GOVERNMENT OF KERALA ANNUAL PLAN PROPOSALS 1988-89 STATE PLANNING BOARD TRIVANDRUM NOVEMBER 1987 VBINTED BY THE S. G. P. AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS, TRIVANDRUM, 1987, GOVERNMENT OF KERALA ANNUAL PLAN PROPOSALS 1988-89 STATE PLANNING BOARD TRIVANDRUM NOVEMBER 1987 NIEPA DC D04386 i-ub. Narkt'al Systems U nit, N ‘.;n I Instiru« of Educationit and Aniinistration : ' V ^T.i45 Marg.NcwDelhi-ll(XII^ D ate.......... CONTENTS P a g e s P a r t I I ntroduction P a r t II Summary Statement of Plan Outlays and Expenditure—GN I Sectoral Programmes—Schemc-wise Outlays and Expenditure—GN II 10 P a r t III S e c t o r a l P r o g r a m m e s —D e t a il s o f S c h e m e s 'Agriculture and Allied Services GJV2 Write up Crop Husbandry ., 10 87 Soil and Water Conservation .. 15 96 Animal Husbandry . 16 98 Dairy Development' . 18 102 Fisheries • • 20 105 Forestry and Wild Life .. 23 112 Food, Storage and Warehousing .. 25 116 Agricultural Research and Education . 25 116 Investment in Agricultural Financial Institutions . 26 117 Marketing and Quality Control 26 117 Co-operation . 26 118 Rural Development Special Programme for Rural Development . 31 124 Rural Employment . 31 125 l.atvd Reforms . 31 125 Community Development and Panchayats . 31 125 Special Area Programmes . 33 126 Irrigation and Flood Control Major and Mediun\ Irrigation . 33 127 Minor Irrigation . 34 130 Command Area Development . 35 131 Flood CVmtrol Projects (including anti-sea erosion) : . 35 132 Energy Power ' . 35 132 Non-coiiventionai Sources of Energ)' . 36 136 Industry and Minerals Village and Small Industries . 36 137 Medium and Large Industries . 48 151 Weights and Measures . 50 169 Mining ! 51 169 Transport I Ports and Harbours . 51 171 Roads and Bridges . 52 173 Road Transport , 53 174 Inland Water Transport . 53 174 37/4480 P a g e s Science, Technology and Environment GN2 Writeup Scientific Research (including S & T) 54 176 Ecology and Environment 55 177 General Economic Services Secretariat Economic Services 55 178 Tourism 56 179 Surveys and Statistics 56 180 Civil Supplies 56 181 Social Services General Education 56 182 Technical Education 60 188 Sports and Youth Services 61 192 Art and Culture 61 193 Medical and Public Health 62 195 Water Supply and Sanitation 68 203 Housing (including Police Housing) 71 207 Urban Development 72 2 1 0 Information and Publicity 74 2 12 Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes 75 213 Labour and Labour Welfare 79 221 Social Security and W'^elfare 80 225 Nutrition 82 226 General Services Stationery and Printing 83 228 Public Works 83 228 P a r t IV S t a i e m e n t s GN 3 Physical Targets & Achievements 231 GN 4 Minimum Needs Programme—Outlays and Expenditure 247 GN 5 Minimum Needs Programme—Physical Targets & Achievements 248 GN 6 Centrally Sponsored Scheme—Outlays and Expenditure 251 TPP I 20—Point Programme—Outlays and Expenditure 267 TPP 2 20—Point Programme—Physical Targets and Achievements 269 DPI District Plans 274 SCP 1 Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes—Outlays 278 TSP I Tribal Sub Plan—Outlays and Expenditure 280 SCP 2 Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes—Targets 282 TSP 2 Tribal Sub Plan—Targets and Achievements 283 EMP I Employment Statement—Employment Content of Sectoral Programmes—Outlays and Expenditure 284 EMP 2 Employment Statement—Employment Content of Sectoral Programmes—Targets and Achievements 286 PABT I INTRODUCTION The fiive year approved outlay of the State’s result an a larger plan expenditure. TO’ keep up Seventh Plan is Rs. 2100 crores. During 1985-86, the tempo of investment next year, a plan outlay the State implemented a Plan of Rs. 408 crores of Rs. 526 crores is proposed. The salient fea­ and in 1986-87 Rs. 428 crores. For 1987-88 tures of the sectoral programmes proposed in the agairist an approved outlay of Rs. 440 crores, the A nnual Plan 1988-89 are given bellow: State Government’s budget estimate is Rs. 472 crores. The likely expendittxre may be even a Agriculture and Allied Sectors little higher. An outlay of Rs. 25.70 crores is proposed for outlay of Rs. 526.31 crores has been pro­ Crop Husbandry diuring 1988-89 compared to posed for the Annual Plan 1988-89. While Rs. 21.20 crores in the current year. The World formulating the proposals for the different Bank assisted Kerala Agricultural Extension Pro­ sector's, the following aspects have been kept in ject (KAEP), the Special Agri<cultural Develop­ view. ment Unit (SADU) and the Multi-State Cashew (i) Commitments on externally aided schemes, Project have all completed their terms- During State’s share of Centrally Sponsored the current year, under a reorganisation pro­ Schemes and ins>titutionaUy financed gramme of the Department of Agriculture, 1048 schemes are adequately provdded for. Agricultural Development Units, one