Uttaranchal

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Uttaranchal A Profile
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UTTARANCHAL- the 27th State of India came into
being on 9 November 2000
DISTRICTS 1 - Uttarkashi 2 - Tehri 3 -
Dehradun 4 - Rudraprayag 5 - Hardwar 6 -
Pauri 7 - Chamoli 8 - Pithoragarh 9 -
Bageshwar 10 - Almora 11 - Champawat 12 -
Nainital 13 - Udhamsingh Nagar
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ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE
Districts - 13 Tehsils - 46 Development
blocks - 95 Nyay panchayats - 673 Gram
sabhas - 6561 Villages - 15669 Urban
centers - 71
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LAND USE
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA - 53485 Sq Km
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Total population (1991) 7 million Rural 77
Urban 23 Growth of population 2.3 per
annum Density of population 133 per
sqkm. Female-male ratio 936 per thousand
Literacy 57.8 Male 72.8 Female
41.7 Rural 52.7 Urban 74.0
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BASIC SERVICES
Educational institutions
Junior Basic Schools - 10422 Senior Basic
Schools - 2242 Higher Secondary
Schools - 1329 I.T.I./Diploma Institutions - 81
Degree Colleges - 42 Universities - 04
Medical facilities
Allopathic Hospitals -
633 Homoeopathic Hospitals -
58 Ayurvedic/Unani Hospitals -
389 Mother/child service centres/subcentres -
1739
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LINKAGES
Distribution of villages on the basis of distance
from Road Percent Less than 1
km - 41.51 1 to 3 km - 17.25 3 to 5
km - 13.32 More than 5 km - 27.92
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Electrified villages - 78.6 Metal
roads - 16652 km Post offices - 2695 P.C.O
.s - 5095 Telephone connections - 55316
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Resources, Constraints, Challenges Strategy
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• RESOURCES
• Forests
• Water
• Minerals
• Medicinal Plants
• Academic Institutions
• Technical Institutions
• NGOs community based organizations at
  grass-root level, such as Van Panchayats etc.
• (strong tradition of people's initiatives
  CHIPKO)

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• CONSTRAINTS
• Disaster prone fragile eco-system
• Small and fragmented land holdings
• Subsistence agriculture low productivity
• Inadequate infrastructure industrial
  development
• Lack of entrepreneurship employment
  opportunities
• Lack of comprehensive policy framework strategy
• Poor institutional networking knowledge
  management

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CHALLENGES

• Efficient and effective management of natural
  resources in an environment friendly manner.
• To evolve a comprehensive and sound policy
  framework for ensuring growth with equity on a
  sustainable basis.
• Generation of sustainable employment
  opportunities.
• Upgradation of physical and social
  infrastructure.
• Establishment of community based disaster
  management systems.

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STRATEGY

• Prepare HDR and develop a vision document for
  providing a direction to the development process.
• Create an environment for adoption of national
  and international best practices especially in
  the areas of governance and development planning
  and management.
• Participatory planning and management for
  environment friendly development involving use of
  indigenous knowledge as a critical input in the
  process.
• Develop a comprehensive capacity building
  strategy and framework for sustainable human
  development in the state.
• Promoting gender equity by involving women as
  agents of change.

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Areas of Strategic Partnership with the UN
Family
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PRI - ANCHORED DEVELOPMENT

• Decentralized community based development
  initiatives through active involvement of
  Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) at the village
  level.
• Capacity building of PRI functionaries

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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

• Fuel, fodder and drinking water
• Alternative income generation opportunities
• Education
• Self help groups

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CREATING RESPONSIVE HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMS

• Promoting health delivery systems through proper
  training and orientation drawing on indigenous
  knowledge of medicinal plants and practices.
• Creating effective referral systems for remote
  areas.
• Emphasis on health education and awareness.

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NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

• Participatory management of forest resources
• Integrated water resource management
• Eco-friendly tourism promotion preservation of
  cultural heritage
• Bio-technology
• Promotion of medicinal plants as a potential
  economic activity

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URBAN GOVERNANCE

• Developing appropriate policy framework and
  strategy for mountain specific urban planning and
  management
• Designing and putting in place an efficient and
  effective Urban Information System with focus on
  tax planning and administration.
• Responsive urban service delivery mechanisms
  based on user charges and participation of
  private sector.
• Setting up a Decentralized Capacity Building
  Network (DCBN)

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• IT in education
• IT in governance and right to information
• IT in business

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DISASTER PREPAREDNESS MANAGEMENT

• Preparation of community based disaster
  management plans.
• Establishment of Disaster Management Information
  System (DMIS) and data base.
• Preparation of text books and course material on
  disaster management.
• Establishment of building technology promotion
  centers.
• Strengthening of Disaster Mitigation and
  Management Center (DMMC).

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Contact Persons Government of Uttaranchal
Phone Fax Ajai Vikram
Singh 712100 712500 Chief Secretary 712200
Rakesh Sharma 712070 712800 Secretary Externally
Assisted Projects IT Address Secretariat,
Rajpur Road, Dehradun PIN 248006