Partnership For Development - DFID's Country Plan in India
Partnership For Development - DFID's Country Plan in India
Partnership For Development - DFID's Country Plan in India
Development –
DFID’s Country Plan
In India
State Plan For Orissa, 2004-2008
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Described in “Partnership for Development: DFID’s Country Plan for India”: DFID India, 2004
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ndia has substantially reduced poverty in G Poverty varies significantly according to
the last twenty years, nearly halving the region, social group and gender in Orissa.
number of people below the poverty line. The State’s high proportion of Scheduled
However, the benefits of India’s development Tribe people4 are particularly likely to be
have been uneven. Orissa has become one of among the long-term poor. As in many
India’s poorest States. States, women are disadvantaged, with
low literacy and high maternal mortality.
The challenges facing Orissa are G Indicators relevant to all MDGs show
well known: positive trends in Orissa, but none of them
G India’s Planning Commission has identified is likely to achieve the target proportionate
Orissa as having the highest overall poverty change by 2015.
ratio of any major Indian State, with
around 48% (17 million) of the population Table 1: Orissa rural poverty profile by
living below the Government of India region and selected social group
poverty line. Region* Poverty headcount ratio
G Orissa’s government has acknowledged it
as the most heavily indebted of India’s Coastal 31.7
major States, and has stated that the fiscal Southern 87.1
crisis is incompatible with development.
Northern 49.8
Orissa’s economy is highly dependent on
the agriculture sector, where growth is Social Groups** Poverty headcount ratio
sluggish.
Scheduled Tribe 63.6
G Orissa’s literacy is below the national
average and demonstrates gender and Scheduled Caste 40.5
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social variations . Infectious diseases
Others 32.9
(acute respiratory infections, diarrhoea,
* for 1999-2000. Source: Arjan de Haan with Amaresh Dubey , Extreme
tuberculosis and malaria) and under- Deprivation in Remote Areas in India: Social exclusion as explanatory
concept ,CPRC Manchester Conference, April 2003
nutrition are serious problems, and Orissa ** for 1993-94. Source: Orissa Development Report, Planning Commission
as reported in Panda (2000)
still has one of the highest infant mortality
rates among Indian States despite Despite its challenges, Orissa has many
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significant improvements since 1992/93 . advantages, including forests covering almost
G Poverty among marginalised groups in 40% of its land area, a long coastline, valuable
rural areas is a long-term challenge. mineral resources and a unique cultural
Orissa has faced setbacks because it is heritage. The Government of Orissa has
vulnerable to both slow-onset and rapid- published ambitious development targets in
onset natural disasters including droughts, its 10th Plan5 and accompanying White
floods and cyclones. Papers6 . DFID will seek to deepen its
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All data from 2001 census
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NFHS data
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22% of Orissa’s population are Scheduled Tribe compared to all-India level of 8%; 16% of Orissa’s population are Scheduled Castes which equals the
all-India proportion (1991 census)
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Poverty headcount to be reduced by 5 percentage points during the 10th plan period (2002-7), with further targets until 2015. Other 10th Plan targets
cover employment, schooling, literacy, population, infant and maternal mortality, forest cover, potable water and pollution control
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White Paper on State Finances 2001, White Paper on Public Enterprise Reform 2002 and Medium Term Fiscal Plan 2000-1 to 2004-5
to a regular formal review with Government and would be a deepening of the fiscal crisis, or a
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At average conversion rates at the time
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Forecast figures at December 2004
Objective 1
Orissa Public Sector Reform Project (II)
Orissa Public Enterprise Reform Programme (Phase II)
Orissa Civil Society and Poverty Programme
Objective 2
District Primary Education Project and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Orissa
Reconstruction of Primary Schools
Support to Orissa’s Health Sector Plan
Objective 3
Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project
Orissa Tribal Empowerment and Livelihoods Programme
Support to the Government of Orissa’s Industrial Policy Resolution 2001
Support for Strengthening of Land Administration in Orissa
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