each for a PanchayatlMmiicipality|Corporation were set up. (ii) The outlays required for completing the The staff working in the above mentioned ter­ ongoing works programmes which have a minated projects were deployed in the new Agri­ reasonable prospect of being completed cultural Development Units. The main functions during the plan period have been fully envisaged for the Development Units are: Pre­ provided for. paration of a resource inventory at the Panchayat level, identification of development potential, for­ (iii) In order to achieve the State Government’s mulation of projects, assisting the cultivators for goal of more employment creation, larger obtaining institutional finance, ensure availability outlays have been set apart for employ­ of agricultural inputs etc, A massive programme ment generation programmes such as mas­ to promote vegetable cultivation will be lunched sive vegetable cultivation at the Panchayat next year through the Agricultui-al Develop­ level, coconut development programme of ment Units. The most important component of the Kera Karshaka Sahakarana Federa­ this scheme is the development of minor irriga­ tion with external assistance, Khadi, tion facilities. Village and Small Scale Tndustrdes etc. Other important schemes include fertildzer Consequent on the severe and extended subsidy at the rate of Rs. 100 per hectare to rice drought conditions, the economy of Kerala has farmers cultivating less than one hectare, produc­ Ibeen adversely affected. The failure of the tion and distribution of quality coconut seedlings North-east monsoon of 1986 led toi the severe and development of spices. An outlay of Rs. 100 drought condition in the first half of this year. lakhs Qs proposed, towards the share capital of This year the South-west monsoon which normally the Kera Karashaka Sahakarana Federation for relieves the State from the dry spell was also taking up a comprehensive coconut development unfavourable. This year’s drought situation and marketing scheme imder a project costing which is more serious than the one in 1983 has Rs. 82 crores, to be funded jointly by the State paralysed the industrial and agricultural sectors. Government, NCDC and European Economic An agriculture based on heavy rain fall (in Community (EEC). t.he form of crops like coconut, pepper', cardamom, rubber, coffee, tea etc.), and industry based The outlay for soil and water conservation on hydel power in an area with the highest proposed for 1988-89 is Rs. 162.5 lakhs for various density of population have been more adver- activities like Soil Conservation, Soil Survey and s.ely affected.The sole dependence on hydel Land Use Planning. Soil Conservation is one area power has caused the State dearly. The which offers considerable scope for utilisation of State Government has been compelled to impose institutional finance, provided the programmes are sievere power cut which has cascading effect on properly oriented. the industrial sector with falling production, resultant unemploj^ment and loss in revenue. In regard to Animal Husbandry, considerable Therefore to rejuvenate the economy, invest­ progress has been achieved in the field of cattle ments of a heavy order are called for in many of breeding for which the State has the best deve­ t he ccmmodity producing sectors. Efforts made loped infrastructure in the whole country. Con­ iKi this direction during the current year may sidering the potentdal of this sector to provide 37|4480|MC. employment opportiuii>ties aaid also to contribute F or Command A rea Development a provisiio^n to higher GDP, the outlay for this sector has been of Rs. 5 crores has been made in the State sector increased to a certann extent. The veterinary as against Rs. 4 crores during the current year. service facilities will be improved including This would attract central funds to the same the introduction of a new facility for Veterinary extent. aid at the farmers’ premises. Energy The major thrust areas of the Fisheries sector are Integrated Fisheries Development As far as power generation is concerned, Project implemented by Mastsyafed and assisted there has been a very big deterioration this year by the National Co-operative Development Cor­ compared to the previous year owing to the poration (NCDC), re-organisation of the Fisher­ failure of the monsoons. The water level dn the men’s Co-operatives, Subsidised Housing Scheme reservoirs has fallen to alarming proportions this and Vizhinjam Rehabilitation Scheme with assist­ year. Cons.idering the frequent failure of mon­ ance from HUDCO and National Fishermen soons the State will have to go in for alternative Welfare Fund etc. Individual and Co-operative sources of power generation. Setting up of efforts are also to be promoted for development a Thermal Plant is under the active considera­ of brackish water fisheries.