ABOUT US

Planning machinery is required to ensure a system of scientific planning, monitoring and evaluation of the development plans, assessment of plan resources and optimal utilization at various levels. The State Planning Board is required to assess the priorities, challenges, suitability, possibility, viability, feasibility, direction, quantum and pace of developmental planning in the State.

The State Planning Machinery was established during 1973-74 with a small nucleus of Officers and Staff and placed under the control of Home Department (SAB). Later the Department was bifurcated from Home Department and placed under Planning & Transformation Department with the Development Commissioner as the Administrative Head during 1986. Name of the Organization Government of Nagaland State Planning Machinery, Planning & Transformation Department.

Since there has been expansion of Development Departments in the State and there are now 61 full flagged development departments having developmental activities. Planning Department requires liaising, co-ordinate and supervising development activities undertaken by various departments. Apart from liaising and co-ordinating with the Planning Commission and other Ministries at the Centre on all matters relating to economic planning and development in the State.

With the National Policy of Grass-root level planning, the Department has also established District Planning Offices in all the 11 Districts of the State and the District Planning Officers acts as Member-Secretary to the District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) in their respective Districts.

All the 11 (eleven) district are manned by the district Planning Officer along with a ministerial supporting staff. All activities of department in the district fall under their purview and functionaries of the department. The DPO also act as a co-ordinator with Head of department agencies for smooth conduct in the district.

The Department of Planning formulates Annual Plans and Five-year Plans under guidance of the State Planning Board and in consultation with other Departments of the State Government. The Department coordinates and monitors implementation of the Annual Plans as well as the Five-Year Plans. The Department administers important state sponsored schemes and also the nodal agency at state level for nationally important scheme.

PLANNING & TRANSFORMATION DEPARTMENT

Planning & Transformation Department is headed by the Addl. Chief Secretary & Development Commissioner Nagaland who is assisted by Additional Development Commissioner and other Officers and Staff.

Planning & Transformation Department broadly covers the following functions:

  1. Formulation of State Development Activities and Yearly development activities in the State.
  2. Oversees and controls the Development funds in respect of all development Departments.
  3. Monitors the progress of Plan Schemes implemented by the different Development Departments
  4. Acts as Liaison Department between the NITI Aayog, DoNER, NEC etc. Government of India and different departments of the State.
  5. Renders Secretarial Assistance to the State Planning Board

 

The Department is divided into 3 (three) branches dealing with the following subjects:-

ADMINISTRATION:

  1. Gazzetted Officers establishment matters of State Planning Machinery
  2. Matters relating to UID, PM’s 15 & 20 Point Programmes
  3. Nagaland Special Development Zone (NSDZ)
  4. Others

 

STATE PLANNING MACHINERY:

  1. All matters relating to Planning in the State
  2. Laying down guidelines for Department programmes and schemes
  3. Assessment of plan resources
  4. Laying down of targets and achievements
  5. Plan coordination
  6. Advice to other departments in matters relating to Plan formulation and the general principles related  to planning
  7. Evaluation and implementation of plan schemes
  8. Scrutiny of plan schemes of various departments
  9. Manpower planning
  10. NEC/NLCPR
  11. MPLADs, LADP
  12. Externally Aided Projects (EAP)
  13. Non-Gazetted establishment
  14. Matter relating to grants under Article 275(1)
  15. Finance Commission Award
  16. Nagaland GIS & Remote  Sensing Centre
  17. Monitoring Cell
  18. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  19. Special Development Program
  20. Unspecified Subjects

 

GENERAL BRANCH:

  1.  Economics & Statistics Department
  2. Evaluation Department
  3. Chief Minister’s Corpus Fund
  4. UNDP/DHDR
  5. State Investment Policy

 

EXISTING STAFF STRENGTH:

The officials of Administration Branch and General Branch are from the NCS Cadre and Nagaland Civil Secretariat Service. The Officials of the State Planning Machinery are from the Nagaland State Planning Machinery Services and the existing strength is as follows:

Sl. No.Name of the PostSanctioned PostIn PositionVacancyTotal
1Additional Development Commissioner11–1
2Joint Development Commissioner22–2
3Deputy Development Commissioner2–22
4Assistant Development Commissioner139413
5Economist11–1
6Planning Officer1413114
7Section Officer1–11
8Assistant Planning Officer2423124
9Junior Section Officer11–1
5953659

OBJECTIVE

  • Formulation of Annual Plan and Five year plans.
  • Plan Implementation
  • Monitoring of Plan Schemes
  • Economic and Financial policy issues including Centre and State financial relations.
  • Examination of Schemes, Projects to be included in plans.
  • Multi level Planning State, District, Block and Local Levels.
  • Rendering advice on State Plan Schemes and CSS.
  • Meeting of the working Groups for different Departments.
  • Monitoring of Member of Parliament Local Area Development Schemes.

VISION

Core Elements of Nagaland’s Vision 2020 are as follows:

  • Ensure safety and security of all citizens and uphold peace and communal harmony
  • Eliminate poverty and deprivation at all levels and achieve Millennium Development Goals
  • Enhance human capabilities to promote equitable growth covering all sections of people and regions of the State.
  • Make Nagaland a globally competitive destination and a leader among Indian States.
  • Institutionalize good governance across the State through enhanced transparency, accountability and participation.
  • Increase rural incomes through greater viability of agriculture and allied activities.
  • Focus on job-oriented growth through concomitant skill development of the workforce.
  • Develop the State as a vibrant knowledge society.
  • Improve access and availability of quality healthcare for all.
  • Achieve a sustainable and orderly process of industrialisation and urbanisation.
  • Enhance opportunities and empower women across economic, social and political spheres
  • Bridge the gap between socially backward and vulnerable groups and rest of the people
  • Improve energy availability and develop infrastructure to boost productive potential of economy
  • Preserve and promote Nagaland’s rich heritage
  • Ensure sustainability of the State’s environment and natural resources
  • Build and sustain leadership in science, technology and knowledge
  • Improve governance through wider participation and sustainable decentralized planning activities

ACTIVITIES

Since there has been expansion of Development Departments in the State and there are now 61 full flagged development departments having developmental activities. Planning Department requires liaising, co-ordinate and supervising development activities undertaken by various departments. Apart from liaising and co-ordinating with the Planning Commission and other Ministries at the Centre on all matters relating to economic planning and development in the State.

With the National Policy of Grass-root level Planning, the Department has also established District Planning Offices in all the 11 Districts of the State and the District Planning Officers acts as Member-Secretary to the District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) in their respective Districts.

In the recent past the State Government has initiated several reform processes of economic planning in the State as to coordinate and supervise the implementation of the following schemes:

1. Centrally Sponsored Schemes.
2. NEC Sponsored Schemes.
3. Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR).
4. Local Area Development Programme (LADP).
5. C.M. Corpus Fund.
6. Special Development Programme (SDP).
7. Perform functions of the Secretariat for State Planning Board (SPB).
8. Formulation and Planning of development programmes and their execution.
9. Any other subject which are not assign to any specific Department.