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ORISSA ZILLA PARISHAD ACT 1959
Report No. 75 of 1960
March 1960
Action taken by Government on the recommendations contained in the Forty-fifth Report of the Estimates Committee (First Lok Sabha) on the Ministry of Community Development.
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The Committee would like the C.P.A. to exercise constant vigilance to ensure that the three objectives mentioned below, kept in view by the Village and Small Scale Industries Committee appointed in 1955 are realised early:
Ministry Reply: The Ministry accepts the recommendations. [Ministry of C.D. and Co-operation O.M. No. 10(1)/58-PC, dated the 4/6-2-1959.]
The Committee feel that there is a shortage of trained technicians in the country and the arrangements made so far are not enough to meet the requirements of trained technical teachers and craftsmen. The Committee therefore, suggest that the services of the existing training schools attached to various big factories in public sector at Perambur, Sindri, Chittaranjan and also in the Defence Industries which have got modern machinery should be utilised to the fullest extent.
Ministry Reply: This suggestion will be suitably explored with a view to implementation. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC, dated the 10-9-1957.]
A comprehensive circular has been issued by this Ministry to all the State Governments in consultation with the Ministries of Labour and Employment and Commerce and Industry. It was envisaged in the circular that the Committee would be appointed jointly by the Ministries of Labour and Employment, Commerce and Industry and Community Development t
So far as the question of improving the skill of village artisans is concerned the Committee feel that unless satisfactory arrangements are made for the marketing of the goods produced by village craftsmen and providing them with necessary credit facilities, improvements in the village industries and crafts cannot be sustained and there is every danger of the village artisans again relapsing into the previous state.
The Committee, therefore, recommend that the development of village industries and village crafts should be followed side by side with the development of co-operatives in the village to look after the needs of the village craftsman especially in the matter of organisation, finance, equipment and marketing.
| S. No. | Name of Committee | Report or interim report | No. of copies sent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technical Training Committee | Report | 3 copies |
| 2 | Apprentice Training |
The Committee feel that bee-keeping is not only important in that it provides additional employment and income but also because it increases agricultural production by facilitating pollination in field crops. The Committee, therefore, recommend that the Ministry should take more interest in the development of agriculture in the Block areas wherever there are good possibilities for its development by encouraging and training the farmers and other people in the villages in proper methods of bee-keeping.
Ministry Reply: This Ministry has already included this item in the minimum programme to be carried out by the States. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC dated 10-9-1957.]
The Committee suggest that in view of the financial potentiality of sericulture, the Ministry may consider the desirability of extending the rearing of silk worms to other Blocks where the climatic conditions are not unfavourable.
Ministry Reply: Reference was already made to the Central Silk Board for making bulk allocation of funds for the Pilot Projects and Community Development areas. The Board has promised necessary financial assistance after a preliminary survey. Necessary information regarding sericulture has been included in the pamphlet "Handbook on Cottage Industries" now under print. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC, dated 10-9-1957]
The Committee feel that in view of the importance of pucca bricks for construction of village drains, lanes, seakage pits, bath-rooms, urinals, houses and other sanitary conveniences and above all to provide additional employment to landless labour in villages, more attention should be paid to the brick-kiln industry in the Block areas. The Committee, therefore, recommend that vigorous steps should be taken by the C.P.A. to develop brick-kiln industry on co-operative basis in all the Blocks under the N.E.S. on the same lines as in U. P.
Ministry Reply: A pamphlet on brick-kilns was prepared and circulated to all States. The subject was further discussed in a number of Inter-State Regional Seminars and as a result Co-operatives for brick-kiln have come up in Bihar, Punjab, Rajasthan and Bhopal. The idea of manufacturing of bricks on the pattern of U.P. experiment is propagated from time to time by the touring officers of this Ministry. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/5
The Committee feel that if suitable wind mills for rural areas could be designed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research at reasonable costs, they will be of great help in the rural areas in promoting cottage industries. The Committee, therefore, recommend that efforts in this direction should be intensified so as to achieve concrete results.
Ministry Reply: The matter has been referred to the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research for comments and further details. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC, dated the 10-9-1957]
The Committee regret to note that in spite of the emphasis laid on the importance of adequate and accurate records by the Programme Evaluation Organisation in their two consecutive reports, not much progress was made in this direction.
Ministry Reply: The position regarding the records and returns has improved. The Estimates Committee has itself acknowledged the improvement in this regard in the next paragraph of their report. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC, dated the 10-9-1957.]
The Committee are glad to note that the importance of standardisation and proper maintenance of records has at last been fully realised and that the C.P.A. has brought out a Draft Manual on Administrative Intelligence in December, 1955, wherein an effort has been made to standardise the records, returns and reports to be prepared at various levels. The Committee hope that no further time will be lost in implementing the various suggestions incorporated in the Draft Manual.
Ministry Reply: Noted. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC., dated the 10-9-1957.]
The Committee recommend that the work of setting up proper machinery for the collection and collation of the necessary data for the proper assessment of the Community Development Programme at various levels (viz., State, District, Project and Block) should be finalised as early as possible.
