Comprehensive District Annual Plan 2011-12 Balasore District

Comprehensive District Annual Plan 2011-12 Balasore District
• Training, awareness camp, exposure visit & skill up gradation. – Scientific training for
skill up gradation of farmers, exposure visit for progressive farmers, entrepreneurs and
interested educated youths will be arranged.
• Uninterrupted power supply to Ice plants, aquaculture farms.
• Credit requirement – Bankers come forward in financing Pisciculture loan since huge
investment is required for excavation & inputs. Subsidy requirement – Subsidy should
be given immediately on completion of project.
• Extension services are strengthened.
• Provision for insurance for inland aquaculture.
• The district has large number of derelict and semi derelict G.P. tanks. The long term
lease allocation policy is simplified to enable suitable entrepreneurs to take up
Pisciculture in these ponds. SHGs are given preference for leasing/allocation.
• Improved methods of integrated fish farming under intensive/semi intensive
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Pisciculture is popularized. Innovative schemes of poly culture & pearl culture are
taken up experimentally.
Fresh water prawn as monoculture is popularized for which MPEDA support is
available.
• Dry fish units with infrastructure for procurement, packaging, drying platform and
godowns are setup in coastal blocks.
• Renovation of private farm ponds and Panchayat tanks are taken up, with bank finance
for Pisciculture.
• Fish Cooperatives are organized and defunct societies revived.
• Integrated fishery with horticulture, poultry, duckery may be popularized by developing
suitable demonstration model. Paddy cum Pisciculture model is encouraged.
• Ice plants, hatchery, dry fish packaging and processing units are developed in private
sector with banks financial support.
• Infrastructure like fishing harbour, approach road is developed with RIDF support.
Industry:
• Clusters on different sectors like rice mills, agro based industries, ice plants, marine
based industries, automobile spares, auto servicing, I.T. services, etc. have been set up
and maintained at specific places.
• Food processing industrial clusters utilizing agriculture, horticulture & marine
resources are set up in potential areas of the district.
• The entrepreneurs are guided to establish enterprises under subsidy linked schemes
like REGP and SIDBI schemes.
• Promotion of 2000 new enterprises in the district by the end of the year 2020.
• Promotion of 200 Self-Help-Groups under the schemes of SIDBI by the year 2020 in the
areas of wood carving, bamboo craft, appliqué, terracotta, jute and paddy craft.
• Under the self-employment programme, employment opportunity to 10000 educated
unemployed youth in the business sector is available by the year 2020.
• The existing handicraft cooperative societies and industrial co-op. societies are
revived/revamped.
• Industrial estates are developed properly with infrastructure facilities and power
supply. Entrepreneurs are also encouraged to set up units in the industrial growth
centre constructed by IDCO.
• Strategy plan for development of rural industries may be prepared by DIC with available
potential/natural endowment in each block. Cluster development may be taken up in
respective areas for group of artisans/craftsman. Suitable craftsmen, artisans may be
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