11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012)- Targeting rapid and inclusive growth:
Significant improvement in the standards of living of the people in the State in the recent past is attributable to a number of strategic initiatives put in place by the Government over the years. The strength of the fundamentals of the economy is evident from the remarkable transition to a high growth path during the 10th Five Year Plan period.
Growth is a pre-requisite for development as it provides the basis for expanding incomes and employment necessary for social uplift. With the spirit and objective of ensuring that growth is widely spread so that its benefits are adequately shared by the poor and weaker sections of the society, the Government has geared up for meeting the challenges during the 11th Five Year Plan.
Government of India has focused on rapid and inclusive growth in the 11th Five Year Plan. The main emphasis is on the Social sector and delivery of services therein. Education, in particular, has been accorded utmost priority during the 11th Five Year Plan period.
Mid-Term appraisal of 11th Five Year Plan:
On the back of the impressive record of economic growth coupled with a certain positive upsurge in the living standards of the people as reflected by the growing Per Capita Income, the State along with the Nation has entered the Eleventh Five Year Plan period on an optimistic note. A brief year wise review of the performance of the state during the three year period of the 11th Five Year Plan in respect of the overall economy and sectoral plan performance and the overall consolidated performance of the state during the 3-year period focusing on the achievements under important programmes/ initiatives is discussed.
Performance during 2007-08:
Economic growth
The first year (2007-08) of the 11th Five Year Plan witnessed a healthy momentum in the economy as the State, as per the Provisional estimates and at constant (1999-2000) prices had registered an impressive GSDP growth of 10.75%, ahead of the Nation’s GDP growth of 9.01% for the same period. The three sectors of the State economy, namely, Agriculture, Industries and Services grew most impressively at rates of 16.86%, 10.45% and 8.01% respectively. The respective Sectoral growth rates of the Nation during the same period are 4.86% for Agriculture, 8.10% for Industries and10.85% for Services sector.
The per capita income of Andhra Pradesh at current prices during 2007-08 was Rs. 35,600, while the corresponding figure for All India was Rs. 33,283.
Annual Plan – Sectoral performance:
A portion of the consistent rise in economic growth of the state is attributable to sustained increases in Plan outlays. Broad sectoral break up of outlays and expenditure in each of the 3 years of the 11th Five Year Plan period are given in Annexure 10.1. Highlights of the sectoral performance under the Annual Plan of the State during the 1st year (2007-08) of the 11th Five Year Plan period is discussed below in brief.
During 2007-08, the Planning Commission had approved the Annual Plan out lay for Rs. 30,500 Crores for Andhra Pradesh. The Actual expenditure was Rs. 27,171 crores and this works out to 89.08% of the allocation. It can be seen from the Annexure 10.1 that, Economic Services accounted for 69.71% of the total expenditure, while the Social Services and General Services respectively work out to 30.03% and 0.26%.
Under Economic Services, Irrigation sector with an outlay of Rs. 12,974 crores (42.54% of the total Annual Plan outlay) emerges as the largest stakeholder during Year 2007-08. Transport, Rural Development and Agriculture and allied sectors respectively account for higher allocations under Economic Services category.
Under Social Services category, Housing gets the lion’s share, followed by Welfare of SCs, STs, BCs and Minorities and Urban Development. Housing accounted for over 10% of the total Plan expenditure during 2007-08.
Performance during 2008-09:
Economic growth
In spite of the global financial and economic crisis, the GSDP(Q) of Andhra Pradesh for 2008-09 at constant prices could grow at a modest rate of 5.04% against all India’s Growth of 6.70% during the same period. While the three sectors of the state economy, namely, Agriculture, Industries and Services respectively grew at rates of 1.20%, 0.22% and 9.58%, the respective Sectoral growth rates of All-India during 2008-09 are 1.60% for Agriculture, 3.88% for Industries and 9.67% for Services sector.
The per capita income of Andhra Pradesh at current prices during 2008-09(Q) was Rs. 40,902, while the corresponding All India’s per capita income was lower at Rs. 37,490.
