Kerala State Planning Board

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Kerala State Planning decision
Agency overview
FormedSeptember 1967
Jurisdiction Government of Kerala
Headquarters Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala,
Flag of India.svg  India
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • V K Ramachandran, Vice-Chairman of the Board
Website www.spb.kerala.gov.in

The Kerala State Planning Board is an advisory board under the Government of the State of Kerala, India. It was constituted in 1967 with Chief Minister as Chairman and a non-official as part-time Vice-Chairman. [1] The board assists the state government in formulating a development plan based on a scientific assessment of the resources (material, capital and human) available to the state. A comprehensive economic review of the state is prepared by the board every year.

Contents

Members

Finance Minister • Minister for Home, Vigilance and Tourism • Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Animal Husbandry • Minister for Transport • Minister for Works • Minister for Water Resources • [2]

Member Secretary

IAS – IAS  [3] 

Duties/Responsibilities

The official duties of the Board are performed by eight important divisions. They are:

  1. Plan Co-ordination Division
  2. Agriculture Division
  3. Evaluation Division
  4. Social Service Division
  5. Industry and Infrastructure Division
  6. Decentralized Planning Division
  7. Perspective Planning Division
  8. Information and Technology Wing

Plan Co-ordination Division

This division co-ordinates all the activities concerned with the technical functions of the State Planning Board. [4] It has been entrusted with the following functions:

Agriculture Division

Agriculture Division deals with the Plan and Budget preparation of the Departments of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Fisheries, Forestry and Wildlife, Co-operation, Water Resources, Ground Water Development and Command Area Development Authority. The division also reviews the performance of the concerned sectors for the preparation of 'Economic Review' published by the State Planning Board. The projects for external /NCDC assistance are vetted in the division before they are trainings /workshops /seminars conducted in connection with decentralised planning. The staff of the division effectively participate in the vetting of the projects submitted for the approval of the State Level Expert Committee. [5]

Evaluation Division

The Evaluation Division of the State Planning Board is functioning since 1969. The division since its inception has undertaken Monitoring and Evaluation of two externally aided Projects: World Bank assisted Kerala Agricultural Development Project and EEC assisted Kerala Minor Irrigation Project. As part of the People's Campaign for the Ninth Five Year Plan of the State, evaluation studies on development programmes carried out by local bodies were taken up by this division. [6]

This division performs the following duties:

Social Service Division

Social Service Division deals with the subjects like education, medical and public health, water supply and sanitation, housing, information and publicity, labour and labour welfare, social welfare, nutrition [7] etc.

Following are the functions of the division:

Industry and Infrastructure Division

The division undertakes the following works.

Decentralised Planning Division

The division takes up the preparation of Five year plans, Annual Plans, Budget Estimates, Economic Review etc. relating to :-

Perspective Planning Division

The Perspective Division is capable of doing the following works.

Information and Technology Wing

It is under the supervision of IT Wing that the official website of State Planning Board is monitored and updated. The Wing also provides 'Information Technology' based solutions to all the technical divisions and also to the administration sections of the State Planning Board. It also provides assistance for the computerisation of Economic Review, Plan Budget and also for the project details of the local bodies having undertaken in the District Planning Offices.

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References

  1. "The Kerala State Planning Board was first constituted in this State in September 1967".
  2. Official Website
  3. "Kerala State Planning Board". Kerala State Planning Board. 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. Plan Co-ordination Division http://keralaplanningboard.og/html/plan%20co-ordination%20division.html%5B%5D
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  7. Social Service Division http://www.keralaplanningboard.org/html/socialservicesdivision.html