10. TIME TABLE FOR PLAN FINALISATION

The following dates are suggested for completing various steps in the Plan preparation process for the year 2004-05. The dates are suggestive and local governments may make marginal changes to suit their convenience. However the dates for submission to Technical Advisory Committee and DPC are mandatory and if this is delayed, the local governments would forfeit 25% of the allocation for 2004-2005, which would be deducted from the Normal share of the General Sector Funds.

1	Re-constitution of Working Group	12th April 2004
2	Special Meeting of DLBC/BLBC	24th April 2004
3	Submission of Working Group Reports	5th May 2004
4	Re-constitution of Technical Advisory Committees / Technical Committees.	15th May 2004
5	Grama Sabha/Ward Sabha meetings	25th May 2004
6	Consultations of Block Panchayats and District Panchayats with other tiers	5th June 2004
7	Stakeholders’ consultations	15th June 2004
8	Development Seminar	21st June 2004.
9	Plan Finalisation and submission to DPC through Technical Advisory Committee. a) Village Panchayats b) Block Panchayats/Municipalities c) District Panchayats/Corporations	25th June 2004 1st July 2004 5th July 2004
10	Approval by the DPC a) Village Panchayats b) Block Panchayats/Municipalities c) District Panchayats/Corporations	5th July 2004 12th July 2004 17th July 2004