Storage & Vferehousing A 39 * Agricultural Finamclal * Institutions A 39 »=40 * Co-operation A 41 =71 Integrated Rural Dcev^elopment Programme^ IRDP) B 1 2 * Drought Prone Area Programme (DP^P) B 2 Integrated Rural Energy Programme ( IREP) B 2 3 * Na t i ona 1 Ru r<:, 1 Emp 1 oy me n t Programno (NRE?) B 4 * Land Reforms B 5 - 9 Community Developme^ni: 8. Panchayats B 9 - 13 District Planning Committee B 13 -d4 III. Special Area Proqraimnne C 1 - 5 IV. Irrigation & Flood (Control Afejor & Medium Irri(gaition and Flood Control D 1 - 12 Mnor Irrigation ‘ D 13- 16 * Command Area Developmient * Programme D 16 * £ n Q r Power E i “ 16 Non-Conventiona 1 Sourices of Energy E 16 -17 V I . Indus try & Min era 1 s_ # Village & Small Indms-tries F 1 - 12 Industries ( Other than Villa qe & Smaxl Indust/rles.; F 13 -33. VVeignts & Me:, suros F 26 ^ Mining F 34 -37 * ***** *****-)<■* * * * *** **■*■ ** JK- ^ ***** ***** ***** ***** ****•»• ***^«*** *** *** *** *** *** *w* „ 2 -X- L. * * * VII Transport ; * Civil Aviation G 1 Roads & Bridges G 1 2 * G 2 Road Tra)nsport 9 * Inland Vfeter Transport G 9 - 10 * * * C omrnuni ca t i ons^ H i IX. Science,Technology & Environment Scientific Research * (Including S a T) I 1 * * Ecology 8. Environment I 2 » o * * General Economic Services Secretarriat Economic Services J 1 * T our i s m J 2 •ar Surveys & Statistics J 7 * Civil Supplies J 7 - 8 * Other General Economic Services J 9 * Districit Planning J 9 - 1 0 XI Social Services Educa tj-on * * G^eneral Education K 1 ^ 4 * Technical Education K 4 ^ 7 * Sports 8c Youth Services K 7 15 * /\rt S. Culture K 16 » 20 Medical S< Public Health K 21 ^30 Water Siupply & Sanitation K 31 ».33 * Housing((including Police Housing) K 34 ^37 * Urban D€^velopment(including State * Capital Projects) K 38 -46 * * Informa'tion & Publicity K 47 -51 Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Schedul'ed Tribes 8< Other Ba c kwa r d C la s s e s K 52 »6i * ._^.Emploxjll^n'b * Labour & Labour Welfare K 62 -■71 * * Special Employment Schemes K 72 ^81 AL Social Security 8, Welfare K 82 -=83 Nutriti on K 84 XII Gcnora I. S_er^-i c€ s * * Stationiery & Printing L 1 * Public V/orks * (including Jails) L 1 ^ 1'^ * \ 4i-****** ***** ***** ****^f * • ***** ***** ** **-x *i{-*4*** *** *** •jv *** **^:- *** ^!-** * ** *-'r* SECTION - I R_0_D_U__C_T_,I_0_N ^ — — — — — — — — — The introductory chapter duals lui thi an over view of the econcxny in the context of the prevailing socio-econtormic situation of the State as also of the performance during the precediing tujo years of the 7th Plan, the compulsion of the economy leading toi ttha proposed size in the 4th ) year (1988-39) and the resource back-up to match the physical plan, 1, Over view of the Economy 1,1 While in the first tuo y^^ars of t;he 7th plan the State marie steady progress in almost all the sectors of the economy, in the 3rd year i .e , 1^87-88 drought following tha late arriua.l of the monsoon and next unprecedented floods resulting from exces.sivs precipitation threw the planning process in the State severely ou t of gear resulting in set back in steady progress.in flood affected area.. The tflonsoon was late in arriving specially in the South Bengal districts where till the i8th August tainfaii was about 5o^ below the momal. On the other hand, alffiost incessant rain-fali in the North B engal districts resulted in severe floods, 1*2 Thus, while the State Government u//as fighting, the revages of flood in the North Bdngal districts, in Siouth Bengal districts the efforts were being m:ade to ccjmbat the sev'ere drought situation. However, the situation changed dramatically in Souith B ^ g a i from mid-August with continuous and torrential rain in the c.afcchnent areas and also for release of huge mass of water from D,\/, C,, barrages on frequent oceasiona resulting in the flooding of vast areas!. The extent of the calaraity can be gauged from the fact that a preliminiairy estimate made by the State Government