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economic empowerment. They also have the best record in repaying
bank loans.
Building on the experience so far, our Government will prepare an
action plan to promote SHGs as a people's movement for participatory
economic development. Innovative partnerships between SHGs, NGOs,
banks, and markets will created. The private sector will be involved in a
big way. Special incentives will be provided for women's SHGs to be
formed in every neighborhood. This is possible in a wide variety of
occupations such as SHGs of handloom weavers that enable them to
access yarn, improve designs, and bypass market intermediaries to get
better value for their products; or women's marketing co-operatives in
vegetables, fish and other agro-products. Northern States, and in other
areas where SHGs are still weak and fewer in number, will be specially
targeted.
We will give a formal, legal framework to SHGs. A suitable law,
enabling micro-credit operations and nurturing them to be scaled up,
will be enacted.
Tourism
An action plan will be prepared within the first six months for
developing India as a major tourism destination in the world.
One of its important milestones would be to increase foreign tourist
arrivals from 30 lakh now to 1 crore by 2009, and 2 crore tourists by
2015. Its other features would be:
1) A strategic marketing plan (such as the "Incredible India!"
campaign) with adequate funding will be implemented to achieve a
strong India tourism brand.
2) Higher earnings from tourism from US $ 3 billion at present to US $
10 billion by 2009.
3) Creation of 1 crore additional employment by 2009, and 2.5
crore by 2015, based on the multiplier effect of tourism on various
economic activities.
4) Establishment of five world-class Indian Institutes of Travel and
Tourism on the lines of IIMs, with private investment.
5) Visa on arrival; common tourist visa for SAARC countries; simplify
visa requirements; reduce visa fees and grant visas within 24 hours.
6) Integrated development of India's 6,000 km-long coastline through
cruise and beach tourism.
7) The Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) provisions will be relaxed for
tourism and critical urban development projects.
8) Rationalization and simplification of taxes; Tax holidays on large
capital investments in tourism.
9) Creation of at least two world-class theme parks based on
India's civilizational and spiritual heritage.
10) The North-East will be promoted in a special way to create new
tourism destinations for foreign tourists.
Domestic Tourism
A similar focused approach will be adopted for promoting domestic
tourism. Every district will be encouraged to prepare a District
Tourism Development Plan, harnessing its own unique attractions,
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