India - Social Safety Net Sector Adjustment Program

Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. 14666 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (CREDIT 2448-IN) JUNE 22, 1995 Population and Human Resources Operations Division South Asia Country Department II (Bhutan, India, Nepal) This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their ofricial duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization.  CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency unit = Indian Rupee At appraisal: US$1.00 = Rupee 30.00 At completion: US$1.00 = Rupee 31.37 METRIC EQUIVALENTS I meter (m) = 3.28 feet (ft) I kilometer (kim) = 0.62 miles FISCAL YEAR April I - March 31 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS CEM Country Economic Memorandum CPSE Central Public Sector Enterprises CSSM Child Survival and Safe Motherhood Project DEA Department of Economic Affairs DPEP District Primary Education Project GOI Government of India ICDS Integrated Child Development Services JRY Jawahar Rozgar Yojana NCAER National Council for Applied Economic Research NRF National Renewal Fund NRGF National Renewal Grant Fund NRY Nehru Rozgar Yojana NSSO National Sample Survey Organization NTC National Textile Corporation PDS Public Distribution System SSN Social Safety Net Sector Adjustment Program VRS Voluntary Retirement Scheme  FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (CR 2448-IN) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. PREFACE .......................................i EVALUATION SUMMARY .......................................ii PART 1: PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ASSESSMENT A. Introduction .......................................I B. Origins and Evolution of the Operation ........................................2 C. Program Objectives and Design ........................................2 D. Achievement of Specific Objectives ........................................3 E. Assessment of Outcome and Sustainability ........................................9 F. Covenant Compliance ....................................... 13 G. Bank Performance ...................................... 13 H. Borrower Performance ...................................... 14 I. Key Lessons Learned ...................................... 14 PART Il: STATISTICAL ANNEXES Table 1: Summary of Assessments ........................................................................ 16 Table 2: Program Policy Matrix ........................... 18 Table 3: Related Bank Loans or Credits ........................... 30 Table 4: Project Timetable ........................... 36 Table 5: Credit Disbursements ........................... 37 Table 6: Bank Resources - Staff Inputs ........................... 38 Table 7: Bank Resources - Missions ............................ 39 PART III: APPENDICES Table I (a): National Renewal Fund - Budget ...................................... 40 Table 1(b): Progress of Voluntary Retirement Scheme ....................................... 41 This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization.   IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (CREDIT 2448-IN) PREFACE This is the Implementation Completion Report (ICR) for the Social Safety Net Sector Adjustment Program in India, for which Credit 2448-IN in the amount of SDR 354.7 (US$500 million equivalent) was approved on December 17, 1992 and made effective on December 21, 1992. The credit was closed on August 31, 1994. The original closing date was December 31, 1993. The closing date was extended twice, first to June 30, 1994 and then to August 31, 1994. This was needed to allow sufficient time for the conditions for the second tranche release to be met, as well as for the tranche to be released. The credit was fully disbursed on October 20, 1994. The ICR was prepared by the Population and Human Resources Operations Division, South Asia Country Department 11, with important inputs from Ms. Aruna Chandran and Mr. Hiroaki Suzuki. It was reviewed by Richard L. Skolnik, Division Chief, Population and Human Resources Operations Division, South Asia Country Department 11 and Mr. Heinz Vergin, Director, South Asia Country Department II. Preparation of this ICR was begun in October, 1994. It is based on material in the program files, information collected during the supervision missions, and information collected by missions on matters related to the Social Safety Net Program, across the Bank's portfolio. The report incorporates comments made on it by the government of the Netherlands. The report also takes into accounts comments made on it by the government of India.   ii IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (Credit 2448-IN) EVALUATION SUMMARY Introduction i The IDA-assisted Social Safety Net Sector Adjustment Operation supported the initial phase of the government of India's Social Safety Net Sector Adjustment Program. It aimed at facilitating structural adjustment, helping mitigate potentially negative consequences of adjustment, and promoting the development of key social programs. The Sector Adjustment Credit of US$500 million became effective on December 21, 1992, and was fully disbursed by October 20, 1994. In addition to the Bank, financial and technical assistance was provided by the governments of Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the European Community, and USAID. This operation complemented the Structural Adjustment Loan 1 and was followed by the External Sector and Investment Liberalization Program Loan. Program Objectives and Design ii. The credit for this policy based operation supported: (s) the restoration and increase of central government funding for key social programs; (b) an expansion of key social and safety net programs into districts in India that are especially disadvantaged and/or especially at risk of suffering negative consequences as a result of stabilization and adjustment; (c) the carrying out of selected measures for a number of social and safety net programs that set a foundation for and initiated some improvements in the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of those programs; and (d) the funding of the National Renewal Fund (NRF) to facilitate industrial restructuring and the reintegration of retrenched labor into the economy. The specific components of the Social Safety Net Sector Adjustment Program (SSN) focused on policy change and activities in the areas of primary education, primary health care, disease control, nutrition, and employment and income generation. Implementation Experience and Results iii. The program's objectives were largely achieved, although with some delay compared to original plans. There was consistent progress toward meeting the benchmarks concerning education, disease control, primary health care, and nutrition, although progress in addressing issues of program coordination and the  iii medium-term financing of the social sectors was slower than originally intended. In addition, activities related to the NRF generally took longer than anticipated. iv. The progress of the Social Safety Net Program to be assisted by the credit was to be assessed in the context of the overall stabilization and adjustment program and the policy framework set out in the Letter of Development Policy provided by GOI to the Bank. More specifically, implementation of the Safety Net Program was to be considered against the first and second tranche release conditions. v. The first tranche was available upon credit effectiveness and was based on significant up-front actions that GOI had already taken to implement the program in the major areas of reform. Some of the significant actions taken included: (a) in the area of financing of the social safety net, measures were taken to affect social sector financing policy, mobilization of non-budgetary resources and cost recovery; (b) in terms of coordination and integration, the Eighth Five-Year Plan outlined new strategies and approaches that called for better coordination and integration of services between health, education, nutrition, water supply and sanitation, and urban and rural employment programs; (c) in primary education, measures were taken to revise the National Policy on Education of 1986, target resources and programs to disadvantaged groups and regions, and enhance the quality of service delivery; (d) in health, a review of the National Health Policy of 1982 was started; (e) in the area of primary health care and disease control, measures were taken to target disadvantaged groups and areas, and to enhance the quality of service delivery; (f) in the nutrition sector, the government formulated, for the first time, a national nutrition policy, undertook measures to target disadvantaged groups and areas, and enhanced the quality of service delivery; (g) with regards to employment and income generation, the NRF was established and the operational guidelines of the NRF were formally approved by the Cabinet; and finally, (h) in terms of monitoring of the social dimensions of adjustment, management information systems were established by GOI to monitor progress in the implementation of new initiatives in primary education, primary health care and communicable disease control, and the ICDS program. vi. The Development Credit Agreement (DCA) contained nine monitorable conditions that needed to be fulfilled prior to the release of the second tranche. These conditions were met and this fulfillment was linked to: (a) an increase in the budget allocations for key social sector programs; (b) a review of the financing of the social sectors, and some steps to improve the medium term financing of the social sectors; (c) some initial steps in program coordination leading to greater convergence of efforts across programs in the same districts; (d) the establishment of the District Primary Education Program for promoting the development of basic education in selected low literacy districts; (e) the completion of an assessment of pharmaceutical requirements and delivery of the initial batch of pharmaceutical kits developed under the Child Survival and Safe  Iv Motherhood Program to selected districts; (f) some steps towards enhancing the quality of delivery of primary health care services; (g) development of improved programs in leprosy, blindness, tuberculosis and the initial steps of developing an enhanced malaria program; (h) some increase in feeding under the Integrated Child Development Services Program and commencement of construction of godowns for ICDS food storage in selected states; and (i) the implementation of the NRF's business and financial plan during FY92/93, approval of the FY93/94 business and financial plan for the NRF, and allocation of the necessary funds for the NRF account consistent with the projected requirements of the FY93/94 business and financial plan. Assessment of Outcome and Sustainability vii. The program achieved its basic objectives (paragraph ii) and should be rated as "satisfactory". In addition, it set a basis for a number of specific investment projects in disease control and education that have the potential to have very long-lasting outcomes. Future GOI investments, as well as possible IDA lending in nutrition and primary health, will also build on policy developments and program activities supported under the SSN and may lead to positive long-term outcomes. The long-term impact and sustainability of the NRF are, however, still uncertain. viii. In terms of financing, the SSN enhanced social sector expenditure and improved the targeting of that expenditure. The SSN also contributed to important shifts in the composition of expenditure on the social sectors. However, the SSN did not make the desired contribution to the development of a coherent approach to the medium-term financing of the social sectors, which was one of the objectives of establishing the review of financing. ix. One of the more significant and probably long-lasting contributions of the SSN was the basis that it set for increasing investment in primary education. It facilitated the rapid development of the District Primary Education Program (DPEP) in India, which is quickly becoming an umbrella for both national and international assistance to the development of primary education in India. The DPEP is now the main vehicle for encouraging universalization of primary education in India. x. In the area of health, the SSN facilitated the development of improved programs in leprosy, blindness, and tuberculosis, and initiated developments for malaria. These programs are expected to have very important outcomes in the future if they are successful in reducing the burden of disease. xi. In the areas of primary health care and nutrition, although related tranche release conditions were fulfilled, there have not yet been any far-reaching outcomes of the specific activities related to the program.  