India 2018

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collection, processing and publication/dissemination of results/data based on
its surveys, under overall guidance and supervision of National Statistical
Commission (NSC) which appoints Working Groups/Technical Committees
comprising both official and non-official members on different subjects for
finalization of survey instruments for its surveys and methodologies for the
same.
Twenty Point Programme
The Twenty Point Programme (TPP) initiated in 1975 was restructured in the
years 1982, 1986 and 2006. The thrust of the Programme restructured in 2006 is
to eradicate poverty and improve the quality of life of the poor and the underprivileged
people all over the country. It covers various socio-economic aspects
like poverty, employment, education, housing, agriculture, drinking water,
afforestation and environment protection, energy to rural areas, welfare of
weaker sections of the society, etc. The restructured programme is called Twenty
Point Programme (TPP)-2006 and its monitoring mechanism became operational
from 2007.
TPP-2006 has now completed nine years of its Operationalisation. It
originally contained 20 points and 66 items monitored individually by different
central nodal ministries concerned. One of the 66 items viz. "Sampoorna
Grameen Rojgar Yojana (SGRY)" has since been subsumed into another item
namely "National Rural Employment Guarantee Act" from 2008 and has been
renamed as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Act since
2009. Out of the remaining 65 items, 19 items are now being monitored on
quarterly basis.
Monitoring Mechanism
The primary responsibility of implementation and monitoring of the programme
lies with the agencies entrusted with the execution of the programme, which in
this case are the state governments/UTs administrations and the central nodal
ministries. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation monitors
the programmes/schemes covered under TPP-2006 on the basis of performance
reports received from state/UT governments and central nodal ministries. The
Ministry has developed a web based Management Information System to
expeditiously collect information from the state governments and the central
nodal ministries.
Infrastructure and Project Monitoring
The Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD) monitors the
implementation status of central sector infrastructure projects costing more than
` 150 crore and above taken up by the respective ministry/department and
their Central Sector Public Enterprises (CPSEs) in 16 infrastructure sectors.
Successful Implementation of various projects and schemes constitutes the most
significant conditions for development. Effective coordination judiciously
matched with regular monitoring becomes an important element in ensuring