Question : NATIONAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT

(a) whether despite a public commitment and provision of a liberal financial grant, Planning Commission has failed to produce a National Human Development Report (NHDR), detailing the status of primary education, health, infant mortality and employment

(b) if so, whether the need for the NHDR was felt at the time of preparing the 50th Anniversary of independence;

(c) if so, what are the main reasons for not preparing the same when statistics on infant mortality rates or provision of primary health facilities were available with the Government;

(d) if so, whether the Planning Commission had decided to provide financial assistance to the States which intended bringing out their individual human development reports;

(e) if so, whether Rs.1.10 crores was provided additional Central Assistance to the various States and a provision of Rs.2 crore was made for 1999-2000 also; and

(f) if so, name of the States whom these funds was allotted?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND PUBLIC GRIEVANCES IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS.

(SHRI ARUN SHOURIE)

(a) to (c) : The Planning Commission has commenced work on the preparation of National Human Development Report. A Steering Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Planning Commission, has been set up to oversee the work. The report is expected to be submitted to the Deputy chairman, Planning Commission by the end of the financial year 2000-01.

(d): Planning Commission is actively assisting the State Governments who have decided to prepare their own State Human Development Reports (HDRs). An amount of Rs.2 crore was earmarked as Additional Central Assistance (ACA) for the year 1998-99 for this purpose.

(e): Rs.1.10 crore was allocated and also released to five State Governments in the year 1998-99 to prepare their State HDRs. The States and the amounts released to them are as follows:

State	Amount (Rs. in lakhs)
Andhra Pradesh	25	Assam	20	Arunachal Pradesh	20	Punjab	20	Uttar Pradesh	25

State	Amount (Rs. in lakhs)
Himachal Pradesh	17	Tamil Nadu	25	Sikkim	6	Rajasthan	12