v xii. Another area where there was significant contribution from the SSN related to the NRF. The operation did lead to the funding of the NRF and NRF payments under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme by March 1995 to about 77,000 workers. In addition, counseling, training and area regeneration schemes were initiated. The role of the NRF to date, however, has been more limited than was originally anticipated because industrial restructuring has been slow and because the design and implementation of employment generation activities and training and counseling activities started relatively late and took longer than envisaged to develop fully. Bank and Borrower Performance xiii. Overall Bank performance was adequate. Bank staff knowledgeable in their respective sectors were involved in the SSN. In terms of the NRF, it must be noted that Bank assistance went beyond the scope of regular supervision and Bank staff assisted GOI in identifying appropriate funding for technical assistance and training, and designing and implementing measures to institutionalize the NRF. xiv. Overall borrower performance met agreed expectations. There did exist however, the persistent problem of lack of continuity of key staff involved with the operation in the Ministry of Industry and the Department of Economic Affairs, and among secretaries involved in committees on coordination and financing. Key Lessons Learned xv. Several major lessons emerge from a review of this operation: . As suggested by the Bank's reviews of adjustment lending, the adjustment process can be used to have a positive influence on both the amount and the composition of expenditure earmarked for the social sectors. Rather than cut expenditures on key social programs during adjustment, the Union government in India has shown how countries can use the adjustment process to try to positively "adjust" public expenditure on social programs, as well as to adjust macroeconomic balances. * Despite initial skepticism within the Bank, the SSN program suggests that operations of this type can be used to promote medium-term developments in the social sectors, as took place under the program, particularly in the education and health sectors. * In order to maximize the impact of cross-sectoral operations like the SSN, it is imperative that each sectoral program be embedded in the ongoing collaboration of the Bank and the client and be linked, as well, to specific investment operations to follow. Taking this approach  vi has encouraged important positive long-term outcomes for the education and health components of the SSN program. Ongoing work promises similar results for family planning in India. The same might also be true later for nutrition. * Programs meant to assist retrenched workers should establish institutional mechanisms for counseling, retraining, and redeployment at an early stage to avoid a mismatch between the timing of retrenchment and the provision of these important services to those who have lost their jobs.   IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (CREDIT 2448-IN) PART 1. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ASSESSMENT A. INTRODUCTION 1. The government of India (GOI) that came into power in June 1991, embarked on a stabilization of the economy to overcome its balance of payments crisis. Concerned about possible negative impacts of the program on the poor, GOI adopted a program of specific measures aimed at strengthening the existing social safety net. In its endeavor to achieve these measures, GOI sought the assistance of IDA. 2. On December 21, 1992, IDA's Social Safety Net Sector Adjustment Credit (SSN) of US$500 million became effective and the first tranche of the credit of SDR 177.35 million (US$250 million equivalent) was fully disbursed by March 1993. The second tranche (the remaining US$250 million equivalent) was fully disbursed by October 20, 1994. 3. The government of the Netherlands provided joint financing for the Program of 100 million Dutch guilders (US$55.56 million equivalent). USAID provided parallel financing of US$35 million for activities related to the National Renewal Fund (NRF). A grant from the government of Japan for yen 40.5 million (US$377,500 equivalent) and a Swiss grant of US$200,000 also assisted in the development of the NRF component of the program. Lastly, related to the SSN operation and the subsequent IDA assisted District Primary Education Project (DPEP), the European Community provided ECU150 million (US$184.50 million equivalent) in parallel financing for the development of primary education. 4. The Social Safety Net Sector Adjustment Program (SSN) was the second policy-based operation in India. It complemented the Structural Adjustment Loan 1 (Loan 3421-IN, Credit Nos. 2316-IN and 2316-1-IN) that was approved by the Board on December 5, 1991 and was followed by the External Sector and Investment Liberalization Program Loan (Loan 3627-IN) that was approved by the Board on June 24, 1993.  2 B. Origins and Evolution of the Operation 5. The initial inspiration for the program was the fear of the potentially adverse impacts of possible industrial restructuring and the desire of the government of India and the Bank to help encourage such restructuring, while mitigating its possible consequences. At its early stages, therefore, the operation concept focused on the notion of a National Renewal Fund. Some thought was also given to including labor and employment schemes in the operation. As the program concept evolved, however, both the government and the Bank became more concerned about the overall impact of adjustment and the possibility that public expenditure on the social sectors would be hurt. This led to thinking about the inclusion of the social sectors in the program and considerable discussion of whether or not the Public Distribution Scheme should also be included. Finally, there was discussion of whether primary education should feature prominently in the operation. This stemmed from the fear within the Bank and in some government circles that any negative impact of adjustment would be especially deleterious to the education sector, that was already performing at a much lower level than desired. In the end, despite considerable hesitation in the Loan Committee about including education in the operation, it was agreed that the program would be multifaceted: it would not only assist in funding the NRF, but would also try to enhance the funding and operation of the social sectors, while creating an umbrella for a major push forward in primary education. The possibility of directly including the PDS in the program was dropped, given the complexity of this matter and the fact that it is extremely sensitive politically. This was also true of directly including any assistance in the operation for labor and employment schemes, such as the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) and the Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY). C. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND DESIGN 6. The SSN supported: (a) the restoration and increase of central government funding for key social programs; (b) an expansion of key social and safety net programs into districts in India that are especially disadvantaged or especially at risk of suffering negative consequences as a result of stabilization and adjustment; (c) the carrying out of selected measures for a number of social and safety net programs that can set a foundation for and initiate some improvements in the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of those programs; and (d) the funding of the NRF to facilitate industrial restructuring and the reintegration of retrenched labor into the economy. The specific components of SSN focused on policy change and activities that were categorized as primary education, primary health care, disease control, nutrition, and employment and income generation. 7. Beginning with the FY88 CEM that focused on poverty and social services for the poor, an extensive amount of Bank and Indian sector work provided the  3 background for the SSN adjustment operation. The adjustment credit complemented other Bank efforts in assisting India to undertake its macroeconomic stabilization and structural reform program. It was largely in line with project and sector dialogue that was started in 1987, in family welfare and nutrition, health, and education, and linked closely with ongoing and proposed specific investment operations in the social sectors. It is also important to note that, at the time the operation was developed, it was anticipated that industrial restructuring would begin to occur. However, it was not at all clear how fast that restructuring would take place. 8. The SSN touched predominantly upon nine areas of reform, related to: (a) financing of the social safety net; (b) coordination and integration of social sector programs; (c) primary education; (d) health; (e) primary health care; (f) disease control programs; (g) nutrition; (h) employment and income generation; and (i) monitoring the social dimensions of adjustment. 9. The progress of the Social Safety Net Program to be assisted by the credit was to be assessed against the agreed actions for tranche release, and the policy framework set out in the Letter of Development Policy provided by GOI to the Bank. D. ACHIEVEMENT OF SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 10. IDA continuously reviewed progress in the overall implementation and achievement of the objectives of the SSN. Progress review missions visited India in January, May, and December 1993 and another in June 1994 to review the progress made against the nine agreed-upon areas for action to be taken by GOI prior to the release of the second tranche. Findings from these missions indicated that there was consistent progress toward meeting the benchmarks concerning disease control, primary health care, nutrition, and education, although progress in addressing issues of program coordination and the medium-term financing of the social sectors was slower than intended originally, mainly due to the constraints of carrying out this work across a number of government units. Funds were provided to the NRF. However, the demands on it which were not part of this operation, were less than anticipated. In addition, it took longer than expected to fund and develop counseling, retraining, and employment generation activities. As progress in these areas was slower than anticipated and because the government was committed to achieving the agreed actions under the program, the closing date of the credit was extended from December 31, 1993 to June 30, 1994 and then to August 31, 1994. 11. Following is an analysis of the progress made under this credit in each of the areas covered by the SSN adjustment program, as measured against the first and second tranche release conditions.  4 The First Tranche 12. The first tranche, which was available upon credit effectiveness, was based on a number of up-front actions that the government had already taken. The most significant of these are noted below, by area of program reform. 13. Related to financing of the social sectors, the government made a supplementary budget allocation (US$83.3 million) to the primary education, primary health, communicable disease control and ICDS programs in FY 1992/93 in order to maintain these programs at 1991/92 levels in real terms. The GOI also committed itself to maintaining the annual budgets for key social sector programs, at least in real terms to the end of the Eighth Five-Year Plan in 1997. It also made a conmmitment that all donor assistance for the safety net operation would be "additional" to plan outlays. 