Commission for creating right environment for investment
Kohima, May 5 (MExN): The officials of the Planning Commission of India visited the Tourist Village, Tuophema, and Mima village on May 2 and 3 respectively. The team, comprising Firoza Mehrotra, special consultant to the Planning Commission of India (PCI), Jayati Chandra, Secretary for Ministry of Youth Affairs, GoI, and Brohmo Choudhury, Advisor (SP-NE) PCI, was accompanied by Alemtemshi Jamir, Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner.
Short meetings were held at the two villages and chaired by Neilavou Keditsu, Additional Director and HoD of Women Development department. The villagers, especially the women, were given an opportunity to share their problems and grievances faced in their villages. Firoza Mehrotra urged the menfolk to give enough space for women to grow and develop to their fullest in all spheres of life. She likened men and women to the wings of a bird saying that a bird cannot fly unless both wings are equally strong.
During the visit to Mima village, the Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner, Nagaland, made a commitment to construct a 5km Agri-Link Road through Mima village and also to provide a semi-processing unit for drying of perishable agri-produce to enable the denizens in and around Mima and Kigwema villages to dry their products such as potato, ginger, turmeric, etc.
Earlier, on the morning of May 3, the PCI team also visited the Bee Keeping and Honey Mission Centre at Mitelephe and later visited the Anganwadi centres at Mima village. A short visit to the Second World War museum at Kisama was also made on the same day.
On May 2, Firoza Mehrotra, Principal Advisor (SP-NE) Planning Commission, while indicating a shift in approach to planning, had said that the planning process was now directed towards economic growth with special emphasis on productivity towards integration of departments from the earlier fractured departmental approach. Mehrotra said that the planning process was, therefore, made to be more directed and cohesive as distinct from the earlier practices of mechanical compilation of schemes and programme.
The Principal Advisor also stressed on the need to clearly outline the priority areas for development and setting of economic agenda and resource management plan. She was addressing state government officials at a meeting that discussed the approach to the 11th Plan 2007-12, at Hotel Japfü, Kohima, which was also attended by Jayati Chandra, Secretary at the Ministry of Youth Affairs to Nagaland, top officials and HoDs of the state.
Also speaking on the occasion, Jayati Chandra said that economic progress will have no meaning unless it affects the life of the individual, especially in the context of society which is rapidly becoming a part of the modern global society.
(With DIPR inputs)
The State Planning Department, in a brief write up on Annual Plan 2009-10, has brought out some aspects that comprise the core thinking and objectives during the 11th year plan:
1. Sustaining of high rate of economic growth.
2. Special emphasis on commercial scale productivity in agriculture.
3. Intensive development of post harvest management technologies.
4. Providing greater livelihood and employment opportunities to the people and building capacities for gainful existence.
5. Empowering the people through better education and enhanced health services.
6. Creating better infrastructure for enabling faster economic growth rate.
7. Creating of institution for building growth which is people oriented, inclusive and based on the strength of the community.
8. Creating appropriate environment for investment and enhancing the flow institutional finance in the state.
9. Protecting the environment and creating an atmosphere for sustainable development.
