PlanPlus

A software to strengthen planning at grass roots level

Objective

Facilitates the Decentralized Planning process in Local Language by

Converging the rural and urban plans to generate an integrated district plan Supporting need/activity based planning rather than scheme-driven capturing the planning work flow Converging the flow of funds from different central and state sponsored schemes Acting as a decision support tool through the use of supporting GIS and Graphs

Stakeholders

Central Government Departments State Government Departments Urban Local Bodies Rural Local Bodies District-Level Line Departments Financial Institutions DPCs Citizens

Planning Workflow in PlanPlus

Captures the plan unit and state-specific work flows as defined by the State Planning Department.

The Plan is routed to various stakeholders as per the defined workflow.

Versions of the workflow are maintained to ensure consistency in legacy plans.

PlanPlus WorkFlow
Integration with CSS/State Fund info, SORs, Norms, GP Boundaries, Census Database, Local resource database etc.
Citizens/ NGOs/ CBOs/ GramSabhas/ Area Sabhas/ Planning Units Suggest Needs/Expectations

Unstructured wish-list

Planning Unit (ULBs & RLBs)

Formulate Projects
(Sectoral Integration)

Assign Works to Projects

(Estimates,time, location etc)

Prepare Annual Plan

(Prioritization & source of funding)

Forward to TAC Technical Approval Committee (BTAC/DTAC/STAC) Evaluate for Technical Scrutiny/ Sanction Yes Evaluate for Administrative Approval Approved Plan Review

All works approved?

Review

DPC

All works approved? Yes

Linkages

Area Profiler ( )

PRI Accounting PRIASoft

Implementation Monitoring

Services

National Panchayat Portal

Planning Process
Stakeholder Planning Unit

Capturing Information on Wish List, Works(location, proposed cost, proposed duration, asset/beneficiary) and Projects

Suggestion Box

The Gram/Ward Sabha or any planning unit or any individual can express their needs to other planning units. For eg., a GP may suggest its BP to build a link road or a GP may suggest a municipality to build a warehouse These suggestions are shared in public domain and can be one and all including DPC and the planning units DPC and the planning units can decide if there is any need to take up the suggested need as a work in any of the Plans

Project

Each planning unit begins with the identification of projects A project is a logical collection of related works, possibly belonging to different sectors Helps in bringing about sectoral integration and ensures maximum impact of the interventions in different sectors

Works

A project may have one or more works (but at least one work) Work Details

Work Focus Area (sector) Proposed Asset details Proposed Location of work Target Beneficiaries Unit of work Cost estimates for each year of the work

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Stakeholder State Govt. / NABARD / Banks / Planning Units

Information about Resource Envelope Available with Planning Unit

Resource Information - Schemes

Stakeholder State Government

Panchayati Raj Urban Development and State Planning Department

Provide information on fund flow to various planning units

Schemes

The software captures details about the schemes managed by various central and state government departments Details include inter-alia,

the sector/work area of the scheme its tied/untied status Annual releases to planning units etc

Resource Information - Credit Plan

Stakeholder NABARD/Banks

Specify Thurst Area wise Activity List Enter the Name of Banks/Branches Offering Credit Specify Financial Targets Planning Unit Wise Generate Credit Plan Reports (Offerings, proposed consumption Sector/Thrust Area Wise) Analytical Reports like Pattern of Credit Distribution in different sectors (PS, SS, TS) and among 29/19 Thrust Areas

Planning Process
Stakeholder - Planning Units

Creating Annual Plan, Allocating available resources to Prioritised works

Annual Plan

An annual plan would consist of one or more works from one or more projects The software automatically includes all works which have been created for the Plan Year and also includes spill-over, on-going and resumed works in the Plan. Based on the sector of the work and that of the scheme, the software automatically shows the amount of expected allocation under different schemes. The Planning unit can allocate funds from different schemes to different works One work may be allocated funds from more than one scheme, thereby converging the funds of different schemes (if the schemes are for the same sector as that of the work or if the scheme has provision for untied funds)

Annual Plan (contd.)

