EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
MAYURBHANJ- the largest district in Orissa located in its northern parts,
presents a panorama of many millennia in the human history. The land famous in ancient
times because of the achievements of the ruling ‘Mauryas’ and ‘ Bhanjas’ still stands tall
because of the virgin glory of its lands, the captivating Similipal Hills, the vibrant tribal
populace and their culture, the scenic beauty of numerous sites, the mineral and water
resources, and last but not the least, the lingering magic of royal yesteryears in not only
the hearts of the people but also in their day-to-day activities.
Inspite of its richness in various areas, the district still remains one of the
backward districts of Orissa. To have an easy and quick grasp of the scenario, an “ AS IS:
TO BE” analysis is presented below based on the strengths, opportunities, threats and
weaknesses of the district followed by an identification of the critical gaps which need to
be addressed under the Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana (RSVY).
AS IS
TO BE

Strategic Location

A well connected district

Rich mineral resources, water

A base for activities like horticulture,
resources, vital forest
fisheries, sericulture, industry etc.

Rich cultural heritage

To develop as a hub of cultural resource

Pristine environment and virgin land

A centre of eco-tourism

Strong growth of SHG movement

A leading district in terms of health,
education, women and child welfare and
facilities for the differentially abled

Considerable tribal population

Promote tribal welfare

Talent in athletics and sports

Tap potential in sports and athletics

Vast land resource

Increase in agricultural productivity

A rich and diverse population base

Overcome acute unemployment

Threats from left wing extremism

Take development to all remote areas of
the district to overcome the threats of left
wing extremism
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CRITICAL GAPS

Poor infrastructure

Lack of self employment opportunities

Less area under irrigation

Untapped potential in areas of horticulture,
sericulture, fisheries and other livelihood
sectors

Weak education and health infrastructure

Capacity building of women / youth
through training

Increase potential in eco-tourism

Lack of facilities to hove the talent of the
tribal youth in area of sports and athletics

Security aspects dealing with left wing
extremism
To be able to address the above-mentioned critical gaps in the development of the
district, the perspective plan proposal has been designed with focus on three core sectors:

LIVELIHOOD SECTOR –
Horticulture, Fisheries, Sericulture,
Industry, Tourism, Agricultural marketing,
Agriculture, Forest and Soil Conservation, GIS
Cell & Help Desk.

SOCIAL SECTOR -
Health, Special Interventions for the
Differentially Abled, Education, Sports,
and Women & Child Welfare.

INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR – Communication with emphasis on Rural
Connectivity and connectivity in Vulnerable,
Remote and Bordering Areas.
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The estimated costs given are approximate and it may vary depending on field
conditions, tender process etc. Architectural design and quality monitoring will be done
through professional agencies in case of specialized works and the cost of the same will
be part of the project cost.
In the LIVELIHOOD SECTOR, an effort has been made to integrate agriculture
and allied activities with industry and tourism with an aim to enhance the quality of life of
the tribal people and people staying in remote areas of the district. The objective is to
provide sustainable livelihood to poor scheduled tribe rural families through proper
utilization of land and water and also to ensure food security, promote self-employment
enhance income and capacity building through training and exposure. 23.87% of the total
budget has been allocated to this sector.

Horticulture – Based on agro climatic and soil conditions, different horticulture crops
have been suggested for different areas. Development of private nurseries,
dissemination of latest technology and information through demonstration, training,
workshops and exhibition will be encouraged. With rubber already having been
proved as eco-friendly and an excellent crop for rehabilitation / settlement of socially
and economically backward classes of people, an emphasis on rubber plantation has
been made.

Fisheries – With the district’s rich potential for pisciculture development, emphasis
has been put on providing income generating assets in the form of fish seed rearing
units by women SHGs, providing technical training to 600 fish farmers on scientific
pisciculture management to make their activity economically viable and sustainable
and information discrimination through IEC activities.

Sericulture - Tassar culture has been practiced in this district since the time of the
erstwhile royal dynasties. The most important pre-requisite of the silk industry is
production and supply of quality seeds. Therefore, stress is to be given to maintain
better plantation of tassar food plants for quality seeds and smooth rearing activities
with proper marketing facilities. The schemes have been proposed with the above
objective in sight.

Industry – Blessed with naturally grown forest bamboo, the project logically aims at
providing a special package to the traditional bamboo workers for augmentation of
their earning. With a substantial tribal population in the district, a center for
development of tribal handicraft design has been proposed apart from providing for
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income generating schemes (like sabai rope making and siali leaf khalli & rope
making) for the Khadia and Mankadia Primitive Tribal Groups, self employment
through honey collection (project –MADHU) and providing vocational training
(preferably technical) to youths in the remote GPs of the district.

