Supaul Bihar Annual District Plan 2011-12 - nrcddp

DISTRICT PLANNING
DISTRICT PLANNING PROCESS:
To understand the key issues of the district, constraints associated in the way of greater output realisation and
to capture the plan requirements, a consultative meeting was organised at district level involving government officials
from different departments, Supaul Comprehensive District Plan, 201011, District Administration, Supaul. Abrief
presentation was made before the members in the context of the district planning, key information requirements for
planning and overall strategy to be adopted in the process. Members discussed on the present district situation
from different development context. Various issues of the district were discussed and presented by members
during the open house session. Their suggestions were taken in to consideration and incorporated in the overall
design for preparing the district plan. The draft district plan presented and discussed at length in the District
Planning Committee and finally ratified by the same to get it submitted at state.
DISTRICT CONSULTATION WORKSHOP :
To understand the key issues of the district, constraints associated in the way of greater output realization and
to capture the plan requirements, a consultative meeting was organized at district level involving government officials
from different departments and DPC members etc. Abrief presentation was made before the members in the
context of the district planning, key information requirements for planning and overall strategy to be adopted in the
process. Members discussed on the present district situation from different development context. Various issues of
the district were discussed and presented by members during the open house session. Their suggestions were
taken into consideration and incorporated in the overall design for preparing the district plan.
TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES :
To capture relevant information from departments, structured formats were developed with reference to the
district planning manual and planning guideline of Planning and Development Department, Government of Bihar.
A total of 33 formats by department / sector / sub sector were designed for information collection and plan
facilitation. Each sector / area format has five major sections i.e.
1. Present district situation / status by sector / department [indicator based]
2. Present Vs Expected status by the end of the plan period
3. Key issues of District by sector / sub sector
4. Planning by identified issues and its phasing by plan period.
5. Financial requirement by sector / sub sector to deal with the issue
COLLECTION OF BASIC DATA FOR PLANNING :
Required data were gathered from respective government departments in the specified formats through
consultation. The methodology adopted for data collection was like meeting with government officials / line
department personnel, verification of existing records at different forums like ZP etc. Apart from this, available
secondary literatures were reviewed for making the plan a realistic and comprehensive. Different previous research
studies were referred to for the analysis of development trend, initiated measures and persisting gaps with regard to
district development.