Marathwada Statutory Development Board

REMOVAL OF REGIONAL IMBALANCE

Government had appointed a Fact Finding Committee (FFC) in August, 1983 under the Chairmanship of Dr. V.M. Dandekar for studying the problem of imbalance between different regions of the State to identify regional backlog on the basis of such a study and to suggest measures for removal of the regional backlog including long term measures to avoid such regional imbalance in the future. The report of the Fact Finding Committee was made available to Government in June, 1984. The Fact Finding Committee had identified backlog of Rs. 3186.78 Crores. The sector wise break-up of the backlog is given as below:

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2.                  After receipt of the report of the Fact Finding Committee, Government appointed an Empowered Committee to undertake in depth study of the Fact Finding Committee, as also the methodology and criteria adopted for identifying the backlog and to submit its recommendations for the consideration of Government, Empowered Committee submitted its report to Government in April, 1987.  Even though no final decision on the recommendations of the Committee has been taken, Government decided that the regional backlog identified by the Fact Finding Committee should be removed in a time bound manner.   Accordingly, from the Annual Plan 1985-86 special outlay has been provided for different sectors to remove the backlog shown by the Fact Finding Committee. 

3.                  Under Article 371(2) of the Constitution of India, the President of India had entrusted special responsibility on the Governor of Maharashtra to set up Development Boards of Vidarbha,  Marathwada and Rest of Maharashtra.  These Boards were accordingly constituted on 25^th June, 1994.  After the formation of Statutory Development Boards, Governor of Maharashtra has constituted an Indicators & Backlog Committee of the three Development Boards on 8^th October 1995.  The committee comprises of Chairman of the Development Boards and Deputy Secretary to the Governor of Maharashtra.  The Committee has submitted its report on 11^th July 1997 to the Governor of Maharashtra.  Government has accepted the report of the committee in principle in March 2000.

4.                  After taking into account of the development that took place till March, 1994 in the same 9 sectors (Irrigation, Roads, General Education, Technical Educational, Energy, Water Supply, Animal Husbandry & Health) which were indicated by the Dr. Dandekar Committee, the Committee worked out fresh backlog of Rs. 15355.77 Crores under these sectors.   As some departments viz. Irrigation, Health, Technical Education, Water Supply, Roads, Land Development and Horticulture, departments had difference of opinion regarding the physical backlog shown by Indicators & Backlog Committee; the physical backlog is reworked out by the Indicators & Backlog Committee.  The final backlog on 31^st March 1994 is worked out as Rs.14006.77 Crores.   The revised backlog is accepted by the Governor.

Statement showing Region-wise financial backlog as on 31^st March 1994 by the Reconstituted
Indicators & Backlog Committee & approved by Hon. Governor is as follows

Year –wise outlay from 1985-95 and 1995-96 to 2008-2009 in various sectors the outlays
 provided for Marathwada

Financial Backlog in the Irrigation Sector

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Financial Backlog in the sectors other than irrigation sectors

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Allocation of outlay for backlog removal in the Annual Plan 2009-2010

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Allocation of outlay for backlog removal in the Annual Plan 2010-2011         

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Allocation of outlay for backlog removal in the Annual Plan 2012-2013         

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