Works may be included or excluded from the plan as per availability of funds Priority can be set for each work; fund availability is automatically calculated A higher tier (such as ZP or BP) may co-opt works of a lower tier unit A Planning unit can create a work which is part of a supra project The Planning unit would also have access to its development and planning profile through GIS maps and graphs The Planning unit can view plans of other planning units within the same district; this would enable it to take more informed decision about its own plan The software also informs the planner about fund availability under different schemes under different sectors thereby ensuring maximum utilization of funds

Planning Process Technical Scrutiny

Scrutinize Plans submitted by Planning Units and offer comments on cost, duration and methodology Technical Appraisal Committee

Technical and Administrative clearance

Once an optimal Plan has been prepared by a planning unit, it gets forwarded for technical and administrative clearance If any work requires technical or administrative norm clearance, then it is evaluated The Plan is returned back to the Planning Unit if any work requires modification to meet technical or administrative clearance (for eg., revision of cost estimates) The Planning Unit must modify as per the clearance requirement and forward it back for clearance If all works are cleared, the Plan is forwarded to DPC.

Planning Process DPC Approval

Scrutinize Plans cleared by TAC and accord/endorse approval and integrate it with District Annual Plan DPC

Plan Approval by DPC

The DPC can generate sectoral views of the Plan (to be reviewed by sectoral committees) and take decisions (approve, reject, review) on each work included in the Plan The DPC can either approve a Plan (if all works are approved) or return the Plan to the planning unit for review/modification The DPC can also take decisions on co-opted works and look at suggestions of planning units The DPC would also have access to the development profile of the planning unit through various maps and graphs The software also provides graphs to get visual view of the investment/allocation profile of the Plan

Reports

Annual Plan of respective Plan Units Integrated District Plan History of the Plan as it goes through the cycle of revisions Status of approval of different works Expected Fund utilization Sectoral Plan Scheme Plan Sectorwise Scheme plan and vice versa Sectorwise BRGF allocation Gap filling by BRGF

Analytical support using GIS

Census villages have already been mapped to the panchayats of all BRGF districts Boundaries of Gram Panchayats in BRGF districts are now available Census data can be overlaid on top of these maps and used to analyze the planning units development profile Work is going on for the remaining districts

Customizing PlanPlus

PlanPlus is a highly generic software making it easy to customize it to specific requirements Based on Open source tools and technologies Uses GIS technologies and Census data Provides complete local language support in UNICODE Captures the state-specific workflows as defined by the State Planning Department Can be easily extended to facilitate the preparation of state and central government plans. Is web-based but can be installed locally also

PlanPlus (Field-tested sites)

Kerala Kerala
Chalissery GP Chalissery GP Sreekrishnapuram Sreekrishnapuram Thiruvegapuram GP Thiruvegapuram GP Akathethara GP Akathethara GP Malambuzha BP Malambuzha BP Thrithala BP Thrithala BP ChitturChitturThathamangalam Thathamangalam Municipality Municipality Palakkad Municipality Palakkad Municipality Palakkad Palakkad District Panchayat District Panchayat

West Bengal West Bengal

Ghurisha GP Ghurisha GP Banagram GP Banagram GP Bolepur Bolepur Sriniketan BP Sriniketan BP Bhirbhum ZP Bhirbhum ZP Suri Municipality Suri Municipality

Karnataka Karnataka

Chattisgarh Chattisgarh

Savalgi-B GP Savalgi-B GP Malkhed GP Malkhed GP Kadhechur GP Kadhechur GP Mashal GP Mashal GP Ainapur GP Ainapur GP Maddol GP Maddol GP Avarat-B GP Avarat-B GP Doranhalli GP Doranhalli GP Hunasagi GP Hunasagi GP Gulbarga BP Gulbarga BP Afzalpur BP Afzalpur BP Yadgir BP Yadgir BP Sedam BP Sedam BP Chittapur Municipality Chittapur Municipality

Dhamtari GP Dhamtari GP Rudri GP Rudri GP Aamdi GP Aamdi GP Kurud GP Kurud GP Kathauli GP Kathauli GP Anwari GP Anwari GP Dhamtari BP Dhamtari BP Kurud BP Kurud BP Dhamtari ZP Dhamtari ZP Dhamtari Municipality Dhamtari Municipality

PlanPlus
attempts to manifest the power of IT to demystify the Planning process for all the stakeholders and thereby make decentralized planning a reality.

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