14. In terms of coordination and integration of social sector programs, the Eighth Five-Year Plan outlined new strategies and approaches to design, targeting, funding, and implementation of the social sector programs, which called for better coordination and integration of services between health, education, nutrition, water supply and sanitation, and urban and rural employment programs. A standing Social Sector Coordination Committee was established to develop new strategies and approaches toward (1) enhancing the convergence of social services; (2) overcoming duplication and redundancy in the staffing and management of social sector programs; (3) achieving better targeting of poor beneficiaries; and (4) ensuring greater cost-effectiveness in the delivery of social sector programs. 15. Several measures were taken by the government toward targeting disadvantaged groups and areas, particularly in the areas of primary education, primary health care, and nutrition. In education, GOI ranked all districts on the basis of selected literacy indicators and developed and introduced a strategy for the intensified development of primary education, giving priority to the districts that were ranked as educationally backward, as well as to those districts where total literacy campaigns had been successful resulting in increased demand for primary education. In primary health care, GOI targeted certain select districts for intensified implementation of the revised and enhanced primary health care program. Lastly, for the nutrition sector, GOI introduced strict geographical targeting of ICDS and selected focal districts for the intensification of services. 16. Several up-front actions were taken by the government in the area of primary education. In addition to the targeting measures noted above, GOI also developed prototype district action plans to be used in the implementation strategy for the new initiative of a national district-based primary education development program. Key aspects of the Operation Blackboard program were enhanced to  5 include provision of additional classrooms and teachers per school as well as flexible program delivery to meet specific local needs. 17. In the health arena, a review of the National Health Policy of 1982 was started. The National Development Council established a committee to assess all aspects of medical and dental education, and to make recommendations for starting new medical schools in the private sector. Under the Child Survival and Safe Motherhood Program in identified districts, the GOI started to supplement the existing provision of drugs and medicines to sub-centers. 18. In the area of primary health care, the National Development Council approved an action plan and policy for revamping the National Family Welfare Program. The GOI also targeted 90 priority districts for intensified implementation of the revised and enhanced primary health care program. 19. In the area of disease control programs, the GOI completed detailed reviews and action plans to enhance the effectiveness and increase coverage of the National Leprosy Eradication and AIDS Control programs. In addition, a new Health Management Information System was developed, and a plan prepared for its phased introduction in all the states. 20. In the nutrition sector, the GOI formulated for the first time a National Nutrition Policy which outlined the government's commitment and strategy for ensuring the adequate nutritional status of all citizens. It introduced strict geographical targeting of ICDS and selected 180 focal districts to receive the intensification of services. In order to address the problems relating to short-falls in the number of feeding days, the GOI started the process of devising a comprehensive strategy towards this end. Towards improving supervision of ICDS, the GOI issued and made operational a new checklist for supervision, which involved taking steps to fill vacancies of supervisors, and introduced a program under which supervisors could improve their mobility in difficult areas. 21. Important action was also taken in the area of employment and income generation. The NRF was established and the operational guidelines of the NRF were formally approved by the cabinet. A business and financial plan for the NRF for FY92/93 was prepared, approved and implementation started. A major review of the JRY was completed and implementation of its major recommendations was started. 22. Lastly, some steps were taken in the area of monitoring of the social dimensions of adjustment. The National Sample Survey Organization completed consumer expenditure surveys covering the 1990-91 period. The GOI established management information systems to monitor progress in the implementation of new initiatives in primary education, primary health care and communicable disease control, and the ICDS program.  6 The Second Tranche 23. In addition to what the government carried out before credit approval, it was expected to take several actions prior to the release of the second tranche. These conditions were met as indicated in the following paragraphs. 24. In terms of financing of the social sectors and the SSN program, satisfactory progress was made. Adequate funds were provided for the NRF, which is discussed in more detail in the section on Employment and Income Generation (para. 42). In FY92/93, the government provided supplementary funds to each of the social sector budgets in the program as planned, and the central government provided continuous increases in the budgets for each of the social sector areas related to the program, from FY92/93 to FY94/95. Furthermore, the GOI constituted a committee of secretaries to review the financing of the social sectors. The financing of the social sectors also received special attention from a standing committee of the Planning Commission, from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and from the Ministry of Education. In conjunction with these efforts, a number of specific actions were taken to improve the financing of education and focus public expenditure on basic education. These included: continuing to freeze the level of GOI financing for university education; the continuation of a high-powered committee of the Universities Grant Commission to review the financing of centrally-assisted higher education and the issuing of a major report on this matter; additional increases in fees at the Institutes of Technology and the Institutes of Management for the 1993/94 school year over those made in the previous year; and finally, revision of the Income Tax Act to make charitable contributions to universities fully deductible. On the health side, progress was disappointing. Although GOI did manage to raise fees for diagnostic tests at centrally funded tertiary hospitals, it took no other concrete steps. 25. Another area for action related to targeting of the social sector programs is The District Primary Education Program. This program being implemented by GOI in 42 priority districts, of which 38 have female literacy rates below the national average. The ICDS program has been expanded since January 1993 largely in 180 target districts, chosen for the share of poor in their population, as well as share of the population which is scheduled caste and scheduled tribe. The Family Welfare program has targeted investments in 90 districts with especially high levels of infant and maternal mortality. The enhanced programs in blindness control and leprosy have focused on districts with the highest levels of disease prevalence. 26. In terms of making mechanisms for district-level coordination of program implementation operational, the Planning Commission issued guidelines in April 1994 for enhancing the convergence of social services at the village level.  7 Related to this, and in addition to the establishment of the standing Social Sector Coordination Committee, a Coordination Committee for the social sectors is being established in each state. At the district level, it was decided that the Collector/Chief Executive Officers would coordinate social sector activities. 27. Especially good progress was made in the area of primary education. Within the framework of agreements reached under the SSN. the Department of Education established a medium-term investment program aimed at improving access, retention, and learning achievement in primary education in 100 of India's 473 rural districts during the Eighth Plan, with accelerated expansion in the Ninth Plan period. For the first phase of the new District Primary Education Program (DPEP), action plans for 23 districts in 6 states were prepared in detail and approved by IDA for a credit in the second quarter of FY95. An additional 19 districts in Madhya Pradesh were prepared for financing by the European Community. The DPEP is also supporting capacity building at state and national levels to manage the expanding investment program. 28. Related to health sector policy, an assessment of pharmaceutical requirements was completed in February 1993. That review found substantial gaps in the provision of essential pharmaceuticals to primary health care facilities. The initial batch of pharmaceutical kits under the CSSM project was delivered to the 90 highest priority districts by March 1994. These pharmaceuticals are to complement a number of other important investments being undertaken to improve the maternal and child health program and primary health care. 29. Another area for action dealt with enhancing the quality of delivery of primary health care. Detailed facility surveys were completed in all of the selected districts by February 1993. Here too, the surveys found substantial gaps in the provision and condition of facilities. On that basis, action plans for enhancing facilities were drawn up and funds transferred in FY92/93 and FY93/94 to the states to begin the implementation of the plans. Furthermore, each of the selected states gave assurances that they would provide the services of a female physician at selected primary health care centers. Female doctors were posted in two states. In the other selected states, training was to be completed and the posts to be filled in the near future. 30. Satisfactory progress was made in the area of disease control programs. The GOI carried out a major review of its program for the control of blindness with considerable inputs from international and local experts. It adopted an action plan, developed it into a well-prepared investment proposal, and recently began implementation of an enhanced blindness control program which is being assisted by IDA through the Cataract Blindness Control Project (Cr. 2611-IN). The GOI also completed an intensive review of its tuberculosis program, again, in close collaboration with international experts from the World Health Organization, the US Center for Disease Control, and the International Union Against Respiratory  8 Disease. On that basis, it has adopted an action plan and begun to implement an improved TB program, starting with carefully monitored pilot schemes in several cities and a small number of rural areas. In line wAth these efforts, a TB Control Project is being prepared for possible IDA assistance, as planned. The GOI also reviewed its malaria program and prepared a concept paper for improvement of that program. 31. With regards to the nutrition sector, the GOI established an ongoing information system for monitoring the ICDS program and by April 1993 completed reviews in the selected states of the number of feeding days. Funds were transferred in FY92/93 to those states for the construction of godowns, as had been planned. Over FY93/94, the feeding norm of at least 21 days of food per month had been achieved in 79 percent of the anganwadis in the states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, and Rajasthan. 