11th
Five Year Plan 2007-12
(ANNUAL PLAN 2008-09)
A. Community Development:
11th 5-Year Plan 2007-12
Rs.924.00 lacs
Annual Plan 2008-09 Rs.502.00 lacs
Rural area of Chandigarh comprised of 18
villages, out of which 5 have been notified for inclusion in the area of
Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh thus leaving only 13 villages in the rural
area. In the past, lot of development has taken place in the villages
including street paving, provision of piped drinking water supply,
electricity, street lighting, sewerage system etc.
Development is a
continuing process and it changes its facet with passage of time. New ideas
with regard to development process always keep pouring and the need of modern
civics amenities are felt and raised by the villagers from time to time.
Chandigarh is an
expanding and development City.
The remaining 13 villages are within the radius of 8 KM from the main City and
all these villages are likely to become a part of the MCC in the near future.
Keeping in view the future needs for urbanization of the villages and also the
other matters, regarding training to PRIs representatives and women
empowerment etc. an outlay of Rs.924.00 lacs has been approved for 11th
Plan period 2007-12. An outlay of Rs.348.57 lacs have been utilized during
2007-08, and Rs.502.00 lacs approved during the year 2008-09 for implementing
the following schemes:-
CD1 Strengthening of Infrastructure
11th 5-Year Plan 2007-12
Rs.914.00 lacs
Annual Plan 2008-09 Rs.500.00 lacs
The major work to be
undertaken in this scheme includes strengthening of infrastructure. This
includes programmes like concretization of the village streets. It helps in
providing better durability of streets and better drainage. Till now, this
has been completed in one village and the remaining villages are still to be
covered. Besides this, sanitation and cleanliness in the villages require
extra attention for which infrastructure regarding it has to be
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strengthened. Further there is also need of
strengthening of water supply and sewerage system in the villages.
This scheme also
involves installation of solar street lighting as a tool for providing
renewable energy resource. Till now, these lights have been installed in two
villages and rest of the villages need to be covered.
There is substantial proportion of population
and areas in certain villages which have not been provided with basic
amenities like piped drinking water supply, sewerage system, storm water
drainage, concretization of streets, street lighting etc. This section of
population need to be covered for which provision has been made in the Plan
Scheme.
Chandigarh is a beautiful City which attracts
large number of tourists from other parts of the Country and also from
abroad. With a view to attract more and more tourists, the Chandigarh
Administration is going to develop 3-4 villages as Rural Tourist Destinations,
where the infrastructure and amenities for rendering services to the tourists
will be created. This will also lead to socio-economic development of the
concerned villages. The amenities like eating joints, welcome entry gates,
suitable houses for providing experience of dairy farming, traditional Dhabas,
health resorts etc. will be created. The expenditure on such infrastructure
will be met under this scheme.
The Govt. of India has chalked out a strategy
for developing Rural Business Hubs in the villages involving Agro-processing,
Handicrafts and Handlooms etc. As far as U.T., Chandigarh is concerned, the
dairy and dairy products, pottery, carpet making etc. have good scope in the
rural area of Chandigarh. These can be promoted by establishing rural
business hubs and accordingly, the provision has been made in the Plan Scheme.
This scheme involves all-round development of the villages. For the 11th
Five Year Plan 2007-12, an outlay of Rs.914.00 lacs has been approved under
this Plan Scheme, an amount of Rs.346.57 lacs has been utilized during the
last Annual Plan 2007-08. During the current year, an amount of Rs.500.00
lacs is approved for Annual Plan 2008-09 under this scheme which will be
utilized in full.
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CD.2. Empowerment of Women:
11th 5-Year Plan
2007-12 Rs.1.00 lacs
Annual Plan 2008-09 Rs.1.00
lacs
The objective of the scheme is to bring
awareness amongst the women folk about the family health, child care,
nutrition including nutritive cooking for balanced diet for the family,
domestic cleanliness, environmental sanitation, avoiding wasteful expenditure
on rituals, importance of education for children between the age group of 6 to
11 years, small savings etc. The women folk is also required to be trained in
the matters like day-care services, raising and preserving vegetables and
fruits, tailoring and knitting, soap making, candle making, mat and basket
making, embroidery etc. which are conducive to adding to the family income of
the rural households, thus making the role of women a vital one in life.
I) The scheme will be
implemented in two phases. The rural women/girls will be trained in matters
like family health, child care, nutrition, domestic and environmental
sanitation, small saving etc. at the Home Science College, Chandigarh for a
period of 5 days on annual basis and during the training period the trainees
will be given stipend and food charges as under:-
1.Stipend per trainee per day
Rs.100/-
2.Food charges per
trainee per day Rs. 60/-
Total=
Rs.160/-
II
In order to equip the rural women to
undertake income generating activities like day care services, raising and
preserving vegetables and fruits, tailoring knitting, embroidery soap making,
mat and basket making, candle making etc. financial support will be given to
Mahila Mandals. These have been established in the villages and registered
under the Societies Registration Act.
An overall outlay of
Rs.5.00 lacs is proposed for 11th Five Year Plan 2007-12 and
Rs.1.00 lacs was approved during the last year Annual Plan 2007-08 for
imparting training to 62 women and Financial support to 03 Mahila Mandals
under this scheme. During the current year 2008-09, an amount of Rs.1.00
lac is approved under this scheme, which will be utilized in full.
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CD.3
Association and involvement of PRIs
representatives in Development
Process.
11th 5-Year Plan 2007-12
Rs.500 lacs
Annual Plan 2008-09 Rs.1.00
lacs
Under this scheme,
training is proposed to be imparted to the elected representatives of the
Panchayati Raj Institutions in collaboration with the Mahatma Gandhi Institute
of Public Administration, CRRID and other reputed institutions of other States
including NIRD Hyderabad etc. so that they can participate and play good role
in the process of development of the rural area and upliftment of the
economic status of the villagers. Under this scheme, an outlay of Rs.5.00
lacs has been approved for 11th five year Plan. An outlay of
Rs.1.00 lacs has been approved during the last year Plan2007-08 by which 30
members of PRIs was got trained in NIRD, Hydrabad. During the Annual Plan
2008-09, an amount of Rs.1.00 lacs is approved for this scheme, which will be
utilized in full.
During the current year 2008-09, an amount of Rs.50.00
lacs has been provided by the Finance Department for the maintenance and upkeep
of the assets created in the rural area. These assets include street lights,
lavatory blocks, sewerage system, storm water drainage, activity centres,
dharamshalas, streets, drains etc. These funds have been placed at the disposal
of Zila Parishad, Chandigarh for utilization tentatively as under:-
