Economic Survey 2016-17 STRATEGY COMPREHENSIVE PROSPERITY GROWTH SUSTAINABILITY Government of Mizoram Planning & Programme Implementation Department (Research & Development Branch) MIZORAM ECONOMIC SURVEY 2016 – 17 But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! Amos 5:24 Government of Mizoram Planning & Programme Implementation Department (Research & Development Branch) C O N T E N T S A. ACRONYMS ....................................................................................................... i I. OVERVIEW, ISSUES & PRIORITIES OF MIZORAM ECONOMY ........................... 1 II. BRIEF NOTE ON INDIAN ECONOMY .................................................................. 9 III. BRIEF NOTE ON MIZORAM ECONOMY ........................................................... 12 IV. STATE PLAN ................................................................................................... 20 V. STATE INCOME .............................................................................................. 23 VI. STATE FINANCE ............................................................................................. 27 VII. PRICE AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ................................................................ 36 VIII. POPULATION .................................................................................................. 38 IX. FINANCIAL AND BANKING INSTITUTION ........................................................ 40 X. POSTAL & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ............................................................... 42 POSTAL SERVICE ................................................................................................ 42 TELECOMMUNICATION ....................................................................................... 43 XI. GENERAL SERVICES ...................................................................................... 44 LAW & JUDICIAL ................................................................................................. 44 LAND REVENUE & SETTLEMENT ........................................................................ 48 TAXATION ........................................................................................................... 49 SINLUNG HILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ......................................................... 52 POLICE ............................................................................................................... 54 FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY ..................................................................... 58 PRISONS ............................................................................................................. 60 SAINIK WELFARE & RESETTLEMENT .................................................................. 62 PRINTING & STATIONERY ................................................................................... 65 PUBLIC WORKS .................................................................................................. 68 LOCAL ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................... 75 ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING INSTITUTE .............................................................. 77 FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES ......................................................................... 81 XII. SOCIAL SERVICES.......................................................................................... 82 SCHOOL EDUCATION ......................................................................................... 82 STATE COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH & TRAINING ........................... 103 HIGHER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION ................................................................. 107 MIZORAM SCHOLARSHIP BOARD ..................................................................... 110 SPORTS & YOUTH SERVICES ............................................................................ 116 ART & CULTURE ............................................................................................... 127 HEALTH SERVICES ........................................................................................... 128 HOSPITAL & MEDICAL EDUCATION .................................................................. 141 WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION ..................................................................... 149 URBAN DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY ALLEVIATION ........................................... 152 TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING .......................................................................... 164 STATE INVESTMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION UNIT . 166 INFORMATION & PUBLIC RELATIONS ............................................................... 172 LAI AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT COUNCIL ............................................................ 174 MARA AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT COUNCIL ........................................................ 182 CHAKMA AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT COUNCIL ................................................... 187 LABOUR, EMPLOYMENT & INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ........................................... 196 SOCIAL WELFARE ............................................................................................. 200 XIII. ECONOMIC SERVICES .................................................................................. 209 AGRICULTURE (CROP HUSBANDRY) ................................................................. 209 AGRICULTURE (RESEARCH & EDUCATION) ...................................................... 222 HORTICULTURE ................................................................................................ 227 SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION ....................................................................... 243 LIVESTOCK & VETERINARY .............................................................................. 246 FISHERIES ........................................................................................................ 254 FOREST ............................................................................................................ 259 Economic Survey Mizoram 2016-17 COOPERATION .................................................................................................. 265 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................................... 271 MINOR IRRIGATION........................................................................................... 276 POWER & ELECTRICITY .................................................................................... 280 COMMERCE & INDUSTRIES .............................................................................. 287 SERICULTURE .................................................................................................. 300 GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES ................................................................. 303 CIVIL AVIATION ................................................................................................. 306 ROAD TRANSPORT ............................................................................................ 308 INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY .......................................... 310 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................ 317 TOURISM .......................................................................................................... 324 ECONOMICS & STATISTICS .............................................................................. 328 FOOD, CIVIL SUPPLIES & CONSUMER AFFAIRS ............................................... 334 LEGAL METROLOGY ......................................................................................... 339 XIV. NEW LAND USE POLICY (NLUP) .................................................................... 343 XV. NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY (NEDP) ......................................... 353 XVI. LIST OF ANNEXURES ................................................................................... 361 …… Economic Survey Mizoram 2016-17 i A. ACRONYMS AAY = Antyodaya Anna Yojana EAP = Externally Aided Project ACA = Additional Central Assistance EPI = Expanded Programme of Immunization ADA = Aizawl Development Authority EBB = Educationally Backward Block ADB = Asian Development Bank EPIP = Export Promotion Industrial Park AIBP = Accelerated Irrigation Benefit ERCM = Education Reforms Commission, Programme Mizoram. AMC = Aizawl Municipal Council EWS= Economically Weaker Section APDRP = Accelerated Power Development FC = Fully Covered and Reform Programme FFDA = Fish Farmer Development Agency APEDA = Agricultural and Processed Food FSI = Forest Survey of India Products and Export Development Authority GBS= Gross Budgetary Support ARSD: Aizawl Road South Division GCA= Gross Command Area ASHA = Accredited Social Health Activists GER = Gross Enrolment Ratio ASPA = Advanced Special Plan Assistance GSDP = Gross State Domestic Product AT& C = Average, Technical & Commercial Loss HFO= Heavy Furnace Oil ATI = Administrative Training Institute HiWEL= Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited ATMA = Agriculture Technology Management HMNEH= Horiculture Mission for North East & Agency Himalayan Region AYUSH= Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, HPO= Head Post Office Unani, Siddha and Homoepathy HPTW= Hand Pumped Tube Well BADP = Border Area Development ICT = Information and Communication Programme Technology BAFFACOS = Bamboo Flowering and Famine ICMR= Indian Council of Medical Research Combat Scheme IDSP= Integrated Disease Surveillance BOB= Bank of Baroda Project BPL = Below