32. The last area for action related to employment and income generation and dealt largely with the NRF. The GOI approved the NRF's business and financial plans for FY93/94 and FY94/95 and allocated the required budgets to finance these plans. Linked with this, the GOI has developed the institutional capacity of the NRF to meet substantially its objectives stipulated in the Letter of Development Policy, including covering the costs of severance pay, retraining and redeployment of retrenched workers. However, the calls on the NRF were less than originally anticipated due to slowness in industrial restructuring, which is outside the scope of this operation. In addition, the development of the institutional framework for the NRF took longer than initially thought and counseling and retraining activities did not begin until December 1993. These outcomes are assessed in the next section of the report. 33. The progress of several activities related to the Program was also reviewed. These included the new medical and dental manpower training policy; the actions taken by GOI and the states to ensure that special nutrition programs, early childhood education centers, and Balwadi nutrition centers are not duplicated in ICDS blocks; the decisions regarding the location of 100 blocks in the targeted focal districts identified under the ICDS program; the establishment of area regeneration councils in key cities that have been affected by industrial restructuring programs; and the impact of GOI's stabilization and structural reform and adjustment program on the population, especially the poorer segments, based on the National Sample Survey 1990/91 and the GOI's program of monitoring Human Development Indicators. Little progress was made in developing a new dental and medical manpower training policy. The activities related to ICDS were largely carried out. As noted in paragraphs 32 and 45, there was little progress in developing area regeneration schemes. The Bank and the government of the Netherlands paid considerable attention, especially toward the end of the operation, to steps taken to monitor and assess the impact of stabilization and reform on the poor. The National Council for Applied Economic  9 Research (NCAER) carried out a study on this matter for the government which was furnished to the Bank and discussed with the author and the Department of Economic Affairs. E. ASSESSMENT OF OUTCOME AND SUSTAINABILITY 34. The program achieved its basic objectives. Several of its key outcomes appear to be sustainable and the operation should be rated as "satisfactory", although the long-term sustainability of the NRF is still uncertain. The SSN program provoked an enhancement of social sector expenditure, the improved targeting of that expenditure, and the financing and strengthening of the NRF. The program also helped to prevent any major disruption in the provision of basic social services as India launched its adjustment and stabilization efforts. Moreover, in the absence of the SSN, it is possible that GOI might have cut social spending, as it initially did when it undertook fiscal retrenchment. More detailed comments are given below on the outcomes of each program area. The comments below assess the outcomes and sustainability of the policies and actions in each of the SSN program areas. 35. Financing of the Social Sectors. The program outcome was significant in this area. This was demonstrated largely in the government's ability to provide funds to the various sectors, essentially as planned. This was particularly true during very severe fiscal retrenchment in FY92/93 and considerable budgetary stringency in FY93/94 and FY94/95. In addition, the Union government has continued to provide funds for the SSN-related investments. Moreover, it appears that the SSN has contributed to important shifts in the composition of expenditure on the social sectors. However, it must be noted that the SSN did not make the desired contribution toward the development of a coherent and articulated approach to the medium-term financing of the social sectors, which was one of the aims of establishing the review of financing. 36. Coordination, Integration and Targeting. The steps taken to improve coordination and integration were noted in paragraphs 14 and 26. These may prove to have a significant impact on coordination and integration of social sector programs in the long run. However, to date, these measures are largely on paper and have not yet been implemented. The government did use the SSN as an opportunity to improve the targeting of investments in the social sectors. These enhancements have been continued and there is no reason to believe that they will not be sustained. 37. Primary Education. It appears that an important and probably long lasting contribution of the SSN is the basis that it set for increasing Indian investment in primary education. The Bank and bilateral donors had for many years encouraged GOI to increase its efforts in the area of Basic Education (particularly since 1987, and with increased pressure since the Jomtien  10 Conference on Education for All in 1990). However, the GOI used the SSN operation as an opportunity for a major thrust in promoting basic education, namely the DPEP. The DPEP, which represents an unprecedented effort by India and by the central government to speed the development of primary education in India, is quickly becoming an umbrella for both national and international assistance to the development of primary education in India. It appears that it will remain the main vehicle in the medium-term for encouraging universalization of primary education in India. Furthermore, it has been prepared in an exceptionally participatory manner, with extensive involvement of key Indian educational policymakers and research institutions, further contributing to its likely sustainabi lity. 39. Healthz. The SSN operation was a good catalyst for GOI to move ahead in this sector. The operation was in line with the thinking at that time of the Department of Hlealth in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and hence steps undertaken by the Ministry linked well with those of the SSN. The SSN operation was seen by GOI as an opportunity to encourage and fund the development of improved programs in leprosy, blindness, tuberculosis, and malaria. Investment projects have been launched for leprosy and blindness, and tuberculosis is nearing the stage of appraisal. A malaria project is under preparation. These programs are expected to have long-lasting outcomes in the future. 40. Primary Health Care. Although related tranche release conditions were fulfilled, there were no far reaching outcomes in this area in terms of the functioning of the Family Welfare Program. The major contribution of the SSN in this area was to preserve program funding. 41. Nutrition. The most important contribution of the SSN in nutrition was that the government used it as a basis for financing the expansion of the ICDS program. This could be beneficial in the long run if the quality of that program is improved. Activities undertaken in this sector directly under the SSN are likely to have only a marginal impact on the long-run quality of ICDS, since they deal with only two of the several important constraints to program effectiveness. 42. Employment and Income Generation (NRF). The establishment of the NRF and development of its institutional capacity must be considered significant progress in the areas of both industrial restructuring and social safety net development. However, a number of factors led to delays in carrying out activities related to the NRF. In addition, before the NRF could address a high level of demand, it would need to be strengthened in a number of ways, as noted below. 43. The calls on the NRF were less than originally anticipated. The business and financial plan of the NRF was based on uncertain programs for the  I1 restructuring of public enterprises, which were not part of this operation, and which took place more slowly than anticipated at the time the SSN was formulated. In the NRF's business and financial plan for FY92/93, for example, it had been estimated that the National Renewal Grant Fund (NRGF) under the NRF would compensate about 80,000 workers under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) in that year. As of the end of March 1995, however, the NRGF had compensated only about 76,916 retrenched workers at 67 public enterprises. 44. The development of the institutional framework for the NRF's operations also took longer than initially conceived. The GOI adopted the general guidelines for the NRF in October 1992. However, the work of the Empowered Committee was constrained because the detailed schemes and procedures for financing VRS and employment generation activities could not be finalized. The secretariat of the NRF was initially weak in terms of staffing and logistics, although it was reinforced at a later stage. Before the NRF could deal with a larger demand than it has faced, it would be important to further delegate power to the Empowered Committee. 45. Counseling and redeployment activities were not started until December 1993, as noted earlier. At that time, five nodal agencies were selected and budgeted, including the Gandhi Labor Institute in Ahmedabad, the Confederation of Indian Industry in Bombay, the Small Industries Service Institute in Indore, the Associated Chambers of Commerce in Kanpur, and the National Small Industries Corporation in Calcutta. The slowness in starting these activities was partly due to the timing of budget allocations for these purposes. By the time counseling and retraining efforts got underway, about 30,000 workers had already left enterprises without receiving counseling, training, and redeployment assistance, although no firm judgment can be made about how many of them would have wished to have had such opportunities, because many of these were older workers. In addition, by the time counseling and retraining were made available, many retrenched workers were no long living in the locations where these services were offered and could no longer take advantage of them. As of October 1994 about 6,000 outgoing workers had been counseled and about 840 workers had been provided training in vocational skills and entrepreneurship development. By the end of March 1995, a total of 9,021 workers were provided counseling, which is now offered in 48 location in 16 states. A small number of trainees has inevitably resulted in a high unit training cost. It is expected that the unit cost would be reduced as more workers join the training. In FY94/95, the Ministry of Industry instructed each nodal agency to develop a training program to absorb up to 5,000 workers in each region. It appears that this target may be achieved in the state of Gujarat due to the strong commitment of the state government and strong institutional capacity of the Gandhi Labor Institute, which is the nodal agency of NRF in this region. The NRF would need to strengthen both its budgeting procedures and its links with training if it were to be sustainable in a period of significant industrial restructuring.  12 46. Before the NRF could play a larger role, greater attention would also need to be paid to the design and implementation of employment generation activities that take into consideration the specific social and economic situations of the places where industrial restructuring is taking place. The area regeneration scheme of Ahmedabad prepared by the government of Gujarat was the only comprehensive proposal submitted to the Empowered Committee, but this has been waiting for the approval of the GOI for more than two years now. 47. Related to its work with government on the NRF, but not a part of the operation, IDA assisted GOI in identifying financing for technical assistance for the NRF and related activities. The technical assistance financed by the Japanese grant of US$377,500 equivalent has contributed significantly to the initial development of the institutional capacity of the NRF in the areas of counseling, training, and redeployment assistance activities. However, given the complexity of the NRF activities and the lack of experience in India, this technical assistance might have been provided at an earlier stage, even as early as program preparation. The first part of technical assistance that was provided by a foreign consultant team could not fully achieve its objectives, as their counterparts, the nodal agencies delivering these services, were not selected. This, however, helped the members of the secretariat of the Empowered Committee deepen their knowledge of complex retrenchment issues. Meanwhile, the second part of technical assistance, provided by the Gandhi Labor Institute and which started after the selection of the nodal agencies, has considerably contributed to the capacity building of the nodal agencies, thanks to the commitment of both the Institute and other nodal agencies and GOI. Upon the request of the GOI, IDA is continuing this technical assistance with support of the Swiss Grant Fund. This assistance should further strengthen the NRF to meet potential future demands. 