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GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH (2006): ARUNACHAL PRADESH: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2005, GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH, ITANAGAR. Price Rs. 500/- Pages 310
The first Arunachal Pradesh Human Development Report 2005 was launched on 21 April 2006, in Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar by the Chief Minister Mr. Gegong Apang. It is part of a series of state level HDRs funded by the UNDP in India. Other Indian Himalayan states that have already produced their human development reports include Himachal Pradesh, and Sikkim. In Northeastern Hills of India Assam and Nagaland have produced their HDRs. The idea of HDR has its base on the seminal work of the Pakistani economist, the late Mahbub-Ul Haq, who in the early 1990s developed the concept of Composite Human Development Index that can measure and compare human well-being. It was a leap from the measure of per capita GDP.
The report that spreads across 310 pages talks at length various facets of development in the state. Each section of the report has suggestions that the government is expected to follow to put the state in sustainable tract. While the report states that the state has achieved commendable levels in education and health sector there are still more to be done. Gender and urban-rural gap in literacy and health attainments and available amenities are highlighted as serious factors that the state needs to address. The economy of the state is primarily agriculture oriented and informal in nature. Over the years about 70 percent of the state economy is sustained by the Central Government fund. However, the Government expenditure does not appear to have transformed into high productive social overhead capital; notes the report. Arunachal’s per capita income has increased dramatically but the primary sector is failing while secondary sector is almost non-existent. The tertiary sector in the State has grown but in a place like Arunachal it means only government expenditure.
The report has also dealt on the thematic issues- including Women, Deprivation and Equality, Infrastructure Development and Biodiversity Conservation- that influence the overall human development. Fundamental and strong bond between the people and the environment have been severely tested in the last few decades due to development ventures and that there are chances this relationship can go further down in immediate future, the report notes. It highlights the need to work out a sustainable strategy which allows Arunachal to achieve high levels of human development, good education and proper access to medical care, adequate income generation, less gender and urban-rural disparity, and proper infrastructure facilities. This has, however, to be achieved without negatively impacting the environment and rich biodiversity of the state, points out the report.
GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH (2006): ARUNACHAL PRADESH: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2005, GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH, ITANAGAR. Price Rs. 500/- Pages 310
The first Arunachal Pradesh Human Development Report 2005 was launched on 21 April 2006, in Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar by the Chief Minister Mr. Gegong Apang. It is part of a series of state level HDRs funded by the UNDP in India. Other Indian Himalayan states that have already produced their human development reports include Himachal Pradesh, and Sikkim. In Northeastern Hills of India Assam and Nagaland have produced their HDRs. The idea of HDR has its base on the seminal work of the Pakistani economist, the late Mahbub-Ul Haq, who in the early 1990s developed the concept of Composite Human Development Index that can measure and compare human well-being. It was a leap from the measure of per capita GDP.
The report that spreads across 310 pages talks at length various facets of development in the state. Each section of the report has suggestions that the government is expected to follow to put the state in sustainable tract. While the report states that the state has achieved commendable levels in education and health sector there are still more to be done. Gender and urban-rural gap in literacy and health attainments and available amenities are highlighted as serious factors that the state needs to address. The economy of the state is primarily agriculture oriented and informal in nature. Over the years about 70 percent of the state economy is sustained by the Central Government fund. However, the Government expenditure does not appear to have transformed into high productive social overhead capital; notes the report. Arunachal’s per capita income has increased dramatically but the primary sector is failing while secondary sector is almost non-existent. The tertiary sector in the State has grown but in a place like Arunachal it means only government expenditure.
The report has also dealt on the thematic issues- including Women, Deprivation and Equality, Infrastructure Development and Biodiversity Conservation- that influence the overall human development. Fundamental and strong bond between the people and the environment have been severely tested in the last few decades due to development ventures and that there are chances this relationship can go further down in immediate future, the report notes. It highlights the need to work out a sustainable strategy which allows Arunachal to achieve high levels of human development, good education and proper access to medical care, adequate income generation, less gender and urban-rural disparity, and proper infrastructure facilities. This has, however, to be achieved without negatively impacting the environment and rich biodiversity of the state, points out the report.
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