revealod that atleast 85,68 lakh persons in 12 distrirts living in ^ah- c^rea of 15.27 thousand Sq„ were affected. The cro^ area affected i^; estimated at 6 ,0 2 lakh hectaire and the vrlua of the damaged crop is estimated at Rs,223 crores, Aboiutt '^6 lakh houses were completely or partially dsmagedj ln fact, all the sG3ct; _'s of the economy - Agriexilture, i Animal Husbandry, Cot^tage and Small Scal<6 Industries, Schools, Fisheries, I " ♦ ■ ' PHjblic Health etc, were severely affecfcecd. The State Government has estimated that * o u t Rs, 25D crores woul'd be required for restoration, repair and relief work. The State GoveK-nmieit has already spent/sanctioned ^ Rs,73,77 crores on account of re],lef and restoration work. Against the dGmand of Rs, 25o crores from the Cantira.l Government to combat the ravages of flood, the State. Government have rece.lyed uptil now Rs, 24,41 crores only. Thus, the Stage Goverrffnent was left witth n^ ot(her alternative bqt to make strenuous efforts^to mobilise not only aidditional resources but also to severely cut doWn non-essential expendItiure. Steps taken by the State Gout, ^ is expected to save at least Rs, 5q crores in non-plan expenditure in the ejurrent year. 11 1.3 In Duly 1987 tho Go)VBmm3nt of West Bengal have made a mid-tein appraisal of the 7th Five Year Plan for a factual assessmont of progress achievGd sc far in implorntjJnting tliG 7th Tiuo Year Plan. Some of the sectors ware fo u n d to havo3^ registered spectacular result both in financial as well as in physical teirmsi A few sectors hoWGuer, marginally failed to reach the target for uarioDUs reasorls. Plan out—lay of 1987-&8 has been slightly augmented formceeting the pressing requirement of certain sectors* The State has token the pcolicy of reaching at least one spot source for drinking water to each unccovered village ujithin 1987-80,securing self— snployment in considerablte number for unemployed youths with tho help of newly floated schfcme ”Sellf-anployment Scheme for Registered Unemployed” and providing additional financial support to education sector td combat illiteracy. Special effor?ts are being mado for boosting all activities of the sectors which are not: strictly on their targets, 1.4 It is against thisj back ground of flood/drought and also the experience of the micUtemn appraisal the Annual Plan for the year 1988-89 has been formulated, A twuo pronged strategy has b^^en devised for the 1988-89 Annual Plan, UihiUe the ’ normal activity' of plan as set out in tho 7th five year plan dcncument w i n continue as far as possible, there has been certain shift im emphasis and reformulating of targets-^d poli­ cies so as to recoup, in the shortest possible time and in the‘most cost effective luay, the set-bjack to tho economy due to the floods. Thus the emphasis in the 1988-89 Annual Plan will be to maintain the usual growth rate and to recoup the Icosses in the flood effected areas. As a result, it was thought prUdent tco scale down some of the physical targets to a more realistic level folLlowing the set back due to flood, A case in point 'is thx3 food^grains produiction target; in 1986—87, foodgrains production was at a record level o P 96 , 22 lakh tonnes, however, due to the floods the total fo o d grains production in 1987-88 might be significantly less. Thus, it might not be possiblee to attain the original 7th Plan target of 105 lakh tonnes at the end of thes 7th plan period. It may be necessary to revise the terminal 7th plan targett to a lower level. The 1988-89 annual target has however, been set at I0'1*w20 lakh tonnes. Oil seed production in the State has consistently, in thee first two years of the 7th plan, surp assed the targeted production levfol. In 1986-87 oil seed production was 2,70 lakh tonnes against the targ^et of 2,6q lakh tonnes. In 1987-88 the ail seed production target has bseen s^’t a^ 3,Ci5 iLikh tomes but in vijEJJ of the f l o o d s it may not be poissible for the State to achieve the target.