48. The sustainability of the NRF eventually rests on whether the government will continue to undertake public enterprise reform, which in most cases will entail worker retrenchment. The answer to this question is uncertain. However, there exists sizable potential demand for the NRF in India. Although the reform at the central public sector enterprise level has slowed down, several states have initiated state public enterprise reform. However, given budgetary constraints, NRF resources would need to be matched with contributions from the states and the enterprises, if the NRF were to extend its coverage to state public enterprises. Private enterprises are also adjusting their workforce much more swiftly than public enterprises and these reforms could benefit from support from the NRF. Although it would be difficult for the NRF to cover severance costs of the retrenched workers of the private enterprises, the NRF could help them find new job opportunities by providing counseling and training and the nodal agencies established under the NRF are actually extending assistance not only to the retrenched workers of the public enterprises but also to those of private enterprises. The NRF could remain a valuable instrument, if the GOI continues to adjust flexibly its function, institutional framework and funding mechanism to  13 any emerging industrial restructuring in India. In the longer term, however, GOI will want to explore replacing the NRF with a financially independent and sustainable mechanism such as a general unemployment insurance system whose costs are borne mainly by employers and workers. 49. Related Activities. As noted in paragraph 33, the Bank and government were to exchange views on progress in a number of areas related to the SSN. The area regeneration schemes and the monitoring of impact of stabilization and adjustment on the poor were the most significant of these. Little progress has been made in developing area regeneration schemes and the impact of such schemes remains to be seen. The long-run sustainability of monitoring the impact of economic adjustment on the poor will depend on the work of the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO). This organization has the capacity to carry out and analyze periodic surveys on this matter. However, it would need to focus greater attention to this topic, ensure that surveys are completed expeditiously, and ensure that the results of the surveys are available to the public and to policymakers in a timely manner. F. COVENANT COMPLIANCE 50. As noted in paragraph 9, the overall framework of this adjustment operation was provided by the macroeconomic stabilization and adjustment program and the Letter of Development Policy for the SSN. The Bank deemed both of these to have been satisfactorily maintained during the implementation of the SSN credit. In addition, conditions related to the release of the first and second tranche were fulfilled, as also described in earlier sections of this report. G. BANK PERFORMANCE 51. Overall, Bank performance was adequate. From the identification of the program, the Bank tried to ensure that work on it would be led by a very senior task manager, because of the program's multisectoral nature and its importance, particularly during India's adjustment process. One such task manager was selected and formulation of the program was started. Later he was replaced by another seasoned task manager. 52. To a large extent, Bank staff knowledgeable in their respective sectors were involved in the SSN. However, partly due to the fast pace of program development, coordination within the Bank was not as effective as it might have been for work on nutrition and family planning. In addition, at the time the SSN was initially developed, there was little experience in the India Department with activities like the NRF, and staff knowledgeable of finance and industrial restructuring were asked to take responsibility for the NRF.  14 53. As implementation and supervision of the SSN progressed, it became increasingly evident that the SSN was intimately linked with the other social sector investments assisted by IDA in India. Thus, the Division Chief responsible for IDA's social sector work in India took over the management of supervision of the SSN. In addition, a senior task manager with experience in industrial restructuring became responsible for the NRF component of the program. 54. Also in terms of the NRF, it is important to note that Bank assistance went beyond the scope of regular supervision and the Bank assisted GOI in designing and implementing measures to strengthen the NRF institutionally. Related to this, Bank staff helped GOI prepare and implement specific development programs of the nodal agencies and assisted the nodal agencies in implementing their respective programs by providing training and technical assistance. The Bank staff also helped GOI mobilize the Swiss grant required for technical assistance to the NRF. This assistance is continuing. GOI expressed particular appreciation for the Bank's help in this area. 55. Systematic program evaluation was carried out by Bank staff. Program review missions visited India in January, May, and December 1993 and June 1994. They worked in all cases and throughout supervision with the co- financiers. Each mission carried out a joint assessment with government of progress against tranche release conditions and the equivalent of the final Aide Memoire was essentially the Board Note authorizing the release of the second tranche, which was also reviewed jointly by the mission and government. H. BORROWER PERFORMANCE 56. Overall borrower performance met agreed-upon expectations. However, there was a persistent lack of continuity of key staff involved with the program that slowed some aspects of program implementation. Key people involved with the Program within the Department of Industry, such as the person responsible for the conceptual design and establishment of the NRF, and other important officials within the Department of Economic Affairs moved away before the operation got underway. In addition, DEA staff working with the program were changed several times. Furthermore, the secretaries working on various committees were shifted. I. KEY LESSONS LEARNED 57. A number of lessons emerge from a review of this program. 58. Impact of Adjustment on Social Sectors. As suggested by the Bank's reviews of adjustment lending, the adjustment process can be used to positively influence both the amount and the composition of expenditure earmarked for the social sectors. Rather than cut expenditures earmarked for key social programs  15 during adjustment, the Union government in India has shown how countries can use the adjustment process to try to positively adjust public expenditure on social programs, as well as to adjust macroeconomic balances. 58. The Potential for Long-Run Impacts in the Social Sectors. Despite initial skepticism within the Bank, the SSN program suggests that operations of this type can be used to promote medium term developments in the social sectors, as took place under the program, particularly in the education and health sectors. 59. Cross-Sectoral Links. In order to maximize the impact of cross-sectoral operations like the SSN. it is imperative that each sectoral program be embedded in the ongoing collaboration of the Bank and the client and be linked as well to specific investment operations to follow. Taking this approach has encouraged important positive long-term outcomes for the education and health components of the SSN program. Ongoing work promises similar results for family planning in India. The same might also be true later for nutrition. 60. Preparing for Policy Implementation. By the time the SSN operation closed in August 1994, DPEP I had already been negotiated with IDA and the EC. Similarly, the disease control agreements were wrapped up in action planning for the IDA credits. Thus, both of the most successful areas featured this kind of preparation for action. 61. Development of Services for Retrenched Workers. Programs meant to assist retrenched workers should establish institutional mechanisms for counseling, retraining, and redeployment at an early stage to avoid a mismatch between the timing of retrenchment and the provision of these important services to those who have lost their jobs.  16 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (Credit 2448-IN) PART II. STATISTICAL ANNEXES Table 1: Summary of Assessments A. Achievement of objectives Substantial Partial Negligible Not applicable x x x x Macro economic policies W m a I Sector policies W [ EL Financial objectives E E EL Institutional development j7I E El Physical objectives EL E ZE Poverty reduction W EL E EL Gender issues WT E E EL Other social objectives ELRa Environmental objectives E E EL m Public sector management E EL Private sector development L L EL Other (specify) E a E E  17 B. Project sustainability Likely Unlikely Uncertain x x x Macro economic policies W W E C. Bank performance Highly satisfactory Satisfactory Deficient x x Identification W xL Preparation assistance W m m Appraisal F W E Supervision Eli D. Borrower performance Highly satisfactory Satisfactory Deficient x x x Preparation F W E Implementation W mL Covenant compliance E W E Operation (if applicable) v E El E. Assessment of outcome Highly satisfactory Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Highly unsatisfactory x x x x EL EL EL  18 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (Credit 2448-IN) Table 2: Program Policy Matrix AREA OF REFORM A. MEASURES ALREADY B. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TAKEN PRIOR TO SECOND TRANCHE RELEASE FINANCING THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET Social Sector Financing Policy A.L1The GOI has approved the B.1 The GOI would have: aggregate levels of additional completed all approvals to make resources required to sustain the adequate funds available to meet social safety net initiatives to be the additional costs in FY93-94 undertaken in primary education, of the revamped and expanded primary health, disease control programs in primary education, and ICDS through the end of the primary health, disease control Eighty Five-Year Plan period and ICDS. (1997). A.2-The GOI has approved the million (US$ 83.3 million) supplementary budget allocation to the primary education, primary health, communicable disease control and ICDS programs in FY 1992/93 in order to maintain these programs at 1991/92 levels in real terms. A.1 The GOI has approved the the annual budgets for the specific Social Safety Net programs in primary health, primary education, communicable disease control, and ICDS would be maintained at least in real ternis to the end of the Eight-Five-Year Plan in 1997. A14_ The GOT has decided that all donor assistance for the Social Safety net will be considered as "net additionality" to Plan outlays. A. The GOI has decided that all B.2 The GOI has decided that all Committee of Secretaries completed the review of the including the Secretaries of the financing of the social sectors; Planning Commission, and and started implementation of Departments of Finance, the recommendations with Expenditure, Economic Affairs, particular respect to ensuring the  19 Table 2: Program Policy Matrix AREA OF REFORM A. MEASURES ALREADY B. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TAKEN PRIOR TO SECOND TRANCHE RELEASE Health, Family Welfare, timely availability of funds for Education and Women and Child, the Program and the enhanced to review the share of public mobilization of non-budgetary expenditures to be devoted to the resources for tertiary education social sectors during the Eighth and tertiary health care. Five-Year Plan, methods of mobilizing additional non- budgetary resources for highier education and tertiary health, and mechanisms for progressively increasing the proportion of non- budgetary support for higher and technical education and tertiary health care. Mobilization of Non- A.6 In FY 1992, the GOI budgetary resources and cost increased significantly (between recovery. 