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OVERVIEW MAJOR SECTORS
REVIEW OF SECTOR-WISE
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE THRUST AREAS
PROJECTED SCHEME OF FINANCING
SECTOR-WISE PROPOSED OUTLAY
PROPOSED OUTLAY, 2006-07
DRAFT ANNUAL PLAN, 2006-07.
INTRODUCTION.
The Annual Plan,
2006-07 being the terminal year of the 10th
Five Year Plan, the State has critically evaluated
the performances of the various Departments during
the last four years of the 10th Five
Year Plan in the light of the Approach, Objectives
and Strategies enunciated in the Approach Paper to
the 10th Five Year Plan. A review of
the implementation of development programmes
during the first four Annual Plans of the 10th
Five Year Plan reveals an overall satisfactory
realization of physical and financial targets in
many of the primary, core and critical areas of
development. Most notable achievements during the
10th Plan is the successful
implementation of Communitisation of Public
Institutions and Services in the sectors of
Elementary Education, Primary Health, Rural
Electrification and Rural Water supply and
Sanitation. The successes of the implementation of
communitisation of these sectors has made a
positive impact in the minds of the rural people
and on the development perspectives of the State
as through such communitisation the rural populace
have been given the opportunity to directly
participate in the development processes of the
State. The Communitisation of Public Institutions
and Services initiated by Nagaland has attracted a
lot of enquires from other States and the
external/impact study of the programme under the
aegis of UNDP has drawn very commendable
conclusions.
The State continues
its efforts to bridge the gap between less
developed and developed Districts by providing
substantial funds to the less developed districts
for infrastructure development and assets creation
through the Department of Under Developed
Districts; introduced new schemes to empower women
and youths and also made attempts to address the
problems of unemployment particularly among the
educated youths through its employment generation
schemes and capacity building programmes and by
accessing schemes of NEC and DONER etc .
Under the Policy of
Right Sizing of Government, the State has
implemented Voluntary Retirement Scheme, Non
filling up of vacancies and freezing of non
productive posts. During the first four years of
the 10th Five Year Plan, the State has
also seen completion and commissioning of several
major projects. The achievements, particularly in
the sectors of Agriculture and Allied, Transport
and Communication, Education, Health, Rural
Development, Water Supply etc. are commendable.
The food grains production has been raised from
3,56,300 MT in 2001-02 to 4,05,500 MT in 2004-05
which is expected to touch 4,98,000 MT by the end
of 10th Five Year Plan. The meat
production has reach the level of 63,250 tones
catering to 82.50% of the State’s requirements of
meat.
The State Domestic
Product and Per-Capita income indicated highly
appreciable growth rates during the 1st
four years of the Tenth Plan. The GSDP of the
State at current price has been increased from
Rs.2547.13 crore in 1999-2000 to Rs. 4748.60 crore
in 2002-03. Similarly the Per Capita Income
of the State at current price has increased from
Rs.13,770 during 1999-2000 to Rs.22,096 in
2002-03.
It is also
heartening to note that the contribution of
Agriculture sector, to the Gross State Domestic
Product (GSDP) has increased from 27% during
2001-02 to 34% during 2004-05. It is expected that
by the end of 2006-07 the contribution to GSDP
will touch 30% with the new initiatives such as
declaration of 2006 as “The Year of Farmers”.
Land and agriculture
will continue to be the primary resources of the
State for the sustenance of the people of the
economy for many more years to come as neither
trade nor commerce or industries seem to be in a
position to take off as major economic activities
in the near future. It is therefore, imperative
that the Agri & Allied sector continues to form
the core of the State’s development Plan
activities. Accordingly substantial amount of
funds are required to be pumped into the Agri &
Allied sectors for transformation of the State’s
economy.
The State’s planning
process was affected by the abrupt discontinuation
of PMGY without appropriate and specific schemes
to replace them. The discontinuation of providing
fund of 10% loan components of schemes funded by
NEC, DONER and Central Plans reduced availability
of funds to implement these programmes and is a
problem that needs to be expeditiously addressed
by the Planning Commission and Finance Ministry.
The State Government’s proposal to introduce micro
financing through the schemes of the Village
Development Boards (VDBs) needs to be given the
attention it deserves.
Sectoral review of
performances in the following pages will reflect
the achievements made under the various sectors
during the first four Annual Plans of the 10th
Five Year Plan period.
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DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & CO-ORDINATION NAGALAND