Annual Plan – Sectoral performance
The Planning Commission had approved highest ever amount of Rs. 44,000 crores as Annual Plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh state during the year 2008-09. The priority sectors of Irrigation, Rural development, Power and Agriculture & Allied sectors together accounted for about 51% of the total plan outlay. The total expenditure was Rs.30,618 crores and this nearly works out to 70% of the allocation. Expenditure under sectors of Economic Services accounted for 59.32% of the total expenditure while the shares of Social Services and General Services respectively work out to 40.25% and 0.44%.
Under Economic Services, Irrigation sector with an outlay of Rs. 16,472 crores (37.44% of the total Annual Plan outlay) continued to be the largest stakeholder during year 2008-09 also. Transport, Rural Development and Agriculture and allied sectors respectively account for other sectors with higher allocations under Economic Services category.
Under Social Services category, Housing with 13.43% of total share in the outlay followed by Welfare of SCs, STs, BCs and Minorities and Urban Development. Housing sector accounted for over 13% of the total Plan expenditure during 2008-09, bettering its performance over previous year.
Performance during 2009-10:
Economic growth
Notwithstanding the unfavourable seasonal conditions and fury of floods that have adversely impacted the state during the last couple of months, the economy is expected to grow moderately during the year 2009-10. Signaling certain signs of recovery, the GSDP of Andhra Pradesh for 2009-10 as per the Half-yearly estimates at Constant(1999-2000) prices, is projected to grow at 7.28%, as against all-India’s growth rate of 6.99% during the same period.
Due to inadequate and untimely rainfall besides natural calamities, the Kharif agricultural production is expected to be less than that of the previous year. The onus would be on the Industry and Services sectors to lift the growth performance.
Annual Plan – Sectoral performance
The Planning Commission has approved an amount of Rs.33,497 crores as Annual Plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh state during the year 2009-10. The priority sectors of Irrigation, Rural development, Housing and Urban Development together accounts for about 67% of the total plan outlay. The total expenditure till the end of December 2009 was Rs.17,936 crores. Out of this, Economic Services accounted for about 70% of the total expenditure.
Overall performance under 11th Five Year Plan:
Three years have gone by so far under the 11th Five Year Plan. The overall and comprehensive picture of the average plan performance during the first 3 years under the 11th Five Year Plan and performance of various Flagship programmes being implemented in the state are presented below.
Economic growth
The state economy (GSDP), on an average grew at 7.89% during the first two years of the 11th Five Year Plan period (2007-08 and 2008-09) - a few notches above the All India’s GDP growth of 7.86% for the same period. Regarding sectoral average growth rates for this period, agriculture sector in the state grew at 9.03%, much better than its All India counter part of 3.23%. For the two-year period, the Industries sector in the state grew at 5.33% as against 5.99% of All India. Similarly, the Services sector in the state grew at 7.89%.
Record foodgrain production of 204.21 lakh tonnes aided by copious rainfall during the year 2007-08 has helped the State to record impressive performance in agriculture. The performance of All India in respect of the Industry and Services sectors is better when compared with the state performance.
However, the average Per Capita Income (PCI) of the state of Rs. 38,251 is comparatively better than that of All India’s average (for two years) PCI of Rs. 35,387, indicating a relatively better standard of living of the people in the state. It is likely that the various poverty alleviating and employment generating programmes being implemented along with better delivery of welfare and safety nets in the state have helped the people in maintaining relatively better standards.
As mentioned above, the GSDP of Andhra Pradesh for the year 2009-10 as per the Half-yearly estimates, is projected to grow at 7.28%, as against all-India’s growth rate of 6.99% during the same period, signaling great resilience despite the devastations of drought and floods in latter part of 2009.
Annual Plan – a summary of Sectoral performance
The Planning Commission had approved a total amount of Rs. 1,07,997 crores as Annual Plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh state during the years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10. An amount of Rs. 75,725 crores has been spent. The expenditure for 2009-10 has been taken upto the end of (December, 2009) only.
On the average for the three year period, Economic Services accounted for about 64% of the total outlay, while Social Services accounted for a little over 35% and General Services under 1 percent of the total outlay. Irrigation sector with an outlay share of 41.57% and Housing with 11.64% share are the major stakeholders in the total outlay.
