The Kerala State Planning Board is an advisory board under the Government of the State of Kerala, India. It was constituted in 1967 with Chief Minister as Chairman and a non-official as part-time Vice-Chairman. The board assists the state government in formulating a development plan based on a scientific assessment of the resources available to the state. A comprehensive economic review of the state is prepared by the board every year.
This Division co-ordinates all the activities concerned with the technical functions of the State Planning Board. It has been entrusted with the following functions:
Assist in the preparation of Economic Review.
Prepare reports as to the resource allocation of the state.
Agriculture Division deals with the Plan and Budget preparation of the Departments of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Fisheries, Forestry and Wildlife, Co-operation, Water Resources, Ground Water Development and Command Area Development Authority. The Division also reviews the performance of the concerned sectors for the preparation of 'Economic Review' published by the State Planning Board. The projects for external /NCDC assistance are vetted in the Division before they are trainings /workshops /seminars conducted in connection with decentralised planning. The staff of the Division effectively participate in the vetting of the projects submitted for the approval of the State Level Expert Committee.
Evaluation Division
The Evaluation Division of the State Planning Board is functioning since 1969. The Division since its inception has undertaken Monitoring and Evaluation of two externally aided Projects: World Bank assisted Kerala Agricultural Development Project and EEC assisted Kerala Minor Irrigation Project. As part of the People's Campaign for the Ninth Five Year Plan of the State, evaluation studies on development programmes carried out by local bodies were taken up by this Division. This Division performs the following duties:
To find out the hurdles in implementation of government programmes and to ensure the beneficiaries the desired results.
To increase the efficiency of government projects and to provide guidelines over such matters.
Social Service Division
Social Service Division deals with the subjects like education, medical and public health, water supply and sanitation, housing, information and publicity, labour and labour welfare, social welfare, nutrition etc. Following are the functions of the division:
Formulation of Five Year Plan and Annual Plan documents.
Preparation of Annual Plan Budget.
Providing technical assistance to the State Planning Board over the subjects concerned.
Industry and Infrastructure Division
The Division undertakes the following works.
Formulation of Five Year Plan and Annual Plan.
Preparation of Plan Budget.
Preparation of Economy Review.
Technical and expert opinion on matters referred to State Planning Board.
It is under the supervision of IT Wing that the official website of State Planning Board is monitored and updated. The Wing also provides 'Information Technology' based solutions to all the technical divisions and also to the administration sections of the State Planning Board. It also provides assistance for the computerisation of Economic Review, Plan Budget and also for the project details of the local bodies having undertaken in the District Planning Offices.