Tourism – Venturing into and enjoying nature in a way as to assure that the negative
impacts on the cultural and natural environment are minimized and negated, forms the
basic of eco-tourism. Development of Eco-tourism at Similipal Hills along with
improvement of orchidarium, residing infrastructure and trekking routs in Similipal,
have been proposed. Mayurbhanj has many locations which though are irresistible
destinations are not attracting enough tourists and for this, development of tourism
sites at Khiching, Devkund, Bhimkund etc. have been proposed. Heritage tourism can
be promoted at the historic Jubilee Museum and Archives. Research for development
of Chhau dance (which is a part of the tribal way of life of Mayurbhanj) is aimed to be
promoted at the proposed Chhau Research Centre & Museum. Similarly, the proposed
improvement of acoustics and development of Tribal Cultural Centre in Saheed
Smruti Bhawan is also extremely essential in the light of the Bhawan being the only
cultural centre at the district headquarter.

Agricultural Marketing- With agriculture as the mainstay of the people, efforts are
being done to establish rural markets in 25 remote and bordering GPs. This will not
only help to promote forward and backward linkages to the farmers of the area, but
also help in ensuring a better quality of life for the tribal poor which is extremely
important especially in the light of these areas being remote, vulnerable and bordering
areas.

Agriculture – Presently, the percentage of irrigated land in the district is only 21% in
Kharif season and 9% in Rabi season. To increase the cropping intensity and
productivity, more area is to be brought under irrigation. For this purpose, it is
proposed to install 100 borewells during the plan period of 3 years. It is proposed to
provide 50% subsidy of Rs.50, 000/- per borewell either to individual beneficiaries or
groups.

Forest – The improvement of irrigation system in the forest areas is very important
especially with a large population of tribals of the district residing in the forest areas
whose mainstay is agriculture and allied activities.

Soil Conservation - It has been proposed to construct W.H.S., farm ponds, percolation
tanks, cross bundhs, diversion weir, etc, in the non-irrigated rain-fed patches under the
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RSVY scheme which will provide life saving irrigation, check the soil erosion,
recharge the ground water and generate employment opportunity. These projects
would be implemented in identified watershed area.

GIS Cell & Help-Desk – This would enable in expanding the horizons of the people
in areas like agricultural marketing, information about the various activities of
different SHGs and hence securing them a better customer-base, marketing and
information dissemination of the strengths of Mayurbhanj, like Green & Black stone
carving, Tourism Information, and even taking much sought after items like “Mudhi”
to not just the national but also international markets.
In the SOCIAL SECTOR, health, special interventions for the differentially abled,
education, sports, women & child welfare areas have been clubbed together with an
estimated 29.35% of the total budget allocation under RSVY.

Health – No development is development enough unless we assure the right to be
born for a child and the right of a woman to bring her baby into this world in a safe
and dignified way. By providing better health facilities to these thousands of faceless
populace under RSVY, in the form of 1. Construction of Attendants’ Rest shed at
DHH & SDHs (22 Units), 2. Provision of Labor room at 33 health institutions 3.
Construction of Neo Natal care units at DHH, Baripada, we would just be taking one
step further towards creating a better nation state.

Special Interventions for the Differentially Abled – “A nation becomes a super power
not by making sound and lights out of atoms but by making the deaf and dumb to hear
the purest form of human voice and the blind to see the light of human values”. To be
able to do this, a laboratory for Research and Rehabilitation for the Disabled, an
Attendants Rest Shed and a Girls Hostel for the blind, deaf & dumb has been
proposed.

Education –To develop “ignited minds”, students apart from being provided
education, should also be provided with hygienic environment, safe drinking water,
good study materials and the equipments of games, sports and science. Various
educational institutions under School & Mass Education department and ST & SC
Development Department have been chosen to be equipped with these basic minimum
amenities. Girls’ Hostels have been proposed in five schools under the SC&ST
Development Dept. to promote girl child education and provide better facilities for the
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tribal girls. These efforts complemented with the total sanitation campaign (TSC) will
promote hygienic habits amongst the children from a very young age.

Sports – “Adversity causes some to break, others to break records”. Endowed
genetically to excel in sports, the young tribal men and women of Mayurbhanj need to
be provided to facilities not just to excel in sports but also positively channelise the
youth energy in tribal affected areas. While many have won laurels for the state &
nation, specialized facilities have been proposed at 5 high schools based on past
records and present talent base.