500-1200%) tuition and other fees at the apex higher education institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) and Indian Institute of Technology. Tuition fees have also been increased at Polytechnics which are operated by the States. Fees have been increased by about 100% in the pay wards of centrally-funded tertiary level hospitals like the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ( AIIMS). COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL SECTOR PROGRAMS Program Coordination Policy A.7 The Eiohth Five-Year Plan (1992-1997) approved by the National Development Council (NDC) of which all states are members, includes new strategies and approaches to design, targeting, funding and the implementation of social sector programs. It calls for among other things, better coordination and integration of services between health, education, nutrition, water supply and sanitation, and urban and rural employment programs.  20 Table 2: Program Policy Matrix AREA OF REFORM A. MEASURES ALREADY B. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TAKEN PRIOR TO SECOND TRANCHE RELEASE A.8 The GOI has established a B.3 The GOI would have: for Standing Social Sector each component of the Program Coordination Committee chaired (primary education, primary by the Secretary (Coordination) health care, disease control and and including the Secretaries of ICDS), selected districts for Health, Family Welfare, priority implementation of the Education, Women and Child, and Program, using indicators the Chief Secretaries of the States relevant to the concerned of Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhva component such as educational Pradesh and West Bengal to backwardness, maternal develop new strategies and mortality rates, infant mortality approaches to (a) the convergence rates and the incidence of of social services; and (b) poverty and endemic diseases; overcoming duplication and operationalized mechanisms for redundancy in the staffing and district-level coordination of management of social sector Program implementation in the programs; (c) achieving better selected districts including targeting of poor beneficiaries: defining the responsibility of the and (d) ensuring greater cost- district administration and effectiveness in the delivery of issuing instructions for linking social sector programs. implementation of the Program to district development plans. PRIMARY EDUCATION Sectoral Policy A.9 The National Policy on Targeting of resources and Education of 1986 has been programs to disadvantaged revised in 1992 to introduce groups and regions. changes which emphasize the Enhancing the quality of priority to universalizing primary service delivery. education through disaggregated Reorientation of financial target setting and decentralized resources. planning, better targeting of females and scheduled caste and scheduled tribe students; improved quality; and the provision of adequate budgetary resources. Targeting of disadvantaged A. 10 The GOI has ranked all groups and regions districts in the country on the basis of literacy rates, female enrollments, and the demand for primary education. The GOI has also developed and introduced a strategy for the intensified development of primary education giving priority to the districts which are ranked as educationally backward as well as districts where total literacv campaigns have been successful resulting in increased demand for primary  21 Table 2: Program Policy Matrix AREA OF REFORM A. MEASURES ALREADY B. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TAKEN PRIOR TO SECOND TRANCHE RELEASE education. A.1 I GOI has developed B.4 GOI would have: completed prototype District Action Plans to detailed actions plans for be used in the implementation intensified implementation of the strategy for the new initiative of a primary education component of National district-based Primary the Program in the selected Education Development Program districts, transferred to each of the selected districts, the first A.12 The revised National Policy installment of funds required for on Education gives priority to: (a) the implementation of the action quality improvement, retention plans; and caused the and learning achievement over appointment by concerned expansion; (b) establishing authorities, of the key Minimum Levels of Learning management staff for the (MLL) to streamline the intensified primary education curriculum and focus on basic program in the selected districts competencies; and (c) cost and States. effective decentralized planning and management. The GOI has already started implemenitation of these changes. A.13 GOI has changed key aspects of the Operation Blackboard Program and is implementing an enhanced program which calls for the provision of additional classrooms and teachers per school as well as flexible program delivery to meet specific local needs. A.14 The GOI has developed Management Informnation Systems to monitor progress of primary education programs especially as regards total new enrollments and the additional enrollments of girls. Reorientation of financial A.15 GOI has given priority to resources the financing of primary education. An additional Rs. 26,000 million (US$ 880.0 million) has been added to the Center's Eighth Five-Year Plan total educational allocation. Rs. 28.800 million (USS 960.0 million) is dedicated to primary education. This is an increase for  22 Table 2: Program Policy Matrix AREA OF REFORM A. MEASURES ALREADY B. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TAKEN PRIOR TO SECOND TRANCHE RELEASE primary education by a factor of four over allocations during the Seventh Five-Year Plan period (1985-1990). A.16 The States have also increased their Eighth Five-Year Plan allocations for primary education by a factor of three over Seventh Five-Year Plan allocations. A.17 Under the Eighth Five-Year plan. the GOI has held almost constant in nominal terms, allocations to higher education. A.18 GOI has developed and piloted the use of new funding mechanisms to ensure that the additional resources required for the national district-based Primary Education Development Program is successfully passed on to the targeted priority districts. HEALTH Sector Policy A.19 A review of the National Health Policy of 1982 has started with the objective of (a) establishing more appropriate goals and targets re: Health for All by 2000; (b) examining the role of Center and States in the provision of health services; and (c) methods to identify those areas where the center will remain active more cost-effective. A.20 The National Development Council has established a Committee including the Chief Ministers of five States and the Ministers of Finance, Human Resources Development, Health and Family Welfare to assess all aspects of medical and dental education including the present and future availability of medical manpower, and to make recommendations for starting new medical schools in the private  23 Table 2: Program Policy Matrix AREA OF REFORM A. MEASURES ALREADY B. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TAKEN PRIOR TO SECOND TRANCHE RELEASE sector and/or expanding existing intake capacity. A.21 The Bureau of Planning in the Department of Health has been strengthenied to create a health policy and economics planning capacity. A.22 The GOI has started to B.5 The GOI would have: supplement the existing provision completed the assessment of of drugs and medicines to sub- pharmaceutical requirements in centers by providing additional all of the districts targeted for the quantities of drugs and medicines implementation of the revised to the extent of about Rs. 4,000 and expanded primary health per subcenter per year under the care program; and delivered the Child Survival and Safe initial batch of pharmaceuticals Motherhood Program in identified in kits developed under the Child districts. Survival and Safe Motherhood Primary Health Care Program to selected districts. Sectoral Policy A.23 The National Development Council (NDC) has approved an Action Plan and Policy for Revamping the National Familv Welfare Program which includes (a) improving the quality and outreach of family welfare services in rural areas; (b) adopting a differential strategy for districts in the implementation of the revamped program; (c) focusing attention on the backward districts of the country: (d) enhancing the provision for safe motherhood interventions especially in districts where maternal mortality rates are above the national average. A.24 GOI has statted the implementation of its new policy for the operationalization of the rural health system which includes health sub-centers and Primary Health Centers (PHCs). The new emphasis and strategy would be on: (a) the provision of supplementary facilities where required, (b) the training of medical and para-medical staff, and (c) increased provisioni of  24 Table 2: Program Policy Matrix AREA OF REFORM A. MEASURES ALREADY B. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TAKEN PRIOR TO SECOND TRANCHE RELEASE materials as may be required. Targeting of disadvantaged A.25 GOI has selected on the groups and areas basis of higher than average infant, young child and maternal mortality, 90 districts for intensified implementation of the revised and enhanced primary health care program. Enhancing the quality of A.26 GOI has developed an B.6 The GOI would have: service delivery. implementation strategy for the completed detailed facility provision of the enhanced primary surveys and detailed action plans health and safe motherhood based on the surveys, for interventions in the 90 targeted implementing the revised and districts including the provision of expanded primary health care special MCH facilities, equipment program in the selected districts; and the training of staff. transferred to each of the selected districts, the first installment of funds required for the implementation of the action plans; and obtained from each of the States in which the selected districts are located, an assurance that it shall provide, within a stipulated time frame, the services of at least one female doctor at each primary health center which has been identified for enhanced safe motherhood facilities in the selected districts. A.27 GOI has started implementation of the new birth- based approach to determining work routines and the training of health workers and revised instructions have been issued to female health workers to focus on and give priority attention to pregnant and lactating mothers. DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMS Enhancing the quality of A.28 GOI has completed detailed B:7 GOI would have: completed service delivery reviews and Action Plans to detailed reviews of the enhance the effectiveness and effectiveness of its programs for increase the coverage of the the control of blindness, malaria National Leprosy Eradication and and tuberculosis; adopted a AIDS control programs primarily national action plan for the through more appropriate control of tuberculosis; and technologies, approaches and adopted action plans for the funding. control of blindness and malaria  25 Table 2: Program Policy Matrix AREA OF REFORM A. MEASURES ALREADY B. