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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Planning Commission seeks inputs from NGOs, social groups for 12th Plan by Sandeep Joshi

Planning Commission seeks inputs from NGOs, social groups for 12th Plan by Sandeep Joshi

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published Published on Dec 5, 2010   modified Modified on Dec 5, 2010

This is the first time that the Planning Commission has sought engagement of the civil society NGOs have given suggestions for previous Five Year Plans

Consultations on various topics planned

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.


The Hindu, 6 December, 2010, http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/06/stories/2010120661751000.htm


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