Women & Child Welfare – The development of women and children is synonymous
with the development of mankind. With a large chunk of tribal population in the
district, emphasis has been given to prevent malnutritition among 0-6 years children.
It has been envisaged to establish Anganwadi centers which will serve as community
centers as well while catering to the Pre-school Education, Health Check-up,
Immunization, Referral Services, Nutrition & health Education, Supplementary
Nutrition Programme needs of the people in the 50 most backward GPs of the district.
A revolving fund for the women SHGs of primitive tribal groups for collection of
forest honey has been proposed which will give them the benefits of a steady income
and create some stability in their otherwise fragile economic condition.
In the INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR, sole importance has been given to
communication, i.e. to enhance rural connectivity and connectivity especially in
vulnerable, remote & bordering areas by implementation of road and bridge projects.
There can be no second opinion about infrastructure being the “engine” of growth and
development and this explains the 46.78% budget allotment to this sector via which
development will “reach” the remote inaccessible areas.
It is said, “ A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. There is no
doubt that these small steps taken under RSVY will go a long way in making a huge
difference in the lives of the people who matter the most.
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Summary of Plan Proposals for 2003-04 to 2005-06
(In Lakh rupees)
Sector /
Department
Proposed financial outlay for
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
Name of the Scheme
TOTAL
LIVELIHOOD SECTOR
1. Area expansion of fruit crops:
Mango, Lime, Custard Apple
13.42
5.61
5.97
25.00
2. Development of private nursery and
construction of Market yard
6.00
10.65
13.35
30.00
Horticulture 3. Demonstration of root & tuber crops
6.00
1.30
4.00
1.30
0
3.90
10.00
6.50
14.36
19.70
18.14
52.20
41.08
41.26
41.36
123.70
12.50
12.50
12.50
37.50
2.20
0.30
15.00
2.20
0.20
14.90
2.20
0.20
14.90
6.60
0.70
44.80
5.62
5.62
5.61
16.85
1.20
1.20
1.20
3.60
0
6.00
0
6.00
0
1.50
1.00
2.50
1.80
1.80
1.80
5.40
2.00
10.62
2.00
18.12
2.00
11.61
6.00
40.35
6.30
6.30
8.40
21.00
2.00
16.00
7.00
25.00
5.00
5.00
4.15
14.15
14.75
18.25
-
33.00
5.00
10.00
10.00
25.00
33.05
55.55
29.55
118.15
4. Organization of training
5. Rubber Plantation in tribal area
(Rubber Board)
Fisheries
Sericulture
SUB-TOTAL
1. Establishment of fish seed rearing units
by the Women Self Help Groups (30 nos.)
2. Training to 600 fish farmers
3. I.E.C. Training materials.
SUB-TOTAL
A. Pre cocoon activity,
1.Assistance to Tassar seed rearers for
maintenance of tassar food plants
2. Assistance to Tassar rearers for
development of chawkie garden
3. Rearing equipment support to Tassar
rearers
4. Support for setting up of tassar
grainage by pvt. Graineurs.
5. Support to tassar rearers for quality
disinfectants.
B. Post Cocoon Activity
1. Support to tassar silk spinners
SUB-TOTAL
1. Establishment of Handicrafts Bamboo
artisan unit in line of Bamboo mission of
state govt. (DIC)
2. Tribal Handicrafts Design
Development Programme, (ITDA,
Baripada)
Industry
3. Income Generating Scheme for Khadia
& Mankidia P T Gs for Self Employment
4. Self employment through Honey
collection unit (MADHU)
5. Vocational training to Youths in
Remote GPs (540 youths)
SUB-TOTAL
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1. Development of Eco-tourism at
Similipal
Tourism
-
50.00
-
50.00
75.00
50.00
80.00
205.00
75.00
100.00
80.00
255.00
25.00
25.00
20.00
50.00
50.00
15.00
50.00
50.00
15.00
125.00
125.00
50.00
20.00
10.00
10.00
20.00
72.00
15.00
14.00
14.00
11.00
72.50
15.00
14.00
14.00
0.0
0.0
50.00
38.00
38.00
31.00
144.50
9.00
0.0
0.0
9.00
51.00
28.50
0.0
79.50
152.00
-
112.00
15.00
0.0
-
264.00
15.00
TOTAL UNDER LIVELIHOOD
SECTOR
381.75
435.83
256.42
1074.00
1. Cont. of Attendants Rest shed at
DHH & SDHs (22 Units)
50.00
50.00
32.00
132.00
75.00
60.00
30.00
165.00
0.0
10.00
0.0
10.00
125.00
120.00
62.00
307.00
0.0
25.00
25.00
50.00
0.0
0.0
0.0
10.00
15.00
50.00
0.0
15.00
40.00
10.00
30.00
90.00
2. Development of Tourism sites at
Khiching, Debkund, Bhimkund, Jubilee
