PLANNING UNIT 

            Planning Unit, being a nodal unit mostly depends upon other divisions    for information for its further submission to other Ministries/Departments/ Agencies.   The major activities  include formulation of  Five Year Plans & Annual Plans,  monitoring work related to  Five Year Plans, formulation of Tribal Sub Plan (TSP)/Special Component Plan (SCP), formulation of women component Plan, monitoring of civil work schemes and related correspondence with the Ministry of Urban Affairs & Employment, Compilation and monitoring of Plan Expenditure , work related to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour, furnishing of material for the Annual Report of the Ministry, Parliamentary matters including Parliament Questions, all correspondence and monitoring work related to Information Technology (IT) Scheme, processing and monitoring of work related to G I A scheme – scrutiny of proposals, convening screening committee meetings , issue of sanctions, analysis of final reports and preparation of comments on the reports of studies conducted under G I A scheme.  All liaison work with the Planning Commission related to Plan Schemes..

            The major programmes/activities of the unit are summarized as:

i)                    Formulation of  Five Year Plans                     

ii)                  Formulation of Annual Plans

iii)                Attending  meetings in the Ministry as well as  in the Planning   

         Commission  relating to formulation of  Five Year Plans & Annual  

          Plans

iv)       Formulation of TSP/SCP                                                       

v)        Formulation of Women Component Plan                          

            vi)        All Parliament Questions (both LS/RS)                             

vii)              Coordination of material related with  20-point programme

viii)    Preparation of material for Annual Report  related to plan

          programmes

ix)                Supply  of material for Parliamentary  Standing Committee on

Labour reg. Plan schemes.

x)       Work related to  Information Technology  Scheme –

            xi)        Processing & Monitoring of Research Projects   Under G I A

                      scheme

xii)              Submission of all monthly/Quarterly returns to IWSU &

                     Coordination Section

xiii)            Computerization of data                                                                  

xiv)             Inspection of the offices of NGOs/VOs as and when  required

xv)               Monitoring of  plan schemes of the Ministry and                

attending  all liaison work with the Planning Commission.

xvi)             Other Misc. Work.