Introduction
In addition to the budgetary resources of the State Government, extra-budgetary resources are also available under District Mineral Foundation (DMF), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA),Odisha Mineral Bearing Areas Development Corporation (OMBADC), Odisha State Agriculture Marketing (OSAM) Board, Building& Other Construction Workers Welfare Board etc. for utilisation under different development sectors to meet developmental need of the State and its people. Of all the extra-budgetary sources available, the quantum of funds likely to be made available under DMF assumes significance for development of the areas and people affected by mining in the concerned Districts.
About DMF
Odisha has framed the Odisha District Mineral Foundation Rules, 2015 under the provisions of Section 9B of the MMDR Act, 1957. In accordance with the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra KalyanYojana (PMKKKY) DMF Trusts have been constituted in all districts of the State to implement various developmental and welfare projects/programmes in mining affected areas to minimize/mitigate the adverse impacts during and after mining on the environment, health and socio-economic conditions of the people in mining affected Districts to ensure long term sustainable livelihood of the affected people. It is envisaged that funds of DMF Trusts are to be utilised for implementation of permissible activities-high priority activities and other priority activities-as specified in Rule 10 of the DMF Rules. Such high priority activities include projects relating to drinking water and sanitation, health care, education, welfare of women and children, skill development, preservation of environment and control, housing, livelihood and road connectivity. Similarly, activities unt include projects relating to physical infrastructure like roads, irrigs watershed development and afforestation.
While an Executive Committee under the Chairmanship of the Collector has been made responsible for day to day operational activities of the DMF, a Board of Trustees has been constituted for each DMF for overall control over the management and function of the Trust subject to the guidelines issued by the State Government from time to time.
Need for Convergence
It is a known fact that convergence brings synergy among different Government programmes and schemes in terms of their budgeting, planning, process, man-power deployment and implementation, and thus facilitates optimum utilisation of available resources in achieving development goals. Therefore, it is often felt that there is need for convergence between such budgetary and extra-budgetary resources, which will result in effective utilisation of available resources. This, in turn, will help achieving synergetic development.