Ensuring Equity and Social Justice:
Consistent with recommendations of the Planning Commission to adhere to allocations for SCs and STs in proportion to their shares in State population, on the average, the respective shares in the total outlays have been maintained under SCSP and TSP in the Annual Plans.
Review of performance under priority initiatives/ programmes:
As already mentioned in the foregoing paragraphs, the innovative and bold initiatives put in place by the state government in the last five to six years have not only lifted the standards of living of the people but were also instrumental in accomplishing the targeted growth.
Besides the achievements under the priority sectors like irrigation, agriculture and rural development, the state is committed to focus on increasing public spending on social sector - especially on Housing, Urban development and welfare of SCs, STs, minorities etc. besides the new initiatives like Arogyasri and 104/108 medical services, Abhaya Hastam, and others so as to ensure that the benefits of economic development and technology reach the needy.
The following is the outcome of some of the programmes /initiatives implemented during the 3 years of the 11th Five Year Plan.
Agricultural renaissance
The growth in agricultural sector in Andhra Pradesh, after reaching a peak in the eighties started decelerating in the nineties only to recover and gain momentum in the recent periods. The growth rate of agricultural sector during the tenth plan period was higher than the targeted growth rate. The prospects of the State in meeting the 11th Five Year Plan target of 4% also seems achievable.
The state has been implementing a number of farmer-friendly initiatives to encourage farming in the state. These include supply of free power to Agriculture, insulate farmers from financial losses and to restore their credit eligibility in the event of crop loss through Agricultural insurance, disbursement of agricultural credit, debt waiver encouraging farmers to adopt integrated pest management practices.
During the first three years of the 11th Five Year Plan so far, an amount of Rs. 9617.20 crores has been given as subsidy (tariff and cross subsidies) towards providing free power thereby benefitting nearly 20 lakh farmers every year.
The area, production and productivity of foodgrains have increased considerably. After an impressive foodgrain production of 198.17 lakh tonnes during the 1st year of 11th Five Year Plan, i.e 2007-08, the state has registered a record foodgrain production of 204.21 lakh tonnes during 2008-09. However, due to the adverse seasonal conditions prevailing in most parts of the state and subsequent floods, the state may experience a slump in production during this financial year.
The massive programme of ‘Jalayagnam’, of creating 98.41 lakh acres of new irrigation potential and stabilizing 22.26 lakh acres by constructing a total number of 86 irrigation projects-which include 44 major, 30 medium projects, 4 flood banks and modernizing 8 projects has been mounted since 2004-05.
12 projects have been completed and water released during 2004-05 to 2008-09. During the 3 years (2007-08 to December, 2009) of the 11th Five Year Plan 12.26 lakh acres potential including stabilization of 2.20 lakh acres, was created.
Huge budgetary allocations have been provided for the irrigation sector during the period. In fact, irrigation sector alone has accounted for 41.57% (amounting to Rs. 44,898 crores) of the total plan outlay during 2007-09 to 2009-10.
Health initiatives:
Arogyasri
One of objectives of the Eleventh Five Year Plan is to achieve good health for the people, especially the poor and underprivileged. To provide financial protection to families living below poverty line for treatment of serious ailments, the Arogyasri Health Care Trust was set up to implement a Community Health Insurance scheme – Arogyasri.
Since inception in April, 2007, in all 15,353 medical camps were held in network hospitals in rural areas wherein 26.81 lakh patients have been screened. Of these, 7.2 lakh patients have been treated as out-patients and 5.7 lakh as in-patients. 4.94 lakh patients underwent surgery/therapy at a cost of Rs. 1478.56 crores.
Emergency Transport(108) and Health Information (104) Services:
Toll Free 108 (EMRI): to enable rural poor easy access to hospital services, free of cost, in times of emergency. 652 ambulances are operating round-the clock. Further, a Caller-free Telephone service(104) for the rural and urban population of the State to disseminate information, advice and guidance related to any health problem have been undertaken by the Government.
Medical and Health sector has been adequately funded. During the 3 year period(2007-08 to 2009-10), an amount of Rs. 3,489 crores (about 3.24% of total plan outlays) has been provided in the Plan Budgets.
