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Manual for Integrated District Planning most obvious requirement, others that are less obvious are equally important, such as undertaking an environmental impact assessment. The District Planning Committee should proactively develop a pool of experts in partnership with institutions that can assist local governments and line departments in addressing these aspects of planning. 3.8 The economic development aspects of planning require a high degree of coordination between local governments and the District Planning Committee can help a great deal by acting as the platform for coordination. Such aspects would include planning for improved livelihood opportunities and focusing upon pockets of dire poverty or inequity within the district. Examples would include dealing with communities where women’s status has been traditionally low and addressing the needs of primitive tribes, migrant tribes, bonded labour, etc. Expansion of employment opportunities and skill development calls for the services of dedicated professionals having expertise in this area, who are not only able to address these special needs in a concrete manner, but are able to constantly ensure that these requirements are not lost sight of during the planning stage and while implementing the plans. 3.9 As a matter of policy, the district planning set-up in each district should be equipped with its own technically qualified and skilled personnel to meet the functional requirements referred above. While some core staff could be on full time assignment with the District Planning Committees, some of them may be posted on deputation from state government, academic world or professional bodies or engaged on a contract basis. Certain services may also be outsourced to professional institutions. The actual requirement of full time professionals will depend on the methodology for plan preparation adopted by local governments, the process of consolidation, district size and the nature of problems it faces. Experience indicates that there is a shortage of expertise even in the market and outsourcing professional services, particularly in spatial planning, is often not possible. In such circumstances, it is best to give the District Planning Committee the liberty to choose its core group of full time professionals covering a suggested range of expertise. At the state level, in the planning department or the State Planning Boards, there would be a need to maintain a panel of professionals who are available both as resource persons and for special consultancies in respect of specific problems experienced by the District Planning Committees. 3.10 Constitution of District Planning Committee Secretariat 3.10.1 The core of the District Planning Committee Secretariat can be quickly created by merging the following district offices into the District Planning Unit (DPU). (a) Department of Planning and Economic Affairs, staffed by the District Planning Officer with planning assistants. (b) Department of Economics and Statistics, staffed by the District Statistics Officer and statistical assistants. (c) Department of Town and Country Planning, staffed by the Town and Country Planning Officer and town planners. 26
Manual for Integrated District Planning 3.10.2 In addition, the district unit of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) headed by the District Informatics Officer should also become part of the District Planning Unit and the DISNIC programme taken up in all districts under the District Planning Committee. The Natural Resources Data Management Support Unit established by the Department of Science and Technology in some districts may also be made a part of the District Planning Unit. 3.10.3 Experts in the areas of social development, livelihoods, environment and resource management can be hired to support the planning and monitoring process in the district. Even if fully qualified persons are not available to begin with, those with relevant educational qualification can be hired and encouraged to improve their knowledge and skills through add-on courses and on-the-job experience. 3.10.4 The District Planning Committee may set up technical support groups in the lead sectors identified for the district to assist in developing a vision for the sector plan, identify technical inputs required and areas of research. These groups may comprise sectoral line department heads, experts from reputed technical institutions, universities or NGOs with expertise in the area etc. The TSG can assist in developing a vision for the sector plan and identify technical inputs required and areas of research. 3.10.5 The District Planning Committee can seek the assistance of technical support institutions (TSIs) until fully equipped to perform its task. It can decide on the scope of the work to be assigned to the TSI (See Box 9 for a model developed by PRIA, for this purpose). Box 9: Professional support for District Planning Committees through Technical Support Institutions, persons or groups A District Planning Committee should have the flexibility to hire the services of technical support institutions, resource persons or groups to help it facilitate the envisioning and bottom-up planning process in local governments. The role and responsibilities of the Technical Support Institutions (TSIs) should be determined by the District Planning Committee and monitored by the local government concerned. Similar support can be secured by local governments, either independently, or from an empanelled list made available by the District Planning Committee. Separate TSG/Institutions comprising sectoral experts can be constituted at the Intermediate Panchayat level to provide guidance to elected representatives as well as to other groups that assist Village Panchayats and municipalities. The District Planning Committee TSG should coordinate with TSGs of local bodies for smooth facilitation of planning at various levels and also for integration of plans from different levels. The District Planning Committee TSG should provide regular feedback on progress of planning process and also implementation of the plan, once approved by the District Planning Committee. 27
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