States to be judged on 13 parameters now
The Centre may initiate a carrot-and-stick policy to ensure efficient and timely implementation of development projects at the state level.
By Subhash Narayan, TNN |
NEW DELHI: The Centre may initiate a carrot-and-stick policy to ensure efficient and timely implementation of development projects at the state level.
The states would be judged on the basis of 13 identified monitorable development targets. These targets would be key to timely release of Centre’s budgetary allocation to the states. The proposal has been included in the draft Eleventh Plan that is likely to be approved by full Planning Commission meeting on Thursday.
“While Centre’s performance has been judged on the basis of identified targets, states’ achievement would, for the first time, come under scrutiny if the Plan is adopted by the National Development Council (NDC).
The aim is to ensure efficient and timely implementation of development projects and programmes, both at the Centre and State levels. The move would also address the issue of regional and sub-regional inequalities,” an official said. While the aim is not to put any additional burden on the states, the Centre could intervene if states fare badly on any of the monitorable targets.
With plan funds being released to states on a quaterly basis, shortfall on targets could delay the process.
The Eleventh Plan draft has identified 27 targets at the national level, including issues pertaining to income and poverty, education health, women and children, infrastructure and environment.
Planning Commission has identified appropriate policies and programmes both at the Centre and the state levels to ensure realisation of these targets during Eleventh Plan. The state-specific targets have emerged after extensive discussions with the states while finalising the Plan document. For the first time, Planning Commission had conducted a regional-level consultations with states while finalising he approach to the Plan.
The move aims to prevent the Eleventh Plan from faltering from its desired goals and help the Centre to achieve the objectives contained in the National Common Minimum Programme. “The idea of the new exercise is to make the government aware of what is happening at the national level and provide realtime interventions rather than waiting for for the next plan,” the source said.
The states would be judged on the basis of 13 identified monitorable development targets. These targets would be key to timely release of Centre’s budgetary allocation to the states. The proposal has been included in the draft Eleventh Plan that is likely to be approved by full Planning Commission meeting on Thursday.
“While Centre’s performance has been judged on the basis of identified targets, states’ achievement would, for the first time, come under scrutiny if the Plan is adopted by the National Development Council (NDC).
The aim is to ensure efficient and timely implementation of development projects and programmes, both at the Centre and State levels. The move would also address the issue of regional and sub-regional inequalities,” an official said. While the aim is not to put any additional burden on the states, the Centre could intervene if states fare badly on any of the monitorable targets.
With plan funds being released to states on a quaterly basis, shortfall on targets could delay the process.
The Eleventh Plan draft has identified 27 targets at the national level, including issues pertaining to income and poverty, education health, women and children, infrastructure and environment.
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The plan has been formulated in a manner whereby 13 of the 27 monitorable targets have been disaggregated into appropriate targets for individual states. These include GDP growth rate, agricultural growth rate, new work opportunities, poverty ratio, drop out rate in elementary schools, literacy rate, gender gap in literacy rate, infant mortality ratio, maternal mortality rate, total fertility rate, child malnutrition, anaemia among women and girls and sex ratio.Planning Commission has identified appropriate policies and programmes both at the Centre and the state levels to ensure realisation of these targets during Eleventh Plan. The state-specific targets have emerged after extensive discussions with the states while finalising the Plan document. For the first time, Planning Commission had conducted a regional-level consultations with states while finalising he approach to the Plan.
The move aims to prevent the Eleventh Plan from faltering from its desired goals and help the Centre to achieve the objectives contained in the National Common Minimum Programme. “The idea of the new exercise is to make the government aware of what is happening at the national level and provide realtime interventions rather than waiting for for the next plan,” the source said.
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