District Planning and Monitoring Unit (D P M U)

INDTRODUCTION

Government of Odisha has taken manifold strategies and steps to strengthen Decentralized Planning in the state. With this aim District planning & Monitoring Unit, (DPMUs) have been stabilised in all the thirty districts of the State. District Planning & Monitoring Unit (DPMU) Kalahandi was established in the year 2010 .DPMU is under the administrative control of the Planning & Convergence Department. The main function of this office is to prepare the Comprehensive District Plan (CDP).

OBJECTIVES of DPMU

  • Collecting, analysing, updating and maintaining desired district and sub-district level databases, and generating useful knowledge for local level planning.
  • Providing secretarial and technical support to DPC, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) and Urban Local Bodies (ULB) for preparing and consolidating local level plans.
  • Assisting DPC in monitoring and evaluating the implementation of developmental programmes, and
  • Preparing shelf of projects and DPRs for development programmes.

FUNCTIONING OF DPMU

There are three wings functioning in the DPMU.

  1. Planning Wing: The Planning Wing is responsible for preparing district development profiles and district atlas at different periods and making inventories of resources available in the different development sectors including land, water, minerals, forests, skilled and unskilled manpower and other resources.
  2. Statistical Wing: The Statistical Wing is responsible for collection and analysis of district and sub-district level data as may be considered desirable for preparation of district and sub-district plans and for other purposes.
  3. Analytical Wing: The Analytical Support Cell is responsible for providing high-end analytical and conceptual support to the DPC and other two Cells of the DPMU.

PREPARATION OF COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT PLAN

DPMU has been preparing the Comprehensive District Plans (CDP), scheme wise, in respect of the district sector schemes. To make district plans more effective, relevant information on the district wise outlays / allocations for various schemes under “District sector” are communicated to the concerned District Level Officers/other functionaries well in advance.