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Strategy may be defined as a consistent
well-articulated plan to achieve stated goals over a specified time frame. The
stated goal is achieving an accelerated path of eco-friendly sustainable
development, with a sharp focus on income and employment generation for the
youth and the economically weaker sections of the population. Past strategy not
only has not delivered the stated goals, but also is unsustainable. Thus, there
is an urgent need for devising a new strategy.
The strategy
design has to contain a clear delineation of the instruments to achieve these
goals. Further, as already stated, the goal has to be achieved through a
two-pronged approach of applying science and technology to economic activity and
through government-private sector partnership. These instruments have to aim at
promoting private sector initiatives in identified sectors, enhancing the
application of science and technology in these activities, and empowering the
people with appropriate skills for employment in the identified sectors. Such a
strategy specifying the components of the vision or goals, the sectors that will
act as thrust areas to these goals, and the instruments that will promote
activities in the specified sectors to realise the vision are shown in the
economic strategy matrix that follows. The last column of the matrix explains in
brief how the instruments will help in the realisation of the goals.
Horticulture (including the
growing of fruits, vegetables, flowers, ornamental shrubs and trees), poultry
and animal husbandry can help the state build on its existing strengths,
generate employment and alleviate poverty. The sectors have languished without
the application of modern science and technology (including improved seeds, feed
and fodder, and modern farm practices), proper roads, smooth transportation and
storage facilities, access to markets and remunerative prices, and veterinary
facilities. Given the eco-friendly income and employment potential of these
sectors, the government must redress these deficiencies.
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