Kohima: After releasing District Human Development Report (DHDR) of three districts, Kohima, Phek and Mon in 2010, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio released DHDR for six districts that included Dimapur, Wokha, Kiphiri, Mokokchung, Longleng and Tuensang on the occasion of the 65th Republic Day celebration at Secretariat Plaza at Kohima.
Nagaland will soon be the first state of country to bring out the DHDR.
Briefing the media persons at Kohima last night, Nagaland Chief Secretary Alemtemshi Jamir said Planning Commission and UNDP received positive response and inspired by the response, the Department released the DHDR for the six districts.
The reports were made under the initiation of the Department of Planning and Coordination.
Alemtemshi expressed pride that the entire human report was written by writers from Nagaland involving the grassroots comprising the Deputy Commissioners as the team leaders of the respective district adopting participatory approach.
He expressed hope that the next DHDR would be made ‘quicker and unique.’ He also disclosed that Nagaland would be the first state in the country to bring out DHDR of all the districts with the completion of the balanced DHDR for two more districts Zunheboto and Peren within a month’s time. Alemtemshi revealed that the second State Human Development Report of Nagaland, would soon be initiated.
He informed that Millennium Development Goal adopted by United Nation was to bring out the Human Development Report of all the countries.
Nagaland was also the first state to bring a book, the sub national level HDR. The first was released in 2004, which had lack of some datas.
Professor Manoj Pant, who was the lead coordinator and architect of the report observed that an important innovative feature of Nagaland DHDR was the addition of the section ‘voices of the people’ where all the writers were sent to all the districts to interact with the stakeholders.
He also said the first report was written with consultants from Delhi and other parts of the country but the current DHDR were written based on data through survey, department information and the strengthen the data base and statistical strength of the Department.
Asserting that there has been tremendous improvement in the backward area though not as much as other advanced tribes, he said connectivity was the source of development thereby connectivity should be given priority in all the districts.
Prof Pant pointed out that Eastern districts have to see more income indicators which could be done through connectivity.
He informed that Nagaland was the only North Eastern State which was not outsourcing writers from outside for the report. Commissioner Secretary of Nagaland Land Resources Menokhul John, who was also a writer of the DHDR worked for Wokha district said Wokha district showed the second highest literacy rate in the state, but there has been lack of degree institutions with no science stream or commerce stream. (UNI)