Ministry Reply: The Administrative Intelligence Units have been set up in all the State headquarters excepting Jammu and Kashmir, Tripura and Pondicherry. The question of integration of the Administrative Intelligence Units in the State headquarters with the State Statistical Bureaus has also been taken up with the State Governments in pursuance of the recommendations of the Calcutta Seminar on Administrative Intelligence.
The Committee suggest that some of the officials of the Progress and Planning Branch attached to the Headquarters, should occasionally visit the Statistical Offices in various States to see that statistics are being compiled according to the instructions laid down. Similarly, the officials of the Statistical Offices in the States should check and supervise the statistics compiled by the V.L.Ws to ensure accuracy.
Ministry Reply: Noted. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC. dated the 10-9-1957.]
The Committee regret to note that the suggestion of C.P.A. to State Governments that the latter should undertake a survey of the project areas as a first step to the formulation of actual schemes of Community Development has not been implemented fully by all the State Governments. The Committee suggest that special efforts should be made for the implementation of this suggestion by all the State Governments at a very early date.
Ministry Reply: Noted. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC, dated the 10-9-1957]
The Committee suggest that the items indicated in Appendix XI of their 38th Report may be suitably incorporated in the Block Survey Report proforma.
Ministry Reply: Noted. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC, dated the 10-9-1957.]
The Committee would suggest that the machinery of the Programme Evaluation Organisation may, if necessary, be strengthened further to enable it to undertake some surveys like the 'Bench Mark Survey.'
Ministry Reply: The recommendation has been passed on to the Programme Evaluation Organisation for consideration. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC, dated the 10-9-1957.]
The Committee feel that it is essential that the various records and reports prepared by V.L.Ws are properly scrutinised, analysed and tabulated at appropriate levels.
Ministry Reply: The recommendation of the Estimates Committee has been forwarded to the State Governments for necessary action. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC dated the 10-9-1957.]
In regard to item X of the proforma for the Quarterly Progress Report of the Blocks "Progress Indicators", the Committee suggest that the items on the lines indicated in Appendix XI of their 38th Report may also be incorporated so as to make these indicators more exhaustive.
Ministry Reply: Action to revise the Progress Indicators in the Quarterly Progress Report proforma is being taken in the light of the recommendation of the Estimates Committee. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/1957-PC, dated the 10-9-1957.]
The Committee find that the annual reports of the Community Projects Administration are very sketchy and do not give sufficient detailed information. They recommend that the annual reports should henceforth follow the pattern of the revised proforma for the Quarterly Progress Reports. Similarly, it would prove useful as well as informative if each State Government compiles figures on various items of work Block-wise, indicating the district in which the Block is situated.
Ministry Reply: The recommendation of the Estimates Committee in this regard has been noted. This has also been passed on to the State Governments for necessary action on their part. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC, dated the 10-9-1957.]
The Committee feel that a satisfactory method of physical assessment of the achievements should have been evolved earlier to facilitate comparative analysis of progress at different levels with a view to giving clear idea of work done in different blocks in different States. They suggest that the recommendations of the Sub-Committee referred to above should now be implemented with the least possible delay.
Ministry Reply: Noted. Revision of the method of assessment adopted previously is under consideration. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC, dated the 10-9-1957].
With the limited data available at their disposal the Committee have attempted a comparative review of the performances of various States, as given in Appendix II. The Committee suggest that more detailed review of this type should be prepared and circulated to the State Governments by the C.P.A.
Ministry Reply: Noted. [Ministry of C.D. O.M. No. 26(8)/2(iv)/57-PC, dated the 10-9-1957.]
The Committee are of the opinion that there is great scope for popularising the small savings movement in villages and suggest that this item may be included as one of the aims of the Community Development Programme and the village Panchayats should be encouraged to take active interest in organising the small savings campaigns in their areas on the lines suggested by the Fifth Development Commissioners' Conference. The Committee also suggest that the results achieved should be indicated in the Annual Report of the C.P.A.
Ministry Reply: In pursuance of the recommendations of the Fifth Development Commissioners' Conference, the State Governments have been requested to launch a small savings drive in their States and popularise this movement. The Ministry of Transport and Communications have also been requested to provide postal facilities at all block headquarters for facilitating the deposits. The movement has been intensified in coordination with the National Savings Commi
The Committee find from the Manual of Social Education issued by the C.P.A. that one of the items in syllabus in the first test (stage) in social education recommended by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, is "Evils of drinking".
The Committee are of the opinion that the Social Education Organisers should lay greater stress than hitherto, on the eradication of various social evils such as drinking country wine, incurring heavy expenditure during social functions, addiction to Ganja, tobacco, opium, gambling, committing crimes like cutting others' crops or damaging it by letting one's own cattle graze it or stealing away others' cattle and the like.
Ministry Reply: In the revised job chart proposed for consideration following item is included: To organise mass campaign against existing social evils: (a) Child marriage (b) Untouchability (c) Drinking habits (d) Use of narcotics such as Ganja, opium etc.