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TAKEN PRIOR TO SECOND TRANCHE RELEASE in designated States. A.29 A new Health Management Information System has been developed, and a plan prepared for its phased introduction in all the States. NUTRITION Sector Policy A.30 The GOI has formulated for the first time, a National Nutrition Policy which outlines the Government's commitment and strategy for ensuring the adequate nutritional status of all citizens. A.31 GOI has taken action to avoid duplication, and to provide Early Childhood Education Centers only in blocks where ICDS is not being implemented. GOI has also started a review of the coverage and efficacy of State-funded Special Nutrition Programs (SNPs) in relationship to ICDS. Targeting of disadvantaged A.32 GOI has introduced strict groups and areas geographical targeting of ICDS and has already selected 180 focal districts for the intensification of services. The districts have been ranked on criteria including the poverty ratio, the concentration of scheduled castes and tribes, and the crude birth rate. Enhancing the quality of A.33 GOI has developed a service delivery strategy for the provision of intensified inputs to 200 blocks in the 1 80 focal districts through (a) increasing the outreach to areas and target groups who remain uncovered under existing programs (in-filling); (b) replenishing worn out articles, provision of additional facilities and equipment; and (c) better training and supervision. A.34 The National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) has  26 Table 2: Program Policy Matrix AREA OF REFORM A. MEASURES ALREADY B. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TAKEN PRIOR TO SECOND TRANCHE RELEASE completed a comprehensive national evaluation of the ICDS programn. A.35 The GOI has accepted the findings of the NIPCCD evaluation and started implementation of the key recommendations which include: (a) Increasing honoraria to grass- root workers. GOI has increased the honoraria bv 25% for Anganwadi workers and 100% for helpers. (b) The introduction of a new strategy for the synchronized delivery of services at the Anganwadi level. Actions in this area have been taken by the Departments of Health, Rural Development. Urban Development. Education, Welfare and Food. (c) Addressing the problem B.8 The GOI would have: relating to short falls in number of completed state-wide reviews in feeding days. The GOI is in the Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, process of devising a Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and comprehensive strategy but has West Bengal of shortfalls in already increased the financial required feeding days under the norm allowance for ICDS program; commenced supplementary nutrition per construction of godowns in the beneficiary. The States have selected States where logistics undertaken district and block has been identified as the specific investigations of the problem in the timely and reasons for the shortfalls. The adequate supply of food; and GOI plans further to construct achieved the feeding norm under food storage godowns-cum Child the ICDS program in at least Development Project Officer 50% of the anganwadis under the (CDPO) offices in selected ICDS program in each of the remote tribal hill and difficult following States: Bihar, Madhya areas to overcome some of the Pradesh, Orissa, and Rajasthan. logistical problems which lead to the feeding shortfalls. (d) Improving basic and refresher training. Aniual Training plans for ICDS personnel have been reviewed and updated and State compliance with training targets are now linked to the release of funds by the Center. (e) Improving supervision. GOI has taken a number of steps to  27 Table 2: Program Policy Matrix AREA OF REFORM A. MEASURES ALREADY B. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TAKEN PRIOR TO SECOND TRANCHE RELEASE reinforce the supervision ratios of I supervisor to 17 Anganwadis in tribal areas; I supervisor to 20 Anganwadis in rural areas; and I supervisor to 25 Anganwadis in urban areas. The GOI has now issued and operationalized a new checklist for supervisions; taken steps to fill vacancies of supervisors; and introduced a program under which supervisors can purchase mopeds to improve their mobility in difficult areas. (f) Improving program monitoring. GOI has introduced a new computerized Management Information System that enables the Department of Women and Children Development to effectively monitor the quantity and quality of ICDS performance. A.36 The GOI has taken steps to ensure that CARE, and World Food Program food contributions as well as its wheat-based nutrition program is used exclusively for the ICDS program. This contribution covers approximately 11 million of the 17 million ICDS beneficiaries. EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME GENERATION National Renewal Fund: A.37 The Government has Targeting of groups and established the National Renewal areas/impacted by the Fund to facilitate the industrial industrial reform program. sector reform program and to mitigate the negative impact on workers who have been affected by the restructuring and revitalization programs being undertaken in Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs). A.3 The Operational Guidelines of the NRF have been formally approved by the Cabinet and the initial meetings of the Empowered Authority have been held.  28 Table 2: Program Policy Matrix AREA OF REFORM A. MEASURES ALREADY B. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TAKEN PRIOR TO SECOND TRANCHE RELEASE A.39 A Business and Financial B.9 The GOI would have: made Plan for the NRF for FY 92/93 satisfactory progress in the has been prepared, approved and implementation of the NRF implementation started. The Plan Business and Financial Plan covers the Sources and projected during FY92-93; approved the Uses of Funds with particular FY93-94 Business and Financial attention to the support to be Plan for the NRF; and allocated provided to (a) the VoLintary the necessary funds for the NRF Retirement Scheme and the account consistent with the number of workers accessing this projected requirements of the facility; (b) negotiated FY93-94 Business and Financial compensation packages for PSEs Plan. and the projected number of workers who are to be affected; and (c) projected expenditures on counseling and retraining of affected workers as well as for area regeneration schemes to stimulate new employment opportunities. Improving the efficiency and A.40 The GOI (Planning effectiveness of income- Commission) has completed a generation programs major review of the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) and started implementation of the major recommendations A.41 The GOI has increased funding to JRY in FY 1992/93 through the National Renewal Fund. A.42 GOI has revised and issued new guidelines for the Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY); and additional provisions have been included in the NRF 1992/93 Business and Financial Plan to support employment generation activities under the NRY especially for targeting beneficiaries and urban areas which have been impacted by industrial restructuring. MONITORING THE A.43 The National Sample SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF Survey Organization (NSSO) has ADJUSTMENT completed consumer expenditure surveys covering the 1990-91 period.  29 Table 2: Program Policy Matrix AREA OF REFORM A. MEASURES ALREADY B. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TAKEN PRIOR TO SECOND TRANCHE RELEASE A.44 The GOI has established management information systems to monitor progress in the implementation of new initiatives in primary education (A. 15), primary health care and communicable disease control (A.29); and ICDS (A.35).  30 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (Credit 2448-IN) Table 3: Related Bank Loans or Credits FAMILY WELFARE Credit No. 312-IN Titlk First Population Project Year of approval 1972 Eurpose To support the family welfare program in five districts of Karnataka and six districts of Uttar Pradesh Status Credit Closed June 30, 1980 Comments : PCR 6/81; PPAR 1/82 Credit No. : 981-IN Title Second Population Project Year of approval 1980 To support the family welfare program in six districts of Uttar Pradesh and three districts of Andhra Pradesh Stahls: Credit Closed March 31, 1988 Comments PCR 1/90; PPAR 8/90 Credit No. 1426-IN niLe Third Population Project Year of approyal : 1984 Purpose : To support the family welfare program in six districts of Karnataka and four districts of Kerala Status Credit Closed March 31, 1992 Comments PCR 8/93 Credit No. 1623-IN iltk Fourth Population Project Year of approval : 1985 Purpose : To support the family welfare program in the state of West Bengal Credit Closed March 31, 1994 Comments PCR 6/94  31 Table 3: Related Bank Loans or Credits (Continued) Credit No. 1931-IN Title Fifth (Bombay/Madras) Population Project Year of approval 1988 Purpose : To support the family welfare program in the cities of Bombay and Madras Status : Under implementation Comments NGOs and private medical practitioners are included in the project Credit No. 2057-IN Title : Sixth (First National Family Welfare Training and Systems Development) Population Project Year of approval 1989 Pturpose To support the family welfare program in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh S-tatus : Under implementation Comments : Focus on strengthening of training aspects of the program on a statewide basis Credit No. 2133-IN l'itle Seventh (Second National Family Welfare Training and Systems Development) Population Project Year of approval 1990 Purpose : To support the family welfare program in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Bihar Under implementation Comments : Focus on strengthening of training aspects of the program on a statewide basis Credit No. 2394-IN Title Family Welfare (Urban Slums) Project (Population 8) Year of approval 1991 Purpose To help the Government of India increase the supply of family welfare service in the slum populations of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal and Delhi Status : Under implementation Comments : Focus on reduction of fertility and maternal and infant mortality rates among slum populations by improving the outreach of family welfareservices, upgrading the quality of family welfare services through extensive and ongoing personnel training, expanding the demand for health services through expanded information, education and communication activities and improving the administration and management of health care agencies Credit No. 2300-IN Ui&L : Child Survival and Safe Motherhood Project Year of approval 1992 Purpose . To support the Government of India's Maternal and Child Health Program Status : Under implementation  32 Table 3: Related Bank Loans or Credits (Continued) Comments Focus on child survival, safe motherhood (prevention of maternal morbidity and mortality) and effective service delivery Credit No. 2630-IN IiJk Family Welfare (Assam, Rajasthan and Karnataka) Project (Population 9) Year of approval 1994 Purpose : To support the family welfare program in the states of Assam, Rajasthan and Karnataka St~atusa : Approved by the Board on June 16, 1994 Comments : Focus on reduction of fertility and maternal and childhood mortality by strengthening seravice delivery including extension and upgrading of infrastructure, strengthening demand generation activities through improved information, education and communication planning and activities, strengthening program management and implementation capacity, and improving service quality including training, improvement of program logistics, promotion of private sector involvement, and funding for innovative schemes NUTRITION Credit No. : 1003-IN Tite : First Tamil Nadu Integrated Nutrition Project YVear of approval : 1980 P:urose : To help the state of Tamil Nadu: (a) halve malnutrition among children under four years of age; (b) reduce infant mortality by 25%; (c) reduce vitamin A deficiency in the under fives from about 27 % to about 5 %; and (d) reduce anaemia in pregnant and nursing women from about 55% to about 20%. SAaflMa : Credit closed, March 31, 1989 Comments : PCR 12/90 Credit No. : 2158-IN ii:k Tamil Nadu 11 Year of aproyal 1990 Purpose : To support the state government of Tamil Nadu's goal of improving the nutrition and health status of children 0-72 months of age, and of pregnant and nursing women. SIaIus : Under implementation. Comments : Focus is to reduce severe malnutrition among children 6-36 months by 50% in new project blocks and 25 % in TINP I blocks, increase the proportion of children 6-36 months of age in normal nutrition status by 50% in new and 35% in existing project areas, and contribute to a reduction in infant mortality to 55 per 1,000 live births and to a 50% reduction in the incidence of low birth weight  33 Table 3: Related Bank Loans or Credits (Continued) Credit No. : 2173-IN Title First Integrated Child Development