The Odisha Vision Document-2036 on the 100th years’ completion of the State formation will be prepared in 2-3 months and the steps to translate the perspective action plans into actions are underway.
An academia-administration co-deliberation meeting to this effect was held under the Chairmanship of Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan in the Secretariat on Monday wherein Principal Secretary Finance Tuhin Kanta Pandey outlined various facets of the Vision for deliberation.
The experts from the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi, Center of Excellence in Finance and Taxes Bhubaneswar along with the Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of various departments deliberated on economic models to be followed in the realization of the Vision-2036.
Taking into consideration the past growth trends of the State, experts made projections about GSDP and investment and employment scales in 2036. Action models for achieving the targeted goals like ‘shared prosperity’, ‘equitable distributions of the developmental outcomes’, ‘social justice’, ‘occupational dignity’ and ‘inclusive growth’ were also deliberated in the meeting. It was decided in the meeting that a sub-committee would be formed under the Chairmanship of Principal Secretary Finance to look into the technical details of these models and workout a realistic model to be adopted in Odisha.
Replying to media query after the meeting, Development Commissioner Balakrishnan said that Odisha would complete 100th year of its formation in 2036. “We are working out the developmental visions of the State on this great historic occasion. Both the physical and human resources would be streamlined for realization of the dreams of Vision-2036. The draft for perspective developmental plan in accordance with Vision -2036 would be prepared soon,” he said.
Odisha Skill Development Authority Chairman Subrato Bagchi was the special invitee to the meeting. Bagchi elaborated on various dimensions of preparing the Vision Document.