Museum & Archives, Establishment of
Chhau Research center & museum &
Improvement of Acoustics &
Development of Tribal Cultural Centre at
Sahid Smruti Bhawan
SUB-TOTAL
Agricultural 1. Establishment of Rural markets in 25
Marketing Vulnerable, Remote and Bordering GPs
SUB-TOTAL
Agriculture 1. Installation of bore wells (100)
SUB- TOTAL
1. Imprv. of irrigation system.
Forest
SUB-TOTAL
1. Farm Pond / Percolation tank
2. Water harvesting structure (New)
3. Improvement / reconstruction of old
Soil
Conservation WHS
4. Construction of Diversion Weir and
Cross bund
SUB-TOTAL
GIS
G.I.S. Cell & Help Desk
23.87 %
SOCIAL SECTOR
2. Provision of Labor room at 33 health
institutions
3. Const. of Neo Natal care units at DHH,
Baripada
SUB-TOTAL
1. Laboratory for Research &
Special
Interventions Rehabilitation for Disabled
2. Attendant’s Rest Shed
for the
Differentially 3. Girls Hostel for the blind, deaf & dumb
Abled
SUB-TOTAL
Health
Educational Institutions under School and Mass Education Department
Education
1. Const. of Urinal & Latrine with
water facilities in Schools (181) in
Convergence with TSC
2. Tube well for Drinking water facility in
Schools (81)
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0.0
10.86
0.0
10.86
15.00
15.00
6.45
36.45
3. Establishment of book bank &
supply of Sports equipments, models
to High Schools (260 nos.)
30.00
30.00
44.00
104.00
4. Supply of Solar Lanterns, Sports
Goods to Tribal PSHs
10.00
5.00
10.00
25.00
55.00
60.86
60.45
176.31
SUB-TOTAL
Educational institutions under S.T. & S.C. Development Department.
A. ITDA, BARIPADA
1. Const. of Latrine, Urinal &
Bathroom and Water supply facilities
in Schools (40)
2. Const. of latrine & bathing complex
with water supply facilities in SC&ST
development department Schools (3)
3. Construction of Girls Hostel Building
at Kujdihi Govt. (SSD) Girls High School
SUB-TOTAL
B. ITDA, KAPTIPADA
1. Const. of toilets & urinals & addl.
Water facilities in schools / hostels (24)
2. Const. of latrine & bathing complex
with water supply facilities in SC&ST
development department Schools (5)
3. Construction of Girls Hostel
Building at Bahubandha Govt. (SSD)
Girls High School
SUB-TOTAL
C. ITDA, RAIRANGPUR
1 Const. of latrine & bathing complex
with water supply facilities in SC&ST
development department Schools (6)
2. Construction of Girls Hostel Building
at Rairangpur & Bijatala Govt. (SSD)
Girls High School
SUB-TOTAL
D. ITDA, KARANJIA
1. Const. of Latrine, Urinals & Water
supply in schools / hostels
2. Const. of latrine & bathing complex
with water supply facilities in SC&ST
development department Schools (4)
3. Construction of Girls Hostel Building
at Thakurmunda Govt. (SSD) Girls High
School
SUB-TOTAL
Sports
1. Development of play ground & supply
of sports equipment at Blocks, SubDivisions & district level
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13.20
29.00
23.30
65.50
18.27
-
-
18.27
-
-
7.00
7.00
31.47
29.00
30.30
90.77
9.00
9.00
30.00
48.00
30.45
-
-
30.45
-
-
7.00
7.00
39.45
9.00
37.00
85.45
8.08
28.46
-
36.54
-
8.00
6.00
14.00
8.08
36.46
6.00
50.54
-
10.00
10.00
20.00
-
0.44
23.99
24.43
-
7.00
-
7.00
-
17.44
33.99
51.43
70.00
70.00
89.00
229.00
2. Specialized facilities on Sports at 5
High Schools
SUB-TOTAL
1. Reduction of mal nutrition among 0-6
year children
2. Establishment of Anganwadi-cumWomen & Community center in Most back ward
Child Welfare GPs (50)
3. Revolving fund for primitive PTGs
SHGs for collection of forest Honey
SUB-TOTAL
29.35 %
TOTAL UNDER SOCIAL SECTOR
10.00
10.00
10.00
30.00
80.00
80.00
99.00
259.00
-
8.36
41.25
49.61
50.00
50.00
50.00
150.00
5.00
6.00
-
11.00
55.00
64.36
91.25
210.61
394.00
467.12
459.99
1321.11
105.85
370.23
649.82
1125.90
15.00
120.85
25.00
395.23
12.98
662.80
52.98
1178.88
458.40
196.82
120.79
776.01
130.00
20.00
-
150.00
588.40
216.82
120.79
926.01
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR
Communication 1. Road Projects
2. Bridge Projects
A. Rural
SUB-TOTAL
Connectivity
B. Rural
connectivity 1. Road Projects
for Vulnerable,
Remote & 2. Bridge Projects
Bordering
SUB-TOTAL
areas
46.78%
TOTAL UNDER
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR
709.25
612.05
783.59
2104.89
100%
GRAND TOTAL
1500.00
1500.00 1500.00
4500.00
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