Services Project Year of approval 1990 Purpose To support the objective of the Central and Andhra Pradesh and Orissa state governments of improving the nutrition and health status of children under 6 years of age, with special emphasis on those 0-3 years old, and pregnant and nursing women. Status : Under implementation. Comments : Project is to improve the nutrition and health status of tribal, drought-prone and otherwise disadvantaged population groups in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa. Credit No. : 24700-IN Title : ICDS II Year of approval 1992 Purpose To assist the governments of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, improve the nutrition and health status of children under 6 years of age, with special emphasis on those 0-3 years old, and pregnant and nursing women. Status : Under implementation. Comments : Project beneficiaries would be among India's poorest people, many of whom are tribal. In addition to improving the nutrition and health status of children, the project would also help to improve the capacity of the ICDS to deliver services in the two states, including among tribal people, over the longer term. EDUCATION Credit No. 2008-IN Title : Vocational Training Project Year of approval 1989 Purpose : To support the Ministry of Labor's (MOL) long-term program to modernize and restructure the National Vocational Training System (NVTS). Status : Under implementation. Comments : The main objectives of the project are to (a) improve the quality and efficiency of basic craftsman and apprenticeship training; (b) expand and diversify the advanced training programs; and (c) strengthen the NVTS planning and management capacity. Participation of women are to be increased in each of these areas. Credit No. : 2130-IN Titl : Technician Education Project I Year of approval : 1990 Purpose To support the National Policy on Education, and more specifically, the Ten Year Technician Education Investment Program (1990-99) in the states of  34 Table 3: Related Bank Loans or Credits (Continued) Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. S1aIus : Under implementation. Comments : The project is expected to provide India's industrial sector with technicians of suitable quality in the areas of civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering, as well as in computer and electronics technology and in other required new and emerging areas. Credit No. 2223-IN Tih: Technician Education Project II Year of appval 1991 PuR,=ose : To support the National Policy on Education, and more specifically, the Ten Year Technician Education Investment Program (1990-99) in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and the Union Territory of Delhi. Under implementation. Comment_ The project is a second phase of IDA's commitment to support the National Polytechnic System and the Ten-Year Investment Program. It is identical to the First Technician Education Project and has the same major objectives CreditLg . 2509-IN Itii: U.P. Basic Education Project Year of approval : 1993 Pu=se: To improve the level of literacy among the citizens of UP, and hence their productivity and social welfare. Under implementation. Comments : The project is a first investment in a longer-term program that is expected to create an institutional framework for cost-effective policy implementation in basic education. Credit No: 2661-IN Ili: District Primary Education Project Year of aproyal 1994 Purpos To support the GOI District Primary Education Program in the states of Assam, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, to build national, state and district managerial and professional capacity for sustainable primary education development. Status : Project was signed on December 22, 1994. Comments The project will support district-based programs aimed at decreases in dropout, increases in learning achievement, and improved access to primary education in the project states. Priority will be given to female and SC/ST students through both targeting and special strategies, and to enhanced community participation.  35 Table 3: Related Bank Loans or Credits (Continued) HEALTH Credit No. : 2350-IN Title National AIDS Control Project Year of approval : 1992 To support the Government's efforts in controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic in order to preserve human capital development and to minimize the reversal of health improvements in the States and Union Territories of India. Status : Under implementation. Comments : The project constitutes a start-up investment to launch expanded preventive activities in the control of HIV transmission. Its ultimate objective is to slow the spread of HIV in India, so as to reduce future morbidity, mortality and impact of AIDS. Credit No. 2528-IN Tile : National Leprosy Elimination Project Year of appryaL : 1993 Purpose : To eliminate leprosy as a public health problem in India by the turn of the century by reducing the disease prevalence from 2.4 per 1,000 to 0.1 per 1,000 and to reduce the impact of leprosy disability. Status : Under implementation. Comments : The project is expected to enable India to eliminate leprosy as a national public health problem by the year 2000. It will eliminate the disease in 2.2 million people with leprosy and in 1.8 million new cases. It will reach underprivileged communities and benefit an estimated 2.4 million people below the GOI poverty line. It is expected to benefit about 1.6 million women. Credit No. 261 1-IN Titl : Cataract Blindness Control Project Year of approval : 1994 Purpose : To upgrade the quality of cataract surgery, expand services to underprivileged sectors, and reduce the backlog of untreated cataracts in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Orissa. Status Under implementation. Comments : The project is expected to help eliminate most of the cataract blindness backlog by bringing the blindness prevalence down by 50% in the seven project states.  36 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (Credit 2448-IN) Table 4. Program Timetable Step In Project Cycle Date Actual/Estimate Identification (Executive May 1992 Project Summary) Preparation May 1992 Appraisal September 1992 Negotiations November 1992 Board presentation December 17, 1992 Signing December 17, 1992 Effectiveness December 21, 1992 Project completion June 1994 Credit closing August 31. 1994  37 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (Credit 2448-IN) Table 5: Credit Disbursements - Cumulative, Estimated and Actual (Millions of US Dollars) FY93 FY94 FY95 Appraisal estimate 250.0 250.0 0.0 Actual 244.6 0.0 259.6 E Note: The credit was fully disbursed by October 20, 1994.  38 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (Credit 2448-IN) Table 6: Bank Resources - Actual Staff Inputs Number of staff weeks Stage of project cycle Total FY92 FY93 FY94 FY95 Through appraisal 114.2 55.4 58.8 0.0 0.0 Appraisal to Board 38.6 0.0 38.6 0.0 0.0 Board to effectiveness (Not available) - - - - Supervision 57.4 0.0 29.7 23.1 4.6 Completion 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 TOTALS 220.2 55.4 127.1 23.1 14.6 Notes: Number of staff weeks on completion is an estimate. Staff week data from board to effectiveness not captured in the work program system.  39 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (Credit 2448-IN) Table 7: Bank Resources - Missions Specialized staff skills Month/Year Number of persons Days in field represented THROUGH APPRAISAL AND EFFECTIVENESS May-June/92 7 14 Ec (3), F (2), N, Edn July-Aug/92 8 16 Ec, F (3), N, H, LE, Edn Sept-Oct/92 1 25 Ec SUPERVISION Jan -Feb/93 2 19 Ec, F April-May/93 7 7 Mgr, F (2), E, Edn, N, Ph Aug/93 1 13 F Nov-Dec/93 5 10 Mgr, F, H, Ph June 1994 2 Mgr, F Specialized staff skills Mgr: Task Manager Ec: Economist F: Finance N: Nutrition Specialist Edn: Education H: Health LE: Labor Economist PH: Public Health  40 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (Credit 2448-IN) PART III. APPENDICES APPENDIX 1(a): NRF 1994-95 Budget in Millions of US Dollars Ministry/Dept. 1993-94 Budget 1993-94 Revised 1994-95 Budget 1. Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers 41.50 42.00 27.00 Dept. of Chemicals & Petrochemicals Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers 58.50 50.00 80.00 Dept. of Fertilizers Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism 8.73 8.73 0.00 Dept. of Tourism Ministry of Civil Suppliers, Consumer 14.00 12.00 5.00 Affairs & Public Distribution Ministry of Defense 10.00 10.00 18.00 Ministry of Food Processing Industries 2.00 2.00 1.00 Ministry of Industry 136.00 161.00 107.00 Dept. of Heavy Industry Ministry of Mines 29.95 82.48 55.00 Ministry of Steel 41.00 36.00 28.00 Ministry of Surface Transport 70.00 70.00 49.00 Surface Transport Ministry of Surface Transport 15.00 12.00 6.00 Ports, Light houses & Shipping Ministry of Textiles 261.32 192.32 119.00 Ministry of Urban Development 0.00 6.42 0.00 Urban Development & Housing Ministry of Urban Development 0.00 10.00 0.00 Public Works Ministry of Water Resources 12.00 12.00 0.00 Dept. of Atomic Energy 0.00 5.00 Ministry of Industry 0.00 140.05 Dept. of Industrial Development 150.00 State PSUs SUB-TOTAL 700.00 852.00 650.00 II. Counselling, Retraining & Area Regeneration Schemes Ministry of Industry 0.00 46.40 48.00 Dept. of Industrial Development Ministry of Industry 0.00 2.00 0.50 Dept. of Small Scale Industries... Ministry of Labour 0.00 0.00 1.50 SUB-TOTAL 0.00 48.40 50.00 UNALLOCATED 0.00 119.60 0.00 GRAND TOTAL 700.00 900.40 700.00  41 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA SOCIAL SAFETY NET SECTOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM (Credit 2448-IN) APPENDIX 1(b): Progress of Implementation of VRS in Central Public Sector Undertakings Being Funded from NRF Dept./PSls Year Age Profile 92-93 Total no. (as oJ WForkers Ulp to 35 35-50 6/30'94) 93-94 94-95 Availing lRS years vears Over 50 years D/o C & PCS IDPL 459 454 - 913 11 259 643 SSPL 130 64 4 198 3 60 135 Bengal Immunity 132 10 - 142 - 30 112 HIL 68 38 3 109 1 26 82 BCPL 63 84 - 147 3 51 93 M/o FPI FPIL 14 77 67 158 - 104 54 M/o Textiles NTC (DPR) 1,241 595 - 1,836 258 1,066 512 NTC (MP) 3,537 779 - 4,316 71 2.656 1,589 NTC (UP) 4.154 1.412 - 5.566 34 1,924 3,608 NTC (SM) 2.759 919 - 3.678 372 1,936 1,370 NTC (NM) 2.500 1.180 - 3.680 201 1,731 1,748 NTC (Guj) 5,529 1,399 - 6,928 742 3,712 2,474 NTC (APKKM) 1,441 707 - 2,148 193 1,108 847 NTC (TNP) 145 42 - 187 6 102 79 NTC (WBABO) 2,454 309 - 2,763 196 948 1,619 TOM Bombay 1.628 1,132 - 2,760 102 1.382 1,276 NTC(HJC) - II - II - 5 6 Elgin Mills 1,000 1,859 205 3.064 - 959 2,105 Cawnpore T'extiles 384 326 10 720 - 223 497 NJMC 69 598 - 667 1 194 497 Jute Corporation of India 24 15 - 39 - 223 472 M/o Steel HSCL 710 1,592 Nil 2,302 8 487 215 ERL 138 254 - 392 26 234 132 Bird Group of Companies 619 1.115 86 1.820 99 312 1,409 M/o Mines EGML - 753* - 753 - - - MECL - 175* - 175 - - - HCL - 2,091 - 2,091 14 1,019 1,058  42 Dept./PSUs Year Age Profile 92-93 Total no. (as of Workers Up to 35 35-50 6/30/94) 93-94 94-95 Availing years years Over 50 k'RS years M/o Water Resources RPNMO 44 698 168 910 152 418 340 D/o Fertilizers PP & CL 30 32 1 63 - 35 28 PDIL 210 71 3 284 68 216 FCI 587 139 49 775 10 196 569 HFC 225 254 12 491 7 205 279 Mlo Civil Supplies 14 77 67 158 - 104 54 HVOC - 453 - 453 166 167 120 M/o Defense BEML - 555 - 555 11 155 389 M/o Surface Transport HSL 606 69 6 681 12 351 318 DTC - 4,403 - 4,403 275 2,649 1,479 HDPEL 182 345 22 549 - 151 398 CIWTCL - 545 15 560 6 150 402 D/o Heavy Industries BOGL 14 8 - 22 - 3 19 HCL 39 - - 39 1 7 31 HEC 2,036 1,328* 75 3,439 - 407 1,704 MAMC 313 716 - 1,029 9 138 882 BYN 1,019 301 - 1,320 - 642 678 NEPA 120 120 56 296 3 35 258 ILK 125 477 - 602 18 332 252 NBCIL 155 30 - 185 6 117 62 TCIL 288 408* - 696 - 39 249 NIDC 15 11 - 26 - 5 21 EPI - I - I - I I NIL 86 97 - 183 - 40 143 BLC - 6 - 6 1 3 2 CoI 200 93 - 293 2 104 187 SIL - 29 38 67 3 27 37 HPC 198 320 - 518 27 253 238 HMT - 388 - 388 1 20 367 RIC 356 205 - 561 1 191 369 HPF 139 17 - 156 - 29 127 TAFCO 180 64 - 244 3 91 150 BBUNL 1,193 762 - 1,955 9 656 1,290 D/o Tourism ITDC 973 - - 973 42 532 399 Total 38,531 30,935 820 70,286 3,108 28,761 34,161 Notes: - symbol indicates figure is not available * Age-wise breakup not given.