Human Development Report Based Training of State and District
Planners in Rajasthan
The Human Development report brought out annually by UNDP, with a
core-theme to be of topical relevance and interest, has created a
sustained interest, the world over. Developed and developing nations
alike use it as a measure of development, over and above the traditional
GNP, to plan for future development.
The State Human Development Report of Rajasthan was launched in 2002. It
provides a profile of gaps in development outcomes and attainment across
districts. It has also emerged as a principle advocacy platform for
sustainable human development. The need is however to translated this
advocacy into specific programmes of action and policies addressed at
regions, sectors and population strata that need to be brought in the
mainstream of the development process.
ARAVALI has taken up a project on Human Development Report based
Training of State and District Planners of Rajasthan. The project is
supported by Planning Commission, Government of India and United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP). The project aims at promoting HDR based
planning in Rajasthan. The main objective of the programme is to orient,
train and provide exposure on Human Development to key people engaged in
planning process in Rajasthan. The project also aims at initiating the
district HDR in one of the district. In addition it will also set the
process of preparation of next HDR (HDR 2005)
The target group of the programme are at two levels.
At the State Level - Group of Ministers, Members of Legislative
Assembly, Members of Planning board at State level Senior Government
Officers-Secretary and Deputy Secretary in RD& PR, Finance, Plan,
Agriculture, Industry, Health, Education, Social welfare and others.
At the District level: Members of District Planning Committee, District
level officers from departments.
Interactive CD on Human Development
An interactive CD on Human Development was prepared and distributed. The
CD contains FAQ’s on Human Development, Global HDR, National HDR,
Rajasthan State HDR.