Housing & Pensions under INDIRAMMA:
Andhra Pradesh has been the pioneer in implementing “Housing for All” duly making it a reality on saturation basis. During 1st three years of the 11th Five Year Plan, (2007-08 to 2009-10), 26.51 lakh houses have been constructed. In order to accomplish saturation on the housing front, sizable budgetary allocations have been made during the recent past. In fact, housing accounts for 11.64% (amounting to Rs. 12,569 crores) of the total plan outlay during the 3 year period of the 11th Five Year Plan. Incidentally, Housing sector happens to be the 2nd largest shareholder of Plan budget, only falling behind the massive irrigation sector.
Largest ever social security net target is to provide pensions every month to around 71.79 lakh persons comprising old-aged, disabled and widows across the state.
Substantial budgetary allocations provided in the plan budgets and pensions have been distributed to 66,36,465 pensioners upto November, 2009.
Self Help Groups(SHGs)
The concept of Indira Kranthi Patham has been evolved with an objective of enabling all the rural poor families in 22 rural districts of Andhra Pradesh to improve their livelihoods and quality of life. All households below the poverty line, starting from the poorest of the poor are the target group of Indira Kranthi Patham.
As of December, 2009, 9.34 lakh SHGs covering 1.07 crore rural women are functioning in the state with nearly 53% of them covered under Bank linkage.
Social Harmony
From the year 2008-09, applications for scholarships and sanction of Scholarships to S.C, S.T and B.C students were made ONLINE to ensure that scholarships reach the students by the 1st of every month and also to ensure transparency by keeping all the information in the public domain.
Urban Development
Economic growth, substantially driven by Industries and Services sector is witnessing accelerated demographic expansion of urban population, not witnessed during last century across the state. The emerging challenge needs to be tackled on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Service providers in urban areas normally inhabit low-lying slums. Government have started working on providing shelter with individual water supply and adequate drainage facilities to all such poor slum dwellers. Progress, hitherto is on track.
Infrastructure Projects
a) Hyderabad International Airport commenced work during 2005 and it is made operational in March,2008.
b) 158 kms length of Outer Ring Road (ORR) around the capital city of Hyderabad is being implemented to reduce inner-city traffic congestion.
Information Technology
Information Technology and Communi- cations continue to thrive in our State. I.T. exports worth Rs.12,521 crores during 2005-06 have increased to Rs.18,582 crores during 2006-07 to Rs. 32,509 during 2007-08 and further to Rs. 31,470 crores during 2008-09. Similar upward surge in IT exports is expected to continue during 2009-10 also.
Performance of Flagship programmes
With a view to impart greater momentum to the efforts being made in various sectors, the Government has launched a number of programmes under sectors of Rural Development, Urban Development, Health and Sanitation, Agriculture, Education etc.. The sector-wise performance of various flagship programmes during the 11th Five Year Plan period is briefed hereunder.
Rural Development
The Government has launched a number of flagship programmes during the last few years. The Department of Rural Development implements these programmes for generating self-employment and wage employment, providing housing, rural roads and assets to the rural poor and social assistance to the destitute.
A brief assessment of four flagship programmes, namely, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) sponsored by the Central Government.
National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 came into force on 2nd February 2006 According to this Act, workers are entitled to 100 days of wage employment for their households in a financial year.
Government of Andhra Pradesh has adopted the Central Act and formulated the Andhra Pradesh Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (APREGS). This scheme was implemented in 1098 mandals across the state in the 22 districts excluding Hyderabad.
Since inception of the scheme, an amount of Rs.7567 crores had been spent up to 9th October 2009. This has resulted in the generation of 73.41 crore person days of employment. This programme has so far covered 1.19 crore households through issuing job cards in 22 districts of Andhra Pradesh. The implementation of the scheme in Andhra Pradesh has been improving over time.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
(PMGSY)
Good infrastructure is necessary not only for the economic development of rural areas but also for overall human development and an acceptable standard of living. Infrastructure like rural roads can enhance connectivity and offer better marketing possibilities.
A 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme “Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)” was launched on 25th December 2000 primarily aiming to provide all-weather road connectivity to unconnected habitations.
