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Steering
Committee for Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007).
Rural
Poverty Alleviation, Watershed Development and Decentralised
Planning
& Panchayati Raj Institutions.
Dated 15th
December 2000
It
is proposed to set up a Steering Group on Rural Poverty Alleviation,
Watershed Development and Decentralised Planning & Panchayati
Raj Institutions for the formulation of Tenth Five Year Plan.
The
composition of the Steering Group will be as under:
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1.
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Shri
Kamaluddin Ahmed
Member, Planning Commission, New Delhi.
e-mail: kahmed@yojana.nic.in
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Chairman
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2.
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Secretary,
Ministry of Rural Development, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi.
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Member
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3.
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Additional
Secretary & Financial Adviser
Ministry of Rural Development Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi
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Member
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4.
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Additional
Secretary,
Department of Land Resources
Ministry of Rural Development, NBO Building, 'G' Wing, Nirman
Bhavar , New Delhi.
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Member
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5.
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Shri
Badal Das
Principal Secretary (Rural Development), Government of Madhya
Pradesh, Bhopal.
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Member
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6.
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Shri
Chinmay Basu
Secretary (Rural Development), Government of Orissa, Bhutmeshwar.
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Member
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7.
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Shri
Sriniwas Murthy
Secretary (Rural Development), Government of Karnataka. Bangalore.
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Member
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Ms.
Chandra lyengar
Secretary (Rural Development), Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai.
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Member
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9.
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Director
General
National Institute of Rural Development, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad.
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Member
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10.
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Director
General
Council for Advancement of Peoples'
Action & Rural Technology (CAP ART), Ministry of Rural Development,
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
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Member
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11.
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Shri
Y. C. Nanda
Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development,
Sterling Centre, Dr. A.B. Road, Worli. Bombay.
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Member
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12.
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Prof.
Hanumantha Rao
Director, Centre for Economic & Social Studies.
Nizamiah Observatory Campus, Begumpet, Hyderabad.
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Member
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13.
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Shri
V. Suresh
Chairman & Managing Director, Housing & Urban Development
Corporition,
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
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Member
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14.
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Prof.
G. K. Chadha
Professor of Economics, Centre for Study of Regional Development,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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Member
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15.
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Prof.
Indira Hirway
Director & Professor of Economics, Centre for Development
Alternatives
E-71 Akash, Near Chief Justice's Bunglow, Bodakdev, Ahemdabad,
Guiarat.
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Member
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16.
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Prof.
Ravi S. Srivastava
Professor of Economics, Centre for the Study of Regional Development
Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1328, Poorvanchal, JNU Campus,
New Delhi.
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Member
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17.
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Dr.
Raghav Ghia
Professor, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi,
Delhi.
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Member
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18.
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Shri
Rajesh Tandon
Director, Society for Participatory Research in Asia(PRIA),
42 Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi.
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Member
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19.
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Ms
Renana Jhabvala
Self-Employed Women Association (SEWA), Ahemdabad, Gujarat
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Member
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20.
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Shri
D. Pulliah
Ex - M.P., City Press Compound Bellary, Karnataka.
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Member
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21.
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Dr.
Rohini Nayyar
Adviser (Rural Development), Planning Commission, New Delhi.
e-mail: rohini@yojana.nic.in
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Member
Secretary
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III.
The terms of reference will be as follow:
- To study and analyse the trends in rural poverty State
wise and at all India level.
- To examine the ongoing rural poverty alleviation and area
development programmes and recommend steps for strengthening the
programmes to overcome the problems and bottlenecks being encountered
in their implementation. In this light also, assess the role of
the State Sector Schemes
- To review the process of planning, implementation, evaluation
and monitoring of the anti-poverty and area development programmes
at different levels and suggest improvements.
- To recommend a package targeted at poverty alleviation,
development of watersheds and rural infrastructure and extension
social security benefits with a view to uplift the poor especially
women and disadvantaged section. To propose ways of improving the
infrastructure support systems and forward and backward linkages
which are critical for the success of these programmes
- To review the existing policy on rural housing and land
reforms and to work out a suitable frame work for the Tenth Plan.
- To examine the impact of watershed development projects/programmes,
particularly focusing on the issues of gender empowerment and social
equity and suggest measures to improve the performance of these
projects/programmes.
- To review the status and performance of the Panchayati
Raj Institutions (PRIs) in the light of the 73rd Constitutional
Amendment Act and suggest modalities for effective functioning of
the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). To evaluate the role of
Non Governmental Oganisations (NGOs) in me implementation of poverty
alleviation and area development programmes. To suggest the steps
to be taken for establishing an effective interface between PRIs
and NGOs and other community based organizations.
- To suggest the modalities for greater convergence and
integration between the various poverty alleviation, area development
and sectoral programmes.
The
Chairman of the Steering Group may set up sub-group/task forces, necessary
for undertaken in-depth studies and formulation of plan proposals.
The
Steering Group may co-opt non-official experts/representatives of
other agencies if required.
The
expenditure of the Members of T.A./D.A in connection with the meeting
of the Steering Group will be borne by the parent-Department/Ministry/Organisation.
The expenditure, if any, in respect of non-official Members will be
borne by the Planning Commission as per rules and regulations of TA/DA
applicable to Grade-I officer of Government of India.
The
Steering Group will submit its final report to the Planning Commission
31.05.2001.
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