Planning Commission seeks inputs from NGOs, social groups for 12th Plan
Sandeep Joshi
This is the first time that the Planning Commission has sought engagement of
the civil society
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NGOs have given suggestions for previous Five Year Plans
Consultations on various topics planned
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NEW DELHI: The Planning Commission is involving leading non-governmental
organisations and civic society, seeking their inputs, suggestions and
experiences, for preparing its approach paper for the 12 {+t} {+h} Five Year
Plan (2012-17), which will be the base document for the Plan itself.
Though NGOs had been giving their suggestions for the previous Five Year Plans,
this is the first time that the Planning Commission has sought engagement of
the civil society, asking them to identify the challenges and areas that
require special focus, so that the Plan document was more holistic in nature
and could help in yielding desired results.
'Structured process'
"This time the Planning Commission has initiated a structured process...In its
meeting held in October this year, the Planning Commission invited around 30
civil society organisations and shared their plan to ensure their participation
in the formulation of the 12th Five Year Plan approach paper," said a senior
functionary of an NGO involved in the process.
Apart from Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, its
members Syeda Hameed, Arun Maira, Mihir Shah, and Abhijit Sen, along with the
Principal Advisor to Planning Commission Pronab Sen played crucial roles in the
initiative.
Constant engagement
"It was very evident in the meeting that the Planning Commission wants to work
with civil society groups and ensure that their voices are represented in the
process, particularly in the context of marginalised sections of society," he
added. The outcome is the result of constant engagement of leading NGOs like
Centre for Budget Governance and Accountability, Social Watch, Wada Na Todo
Abhiyan, Oxfam India, and their campaign partners with the Planning Commission
during the 11 {+t} {+h} Five Year Plan's mid-term review.
Hold consultations
The Planning Commission had asked civil society groups to hold 15 consultations
across India on various social issues and issues relating to marginalised
groups. Already three such meetings have taken place on issues related to
adolescents, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and transgenders; on tribal
issues at Tilda in Raipur (Chhattisgarh); and on urban poor in Nagpur.
Similarly, more such consultations are planned on various topics this month.
These include issues related to North-East at Shillong; women's issues and
migrants/displaced people in Chennai; the elderly in Mumbai. Similarly, Delhi
will hold meetings on issues related to youth, children, Dalits, conflict,
Muslims and disabled. After the consultations, a report would be submitted to
the Planning Commission incorporating all the inputs, which would be utilised
in the drafting of the new Plan.
With thanks and regards
"I turned to speak to God
About the world's despair;
But to make bad matters worse
I found God wasn't there."
--Robert Frost
(Rajesh Asudani)
Assistant General Manager
Reserve Bank of India
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