PLANNING PROCESS IN GOVERNEMENT OF INDIA

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Planning process in India

• Planning process in India has both hierarchical and interactive nature because of the federal democratic nature of the political structure.

• Planning commission in India is the Apex body responsible for advising the formulation of the Plans in India.

• The present Govt is proposing to do away with planning commission. However the system which will come in its place is yet to be announced

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Planning Commission

•Planning Commission - Resolution of GOI in March 1950•Works under National development Council•Consults and oversees the implementation of Five Year Plan•Advisory planning Body at Apex level

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Objectives of Planning Commission

• To promote a rapid rise in the standard of living of the people

• Efficient exploitation of the resources of the country

• Increasing production and offering opportunities to all for

employment

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Functions of Planning Commission

– Responsible for assessing all resources of the country

– Augmenting deficient resources

– Formulating for the most effective and balanced

utilisation of resources and determining priorities.

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Why Plan?

• Expenditure more than revenue receipts

−Due to payment of wages, salaries, Pensions and

other establishment charges.

−90-93% mandatory expenditure.

• Non-availability of sufficient funds to carry out

projects/schemes.

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Composition

• Chairman – Prime Minister.

• Deputy Chairman-Union Cabinet Minister (Given

Rank)

• Fulltime Members and the Member- Secretary are in

the rank of Union Minister of State.

• The Deputy Chairman and full time Members

Commission function as a composite body in the

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Components of the Plan

• The plan as formulated has three distinct components– A long term perspective plan– A five year plan– An Annual Plan

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Perspective plan

• Objective : to indicate the desired direction of economic activities to serve as pointers in formulating the operational targets that go into the Five Year Plans

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The Perspective Plan

• Formulated along two principal lines– The part that deals with overall strategy also

indicates the magnitude and type of resource mobilisation

– The other and more detailed part deals with project development in key sectors of the economy that has backward and forward linkage

– Once the key sectors are laid , perspective plan also tries indicate a certain time phasing of activities that are required for realising the objectives

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Five year plan

• Constructed based on the recommendations of the large number of working groups which deals with the major sectors of the economic activities

• Lays down the broader strategies , objectives, growth rate, sectoral targets etc

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Five Year Plan

• Each five year plan has a – Central component– State component : social services, agriculture,

irrigation, infrastructural activities, power ,road etc

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Five Year Plan

• General conditions observed

– 10% of BE mandatory for North East

– 8.2% of BE for tribal areas

– 20% of BE for SC/ST, and also for gender budgeting

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Annual plan

• The operational instrument through which Five Year Plans are implemented

• This provides an opportunity for stock taking , assessing the progress and required minor modification of the plan from year to year

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INDIAPOST’s focus forXII Five Year Plan

1-4-2012 to 31-3-2017

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Summary of proposals made during the twelfth five year plan both in terms of physical and financial aspects.

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Mail Operations

• Mail Network Optimisation• Setting up of AMPCs• National Address Data Base Management• Procurement of new sealing device for use in Mail

Offices/Post offices• Development of Road Transport Network• Upgradation of MMS vehicles and containerised

transportation of mail• Providing vehicles for bulk and speed post mail delivery and

collection• Providing bicycles to postmen for delivery of mail

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International Mails, GlobalBusiness & e-Commerce

• Development of e Commerce Project• Creation of a centre of Excellence for

international Cooperation• Quality improvement programme of EMS

(international)• Developing outside delivery area (ODA)• Social Media Marketing

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Financial Services (SavingsBank and Remittances)

• Centralised Banking for POSB• Setting up of Post Bank of India• Integrated Remittance Services• Creation of an AML/CFT compliance

structure

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Postal Life Insurance

• Computerisation of PLI/RPLI• Development of software• Publicity of Insurance Products• Training of marketing personnel and circle

office staff

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Rural Business & Access toPostal Network

• Opening of BOs in rural areas by creation of new GDS posts• Opening of BOs by redeployment of posts• Opening of SOs by redeployment• Opening of SOs by creation of new posts• Opening of Franchisee Outlets in urban areas• Relocation of Branch post offices & Sub Offices• Infrastructural equipments for EDBOs• Building of capabilities of Rural Postal Personnel• Installation of new improved letter boxes in rural areas• Installation of signages for rural branch post offices• Embedding of cash chests to BOs 214.2.1

Postal Operations

• Low speed franking machines• High speed franking machines

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Premium Services

• Establishment of Express Parcel Post Centres• Upgradation of Parcel Post centres• Establishment of logistics Post Hubs• Establishment of ware houses• Upgradation of logistics Post Centres• Upgradation of logistics Post Air Centres• Upgradation of Speed Post Centres• Branding of post offices through make over• Marketing of Postal Services• Marketing of Financial Services• Marketing of New Services• Advertisement through various media, Direct marketing and release of

publicity material etc

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IT Induction & Modernization

• Supply of hardware to all remaining post offices and maintenance• Development, Testing and Pilot run in location identified;• Rural ICT solution rollout in all locations• Development , Testing and Rollout of CBS & PLI Solutions at pilot

locations , Support & Maintenance• Primary data centre & Disaster Recovery Centre to be setup• Rollout of network at Pilot post offices/Locations, • Rollout of Network at all remaining locations, connectivity and NOC

operations• Design, Development and Testing of proposed solution, Pilot and

Rollout of software solutions across all locations, support and maintenance

• Computerisation & Networking of BOs opened in 12th plan• Annual Maintenance

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Human Resource Management

• Development Programme for staff• In Service Mid Career training programmes

for staff.• Expansion of training facilities• Capacity Building• Setting up of 06 new PTCs

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Quality Management

• Quality improvement in 832 offices

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Material Management

• Fabrication of 50,000 pillar letter boxes

• Upgradation of Technology for Stamps and Seals for 2 Lac POs

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Postal Accounts and Finance

• Capacity building ( Accrual Based Accounting)- All PAOs

• Human Resource Management

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Estates Management

• Spill over of 66 post office buildings/admin offices/staff quarters of 11th plan

• Construction of 82 new Post offices• Reconstruction of 20 old departmental buildings• Construction of boundary walls of 100 buildings• Construction of 5 new Administrative Office buildings• Construction of 30 staff quarters• Purchase of 5 pieces of land• Preservation of 38 heritage building• Installation of 500 solar power packs• 2.0 Crore Expenditure in connection with “Public Private Partnership”• 1000 Rainwater harvesting in buildings/sites• Gender concerns • Improving Ergonomics in 2500 offices ( Project Arrow)

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Philately Operations

• Exhibitions• Promotion of philately through NPM• Philately corner in museums• Tie up with other organisations/authorities e.g., tourism,

Rly, Airports, Airlines & Doordarshan etc. • Setting up of a design studio• Trainings• Attending • International events• Research Wing

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Exercise 1

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Thanks

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