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Manual for Integrated District Planning
3.3.4 Examining resources for potential lead sector: Availability of resources can
guide lead sector selection (See examples in Box 11).
Box 11: Examples of how availability of resources can guide lead sector selection
S.
No.
Resource Unit Expected use/
purpose
1. Fallow
land
2. Water
bodies
3. Skilled
artisans
Hectares
Number
of water
bodies
larger
than 5
hectare
area
Total
number
of
artisans
Cultivation
of bamboo
for paper
production
Development
of inland
fisheries
Development
of export
oriented craft
centres
Expected
requirement
10,000
Hectares
As many water
bodies as
available
Likely
availability
3000 Hectares
of contiguous
stretch, the
rest in smaller
pieces
300 artisans 200 artisans on
full time basis,
the rest as and
when available
Comment on
potential to develop
as lead sector
Good potential as
private investors are
ready to set up paper
mills
300 Good potential if
transport and cold
storage facilities are
created
Good potential if tie
up with an export
marketing agency is
worked out
3.4 Focus on sustainability in the vision: While envisioning, the focus should be on
sustainability of the planned development. This would mean that aspects that are
related to sustainability will need to be considered separately and addressed. Some
of the important aspects that need to be part of the envisioning process are:
(a) Preparing a vision plan for disaster management, which would include planning for
early detection, preventive measures, drills for improving the state of preparedness,
identifying of relocation sites and planning for improved communication
(b) Sustainable use of natural resources, particularly of water sources, forest wealth,
soil conservation, biodiversity etc.
(c) Sustainability of initiatives on improving livelihood opportunities, which include
concentrating on the employment perspective. This would particularly include
linking the perspective plan with the labour budget prepared under the provisions
of the NREG Act and the budget available under JNNURM as well as other
schemes for provision of municipal services in urban areas.
3.5 Sequencing of stock-taking, visioning and preparation of five year
perspective plan
3.5.1 A planning workflow for stock-taking, visioning and perspective plan preparation,
which incorporates the back and forth approach of considering the stock-taking
document, arriving at a preliminary vision, seeking a consensus on it and then finalising
it, is described in Box 12.
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