District Plan

District Planning in Kerala:
Mechanism for Bottom-up Planning
Dr.J.B.Rajan
Assistant Professor
Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA)
M.G.Kavu-PO, Thrissur-680581
Ph: 0487-2201768;
email: [email protected]
District Plan has long history
National
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I FYP
DDC in II FYP
I ARC
PC’s Guideline in 1969
V FYP
Prof.Dantwala Committee in 1978
District Credit Plan by RBI in 1983
Dr.Hanumanta Rao Committee on
Dist Plan in 1984
District Plans of mid 80’s
BRGF and Dist Planning
Manual for Integrated Dist Planning
MoPR’s intervention
Kerala
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I FYP – Athiyannoor Block Plan
Early 80’s – Kollam Dist Plan
Mid 80’s – Kannur Dist Plan
1989 – DDC led Dist Plan
2000 – Experience of People’s
Plan
• 2003 – DDP – LDP of Kollam
• 11th FYP – District Human
Development Reports
• 12th FYP – re-visiting
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CAA
• Local Plans [Art. 243 G]
• District Plans [Art. 243 ZD (1)]
Why District Plan?
Macro
Messo
Micro
Local
Central
State
District
Local
District Plan: as per 74th CAA
Democratic Participatory District Plan:
Constitutional
Plan Document
Mechanism
Draft District Plan
District Planning
Committee (DPC)
Kerala Context
• Kerala Municipality Act, 1994: Section 53
• Planning & Economic Affairs Dept.
Guideline, 1999
• District Plans in 2000
• Town & Country Planning Dept: IDDP in
Quilon Dist.; then to 5 Districts
Decentralisation in Kerala
Launched as Peoples’ Plan Campaign
• Local Planning:
– Kerala Model of Decentralisation
• District Planning:
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– Guideline, Tools, Mechanism
District Plan:
After 74th CAA
• V.Ramachandren Committee
(2005)
• Guidelines by Planning
Commission (2005)
• Manual by Planning Commission
(2008)
Spirit of PC’s District Plan:
Democratic-Participatory
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Avoid duplications
Fill the gaps
Integration possibilities
Process
• Democratic-Participatory
• Top-down & Bottom-up
• Iterative process at different levels
Kerala’s Attempt
• 11th FYP
– Aborted attempt for DP due to various
reasons
– DHDR – 4 districts
• 12th FYP
– Guidelines for Bottom-up Participatory
Planning
• Local Planning
• District Planning
12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017)
Guidelines for Bottom-up, Participatory
Planning
• Local Planning
– 4 Guidelines prepared by KILA
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Plan
Subsidy
Project Forms and Codes
Project Vetting
– Online: Sulekha Software by IKM
• District Planning
– Draft Guidelines prepared by KILA in
concurrence with SPB
Approach of Local Planning:
• Comprehensive Development through
Participatory Planning
• How comprehensive?
– Beyond ‘Ward’; Plan for the Local
Government
– Beyond ‘Year’; Plan for Five Years with
Annual Plan on Rolling Plan basis
• How Participatory?
– Through democratic, but scientific process
Projectisation
DPC
Working
Groups:
12+1
Final DR & PD
Developme
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Draft DR & PD
Local
Planning
SubCommittee
Grama
Sabha
Status Reports
Stakeholder
Consultatio
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Suggestions
Need Specific Suggestions
Strengthening Grama Sabha in Planning
• ‘Ayal Sabha’; based on NHGs
• Special Sabhas:
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Oorukoottom for Tribals
Matsya Sabha for Fisherpeople
Bala Sabha for Children
Vayojana Sabha for Aged
Bhinnasheshi Sabha for Differently Abled
Vanitha Sabha for Women
• Grama Kendra
Projects in Finger Tips
• Uniform templates for projects
• Online using ‘Sulekha’ Software by IKM
– Entry
– Vetting
– monitoring
Supportive Mechanism
• Capacity Building
– Massive coverage ERs and Officials within
short duration
• Help Desk
– At KILA
– At IKM
• Concurrent Monitoring & Policy
Intervention by Coordination Committee
on Decentralization
District Planning
• Draft Guideline prepared by KILA in
concurrence with SPB
• Simplified version of Planning
Commission’s Manual; in Kerala context
Formulation Phases
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
District
Development
Perspective
Local Plans
Draft
District Plan
Local
DPC
Governments/
Depts/Missions
DPC.
Phase 1: District Development Perspective
1. Preparatory
2. Status Analysis
3.Perspective (Draft)
4.Perspective (Draft) – Dissemination
5. Perspective – Consolidation
6. Perspective (Final) – Approval
Perspective – Formulation Process
Status Analysis
Finalisation
Draft Perspective
District
Consolidation
Block
Consolidation
Village
Phase 2: Local Planning
• Plans of Local Governments
– 4 Guidelines
– Sulekha Software
• Plans of Departments/Missions
– Vertical to Horizontal
Phase 3: Draft District Plan
Content
Part I:
District Development Perspective
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Status Analysis
Chapter 3: Perspectives
Part II: District Consolidated Plans
Chapter 4: Consolidated Plans of Local
Governments
Chapter 5: Consolidated Plans of
Departments/MissionsGovernments
Part III:
Plans Suggestions to State
Mechanism for District Planning
• State Level
– State Monitoring Committee (SMC); chaired
by VC-SPB
• District Level
– District Planning Committee; chaired by DP
Chairperson
– District Coordination Committee; chaired
by Dist Collector
– District Task Forces; DP Members
• 5 sectors; 24 sub-sectors
District Planning Committee: Mechanism
District Planning Committee
DPC Secretariat
Member Secretary: District Collector
DPO
DSO
District Coordination Committee
District Task Forces
DPO
District Plan for Inclusive Development
• District Plan for Special Categories
• Joint initiative of KILA and Wynad
District Panchayat
• Wynad District Perspective Plan
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SC
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Differently Abled
Aged
Women
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