Under this programme, amounts of Rs. 386.59 crores, Rs. 495.59 crores and 672.15 crores was spent respectively in 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10, till Dec. 2009. In all, a total amount of Rs. 1554.33 crores has been spent during these 3 years, a total road length of 5059.19 km. has been upgraded and another 12.60 km length of new connectivity has been provided.
Indira Awas Yojana (IAY):
Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) is the most significant rural housing scheme among the central schemes.
Indira Awas Yojana is a Centrally Sponsored scheme being implemented in the state with a sharing pattern of 75:25 between the centre and the state.
Under the IAY programme, amounts of Rs. 468.39 crores, Rs. 734.34 crores and 994.16 crores was utilized respectively during 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10, till Dec. 2009 totaling to Rs. 2197.29 crores. The amounts include the state contribution besides the Central allocation. Under the IAY scheme, 6.33 lakh houses have been constructed during the three year period 2007-08 to Dec. 2009.
National Social Assistance Programme
(NSAP)
The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), sponsored by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India, came into effect from August 15, 1995 with the purpose of providing social assistance to the rural poor in India. It aims at improving the quality of life of the rural poor.
The programme has four components, namely:
1. National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS)
2. National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)
3. Indira Gandhi Widow Pension Scheme (IGWPS)
4. Indira Gandhi Disability Pension (IGDP).
Under the NSA Programme, amounts of Rs. 129.10 crores, Rs. 240.92 crores and 249.86 crores was utilized respectively during 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 till Nov. 2009 totalling to Rs. 619.88 crores towards implementation of the above mentioned 4 components. The utilised amounts are out of the allocations of GoI.
Health, Nutrition and Drinking Water
The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) launched in the country during April 2005 is an articulation of the government's commitment to increase public spending on health. The main focus of this programme is to make all health facilities a fully functional, community owned, decentralised health delivery system with an emphasis on inter-sectoral convergence with sanitation, water, education, nutrition, social and gender equality besides strengthening all health facilities according to Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS).
For implementation of various items subsumed under NRHM, amounts of Rs. 422.22 crores, 733.97 crores and Rs. 626.90 crores have been allocated during the years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10. Against these allocations, amounts of Rs. 281.00 crores, Rs. 522.88 crores and Rs. 304.73 crores has been spent respectively during the above 3 years. The scheme covers several health parameters.
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
ICDS is one of the important programmes of the Women Development and Child Welfare department which is headed by a Commissioner/Director in Andhra Pradesh. At the block level, the Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) implements all ICDS services. One or more Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) are functioning in each village, with one Anganwadi Worker (AWW) and one Anganwadi Helper (AWH) to manage the AWC.
The ICDS is a Centrally Pponsored scheme and is the single largest integrated programme of child development in the country and in the state.
The main activities of ICDS centres are: 1) Provision of supplementary nutrition for children in the ages of 6 months to 6 years and pregnant and lactating mothers 2) Education for children between 3 to 6 years (Early Childhood Education) 3) Immunization of children and women in collaboration with the health department (ANM in the village) 4) Health check-up for children and women 5) Referral services for children and women 6) Nutrition and health education to mothers and adolescent girls.
For undertaking various ICDS, amounts of Rs. 292.50 crores, 420.20 crores and Rs. 350.18 crores has been spent during the years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10. For supplementary Nutrition, additional amounts of Rs. 350.18 crores, 245.70 crores and Rs. 132.33 crores have also spent during the period. A total of no. 385 ICDS projects have been implemented with 73, 944 AWCs are operational in the state.
With regard to physical achievements under Supplementary Nutrition, the number of children (6 months to 6 years of age) benefitted during the 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 are 40.77 lakhs, 41.31 lakhs and 40.05 lakhs respectively. Similarly, the no. of benefitted pregnant and lactating women for the same period are 10.01 lakhs, 10.78 lakhs and 10.43 lakhs.
Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP)
At present, about 72 % of water supply schemes are based on ground water as the source and 28% are covered by surface sources. Further, there is no safe source in about 1,647 habitations, of which 1,064 are fluoride affected. Apart from providing treated surface water to fluoride affected habitations, Rural Water Supply Scheme (RWSS) has tried various options for de-fluoridation including reverse osmosis for supplying safe drinking water.
Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) is Centrally Sponsored scheme implemented under Bharat Nirman programme.
An amount of Rs. 207.37 crores was spent under the Bharat Nirman programme for providing drinking water to 31,312 habitations against a target of 33,133 habitations during the last three years (2007-08 to 2009-10).
Education:
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) is a comprehensive and integrated flagship programme of Government of India, to attain Universal Elementary Education (UEE) in the country in a mission mode. Launched in partnership with the State Governments and local self-governments, SSA aims to provide useful and relevant education to all the children in the 6-14 age groups by 2010.
Under the SSA programme, amounts of Rs. 466.26 crores, Rs. 945.00 crores and 411.93 crores was spent respectively during 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 (till Dec. 2009) totalling to Rs. 1823.19 crores. The amounts include the state contribution besides the Central allocation.
Under this scheme, during the 3-year period, 128 new school buildings have been constructed, 166 primary schools and 167 Upper Primary schools have been made operational. Further, 760 schools have been provided with adequate drinking water facility and 1504 schools have been provided with toilet facility. Due to the infrastructure facilities and academic support, there has been improvement in enrolment as well as reducing drop out ratios.
Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMs)
Midday Meal scheme (MDM) is being implemented from January 2003 in the state.
Under the scheme, a minimum content of 450 calories and 12 grams of protein content is provided per child on each working day of the school for classes I to V and 700 calories and 20 grams of protein content is provided per child on each working day of the school for classes VI to X. Primary School, Upper Primary and High School Children of Classes I – X studying in Government/Local bodies and Aided institutions are covered under this scheme.
Under the Mid-Day Meal programme, amounts of Rs. 177.41 crores, Rs. 206.61 crores and 144.00 crores was spent respectively during 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 (till Dec. 2009) totaling to Rs. 528.02 crores. The amounts include the state contribution besides the Central allocation.
Under the scheme, 54.30 lakh students during 2007-08, 68.87 lakh students during 2008-09, and 86.07lakh students during 2009-10 have been covered under the scheme.
Urban Development:
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (JNNURM):
The Government of India had launched the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for a period of 7 years beginning from 2005-06. The Mission, in effect, seeks to ensure sustainable infrastructure development in select cities of the country, selected on 2001 population criteria.
The JNNURM Urban Reforms Mission has two Sub-Missions, viz., Urban Infrastructure & Governance (UI&G) and Basic Services to the Urban Poor(BSUP). Besides these two sub-missions, two other components viz., Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small & Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) and Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme(IHSDP) are also associated with the development of the select cities, together making the Package of JNNURM. Major financial support under JNNURM would be given by the GOI, in the form of Central Assistance.
So far, an amount of Rs. 1375.75 crores under UI&G scheme, Rs. 1088.98 crores under UIDSSMT, Rs. 926.60 crores under BSUP and Rs. 328.93 crores under IHSDP has been spent.
Agriculture and Water Management
Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme
Government of India has initiated assistance under AIBP to complete the ongoing Major and Medium Irrigation projects taken up with Central Water Commission and Planning Commission Clearances, since 1996 – 97 to create Irrigation Potential at Optimum cost, based on the guidelines issued from time to time.
While 22 projects have been approved under AIBP during the 10th Five Year Plan, 3 more have been approved during the 11th Five Year Plan period so far. During 3-year period(2007-08 to 2009-10), 6 AIBP projects have been completed. During the 1st two years of the 11th Five Year Plan, 2.00 lakh hects. of irrigation potential has been created under the AIBP projects.
A total amount of Rs. 5834.17 crores has been spent during the 3 years of the 11th Five Year Plan(2007-08 to 2009-10) so far under various AIBP projects in the state.
State Horticultural Mission (SHM):
The project envisages development of Horticulture sector focussing on Plantation Infrastructure Development, Rejuvenation, post-harvest management techniques, conducting awareness programmes and others.
For carrying out the said activities, amounts of Rs. 128.84 crores, Rs. 66.18 crores have been spent during the two years 2008-09 and 2009-10 under the scheme. The Mission has benefited 3.71 lakh farmers during the 11th Five Year Plan period so far.
