Energy (Figs in Rs Crore)

Major Challenges

1. Shortage in peak availability and peak demand both in rural and urban areas. Field observations reports 16 hours daily power cut faced in rural areas and 3-6 hours daily power cut in capital adjoining urban areas
2. Higher T&D losses at 32% in 2008-09
3. Poor rural electrification at 38% of HHs in 2009-10 against the claim of electrifying all rural HHs by 2012
4. Identified 994 un-electrified villages in 2009-10 and provided electricity to 276 villages, achievement of 27.76 against the claim of electrifying all rural HHs by 2012
5. Electricity use in agriculture sector is declining from 31.88% in 2007-08 to 29.96% in 2009-10 whereas its use for industrial purpose has increased from 38.8% in 2007-08 to 39.2% in 2009-10

Agriculture & Allied

Major Challenges

1. Declining share in State GDP
2. Declining trend in diversity of foodgrain production like paddy, maize and other millets leading to rising food and nutritional insecurity
3. Availability of duplicate seed, fertilizer and pesticides in the market without any monitoring and vigilance system
4. Higher electricity tariff for agriculture use compared to industrial sector
5. Inadequate power supply for irrigation purpose in agriculture
6. Problems in billing process, where farmers are forced to pay enormously higher electricity bills before settling any complaint and without any verification for irregularities
7. Lack proper market linkage and inadequate Minimum Support Price
8. Need revision of MSP and Agriculture Procurement Policy based on input cost
9. Need to strengthen Agri culture Mandi System and regulation of private procurement
10. Diversion of fertile agriculture land for non-agriculture uses

Need to look at agriculture from viable sector point of view instead of extending crisis management efforts. Current budget goes for relief package only through loan subsidy. Priority for organic and sustainable farming is not reflected in current budget.

Education

Major Challenges

1. Need to revise guiding policy in the light of appointing full-time, qualified, trained and permanent teachers instead of appointing contract/guest teacher/shikshakarmi
2. Poor quality of education
3. Poor delivery of essentials like textbooks, uniform, laboratory items
4. Higher PTR owing
5. Concentration of teachers in urban areas vis-à-vis rural areas
6. No mechanism in place for addressing the issues of marginzalied (SC and ST) and excluded (normadic tribes, denotified tribes, children of migrant families)
7. Low retention rate in primary and middle education
8. Large proportion of unutilized money in school accounts
9. Ensuring 25% seat allocations for poor children in private schools

Compare to requirement of necessary effective implementation of RTE in coming 3 years , allocation of Rs 1474 crore in inadequate. Huge expenses on education must translate into desired outcomes like learner’s achievement, reduction in dropout rate, better retention, strengthening school management committees at village level and of course the quality of teachers

Health

Major Challenges

1. Targeted approach (BPL etc) of Public health system is excluding large section of society from availing the heath services
2. Higher gap in health infrastructure of 20-40% gap in PHC, CHC, SHC
3. Gap in human resources particularly the specialist
4. Inadequate incentives for sustaining doctors in rural areas
5. Costlier medical education leads to unavailability of qualified doctors in public health institutions
6. Inadequate medicines and pathology facilities at district level and below
7. Poor community monitoring mechanisms

Need to pursue the “vision Health for all” and making allocation in that line. Mainstream health system like Ayush is one again found neglected. Need to ensure transparency and accountability in health service delivery.

Nutrition

Major Challenges

1. Persisting higher malnutrition levels
2. Inadequate efforts for capacity building of anganwadi workers
3. Lack of basic amenities in AWC like building (70% AWC lacks own building) toilets (50% lack toilets), drinking water
4. Lack of efforts to tackle malnutrition at for community levels
5. Inadequate allocation based on per child norm

Decline in total allocation compared to previous year for supplementary nutrition counting higher levels of malnourishshment