The Committee regret to note that although over 9 years have elapsed since India achieved independence, the question of having Hindi names which will catch the imagination of the people and which will convey something of the significance of the activities to the rural people has not yet been seriously thought of. The Committee feel that there might be many suitable names in Sanskrit and Buddhist literature or in Kautilya's works. The Ministry can also enlist the help of people who are in touch with the ancient culture and background and who will be able to suggest something which people can readily accept and understand.
The Committee suggest that the C.P.A. should take early steps, in consultation with the Education Ministry to evolve suitable terminology in Hindi for replacing the existing English phrases which are not understood by the villagers, and which, therefore, do not catch their imagination.
Ministry Reply: The matter has been taken up with the Ministry of
The Committee feel that efforts should be made in giving orientation training to the B.D.Os., with the help of Sarva Seva Sangh in the philosophy of Bhoodan movement in the training centres for B.D.Os., so that they may be of assistance in re-distribution of land and in creating an atmosphere for Bhoodan in their Blocks. The Committee recommend that the Ministry should seriously consider this aspect and take suitable action in that direction.
Ministry Reply: This is being done at B.D.O. Training Centres.
While noting the efforts made so far to disseminate information about the Community Development Programme, the Committee offer the following suggestions:
Ministry Reply: The suggestion is being conveyed to the Development Commissioners.
The Ministry should prepare some films of its own depicting special features of different areas where good work has been done and such films can be exchanged between different parts of the country with a view to keeping the people aware of the progress in different parts. T
The Committee suggest that the C.P.A. should evolve a suitable plan for the absorption of the newly created development machinery into the normal administrative set up of the country so that the advantages gained thereby do not prove to be ephemeral.
The administrative organisation which the Ministry of Community Development has advised the State Governments to build up is as under:
| Summary of Recommendations | Government Reply |
|---|---|
| Both the taccavi and co-operative credit should be expanded as far as possible and the State Governments should ensure that there is no duplication in the advance of loans from co-operatives and Government sources. | These recommendations have been brought to the notice of the State Governments for implementation. The question of liberalising the rules relating to loans was discussed with representatives of various State Governments. During the meetings held in December 1957, January 1958, creditworthiness of purpose is being considered. |
| Rules and regulations relating to taccavi should be examined and liberalised as far as possible with a view to providing adequate credit to the so-called non-creditworthy applicants. | Rules and regulations are being examined. Uniformity in rates of interest is not yet achieved. |
| Uniformity in the rates of inte |
The Committee are glad to observe that the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, while addressing the Fifth Development Commissioners' Conference in May, '56, has indicated certain criteria which can serve as a useful guide:
A Sub-Committee of the Estimates Committee which visited Development Blocks in Orissa State, noticed that 19 Gram Panchayats around Rourkela where a big steel plant was being set up, had organised a co-operative society for marketing the daily necessities of life in the new township.
The Government's reply indicated that the recommendation has been brought to the notice of the Development Commissioners, but in Punjab, membership of co-operatives is limited to natural persons and other co-operatives. Gram Panchayats are not eligible for membership of co-operatives. This is to prevent overlapping of functions. No action has therefore been taken in this direction.
The Committee noted that the reply furnished on the question calling for intimation of the position in the remaining States is hardly relevant and is wholly unsatisfactory. It looks as though no serious attention has been paid to the actual information called for.
Corrections to the Seventy-fifth Report of the Estimates Committee.
| Page/Col/Line | Correction |
|---|---|
| Page 4, Col. 3, line 2 from bottom | read 'enrolled' for 'rolled' |
| Page 4, Col. 4, line 2 | read 'Governments' for 'Government' |
| Page 5, Col. 4, line 1 | read 'Quarterly' for 'Quaarterly' |
| Page 6, Col. 3, line 3 from bottom | read 'Co-operative' for 'Cotoperative' |
| Page 6, Col. 4, line 10 | read '14/26-8-1958' for '14-26-8-1958' |
| Page 8, Col. 4, line 11 | read 'notice' for 'rotice' |
| Page 10, Col. 4, line 3 | read 'been' for 'beer' |
| Page 29, Col. 3, line 8 | read 'campaigns' for 'compaigns' |
| Page 29, Col. 4, line 4 | read 'small' for 'samll' |
| Page 42, Col. 4, line 8 | read 'above' for 'iabove' |
The Chairman of the Estimates Committee, having been authorised by the Committee, presents this Seventy-fifth Report of the Estimates Committee of the Second Lok Sabha on the Action taken by Government on the recommendations contained in the Forty-fifth Report of the Estimates Committee (First Lok Sabha) on the Ministry of Community Development - C.P.A. Part IV.
The Report details the original comments and subsequent comments of the Ministry. It is divided into four Chapters: I. Report, II. Recommendations that have been accepted by the Government, III. Replies of the Government that have been accepted by the Committee, and IV. Replies of the Government that have not been finally accepted by the Committee.
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